Filed under Cricket Records

Two of the greatest modern cricketers, Sachin Tendulkar of India and Ricky Ponting of Australia, now have come to a stage in their career that they are miles ahead of remaining players of various countries, but mighty close to each other.

With not much cricket left in both of them, the thing to watch out for is which one of these two cricketers quit with record of most century and runs in both test and one day international form of cricket.

Note that Sachin Tendulkar made his test debut back in November 1989 against Pakistan at Karachi while Ricky Ponting came onto world stage first in one day internationals, on 15 February 1995, against South Africa at Wellington = almost 5 years gap.

Update : Following career statistic are accurate as of 24 February 2010, the day Sachin Tendulkar scored his 46th ODI century, just a week after raising his 47th test century.. Ricky Ponting's latest century, his 29th in ODIs, came against West Indies on 14th feb. Sachin doesn't have a test match upcoming in next 6 months but participates in IPL for next two months. On other hand, Ricky Ponting plays non-stop cricket with tour of New Zealand in March 2010. This is Aussie's time to make up for lost ground to his Indian rival..


Test Career Statistics

Player	Tests	Inns	Notouts	Runs	Hundreds	Highest	Average	50s
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	166	271	29	13447	47	248*	55.56	54
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	142	240	27	11859	39	257	55.67	51

ODI Career Statistics

Player	ODIs.	Inns	Notouts	Runs	Hundreds	Highest	Average	50s
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	442	431	40	17530	46	186*	44.70	93
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	340	331	37	12731	29	164	43.30	76

Also See : Sachin Tendulkar ODI century list.
Also See : Ricky Ponting's ODI century list.

Fact : Ricky Ponting made his International debut 6 years after Sachin Tendulkar who had made 8 century in tests and 2 in one dayers!

Most runs in an ODI spell..

Most consecutive wins in one day Internationals..

The record holder's in Champions trophy.

The record holders in Pak vs WI test matches.

Most runs in a year : Md. Yousuf at 2nd position

List of hat-tricks made by bowlers in One day International cricket

Highest and Lowest team scores in all cricket World Cups.

Best debuts in International test match cricket.

Bizzare, famous & interesting records in cricket

World's best ODI opening pair, ever!

Invincibility in cricket : Record of most test match wins in a row

Record list : Successful 4th Innings chases

Record List : Fastest century in One day International cricket

Ask for a Cricket Record: India, Australia, Pakistan, England, South Africa, West Indies, Srilanka, New Zealand

Highest individual score by a batsman in one day cricket (ODI)

Highest individual score by a batsman in test match cricket

Highest Score by a batsman in Twenty20 (T20) Cricket.

Record List : Most Century (Hundreds) in Test Match Cricket

Record List : Best Bowling figures in T20 cricket

Highest team innings totals in T20 cricket match

Most Sixes in T20 Cricket Match : Record list.

Highest score by a batsman in Australia vs England 'Ashes' test match.

Record of most sixes by a batsman in T20 cricket career

Record list : Fastest fifties in Twenty20 cricket match.

List of most expensive bowling spells in Twenty20 cricket.

Lowest team scores in Twenty20 cricket matches

Highest partnership record in Twenty20 cricket : for all wickets.

Best debut in Twenty20 Cricket : batsman = runs, bowlers = wickets.

Most runs conceeded by a bowler in an over in T20 cricket.

Largest victory margin in T20 cricket : runs, wickets and balls.

Highest team total list in Australia vs England test match.

Record of highest partnerships in Aus v Eng Ashes test match.

List of Lowest Totals in Australia vs England 'Ashes' test match.

Most runs and Most match played by a player in Aus v Eng Ashes tests.

Best Bowling figures in Aus v Eng Ashes test match (and in an innings).

Record list : most century by a batsman in Ashes test match career.

Sachin Tendulkar vs Ricky Ponting : Most career century & runs : Test + ODI.

Sachin Tendulkar : Total One day International (ODI) century list.

List of all test match century made by Sachin Tendulkar, vs all country.

Ricky Ponting : List of all Century/Hundreds in One day Internationals (ODI).

Tied Cricket Matches : Tests, One day Intarnationls (ODI), Twenty20 (T20).

Record list of 7+ one day international (ODI) series between two country.

Smallest victory margins in T20 cricket matches (for all teams).