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Ricky Ponting scores 13,000th test run

By 24Cricket Staff on January 24, 2012 in Australia, India, News, Test

Australia’s Ricky Ponting became the third batsmen to score 13,000 test runs on the opening day of the fourth test against India on Tuesday.

Ponting, who is playing his 162nd Test, started the match needing 81 to reach the milestone and achieved it by sweeping a single to deep square leg off the bowling of Ravi Ashwin.

The only two men to have scored more test runs than Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar (15,432) and Rahul Dravid (13,262).

Ponting reached the mark in his 275th innings which is second to Tendulkar’s 266.

Dravid got there in fewer matches (160) than Ponting (162) and Tendulkar (163).

Most Runs in Test Cricket

Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50
SR Tendulkar (India)	188	309	15432	248*	55.71	51	65
R Dravid (ICC/India)	164	284	13262	270	52.62	36	63
RT Ponting (Aus)	162	275	13018	257	52.91	40	61
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	150	254	12260	224	57.02	41	55
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	131	232	11953	400*	52.88	34	48
AR Border (Aus)	156	265	11174	205	50.56	27	63
SR Waugh (Aus)	168	260	10927	200	51.06	32	50
SM Gavaskar (India)	125	214	10122	236*	51.12	34	45
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	128	213	10086	374	50.43	29	40
S Chanderpaul (WI)	137	234	9709	203*	49.28	24	56