Fastest to 3000 runs
| Player | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Debut | Time | Mat | Inns | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DG Bradman (Aus) | v England | Sydney | 23 Feb 1933 | 30 Nov 1928 | 4y 85d | 23 | 33 | Test # 224 |
| ED Weekes (WI) | v Australia | Port of Spain | 11 Apr 1955 | 21 Jan 1948 | 7y 80d | 31 | 51 | Test # 404 |
| H Sutcliffe (Eng) | v Australia | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1930 | 14 Jun 1924 | 5y 364d | 33 | 52 | Test # 194 |
| BC Lara (WI) | v England | The Oval | 24 Aug 1995 | 6 Dec 1990 | 4y 261d | 31 | 52 | Test # 1303 |
| RN Harvey (Aus) | v England | Sydney | 17 Dec 1954 | 23 Jan 1948 | 6y 328d | 31 | 54 | Test # 392 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | v England | Lord's | 19 Jun 1980 | 22 Nov 1974 | 5y 210d | 33 | 54 | Test # 881 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | v Australia | Brisbane | 9 Dec 1960 | 30 Mar 1954 | 6y 254d | 33 | 55 | Test # 498 |
| V Sehwag (India) | v Pakistan | Bangalore | 24 Mar 2005 | 3 Nov 2001 | 3y 141d | 34 | 55 | Test # 1743 |
| CL Walcott (WI) | v Australia | Kingston | 11 Jun 1955 | 21 Jan 1948 | 7y 141d | 33 | 56 | Test # 408 |
| DCS Compton (Eng) | v New Zealand | Lord's | 25 Jun 1949 | 14 Aug 1937 | 11y 315d | 34 | 57 | Test # 315 |
| JB Hobbs (Eng) | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | 1 Jan 1908 | 16y 165d | 35 | 60 | Test # 153 |
| WR Hammond (Eng) | v Australia | Sydney | 23 Feb 1933 | 24 Dec 1927 | 5y 61d | 36 | 61 | Test # 224 |
| L Hutton (Eng) | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1949 | 26 Jun 1937 | 11y 189d | 35 | 61 | Test # 309 |
| KF Barrington (Eng) | v New Zealand | Auckland | 23 Feb 1963 | 9 Jun 1955 | 7y 259d | 38 | 61 | Test # 540 |
| ML Hayden (Aus) | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2002 | 4 Mar 1994 | 8y 297d | 37 | 61 | Test # 1634 |
| FMM Worrell (WI) | v England | Port of Spain | 25 Mar 1960 | 11 Feb 1948 | 12y 43d | 36 | 63 | Test # 491 |
| AC Gilchrist (Aus) | v Zimbabwe | Perth | 9 Oct 2003 | 5 Nov 1999 | 3y 338d | 46 | 63 | Test # 1661 |
| GC Smith (SA) | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 8 Apr 2005 | 8 Mar 2002 | 3y 31d | 37 | 63 | Test # 1747 |
| KP Pietersen (Eng) | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 18 Dec 2007 | 21 Jul 2005 | 2y 150d | 33 | 63 | Test # 1854 |
| MEK Hussey (Aus) | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | 3 Nov 2005 | 3y 136d | 37 | 63 | Test # 1916 |
| AR Morris (Aus) | v England | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 | 29 Nov 1946 | 6y 236d | 37 | 64 | Test # 375 |
| ER Dexter (Eng) | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1963 | 24 Jul 1958 | 4y 185d | 39 | 64 | Test # 538 |
| RB Kanhai (WI) | v England | Leeds | 25 Jul 1963 | 30 May 1957 | 6y 56d | 37 | 64 | Test # 546 |
| M Azharuddin (India) | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1991 | 31 Dec 1984 | 6y 360d | 43 | 64 | Test # 1180 |
| WM Lawry (Aus) | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 | 8 Jun 1961 | 5y 198d | 36 | 65 | Test # 611 |
| GS Chappell (Aus) | v West Indies | Sydney | 3 Jan 1976 | 11 Dec 1970 | 5y 23d | 38 | 65 | Test # 767 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | v England | Lord's | 16 May 2002 | 2 Aug 1997 | 4y 287d | 42 | 65 | Test # 1603 |
