Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer, universally acknowledged as one of the best batsmen of the modern era. He currently holds the record for the most number of runs in One-Day Internationals, and the most number of centuries scored both in One-Day Internationals and in Test cricket. He made his international debut against Pakistan in 1989 at sixteen, becoming India's youngest Test player. Primarily a top-order batsman, Tendulkar has occasionally proven a useful slow bowler. He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, for 1997-1998, and the civilian award Padma Shri in 1999. Tendulkar appeared on the front cover of the Indian edition of TIME magazine in 2002 when he was chosen as one of its "Asian Heroes". His prowess has earned him the nicknames "Little Master" (also accorded to Sunil Gavaskar) and "Master Blaster" (once used for Viv Richards). He also recieved the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.

ODI Player Records

Player Name	Country	Matches	Innings	NotOuts	Runs	Highest	BatAvg	100's	50's	0's	90's	S/R	Catches	Stumps	BallsBowld	Maidains	Runs	Wkts	BowlAvg	Best	5Wkts	SR	Runs/Ovr
SR Tendulkar	India	407	397	37	15962	186*	44.33	41	87	16	10	85.50	120	0	7982	24	6774	154	43.98	5-32	2	51.80	5.06
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	405	393	18	12214	189	32.57	25	64	28	5	90.37	115	0	14105	40	11192	307	36.45	6-29	4	45.09	4.77
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	375	347	53	11665	137*	39.67	10	83	19	4	74.24	109	0	58	1	64	3	21.33	1-0	0	19.33	6.62
SC Ganguly	India	311	303	23	11363	183	41.02	22	72	16	6	73.70	100	0	4561	32	3849	100	38.49	5-16	2	45.06	5.05
RT Ponting	Australia	288	279	35	10835	164	44.40	25	63	16	3	80.68	128	0	150	0	104	3	34.66	1-12	0	50.00	4.16
RS Dravid	India	333	308	40	10585	153	39.49	12	81	9	3	71.22	193	14	186	1	170	4	42.50	2-43	0	46.50	5.48
BC Lara	West Indies	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	19	63	15	5	79.51	120	0	49	0	61	4	15.25	2-5	0	12.25	7.47
JH Kallis	South Africa	274	260	49	9541	139	45.21	16	65	12	6	71.35	101	0	9388	68	7536	239	31.53	5-30	2	39.02	4.83
M Azharuddin	India	334	308	54	9378	153*	36.92	7	58	9	7	73.96	156	0	556	1	481	12	40.08	3-19	0	46.33	5.19
AC Gilchrist	Australia	277	269	11	9297	172	36.03	15	53	16	5	96.90	401	53	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
PA de Silva	Sri Lanka	308	296	30	9284	145	34.90	11	64	17	9	81.07	95	0	5148	26	4177	106	39.41	4-30	0	48.57	4.87
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	256	243	37	8873	141*	43.07	14	61	15	4	74.65	53	0	2	0	1	0	1.00	1-0	0	2.00	6.00
