Little wonder the Australians white-washed the Kiwis with David Warner, Steve Smith, and George Bailey in the top four ODI run-getters in the world this year.
The magnificent Warner shows the way with 1388 runs at 63.09 from his skipper Steve Smith’s 1154 at 50.17, South African opener Quinton de Kock’s 857 at 57.13, and Bailey’s 808 at 36.72.
Warner’s finish to the one dayers was the most spectacular of the year with four of his record seven centuries in his last six digs.
Surprisingly, champion Indian batsman Virat Kohli only played 10 ODIs this year. He was dismissed just eight times to top the averages with 92.37.
Other stats:
Next best averages – Ed Joyce 73.20, Warner 63.09, Rohit Sharma 62.66, Alex Hales 61.91, and Joe Root 61.23.
Most boundaries – Warner 148, Smith 102, de Kock 91, Hales 86, Aaron Finch 72, Kusal Mendis 71, and Root 71.
Most sixes – Guptill 27, de Kock 26, Warner 22, Jos Buttler 21, and Sharma 19.
Most balls faces – Warner 1316, Smith 1254, Bailey 1020, Root, 867, Dinesh Chandimal 844, de Kock 789, Kohli 739, and Hales 733.
Best strike rates – Sharjeel Khan 143.19, Buttler 129.93, de Kock 108.61, Jason Roy 108.01, Ben Stokes 105.60, and Warner 105.47.
The current ICC world ODI rankings with this years stats:
1 – AB de Villiers – eight innings, scoring 339 runs at 42.37.
2 – Virat Kohli – eight – 739 – 92.37.
3 – David Warner – 22 – 1388 – 63.09.
4 – Quinton de Kick – 15 – 857 – 57.13.
5 – Kane Williamson – 15 – 559 – 37.26.
7 – Joe Root – 13 – 796 – 61.23.
8 – Martin Guptill – 15 – 706 – 47.06.
9 – Rohit Sharma – 9 – 564 – 62.66.
10 – Faf du Plessis – 12 – 578 – 48.16.
Other Australians:
16 – Steve Smith – 23 – 1154 – 50.17
17 – Aaron Finch – 23 – 655 – 28.47
18 – George Bailey – 22 – 808 – 36.72
23 – Glenn Maxwell – 9 – 212 – 23.56.
25 – Mitchell Marsh – 15 – 642 – 41.80.
39 – James Faulkner – 5 – 107 – 21.40.
61 – Matthew Wade – 20 – 518 – 25.90.
89 – Usman Khawaja – 10 – 399 – 39.90.
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