Re: Who is the top match winner player in cricket?
A - TESTS:
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Ofcourse the more matches you play the more chances you have of winning the man of the match award.
Hence the ratio is more important. Akram’s ratio of a MoM award almost every 6 test matches (104 divided by 17) **is pretty outstanding. ** -
plus some countries have quite a few match-winners in their team which makes it quite challenging and difficult for individual players to win MoM.
Tests - Most Man of the Match Awards (Top Ten)
Name Matches Awards Team
Wasim Akram 104 17 Pakistan
JH Kallis 102 16 South Africa
M Muralitharan 108 16 Sri Lanka
SK Warne 141 16 Australia
CEL Ambrose 98 14 West Indies
SR Waugh 168 14 Australia
RT Ponting 106 13 Australia
IT Botham 102 12 England
BC Lara 131 12 West Indies
Imran Khan 88 11 Pakistan
The complete list http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/INDIVIDUAL/TEST_MOST_MOM.html
B - ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS:
ODIs - Most Man of the Match Awards (Top Ten)
Viv and Sachin are outstanding i.e a MoM every 6 games.
Name Matches Awards Team
SR Tendulkar 373 52 India
ST Jayasuriya 370 40 Sri Lanka
IVA Richards 187 31 West Indies
PA de Silva 308 31 Sri Lanka
SC Ganguly 279 30 India
BC Lara 283 30 West Indies
Saeed Anwar 247 28 Pakistan
NJ Astle 216 25 New Zealand
DL Haynes 238 25 West Indies
JH Kallis 241 25 South Africa
The complete list http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/INDIVIDUAL/ODI_INDIV_MOST_MOM.html