Run (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen (plus any extras) constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 (a 'half century') or 100 runs (a 'century'), or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement. By extension, a partnership of two batsmen moving the team score on by a multiple of 50 runs, or the team score passing a multiple of 50 runs, is also cause for celebration.

Records

As of 19 August 2004, the record score for a batsman in one innings in an ODI match is 194 runs, and the highest team score in an ODI is 398. The average runs scored per team in an ODI is around 245 runs. Sachin Tendulkar is the batsman with the highest number of career runs in ODIs with over 11,000 runs.

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As of - 19 August - 2004 - Innings - ODI match - Sachin Tendulkar

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In Test cricket, more runs are usually scored in an innings because there is no limit on the number of overs that may be bowled in an innings. The record for the highest number of runs scored by a batsman in a single Test innings is held by Brian Lara, who scored 400 runs not out for the West Indies against England at St Lucia. Brian Lara also holds the record for the highest number of runs scored by a batsman in a single first-class innings with an innings of 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston. The highest team score in Test cricket is 952.

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Test cricket - Overs - Bowled - Brian Lara - Not out - First-class

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