Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Tendulkar breaks Bradman's world record

In the second final of CB Series, Sachin Tendulkar broke a world record that almost went unnoticed.When his score reached 9, Tendulkar became only the second batsman after Sir Don Bradman to make 5000 or more runs against a particular opponent in all forms of International Cricket (Tests, ODIs and T20-Is). On 38, he broke Sir Don's world record of 5028 runs against England. Now Sachin has 5082 runs against Australia in all international cricket.Kudos to Tendulkar on breaking Sir Don's Record.

Sir Don Bradman had made all the runs in Test matches. No one can come close to this record not even Tendulkar. But, in all international matches, Tendulkar is now the Don.
 
Most runs in international cricket against a particular country
 
Batsman            Opp  Mts Inns NO Runs  Hs   Avg  100  50  0 
SR Tendulkar (Ind) Aus  85  107  6  5082 241* 50.31  17  23  6 
DG Bradman (Aus)   Eng  37   63  7  5028 334  89.78  19  12  6 
AR Border (Aus)    Eng  90  124 25  4850 200* 48.98   8  30  4 
BC Lara (WI)       Aus  82  108  5  4714 277  45.76  12  26  9 
DL Haynes (WI)     Aus  97  123 14  4495 148  41.23  11  27  4 
IVA Richards (WI)  Eng  72   84 10  4488 291  60.64  11  26  4 
IVA Richards (WI)  Aus  88  104 10  4453 208  47.37   8  34  6 
DI Gower (Eng)     Aus  74  108  7  4063 215  40.22  11  15  4 
GA Gooch (Eng)     Aus  74  110  1  4027 196  36.94   8  25  5 

 
Tendulkar against Australia in international cricket
        Mts Inns NO Runs  Hs    Avg  100 50  0 
Tests   25   47  5  2352  241* 56.00  9   9  4 
ODIs    60   60  1  2730  143  46.27  8  14  2 
T20Is    0         
TOTAL   85  107  6  5082  241* 50.31 17  23  6

(Acknowledgement - Ishaq Khan)
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