Sachin Tendulkar on the verge of another record

by Atul Kahate
30 October 1998


When he scores the first run in his next innings (hopefully against West Indies in the Wills Cup semi-final on Saturday!), Sachin Tendulkar will reach another landmark - he will break his own world record of scoring most runs in a calendar year in Limited Overs International matches. So far, Sachin has scored 1611 runs in 27 innings at an astonishing average of 64.44 at more than run a ball in 1998. He had made exactly the same number of runs two years back.

In fact, Sachin has now crossed the mark of 1000 runs in three successive calendar years, which is another world record. Sachin first made over 1000 runs in a calendar year in 1994 and then did so again in 1996 and 1997 prior to the current year; 1995 did not give him enough scope: he played only 12 innings.

Table (A) shows the list of players scoring the most number of runs in a calendar year; Table (B) shows Sachin's performance in each calendar year. 

Table (A) Most runs in a calendar year

Batsman              Year  Mts  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg   100 50  0  S/R                     
SR Tendulkar   (Ind) 1998  28   27    2   1611  142   64.44   7  7  0  101.26
SR Tendulkar   (Ind) 1996  32   32    2   1611  137   53.70   6  9  0   82.36
Saeed Anwar    (Pak) 1996  36   36    5   1595  115   51.45   3 10  0   91.63
G Kirsten      (RSA) 1996  29   29    4   1442  188*  57.68   6  4  1   83.50
SC Ganguly     (Ind) 1997  38   35    3   1338  113   41.81   1 10  3   69.72
BC Lara        (WI)  1993  29   29    3   1289  153   49.58   4  6  1   73.03
Ijaz Ahmed snr (Pak) 1996  38   36    5   1281  117   41.32   1  9  2   78.39
DL Haynes      (WI)  1985  28   27    5   1232  145*  56.00   3  7  1   73.82
IVA Richards   (WI)  1985  29   25    5   1231  103*  61.55   1 12  0   94.43
PA de Silva    (SL)  1997  28   27    4   1212  134   52.70   3  8  1   86.39

Table (B) Sachin Tendulkar's performance in each calendar year

Year    Mts  Inns  NO   Runs  HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R                     

1989      1    1    0      0    0     0.00   0   0   1    0.00
1990     11   10    0    239   53    23.90   0   1   1   98.76
1991     14   14    2    417   62    34.75   0   4   1   74.46
1992     22   21    2    709   84    37.32   0   6   0   69.37
1993     17   16    4    314   82*   26.17   0   1   0   73.02
1994     25   25    2   1089  115    47.35   3   9   3   88.87
1995     12   12    1    444  112*   40.36   1   1   0  101.37
1996     32   32    2   1611  137    53.70   6   9   0   82.36
1997     39   36    3   1011  117    30.64   2   5   2   84.96
1998     28   27    2   1611  142    64.44   7   7   0  101.26

TOTAL   201  194   18   7445  142    42.30  19  43   8   86.00

Note: India's SC Ganguly (1148) and M Azharuddin (1119) are likely to be added to Table (A) before the end of the year.

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (atul.kahate@db.com)

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