Australian Opener David Warner reached 1000 Test runs in 2014 during his unbeaten 90 in the second innings of the Adelaide test against India. With that, the pocket Dynamo became the fifth batsman to score 1000 runs in 2014 after Pakistan’s Younis Khan and Sri Lankan trio of Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Matthews and Mahela Jayawardene. Warner has scored 1045 runs from 14 innings at an average of 79.84 in 2014 and is set to play 4 more innings in the next two matches at Brisbane and Melbourne. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangalkkara tops the list with 1486 runs in 11 matches in 2014.
Here is the list of top 5 run getters in tests in 2014:
|
Player |
Team |
Matches/Inns |
Runs |
HS |
Avg. |
100/50 |
|
Kumar Sangakkara |
Sri Lanka |
11/20 |
1486 |
319 |
78.21 |
4/9 |
|
Younis Khan |
Pakistan |
10/20 |
1213 |
213 |
71.35 |
6/2 |
|
Angelo Mathews |
Sri Lanka |
11/19 |
1201 |
160 |
92.38 |
3/6 |
|
David Warner |
Australia |
7/14 |
1038 |
145 |
79.84 |
5/4 |
|
Mahela Jayawardene |
Sri Lanka |
11/19 |
1003 |
203* |
55.72 |
3/5 |
*Stats updated on 12-12-2014