Not an year has gone by without a single batsman scoring in excess of 1000 runs in Test cricket. However, the year is 2020 is odd as we all know! With few cricket tours around, a total of only 22 Test matches were played this year. Here are some of the highlights from the Test matches played in the year 2020.
Most Runs Scored:
Only two players have succeeded in scoring over 600 runs in Test cricket this year. England all-rounder Ben Stokes and opener Dom Sibley are first and second in this list with 641 and 615 runs respectively. In fact, four out of top 5 in this list are occupied by England players! Here is the list of top 5 run scorers in Tests played in 2020.
| Player | Innings | Runs Scored | Average |
| Ben Stokes (Eng) | 12 | 641 | 58.27 |
| Dom Sibley (Eng) | 14 | 615 | 47.30 |
| Zak Crawley (Eng) | 11 | 580 | 52.72 |
| Kane Williamson (NZ) | 6 | 498 | 83.00 |
| Jos Buttler (Eng) | 14 | 497 | 38.23 |
Highest Scores:
It has been year of maiden double hundreds! England’s Zak Crawley (267 vs Pak), Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne (215 vs NZ) and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews (200* vs Zim) all registered their maiden double centuries in this format this year. On the other hand, Faf du Plessis missed his maiden double century by just a run in the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka in Centurion. Here are the top 5 best scores this year in Tests.
| Player | Runs Scored | 4s / 6s | Opposition |
| Zak Crawley (Eng) | 267 | 34 / 1 | Pak |
| Kane Williamson (NZ) | 251 | 34 / 2 | WI |
| Marnus Labuschagne (Aus) | 215 | 19 / 1 | NZ |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) | 203* | 28 / 0 | Zim |
| Angelo Mathews (SL) | 200* | 16 / 3 | Zim |
Most Wickets Taken:
England and New Zealand dominated this list with all the top 8 positions taken by the players from these two nations. Stuart Broad who reached the milestone of 500 Test wickets leads the chart with 38 wickets and the second-placed Tim Southee is with 30 wickets. Moreover, Sikandar Raza bagged Zimbabwe’s maiden 7-fer in Tests. Here is the list of top 5 wicket takers in Tests played in 2020.
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Average |
| Stuart Broad (Eng) | 15 | 38 | 14.76 |
| Tim Southee (NZ) | 10 | 30 | 17.03 |
| Kyle Jamieson (NZ) | 10 | 25 | 14.44 |
| James Anderson (Eng) | 11 | 23 | 20.47 |
| Trent Boult (NZ) | 10 | 20 | 28.95 |
Best Bowling Figures:
Josh Hazlewood broke the back of Indian batting line-up in the first Test match of the series at Adelaide Oval in December with an amazing 5-fer. He conceded just 8 runs from 5 overs while picking up his 5-wicket haul that bowled out India for just 36 runs – India’s lowest total in Tests! Where does this performance rank in this list. Here is the list of top 5 best bowling performances in Tests.
| Player | Bowling Figures | Ground | Opposition |
| Sikandar Raza (Zim) | 7/113 | Harare | Sri Lanka |
| Stuart Broad (Eng) | 6/31 | Manchester | West Indies |
| Jason Holder (WI) | 6/42 | Southampton | England |
| Josh Hazlewood (Aus) | 5/8 | Adelaide Oval | India |
| Tim Southee (NZ) | 5/32 | Wellington | West Indies |
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