Ranatunga completes 7000 One-day Runs (10 November 1998)
In the first match of the current Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in Sharjah against India on 6 November, the Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga became the seventh player and the second Sri Lankan to score 7000 runs in Limited Overs International cricket
10-Nov-1998
10 November 1998
Ranatunga completes 7000 One-day Runs
by Atul Kahate
In the first match of the current Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in
Sharjah against India on 6 November, the Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna
Ranatunga became the seventh player and the second Sri Lankan to score
7000 runs in Limited Overs International cricket.
The following tables show Ranatunga's performance against each
Opponent updated to the end of the third match (India v Zimbabwe, 8
November) in the current Coca-Cola Champions Trophy tournament in
Sharjah and his milestones.
Table (A) Performances against each opponent
Vs Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R
PAK 65 61 11 1860 102* 37.20 2 12 3 81.60
IND 52 47 8 1333 131* 34.18 1 7 3 81.91
NZ 35 33 5 838 102 29.93 1 3 1 71.69
WI 22 22 7 756 87* 50.40 0 8 1 74.67
AUS 28 26 5 747 71* 35.57 0 5 1 74.55
ZIM 13 13 4 438 88* 48.67 0 4 1 90.50
SA 15 15 2 435 93* 33.46 0 4 2 69.60
ENG 12 11 0 291 42 26.45 0 0 1 65.41
BAN 4 4 2 227 71 113.50 0 3 0 99.19
KEN 2 2 2 100 75* 0.00 0 1 0 128.21
Home 68 59 18 1906 131* 46.49 2 14 2 85.92
Away 180 175 28 5119 102* 34.82 2 33 11 75.93
TOTAL 248 234 46 7025 131* 37.37 4 47 13 78.35
Table (B) Milestones
Milestone Mts Ins Age Period Milestone reached
(Years/Days)
1000 49 46 23/ 45 4/335 Ind Vadodara (Motibaug) 15 Jan 1987
2000 84 81 26/ 78 8/ 3 Pak Adelaide 17 Feb 1990
3000 115 109 29/ 64 10/355 Zim Sharjah 03 Feb 1993
4000 149 141 30/290 12/215 Ind Colombo (SSC) 17 Sep 1994
5000 181 172 32/ 96 14/ 21 Ken Kandy 06 Mar 1996
6000 216 205 33/233 15/158 Bdesh Colombo (SSC) 22 Jul 1997
7000 247 233 34/340 16/265 Ind Sharjah 06 Nov 1998
Contributed by: Atul Kahate (atul.kahate@db.com)
Source :: Atul Kahate