Shane Warne (b. 13 September 1969, Australia) has scored a total of 3,154 runs without making a century, from 1992 to the present. Warne has scored 12 half-centuries in that run total.
Sachin Tendulkar (b. 24 April 1973, India) has scored 14,240 runs in his Test match career (280 innings, average 56.96 runs per innings), including six double hundreds, since making his debut as a 16-year-old on 15 November 1989. Note by consultant Matthew White (October 2011): Tendulkar’s other Test records include most Test matches played (171) and most Test match 100s (49). Tendulkar, named the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) cricketer of the year for 2009-10, has topped the ICC’s player rankings for Test batsmen on nine
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Playing for Surrey, England and Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram’s XI, Sir Jack Hobbs (UK, 1882-1963) scored 61,760 runs, at an average of 50.70 runs per innings, in 1,325 innings (834 matches) from 1905 to 1934.
The most runs scored in a day is 721 by Australia in 5hr 48min against Essex at Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK on 15 May 1948.
In a Junior House match between Clarkes House (now Poole’s) and North Town, at Clifton College, Bristol, 22–23, 26–28 Jun 1899, Arthur Edward Jeanne Collins (1885–1914) scored an unprecedented 628 not out in 6hr 50min, over five afternoons batting, carrying his bat through the innings of 836. The scorer, E. W. Pegler, gave the score as ‘628–plus or minus 20, shall we say.’ The match was a ‘no time’ one which as was the custom would be played to a finish. Collins, captain of Clark’s
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The most goals scored in the Scottish Premier League by an individual player is 164 by Kris Boyd (Scotland) playing for Kilmarnock and Rangers, 2001-2010.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most saves in a season is 62 recorded by Francisco Rodriguez (Venezuela) playing for the Los Angeles Angels (USA) in 2008.
Sachin Tendulkar (India) holds the record for the most runs scored in a one-day international career: 18,111 runs, at an average of 45.16, between 18 December 1989 and the 2011 World Cup final on 2 April 2011.
Martin Brodeur (Canada) has won at least 40 games in a season 8 times, a National Hockey League (NHL) goaltending record. No other goaltender in league history has more than three 40-win seasons. Brodeur recorded 40-win seasons in 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2009-10 while playing for the New Jersey Devils (USA).
Pop star Katy Perry (USA, b. Katheryn Hudson) was the highest-ranking female on the “fastest-rising people” list for 2010, according to Google’s end-of-year report. Interest in the singer peaked at various times, notably around the announcements of the MTV and Grammy awards. Married British comedian Russell Brand on 23 October 2010, which also contributed to her online popularity.