================================================================ Batting position: Opening (minimum 3000 runs) 8.1% No Batsman Cty BPA Total Inns No Runs Avge % of Runs Total 1.Sutcliffe H Eng 1.06 4555 83 9 4522 61.11 99.3% 2.Hutton L Eng 1.23 6971 131 12 6721 56.48 96.4% 3.Hobbs J.B Eng 1.20 5410 97 6 5130 56.37 94.8% 4.Simpson R.B Aus 2.64 4869 70 4 3664 55.52 75.3% 5.Sehwag V Ind 1.41 6691 120 5 6312 54.89 94.3% 6.Amiss D.L Eng 1.72 3612 69 8 3276 53.70 90.7% 7.Smith G.C Saf 1.26 6800 136 8 6565 51.29 96.5% 8.Hayden M.L Aus 1.00 8626 184 14 8626 50.74 100.0% 9.Gavaskar S.M Ind 1.26 10122 203 12 9607 50.30 94.9% 10.Langer J.L Aus 1.79 7696 115 9 5112 48.23 66.4% 11.Boycott G Eng 1.03 8114 191 23 8091 48.16 99.7% 12.Gibbs H.H Saf 1.89 6167 116 5 5242 47.23 85.0% 13.Lawry W.M Aus 1.00 5234 123 12 5234 47.15 100.0% 14.Saeed Anwar Pak 1.16 4052 86 2 3957 47.11 97.7% 15.Morris A.R Aus 1.13 3533 76 2 3381 45.69 95.7% 16.Vaughan M.P Eng 2.37 5719 72 4 3093 45.49 54.1% 17.Greenidge C.G Win 1.05 7558 182 16 7488 45.11 99.1% 18.Hunte C.C Win 1.00 3245 78 6 3245 45.07 100.0% 19.Stewart A.J Eng 3.58 8465 77 2 3348 44.64 39.6% 20.Edrich J.H Eng 1.76 5138 82 5 3430 44.55 66.8% 21.Cook A.N Eng 1.24 4138 86 5 3560 43.95 86.0% 22.Gooch G.A Eng 1.46 8900 184 6 7811 43.88 87.8% 23.Trescothick M.E Eng 1.04 5820 142 9 5819 43.75 100.0% 24.Taylor M.A Aus 1.00 7525 186 13 7525 43.50 100.0% 25.Strauss A.J Eng 1.10 5436 124 5 5162 43.38 95.0% 26.Atapattu M.S Slk 1.51 5502 136 13 5317 43.23 96.6% 27.Fredericks R.C Win 1.06 4334 108 7 4329 42.86 99.9% 28.Slater M.J Aus 1.00 5312 131 7 5312 42.84 100.0% 29.Haynes D.L Win 1.03 7487 201 25 7472 42.45 99.8% 30.Kirsten G Saf 1.45 7289 149 12 5726 41.80 78.6% 31.Gayle C.H Win 1.29 5848 141 5 5662 41.63 96.8% 32.Jayasuriya S.T Slk 1.95 6973 152 9 5932 41.48 85.1% 33.McDonald C.C Aus 1.08 3107 81 3 3073 39.40 98.9% 34.Atherton M.A Eng 1.17 7728 197 6 7476 39.14 96.7% 35.Wright J.G Nzl 1.08 5334 144 6 5260 38.12 98.6% 36.Mudassar Nazar Pak 1.32 4114 109 6 3787 36.77 92.1% ================================================================ Batting position: # 3 (minimum 2000 runs) 34.1% No Batsman Cty BPA Total Inns No Runs Avge % of Runs Total 1.Bradman D.G Aus 3.65 6996 56 7 5078 103.63 72.6% 2.Barrington K.F Eng 4.04 6806 40 6 2626 77.24 38.6% 3.Hammond W.R Eng 3.66 7249 52 6 3440 74.78 47.5% 4.Headley G.A Win 3.60 2190 32 3 2064 71.17 94.2% 5.Richards I.V.A Win 4.16 8540 59 2 3508 61.54 41.1% 6.Lara B.C Win 3.78 11953 66 4 3749 60.47 31.4% 7.Ponting R.T Aus 