Most runs without a century in Tests: Shane Warne tops the chart of an infamous record

Gurpreet Singh | 09/01/2022
Most runs without a century in Tests: Shane Warne tops the chart of an infamous record

Most runs without a century in Tests: Shane Warne heads the list of an infamous record till date despite retiring in the year 2007.

Apart from the mouth-watering battle which involves the primary usage of the bat, ball, and some verbal exchanges in the form of sledges between the players, the other aspect which draws the fans’ attention towards any sport in the world is the numbers and statistics.

The numbers, in most cases are indicative of a player’s reputation or the lack of it, in a particular aspect of his/her game.

On the flip side, there are also some stats which has nothing to do in terms of measurement of a player’s value in his team, his strengths, or his weakness. They exist simply because they do!

One such innocuous stat involves the legendary Aussie leg-spinner Shane Warne. It is in fact a record which is yet to broken by any International player, even after 14 years of his retirement which he took back in 2007.

Most runs without a century in Tests: Shane Warne tops the chart

The second-highest wicket-taker in Test format (708 wickets) has an infamous record with the bat as well. While it is yet to the ascertained whether the 52-year-old is proud of this record as well, the fact is that Shane Warne is the undisputed record-holder so far for having scored the most runs in the Test format without a century to boast of.

Having featured in 145 Tests for Australia, Warne has batted in a total of 199 innings without scoring a century. The former leg-spinner has scored a total of 3154 runs at an average of 17.32 in his career with the help of 12 half-centuries, and a top-score of 99 against New Zealand at Perth in 2001.

Right behind him is Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella with 2443 runs across 45 Tests (80 innings) at an average of 32.57. He is the only active player in the Top 5 of this infamous list, falling short of 702 runs as the numbers stand currently. The other players completing the Top-5 are India’s Chetan Chauhan, followed by West Indies’ Deryck Murray and Malcolm Marshall.

Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave
Shane Warne (AUS) 1992-2007 145 199 17 3154 99 17.32
Niroshan Dickwella (SL) 2014-2021 45 80 5 2443 96 32.57
Chetan Chauhan (INDIA) 1969-1981 40 68 2 2084 97 31.57
DL Murray (WI) 1963-1980 62 96 9 1993 91 22.9
MD Marshall (WI) 1978-1991 81 107 11 1810 92 18.85
VD Philander (SA) 2011-2020 64 94 20 1779 74 24.04
MA Starc (AUS) 2011-2022 65 96 22 1747 99 23.6
TG Southee (NZ) 2008-2022 83* 117 11 1743 77* 16.44
JE Emburey (ENG) 1978-1995 64 96 20 1713 75 22.53
HMRKB Herath (SL) 1999-2018 93 144 28 1699 80* 14.64

 

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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