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	247	244	19	8823	194	39.21	20	43	15	4	80.69	42	0	242	3	191	6	31.83	2-9	0	40.33	4.74
DL Haynes	West Indies	238	237	28	8648	152*	41.38	17	57	13	3	63.30	59	0	30	0	24	0	0.00	0-24	0	0.00	4.80
ME Waugh	Australia	244	236	20	8500	173	39.35	18	50	16	2	76.88	108	0	3687	11	2938	85	34.56	5-24	1	43.38	4.78
MS Atapattu	Sri Lanka	253	246	28	8233	132*	37.77	11	59	13	5	67.70	70	0	51	0	41	0	0.00	0-4	0	0.00	4.82
SP Fleming	New Zealand	280	269	21	8037	134*	32.40	8	49	14	4	71.49	133	0	29	0	28	1	28.00	1-8	0	29.00	5.79
SR Waugh	Australia	325	288	58	7569	120*	32.91	3	45	15	1	75.85	111	0	8883	56	6764	195	34.69	4-33	0	45.55	4.57
A Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	269	255	47	7454	131*	35.84	4	49	18	3	78.00	63	0	4710	21	3757	79	47.56	4-14	0	59.62	4.79
HH Gibbs	South Africa	224	217	16	7383	175	36.73	20	33	18	3	83.37	96	0	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	233	218	41	7381	119*	41.70	8	50	8	2	66.89	72	2	436	3	297	7	42.43	2-22	0	62.29	4.09
S Chanderpaul	West Indies	229	215	31	7291	150	39.62	8	49	7	2	70.32	64	0	740	1	636	14	45.42	3-18	0	52.80	5.17
DPM Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	263	245	26	7238	128	33.05	10	42	14	3	76.67	135	0	582	2	558	7	79.71	2-56	0	83.10	5.69
Salim Malik	Pakistan	283	256	38	7171	102	32.89	5	47	19	2	76.35	80	0	3505	10	2959	89	33.25	5-35	1	39.38	5.07
MG Bevan	Australia	232	196	67	6912	108*	53.58	6	46	5	0	74.41	69	0	1966	6	1655	36	45.97	3-36	0	54.61	5.05
NJ Astle	New Zealand	212	207	14	6890	145*	35.70	16	40	15	9	72.82	80	0	4768	28	3740	99	37.78	4-43	0	48.16	4.71
G Kirsten	South Africa	185	185	19	6798	188*	40.95	13	45	11	4	72.00	62	1	30	1	23	0	0.00	0-6	0	0.00	4.60
A Flower	Zimbabwe	213	208	16	6786	145	35.34	4	55	13	2	74.68	141	32	30	0	23	0	0.00	0-9	0	0.00	4.60
IVA Richards	West Indies	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	11	45	7	3	90.63	101	0	5644	26	4231	118	35.86	6-41	2	47.83	4.50
Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	250	232	29	6564	139*	32.33	10	37	14	4	80.19	90	0	637	1	476	5	95.20	2-31	0	127.40	4.48
GW Flower	Zimbabwe	219	212	18	6536	142*	33.69	6	40	18	9	67.44	86	0	5419	11	4187	104	40.26	4-32	0	52.11	4.64
AR Border	Australia	273	252	39	6524	127*	30.63	3	39	11	4	71.38	127	0	2661	11	2071	73	28.37	3-20	0	36.45	4.67
RB Richardson	West Indies	224	217	30	6248	122	33.41	5	44	8	6	63.79	74	0	58	0	46	1	46.00	1-4	0	58.00	4.76
CH Gayle	West Indies	176	172	12	6244	153*	39.02	15	34	11	2	80.26	81	0	5946	17	4618	142	32.52	5-46	1	41.80	4.77
