There has been some confusion as to why Bradman is not in the list. This table shows runs at the end of the inning when the the record was achieved. I have added total runs they have made in the last column. As you can see hammond scored 7241 before retiring which Bradman never reached. Here is how the record of highest run-scorer in Tests has changed hands (from 1000 runs):
Player Runs Date Total Runs A Shrewsbury (Eng) 1000 17 July 1893 1277 J Darling (Aus) 1278 23 Jan 1902 1657 AC MacLaren (Eng) 1297 03 Mar 1902 1931 C Hill (Aus) 1495 24 Jul 1902 3412 AC MacLaren (Eng) 1518 26 Jul 1902 1931 C Hill (Aus) 1542 12 Aug 1902 3412 JB Hobbs (Eng) 3413 22 Dec 1924 5410 WR Hammond (Eng) 5411 26 Jun 1937 7249 MC Cowdrey (Eng) 7250 29 Nov 1971 7624 GS Sobers (WI) 7460 26 Mar 1972 8032 G Boycott (Eng) 8033 23 Dec 1981 8114 SM Gavaskar (Ind) 8115 13 Nov 1983 10122 AR Border (Aus) 10123 26 Feb 1993 11174 BC Lara (WI) 11175 25 Mar 2006 11912 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 12027 17 Oct 2008 12027
If we go by the above table Walter Hammond held the record for highest runs between 1937 and 1971 with 5411 runs...an obvious mistake because Sir Don Bradman scored 6996 runs and he surely retired well before 1971! Need better analysis!
Re: The above is obviously wrong!
by Rohith Shenoy on Oct 18, 2008 01:43 PM
dude.....if u see properly Hammonds tally shown here is just 1 run more than the previous record he broke.....look at the next person after him in the list......Bradman never caught upto Hammond ok
Re: The above is obviously wrong!
by Vinay Joshi on Oct 18, 2008 01:46 PM
THis is not their total test runs...it only tells about the moment they broke the record...according to your calculations Lara should still be at 11175...
Re: The above is obviously wrong!
by what on Oct 18, 2008 11:37 PM
the analysis is right. hammond retired in 1947 with 7249 runs. don retired in 1948 with 6996 runs. Don scored all these runs in fewer test than Hammond, but hammond have scored more runs than don at that time... I dont know the complete list of their scoring...but guess don might have closly following hammond in the total runs scored in test
Lets look at it this way. Ponting is around 1800 runs behind Tendulkar, and it would take a minimum of 1.5 years for him to reach. And then we can assume that Tendulkar might score arround 1000-1200 in that 1.5 years, then Ponting will need another year to reach there. So if Ponting can play for another two and a half years, and Sachin retires in a year, it might be possible. However, I think Ponting might still fall short. :)
Re: Chances for Ponting
by Maria Gracia on Oct 18, 2008 08:58 AM
u r missing the fact that sachin started out very early and ponting is almost catchingwith him. this means ponting's rate of reaching 1000 runs is quciker than what u assumed.
ponting is definitely going to be on top eventually in 2 year's time....
Re: Chances for Ponting
by pratap tiwary on Oct 19, 2008 09:19 AM
I agree that ponting will go on to beat Sachins record, but would like to add a few points in favour of Sachin. 1> Australians play 4-5 tests more than india every year. half of them at batting pitches at home.(Other than Perth). 2> Because Australia has had one of the best attacks in the world, Ponting and Hayden has got favorable conditions to bat more than other teams, one because Australian attack manages to dismiss the opposition earlier than other teams and other because there are fewer runs on the board. Many of Australians batsman have scored big runs in the third innings when they are setting the target for the opposition(They rarely enforce follow-on) and the fields are defensive. Add to this the fact that Ponting will not have to face Australian attack comprising of Mcgrath,Lee, gillespee and warne 3> Tendulkars run scoring appetite slowed down in the last 3-4 years because he has been prone to injuries. Also he has missed a lot of cricket because of it. Agreed he has missed fewer tests than one-dayers but still making a comeback from injury means it will take a few matches to get back in groove. Ponting on the other hand has had a golden run last three years with only minor injury concerns.
Leave stats alone-Sachin has been a world class batsman for 19 years and still going strong. I doubt anybody will ever be able maintain that kind of record. Murali took more wickets than Warne but there is little doubt that Warne was the best.
Re: Re: Chances for Ponting
by Karunakar Patil on Oct 19, 2008 12:45 PM
Adding to that SACHIN has scored almost unbeatable 16361 Oneday international runs making his tally of International runs to 28000plus.
Re: Chances for Ponting
by shraddhanand desai on Oct 21, 2008 01:46 PM
However, one young bowler named "Ishant Sharma" was missing when Ponting was scoring runs. Ishant had taken him out 5 times in 5 tests.
Re: Chances for Ponting
by Hindustani on Oct 23, 2008 01:23 PM
exactly even today no bowler can claim tendulkar to be his bunny. but ishant, bajji all are playing football with ponting for the last 1 year.
Re: Ponting is next in the list
by Saurabh De on Oct 17, 2008 10:34 PM
There is a mistake in this list. Sir Don is missing. I am certain during his retirement in the late 40s he held the record with a little under 7000 runs.
Re: Ponting is next in the list
by Guest on Oct 18, 2008 07:37 AM
Not really!! Wally Hammond held the record from 1937 to 1971 as he was the first person to break the 7000 runs barrier. Whereas Don Bradman had fell short of that milestone by those famous 4 runs!!
Re: Ponting is next in the list
by Karunakar Patil on Oct 19, 2008 12:50 PM
Yes you are right guest. There are always some blots on great people. Bradman could not become highest run getter. Or for that matter Viv richards og gavaskar era cannot become highest rungetter And far lesser batsmen like Jef Bycott, Border are in the list. Stats donot always tell real history of cricket and real worth of the player . Fortunately two of our greats are ther in the list Gavakar & Sachin
