Fastest to 2000 runs

Fastest to 2000 runs in Tests

Fastest to 2000 runs

Player	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Debut	Time	Mat	Inns	Scorecard
DG Bradman (AUS)	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	30 Nov 1928	2y 362d	15	22	Test # 212
GA Headley (WI)	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1939	11 Jan 1930	9y 164d	17	32	Test # 272
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	14 Jun 1924	4y 37d	22	33	Test # 174
MEK Hussey (AUS)	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	3 Nov 2005	2y 60d	20	33	Test # 1857
M Labuschagne (AUS)	v England	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	7 Oct 2018	3y 70d	20	34	Test # 2441
KD Walters (AUS)	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	10 Dec 1965	4y 43d	22	35	Test # 670
BC Lara (WI)	v Australia	Bridgetown	31 Mar 1995	6 Dec 1990	4y 115d	22	35	Test # 1294
AR Morris (AUS)	v England	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	29 Nov 1946	4y 65d	23	36	Test # 330
ED Weekes (WI)	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	21 Jan 1948	5y 29d	23	36	Test # 367
FMM Worrell (WI)	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	11 Feb 1948	6y 34d	22	36	Test # 385
IVA Richards (WI)	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	22 Nov 1974	1y 264d	21	36	Test # 781
DCS Compton (ENG)	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	14 Aug 1937	10y 301d	23	37	Test # 299
RN Harvey (AUS)	v South Africa	Sydney	9 Jan 1953	23 Jan 1948	4y 352d	22	37	Test # 362
RG Pollock (SA)	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	6 Dec 1963	6y 61d	21	37	Test # 671
WR Hammond (ENG)	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	24 Dec 1927	3y 0d	23	39	Test # 200
GS Sobers (WI)	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	30 Mar 1954	4y 297d	23	39	Test # 465
GC Smith (SA)	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	8 Mar 2002	2y 18d	24	39	Test # 1692
AI Kallicharran (WI)	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975	6 Apr 1972	3y 264d	25	40	Test # 766
MJ Slater (AUS)	v England	Perth	3 Feb 1995	3 Jun 1993	1y 245d	23	40	Test # 1287
R Dravid (IND)	v New Zealand	Hamilton	2 Jan 1999	20 Jun 1996	2y 196d	25	40	Test # 1438
V Sehwag (IND)	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	3 Nov 2001	2y 346d	25	40	Test # 1714
IJL Trott (ENG)	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	20 Aug 2009	2y 150d	24	40	Test # 2030
JB Hobbs (ENG)	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	1 Jan 1908	4y 231d	23	41	Test # 129
AD Nourse (SA)	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	15 Jun 1935	13y 200d	22	41	Test # 309
KF Barrington (ENG)	v India	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	9 Jun 1955	6y 187d	25	41	Test # 516
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	5 Nov 1999	2y 123d	30	41	Test # 1593
KP Pietersen (ENG)	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	21 Jul 2005	1y 158d	22	41	Test # 1824
L Hutton (ENG)	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	26 Jun 1937	10y 30d	25	42	Test # 288
Javed Miandad (PAK)	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	9 Oct 1976	3y 68d	24	42	Test # 865
VS Hazare (IND)	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	22 Jun 1946	6y 213d	26	43	Test # 363
CL Walcott (WI)	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	21 Jan 1948	6y 55d	27	43	Test # 385
EJ Barlow (SA)	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	8 Dec 1961	5y 15d	22	43	Test # 611
RM Cowper (AUS)	v England	Birmingham	11 Jul 1968	2 Jul 1964	4y 9d	26	43	Test # 639
G Gambhir (IND)	v New Zealand	Napier	26 Mar 2009	3 Nov 2004	4y 143d	24	43	Test # 1917
JE Root (ENG)	v West Indies	St George's	21 Apr 2015	13 Dec 2012	2y 129d	24	43	Test # 2158
GS Chappell (AUS)	v England	Perth	13 Dec 1974	11 Dec 1970	4y 2d	26	44	Test # 748
SM Gavaskar (IND)	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Apr 1976	6 Mar 1971	5y 32d	23	44	Test # 775
MA Taylor (AUS)	v West Indies	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	26 Jan 1989	2y 83d	24	44	Test # 1169
AH Jones (NZ)	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 1992	16 Apr 1987	5y 199d	24	44	Test # 1198
SR Tendulkar (IND)	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	15 Nov 1989	4y 124d	32	44	Test # 1255
MH Richardson (NZ)	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	12 Sep 2000	3y 34d	26	44	Test # 1662
WM Woodfull (AUS)	v England	Sydney	23 Feb 1933	12 Jun 1926	6y 256d	30	45	Test # 224
WJ Edrich (ENG)	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	10 Jun 1938	11y 64d	29	45	Test # 317
AL Hassett (AUS)	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Nov 1951	10 Jun 1938	13y 152d	30	45	Test # 340
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	v England	Sydney	15 Feb 1963	5 Dec 1958	4y 72d	28	45	Test # 539
KC Wessels (AUS/SA)	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	26 Nov 1982	9y 353d	26	45	Test # 1200
SC Ganguly (IND)	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	20 Jun 1996	2y 249d	27	45	Test # 1445
MP Vaughan (ENG)	v Australia	Perth	29 Nov 2002	25 Nov 1999	3y 4d	26	45	Test # 1629
W Bardsley (AUS)	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	27 May 1909	12y 15d	27	46	Test # 141
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	v India	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	21 Mar 1947	8y 291d	26	46	Test # 420
JH Edrich (ENG)	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	6 Jun 1963	5y 77d	31	46	Test # 641
CG Greenidge (WI)	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	22 Nov 1974	5y 92d	24	46	Test # 875
ML Hayden (AUS)	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	4 Mar 1994	7y 304d	27	46	Test # 1582
