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MAHELA JAYAWARDENE

DOB: May 27, 1977

Place of Birth: Colombo

Style: Batsman

A prolific, elegant and utterly classy batsman with a huge appetite for runs, and a calm yet authoritative captain - those are the qualities that best describe Mahela Jayawardene.

His sheer quality as a batsman was never in doubt even when he just entered the international scene, but for Jayawardene the biggest challenge has been to justify all the early hype. With a combined Test and ODI tally in excess of 17,000 - and a captaincy stint that included a World Cup final appearance - it can safely be said that he has met that challenge more than adequately.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	116	190	13	9527	374	53.82	18100	52.63	28	38	1129	43	165	0
ODIs	329	310	32	9027	128	32.47	11719	77.02	12	55	769	54	168	0
T20Is	32	32	4	784	100	28.00	553	141.77	1	4	83	21	9	0
First-class	198	313	22	15291	374	52.54	-	-	45	66	-	-	257	0
List A	409	383	42	11085	163*	32.50	-	-	13	68	-	-	205	0
Twenty20	89	86	16	2154	110*	30.77	1527	141.06	2	12	234	62	38	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	116	20	547	292	6	2/32	2/32	48.66	3.20	91.1	0	0	0
ODIs	329	27	582	558	7	2/56	2/56	79.71	5.75	83.1	0	0	0
T20Is	32	1	6	8	0	-	-	-	8.00	-	0	0	0
First-class	198	-	2959	1611	52	5/72	-	30.98	3.26	56.9	-	1	0
List A	409	-	1263	1134	23	3/25	3/25	49.30	5.38	54.9	0	0	0
Twenty20	89	4	69	82	3	2/22	2/22	27.33	7.13	23.0	0	0	0

VVS LAXMAN

DOB: November 1, 1974

Place of Birth: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Style: Batsman

At his sublime best, VVS Laxman is a sight for the gods. Wristy, willowy and sinuous.
His on-side game is comparable to his idol Azharuddin's, yet he is decidedly more assured on the off side and has the rare gift of being able to hit the same ball to either side. The Australians, who have suffered more than most, paid the highest compliment after India's 2003-04 tour Down Under by admitting they did not know where to bowl to him.
Laxman, a one-time medical student, finally showed signs of coming to terms with his considerable gifts in March 2001, as he tormented Steve Waugh's thought-to-be-invincible Australians with a majestic 281 to stand the Kolkata Test on its head. But even though he had another wonderful series against the Australians in 2003-04 with two centuries, one of them involving a back-from-the-dead, match-winning, 300-plus partnership with Kolkata ally Rahul Dravid at Adelaide

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	120	198	31	7903	281	47.32	16011	49.35	16	49	1040	5	122	0
ODIs	86	83	7	2338	131	30.76	3282	71.23	6	10	222	4	39	0
First-class	251	406	51	18642	353	52.51			53	90			264	1
List A	173	166	19	5078	131	34.54			9	28			74	0
Twenty20	22	22	3	447	78*	23.52	386	115.80	0	3	54	6	4	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	120	13	324	126	2	1/2	1/2	63.00	2.33	162.0	0	0	0
ODIs	86	4	42	40	0	-	-	-	5.71	-	0	0	0
First-class	251		1835	754	22	3/11		34.27	2.46	83.4		0	0
List A	173		698	548	8	2/42	2/42	68.50	4.71	87.2	0	0	0
Twenty20	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