| AL Hassett (Aus) | v England | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 | 10 Jun 1938 | 15y 43d | 42 | 66 | Test # 375 |
| SM Gavaskar (India) | v Australia | Perth | 16 Dec 1977 | 6 Mar 1971 | 6y 285d | 34 | 66 | Test # 811 |
| JH Edrich (Eng) | v Australia | Sydney | 9 Jan 1971 | 6 Jun 1963 | 7y 217d | 43 | 67 | Test # 676 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | 9 Oct 1976 | 5y 156d | 39 | 67 | Test # 925 |
| SR Tendulkar (India) | v South Africa | Kanpur | 8 Dec 1996 | 15 Nov 1989 | 7y 23d | 45 | 67 | Test # 1344 |
| R Dravid (India) | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 | 20 Jun 1996 | 4y 151d | 39 | 67 | Test # 1515 |
| Yousuf Youhana (Pak) | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 16 Nov 2002 | 26 Feb 1998 | 4y 263d | 41 | 67 | Test # 1627 |
| KD Walters (Aus) | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 23 Mar 1973 | 10 Dec 1965 | 7y 103d | 39 | 68 | Test # 718 |
| MA Taylor (Aus) | v West Indies | Sydney | 2 Jan 1993 | 26 Jan 1989 | 3y 342d | 36 | 68 | Test # 1208 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pak) | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 4 Mar 1999 | 23 Nov 1990 | 8y 101d | 40 | 68 | Test # 1447 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 11 Aug 2004 | 20 Jul 2000 | 4y 22d | 42 | 68 | Test # 1710 |
| EH Hendren (Eng) | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Feb 1931 | 17 Dec 1920 | 10y 66d | 43 | 69 | Test # 207 |
| PBH May (Eng) | v West Indies | Nottingham | 4 Jul 1957 | 26 Jul 1951 | 5y 343d | 42 | 69 | Test # 441 |
| AI Kallicharran (WI) | v Australia | Port of Spain | 3 Mar 1978 | 6 Apr 1972 | 5y 331d | 41 | 69 | Test # 819 |
| MJ Slater (Aus) | v Pakistan | Karachi | 22 Oct 1998 | 3 Jun 1993 | 5y 141d | 40 | 69 | Test # 1427 |
| MP Vaughan (Eng) | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 10 Dec 2003 | 25 Nov 1999 | 4y 15d | 39 | 69 | Test # 1672 |
| MJ Clarke (Aus) | v South Africa | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | 6 Oct 2004 | 4y 89d | 44 | 69 | Test # 1904 |
| NS Sidhu (India) | v Australia | Kolkata | 18 Mar 1998 | 12 Nov 1983 | 14y 126d | 47 | 70 | Test # 1409 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | v India | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 | 26 Feb 2000 | 5y 321d | 40 | 70 | Test # 1781 |
| B Mitchell (SA) | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | 15 Jun 1929 | 19y 184d | 38 | 71 | Test # 306 |
| CG Greenidge (WI) | v India | Kanpur | 21 Oct 1983 | 22 Nov 1974 | 8y 333d | 42 | 71 | Test # 964 |
| DL Amiss (Eng) | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 | 18 Aug 1966 | 9y 360d | 42 | 72 | Test # 781 |
| Majid Khan (Pak) | v New Zealand | Napier | 16 Feb 1979 | 24 Oct 1964 | 14y 115d | 41 | 72 | Test # 847 |
| AR Border (Aus) | v West Indies | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1982 | 29 Dec 1978 | 3y 32d | 39 | 72 | Test # 919 |
| RB Richardson (WI) | v India | Bridgetown | 7 Apr 1989 | 24 Nov 1983 | 5y 134d | 43 | 72 | Test # 1118 |
| HH Gibbs (SA) | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2003 | 27 Nov 1996 | 6y 36d | 43 | 72 | Test # 1637 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | v Pakistan | Auckland | 24 Feb 1989 | 26 Feb 1982 | 6y 364d | 44 | 73 | Test # 1116 |
| TT Samaraweera (SL) | v Pakistan | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 | 29 Aug 2001 | 7y 176d | 48 | 73 | Test # 1909 |
