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TEST CRICKET
Most runs by a batsman 1104 Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) in 11 matches (average 64.94)
Most wickets by a bowler 59 Pat Cummins (Australia) in 12 matches (average 20.14)
Most centuries by a batsman 3 Tom Latham (New Zealand); Mayank Agarwal (India); Babar Azam (Pakistan); Steve Smith (Australia); Rohit Sharma (India) and Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)
Highest Individual score 335* David Warner Australia vs. Pakistan at Adelaide
Best individual bowling in an innings 8 for 60 Roston Chase West Indies vs. England at Bridgetown
Best individual bowling in a match 11 for 104 Rashid Khan Afghanistan vs. Bangladesh at Chittagong
Most individual runs in a match 335 David Warner Australia vs. Pakistan at Adelaide
Most wicket-keeping dismissals 58 (56 catches, 2 stumpings) Tim Paine (Australia)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals in an innings 6 (all catches) Quinton de Kock South Africa vs. England at Centurion
Most wicket-keeping dismissals in a match 10 (all catches) Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan vs. South Africa at Johannesburg
Most victories by a team 8 (in 12 matches) Australia
Most defeats by a team 6 (in 12 matches) England
Highest team total 715 for 6 New Zealand vs. Bangladesh at Hamilton
Lowest completed team total 38 Ireland vs. England at Lord's
Highest match aggregate 1447 for 31 wickets between India and South Africa at Visakapatnam
Lowest match aggregate with a result 606 for 29 wickets between Australia and Sri Lanka at Brisbane
Highest partnership 361 for 2nd wicket David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne for Australia vs. Pakistan at Adelaide


ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
Most runs by a batsman 1490 Rohit Sharma (India) in 28 matches (average 57.31)
Most wickets by a bowler 42 Mohammed Shami (India) in 21 matches (average 22.64)
Most centuries by a batsman 7 Rohit Sharma (India)
Highest individual score 179 John Campbell West Indies vs. Ireland at Dublin 5 May
Best bowling in an innings 6 for 35 Shaheen Afridi Pakistan vs. Bangladesh at Lord's 5 July
Most wicket-keeping dismissals 34 Alex Carey (Australia) with 29 catches and 5 stumpings
Most wicket-keeping dismissals in an innings 5 Alex Carey for Australia vs. Afghanistan at Bristol 1 June; Tom Latham for New Zealand vs. Afghanistan at Taunton 8 June; Zane Green for Namibia vs. Oman at Windhoek 27 April and Regis Chakabva for Zimbabwe vs. United Arab Emirates at Harare on 10 April.
Most victories by a team 19 (from 28 matches) India
Most defeats by a team 15 (from 20 matches) Afghanistan; 15 (from 25 matches) Pakistan; 15 (from 28 matches) West Indies.
Highest team total 418 for 6 in 50 overs England vs. West Indies at Grenada 27 February
Lowest completed team total 81 Oman vs. Namibia at Windhoek 27 April
Highest partnership 365 for 1st wicket between John Campbell and Shai Hope for West Indies vs. Ireland at Dublin 5 May.


T20 INTERNATIONALS
Most runs by a batsman 748 Paul Stirling (Ireland) in 20 matches (average 41.56)
Most wickets by a bowler 28 Brandon Glover (Netherlands) in 19 matches (average 16); 28 Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal) in 16 matches (average 13.71) and 28 Karan KC (Nepal) in 19 matches (average 17).
Highest individual score 162* Hazratullah Zazai for Afghanistan vs. Ireland at Dehradun 23 February
Best bowling in an innings 6 for 7 Deepak Chahar for India vs. Bangladesh at Nagpur 10 November
Most wicket-keeping dismissals 26 Scott Edwards (Netherlands)
Most victories by a team 14 (from 17 matches) Papua New Guinea
Most defeats by a team 12 (from 25 matches) Netherlands
Highest partnership 236 for 1st wicket between Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani for Afghanistan vs. Ireland at Dehradun 23 February

FOUR-DAY TESTS?
The recent announcement that the E.C.B. cautiously supports four-day Tests is, in my opinion, a shame but not entirely surprising. For a while now, many Tests have not lasted the distance and I list below some, I hope, salient statistics below of the duration of Tests in 2019. There were 39 Tests in 2019 against 48 in 2018, the World Cup presumably being one reason for the lesser number last year.
As a great fan of Test cricket, I would be sad to see the format reduced. Ireland played a Test at Lord's which was slated for four days only, with one day being lost to the weather for good measure. An extraordinary match saw both England and Ireland bowled out in one innings each for fewer than 100.
Four-day Tests may apparently contain 98 overs per day. Given that there are many occasions that, even with the extra but apparently now mandatory half-hour added on, 90 overs cannot be completed, one wonders where 98 will come from.
It is a shame to me that gripping finales with spectators on the edge of their seats are so rare these days. Which other sport can boast a result where there is no winner over five days? Where, at the end of five days, is it sometimes possible that can we feel such expectation as the match reaches an exciting denouement? As some of the figures below may show, large totals are more often rare whilst small totals became ever more apparent. There were two Tests in 2019 where all forty wickets fell, with no innings lasting longer than ninety overs.
Against this apparent doom, there were many notable batting performances. David Warner overtook Mark Taylor's and Sir Donald Bradman's record individual Australian score whilst 72 centuries were scored, including eleven of 200 or more. There was also the thrill of two one-wicket wins after the victorious side had required over 70 runs with their last pair at the wicket. There were also eight partnerships of over 250, with three going beyond 300.
Nathan Lyon's toil through 344 balls (57.2 overs) was the most by a bowler in 2019. In the pantheon of long and, in some cases, historic innings bowling analyses, his fits in at joint 262 in Test cricket. Let those who love Test cricket, like myself, hope that the longest and most historic format will be retained over five days. Many of us, I am sure, see the reason and need for quick-fire cricket but let us hope that it is not at the expense of the traditional form of the game, or its length.