BRAD HODGE

DOB: December 29, 1974

Place of Birth: Sandringham, Victoria

Style: Batsman

Brad Hodge will go down as one of the unluckiest nearly-men in Australian cricket. When he was dropped with an average of 58.42 only five matches into his Test career in 2005-06, he vowed to win back his place. He added only one Test, as a fill-in during a tour of the West Indies two years later, before his tally was permanently stalled at six matches in the baggy green. It was not an adequate reward for one of the most prolific run scorers in the modern era of Australia's domestic game.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	6	11	2	503	203*	55.88	965	52.12	1	2	60	1	9	0
ODIs	25	21	2	575	123	30.26	657	87.51	1	3	51	12	16	0
T20Is	8	5	2	94	36	31.33	77	122.07	0	0	5	3	3	0
First-class	223	388	38	17084	302*	48.81	-	-	51	64	-	-	127	0
List A	242	232	30	8749	164	43.31	-	-	28	36	-	-	93	0
Twenty20	109	106	13	3359	106	36.11	2630	127.71	2	23	367	78	43	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	6	1	12	8	0	-	-	-	4.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	25	3	66	51	1	1/17	1/17	51.00	4.63	66.0	0	0	0
T20Is	8	1	12	20	0	-	-	-	10.00	-	0	0	0
First-class	223		5583	3086	74	4/17	-	41.70	3.31	75.4	-	0	0
List A	242	-	1698	1508	40	5/28	5/28	37.70	5.32	42.4	0	1	0
Twenty20	109	55	804	1009	47	4/17	4/17	21.46	7.52	17.1	2	0	0

S SREESANTH

DOB: February 6, 1983

Place of Birth: Kothamangalam, Kerala

Style: Bowler

Sreesanth in 2002-03 after snapping up 22 wickets in his first seven games (Duleep Trophy) made tremendous progress . His progress was halted owing to a hamstring injury in the following year, but he returned stronger, with a more side-on action and increased pace, and a superb display in the Challenger Trophy, in 2005, propelled him to the national squad for the Sri Lanka series. In the last game of his impressive debut season, he snapped up 6 for 55 against England.
For three seasons, Sreesanth was hardly anything more than an answer to a trivia question - who is the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick ?

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	24	34	11	263	35	11.43	497	52.91	0	0	35	4	5	0
ODIs	51	21	10	44	10*	4.00	121	36.36	0	0	2	0	7	0
T20Is	10	3	2	20	19*	20.00	14	142.85	0	0	4	0	2	0
First-class	64	85	26	573	35	9.71	1286	44.55	0	0	-	-	14	0
List A	80	36	15	127	33	6.04	285	44.56	0	0	-	-	9	0
Twenty20	44	14	9	71	19*	14.20	82	86.58	0	0	13	0	8	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	24	46	4753	2778	79	5/40	8/99	35.16	3.50	60.1	4	3	0
ODIs	51	50	2398	2403	75	6/55	6/55	32.04	6.01	31.9	2	1	0
T20Is	10	9	204	288	7	2/12	2/12	41.14	8.47	29.1	0	0	0
First-class	64	-	11364	6498	191	5/40	-	34.02	3.43	59.4	8	6	0
List A	80	-	3796	3585	104	6/55	6/55	34.47	5.66	36.5	3	1	0
Twenty20	44	43	871	1270	38	3/29	3/29	33.42	8.74	22.9	0	0	0

R P SINGH

DOB: December 6, 1985

Place of Birth: Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh

Style: Bowler

Rudra Pratap Singh first made the headlines in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, taking eight wickets at 24.75 apiece and bowling well in the slog overs at the end of the innings. Later that year he joined the conveyor belt of Indian left-arm seamers, taking 34 wickets in six Ranji Trophy games for Uttar Pradesh, the joint-highest for the summer. He made the national one-day squad at the end of 2005, and took two wickets in his second over of international cricket, against Zimbabwe at Harare in September. He took four wickets (and the match award) against Sri Lanka in his third game, and three more in his fourth, before a run of four wicketless matches cost him his place after the first match of the West Indies tour in May 2006.
He also won a couple of Test caps, winning the match award on his debut for some persistent bowling on a shirtfront at Faisalabad, where Pakistan ran up 588. He drifted out of contention after that, but he is still young, and well respected in the Indian set-up, He was recalled for the tours of Bangladesh and England in 2007. It was the start of his most prolific season, which included a five-wicket haul at Lord's, crucial strikes in the victorious ICC World Twenty20 and a four-wicket haul in Perth which shut Australia out of the match. However, his bowling lacked bite after the tour of Australia and went wicket-less in the home Tests against South Africa.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	13	17	3	91	30	6.50	250	36.40	0	0	11	1	6	0
ODIs	55	20	10	104	23	10.40	242	42.97	0	0	5	1	12	0
T20Is	10	2	2	3	2*	-	3	100.00	0	0	0	0	2	0
First-class	60	81	17	636	47	9.93			0	0			27	0
List A	112	53	18	370	35	10.57	597	61.97	0	0			32	0
Twenty20	64	31	15	91	18	5.68	109	83.48	0	0	4	2	24	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	13	24	2330	1564	40	5/59	7/117	39.10	4.02	58.2	3	1	0
ODIs	55	54	2433	2201	65	4/35	4/35	33.86	5.42	37.4	2	0	0
T20Is	10	9	198	225	15	4/13	4/13	15.00	6.81	13.2	1	0	0
First-class	60		11176	6141	208	6/50		29.52	3.29	53.7	10	8	1
List A	112		5155	4395	152	5/30	5/30	28.91	5.11	33.9	3	3	0
Twenty20	64	63	1404	1784	79	5/8	5/8	22.58	7.62	17.7	2	1	0