| AN Cook (Eng) | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 26 Feb 2009 | 1 Mar 2006 | 2y 362d | 40 | 73 | Test # 1911 |
| RB Simpson (Aus) | v England | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1965 | 23 Dec 1957 | 8y 7d | 42 | 74 | Test # 598 |
| CC Hunte (WI) | v India | Mumbai (BS) | 13 Dec 1966 | 17 Jan 1958 | 8y 330d | 42 | 74 | Test # 610 |
| DM Jones (Aus) | v West Indies | St John's | 27 Apr 1991 | 16 Mar 1984 | 7y 42d | 44 | 74 | Test # 1170 |
| ME Trescothick (Eng) | v Bangladesh | Chittagong (MAA) | 29 Oct 2003 | 3 Aug 2000 | 3y 87d | 40 | 74 | Test # 1667 |
| MC Cowdrey (Eng) | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jul 1960 | 26 Nov 1954 | 5y 224d | 47 | 75 | Test # 494 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | v Pakistan | Lahore | 15 Feb 1975 | 13 Dec 1966 | 8y 64d | 42 | 75 | Test # 756 |
| RC Fredericks (WI) | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1975 | 26 Dec 1968 | 7y 0d | 42 | 75 | Test # 766 |
| JL Langer (Aus) | v South Africa | Adelaide | 14 Dec 2001 | 23 Jan 1993 | 8y 325d | 46 | 75 | Test # 1576 |
| DR Martyn (Aus) | v India | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 | 27 Nov 1992 | 11y 322d | 46 | 75 | Test # 1714 |
| AJ Strauss (Eng) | v West Indies | Chester-le-Street | 15 Jun 2007 | 20 May 2004 | 3y 26d | 40 | 75 | Test # 1836 |
| C Hill (Aus) | v South Africa | Adelaide | 7 Jan 1911 | 22 Jun 1896 | 14y 199d | 42 | 76 | Test # 113 |
| Hanif Mohammad (Pak) | v Australia | Melbourne | 4 Dec 1964 | 16 Oct 1952 | 12y 49d | 42 | 76 | Test # 570 |
| G Boycott (Eng) | v Australia | Sydney | 9 Jan 1971 | 4 Jun 1964 | 6y 219d | 44 | 76 | Test # 676 |
| CC McDonald (Aus) | v West Indies | Melbourne | 10 Feb 1961 | 25 Jan 1952 | 9y 16d | 44 | 77 | Test # 506 |
| BF Butcher (WI) | v England | Leeds | 10 Jul 1969 | 28 Nov 1958 | 10y 224d | 44 | 77 | Test # 655 |
| MA Atherton (Eng) | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1994 | 10 Aug 1989 | 5y 136d | 42 | 77 | Test # 1279 |
| ME Waugh (Aus) | v West Indies | Kingston | 29 Apr 1995 | 25 Jan 1991 | 4y 94d | 48 | 77 | Test # 1297 |
| RT Ponting (Aus) | v New Zealand | Hobart | 22 Nov 2001 | 8 Dec 1995 | 5y 349d | 49 | 77 | Test # 1571 |
| VVS Laxman (India) | v Australia | Brisbane | 4 Dec 2003 | 20 Nov 1996 | 7y 14d | 47 | 77 | Test # 1671 |
| AG Prince (SA) | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | 22 Feb 2002 | 7y 25d | 48 | 77 | Test # 1916 |
| AW Greig (Eng) | v India | Kolkata | 1 Jan 1977 | 8 Jun 1972 | 4y 207d | 49 | 78 | Test # 791 |
| DI Gower (Eng) | v Australia | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1982 | 1 Jun 1978 | 4y 178d | 46 | 78 | Test # 939 |
| DC Boon (Aus) | v New Zealand | Perth | 24 Nov 1989 | 23 Nov 1984 | 5y 1d | 43 | 78 | Test # 1129 |
| RA Smith (Eng) | v Australia | Lord's | 17 Jun 1993 | 21 Jul 1988 | 4y 331d | 42 | 78 | Test # 1224 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | v Australia | Rawalpindi | 1 Oct 1998 | 4 Jun 1992 | 6y 119d | 48 | 78 | Test # 1424 |
| PR Umrigar (India) | v England | Kanpur | 1 Dec 1961 | 9 Dec 1948 | 12y 357d | 51 | 79 | Test # 514 |
| M Amarnath (India) | v England | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | 24 Dec 1969 | 14y 354d | 46 | 79 | Test # 1004 |
