GoodBye 2021: 3 Irish Batsmen Amongst Top 5 Run Scorers In ODIs This Year
GoodBye 2021: This year teams like Ireland and Bangladesh have played more ODI cricket than the legend cricket teams.
This year, due to the Corona pandemic, cricket teams got to play less cricket. Especially ODI cricket in particular has suffered a lot. New cricket teams have played more ODI matches in comparison to big teams. That is the reason why in the list of top-5 batsmen scoring the highest runs in ODI internationals players from the big teams are absent.
These are top-5 Run scorers of 2021:
1. Paul Stirling: This Ireland all-rounder is the highest run-scorer in ODI Internationals in 2021. Paul Stirling has scored 705 runs in 14 ODIs this year at an average of 54. He has also scored 3 centuries during this time.
2. J.N. Malan: This young South African batsman has scored 509 runs in 8 ODIs this year at an average of 84. Malan has also scored 2 centuries and 2 fifties at a strike rate of 92. He is the only player on this list that belongs to the big teams.
3. Tamim Iqbal: Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal has scored 464 runs in 12 matches at an average of 38 in 2021. He has scored 1 century and 4 fifties.
4. Harry Tector: This is the second Irish player in the top-5 to score the highest number of runs this year. The Irish middle-order batsman has scored 454 runs in 14 ODIs this year at an average of 37. Tector has 4 half-centuries to his name.
5. Andy Balbirnie: This Irish player is actually a spinner but has scored a lot of runs this year. Andy has scored 421 runs in 14 ODIs at an average of 32. He has also recorded a century and three half-centuries.
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