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Cricket in 2015: Best stats from 337 live games on Sky Sports

Richard Isaacs

Cricket Statistician RVISkyStatto

Monday 4 January 2016 11:03, UK

AB de Villiers celebrates his 50 runs during the 3rd ODI match between South Africa and New Zealand
Image: AB de Villiers celebrates another milestone in a dynamic year

​What a year it has been for live cricket on Sky Sports in 2015!

It has been a record-breaking year with a mammoth 337 LIVE ball-by-ball matches shown across the Sky Sports network in the last 12 months and there is a lot more to come in 2016, of course. 

A thrilling Ashes win followed an exciting series against New Zealand showed what England could do after a hugely disappointing ICC World Cup and short trip to West Indies while Sky Sports saw the real emergence of Trevor Bayliss' side in one-day cricket.

A first-ever total of over 400, a brilliant series win against New Zealand and Pakistan and ever-improving performances with bat and ball showed that England were on their way back with the white ball in hand.

But it wasn't only England that impressed on our screens. Despite their Ashes loss, Australia comfortably lifted the World Cup on home soil - in fact, we viewed the Aussies 19 times on Sky in one-day internationals in 2015 and saw them lose only three times.

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And what huge entertainment we have had as well in the shortest format of the game.

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A nail-biting conclusion to the Big Bash in Australia in January seeing Perth Scorchers home off the last ball, the razzmatazz of the IPL saw Mumbai Indians take the honours and Lancashire Lightning finally won some limited-overs silverware for the first time since 1999 by winning the NatWest T20 Blast at Edgbaston.

We also had the Titans breeze to the Ram Slam T20 title in South Africa and the early stages of BBL05 in Australia.  And not forgetting the memorable scenes of minnows Oman reaching next year's ICC World T20 tournament by qualifying in the tournament in Dublin.

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So, who has done what in 2015 on Sky Sports? Here is a selection of statistics of what we have seen over the last 12 months.

LIVE CRICKET ON SKY SPORTS IN 2015

Matches 337
Runs scored 144,321
Centuries 166
Fifties 647
Overs bowled 26823.1
Wickets taken 4562
Five-wicket hauls 42
Catches 3173
Stumpings 117
Players seen 986
Teams 68

THE STATS of SKY SPORTS in 2015

Tests ODIs T20Ints All FC All Ltd Ovs All T20s
Matches 30 96 27 31 108 190
Runs 32,427 46,384 7,306 33,229 51,916 56,030
100s 58 81 3 60 90 14
50s 143 219 23 145 248 242
Overs 9739.3 8142.2 909.4 9981.2 9099.5 6946.3
Wickets 958 1281 283 975 1431 2031
5wl 27 9 2 27 10 4
Catches 624 949 202 638 1047 1432
Stumpings 19 23 9 20 31 61
Players 142 278 211 162 787

TEST MATCHES ON SKY SPORTS 2015

Most runs

Team M Runs HS Avg SR 100 50
S Smith Aus 13 1474 215 73.70 62.08 6 5
J Root Eng 14 1385 182no 60.21 63.70 3 10
A Cook Eng 14 1364 263 54.56 43.67 3 8
D Warner Aus 13 1317 253 54.87 81.85 4 7
K Williamson NZ 8 1172 242no 90.15 55.94 5 4
A Voges Aus 12 1028 269no 85.66 59.01 4 3

Most wickets

M Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Avg RPO BB 5i
S Broad Eng 14 2703 111 1334 56 23.82 2.96 8-15 2
J Hazlewood Aus 12 2421 100 1191 51 23.35 2.95 6-70 2
N Lyon Aus 13 2687 91 1379 48 28.72 3.07 4-66 0
J Anderson Eng 11 2361 114 1042 46 22.65 2.64 6-42 2
M Starc Aus 11 2059 76 1153 46 25.06 3.35 6-111 2

Highest scores

Name Team Against Venue Date
290 R Taylor NZ Aus Perth Nov 2015
269no A Voges Aus WI Hobart Dec 2015
263 A Cook Eng Pkn Abu Dhabi Oct 2015
253 D Warner Aus NZ Perth Nov 2015
245 S Malik Pkn Eng Abu Dhabi Oct 2015

