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VVS Laxman stats

Data through 24 January 2012Last updated 24 January 2012

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 19 December 2001 to 24 January 2012. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2001 and 2012, VVS Laxman appears in 76 Tests, 28 ODIs for India in the Cricsheet data. The most runs came in Tests: 5,411 at an average of 51.53 and a strike rate of 49.5, with a highest score of 200*. Against New Zealand in Tests, VVS Laxman averaged 85.38 over 11 innings.

International matches

104

Tests 76 · ODIs 28

International runs

6,239

16 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

282 runs

Best batting average (Test)

51.53

129 innings

Highest score

200*

Test

Teams played for

India 2001–2012 · 104Deccan Chargers 2008–2010 · 17Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011 · 3

BattingBowling

VVS Laxman batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	76	129	24	5,411	200*	51.53	10,935	49.5	12	37	7	671	1
ODI	28	27	3	828	107	34.50	1,116	74.2	4	1	1	79	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	20	2	282	52	15.67	267	105.6	0	1	4	33	5

Runs per year

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VVS Laxman: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2001	12
2002	20
2003	462
2004	1,018
2005	249
2006	561
2007	496
2008	1,241
2009	490
2010	1,003
2011	817
2012	152

Year-by-year batting (19 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2001	Test	1	12	12.00	66.7	12	0	0
2002	ODI	1	20	20.00	51.3	20	0	0
2003	ODI	6	192	32.00	68.8	102	1	0
2003	Test	4	270	270.00	44.9	104	1	2
2004	ODI	19	616	38.50	77.3	107	3	1
2004	Test	8	402	50.25	57.2	178	1	2
2005	Test	3	249	83.00	52.9	140	2	0
2006	ODI	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0
2006	Test	16	561	40.07	41.5	100	1	4
2007	Test	14	496	55.11	48.2	112	1	3
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	155	31.00	117.4	52	0	1
2008	Test	27	1086	47.22	50.8	200	2	7
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	19	3.80	57.6	10	0	0
2009	Test	9	471	67.29	49.4	124	1	5
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	64	12.80	106.7	22	0	0
2010	Test	18	939	67.07	51.8	143	2	7
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	44	14.67	104.8	36	0	0
2011	Test	23	773	40.68	51.3	176	1	6
2012	Test	6	152	25.33	42.9	66	0	1

VVS Laxman bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	3	72	26	1	1/2	1/2	26.00	2.17	72.0	0	0	2

Wickets per year

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VVS Laxman: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2001	0
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2005	0
2006	0
2007	1
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	0

Year-by-year bowling (2 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2007	Test	2	1	7.00	3.50	1/2
2008	Test	1	0	–	1.90	0/19

VVS Laxman against each team

vs Australia vs England vs South Africa vs West Indies vs Sri Lanka vs Pakistan vs New Zealand

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	31	1328	51.08	52.1	200	3	8
West Indies	Test	18	798	53.20	48.7	176	2	5
Sri Lanka	Test	17	779	55.64	48.7	104	2	7
South Africa	Test	19	693	43.31	48.4	143	1	4
New Zealand	Test	11	683	85.38	43.9	124	2	5
England	Test	19	464	25.78	45.4	56	0	4
Pakistan	Test	10	418	83.60	55.1	112	1	3
Bangladesh	Test	3	108	54.00	68.4	69	0	1
Australia	ODI	8	378	63.00	79.6	106	3	0
Pakistan	ODI	6	174	29.00	83.3	107	1	0
New Zealand	ODI	5	89	17.80	60.1	31	0	0
England	ODI	3	71	23.67	67.6	33	0	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	93	31.00	112.0	52	0	1
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	41	20.50	120.6	37	0	0
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	40	10.00	85.1	16	0	0
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	32	10.67	106.7	22	0	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	16	5.33	69.6	12	0	0

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Sydney Cricket Ground	7	486	81.00	178
Eden Gardens	5	469	234.50	176
Arun Jaitley Stadium	6	396	396.00	200
Narendra Modi Stadium	9	339	42.38	104
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	7	273	68.25	104
McLean Park	3	220	110.00	124
The Gabba	4	214	107.00	103
Kingsmead	6	203	40.60	96
Kensington Oval	2	172	86.00	87
Warner Park	2	163	81.50	100

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Eden Gardens	1	1	2.00	2.00

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	187	188	99.5	11	–	–	–
T20	Middle	92	73	126.0	6	–	–	–
T20	Death	3	6	50.0	1	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	238	371	64.2	8	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	481	642	74.9	12	–	–	–
ODI	Death	109	103	105.8	4	–	–	–

How VVS Laxman was dismissed

Caught83 (56%)
Bowled30 (20%)
Lbw12 (8%)
Run out10 (7%)
Caught and bowled8 (5%)
Stumped4 (3%)

How VVS Laxman took wickets

Caught1

Last 20 innings

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VVS Laxman: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
21 Jul 2011	56
29 Jul 2011	54
29 Jul 2011	4
10 Aug 2011	30
10 Aug 2011	2
18 Aug 2011	2
18 Aug 2011	24
6 Nov 2011	1
6 Nov 2011	58
14 Nov 2011	176
22 Nov 2011	32
22 Nov 2011	31
26 Dec 2011	2
26 Dec 2011	1
3 Jan 2012	2
3 Jan 2012	66
13 Jan 2012	31
13 Jan 2012	0
24 Jan 2012	18
24 Jan 2012	35

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
24 Jan 2012	Test	Australia	35	88	caught	Adelaide Oval
24 Jan 2012	Test	Australia	18	43	caught	Adelaide Oval
13 Jan 2012	Test	Australia	0	9	caught	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
13 Jan 2012	Test	Australia	31	86	caught	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
3 Jan 2012	Test	Australia	66	119	bowled	Sydney Cricket Ground
3 Jan 2012	Test	Australia	2	9	caught	Sydney Cricket Ground
26 Dec 2011	Test	Australia	1	14	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
26 Dec 2011	Test	Australia	2	22	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
22 Nov 2011	Test	West Indies	31	53	caught	Wankhede Stadium
22 Nov 2011	Test	West Indies	32	54	caught	Wankhede Stadium
14 Nov 2011	Test	West Indies	176*	280	not out	Eden Gardens
6 Nov 2011	Test	West Indies	58*	105	not out	Arun Jaitley Stadium
6 Nov 2011	Test	West Indies	1	5	caught	Arun Jaitley Stadium
18 Aug 2011	Test	England	24	42	bowled	Kennington Oval
18 Aug 2011	Test	England	2	7	caught	Kennington Oval
10 Aug 2011	Test	England	2	21	caught	Edgbaston
10 Aug 2011	Test	England	30	41	caught	Edgbaston
29 Jul 2011	Test	England	4	7	bowled	Trent Bridge
29 Jul 2011	Test	England	54	112	caught	Trent Bridge
21 Jul 2011	Test	England	56	113	caught	Lord's

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers VVS Laxman faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has VVS Laxman scored in Tests?

5,411 runs in 129 innings (76 matches) at an average of 51.53 and a strike rate of 49.5, in the data from 2001 to 2012.

How many runs has VVS Laxman scored in ODIs?

828 runs in 27 innings (28 matches) at an average of 34.50 and a strike rate of 74.2, in the data from 2002 to 2006.

How many runs has VVS Laxman scored in T20 leagues?

282 runs in 20 innings (20 matches) at an average of 15.67 and a strike rate of 105.6, in the data from 2008 to 2011.

What is VVS Laxman's highest score?

200* in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has VVS Laxman scored?

16 hundreds in the data: 12 in Tests, 4 in ODIs.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.