Sachin Tendulkar's records and Amla's dominance

During India's run chase in the second Test at Bangalore against New Zealand, Sachin Tendulkar added another record to his credit, when he became the highest run-scorer in the fourth innings of a Test match.

During India's run chase in the second Test at Bangalore against New Zealand, Sachin Tendulkar added another record to his credit, when he became the highest run-scorer in the fourth innings of a Test match.

Tendulkar now has 1590 runs, and has gone past Rahul Dravid, his former team-mate who held the record with 1575 runs. Tendulkar now holds the record for the most runs by any batsman in the first innings (5511 runs), the second innings (5449 runs) and now the fourth.

Allan Border, the former Australian captain, has the most runs in the third innings of a Test with 3511. Border is followed by Jacques Kallis, the South African allrounder who has 3301 runs, while Tendulkar is third with 2983 runs. The tables below provide the details of the leading run-scorers in each innings in Tests.

Most runs in the 1st innings of a Test match

Batsman	Team	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
SR Tendulkar	Ind	88	88	6	5511	241*	67.21	20	19
RT Ponting	Aus	91	91	4	5399	242	62.06	21	22
SR Waugh	Aus	95	94	16	4855	199	62.24	17	22
R Dravid	Ind	75	75	3	4121	222	57.24	15	15
JH Kallis	SA	75	75	4	4105	224	57.82	19	10
AR Border	Aus	88	87	9	4056	200*	52.00	9	27
BC Lara	WI	58	58	1	4000	400*	70.18	12	12
Javed Miandad	Pak	60	60	6	3730	280*	69.07	9	17
DPMD Jayawardene	SL	66	66	1	3496	240	53.78	13	10
GA Gooch	Eng	69	69	0	3184	333	46.14	7	18

Most runs in the 2nd innings of a Test match

Batsman	Team	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
SR Tendulkar	Ind	101	99	3	5449	248*	56.76	18	24
R Dravid	Ind	89	89	7	4984	270	60.78	15	24
DPMD Jayawardene	SL	66	66	1	4277	374	65.80	13	17
BC Lara	WI	72	72	0	4249	277	59.01	13	21
JH Kallis	SA	80	80	6	4004	201*	54.11	13	19
RT Ponting	Aus	74	74	1	3965	257	54.32	14	15
V Sehwag	Ind	55	55	0	3815	319	69.36	12	13
S Chanderpaul	WI	84	84	10	3745	166	50.61	10	21
SR Waugh	Aus	73	72	9	3703	200	58.78	13	16
SM Gavaskar	Ind	64	63	3	3613	236*	60.22	12	15

Most runs in the 3rd innings of a Test match

Batsman	Team	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
AR Border	Aus	81	76	21	3511	163	63.84	9	22
JH Kallis	SA	66	63	15	3301	186	68.77	10	16
SR Tendulkar	Ind	71	70	8	2983	176	48.11	10	15
KC Sangakkara	SL	55	54	4	2861	211	57.22	10	13
GA Gooch	Eng	68	68	2	2777	183	42.08	7	11
R Dravid	Ind	67	65	4	2608	180	42.75	5	15
SM Gavaskar	Ind	60	57	4	2565	220	48.40	7	14
RT Ponting	Aus	77	75	10	2528	116	38.89	2	19
VVS Laxman	Ind	57	53	9	2376	281	54.00	4	16
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	54	51	6	2327	138	51.71	5	19

Most runs in the 4th innings of a Test match

Batsman	Team	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
SR Tendulkar	Ind	70	57	15	1590	136	37.86	3	7
R Dravid	Ind	65	57	18	1575	103*	40.38	1	9
S Chanderpaul	WI	55	45	11	1518	116*	44.65	2	11
GC Smith	SA	36	35	9	1504	154*	57.85	4	9
RT Ponting	Aus	55	42	14	1454	156	51.93	4	6
BC Lara	WI	52	46	5	1440	153*	35.12	2	7
SM Gavaskar	Ind	34	33	9	1398	221	58.25	4	8
CG Greenidge	WI	41	38	12	1383	214*	53.19	3	6
MA Atherton	Eng	39	39	6	1375	185*	41.67	2	9
ML Hayden	Aus	39	39	13	1287	101*	49.50	1	9

