HOW AUSTRALIA'S CRICKETERS STACKED UP IN 2015:
LEADING TEST RUN-SCORERS IN 2015
1474 - Steve Smith (AUS)
1385 - Joe Root (ENG)
1364 - Alastair Cook (ENG)
1317 - David Warner (AUS)
1172 - Kane Williamson (NZ)
1028 - Adam Voges (AUS)
LEADING TEST WICKET-TAKERS IN 2015
62 - Ravichandran Ashwin (IND)
55 - Stuart Broad (ENG) (Test in Durban is ongoing)
51 - Josh Hazlewood (AUS)
49 - Yasir Shah (PAK)
48 - Nathan Lyon (AUS)
46 - Mitchell Starc (AUS), Jimmy Anderson (ENG)
STEVE SMITH'S STAGGERING YEAR
*1474 Test runs at average of 73.70 with six tons
*Awarded ICC cricketer of the year and Test cricketer of the year
*Captained Australia to Test series wins over India, New Zealand and West Indies at home
*Australia's leading run-scorer in successful ODI World Cup campaign
*Maiden double-ton, which came at Lord's in second Ashes Test
*Man of the match in Tests at SCG, Kingston, Lord's and The Oval
*Declared at 70no in Boxing Day Test. Could have become the third Australian to score 1500 Test runs in a calender year
*Was one ton short of equalling Ricky Ponting's Australian record of seven Test tons in a year
AUSTRALIA'S MOUNTAIN OF TEST RUNS THIS YEAR
*21 tons
*Partnership of 449 between Voges and Shaun Marsh in Hobart was three runs short of Australia's highest Test partnership ever
*Warner's two tons in Gabba Test made him third man in history to notch a century in each innings of a match in three Tests
*Run-rate of 6.27 in SCG Test was the highest by Australia in a Test innings of at least 40 overs
*Australia were 2-389 and 2-416 at the end of day one at Gabba and WACA this year - both venue records
*Voges scored 1028 runs in 2015. Not since Mark Taylor in 1989 has an Australian batsman started Test cricket with so many runs in a calender year
AUSTRALIA'S TEST RECORD IN 2015
*One draw v India (home)
*Two wins v West Indies (away)
*Two wins, three losses v England (away)
*Two wins, one draw v NZ (home)
*Two wins v West Indies (home)
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