• Pakistan opener Taufeeq Umar was
    dismissed run out for 236 in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, providing
    the ninth such occasion.

     

    The complete list:

     

    No

    Player

    Runs

    Team

    Oppn

    Ground

    Mon/Year

    1

    AD
    Nourse

    208

    SAF

    Eng

    Nottingham

    Jun
    1951

    2

    CC
    Hunte

    260

    Win

    Pak

    Kingston

    Feb
    1958

    3

    DM
    Jones

    216

    Aus

    Win

    Adelaide

    Feb
    1989

    4

    SV
    Manjrekar

    218

    Ind

    Pak

    Lahore

    Dec
    1989

    5

    BC
    Lara

    277

    Win

    Aus

    Sydney

    Jan
    1993

    6

    R
    Dravid

    217

    Ind

    Eng

    The
    Oval

    Sep
    2002

    7

    L
    Vincent

    224

    NZl

    Srl

    Wellington

    Apr
    2005

    8

    TT
    Samaraweera

    214

    Srl

    Pak

    Lahore

    Mar
    2009

    9

    Taufeeq
    Umar

    236

    Pak

    Srl

    Abu
    Dhabi

    Oct
    2011

     

    Taufeeq is the second opener in the list, the first being Hunte. He's also the only left-hander after Lara.

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    T20 cricket has opened up vistas for players with special skills. A format with high rewards for unabated aggression up the batting order, T20 is a boon for players like New Zealand's Brendon 'Baz' McCullum.

     

    He currently is the leading run-scorer in T20 Internationals, with 1245 runs in 42 innings. 

     

    The top 10 scorers:

     

    Top 10 Run Scorers in T20I

    No

    Player

    Team

    Mat

    Inns

    NO

    Runs

    HS

    Avg

    C

    F

    Z

    1

    BB McCullum

    NZl

    42

    42

    8

    1245

    116*

    36.61

    1

    8

    1

    2

    KP Pietersen

    Eng

    32

    32

    4

    1011

    79

    36.10

    0

    5

    1

    3

    GC Smith

    RSA

    33

    33

    2

    982

    89*

    31.67

    0

    5

    1

    4

    DPMD Jayawardene

    Srl

    35

    35

    5

    953

    100

    31.76

    1

    6

    3

    5

    KC Sangakkara

    Srl

    32

    31

    4

    874

    78

    32.37

    0

    6

    1

    6

    TM Dilshan

    Srl

    34

    33

    6

    866

    104*

    32.07

    1

    5

    3

    7

    DA Warner

    Aus

    29

    29

    0

    775

    89

    26.72

    0

    5

    4

    8

    JP Duminy

    RSA

    32

    31

    8

    715

    96*

    31.08

    0

    4

    6

    9

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  •  

    Virat Kohli completed 1,000 runs in 2011 when he
    was on 95 during his knock of 112 not out in the Delhi ODI against England.

     

    Kohli provides the 28th occasion of an Indian
    batsman totaling 1000 or more runs in a year.

     

    The list, by chronological order:

     

    No

    Player

    Team

    Mat

    Inns

    NO

    Runs

    HS

    Ave

    C

    F

    0

    Year

    1

    SR Tendulkar

    Ind

    25

    25

    2

    1089

    115

    47.34

    3

    9

    3

    1994

    2

    SR Tendulkar

    Ind

    32

    32

    2

    1611

    137

    53.70

    6

    9

    0

    1996

    3

    M Azharuddin

    Ind

    36

    32

    5

    1104

    111*

    40.88

    1

    9

    0

    1997

    4

    SC Ganguly

    Ind

    38

    35

    3

    1338

    113

    41.81

    1

    10

    3

    1997

    5

    SR Tendulkar

    Ind

    39

    36

    3

    1011

    117

    30.63

    2

    5

    2

    1997

    6

    M Azharuddin

    Ind

    37

    33

    4

    1268

    153*

    43.72

    3

    8

    2

    1998

    7

    SC Ganguly

    Ind

    36

    35

    3

    1328

    124

    41.50

    4

    7

    1

    1998

    8

    A Jadeja

    Ind

    36

    34

    13

    1004

    116*

    47.80

    2

    6

    1

    1998

    9

    SR Tendulkar

    Ind

    34

    33
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