SPORTS - JUST BE WITTY

In the world of sports, every minute a new record is being created by a new player and one such sport is Cricket. Thousands of new records are built and are broken but a few of them exist which are not so easily broken. I present you with players who scored the fastest 1000 runs in test cricket career. 15 Players to Reach Fastest 1000 Test runs Sl No Year Player Matches Innings Country 1 1925 Herbert Sutcliffe 9 12 England 2 1949 Sir Everton Decourcy Weekes 9 12 West Indies 3 1930 Sir Donald George Bradman 7 13 Australia 4 1950 Robert Neil Harvey 10 14 Australia 5 1994 VG Kambli 12 14 India 6 1939 Sir L Hutton 11 16 England 7 1951 FMM Worrell 10 16 West Indies 8 1974 LG Rowe 12 16 West Indies 9 1931 GA Headley 9 17 West Indies 10 1948 SG Barnes 11 17 Australia 11 2003 Graeme Craig Smith 12 17 South Africa 12 2015 Gary Simon Ballance 10 17 England 13 1924 Herbert Leslie Collins 12 18 Australia 14 1929 WR Hammond 12 18 England 15 1968 KD Walters 11 18 Australia Records / Test Matches/ Batting Records / Fastest To 1000 Test Runs 1. H Sutcliffe (England) Opposition: Australia Ground: Melbourne Match Date: 13 Feb 1925 Debut: 14 Jun 1924 Matches: 9 Innings: 12 Herbert Sutcliffe was an English Cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England, cricket teams. His cricketing career covered the time span of the first and second world war. 2. ED Weekes (West Indies) Opposition: India Ground: Mumbai (BS) Match Date: 4 Feb 1949 Debut: 21 Jan 1948 Matches: 9 Innings: 12 Sir Everton Decourcy Weekes was a right-handed batsman and was the one-third part of “The Three Ws” which included Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott. 3. DG Bradman (Australia) Opposition: England Ground: Leeds Match Date: 11 Jul 1930 Debut: 30 Nov 1928 Matches: 7 Innings: 13 Sir Donald George Bradman Aka “The Don” is considered the greatest test batsman in the world. His test batting average of 99.94 is considered an achievement very difficult to match. 4. RN Harvey (Australia) Opposition: England Ground: Brisbane Match Date: 1 Dec 1950 Debut: 23 Jan 1948 Matches: 10 Innings: 14 Robert Neil Harvey is an Australian former cricketer with 15 years of excellent cricketing career. He was the vice-captain of the Australian cricket team from the year 1957 until his retirement year. 5. VG Kambli (India) Opposition: West Indies Ground: Mumbai Match Date: 18 Nov 1994 Debut: 29 Jan 1993 Matches: 12 Innings: 14 Vinod Kambli is a former Indian Cricketer and a left-handed batsman who played for team India, Mumbai, Boland and South Africa. He is the first batsman to score a hundred in a One- day international match on his birthday. 6. L Hutton (England) Opposition: West Indies Ground: Lord’s Match Date: 24 Jun 1939 Debut: 26 June 1937 Matches: 11 Innings: 16 Sir Leonard Hutton was an English Cricketer before, during and after the time of two World Wars. He played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and for England cricket team. 7. FMM Worrell (West Indies) Opposition: Australia Ground: Adelaide Match Date: 22 Dec 1951 Debut: 11 Feb 1948 Matches: 10 Innings: 16 Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrel, also known as Tae, was the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team in the 1950s. He was also a Jamaican Senator and was the part of “The three Ws”. 8. LG Rowe (West Indies) Opposition: England Ground: Port of Spain Match Date: 30 Mar 1974 Debut: 16 Feb 1972 Matches: 12 Innings: 16 Lawrence George Rowe, also known as “Yagga”, was a right-handed batsman for West Indies and was considered the best batsman by Michael Holding, his teammate. Do you know who are 5 fastest Indians to reach 6000 test runs? 9. GA Headley (West Indies) Opposition: Australia Ground: Sydney Match Date: 27 Feb 1931 Debut: 11 Jan 1930 Matches: 9 Innings: 17 George Alphonso Headley, once again a member of West Indies cricket team, who also represented Jamaica and played professional club cricket in England was considered one of the best batsmen in the world. He played 22 test matches before the Second World War. 10. SG Barnes (Australia) Opposition: England Ground: Lord’s Match Date: 24 June 1948 Debut: 20 Aug 1938 Matches: 11 Innings: 17 Sidney George Barnes, an Australian cricketer played 13 test matches. A right-handed batsman who was Australia’s finest batsman in the period just after the Second World War. 11. GC Smith (South Africa) Opposition: England Ground: Lord’s Match Date: 31 Jul 2003 Debut: 8 Mar 2002 Matches: 12 Innings: 17 Graeme Craig Smith is a South African former cricketer and a current cricket commentator. He played all forms of cricket for over a decade and was also appointed as the captain of the South African cricket team and he held the position until his retirement. 12. GS Ballance (England) Opposition: West Indies Ground: St George’s Match Date: 21 Apr 2015 Debut: 3 Jan 2014 Matches: 10 Innings: 17 Gary Simon Ballance was a left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who played for England cricket team and Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a Zimbabwe-born British Cricketer. 13. HL Collins (Australia) Opposition: England Ground: Sydney Match Date: 19 Dec 1924 Debut: 17 Dec 1920 Matches: 12 Innings: 18 Herbert Leslie Collins who captained the Australian Cricket team in eleven Test matches in which they won five, lost two and rest of them a draw. 14. WR Hammond (England) Opposition: Australia Ground: Adelaide Match Date: 1 Feb 1929 Debut: 24 Dec 1927 Matches: 12 Innings: 18 Walter Reginald “Wally” Hammond was and England Cricketer whose career lasted for about thirty years. He played for Gloucestershire and was later appointed as the captain of the England cricket team. 15. KD Walters (Australia) Opposition: England Ground: Leeds Match Date: 25 Jul 1968 Debut: 10 Dec 1965 Matches: 11 Innings: 18 Doug Walters, who known as one of the best attacking right-handed batsmen played for Australian Cricket team and played 74 number of test cricket matches in total. He was also a very useful part-time bowler and a typical ocker. He was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by the CA. So this was the list about the top 15 Cricketers who scored fastest 1000 runs in cricket career. This list goes on and on further and hopefully in coming times, new and young talents are going to join this list eventually. Who is the fastest 1000 runs in Test cricket? Herbert Sutcliffe of Australia tops the list of fastest to reach 1000 test runs. Sir Everton Weekes and Sir Don Bradman are 2nd are 3rd in the list scoring his first 1000 in just 12 & 13 test innings respectively. Who are top 10 fastest to 1000 runs in the test? 1. Herbert Sutcliffe 2. Sir Everton Decourcy Weekes 3. Sir Donald George Bradman 4. Robert Neil Harvey 5. VG Kambli 6. Sir L Hutton 7. FMM Worrell 8. LG Rowe 9. GA Headley 10. SG Barnes