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Which player has won most man of the match award in ODI & test?
Asked by: Zoe on 21-12-2010..
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BinitIn test matches, Jacques Kallis - the South African allrounder, has won the most man of the match awards. Muthiah Muralitharan, the bowler who holds record of most wickets, comes second while Pakistani legend Wasim Akram and Aussie spin wizard Shane Warne follow as joint third. Here's a list of cricketers with more than a dozen man of the match awards in tests :-

23 = Jacques Kallis of South Africa, 145 tests.
19 = Muthiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, 133 tests.
17 = Shane Warne of Australia, 145 tests.
17 = Wasim Akram of Pakistan, 104 tests.
16 = Ricky Ponting of Australia, 152 tests.
15 = Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, 113 tests.
14 = Sachin Tendulkar of India, 177 tests.
14 = Curtley Ambrose of West Indies, 98 tests.
14 = Steve Waugh of Australia, 168 tests.
12 = Ian Botham of England, 102 tests.
12 = Brian Lara of West Indies, 131 tests.

Sachin Tendulkar has won most man of the match awards in one day cricket while Sri Lankan southpaw Sanath Jayasuriya comes second. Jacques Kallis, leader in tests, comes third while destroyer batter of yesteryear = Vivian Richards comes next with very few ODI as compared to others in the following list of players with most man of match awards in ODI :-

62 = Sachin Tendulkar of India, 453 ODIs.
48 = Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, 445 ODIs.
32 = Jacques Kallis of South Africa, 314 ODIs.
32 = Ricky Ponting of Australia, 369 ODIs.
31 = Vivian Richards of West Indies, 187 ODIs.
31 = Sourav Ganguly of India, 311 ODIs.
30 = Brian Lara of West Indies, 299 ODIs.
30 = Arvinda de Silva of Sri Lanka, 308 ODIs.
29 = Shahid Afridi of Pakistan, 349 ODIs.
28 = Saeed Anwar of Pakistan, 247 ODIs.
28 = Adam Gilchrist of Australia, 287 ODIs.
25 = Yuvraj Singh of India, 274 ODIs.
25 = Nathan Astle of New Zealand, 223 ODIs.
25 = Desmond Haynes of West Indies, 238 ODIs.

List updated : upto December 2012.
Also see : most man of the series awards in career.
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