500+ Runs in a Test Series on 2+ Occasions

[Ali TT]

If only Tendulker scored those 7 runs more he could have been considered an ATG

I think all those player comparison threads involving him need to be deemed void and rerun in light of this new information.

 

[Coronis]

I think all those player comparison threads involving him need to be deemed void and rerun in light of this new information.

We do need a new Tendulkar vs Lara comparison in light of this imo.

 

[Coronis]

Based on just rough numbers, 500 in a series should be equivalent to ~25 wickets in a series, if anyone is interested in that.

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Lara has most 400+ run series with 11, while Bradman and Gavaskar have 10 and Sobers 9.

For 400-499 run series only:

Chanderpaul, Dravid, Hutton, Pietersen, Root and Sangakarra have 5

Gooch, Gower and Hayden have 6

Tendulker has most with 7

Surprisingly Mark Taylor also has 6 x 400+ runs in a Test series.

1989: 839 vs England (in England)

1991: 441 vs West Indies (in West Indies)

1991-92: 422 vs India (in Australia)

1993: 428 vs England (in England)

1994-95: 471 vs England (in Australia)

1998: 513 vs Pakistan (in Pakistan)

 

[Qlder]

Surprisingly Mark Taylor also has 6 x 400+ runs in a Test series.

I was listing 400-499 run series in the post you quoted, so Taylor only has 4 like quite a lot of others

Border, B.Butcher, Compton, Gavaskar, Haynes, Khanai, Lara, May, Mitchell, Pujara, Simpson, H.Sutcliffe, Taylor, Warner, S.Waugh and Weekes all have 4

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

I would bet that SRT has the most 250+ series.

He did play in 74 Test series. He made 29 x 250+ runs in a series.

Lara made 22 x 250 runs in a series. He played in 39 Test series.

Bradman played in 11 Test series. He scored 250+ runs in a Test series 11 times.

 

[Daemon]

He did play in 74 Test series. He made 29 x 250+ runs in a series.

Lara made 22 x 250 runs in a series. He played in 39 Test series.

Bradman played in 11 Test series. He scored 250+ runs in a Test series 11 times.

Lol Bradman what a hack

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Only a 91% success rate for Bradman. Pretty pathetic. Thanks Jardine.

He got close there too, just 4 runs short. Similar to his final innings. Missed the first match and got out wildly in the last to Verity.

 

[Qlder]

Bradman played in 11 Test series. He scored 250+ runs in a Test series 11 times.

Doing a slight injustice to Bradman there. He played in 11 series and he scored 396+ runs in all 11 series (not 250+)

 

[AndrewB]

Based on just rough numbers, 500 in a series should be equivalent to ~25 wickets in a series, if anyone is interested in that.

Most instances of 25 wickets in a series:
7: R Ashwin
6: M Muralitharan, SK Warne
5: CEL Ambrose, J Garner, CV Grimmett, MD Marshall, CA Walsh
4: Kapil Dev, DK Lillee, GD McGrath, WJ O'Reilly
3: SF Barnes, BS Bedi, AV Bedser, R Benaud, AK Davidson, CJ McDermott, HJ Tayfield, FS Trueman

Barnes, Bedser, Grimmett, McDermott, McGrath and Warne each achieved 30w 3 times. Terry Alderman (42 & 41) is the only player to take 35 wickets in a series twice.

The only players to have achieved both appear to be Aubrey Faulkner (2 x 500r, 1 x 25w) and Vinoo Mankad (1 x 500r, 2 x 25w). Faulkner achieved both in the same series.

 

[Coronis]

Most instances of 25 wickets in a series:
7: R Ashwin
6: M Muralitharan, SK Warne
5: CEL Ambrose, J Garner, CV Grimmett, MD Marshall, CA Walsh
4: Kapil Dev, DK Lillee, GD McGrath, WJ O'Reilly
3: SF Barnes, BS Bedi, AV Bedser, R Benaud, AK Davidson, CJ McDermott, HJ Tayfield, FS Trueman

Barnes, Bedser, Grimmett, McDermott, McGrath and Warne each achieved 30w 3 times. Terry Alderman (42 & 41) is the only player to take 35 wickets in a series twice.

The only players to have achieved both appear to be Aubrey Faulkner (2 x 500r, 1 x 25w) and Vinoo Mankad (1 x 500r, 2 x 25w). Faulkner achieved both in the same series.

Quite an underrated player imo.

 

[pardus]

5 of the 7 times Lara scored 500+ runs in a series, he did it in a Test series with 4 matches or less (and 6 of the 7 times, he batted 8 innings or less in the series - basically equivalent of batting in 4 matches).
And the one time when he batted more than 8 innings in a series where he scored 500+ runs, he scored 765 runs in 10 innings in that series.
Also, more impressively, so far Lara seems to be the only guy in the #500runclub , who has had a 500+ run series in 4 different countries (or continents) - in South Africa, in England, in Sri Lanka and multiple times at home in the West Indies.
Notable near misses for Lara are in Australia (by 34 runs - best was 466 runs in 8 innings) and in Pakistan (by 52 runs - best was 448 runs in 5 innings).

 

[Sliferxxxx]

5 of the 7 times Lara scored 500+ runs in a series, he did it in a Test series with 4 matches or less (and 6 of the 7 times, he batted 8 innings or less in the series - basically equivalent of batting in 4 matches).
And the one time when he batted more than 8 innings in a series where he scored 500+ runs, he scored 765 runs in 10 innings in that series.
Also, more impressively, so far Lara seems to be the only guy in the #500runclub , who has had a 500+ run series in 4 different countries (or continents) - in South Africa, in England, in Sri Lanka and multiple times at home in the West Indies.
Notable near misses for Lara are in Australia (by 34 runs - best was 466 runs in 8 innings) and in Pakistan (by 52 runs - best was 448 runs in 5 innings).

Another near miss for me, purely based on the form he was in, was the 2005 home series vs South Africa. Lara scored back to back mammoth 100s and was going into his favorite hunting ground (the ARG) for the last test. He surprisingly failed and on the same wicket that WI piled up 700 runs.

 

[Sliferxxxx]

5 of the 7 times Lara scored 500+ runs in a series, he did it in a Test series with 4 matches or less (and 6 of the 7 times, he batted 8 innings or less in the series - basically equivalent of batting in 4 matches).
And the one time when he batted more than 8 innings in a series where he scored 500+ runs, he scored 765 runs in 10 innings in that series.
Also, more impressively, so far Lara seems to be the only guy in the #500runclub , who has had a 500+ run series in 4 different countries (or continents) - in South Africa, in England, in Sri Lanka and multiple times at home in the West Indies.
Notable near misses for Lara are in Australia (by 34 runs - best was 466 runs in 8 innings) and in Pakistan (by 52 runs - best was 448 runs in 5 innings).

Haha yet again, Ian Healey cost lara those 36 runs in 1992. Claimed a stumping when yet again, he didn't have the ball in his glove. Lara was on 58 and bossing the Aussie attack. Then there was the bump catch in the 4th test with Lara in 52.