Batters With Fastest 1000 Runs In Tests

Fastest 1000 Runs In Tests: Test cricket has often been regarded as the purest form of the gentlemen’s game. The first ever test match was played in 1877, and so far over 2500 tests have been played. 

Interestingly, few records that were made in test cricket in the 1900s still remain intact.  One of them is the record of being the fastest to score 1000 runs in tests. 

Let us have at loot at batters with fastest 1000 runs in tests:

1. Herbert Sutcliffe – 12 innings 

England’s Herbert Sutcliffe fastest 1000 runs in tests, a record he holds jointly. He took 12 innings to achieve the feat which was aided by five centuries in his first twelve knocks.  Sutcliffe played 54 tests from 1924 to 1935, scoring 4555 runs at an average of 60. His test career included 16 hundreds.

2. Everton Weekes – 12 innings 

The other batter to score the fastest 1000 runs in tests is former West Indies batter Everton Weekes . He needed only 12 test innings to amass his first 1000 runs.  Weekes played in 48 tests between 1948 and 1958, scoring 4455 runs at an average of 58 with the help of 15 centuries.

3. Don Bradman – 13 innings 

Sir Donald Bradman took 13 innings to reach one of the fastest 1000 runs in tests. He registered a triple century, a double century, and three centuries in his first 13 innings to become the fastest Australian batter to score 1000 runs in tests.  Bradman featured in 52 tests between 1928 and 1948, amassing 6996 runs at a phenomenal average of 99.94.

4. Kamindu Mendis – 13 innings

Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis became the Asian batter to score the fastest 1000 runs in tests.   He reached 1000 runs in tests in only 13 innings, with the help of five centuries and four fifties. He is also the first player in the history of test cricket to make a fifty-plus knock in each of his first eight test matches. Kamindu averages 91.27 after the 13 innings he has played so far. 

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5. Neil Harvey – 14 innings 

Australia’s Neil Harvey needed 14 innings to notch up one of the fastest 1000 test runs. He smashed six centuries in his first 14 knocks.  Harvey, who played test cricket between 1948 and 1963, appeared in 79 tests and finished with an average of 48.21, with 21 tons.

6. Vinod Kambli – 14 innings 

India’s Vinod Kambli made his first 1000 runs in test cricket in 14 innings with the help of two double centuries and two centuries. The left-hander played only 21 innings in his Test career but ended with a remarkable average of 54.