| Mudassar Nazar (Pak) | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Jan 1985 | 24 Dec 1976 | 8y 32d | 51 | 79 | Test # 1010 |
| DJ Cullinan (SA) | v New Zealand | Wellington | 18 Mar 1999 | 2 Jan 1993 | 6y 75d | 48 | 79 | Test # 1452 |
| VT Trumper (Aus) | v England | Sydney | 15 Dec 1911 | 1 Jun 1899 | 12y 197d | 44 | 80 | Test # 116 |
| Zaheer Abbas (Pak) | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 | 24 Oct 1969 | 12y 149d | 46 | 80 | Test # 927 |
| HA Gomes (WI) | v England | Port of Spain | 3 Apr 1986 | 3 Jun 1976 | 9y 304d | 53 | 80 | Test # 1044 |
| AJ Stewart (Eng) | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 1994 | 24 Feb 1990 | 4y 274d | 44 | 80 | Test # 1275 |
| SC Ganguly (India) | v South Africa | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | 20 Jun 1996 | 5y 136d | 47 | 80 | Test # 1564 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | v Australia | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 | 17 Dec 2004 | 4y 0d | 47 | 80 | Test # 1899 |
| PD Collingwood (Eng) | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 26 Feb 2009 | 2 Dec 2003 | 5y 86d | 45 | 80 | Test # 1911 |
| TW Graveney (Eng) | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1962 | 5 Jul 1951 | 11y 177d | 53 | 81 | Test # 536 |
| GR Viswanath (India) | v Australia | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1978 | 15 Nov 1969 | 8y 74d | 43 | 81 | Test # 816 |
| KJ Hughes (Aus) | v West Indies | Sydney | 2 Jan 1982 | 25 Aug 1977 | 4y 130d | 44 | 81 | Test # 917 |
| GP Thorpe (Eng) | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 5 Feb 1998 | 1 Jul 1993 | 4y 219d | 45 | 81 | Test # 1398 |
| Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) | v Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 12 Mar 1999 | 3 Feb 1987 | 12y 37d | 54 | 81 | Test # 1450 |
| A Flower (Zim) | v New Zealand | Harare | 19 Sep 2000 | 18 Oct 1992 | 7y 337d | 45 | 81 | Test # 1511 |
| RR Sarwan (WI) | v Bangladesh | Kingston | 4 Jun 2004 | 18 May 2000 | 4y 17d | 46 | 81 | Test # 1703 |
| Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 4 Mar 1977 | 26 Mar 1959 | 17y 343d | 46 | 82 | Test # 799 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 7 Sep 2001 | 14 Dec 1995 | 5y 267d | 51 | 82 | Test # 1562 |
| CD McMillan (NZ) | v South Africa | Auckland | 18 Mar 2004 | 7 Nov 1997 | 6y 132d | 50 | 82 | Test # 1689 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | v England | The Oval | 19 Aug 2004 | 16 Mar 2000 | 4y 156d | 47 | 82 | Test # 1712 |
| IR Bell (Eng) | v West Indies | Kingston | 4 Feb 2009 | 19 Aug 2004 | 4y 169d | 46 | 82 | Test # 1906 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | v Pakistan | Lahore | 1 Mar 2009 | 18 Nov 1999 | 9y 103d | 52 | 82 | Test # 1912 |
| IR Redpath (Aus) | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1973 | 1 Jan 1964 | 9y 46d | 47 | 83 | Test # 714 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | v Australia | Perth | 12 Nov 1982 | 28 Jul 1977 | 5y 107d | 55 | 83 | Test # 938 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | v New Zealand | Georgetown | 6 Apr 1985 | 3 Mar 1978 | 7y 34d | 52 | 83 | Test # 1014 |
| ND McKenzie (SA) | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 19 Nov 2008 | 20 Jul 2000 | 8y 122d | 52 | 83 | Test # 1893 |
| IM Chappell (Aus) | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 9 Mar 1973 | 4 Dec 1964 | 8y 95d | 47 | 84 | Test # 716 |
