Hyderabad: Sachin Tendulkar now needs only 23 runs (and not 64 as widely believed) to be the leading run-getter in Test cricket history. This piece of information has been provided by renowned cricket statistician Bill Frindall, affectionately known as 'The Bearded Wonder'.
"I'm scoring the Bangalore Test from TV. Tendulkar (11,877 runs) needed only 36 runs at the start of his innings to overhaul Brian Lara's tally of 11,912 (and not 11,953) in international Tests," he said exclusively.
"The 77 quoted by commentators included the 41 runs (5 and 36) scored by Lara for the ICC World XI against the Australians at Sydney in October 2005. This match was erroneously granted Test match status in contradiction to its own qualifications that excluded multi-national teams, by an ICC greedy for sponsorship and television revenue. It's status is currently under review," he said.
"Thus Tendulkar, dismissed for 13 in India's first innings, needs 23 when India bat again to become the highest scorer in the history of Test cricket," he added.
Dubbed The Bearded Wonder by the late Brian Johnston, Bill Frindall, BBC's scorer and statistician, is the longest serving member of BBC Radio's Test Match Special commentary team. Since making his debut in 1966, he has scored 371 Test matches, including all 246 played in England.
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