Top 10 test run scorers in year 2011

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Highest Run Scorer in Test Matches, 2011

India’s Mr.Dependapble Rahul Dravid is the highest run scorer in Test Matches in the Calender Year 2011 with 1145 runs in 12 Tests. Dravid had a great run with 5 centuries and 4 half centuries with an average of 57.25. The former Indian’s Highest Score in the Calender Year is 146 not out coming against England.Dravid’s 3 out of 5 centuries in this calender year infact came against England!Following Dravid at no.2 is former Sri Lankan Captain Kumar Sangakkara with 1034 runs in 11 Tests this year. Interestingly, West Indies’ upcoming young talent Darren Bravo has also made his entry into the Top 10 run getters this season.

World’s best batsman Sachin Tendulkar had a moderate success this season with 756 runs in 9 Tests at an average of 47.25 and also just the one century in the whole year.
Here is the list of the Top 10 Run Getters of the Calender Year 2011 in Test Cricket :

Player	Tests	Innings	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100s	50s
RahulDravid (India)	12	23	1145	146*	57.25	5	4
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	11	21	1034	211	49.23	4	4
Ian Bell (Eng)	8	11	950	235	118.75	5	2
Darren Bravo (WI)	10	20	949	195	49.94	3	3
Alastair Cook (Eng)	8	11	927	294	84.27	4	2
TaufeeqUmar (Pak)	10	19	831	236	46.16	3	3
VVSLaxman (India)	12	23	773	176*	40.68	1	6
Younis Khan (Pak)	8	12	765	200*	85.00	2	4
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)	10	16	765	102*	69.54	1	7
SachinTendulkar (India)	9	1	756	146	47.25	1	5

Fastest ODI Centuries in World Cricket

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ODI Batting Records - Fastest ODI Centuries in Cricket:

Runs	Balls	6s	4s	Player	Match	Venue
102	37	11	6	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Nairobi
147	44	10	8	MV Boucher	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom
117	45	4	18	BC Lara	West Indies v Bangladesh	Dhaka
102	45	9	10	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Kanpur
134	48	11	11	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore
124	53	4	17	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Bangladesh	Dambulla
130	55	6	16	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Karachi
102	58	3	11	AB de Villiers	South Africa v India	Ahmedabad
125*	60	6	14	V Sehwag	India v New Zealand	Hamilton
108	62	3	10	M Azharuddin	India v New Zealand	Baroda
104	63	4	8	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo
157	64	1	23	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Netherlands	Amstelveen
138*	64	6	16	Yuvraj Singh	India v England	Rajkot
101	64	4	14	ML Hayden	Australia v South Africa	St Kitts
101	66	5	7	SK Raina	India v Hong Kong	Karachi
146	66	6	17	V Sehwag	India v Sri Lanka	Rajkot
111	67	7	6	JM Davison	Canada v West Indies	Centurion
127*	67	5	12	Basit Ali	Pakistan v West Indies	Sharjah
122	67	4	13	AC Gilchrist	Australia v Sri Lanka	Brisbane
117	67	5	13	CD McMillan	New Zealand v Australia	Hamilton

Top 10 test run scorers in year 2010

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So far this year in 2010, Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer. As of today, Tendulkar has made 1556 runs from 14 tests with best score of 214 while Virendra Sehwag, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott and Hashim Amla are fast closing in. All these batsmen have one more test remaining this year, so lets see who finally finishes 2010 with most test runs. here's a list.

1556 runs = Sachin Tendulkar from 14 tests, 7 centuries, 5 fifties.
1390 runs = Virendra Sehwag from 14 tests, 5 centuries, 8 fifties.
1298 runs = Jonathan Trott from 14 tests, 4 centuries and 4 fifties.
1287 runs = Alastair Cook from 14 tests, 5 centuries and 4 fifties.
1233 runs = Hashim Amla from 11 tests, 5 centuries and 4 fifties.
1181 runs = Jacques Kallis from 11 tests, 6 centuries and 2 fifties.
967 runs = Michael Hussey from 12 tests, 3 centuries and 5 fifties.
963 runs = AB de Villiers from 11 tests, 3 centuries and 4 fifties.


Most runs in a year by a batsman in test match cricket. Most test runs in one year, ever.

It took 11 matches and 19 innings to Sir Vivian Richards of West Indies to make 1710 runs on one calender year. way back in 1976..

30 years later, Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan, saying that he found his best form since changing his religion from Christianity to Islam, broke Richards's record with a mind blowing 1788 runs from same number of matches and equal innings. Yousuf made as many as 9 century in year 2006 which also the maximum by any batsman in one year (he was also out for a duck once).