3.82 11924 177 19 9417 59.60 79.0% 8.Sangakkara K.C Slk 3.03 7549 127 8 6916 58.12 91.6% 9.Dravid R Ind 3.19 11395 179 18 8970 55.71 78.7% 10.Amla H.M Saf 3.29 3261 62 6 2977 53.16 91.3% 11.Kanhai R.B Win 3.30 6227 90 1 4689 52.69 75.3% 12.Dexter E.R Eng 3.80 4502 57 3 2798 51.81 62.2% 13.Edrich W.J Eng 2.83 2440 41 1 2049 51.22 84.0% 14.Chappell I.M Aus 3.59 5345 91 7 4279 50.94 80.1% 15.Younis Khan Pak 3.62 5260 80 3 3913 50.82 74.4% 16.Kallis J.H Saf 3.81 10843 78 11 3335 49.78 30.8% 17.Gower D.I Eng 3.98 8231 56 3 2619 49.42 31.8% 18.Amarnath M Ind 3.94 4378 66 5 2907 47.66 66.4% 19.Fleming S.P Nzl 3.65 7172 69 6 2977 47.25 41.5% 20.Richardson R.B Win 2.98 5949 107 7 4711 47.11 79.2% 21.Harvey R.N Aus 3.65 6149 79 5 3454 46.68 56.2% 22.Boon D.C Aus 2.52 7422 111 14 4412 45.48 59.4% 23.Sarwan R.R Win 3.73 5759 96 3 4168 44.82 72.4% 24.Saeed Ahmed Pak 3.37 2991 56 2 2370 43.89 79.2% 25.Jones A.H Nzl 3.01 2922 70 7 2732 43.37 93.5% 26.Congdon B.E Nzl 3.36 3448 62 6 2414 43.11 70.0% 27.Langer J.L Aus 1.79 7696 61 2 2457 41.64 31.9% 28.Hill C Aus 3.87 3412 63 2 2514 41.21 73.7% 29.Hussain N Eng 3.90 5764 65 7 2352 40.55 40.8% 30.Vengsarkar D.B Ind 3.60 6868 74 5 2763 40.04 40.2% 31.Zaheer Abbas Pak 3.94 5062 60 4 2239 39.98 44.2% 32.Butcher M.A Eng 2.33 4288 78 5 2796 38.30 65.2% 33.Habibul Bashar Bng 3.25 3026 80 1 2523 31.94 83.4% ================================================================ Batting position: # 4 (minimum 2000 runs) 1.7% No Batsman Cty BPA Total Inns No Runs Avge % of Runs Total 1.EdeC Weekes Win 4.15 4455 57 4 3372 63.62 75.7% 2.Pollock R.G Saf 4.10 2256 37 4 2065 62.58 91.5% 3.Kallis J.H Saf 3.81 10843 130 18 6943 61.99 64.0% 4.Jayawardene M Slk 4.10 9123 133 11 7290 59.75 79.9% 5.Mohammad Yousuf Pak 4.65 7431 60 3 3373 59.18 45.4% 6.Barrington K.F Eng 4.04 6806 44 4 2367 59.17 34.8% 7.Chappell G.S Aus 4.04 7110 86 13 4316 59.12 60.7% 8.May P.B.H Eng 3.65 4537 49 8 2383 58.12 52.5% 9.O'Neill N.C Aus 3.84 2779 41 6 2010 57.43 72.3% 10.Tendulkar S.R Ind 4.28 13447 220 24 11239 57.34 83.6% 11.Javed Miandad Pak 4.22 8832 140 12 6925 54.10 78.4% 12.Compton D.C.S Eng 4.34 5807 86 7 4234 53.59 72.9% 13.Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 4.65 8830 98 6 4867 52.90 55.1% 14.Lara B.C Win 3.78 11953 148 1 7535 51.26 63.0% 15.Hammond W.R Eng 3.66 7249 66 7 2997 50.80 41.3% 16.Nourse A.D Saf 4.10 2960 53 5 2400 50.00 81.1% 17.Border A.R Aus 4.70 11174 89 13 3792 49.89 33.9% 18.Pietersen K.P Eng 4.30 5074 74 2 3579 49.71 70.5% 19.Crowe M.D Nzl 4.16 5444 106 8 4841 49.40 88.9% 20.Vengsarkar D.B Ind 3.60 6868 64 10 2605 48.24 37.9% 21.Butcher B.F Win 4.46 3104 52 3 2318 47.31 74.7% 22.Martyn D.R Aus 4.82 4406 62 5 2635 46.23 59.8% 23.Cullinan D.J Saf 4.15 4554 97 9 4060 46.14 89.2% 24.Hussey M.E.K Aus 3.92 3912 62 7 2531 46.02 64.7% 25.de Silva P.A Slk 4.38 6361 113 10 4543 44.11 71.4% 26.Viswanath G.R Ind 4.19 6080 124 6 5081 43.06 83.6% 27.Waugh M.E Aus 4.24 8029 170 13 6662 42.43 83.0% 28.Thorpe G.P Eng 4.72 6744 73 8 2712 41.72 40.2% 29.Hughes K.J Aus 4.22 4415 63 3 2486 41.43 56.3% 30.Kallicharran A.I Win 4.02 4399 57 6 2047 40.14 46.5% 31.Gower D.I Eng 3.98 8231 91 7 3223 38.37 39.2% 32.Lamb A.J Eng 4.42 4656 67 6 2340 38.36 50.3% 33.Hussain N Eng 3.90 5764 82 5 2877 37.36 49.9% 34.Fleming S.P Nzl 3.65 7172 82 2 2902 36.28 40.5% ================================================================ Batting position: # 5 (minimum 2000 runs) 0.1% No Batsman Cty BPA Total Inns No Runs Avge % of Runs Total 1.Waugh S.R Aus 5.42 10927 142 22 6754 56.28 61.8% 2.Thorpe G.P Eng 4.72 6744 78 18 3373 56.22 50.0% 3.Clarke M.J Aus 5.16 4375 68 7 3416 56.00 78.1% 4.Flower A Zim 5.03 4794 82 13 3788 54.90 79.0% 5.Zaheer Abbas Pak 3.94 5062 42 4 2048 53.89 40.5% 6.Mohammad Yousuf Pak 4.65 7431 77 7 3718 53.11 50.0% 7.Samaraweera T.T Slk 5.40 3938 57 6 2706 53.06 68.7% 8.Border A.R Aus 4.70 11174 69 11 3062 52.79 27.4% 9.Chanderpaul S Win 4.80 8669 100 16 4409 52.49 50.9% 10.Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 4.65 8830 49 7 2144 51.05 24.3% 11.Gower D.I Eng 3.98 8231 49 6 2131 49.56 25.9% 12.Cowdrey M.C Eng 3.64 7624 54 6 2377 49.52 31.2% 13.Azharuddin M Ind 5.04 6215 94 5 4346 48.83 69.9% 14.Richards I.V.A Win 4.16 8540 63 6 2720 47.72 31.9% 15.Walters K.D Aus 5.16 5357 49 4 2134 47.42 39.8% 16.Lloyd C.H Win 5.32 7515 72 6 3049 46.20 40.6% 17.Prince A.G Saf 4.68 3195 64 10 2396 44.37 75.0% 18.Collingwood P.D Eng 5.17 4058 61 6 2392 43.49 58.9% 19.Hooper C.L Win 4.83 5762 75 6 2911 42.19 50.5% 20.Astle N.J Nzl 4.89 4702 87 3 3181 37.87 67.7% 21.Cronje W.J Saf 4.43 3714 56 2 2023 37.46 54.5% 22.Ganguly S.C Ind 4.96 7212 99 7 3440 37.39 47.7% 23.Ranatunga A Slk 5.52 5105 82 4 2665 34.17 52.2% ================================================================ Batting position: # 6 (minimum 1500 runs) 15.7% No Batsman Cty BPA Total Inns No Runs Avge % of Runs Total 1.Chanderpaul S Win 4.80 8669 42 8 2235 65.74 25.8% 2.Saleem Malik Pak 4.97 5768 36 8 1591 56.82 27.6% 3.Sobers G.St.A Win 5.04 8032 57 8 2614 53.35 32.5% 4.Border A.R