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Aravinda becomes fifth player to score 1,000 runs in WC
Sunday, March 9 2003 17:32 Hrs (IST)
Johannesburg: Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva became the fifth player to score 1,000
World Cup career runs when he made 92 during Friday's match against Australia at
Centurion.
India's Sachin Tendulkar still leads the way with 1,533 runs.
| Top 10 World Cup run-makers |
| |
matches |
innings |
not out |
runs |
highest |
average |
100s |
50s |
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
29 |
28 |
3 |
1533 |
152 |
61.32 |
4 |
10 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) |
33 |
30 |
5 |
1083 |
103 |
43.32 |
1 |
8 |
| Aravinda de Silva (Sri) |
32 |
29 |
3 |
1028 |
145 |
39.53 |
2 |
6 |
| Viv Richards (WIs) |
23 |
21 |
5 |
1013 |
181 |
63.31 |
3 |
5 |
| Mark Waugh (Aus) |
22 |
22 |
3 |
1004 |
130 |
52.84 |
4 |
4 |
| Steve Waugh (Aus) |
33 |
30 |
10 |
978 |
120* |
48.9 |
1 |
6 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri) |
30 |
29 |
8 |
969 |
88* |
46.14 |
0 |
7 |
| Brian Lara (WIs) |
25 |
25 |
3 |
956 |
116 |
43.45 |
2 |
6 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pak) |
21 |
21 |
4 |
915 |
113* |
53.82 |
3 |
3 |
| Graham Gooch (Eng) |
21 |
21 |
1 |
897 |
115 |
44.85 |
1 |
8 |
Copyright AFP 2001
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