The 20K int'l runs club

Dravid and Ponting become its newest members.

Here are top-5,

1) Tendulkar: 27082 runs in 622 innings @ 48.19,

2) Lara: 22358 runs in 521 innings @ 46.29,

3) Inzi: 20569 runs in 550 innings @ 43.30,

4) Dravid: 20077 runs in 499 innings @ 46.05,

5) Ponting: 20049 runs in 462 innings @ 49.63.

PS: Ponting's stats include his today's innings against SL.

Who's the next most likely to make it. Jayasuriya must be close.

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284269.html

This list includes 20/20 matches but will give you an idea.

Jayasuriya and Kallis are the closest of the active players. Can't see the LB getting there at his current rate and MoYo is the only other with over 15,000 runs.

Jaya would make this list pretty soon.

Kallis too would get there before the end of next year.

Ganguly won't get there.

Yousuf would need atleast 2-3 years to reach there.

Gilly won't get there.

Who is next in line to join this list? Smith can't be far, surely?

Next best is Mahela with 18K-odd runs. Then Chanders, Yusuf and Sanga.

Smith is way down that list. Still about 7K runs to make. Should take at least 3-4 years to make that list.

PMSL. vilky had no farkin clue in his thread-bumping stupor.

How about an updated table, including averages, SG? I'm sure some of the 5 in the original table have probably moved on significantly since the first post (2 and a half years ago). Fence and Drunky have possibly moved up the table somewhat.

And no T20 sh!t to spoil the numbers, please.

excluding t20s

1) Tendulkar: 31045 runs in 702 innings @ 49.12,

2) Ponting: 24754 runs in 576 innings @ 48.35.

3) Lara: 22358 runs in 521 innings @ 46.29,

4) Dravid: 22160 runs in 553 innings @ 45.69,

5) Kallis: 21456 runs in 515 innings @ 49.90,

6) Inzi: 20569 runs in 550 innings @ 43.30,

7) Jayasuriya: 20401 runs in 620 innings @ 34.70

Cheers TO.

Interesting that SRT's average has improved and Drunky's has declined.

And is Jaya's average correct? Quite a remarkably drop off from the others.

Here are updated top-5 for tests+ODI runs,

1) Tendulkar: 31045 runs @ 49.12,

2) Ponting: 24754 runs @ 48.34.

3) Lara: 22358 runs in 521 innings @ 46.29,

4) Dravid: 22160 runs @ 46.26,

5) Kallis: 21456 runs @ 49.89.

So Kallis is the newest entrant of this top-5 list. Inzi moves out.

And cheers SG.

Jaya suffers due to his poor ODI average. And its not that his test average is that hot either like others on that list.

Still an achievement for someone who used to bat at so low down the order during first 5-6 years of his career.

Kallis certainly stacks up against the others.

Well he can certainly eat a bigger stack of pancakes than the others.

skully wrote:Cheers TO.

Interesting that SRT's average has improved and Drunky's has declined.

And is Jaya's average correct? Quite a remarkably drop off from the others.

jaya averages 40 in tests and less than 33 in odis, so he has comfortably the lowest average. a terrible start to his odi career didnt help. i guess his real value was in the speed of his scoring

since the date of the post srt averages 59 in tests and 54 in odis

ponting averages 44 in tests and 42 in odis