Top 10 Active Batsmen With Most Runs In Test Cricket
Top 10 Active Batsmen With Most Runs In Test Cricket
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Test cricket is undeniably the purest form of the game. Having first began in 1877, Test cricket has gone through several transformations, with plenty of batsmen accumulating runs and shattering records at will. While the batsmen of the 70s and 80s were undoubtedly the pioneer Test cricketers as they played against some of the fastest bowlers and on uncovered wickets, the present-day players have equally risen to the challenge.

With the modern-day players needing to adapt to different formats very quickly, Test cricket becomes the hardest version to adapt to. But some of today’s batsmen have transitioned smoothly into the longest form and scored heaps of runs at will. It hardly mattered the class of bowlers they are facing or what grounds they play in as the runs flew off their bats for a long time.

We take a look top ten active batsmen with most runs in Test cricket:

10. Angelo Mathews – 6236 runs:

Top 10 Active Batsmen With Most Runs In Test Cricket
Angelo Mathews. (Credits: Twitter)

Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews had grown into one of the promising all-rounders until recent injuries and form concerns have threatened to derail his career. Angelo Mathews made his Test debut back in Galle against Pakistan in July 2009 and has played 90 matches so far. The right-handed batsman has scored 6236 runs at 44.86 with 11 centuries.

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The 33-year old’s best Test score of 200* came against Zimbabwe in January 2020 in Harare. But Mathews’ seam-bowling has only earned him 33 Test wickets at 53.51, with a solitary four-wicket haul. The former Sri Lankan captain’s most recent performances have been appalling as he has not passed 30 in his last four Test innings, but reached three figures in the innings before that.

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