In the Johannesburg Test, Graeme
Smith became the first captain to aggregate 7,000 Test runs. When he was
dismissed on 11 on Day 1, he had exactly 7,000 runs.
It was also Smith's 150th innings,
making him the first captain to do so since Allan Border.
A list of captains with 5,000 Test runs or more:
|
No |
Player |
Team |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
|
1 |
GC Smith |
SAF |
85 |
150 |
9 |
7000 |
277 |
49.64 |
21 |
27 |
9 |
|
2 |
AR Border |
Aus |
93 |
154 |
24 |
6623 |
205 |
50.94 |
15 |
36 |
7 |
|
3 |
RT Ponting |
Aus |
77 |
140 |
13 |
6542 |
209 |
51.51 |
19 |
35 |
7 |
|
4 |
CH Lloyd |
Win |
74 |
111 |
9 |
5233 |
242* |
51.30 |
14 |
27 |
3 |
|
5 |
SP Fleming |
NZl |
80 |
135 |
8 |
5156 |
274* |
40.59 |
8 |
31 |
13 |
A
break-up of Smith's 7,000 runs:
|
Opposition |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
C |
F |
0 |
4s |
6s |
|
Australia |
13 |
24 |
3 |
788 |
108 |
37.52 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
97 |
0 |
|
Bangladesh |
6 |
7 |
0 |
519 |
232 |
74.14 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
64 |
3 |
|
England |
18 |
34 |
3 |
1779 |
277 |
57.38 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
229 |
2 |
|
India |
13 |
23 |
0 |
801 |
94 |
34.82 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
114 |
3 |
|
New Zealand |
8 |
14 |
1 |
510 |
125* |
39.23 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
64 |
2 |
|
Pakistan |
9 |
17 |
0 |
669 |
133 |
39.35 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
83 |
0 |
|
Sri Lanka |
2 |
4 |
0 |
179 |
74 |
44.75 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
|
West Indies |
14 |
25 |
2 |
1593 |
148 |
69.26 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
205 |
7 |
|
Zimbabwe |
2 |
2 |
0 |
162 |
121 |
81.00 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
3 |
|
Total |
85 |
150 |
9 |
7000 |
277 |
49.64 |
21 |
27 |
9 |
889 |
22 |