Aus 4.70 11174 63 14 2556 52.16 22.9% 5.Waugh S.R Aus 5.42 10927 79 17 3165 51.05 29.0% 6.Laxman V.V.S Ind 4.52 7136 64 11 2647 49.94 37.1% 7.Ponting R.T Aus 3.82 11924 45 5 1989 49.72 16.7% 8.Lloyd C.H Win 5.32 7515 47 4 2114 49.16 28.1% 9.Walters K.D Aus 5.16 5357 45 6 1869 47.92 34.9% 10.Tillakaratne H.P Slk 5.67 4545 74 14 2843 47.38 62.6% 11.de Villiers A.B Saf 4.12 3902 38 4 1584 46.59 40.6% 12.Dilshan T.M Slk 5.46 3691 52 7 2087 46.38 56.5% 13.Coney J.V Nzl 5.65 2668 48 9 1772 45.44 66.4% 14.Asif Iqbal Pak 5.79 3575 45 5 1750 43.75 49.0% 15.Greig A.W Eng 5.85 3599 67 4 2741 43.51 76.2% 16.McMillan C.D Nzl 5.80 3116 51 5 1899 41.28 60.9% 17.Rhodes J.N Saf 5.81 2532 49 5 1813 41.20 71.6% 18.Ganguly S.C Ind 4.96 7212 47 5 1725 41.07 23.9% 19.Ranatunga A Slk 5.52 5105 54 5 1907 38.92 37.4% 20.Logie A.L Win 5.81 2470 52 5 1559 33.17 63.1% 21.Flintoff A Eng 6.48 3845 67 5 1975 31.85 51.4% 22.Botham I.T Eng 6.23 5200 94 2 2690 29.24 51.7% ================================================================ Batting position: # 7 (minimum 1500 runs) 5.5% No Batsman Cty BPA Total Inns No Runs Avge % of Runs Total 1.Gilchrist A.C Aus 6.72 5570 100 15 3948 46.45 70.9% 2.Cairns C.L Nzl 7.06 3320 40 0 1761 44.03 53.0% 3.Knott A.P.E Eng 6.85 4389 81 11 2870 41.00 65.4% 4.McCullum B.B Nzl 6.52 2862 46 3 1730 40.23 60.4% 5.Imran Khan Pak 7.06 3807 63 10 1845 34.81 48.5% 6.Dujon P.J.L Win 6.61 3322 69 6 2113 33.54 63.6% 7.Flintoff A Eng 6.48 3845 54 3 1645 32.25 42.8% 8.Jacobs R.D Win 7.05 2579 86 19 2087 31.15 80.9% 9.Kapil Dev N Ind 7.23 5248 98 6 2861 31.10 54.5% 10.Healy I.A Aus 7.09 4356 121 11 3041 27.65 69.8% 11.Boucher M.V Saf 7.18 5068 111 9 2746 26.92 54.2% 12.Marsh R.W Aus 6.91 3633 123 9 3009 26.39 82.8% ================================================================ Batting position: # 8 (minimum 1000 runs) 17.9% No Batsman Cty BPA Total Inns No Runs Avge % of Runs Total 1.Vettori D.L Nzl 8.22 3962 60 11 2072 42.29 52.3% 2.Boucher M.V Saf 7.18 5068 41 9 1148 35.88 22.7% 3.Kapil Dev N Ind 7.23 5248 58 5 1777 33.53 33.9% 4.Pollock S.M Saf 7.70 3781 79 21 1796 30.97 47.5% 5.Kirmani S.M.H Ind 7.73 2759 43 7 1030 28.61 37.3% 6.Hadlee R.J Nzl 7.81 3124 53 8 1235 27.44 39.5% 7.Vaas WPUJC Slk 8.09 3087 98 22 1913 25.17 62.0% 8.Wasim Akram Pak 8.14 2898 63 6 1353 23.74 46.7% 9.Marshall M.D Win 8.03 1810 75 10 1365 21.00 75.4% 10.Kumble A Ind 8.33 2506 80 15 1265 19.46 50.5% 11.Warne S.K Aus 8.29 3154 113 8 2005 19.10 63.6% ================================================================