DM Jones	Australia	164	161	25	6068	145	44.62	7	46	6	6	72.64	54	0	106	0	81	3	27.00	2-34	0	35.33	4.58
KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	210	193	23	6059	138*	35.64	6	41	4	1	73.98	193	53	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
DC Boon	Australia	181	177	16	5964	122	37.04	5	37	6	3	65.17	45	0	82	0	86	0	0.00	0-5	0	0.00	6.29
JN Rhodes	South Africa	245	220	51	5935	121	35.12	2	33	12	2	81.12	105	0	14	0	4	0	0.00	0-1	0	0.00	1.71
Rameez Raja	Pakistan	198	197	15	5841	119*	32.09	9	31	15	2	63.13	33	0	6	0	10	0	0.00	0-10	0	0.00	10.00
ML Hayden	Australia	153	147	15	5835	181	44.20	10	33	8	3	79.06	65	0	54	0	40	0	0.00	00	0	0.00	18.00
CL Hooper	West Indies	227	206	43	5762	113*	35.35	7	29	7	1	76.81	120	0	9573	53	6957	193	36.05	4-34	0	49.60	4.36
Yuvraj Singh	India	195	177	26	5573	139	36.90	8	34	6	1	86.61	62	0	2482	17	2137	52	39.57	4-6	0	45.90	4.97
WJ Cronje	South Africa	188	175	31	5565	112	38.65	2	39	8	5	76.44	72	0	5354	33	3966	114	34.79	5-32	1	46.96	4.44
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	253	240	14	5369	109	23.75	4	29	20	0	110.95	89	0	10131	52	7818	217	36.02	5-11	2	46.06	4.64
AD Jadeja	India	196	179	36	5359	119	37.48	6	30	10	4	69.44	59	0	1248	2	1094	20	54.70	3-3	0	62.40	5.26
DR Martyn	Australia	208	182	51	5346	144*	40.80	5	37	10	2	77.73	69	0	794	2	704	12	58.66	2-21	0	66.16	5.32
V Sehwag	India	178	173	7	5231	130	31.51	8	25	10	1	96.88	71	0	3530	18	3097	76	40.75	3-25	0	46.04	5.33
ADR Campbell	Zimbabwe	188	184	14	5185	131*	30.50	7	30	11	3	66.13	77	0	509	3	434	12	36.17	2-20	0	42.42	5.12
RS Mahanama	Sri Lanka	213	198	23	5162	119*	29.50	4	35	15	3	60.53	109	0	2	0	7	0	0.00	0-3	0	0.00	21.00
CG Greenidge	West Indies	128	127	13	5134	133*	45.04	11	31	3	3	65.15	45	0	60	0	45	1	45.00	1-21	0	60.00	4.50
CL Cairns	New Zealand	215	193	25	4950	115	29.46	4	26	9	0	84.26	66	0	8168	80	6594	201	32.81	5-42	1	40.63	4.84
GC Smith	South Africa	130	128	7	4817	134*	39.80	6	35	4	2	81.97	68	0	1026	0	951	18	52.83	3-30	0	57.00	5.73
Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	156	155	5	4780	134	31.87	5	31	10	3	65.52	49	0	4836	19	3703	85	43.56	4-22	0	56.89	4.59
CD McMillan	New Zealand	197	183	16	4707	117	28.18	3	28	9	0	75.94	44	0	1879	6	1717	49	35.04	3-20	0	38.34	5.44
MD Crowe	New Zealand	143	140	18	4704	107*	38.56	4	34	3	6	72.66	65	0	1296	21	952	29	32.83	2-9	0	44.69	4.41
AJ Stewart	England	170	162	14	4677	116	31.60	4	28	13	2	68.23	159	15	0	0	0	0			0
A Symonds	Australia	180	144	31	4671	156	41.37	6	26	12	2	93.33	74	0	5690	32	4737	124	38.20	5-18	1	45.08	4.95
