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

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It took 11 matches and 19 innings for sir Vivian Richards to make 1710 runs in one calender year. Way back in 1976. Mohammad Yousuf the great.jpg

30 years later, Mohammad Yousuf - who says change in relegion is the reason behind his great test match form in 2006, has come within 148 runs to breaking the record for most test match runs in one year.

It started with first test against India at Lahore from 13th January when Yousuf made 179 and then 65 and 126 in the 2nd test against indiat at Faisalabad.

Although Mohammad Yousuf was the batsmen Irfan Pathan bowled to take second hat-trick for India, he came back in the 2nd innings of that Karachi test and made 97.

Yousuf still has 2 more test match innings remaining in 2006 to produce 148 more runs and break the record.

Here's that list.

Top 10 run scorers in a calender year. (Test Matches)

Name	Year	Innings	Runs	Highest	100s
M. Yousuf	2006	19	1788	202	9
V. Richards	1976	19	1710	291	7
R. Ponting	2005	28	1544	207	6
R. Ponting	2003	18	1503	257	6
J. Langer	2004	27	1481	215	5
M. Vaughan	2002	26	1481	197	6
S. Gawaskar	1979	26	1407	221	4
S. Tendulkar	2002	26	1392	193	4
M. Hayden	2001	25	1391	203	5
G. Viswanath	1979	26	1388	179	5

* Mohammad yousuf has one more test match remaining agianst West Indies (3rd test) in 2006. Starting 27th November.

Update (24th November 2006) :

Yousuf made 102 in the first innings of 3rd test at Karachi. He needs to make 46 more runs in the second innings. Although he now holds the record for most centuries in test cricket in one year. He had 7 in 2006 so far, as shown in the list above.

Update (1st December 2006) :Mohammad Yousuf made centuries in both the innings at Karachi and now holds the record for most runs by a batmen in a calender year (1788) and also the most number of test centuries in one season (9).

Above list is modified and as Karachi test was last for Pakistan in 2006, the record stays...!!

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