JOHN HASTINGS

DOB: November 4, 1985

Place of Birth: Penrith, New South Wales

Style: Allrounder

A tall allrounder who combines right-arm fast-medium bowling with strong lower-order batting, John Hastings enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2009-10. He was Victoria's leading wicket-taker in all three competitions, played in the final in all three formats, and not surprisingly was named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year. Most impressive was his Sheffield Shield collection of 446 runs at 37.16 and 36 wickets at 26.13, which confirmed him as a serious all-round talent for the Australian selectors to consider in the next few years.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	2	1	0	16	16	16.00	15	106.66	0	0	1	0	0	0
T20Is	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	8	187.50	0	0	2	0	0	0
First-class	19	25	3	524	93	23.81	1125	46.57	0	2	59	9	7	0
List A	22	15	3	261	41*	21.75	278	93.88	0	0	22	5	7	0
Twenty20	18	12	0	63	20	5.25	61	103.27	0	0	3	3	7	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	2	2	96	71	2	2/44	2/44	35.50	4.43	48.0	0	0	0
T20Is	1	1	18	18	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0	0
First-class	19	37	3391	1572	63	5/61	7/101	24.95	2.78	53.8	3	1	0
List A	22	21	1143	1006	38	4/38	4/38	26.47	5.28	30.0	2	0	0
Twenty20	18	17	333	430	15	3/21	3/21	28.66	7.74	22.2	0	0	0

RAVINDRA JADEJA

DOB: December 6, 1988

Place of Birth: Navagam-Khed, Saurashtra

Style: Allrounder

An allrounder who bats left-hand and bowls orthodox spin, Ravindra Jadeja has been playing cricket since the age of ten. He scored 53 for West Zone on his first-class debut in the 2006-07 Duleep Trophy and has been an important member of the Under-19 set-up. He was part of the U-19 team that lost the final of the World Cup in 2006 to Pakistan but bowled a crucial spell of 2 for 25 to bowl India to victory in the final of the 2008 tournament in Malaysia. Jadeja was part of the Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural IPL champions. He caught the attention of the national selectors with his strong all-round showing in the 2008-09 Ranji Trophy - 42 wickets and 739 runs - and was promptly picked for the ODI series in Sri Lanka.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	35	22	5	535	61*	31.47	695	76.97	0	4	39	7	11	0
T20Is	9	6	2	65	25	16.25	75	86.66	0	0	2	1	5	0
First-class	33	50	3	1769	232*	37.63	3238	54.63	3	10	207	14	26	0
List A	66	46	15	1040	70	33.54	1223	85.03	0	7	79	20	23	0
Twenty20	40	31	6	549	42	21.96	483	113.66	0	0	40	14	17	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	35	33	1534	1245	29	4/32	4/32	42.93	4.86	52.8	1	0	0
T20Is	9	9	186	232	5	2/26	2/26	46.40	7.48	37.2	0	0	0
First-class	33	55	7022	2873	101	7/31	10/88	28.44	2.45	69.5	4	7	1
List A	66	62	2887	2172	72	4/8	4/8	30.16	4.51	40.0	4	0	0
Twenty20	40	25	393	485	13	3/15	3/15	37.30	7.40	30.2	0	0	0

