Batsman of the Year

AB de Villiers was outstanding in both Tests and ODIs in 2013 © Associated Press

BATSMAN OF THE YEAR
(cut-off: 750 runs in Tests, 750 in ODIs)

AB de Villiers
Test weighted score 66.37, ODI weighted scored 45.01, Total 111.38
Unlike in 2012, when five batsmen scored more than 1000 Test runs, 2013 was a relatively lean year for Test batting, with only two batsmen topping 1000. None went past 1100 in 2013, unlike the previous year, when Michael Clarke scored 1595.

The one batsman who had a significant body of work in both formats, and did really well in each, was AB de Villiers. In 13 Test innings he scored 933 runs, including four hundreds and five fifties; only twice was he dismissed for less than 30 in Tests. In ODIs he was equally dominant, scoring 1163 runs from 26 inningsat 50.56 and a strike rate of 97.07, with ten scores of 50 or more. His Test weighted score was 66.37 (average weighted by the number of runs scored, as a ratio of the top-scorer in the year), while his ODI score was 45.01 (average multiplied by runs scored per ball, and weighted by the runs scored, as a ratio of the top-scorer in the year). Ross Taylor had a wonderful year in Tests, averaging 72.16, but played only 13 ODI innings, while Kumar Sangakkara was superb in both formats, but didn't have a big enough body of work in Tests, playing only three Tests in 2013.