Let us look at the runs and wickets tally of the ICC World Test Championship 2019-21.
Most Runs
Marnus Labuschagne finished as the leading run-scorer of the tournament. He aggregated 1,675 runs in 23 innings at an average of 72.82. Joe Root (1,660 in 37 innings) and Steven Smith (1,341 in 22 innings) are at second and third in the list respectively, while Ben Stokes (1,334 in 32 innings) is stationed at fourth place.
Ajinkya Rahane (1,159) and Rohit Sharma (1,094), India’s leading run-scorers in the tournament, occupied the next two places. Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s top-scorer, was 13th.
Batsman | Team | M | R | Ave | 100 |
Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 13 | 1675 | 73 | 5 |
Joe Root | England | 20 | 1660 | 47 | 3 |
Steven Smith | Australia | 13 | 1341 | 64 | 4 |
Ben Stokes | England | 17 | 1334 | 46 | 4 |
Ajinkya Rahane | India | 18 | 1159 | 43 | 3 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 12 | 1094 | 61 | 4 |
Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 10 | 999 | 56 | 4 |
Jos Buttler | England | 18 | 963 | 33 | 1 |
David Warner | Australia | 12 | 948 | 47 | 3 |
Dean Elgar | South Arica | 13 | 935 | 43 | 2 |
Most Wickets
R Ashwin (71 at an average of 20.33) overtook Pat Cummins (70 at 21.02) and Stuart Board (69 at 20.08) to become the highest wicket-taker on the last day of the tournament. He was joint third in the tally before the reserve day began, but the wickets of Tom Latham and then Devon Conway helped him to climb to the top.
Tim Southee finished at fourth place, with 56 scalps at 20.82, the most for New Zealand.
Bowler | Team | W | Ave | 5WI |
R Ashwin | India | 71 | 20.33 | 4 |
Pat Cummins | Australia | 70 | 21.02 | 1 |
Stuart Broad | England | 69 | 20.08 | 2 |
Tim Southee | New Zealand | 56 | 20.82 | 3 |
Nathan Lyon | Australia | 56 | 31.37 | 4 |
Josh Hazzlewood | Australia | 48 | 20.54 | 3 |
Anrich Nortje | South Africa | 47 | 28.10 | 3 |
Mitchell Starc | Australia | 44 | 24.54 | 2 |
Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | 43 | 12.53 | 5 |
Mohammed Shami | India | 40 | 20.47 | 1 |
Jofra Archer | England | 40 | 27.37 | 3 |
Jack Leach | England | 40 | 29.55 | 1 |