Best Bowling

Name Team Against Venue Date
8-15 S Broad Eng Aus Nottingham August 2015
7-66 R Ashwin Ind SA Nagpur-J November 2015
6-36 B Stokes Eng Aus Nottingham August 2015
6-42 J Anderson Eng WI Bridgetown May 2015
6-47 J Taylor WI Aus Kingston June 2015
6-47 J Anderson Eng Aus Birmingham July 2015

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS ON SKY SPORTS 2015

Most Runs

Teams M Runs HS Avg SR 100 50
M Guptill NZ 29 1320 237no 52.80 98.72 3 8
AB de Villiers SA 20 1193 162no 79.53 137.91 5 5
K Williamson NZ 24 1189 118 54.04 90.07 3 7
H Amla SA 20 1011 159 56.16 98.25 4 3
E Morgan Eng 25 967 121 43.95 93.79 2 7

Most Wickets

Teams M Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Avg RPO BB 4i
M Starc Aus 17 838 6 633 39 16.23 4.53 6-28 4
T Boult NZ 17 961 19 712 36 19.77 4.44 5-27 4
I Tahir SA 19 1056 8 817 35 23.34 4.64 5-45 3
S Finn Eng 18 894 10 858 31 27.67 5.75 5-33 3
D Steyn SA 19 985 10 819 30 27.30 4.98 3-27 0

Highest Scores

Balls Name Team Against Venue Date
237no 163 M Guptill NZ WI Wellington-W March 2015
215 147 C Gayle WI Zim Canberra February 2015
178 133 D Warner Aus Afg Perth March 2015
170no 99 L Ronchi NZ SL Dunedin-UO January 2015
162no 66 AB de Villiers SA WI Sydney February 2015

Best Bowling

Name Team Against Venue Date
7-33 T Southee NZ Eng Wellington-W February 2015
6-28 M Starc Aus NZ Auckland February 2015
6-43 M Starc Aus Ind Melbourne January 2015
5-27 T Boult NZ Aus Auckland February 2015
5-33 S Finn Eng Ind Brisbane January 2015
5-33 M Marsh Aus Eng Melbourne February 2015


TWENTY20 MATCHES ON SKY SPORTS 2015

Most Runs

M Runs HS Avg SR 100 50
C Gayle 19 768 117 45.17 157.05 1 4
D Miller 28 678 89no 32.28 133.72 0 2
L Simmons 18 634 71 37.29 122.39 0 6
AB de Villiers 20 631 133no 42.06 167.81 1 3
R Sharma 18 610 106 38.12 144.20 1 3

Most Wickets

M Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Avg RPO BB 4i
D Wiese 25 458 0 613 40 15.32 8.03 5-23 3
D Bravo 31 619 0 807 37 21.81 7.82 3-22 0
J Faulkner 27 554 1 773 32 24.15 8.37 3-19 0
C Morris 20 452 0 564 29 19.44 7.48 4-9 2
M McClenaghan 17 396 0 541 28 19.32 8.19 3-16 0

Highest Scores

Balls Name Team Against Venue Date
133no 59 AB de Villiers RC Bangalore Mumbai Indians Mumbai May 2015
119 56 Faf du Plessis SA WI Johannesburg January 2015
117 57 C Gayle RC Bangalore Kings XI Punjab Bangalore May 2015
115no 66 K Pietersen Dolphins Lions Durban November 2015
114no 70 M van Wyk SA WI Durban January 2015

Best Bowling

Name Team Against Venue Date
5-23 D Wiese SA WI Durban January 2015
5-23 N Lyon Sydney Sixers Hobart Hurricanes Sydney December 2015
5-24 A Evans Scotland Netherlands Edinburgh July 2015
5-34 M Shezi Cape Cobras Warriors East London December 2015
4-9 C Morris Titans Dolphins Durban November 2015

Most Sixes

Sixes
C Gayle 61
K Pietersen 37
A Russell 34
D Miller 34
K Pollard 33


 

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