KC Sangakkara (SL)	v West Indies	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	20 Jul 2000	2y 335d	29	46	Test # 1648
CA Pujara (IND)	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014	9 Oct 2010	4y 69d	26	46	Test # 2149
C Hill (AUS)	v England	Adelaide	15 Jan 1904	22 Jun 1896	7y 207d	27	47	Test # 80
WH Ponsford (AUS)	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	19 Dec 1924	9y 242d	29	47	Test # 237
GM Turner (NZ)	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	27 Feb 1969	5y 9d	26	47	Test # 735
DM Jones (AUS)	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	16 Mar 1984	5y 161d	27	47	Test # 1126
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	v New Zealand	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	24 Sep 1983	7y 32d	32	47	Test # 1153
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	22 Feb 1991	6y 270d	28	47	Test # 1385
AJ Strauss (ENG)	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	20 May 2004	1y 356d	25	47	Test # 1802
DM Bravo (WI)	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Dec 2013	15 Nov 2010	3y 18d	26	47	Test # 2104
SPD Smith (AUS)	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014	13 Jul 2010	4y 166d	25	47	Test # 2152
S Dhawan (IND)	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	2 Dec 2017	14 Mar 2013	4y 263d	28	47	Test # 2286
Mominul Haque (BAN)	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018	8 Mar 2013	4y 329d	26	47	Test # 2295
PBH May (ENG)	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	26 Jul 1951	4y 18d	29	48	Test # 412
RB Kanhai (WI)	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	30 May 1957	3y 242d	27	48	Test # 504
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	v Australia	Karachi	24 Oct 1964	17 Jan 1958	6y 281d	25	48	Test # 569
AW Greig (ENG)	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	8 Jun 1972	2y 174d	31	48	Test # 746
LG Rowe (WI)	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	16 Feb 1972	8y 13d	30	48	Test # 877
AR Border (AUS)	v India	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	29 Dec 1978	2y 40d	27	48	Test # 895
M Azharuddin (IND)	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989	31 Dec 1984	4y 327d	32	48	Test # 1128
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	23 Nov 1990	7y 95d	29	48	Test # 1403
Yousuf Youhana (PAK)	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	26 Feb 1998	3y 17d	29	48	Test # 1536
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	2 Aug 1997	3y 225d	30	48	Test # 1537
AN Cook (ENG)	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	1 Mar 2006	2y 12d	26	48	Test # 1867
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	v India	Hyderabad	12 Nov 2010	8 Nov 2007	3y 4d	27	48	Test # 1975
CJL Rogers (AUS)	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2015	16 Jan 2008	7y 216d	25	48	Test # 2178
TM Head (AUS)	v South Africa	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	7 Oct 2018	4y 71d	31	48	Test # 2482
SJ McCabe (AUS)	v England	Sydney	18 Dec 1936	13 Jun 1930	6y 188d	32	49	Test # 256
C Washbrook (ENG)	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	14 Aug 1937	12y 314d	27	49	Test # 324
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	26 Nov 1954	4y 65d	31	49	Test # 466
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	16 Oct 1952	8y 47d	28	49	Test # 497
DL Amiss (ENG)	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	18 Aug 1966	7y 292d	27	49	Test # 739
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	v West Indies	Georgetown	18 Mar 1977	24 Oct 1969	7y 145d	27	49	Test # 801
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	v England	Karachi	2 Mar 1984	18 Jan 1978	6y 44d	31	49	Test # 978
JC Adams (WI)	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	18 Apr 1992	5y 301d	32	49	Test # 1399
LD Chandimal (SL)	v England	Lord's	9 Jun 2016	26 Dec 2011	4y 166d	28	49	Test # 2205
AM Rahane (IND)	v New Zealand	Indore	8 Oct 2016	22 Mar 2013	3y 200d	29	49	Test # 2223
UT Khawaja (AUS)	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	3 Jan 2011	7y 1d	29	49	Test # 2291
ER Dexter (ENG)	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Feb 1962	24 Jul 1958	3y 193d	30	50	Test # 522
BF Butcher (WI)	v England	Port of Spain	19 Jan 1968	28 Nov 1958	9y 52d	29	50	Test # 627
Nawab of Pataudi (IND)	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	13 Dec 1961	6y 64d	28	50	Test # 630
SM Nurse (WI)	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	17 Feb 1960	9y 10d	27	50	Test # 648
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	24 Oct 1969	9y 3d	28	50	Test # 832
RA Smith (ENG)	v West Indies	The Oval	8 Aug 1991	21 Jul 1988	3y 18d	27	50	Test # 1175
NS Sidhu (IND)	v West Indies	Nagpur	1 Dec 1994	12 Nov 1983	11y 19d	33	50	Test # 1277
RT Ponting (AUS)	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	8 Dec 1995	4y 2d	32	50	Test # 1476
ME Trescothick (ENG)	v Australia	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	3 Aug 2000	2y 96d	27	50	Test # 1623
MJ Clarke (AUS)	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008	6 Oct 2004	3y 110d	33	50	Test # 1863
M Vijay (IND)	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014	6 Nov 2008	6y 41d	29	50	Test # 2149

Time is based on the start of the debut match and the start of the match in which the milestone was achieved
Batsmen within a maximum of 50 innings shown

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Bangladesh at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Sep 27-Oct 1, 2024 [Test # 2552]

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, 2nd Test, Sep 26-29, 2024 [Test # 2551]

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, 1st Test, Sep 18-23, 2024 [Test # 2549]