Pakistan’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq became the only batsman in
the history of One day International cricket to complete 4000 ODI career runs
without scoring a hundred. He completed his 4000 runs in the first ODI against
South Africa at Sharjah during his innings of 31 on 30 October 2013.
A total of 87 batsmen from nine countries have completed
4000 ODI career runs. They include 15 from Australia, 13 each from Pakistan and
India, 9 each from West Indies and Sri Lanka, 8 each from England, South Africa
and New Zealand and 4 from Zimbabwe. No Bangladeshi batsman has scored 4000 ODI
runs so far.
Misbah-ul-Haq made his ODI debut against New Zealand in
April 2002 at Lahore and has played 130 ODIs for Pakistan. His aggregate of ODI
runs is 4028 at an average of 44.75 with the help of 31 fifties. His highest
score is 96 not out against West Indies at The Oval in June 2013.
Misbah-ul-Haq’s ODI batting average of 44.75 is the best
among 13 Pakistani batsmen and placed 10th in the overall list of 87
batsmen with 4000 ODI career runs. Nine batsmen having ODI batting average
higher than Misbah-ul-Haq include 3 each from Australia and India, 2 from South
Africa and one from West Indies.
Wasim Akram 3717, Moin Khan 3266 and Shaun Pollock are only
three other batsmen with more than 3000 ODI career runs without a hundred.
Most career runs without a Hundred for each Test playing country
read as following:
Pakistan 4028 Misbah-ul-Haq
South Africa 3193 Shaun Pollock
Zimbabwe 2947 Elton Chigumbura
New Zealand 2784 Andrew Jones
England 2380 Graham Thorpe
West Indies 2204 Jimmy Adams
Bangladesh 2168 Habibul Bashar
Sri Lanka 2048 Angelo Mathews
Australia 1968 Kim Hughes
India 1544 Irfan Pathan
