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Sky Sports 2016: a record-breaking year of cricket coverage

Virat Kohli's superb series continued on day three in Mumbai (Credit: AFP)

By Richard Isaacs

Saturday 31 December 2016 13:09, UK

What a year it has been for cricket on Sky Sports in 2016! 

A record-breaking total of 354 LIVE games have been shown in the last 12 months, surpassing the previous best of 337 in 2015.

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Get ready for another terrific year of cricket on Sky Sports in 2017.

Sky Sports have brought you 34 first-class matches (32 Tests), 70 one-day games (56 ODIs) and an incredible 209 Twenty20 games plus women's and Under 19 internationals aplenty to make up the breath-taking 354 tally.

So, let's have a look at the facts and figures of this outstanding year of cricket on your televisions and devices.

Overall statistics on Sky Sports

Matches 354
Players seen 1,185
Teams 85
Overs bowled 27,112.1
Runs scored 145,434
Wickets taken 5,050
Centuries 135
Fifties 704
Catches 3,113
Stumped 153
Five-wicket hauls 60
Run outs 393
Hit wickets 6

Most Runs

Name Teams Matches Runs Hs Avg SR 100
V Kohli Ind / RCB 45 3,291 235 84.38 90.36 10
J Root Eng / Yorks 45 2,741 254 49.83 74.99 5
D Warner DD / SA 43 2,139 173 54.84 124.65 5
Q de Kock DD / SA 42 1,945 178 48.62 110.32 5
J Bairstow Eng / Yorks 33 1,775 167no 46.71 61.10 3

Most wickets

Name Teams Matches Wickets Avg RPO BB 5i
R Ashwin Pune / SA 38 101 23.78 3.50 7-59 8
A Rashid AdelS / Eng/ Yorks 47 90 28.87 4.66 4-26 0
K Rabada Kent / SA 30 68 24.92 5.17 7-112 3
R Jadeja GujL / Ind 40 66 28.89 3.21 7-48 2
C Woakes Warks / Eng 28 61 27.67 3.63 6-70 2

Most Sixes

Name 6s
AB de Villiers 61
D Warner 58
J Buttler 56
R Sharma 53
Q de Kock 50
V Kohli 50

Most Centuries

Name Teams 100 50
V Kohli Ind / RCB 10 19
J Root Eng / Yorks 5 19
D Warner Aus / SRH 5 14
Q de Kock SA / DD 5 10

Most Appearances on Sky in 2016

Name Teams Matches
A Rashid AdelS / Eng / Yorks 47
J Root Eng / Yorks 45
V Kohli Ind / RCB 45
J Buttler Eng / Lanc / MI 45
D Warner Aus / SRH 43
M Ali Eng / Worcs 43


And congratulations to the champions we have seen crowned with some scintillating performances - a brilliant year of memorable live television.

Roll of Honour

Competition Winners
Women's Big Bash Sydney Thunder Women
Big Bash Sydney Thunder
ICC Women's World T20 West Indies Women
ICC World T20 West Indies
IPL Sunrisers Hyderabad
County Championship Middlesex
NatWest T20 Blast Northamptonshire
Royal London One-Day Cup Warwickshire
South Africa T20 Challenge Titans


So thanks for the memories 2016 …. here is to more in 2017, including the ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC Women's World Cup, both coming to England in June and July as well as the visits of South Africa and West Indies to England.

Before that, England travel back to India and then head for a short trip to the West Indies while India tackle Australia at home and New Zealand receive South Africa and the winter action finishes with the brilliant Indian Premier League.

And then, of course, there will be at least 48 days of domestic cricket across the three English competitions plus Under-19s, Women's Internationals and much, much more.

Also See:

Stand by - you are in for another outstanding year of cricket, only on Sky Sports.

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Watch how the magic really happens as Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain preview our 2017 cricket coverage!

Enjoy a cracking 2017 with Sky Sports as we bring you continued live coverage of England's tour of India and the ICC Champions Trophy.

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