PARTHIV PATEL

DOB: March 9, 1985

Place of Birth: Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Style: Wicketkeeper batsman

Small even for his tender age, when Parthiv Patel led his side onto the stage during the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century Awards in London in July 2002, some people assumed he was the team mascot. But within a month he had instead become Test cricket's youngest wicketkeeper - at 17 years, 153 days - when called up to replace the injured Ajay Ratra for the second Test at Trent Bridge.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	20	30	7	683	69	29.69	1527	44.72	0	4	93	0	41	8
ODIs	16	12	2	241	56*	24.10	353	68.27	0	2	27	1	14	3
First-class	117	172	19	6147	206	40.17	-	-	14	33	-	-	287	44
List A	97	87	7	2124	86	26.55	2685	79.10	0	15	-	-	102	37
Twenty20	43	42	2	800	57	20.00	744	107.52	0	4	108	11	16	8

KEDAR JADHAV

DOB: March 26, 1985

Place of Birth: Pune, Maharashtra

Style: Batsman

Kedar Jadhav is an attacking Maharashtra middle-order batsman who came into the limelight with a 29-ball 50 for Delhi Daredevils on his IPL debut. He scored six fifties and one century during the 2008-09 first-class season and those who have seen him bat for Maharashtra rate him as a natural Twenty20 player. Initially a part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore development squad, he was drafted in by Delhi, for whom his innings against Bangalore was a shot in the arm in a struggling season.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	24	39	6	1353	114*	41.00	2610	51.83	2	7	194	13	14	0
List A	16	16	2	671	141	47.92	671	100.00	2	3	55	16	8	0
Twenty20	17	17	4	251	60*	19.30	186	134.94	0	2	19	7	7	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	24	3	24	35	0	-	-	-	8.75	-	0	0	0
List A	16	2	18	34	0	-	-	-	11.33	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	17	3	54	78	4	2/23	2/23	19.50	8.66	13.5	0	0	0

RAMESH POWAR

DOB: May 20, 1978

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Style: Bowler

A stocky offspinner who is more than handy with the bat, Ramesh Powar has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket for the last four seasons, and was crucial to Mumbai's Ranji Trophy success in the 2002-03 season. His 20 wickets with his flighted stuff was useful enough, but even more crucial was the runs he contributed. He never batted higher than No. 7 - sometimes going in as low as No. 10 - but ended up with the second-highest aggregate for Mumbai in the tournament, scoring 418 runs at more than 46, with most of those runs coming when his team was in strife. His domestic exploits soon caught the selectors' notice, and he made to the Indian squad for the tour to Pakistan. Both his offspin and his batting stood the test in the couple of one-day internationals he played, but even more impressive was his combative attitude, as he bravely tossed the ball up on batting shirtfronts, and didn't bat an eyelid while striking some lusty blows against the pace of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami. An ideal bits-and-pieces player, Powar returned to the one-day side early in 2006, now armed with a new delivery - a drifter - which helped him to 63 domestic wickets in 2005-06, after 54 the previous season. Again he impressed with both bat and ball, although some critics made disparaging remarks about his waistline, causing him to tempt fate: "I've never missed a game owing to fitness problems." Almost inevitably, he then twisted an ankle and missed the first two ODIs in the West Indies in June 2006.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	2	2	0	13	7	6.50	18	72.22	0	0	2	0	0	0
ODIs	31	19	5	163	54	11.64	260	62.69	0	1	12	2	3	0
First-class	118	148	20	3746	131	29.26	-	-	7	16	-	-	50	0
List A	113	80	17	1082	80*	17.17	-	-	0	4	-	-	25	0
Twenty20	22	8	5	61	28*	20.33	57	107.01	0	0	7	1	5	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	2	4	252	118	6	3/33	3/36	19.66	2.80	42.0	0	0	0
ODIs	31	29	1536	1191	34	3/24	3/24	35.02	4.65	45.1	0	0	0
First-class	118	-	23922	11749	399	7/44	-	29.44	2.94	59.9	-	22	3
List A	113	-	5557	4392	142	5/53	5/53	30.92	4.74	39.1	4	1	0
Twenty20	22	21	360	418	12	2/11	2/11	34.83	6.96	30.0	0	0	0

