Tendulkar highest test-run scorer
Saturday, 18 October 2008
MOHALI, OCT 17 (AP): Sachin Tendulkar became the leading run-scorer in test cricket Friday after passing Brian Lara's mark of 11,953.
Tendulkar achieved his latest batting record when he reached 16 with a glide through gully for three off Peter Siddle's first ball after tea on the first day of the second test against Australia and pumped his fists as he took the runs.
The 35-year-old batsman, playing his 152nd test, already owns the most hundreds in tests with 39, three more than Ponting, and has 49 half centuries.
He also has the record for the most limited-overs runs with 16,361 from 417 one-day internationals.
Tendulkar started the second match of the four-test series against Australia with 11,939 test runs at an average of 54.02.
Tendulkar achieved his latest batting record when he reached 16 with a glide through gully for three off Peter Siddle's first ball after tea on the first day of the second test against Australia and pumped his fists as he took the runs.
The 35-year-old batsman, playing his 152nd test, already owns the most hundreds in tests with 39, three more than Ponting, and has 49 half centuries.
He also has the record for the most limited-overs runs with 16,361 from 417 one-day internationals.
Tendulkar started the second match of the four-test series against Australia with 11,939 test runs at an average of 54.02.