Test cricket is the oldest format in the cricket with which the journey of cricket started in 19th century. Later there was addition of ODI and T20. Still, test cricket is considered as the best form of cricket to judge the quality, caliber, temperament and skills of a cricketer. Since its inception in 1896 test cricket is considered as the best and performance in this form by a player is a scale to prove his ability as a cricketer.
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| Sachin Tendulkar is Highest Run Scorer in Test Cricket History |
In this article we will see the top 10 test run scorers in this format of the cricket in the world. Like in my previous article I wrote about the Top 10 run scorers in ODI format of cricket. Test Cricket is a very physical game which demands lots of strength to be on field for continuous 5 days. So to be in the list of leading run scorers you need to have longer career, higher fitness level both physically and mentally. All these leads to the development of a cricketer form a cricket player to the Legend of the game. Like in the list of the ODI scorers, Sachin Tendulkar is top run scorers in the test format of cricket also.
Player Matches Runs H.S. Avg. 100 50
S Tendulkar(India) 198 15837 248* 53.86 51 67
S Tendulkar(India) 198 15837 248* 53.86 51 67
R Ponting (Aus) 168 13378 257 51.85 41 62
R Dravid (India) 164 13288 270 52.31 36 63
J Kallis (SA) 162 13128 224 56.10 44 58
B Lara (WI) 131 11953 400* 52.88 34 48
A Border (Aus) 156 11174 205 50.56 27 63
S Waugh (Aus) 168 10927 200 51.06 32 50
S Chanderpaul (WI) 148 10830 203* 51.81 28 61
M Jayawardene (SL) 138 10806 374 49.56 31 45
K Sangakkara(SL) 117 10486 287 56.98 33 42
Like in ODI format, Sachin Tendulkar is highest run scorer in the test format of cricket also. Due to his batting records and for all the contributions to cricket by him, he is considered as the greatest cricketer in the history of cricket. He is also referred as the God of Cricket that is more than enough to specify his greatness.
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