| Asif Iqbal (Pak) | v New Zealand | Napier | 16 Feb 1979 | 24 Oct 1964 | 14y 115d | 49 | 84 | Test # 847 |
| GA Gooch (Eng) | v Australia | The Oval | 29 Aug 1985 | 10 Jul 1975 | 10y 50d | 48 | 84 | Test # 1022 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 15 Sep 1995 | 23 Aug 1984 | 11y 23d | 49 | 85 | Test # 1305 |
| SP Fleming (NZ) | v Australia | Auckland | 11 Mar 2000 | 19 Mar 1994 | 5y 358d | 49 | 85 | Test # 1488 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | v Pakistan | Kandy | 28 Jun 2000 | 22 Feb 1991 | 9y 127d | 50 | 85 | Test # 1502 |
| FE Woolley (Eng) | v New Zealand | Wellington | 24 Jan 1930 | 9 Aug 1909 | 20y 168d | 57 | 86 | Test # 188 |
| WJ Cronje (SA) | v England | Nottingham | 23 Jul 1998 | 18 Apr 1992 | 6y 96d | 50 | 86 | Test # 1421 |
| G Kirsten (SA) | v West Indies | Durban | 26 Dec 1998 | 26 Dec 1993 | 5y 0d | 48 | 86 | Test # 1437 |
| N Hussain (Eng) | v Zimbabwe | Nottingham | 1 Jun 2000 | 24 Feb 1990 | 10y 98d | 49 | 86 | Test # 1498 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | v India | Georgetown | 11 Apr 2002 | 17 Mar 1994 | 8y 25d | 52 | 86 | Test # 1598 |
| Saleem Malik (Pak) | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 | 5 Mar 1982 | 8y 263d | 62 | 87 | Test # 1157 |
| NJ Astle (NZ) | v England | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 | 13 Jan 1996 | 6y 59d | 51 | 87 | Test # 1594 |
| VL Manjrekar (India) | v Australia | Mumbai (BS) | 10 Oct 1964 | 30 Dec 1951 | 12y 285d | 53 | 88 | Test # 567 |
| KWR Fletcher (Eng) | v India | Bangalore | 9 Dec 1981 | 25 Jul 1968 | 13y 137d | 54 | 88 | Test # 912 |
| DB Vengsarkar (India) | v Pakistan | Karachi | 23 Dec 1982 | 24 Jan 1976 | 6y 333d | 54 | 88 | Test # 942 |
| JC Adams (WI) | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 2001 | 18 Apr 1992 | 8y 259d | 54 | 89 | Test # 1527 |
| MW Gatting (Eng) | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1986 | 18 Jan 1978 | 8y 342d | 52 | 90 | Test # 1062 |
| MS Atapattu (SL) | v West Indies | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 | 23 Nov 1990 | 11y 6d | 51 | 90 | Test # 1572 |
Time is based on the start of the debut match and the start of the match in which the milestone was achieved
Batsmen within a maximum of 90 innings shown
Records include the following recent matches:
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, Aug 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1932]
England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 20-23, 2009 [Test # 1931]
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, 1st Test, Aug 18-22, 2009 [Test # 1930]
Statsguru Trivia
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- Only one player has scored more than 1000 runs in Tests without making a single 50-plus score. Name him. (Ajai Banerji, India)
- How many batsmen have scored 150 or more in the fourth innings of a successful run-chase in Tests? (Navathej Katragadda, India)
Did you know?
Sachin Tendulkar has scored nine ODI centuries against Australia, which is the highest for any player against a single team. He occupies second place too, for his eight hundreds against Sri Lanka. Sanath Jayasuriya, with seven against India, and Saeed Anwar, with seven against Sri Lanka, come in next.
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