In the same Bangalore Test, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni put on a match-winning unbeaten partnership of 96, giving India a five-wicket win. This stand is now the fifth highest unbeaten winning partnership in the fourth innings for India. The highest remains the unbeaten 163 for the fifth wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh against England at Chennai in December 2008 during India's record chase of 387. Incidentally, the Tendulkar-Yuvraj stand is the sixth highest unbeaten winning fourth-innings stand in Test history. For the record, the all-time highest is the unbeaten second-wicket stand between West Indians Gordon Greenidge and Larry Gomes against England at Lord's in July 1984, when they added 287 while chasing a target of 344.

Incidentally, the Bangalore victory was India's 43rd win by wickets in Test cricket. The first table lists all the unbeaten 50-plus stands for India in winning Test matches and the second table has details of Test pairs achieving this for the sixth wicket. Kohli and Dhoni are fifth on the first list and sixth on the second.

Unbeaten winning stands in Tests in the fourth innings for India

Runs	Wkt	Batsman1	Batsman2	Total	Against	Venue	Date
163*	5th	SR Tendulkar (103*)	Yuvraj Singh (85*)	387/4	Eng	Chennai	15-Dec-08
120*	4th	AL Wadekar (91*)	GR Viswanath (44*)	181/3	Aus	Delhi	2-Dec-69
110*	4th	R Dravid (70*)	SC Ganguly (65*)	190/3	Zim	Delhi	22-Nov-00
105*	2nd	V Sehwag (76*)	R Dravid (42*)	144/1	Eng	Mohali	13-Mar-06
96*	6th	V Kohli (51*)	MS Dhoni (48*)	262/5	NZ	Bangalore	3-Sep-12
87*	6th	VVS Laxman (103*)	SK Raina (41*)	258/5	SL	Colombo PSS	7-Aug-10
78*	1st	SM Gavaskar (29*)	CPS Chauhan (46*)	78/0	Pak	Chennai	20-Jan-80
76*	3rd	DJ Gandhi (31*)	SR Tendulkar (44*)	83/2	NZ	Kanpur	25-Oct-99
70*	4th	SC Ganguly (98*)	M Kaif (19*)	264/3	SL	Kandy	25-Aug-01
61*	4th	SR Tendulkar (53*)	R Dravid (21*)	207/3	Aus	Bangalore	13-Oct-10
60*	3rd	R Dravid (47*)	SR Tendulkar (32*)	120/2	SA	Kolkata	2-Dec-04
53*	2nd	SS Das (22*)	R Dravid (41*)	64/1	Ban	Dhaka	13-Nov-00
52*	3rd	SS Das (82*)	SR Tendulkar (36*)	184/2	Zim	Bulawayo	10-Jun-01

Unbeaten winning stands in Tests in the fourth innings for the 6^th wicket

Runs	For	Batsman1	Batsman2	Total	Opp	Venue	Date
189*	SL	PA de Silva (143*)	A Ranatunga (87*)	326/5	Zim	Colombo SSC	18-Jan-98
112*	SA	GC Smith (154*)	MV Boucher (45*)	283/5	Eng	Birmingham	2-Aug-08
106*	Aus	RN Harvey (151*)	CL McCool (39*)	336/5	SA	Durban	24-Jan-50
101*	Eng	ER Dexter (66*)	RW Barber (39*)	209/5	Pak	Lahore	26-Oct-61
99*	Pak	Younus Khan (67*)	Kamran Akmal (57*)	191/5	SA	Port Elizabeth	22-Jan-07
96*	Ind	V Kohli (51*)	MS Dhoni (48*)	262/5	NZ	Bangalore	3-Sep-12
87*	Ind	VVS Laxman (103*)	SK Raina (41*)	258/5	SL	Colombo (PSS)	7-Aug-10
83*	Aus	J Ryder (57*)	DG Bradman (37*)	287/5	Eng	Melbourne	16-Mar-29

The two previous weekly columns had a look at Hashim Amla's run-scoring spree in One-Day Internationals. This week's column too has something on him. Such has been Amla's form that he has dominated run-scoring vis-a-vis the rest of his team-mates. During his ODI career, South Africa have made 15029 runs, of which 3216 runs have come from the blade of Amla. This means he has scored 21.40% of the runs made by his team. The table details this fact among batsmen with a minimum of 2000 career ODI runs.