TANMAY SRIVASTAVA

DOB: November 7, 1989

Place of Birth: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Style: Batsman

Tanmay Srivastava is one of the better openers going around in Indian domestic cricket. Like many an Uttar pradesh player, he started early. Strong Under-19 performances got him a place in the Challenger Series even before he could play first-class cricket for UP. His first season with UP was not great, but he kept doing well for India Under-19, making it to the tour of South Africa where he performed strongly.

UP had him fly back when they made it to the final of 2007-08, and Srivastava responded by scoring his maiden first-class century, against Delhi. In the U-19 World Cup in Malaysia same year, he finished the tournament's top-scorer with 262 runs, including a vital 43 in India's victory in the final against South Africa. He was contracted by Kings XI Punjab for the IPL, and followed it up with a strong first-class season, ending as UP's leading run-getter in 2008-09.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	38	64	1	2084	159	33.07	4466	46.66	4	12	274	4	29	0
List A	21	21	2	1008	124*	53.05	1269	79.43	6	3	105	8	7	0
Twenty20	16	12	3	198	84*	22.00	177	111.86	0	1	19	4	5	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	38	2	84	51	1	1/40	1/40	51.00	3.64	84.0	0	0	0
List A	21	5	48	52	0	-	-	-	6.50	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

VINAY KUMAR

DOB: February 12, 1984

Place of Birth: Davanagere, Karnataka

Style: Batsman

Vinay Kumar is a bowler in the Venkatesh Prasad mould - relying more on outswingers, legcutters and accuracy, than on outright pace. After the retirement of former India players Dodda Ganesh and David Johnson, Vinay became a key member of the Karnataka pace attack. First picked for the Ranji side in 2004-05, he quickly established himself by taking more than 20 wickets in each of his first three seasons. He soon developed an inswinger as a variation to his stock ball, resulting in a superb 2007-08 season, in which he was the second-highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
T20Is	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
First-class	60	80	16	1017	51*	15.89	2313	43.96	0	4			20	0
List A	46	29	9	469	82	23.45	486	96.50	0	2			14	0
Twenty20	51	26	8	185	25*	10.27	150	123.33	0	0	11	8	9	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	2	2	102	122	2	2/51	2/51	61.00	7.17	51.0	0	0	0
T20Is	3	3	66	82	5	3/24	3/24	16.40	7.45	13.2	0	0	0
First-class	60		11120	5305	221	8/32		24.00	2.86	50.3	5	11	2
List A	46		2350	1889	75	4/24	4/24	25.18	4.82	31.3	4	0	0
Twenty20	51	51	986	1314	52	4/40	4/40	25.26	7.99	18.9	1	0	0

DEEPAK CHOUGULE

DOB: April 1, 1984

Place of Birth: Belgaum, Karnataka

Style: Batsman

Deepak Chougule,the strong middle order batsman from Karnatake will play for Kochi in this season.The 26 year old Deepak has scored runs with good average and strike rate in domestic arena.The quest of the Kochi side for a good Indian batsman is somewhat satisfiable on Deepak.He has a great chance to show his skills and make way to the Indian side.

Deepak Chougule is a right handed batsman.He bowls useful right arm off spin too

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	21	33	1	894	166	27.93	2129	41.99	1	5	-	-	11	0
List A	23	18	3	606	111*	40.40	907	66.81	1	4	-	-	12	0
Twenty20	9	9	3	192	41*	32.00	173	110.98	0	0	21	0	2	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	21		61	38	1	1/26	1/26	38.00	3.73	61.0	0	0	0
List A	23		88	73	0	-	-	-	4.97	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	9	1	6	15	0	-	-	-	15.00	-	0	0	0

RAIPHI GOMEZ

DOB: October 16, 1985

Style: Batsman

Raify , the start batsman of Kerala Ranji Team has signed for Team Kochi. The agreement is worth 30 lakhs.
He is the second kerala player after Sreesanth to sign for Kochi IPL Team this season.