Younis Khan	Pakistan	164	159	18	4600	144	32.62	3	31	11	1	75.49	86	0	145	2	151	1	151.00	1-24	0	145.00	6.66
Abdur Razzaq	Pakistan	231	198	49	4465	112	29.96	2	22	13	0	79.96	31	0	9797	86	7658	246	31.13	6-35	3	39.82	4.62
NS Sidhu	India	136	127	8	4415	134*	37.10	6	33	7	3	69.85	20	0	4	0	3	0	0.00	0-1	0	0.00	4.50
CZ Harris	New Zealand	250	213	62	4379	130	29.00	1	16	12	0	66.49	96	0	10667	82	7613	203	37.50	5-42	1	52.55	4.28
GR Marsh	Australia	117	115	6	4357	126*	39.97	9	22	4	2	55.85	31	0	6	0	4	0	0.00	0-4	0	0.00	4.00
GA Gooch	England	125	122	6	4290	142	36.98	8	23	4	3	61.79	45	0	2066	26	1516	36	42.11	3-19	0	57.39	4.40
MV Boucher	South Africa	263	193	48	4203	147	28.98	1	25	14	2	84.12	368	18	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	155	138	17	4142	143	34.23	5	26	6	2	78.19	56	0	5367	28	4045	120	33.70	4-19	0	44.07	4.42
RR Sarwan	West Indies	124	116	24	4099	115*	44.55	3	26	4	1	76.90	34	0	485	1	472	12	39.33	3-31	0	40.41	6.07
K Srikkanth	India	146	145	4	4092	123	29.02	4	27	11	5	71.71	42	0	712	3	641	25	25.64	5-27	2	28.48	5.40
AJ Lamb	England	122	118	16	4010	118	39.31	4	26	8	4	75.16	31	0	6	0	3	0	0.00	0-3	0	0.00	3.00
ME Trescothick	England	114	113	6	3923	137	36.66	10	20	12	1	85.04	47	0	232	0	219	4	54.75	2-7	0	58.00	5.66
AP Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	147	143	5	3902	117*	28.28	2	22	12	1	60.29	49	0	1585	8	1354	26	52.08	2-25	0	60.96	5.13
JG Wright	New Zealand	149	148	1	3888	101	26.45	1	24	9	1	57.19	51	0	24	1	8	0	0.00	0-0	0	0.00	2.00
DJ Cullinan	South Africa	138	133	16	3860	124	32.99	3	23	10	1	70.19	62	0	190	1	130	5	26.00	2-30	0	38.00	4.11
GA Hick	England	120	118	15	3846	126*	37.34	5	27	10	2	74.06	64	0	1236	6	1026	30	34.20	5-33	1	41.20	4.98
HP Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka	200	168	40	3789	104	29.60	2	13	10	0	57.70	89	6	180	1	141	6	23.50	1-3	0	30.00	4.70
N Kapil Dev	India	225	198	39	3782	175*	23.79	1	14	13	0	94.41	71	0	11202	235	6945	253	27.45	5-43	1	44.28	3.72
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	356	280	55	3717	86	16.52	0	6	28	0	88.50	88	0	18186	236	11812	502	23.53	5-15	6	36.23	3.90
RS Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	189	181	14	3711	102*	22.22	2	23	24	2	77.67	132	75	0	0	0	0			0
Imran Khan	Pakistan	175	151	40	3709	102*	33.41	1	19	6	0	72.60	37	0	7462	123	4845	182	26.62	6-14	1	41.00	3.90
RP Arnold	Sri Lanka	160	139	37	3676	103	36.04	1	26	7	1	72.14	45	0	2090	8	1689	37	45.65	3-47	0	56.49	4.85
PV Simmons	West Indies	143	138	11	3675	122	28.94	5	18	14	2	68.07	55	0	3880	38	2876	83	34.65	4-3	0	46.75	4.45