One batsman dominating the rest of the team
Qualification: 2000 career ODI runs

Batsman	Runs	Team Runs	% runs	Team	Inns	Avg	100s	50s	Career
Hashim Amla	3216	15029	21.40	SA	60	59.56	10	19	2008-2012
Zaheer Abbas	2572	12239	21.01	Pak	60	47.63	7	13	1974-1985
Gordon Greenidge	5134	26657	19.26	WI	127	45.04	11	31	1975-1991
Desmond Haynes	8648	47655	18.15	WI	237	41.38	17	57	1978-1994
Sachin Tendulkar	18426	102987	17.89	Ind	452	44.83	49	96	1989-2012
Virat Kohli	3886	21864	17.77	Ind	87	51.81	13	21	2008-2012
Jonathan Trott	2208	12502	17.66	Eng	51	49.07	3	18	2009-2012
Geoff Marsh	4357	24681	17.65	Aus	115	39.97	9	22	1986-1992
Viv Richards	6721	38112	17.63	WI	167	47.00	11	45	1975-1991
Dean Jones	6068	34559	17.56	Aus	161	44.62	7	46	1984-1994
Martin Crowe	4704	27443	17.14	NZ	140	38.56	4	34	1982-1995
Chris Gayle	8360	48780	17.14	WI	229	39.43	20	45	1999-2012

Note: team runs include extras

Amla's unbeaten 97 in the final ODI at Trent Bridge means he has now top-scored in his last six innings for South Africa. This is a new ODI record by any batsman as no one has ever top-scored in six consecutive innings. Amla's top-scoring sequence began in Napier in Feb 2012 when he made 92 in his team's winning total of 231/4.

Batsman	Inns	for	From	To	Scores	Result
Hashim Amla	6*	SA	29-Feb-12	5-Sep-12	92, 76, 150, 43, 45, 97*	won 4, lost 2
Zaheer Abbas	5	Pak	5-Dec-81	9-Jan-82	46, 38, 108, 35, 84	won 3, lost 2
Martin Crowe	5	NZ	2-Dec-90	15-Dec-90	50, 37, 81, 76, 78	won 1, lost 4
Brian Lara	5	WI	25-Nov-93	18-Dec-93	82, 33, 89, 65, 29	won 2, lost 2, Nr 1
Mark Waugh	5	Aus	15-Jan-99	26-Jan-99	83*, 85, 65, 57, 65	won 3, lost 2
Salman Butt	5	Pak	11-Apr-08	8-Jun-08	76, 132, 74, 136, 70	won 5
Fraser Watts	5	Sco	7-Jul-10	18-Aug-10	50, 46, 98, 55, 55*	won 3, lost 2

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Notes: Martin Crowe was captaining the side, while Mark Waugh and Salman Butt are the only batsmen in the above list to register only 50+ scores.

Shoaib Malik's third-ball duck in the final Twenty20 International match in Dubai was his first in 41 innings. This is a new T20I record with no batsman taking as many innings to register his first T20I duck. For the record, in Test matches, AB de Villiers took 79 innings to make his maiden duck in November 2008, while in ODIs Kumar Dharmasena, the Sri Lankan all-rounder, recorded his first duck in his 73rd innings in December 2001. The table below has details of batsmen who took 25 or more innings to register their first T20I duck.

Most innings for first duck in T20 internationals

Batsman	Inns	For	Opp	Venue	Date	Total career ducks
Shoaib Malik	41	Pak	Aus	Dubai	10-Sep-12	1
Brendon McCullum	34	NZ	SL	Providence	30-Apr-10	2
Graeme Smith	32	SAf	Aus	Cape Town	13-Oct-11	1
Mohd Hafeez	26	Pak	Eng	Dubai	25-Feb-12	3+
Misbah-ul Haq	25	Pak	Aus	Gros Islet	14-05-2010	2

+ Mohammad Hafeez went on record three ducks in a row

Note: Scott Styris, the New Zealand allrounder, has 29 T20I innings without having made a duck

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