MJ Clarke of Australia went past DG Bradman’s aggregate of 4813 runs in Australia’s winning tests. Australia won the first test against West Indies at Roseau earlier this week which was the 61^st test won by Australia with MJ Clarke as one of the cricketer in the playing Eleven. MJ Clarke’s aggregate at the end of this test read 4840 – 27 runs more than DG Bradman

MJ Clarke is on the threshold  of completing 5000 runs in Austrlia’s winning tests. He needs 160 more runs to achieve the feat. If he gets them , he would  then become the eleventh batsman to total 5000 plus runs in a team’s winning tests.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	RT Ponting	Aus	108	178	24	9157	257	59.46	30	42	8
2	SR Waugh	Aus	86	120	27	6460	200	69.46	25	25	6
3	JH Kallis	SAF	82	124	22	6379	224	62.53	22	28	4
4	ML Hayden	Aus	71	123	12	6154	380	55.44	23	19	5
5	SR Tendulkar	Ind	72	113	17	5946	248*	61.93	20	24	2
6	KC Sangakkara	Srl	52	80	8	5370	287	74.58	19	20	4
7	JL Langer	Aus	70	118	10	5229	250	48.41	15	19	5
8	GC Smith	SAF	60	94	9	5214	259	61.34	18	20	2
9	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	58	89	9	5173	374	64.66	17	19	5
10	R Dravid	Ind	56	92	14	5131	270	65.78	15	23	2
11	MJ Clarke	Aus	61	99	13	4840	329*	56.27	17	15	4
12	DG Bradman	Aus	30	43	6	4813	299*	130.08	23	4	3

MJ Clarke would also become the fifth Australian batsman after RT Ponting, SR Waugh, ML Hayden and JL Langer to score 5000 plus runs  in Australia’s winning tests. The performance of these five batsmen are listed below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	RT Ponting	Aus	108	178	24	9157	257	59.46	30	42	8
2	SR Waugh	Aus	86	120	27	6460	200	69.46	25	25	6
3	ML Hayden	Aus	71	123	12	6154	380	55.44	23	19	5
4	JL Langer	Aus	70	118	10	5229	250	48.41	15	19	5
5	MJ Clarke	Aus	61	99	13	4840	329*	56.27	17	15	4