Raify is famous for his attacking style of batting, and Kochi seriously needed a batsman like him on slog overs of the match.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	20	32	1	656	108	21.16	1259	52.10	2	0	85	8	11	0
List A	26	24	2	765	105	34.77	807	94.79	1	5	-	-	5	0
Twenty20	10	10	2	203	62*	25.37	166	122.28	0	1	18	6	3	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	20	22	1141	538	12	3/33	5/94	44.83	2.82	95.0	0	0	0
List A	26		310	329	3	2/43	2/43	109.66	6.36	103.3	0	0	0
Twenty20	10	9	150	211	3	2/27	2/27	70.33	8.44	50.0	0	0	0

SUSHANT MARATHE

DOB: October 16, 1985

Place of Birth: Bombay, Maharashtra

Style: Batsman

A powerful wicketkeeper batsman from Mumbai, Sushant Marathe came into the limelight during the BCCI Corporate Trophy last year when he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa, and topped the batting averages of winners Air India Red.

Marathe smashed an unbeaten 80 in the semi-final against ONGC and followed it up with a handy 36 off 32 balls in the final against the likes of RP Singh and Harbhajan Singh. He was used as a specialist number three batsman in that tournament and his consistent performances earned him a contract with the Mumbai Indians for the 2010 IPL Season.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	10	19	0	534	144	28.10	1348	39.61	1	2	71	1	8	0
List A	10	10	0	332	108	33.20	438	75.79	1	2	36	2	16	3
Twenty20	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	6	133.33	0	0	2	0	0	0

BRENDON MCCULLUM

DOB: September 27, 1981

Place of Birth: Dunedin, Otago

Style: Wicketkeeper batsman

Brash, brutal and brilliant to watch, Brendon McCullum can bruise bowling attacks like few other men in international cricket. A wicketkeeper-batsman, McCullum has been used as an opener in the shorter formats and lower down in Tests, but whenever he arrives at the crease it's impossible to look away. He muscles balls over both sides of the field and was responsible for getting the IPL off to an electrifying start, lighting up the tournament's first match with 158 and showing what the format had to offer..

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	55	93	6	3232	225	37.14	5210	62.03	6	17	395	38	165	11
ODIs	178	152	22	3711	166	28.54	4189	88.58	2	18	333	108	197	13
T20Is	40	40	7	1100	116*	33.33	857	128.35	1	6	112	39	25	4
First-class	98	169	10	5709	225	35.90			10	31			270	19
List A	222	190	26	4759	170	29.01			5	22			240	15
Twenty20	99	98	13	2716	158*	31.95	1977	137.37	3	14	274	116	49	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	55	1	36	18	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	178	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	98		36	18	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
List A	222	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

THISARA PERERA

DOB: April 3, 1989

Place of Birth: Colombo

Style: Allrounder

An attacking batting allrounder, Thissara Perera began his career primarily as a bowler, opening the bowling for the Under-19s. He turned in noteworthy performances in the tri-nation tournament in Sri Lanka in July 2007 and in the youth Test against India in Colombo the following month. Those performances earned him a call-up to the U-19 squad for the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He received his maiden national call-up during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009 as an emergency replacement for Angelo Mathews. His aggressive batting in an ODI against India in Mirpur helped Sri Lanka pull off a win in a pressure situation