ODI Player Records

Player Name	Country	Matches	Innings	NotOuts	Runs	Highest	BatAvg	100's	50's	0's	90's	S/R	Catches	Stumps	BallsBowld	Maidains	Runs	Wkts	BowlAvg	Best	5Wkts	SR	Runs/Ovr
SR Tendulkar	India	407	397	37	15962	186*	44.33	41	87	16	10	85.50	120	0	7982	24	6774	154	43.98	5-32	2	51.80	5.06
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	405	393	18	12214	189	32.57	25	64	28	5	90.37	115	0	14105	40	11192	307	36.45	6-29	4	45.09	4.77
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	375	347	53	11665	137*	39.67	10	83	19	4	74.24	109	0	58	1	64	3	21.33	1-0	0	19.33	6.62
SC Ganguly	India	311	303	23	11363	183	41.02	22	72	16	6	73.70	100	0	4561	32	3849	100	38.49	5-16	2	45.06	5.05
RT Ponting	Australia	288	279	35	10835	164	44.40	25	63	16	3	80.68	128	0	150	0	104	3	34.66	1-12	0	50.00	4.16
RS Dravid	India	333	308	40	10585	153	39.49	12	81	9	3	71.22	193	14	186	1	170	4	42.50	2-43	0	46.50	5.48
BC Lara	West Indies	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	19	63	15	5	79.51	120	0	49	0	61	4	15.25	2-5	0	12.25	7.47
JH Kallis	South Africa	274	260	49	9541	139	45.21	16	65	12	6	71.35	101	0	9388	68	7536	239	31.53	5-30	2	39.02	4.83
M Azharuddin	India	334	308	54	9378	153*	36.92	7	58	9	7	73.96	156	0	556	1	481	12	40.08	3-19	0	46.33	5.19
AC Gilchrist	Australia	277	269	11	9297	172	36.03	15	53	16	5	96.90	401	53	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
PA de Silva	Sri Lanka	308	296	30	9284	145	34.90	11	64	17	9	81.07	95	0	5148	26	4177	106	39.41	4-30	0	48.57	4.87
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	256	243	37	8873	141*	43.07	14	61	15	4	74.65	53	0	2	0	1	0	1.00	1-0	0	2.00	6.00
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	247	244	19	8823	194	39.21	20	43	15	4	80.69	42	0	242	3	191	6	31.83	2-9	0	40.33	4.74
DL Haynes	West Indies	238	237	28	8648	152*	41.38	17	57	13	3	63.30	59	0	30	0	24	0	0.00	0-24	0	0.00	4.80
ME Waugh	Australia	244	236	20	8500	173	39.35	18	50	16	2	76.88	108	0	3687	11	2938	85	34.56	5-24	1	43.38	4.78
MS Atapattu	Sri Lanka	253	246	28	8233	132*	37.77	11	59	13	5	67.70	70	0	51	0	41	0	0.00	0-4	0	0.00	4.82
SP Fleming	New Zealand	280	269	21	8037	134*	32.40	8	49	14	4	71.49	133	0	29	0	28	1	28.00	1-8	0	29.00	5.79
SR Waugh	Australia	325	288	58	7569	120*	32.91	3	45	15	1	75.85	111	0	8883	56	6764	195	34.69	4-33	0	45.55	4.57
A Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	269	255	47	7454	131*	35.84	4	49	18	3	78.00	63	0	4710	21	3757	79	47.56	4-14	0	59.62	4.79
HH Gibbs	South Africa	224	217	16	7383	175	36.73	20	33	18	3	83.37	96	0	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	233	218	41	7381	119*	41.70	8	50	8	2	66.89	72	2	436	3	297	7	42.43	2-22	0	62.29	4.09
S Chanderpaul	West Indies	229	215	31	7291	150	39.62	8	49	7	2	70.32	64	0	740	1	636	14	45.42	3-18	0	52.80	5.17
DPM Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	263	245	26	7238	128	33.05	10	42	14	3	76.67	135	0	582	2	558	7	79.71	2-56	0	83.10	5.69
Salim Malik	Pakistan	283	256	38	7171	102	32.89	5	47	19	2	76.35	80	0	3505	10	2959	89	33.25	5-35	1	39.38	5.07
MG Bevan	Australia	232	196	67	6912	108*	53.58	6	46	5	0	74.41	69	0	1966	6	1655	36	45.97	3-36	0	54.61	5.05
