Top five test run scorer

Answer 1

1. Graham Gooch - 8900 runs at 42.58 2. Alex Stewart - 8463 runs at 39.54 3. David Gower - 8231 runs at 44.25 4. Geoffrey Boycott - 8114 runs at 47.72 5. Michael Atherton - 7728 runs at 37.69 6. Colin Cowdrey - 7624 runs at 44.06 7. Wally Hammond - 7249 runs at 58.45 8. Len Hutton - 6971 runs at 56.67 9. Ken Barrington - 6807 runs at 56.67 10. Graham Thorpe - 6744 runs at 44.66 11. Marcus Trescothick - 5825 runs at 43.79 12. Dennis Compton - 5807 runs at 50.06 13. Nassier Hussain - 5764 runs at 37.18 14. Michael Vaughan - 5719 runs at 41.44 15. Jack Hobbs - 5410 runs at 56.94 16. Ian Botham - 5200 runs at 33.15 - I included down to 16 as the last 6 includes arguably some of the greatest batsmen (Jack Hobbs, who, had it not been for the war, could have topped the list. He boast 199 FC hundreds, the most by far of any batsmen) - Englands current batsmen Andrew Strauss is close to making this list, Kevin Pietersen is also fairly close.

Answer 2

Sachin Tendulkar

Rahul Dravid

Ricky Ponting

Brian Lara

Jacques Kallis

until

August 19,2011

Answer 3

Australia's Allan Border

Answer 4

Brian Lara