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	15	9	2	133	36*	19.00	110	120.90	0	0	15	3	6	0
T20Is	7	6	3	74	24	24.66	53	139.62	0	0	4	5	1	0
First-class	14	24	6	745	113*	41.38	818	91.07	1	5	58	37	10	0
List A	47	34	10	608	59	25.33	566	107.42	0	2	48	26	19	0
Twenty20	35	28	10	186	24	10.33	149	124.83	0	0	12	10	13	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	15	14	538	482	22	5/28	5/28	21.90	5.37	24.4	0	2	0
T20Is	7	6	102	102	5	2/19	2/19	20.40	6.00	20.4	0	0	0
First-class	14	23	1373	818	24	5/69	6/139	34.08	3.57	57.2	1	1	0
List A	47	45	1675	1531	68	5/28	5/28	22.51	5.48	24.6	3	3	0
Twenty20	35	34	593	697	36	3/17	3/17	19.36	7.05	16.4	0	0	0

OWAIS SHAH

DOB: October 22, 1978

Place of Birth: Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

Style: Batsman

After a see-saw career threatened to usher in early oblivion, Owais Shah finally got a chance at redemption in March 2006, making his Test debut against India in the final match at Mumbai. Following Michael Vaughan's return home due to injury early in the tour, Shah was drafted in as a replacement and made a composed and vital 88 in a memorable victory. A stylish and classical batsman who seemed to have the world at his feet as a teenager, he was compared in ability to the young Mark Ramprakash. Shah made his first-class debut in 1996, and at the end of the promising summer, Wisden praised his "abundant promise". His county cap followed, but back-to-back seasons with averages in the mid 20s ended with him being dropped by Middlesex in 2000.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	6	10	0	269	88	26.90	642	41.90	0	2	35	3	2	0
ODIs	71	66	6	1834	107*	30.56	2331	78.67	1	12	144	26	21	0
T20Is	17	15	1	347	55*	24.78	284	122.18	0	1	26	13	5	0
First-class	223	380	34	14541	203	42.02	-	-	39	72	-	-	171	0
List A	331	313	39	9623	134	35.12	-	-	13	62	-	-	112	0
Twenty20	89	85	17	2160	80	31.76	1694	127.50	0	11	173	92	33	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wk-ts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	6	2	30	31	0	-	-	-	6.20	-	0	0	0
ODIs	71	10	193	184	7	3/15	3/15	26.28	5.72	27.5	0	0	0
T20Is	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	223		2237	1489	26	3/33		57.26	3.99	86.0		0	0
List A	331		912	896	27	4/11	4/11	33.18	5.89	33.7	1	0	0
Twenty20	89	6	45	64	4	2/26	2/26	16.00	8.53	11.2	0	0	0

STEVEN SMITH

DOB: June 2, 1989

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales

Style: Allrounder

Steven Smith is the most promising Australian spinner since Shane Warne emerged - but he is more than that. He carries the extra advantage of being an outstanding batsman who could soon slot in to the top six for his country, whether he bowls or not. By the age of 21 he was in Australia's Test, one-day and Twenty20 teams, picked on promise and quickly showing the composure of a seasoned professional. There were words of caution about his early elevation, but there was no hiding the excitement about a player who gives the ball air, hits it hard, catches it at will and seems unbothered by pressure.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	5	10	1	259	77	28.77	456	56.79	0	2	27	2	3	0
ODIs	9	6	1	139	41	27.80	147	94.55	0	0	11	0	3	0
T20Is	14	9	2	96	34	13.71	70	137.14	0	0	9	3	12	0
First-class	23	42	6	1516	177	42.11	2514	60.30	4	6	185	18	28	0
List A	29	24	5	720	92	37.89	815	88.34	0	4	57	10	13	0
Twenty20	39	30	7	389	35*	16.91	321	121.18	0	0	36	8	21	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	5	5	372	220	3	3/51	3/51	73.33	3.54	124.0	0	0	0
ODIs	9	8	323	301	9	2/34	2/34	33.44	5.59	35.8	0	0	0
T20Is	14	14	255	333	16	3/20	3/20	20.81	7.83	15.9	0	0	0
First-class	23	37	2988	1975	41	7/64	8/169	48.17	3.96	72.8	2	1	0
List A	29	27	1091	976	25	3/43	3/43	39.04	5.36	43.6	0	0	0
Twenty20	39	34	582	719	42	4/13	4/13	17.11	7.41	13.8	2	0	0

