Captains scoring 1000 plus runs in two or more calendar years

Captains scoring 1000 plus runs in two or more calendar years

SPD Smith of Australia aggregated 1035 runs in the Calendar year 2017. This is the second occasion of his accomplishing the feat in a calendar year as captain. He had totaled 1079 runs in 2016. He became the tenth captain in the annals of test cricket to score 1000 plus runs in two or more calendar years. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS 100 50 0 Year
1 1 RT Ponting Aus 15 28 5 1544 207 6 6 1 2005
  2 RT Ponting Aus 10 18 3 1333 196 7 4 0 2006
  3 RT Ponting Aus 14 25 0 1182 158 4 5 1 2008
                         
2 1 MA Atherton Eng 13 23 0 1136 144 4 5 3 1994
  2 MA Atherton Eng 13 24 1 1129 185* 2 7 1 1995
                         
3 1 AR Border Aus 11 20 3 1099 196 4 2 0 1985
  2 AR Border Aus 11 19 3 1000 140 5 3 0 1986
                         
4 1 MJ Clarke Aus 11 18 3 1595 329* 5 3 0 2012
  2 MJ Clarke Aus 13 26 3 1093 187 4 3 2 2013
                         
5 1 AN Cook Eng 14 26 1 1364 263 3 8 1 2015
  2 AN Cook Eng 17 33 3 1270 130 2 7 0 2016
                         
6 1 GA Gooch Eng 9 17 1 1264 333 4 5 1 1990
  2 GA Gooch Eng 9 17 1 1040 174 3 5 0 1991
                         
7 1 V Kohli Ind 12 18 2 1215 235 4 2 0 2016
  2 V Kohli Ind 10 16 2 1059 243 5 1 2 2017
                         
8 1 BC Lara Win 10 19 1 1344 209 5 5 0 2003
  2 BC Lara Win 12 21 1 1178 400* 3 4 3 2004
                         
9 1 GC Smith SAF 11 18 0 1047 277 3 2 0 2003
  2 GC Smith SAF 15 25 2 1656 232 6 6 1 2008
                         
10 1 SPD Smith Aus 11 18 3 1079 165* 4 5 1 2016
  2 SPD Smith Aus 11 20 3 1305 239 6 3 0 2017

SPD Smith of Australia aggregated 1035 runs in the Calendar year 2017. This is the second occasion of his accomplishing the feat in a calendar year as captain. He had totaled 1079 runs in 2016. He became the fourth Australian captain in the annals of test cricket to score 1000 plus runs in two or more calendar years. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS 100 50 0 Year
1 1 RT Ponting Aus 15 28 5 1544 207 6 6 1 2005
  2 RT Ponting Aus 10 18 3 1333 196 7 4 0 2006
  3 RT Ponting Aus 14 25 0 1182 158 4 5 1 2008
                         
2 1 AR Border Aus 11 20 3 1099 196 4 2 0 1985
  2 AR Border Aus 11 19 3 1000 140 5 3 0 1986
                         
3 1 MJ Clarke Aus 11 18 3 1595 329* 5 3 0 2012
  2 MJ Clarke Aus 13 26 3 1093 187 4 3 2 2013
                         
4 1 SPD Smith Aus 11 18 3 1079 165* 4 5 1 2016
  2 SPD Smith Aus 11 20 3 1305 239 6 3 0 2017

SPD Smith of Australia aggregated 1035 runs in the Calendar year 2017. This is the second occasion of his accomplishing the feat in a calendar year as captain. He had totaled 1079 runs in 2016. He became the eighth captain in the annals of test cricket to score 1000 plus runs in two consecutive  calendar years. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS 100 50 0 Year
1 1 RT Ponting Aus 15 28 5 1544 207 6 6 1 2005
  2 RT Ponting Aus 10 18 3 1333 196 7 4 0 2006
                         
2 1 MA Atherton Eng 13 23 0 1136 144 4 5 3 1994
  2 MA Atherton Eng 13 24 1 1129 185* 2 7 1 1995
                         
3 1 AR Border Aus 11 20 3 1099 196 4 2 0 1985
  2 AR Border Aus 11 19 3 1000 140 5 3 0 1986
                         
4 1 MJ Clarke Aus 11 18 3 1595 329* 5 3 0 2012
  2 MJ Clarke Aus 13 26 3 1093 187 4 3 2 2013
                         
5 1 AN Cook Eng 14 26 1 1364 263 3 8 1 2015
  2 AN Cook Eng 17 33 3 1270 130 2 7 0 2016
                         
6 1 V Kohli Ind 12 18 2 1215 235 4 2 0 2016
  2 V Kohli Ind 10 16 2 1059 243 5 1 2 2017
                         
7 1 BC Lara Win 10 19 1 1344 209 5 5 0 2003
  2 BC Lara Win 12 21 1 1178 400* 3 4 3 2004
                         
8 1 SPD Smith Aus 11 18 3 1079 165* 4 5 1 2016
  2 SPD Smith Aus 11 20 3 1305 239 6 3 0 2017

The two consecutive calendar years of 2016 and 2017 have witnessed two captains – V Kohli of India  and SPD Smith of Australia – scoring 1000 plus runs to  provide the first such occasion in the annals of cricket.

No No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS 100 50 0 Year
1 1 V Kohli Ind 12 18 2 1215 235 4 2 0 2016
  2 V Kohli Ind 10 16 2 1059 243 5 1 2 2017
                         
2 1 SPD Smith Aus 11 18 3 1079 165* 4 5 1 2016
  2 SPD Smith Aus 11 20 3 1305 239 6 3 0 2017

 

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