NJ Astle	New Zealand	212	207	14	6890	145*	35.70	16	40	15	9	72.82	80	0	4768	28	3740	99	37.78	4-43	0	48.16	4.71
G Kirsten	South Africa	185	185	19	6798	188*	40.95	13	45	11	4	72.00	62	1	30	1	23	0	0.00	0-6	0	0.00	4.60
A Flower	Zimbabwe	213	208	16	6786	145	35.34	4	55	13	2	74.68	141	32	30	0	23	0	0.00	0-9	0	0.00	4.60
IVA Richards	West Indies	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	11	45	7	3	90.63	101	0	5644	26	4231	118	35.86	6-41	2	47.83	4.50
Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	250	232	29	6564	139*	32.33	10	37	14	4	80.19	90	0	637	1	476	5	95.20	2-31	0	127.40	4.48
GW Flower	Zimbabwe	219	212	18	6536	142*	33.69	6	40	18	9	67.44	86	0	5419	11	4187	104	40.26	4-32	0	52.11	4.64
AR Border	Australia	273	252	39	6524	127*	30.63	3	39	11	4	71.38	127	0	2661	11	2071	73	28.37	3-20	0	36.45	4.67
RB Richardson	West Indies	224	217	30	6248	122	33.41	5	44	8	6	63.79	74	0	58	0	46	1	46.00	1-4	0	58.00	4.76
CH Gayle	West Indies	176	172	12	6244	153*	39.02	15	34	11	2	80.26	81	0	5946	17	4618	142	32.52	5-46	1	41.80	4.77
DM Jones	Australia	164	161	25	6068	145	44.62	7	46	6	6	72.64	54	0	106	0	81	3	27.00	2-34	0	35.33	4.58
KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	210	193	23	6059	138*	35.64	6	41	4	1	73.98	193	53	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
DC Boon	Australia	181	177	16	5964	122	37.04	5	37	6	3	65.17	45	0	82	0	86	0	0.00	0-5	0	0.00	6.29
JN Rhodes	South Africa	245	220	51	5935	121	35.12	2	33	12	2	81.12	105	0	14	0	4	0	0.00	0-1	0	0.00	1.71
Rameez Raja	Pakistan	198	197	15	5841	119*	32.09	9	31	15	2	63.13	33	0	6	0	10	0	0.00	0-10	0	0.00	10.00
ML Hayden	Australia	153	147	15	5835	181	44.20	10	33	8	3	79.06	65	0	54	0	40	0	0.00	00	0	0.00	18.00
CL Hooper	West Indies	227	206	43	5762	113*	35.35	7	29	7	1	76.81	120	0	9573	53	6957	193	36.05	4-34	0	49.60	4.36
Yuvraj Singh	India	195	177	26	5573	139	36.90	8	34	6	1	86.61	62	0	2482	17	2137	52	39.57	4-6	0	45.90	4.97
WJ Cronje	South Africa	188	175	31	5565	112	38.65	2	39	8	5	76.44	72	0	5354	33	3966	114	34.79	5-32	1	46.96	4.44
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	253	240	14	5369	109	23.75	4	29	20	0	110.95	89	0	10131	52	7818	217	36.02	5-11	2	46.06	4.64
AD Jadeja	India	196	179	36	5359	119	37.48	6	30	10	4	69.44	59	0	1248	2	1094	20	54.70	3-3	0	62.40	5.26
DR Martyn	Australia	208	182	51	5346	144*	40.80	5	37	10	2	77.73	69	0	794	2	704	12	58.66	2-21	0	66.16	5.32
V Sehwag	India	178	173	7	5231	130	31.51	8	25	10	1	96.88	71	0	3530	18	3097	76	40.75	3-25	0	46.04	5.33
ADR Campbell	Zimbabwe	188	184	14	5185	131*	30.50	7	30	11	3	66.13	77	0	509	3	434	12	36.17	2-20	0	42.42	5.12
RS Mahanama	Sri Lanka	213	198	23	5162	119*	29.50	4	35	15	3	60.53	109	0	2	0	7	0	0.00	0-3	0	0.00	21.00
CG Greenidge	West Indies	128	127	13	5134	133*	45.04	11	31	3	3	65.15	45	0	60	0	45	1	45.00	1-21	0	60.00	4.50
CL Cairns	New Zealand	215	193	25	4950	115	29.46	4	26	9	0	84.26	66	0	8168	80	6594	201	32.81	5-42	1	40.63	4.84
GC Smith	South Africa	130	128	7	4817	134*	39.80	6	35	4	2	81.97	68	0	1026	0	951	18	52.83	3-30	0	57.00	5.73
Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	156	155	5	4780	134	31.87	5	31	10	3	65.52	49	0	4836	19	3703	85	43.56	4-22	0	56.89	4.59
CD McMillan	New Zealand	197	183	16	4707	117	28.18	3	28	9	0	75.94	44	0	1879	6	1717	49	35.04	3-20	0	38.34	5.44
MD Crowe	New Zealand	143	140	18	4704	107*	38.56	4	34	3	6	72.66	65	0	1296	21	952	29	32.83	2-9	0	44.69	4.41
AJ Stewart	England	170	162	14	4677	116	31.60	4	28	13	2	68.23	159	15	0	0	0	0			0
A Symonds	Australia	180	144	31	4671	156	41.37	6	26	12	2	93.33	74	0	5690	32	4737	124	38.20	5-18	1	45.08	4.95
Younis Khan	Pakistan	164	159	18	4600	144	32.62	3	31	11	1	75.49	86	0	145	2	151	1	151.00	1-24	0	145.00	6.66
Abdur Razzaq	Pakistan	231	198	49	4465	112	29.96	2	22	13	0	79.96	31	0	9797	86	7658	246	31.13	6-35	3	39.82	4.62
NS Sidhu	India	136	127	8	4415	134*	37.10	6	33	7	3	69.85	20	0	4	0	3	0	0.00	0-1	0	0.00	4.50
CZ Harris	New Zealand	250	213	62	4379	130	29.00	1	16	12	0	66.49	96	0	10667	82	7613	203	37.50	5-42	1	52.55	4.28
GR Marsh	Australia	117	115	6	4357	126*	39.97	9	22	4	2	55.85	31	0	6	0	4	0	0.00	0-4	0	0.00	4.00
GA Gooch	England	125	122	6	4290	142	36.98	8	23	4	3	61.79	45	0	2066	26	1516	36	42.11	3-19	0	57.39	4.40
MV Boucher	South Africa	263	193	48	4203	147	28.98	1	25	14	2	84.12	368	18	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	155	138	17	4142	143	34.23	5	26	6	2	78.19	56	0	5367	28	4045	120	33.70	4-19	0	44.07	4.42
RR Sarwan	West Indies	124	116	24	4099	115*	44.55	3	26	4	1	76.90	34	0	485	1	472	12	39.33	3-31	0	40.41	6.07
K Srikkanth	India	146	145	4	4092	123	29.02	4	27	11	5	71.71	42	0	712	3	641	25	25.64	5-27	2	28.48	5.40
AJ Lamb	England	122	118	16	4010	118	39.31	4	26	8	4	75.16	31	0	6	0	3	0	0.00	0-3	0	0.00	3.00
ME Trescothick	England	114	113	6	3923	137	36.66	10	20	12	1	85.04	47	0	232	0	219	4	54.75	2-7	0	58.00	5.66
AP Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	147	143	5	3902	117*	28.28	2	22	12	1	60.29	49	0	1585	8	1354	26	52.08	2-25	0	60.96	5.13
JG Wright	New Zealand	149	148	1	3888	101	26.45	1	24	9	1	57.19	51	0	24	1	8	0	0.00	0-0	0	0.00	2.00
DJ Cullinan	South Africa	138	133	16	3860	124	32.99	3	23	10	1	70.19	62	0	190	1	130	5	26.00	2-30	0	38.00	4.11
GA Hick	England	120	118	15	3846	126*	37.34	5	27	10	2	74.06	64	0	1236	6	1026	30	34.20	5-33	1	41.20	4.98
HP Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka	200	168	40	3789	104	29.60	2	13	10	0	57.70	89	6	180	1	141	6	23.50	1-3	0	30.00	4.70
N Kapil Dev	India	225	198	39	3782	175*	23.79	1	14	13	0	94.41	71	0	11202	235	6945	253	27.45	5-43	1	44.28	3.72
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	356	280	55	3717	86	16.52	0	6	28	0	88.50	88	0	18186	236	11812	502	23.53	5-15	6	36.23	3.90
RS Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	189	181	14	3711	102*	22.22	2	23	24	2	77.67	132	75	0	0	0	0			0
Imran Khan	Pakistan	175	151	40	3709	102*	33.41	1	19	6	0	72.60	37	0	7462	123	4845	182	26.62	6-14	1	41.00	3.90
RP Arnold	Sri Lanka	160	139	37	3676	103	36.04	1	26	7	1	72.14	45	0	2090	8	1689	37	45.65	3-47	0	56.49	4.85
PV Simmons	West Indies	143	138	11	3675	122	28.94	5	18	14	2	68.07	55	0	3880	38	2876	83	34.65	4-3	0	46.75	4.45

