Zeeshan
November 24, 2011, 04:18 PM
Theoretically the answer is an emphatic yes. After all given 90 overs for 5 days we have 450 overs or rather 2700 possible deliveries. Now in a space of where a team endowed with superhuman can possibly score 16,200 runs, an individual score of 1000 runs does not seem that much of a glare.
But since reality does not peter out from theory let us do take a look at the records that came closing to even sniffing something close to that feat.
In the month of December in Sheffield, MCG, Victoria would go on the beat New South Wales by an innings and 656 runs in a match otherwise would be forever marked with an asterisk for the highest total in an innings by a team in first-class format of the sport of a cetacean 1107 runs (http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12150.html).
Fast forward to 1997 in August and we have another ceremonious runfest marked with Rabelasian footnotes of Sanath scoring 340 off 578 balls and Mahanama scoring 225 off 576 balls to boost a highest partnership (of any wicket) of 576*. The result? An epic 952 runs (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63762.html) where Aravinda de Silva's 126 runs appeared as mere chump change.
All these of lore and legend may be a curio's Holy Grail, but they come nowhere near as to shedding light if a mortal is willing enough to score 1000 runs in a Test match.
The close someone came was obviously Brian Lara's 501* (http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/58/58953.html) playing for Warwickshire. It took place on 1994 against Durham and the match was drawn for a tally of 810 runs in the first innings of Lara's team. Of course, it was a first class match and Lara would outdo himself by taking the record of the international arena too scoring 400* (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64080.html) in Antigua.
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Suppose an opener wanted to reach that milestone and with support from #2 batsman he wanted to reach 1000 runs. To reach 1000 out of 16,200 possible runs he only needs to face 6.17% of the deliveries (1000 balls) ie assuming he does not run out of partners. But let us be conservative. Let us consider Bangladeshi batsman Javed Omar Belim. He has a Test SR of 38.14. So at that rate to reach 1000 he needs to face 2621.92 balls. As mentioned previously there are only 2700 balls in 5 days.
Morale of the story? 1000 runs out of 162000 is so measly that even Gullu can score it.
But since reality does not peter out from theory let us do take a look at the records that came closing to even sniffing something close to that feat.
In the month of December in Sheffield, MCG, Victoria would go on the beat New South Wales by an innings and 656 runs in a match otherwise would be forever marked with an asterisk for the highest total in an innings by a team in first-class format of the sport of a cetacean 1107 runs (http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12150.html).
Fast forward to 1997 in August and we have another ceremonious runfest marked with Rabelasian footnotes of Sanath scoring 340 off 578 balls and Mahanama scoring 225 off 576 balls to boost a highest partnership (of any wicket) of 576*. The result? An epic 952 runs (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63762.html) where Aravinda de Silva's 126 runs appeared as mere chump change.
All these of lore and legend may be a curio's Holy Grail, but they come nowhere near as to shedding light if a mortal is willing enough to score 1000 runs in a Test match.
The close someone came was obviously Brian Lara's 501* (http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/58/58953.html) playing for Warwickshire. It took place on 1994 against Durham and the match was drawn for a tally of 810 runs in the first innings of Lara's team. Of course, it was a first class match and Lara would outdo himself by taking the record of the international arena too scoring 400* (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64080.html) in Antigua.
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lFLqVBR5SK8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>
Suppose an opener wanted to reach that milestone and with support from #2 batsman he wanted to reach 1000 runs. To reach 1000 out of 16,200 possible runs he only needs to face 6.17% of the deliveries (1000 balls) ie assuming he does not run out of partners. But let us be conservative. Let us consider Bangladeshi batsman Javed Omar Belim. He has a Test SR of 38.14. So at that rate to reach 1000 he needs to face 2621.92 balls. As mentioned previously there are only 2700 balls in 5 days.
Morale of the story? 1000 runs out of 162000 is so measly that even Gullu can score it.