da brwin： The statistical highlights from the third day at Bangalore
Cricinfo staff26-Mar-2005 When he reached 160, Virender Sehwag became the 16th Indian to get to 3000 Test runs. He achieved the landmark in his 34th Test, and while Sunil Gavaskar took the same number of Tests, he played 11 more innings than Sehwag. In fact, Sehwag is easily the fastest, in terms of innings, to reach the milestone. Mohammad Azharuddin, who’s in second place, took 64 innings.Quickest to 3000Tests/InngsAve100s/ 50sSehwag34/ 5556.3110/ 9Azharuddin43/ 6450.0010/ 10Gavaskar34/ 6650.0012/ 14Dravid39/ 6749.187/ 16Tendulkar45/ 6750.8510/ 15 This innings also took Sehwag’s first-innings average to a monumental 75.12. Among batsmen with at least 1500 Test runs, Sehwag’s average is second only to Don Bradman’s.First-innings performersRunsAve1st inng 100s/ total 100sBradman469797.8519/28 Sehwag 2554 75.12 10/10 Weekes 342971.4414/15Barrington506965.8317/20Hutton490565.4017/19 Sehwag’s 201 was his 10th Test hundred, in his 34th match – that’s a rate of a century every 3.4 games. Among batsmen with at least ten hundreds, Sehwag is in seventh place. Don Bradman is well ahead of the pack, while George Headley and Clyde Walcott are the only others with a ratio of less than three games per century.Best Test/ 100 ratioTests100sRatioBradman52291.79Headley22102.2Walcott44152.93Weekes48153.20Hayden66203.30Sutcliffe54163.38Sehwag34103.4Sobers93263.58Tendulkar122343.59Greg Chappell87243.63