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1000 runs in calendar year
- Sri Lanka Thilan Samaraweera complete 1000 runs in test in the calendar year 2009 when he reached 85 against New Zealand during the first innings of the second test played at SSC, Colombo. Here are some interesting facts about 1000 runs in test in a single calendar year.
- Samaraweera is the 111th batsmen in test history to do so.
- He is the 7th Sri Lankan to do so.
- Most time : 5 Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Mathew Hayden, Mohammad Yousuf and Ricky Ponting have the distinction to score 1000 or more runs in calendar year for 5 times.
- Most Runs: 1788 scored by Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan in 2006.
- Yousuf scored 9 hundreds in that year which is the most in the year in test cricket.
- There are 4 batsmen who scored exactly 1000 runs in calendar year.
- Most for team: There are 30 Australians have done it so far.
- Samarweera is the second batsmen to do so after England captain AJ Strauss to score 1000 runs in 2009.