STEVE O'KEEFE

DOB: December 9, 1984

Place of Birth: Malaysia

Style: Allrounder

A dramatic 2010 off-season ended in Stephen O'Keefe fielding for the Test team at Lord's and playing a Twenty20 international. O'Keefe, a left-arm orthodox spinner, had only played a handful of games for his state before he was picked for Australia A, benefiting from injuries to Jon Holland and Jason Krejza. After taking 7 for 35 and scoring 61 and 47 in a first-class affair against Sri Lanka A, he was soon flying to England to join the national team thanks to Nathan Hauritz's foot injury. He was surprised to play in the Twenty20 but made the most of the opportunity, finishing with 3 for 29 against Pakistan, and stayed with the squad for the Tests.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
T20Is	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	8	62.50	0	0	1	0	1	0
First-class	11	12	2	463	91	46.30	843	54.92	0	4	41	12	9	0
List A	23	16	4	306	70*	25.50	309	99.02	0	1	14	14	13	0
Twenty20	5	4	1	18	6	6.00	23	78.26	0	0	3	0	2	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
T20Is	1	1	24	29	3	3/29	3/29	9.66	7.25	8.0	0	0	0
First-class	11	20	1924	987	42	7/35	7/83	23.50	3.07	45.8	3	1	0
List A	23	22	822	700	10	2/34	2/34	70.00	5.10	82.2	0	0	0
Twenty20	5	5	96	119	7	3/23	3/23	17.00	7.43	13.7	0	0	0

MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN

DOB: April 17, 1972

Place of Birth: Kandy

Style: Bowler

Perhaps no cricketer since Douglas Jardine has polarised opinion quite like Muttiah Muralitharan. For the believers, he's among the greatest to ever spin a ball. For the doubters, he's a charlatan undeserving of the game's greatest records, responsible for changes in the laws that they think have legitimised throwing. What was undeniable was his ability to turn the ball sharply on just about any surface, and bowl the sort of marathon spells that would have seen a lesser man retire after five seasons rather than 18. Whether Sri Lanka played at home, on pitches where he was often unplayable, or overseas, Murali was the go-to man for half a dozen captains. He seldom disappointed.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	133	164	56	1261	67	11.67	1794	70.28	0	1	146	29	72	0
ODIs	339	160	62	667	33*	6.80	865	77.10	0	0	50	11	129	0
T20Is	12	2	0	1	1	0.50	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	1	0
First-class	232	276	83	2192	67	11.35			0	1			123	0
List A	436	201	74	928	33*	7.30			0	0			156	0
Twenty20	73	15	3	38	11	3.16	47	80.85	0	0	2	1	21	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	133	230	44039	18180	800	9/51	16/220	22.72	2.47	55.0	45	67	22
ODIs	339	331	18265	11951	517	7/30	7/30	23.11	3.92	35.3	14	10	0
T20Is	12	12	282	297	13	3/29	3/29	22.84	6.31	21.6	0	0	0
First-class	232		66933	26997	1374	9/51		19.64	2.42	48.7		119	34
List A	436		22898+	14703	655	7/30	7/30	22.44	3.84*	35.2*	16	12	0
Twenty20	73	73	1686	1732	95	4/16	4/16	18.23	6.16	17.7	3	0	0

MICHAEL KLINGER

DOB: July 4, 1980

Place of Birth: Kew, Melbourne, Victoria

Style: Batsman

The best cricket move Michael Klinger ever made was switching from Victoria to South Australia for the 2008-09 season. Klinger was struggling with the Bushrangers but immediately sparked with the Redbacks and quickly became a batsman as consistent as Darren Lehmann or Greg Blewett, two former local favourites. The performances were so strong that after two summers in Adelaide he was appointed captain and was often mentioned for higher honours.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	70	123	14	4056	255	37.21	9569	42.38	8	19	-	-	65	0
List A	84	84	10	2961	133*	40.01	-	-	7	20	-	-	25	0
Twenty20	21	20	4	535	78	33.43	413	129.53	0	4	47	17	7	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wk-ts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	70		6	3	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
List A	84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-