The History of Cricket Bats

Cricket History
First played by the English over 300 years ago, cricket quickly expanded into every continent on the globe. We have prepared a selection of National histories for you to learn more. From About's own guide to Cricket.

The History of Cricket Bats
Today's bat was invented around 1853, the blade made of willow, and a cane handle layered with strips of rubber, tied with twine and covered with rubber to make a grip. Written and pictorial records of cricket go back to the Plantagenet period, however, it is impossible to distinguish between what may be cricket and what may be related games such as cat and dog, stool-ball orrounder

The T20 World Cup

Who could ever have thought of an Indo-Pak final in the inaugural twenty20 world cup cricket championship even as late as, say, a week before the D-date? Considering their form few would have given them a chance beyond the super 8 stage.

Before the tournament actually began, neither the two cricketing giants from the Indian sub-continent was in the best of form or in very high spirit. Both had an early and ignominious exit from the ODI world cup championship played earlier this year. The 1983 champions India and the 1992 champions Pakistan were bitten hollow by the minnows like Bangladesh and Ireland respectively in the group matches to hasten the former world champions’ exit from the last world cup. These shocks were not forgotten as yet when just a few days before the T20 world cup actually took off, Pakistan had to go though the traumatic experience of losing the services of there ace pace bowler Shoaib Akthar under very demoralizing and unsavoury circumstances when the Rawalpindi express was found guilty of beating up the fellow fast bowler Md. Asif with a cricket bat. Pakistan cricket board took a prompt and stern action and called Shoaib back from south Africa. Everyone thought that the morale and spirit of the Pakistani team must have touched the rock bottom from which it was near impossible to recover and perform well in the T20 world cup. While most people thought that Pakistan was bound for a disastrous world cup, the team from the subcontinent had other ideas. The Pakistanis surprised one and all by their perseverance and resilience in the matches, which were to follow.

After an initial hiccup against the Dhoni brigade in the preliminary group league engagement and losing the match via “bowl out” the novel rule of twenty20 cricket to get a clear cut “win and loss result” when a match ends in tie, Shoaib Malik’s team was in the rise. The team never looked back till they reached the final. On the way to final the Pakistani demolished the myth that they were a demoralized lot by brushing aside all the challenges which came in the form of Sri Lanka [by 33 runs], Australia [by 6 wickets], Bangladesh [by 4 wickets] and new Zealand [by 6 wickets].

India, on the other hand, was reeling under the shock of missing the services of the mighty triumvirate of Sachin, Saurav and Dravid – who has already voluntarily withdrawn from the tournament before the team for the T20 world cup was actually picked up. The selector put up the new look team under a new but courageous captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, world’s first full time wicket keeper captain for an entire major tournament. In additional to some previous regulars like Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni, Dinesh Kartik and Ajit Agarkar, the team was composed of some call-backs like Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and a host of rookies or those who had not yet consolidated their position in the team. It was feared that the new team along with the newly appointed captain might crack under the tremendous pressure of matches against teams like Pakistan and Australia. But thankfully nothing of that sort happened. The young bunch courageously stood up to the greatest of challenges and fought magnificently against the mighty opponents to emerge ultimate winners, while the rest of the world simply watched this Indian team’s phoenix – like rise from the ashes!

On the way to the final, India after that “famous” “bowl out” victory against Pakistan were temporarily shocked by a 10 run defeat against new Zealand in the super 8 round. This was a match, which India lost due to their own mistakes. But the redeeming feature of this Dhoni brigade was that the boys were quick learners. They picked up the threads from the next match against England and never looked back. From there on every match was a do or die engagement for India and imagine – the opponents were South Africa, Australia and finally Pakistan! Under the circumstances even a place in the semi finals seemed to be a far cry as India had to beat England and South Africa in a trot before they could reach that place. To the immense satisfaction of millions, India did reach the semi finals with comfortable victories over England [by 18 runs] and the hosts’ South Africa [by 37 runs].

Three times world champions Australia were the next in the line. Odds were heavily stacked against India in this semi-final and very few would have dared to give India a chance. But Dhoni’s boys were charged up. They played some magnificent cricket to end the onslaught of the mighty Aussies by 15 runs. Then came the dream finals – India versus Pakistan – the mother of all sports competition! And what a nerve-racking final it was! The mega – fight was much more the sweeter because it was India who ultimately emerged the winners by 5 runs. An unbelievable history was written and India was at the center of it. The hundreds of millions of Indian fans the world over and entire India right from the president of the nation to the daily wage earners on the street – everyone was soaked in glory and mirth.

Everyone was remembering the glory and the pleasant surprise that “Kapil’s devils” brought with them from England 24 years ago by winning the prudential world cup and a natural comparison is being made between the two victories and the two forms. This seems to be unfair though. Te only similarities between the two are that both the teams are world champions’ and that both the teams were under dogs when the respective tournaments started. Nothing beyond that. That was a different age and different form of cricket too – one-day internationals of 60 over a side matches. Whereas this one is a twenty20 over affair. Performance pressures and psychological preparations of players – nothing between these two types of cricket can be compared.

One thing is for sure that Dhoni and his men, by winning the coveted trophy, have pushed India to a most unenvious position of maintaining the prestige of a “world champion” in the very challenging one dayers against Australia and Pakistan that are to follow very shortly.