Top 10 Batsmen with highest career runs without a hundred
Top 10 Batsmen with highest career runs without a hundred
Cricket record books are not blank of wonders. Some of the most amazing records in sports world have their place in cricket. In fact there are various Guinness World Records relating to the sport of cricket as well. Speaking of the records within the cricketing circuit, there are many records set to be broken in near future. However there are a few cricket records that will not be broken any soon. On the other hand, many cricket records are the source of conceit for the players while various other are unwanted. Feats like the fastest ODI hundred are certainly of huge repute for a batsman while records as most number of ducks are really embarrassing. Incidentally, what should players with highest career runs without a hundred scored be doing? The particular feat should be taken as a pride or humiliation?
Nevertheless, it is a unique cricket record and will go into the history. Batsmen with highest career runs without a hundred scored in ODIs are the unfortunate players who never crossed the magical three digit mark in their career. Interestingly, some of these players have been really close to the feat quite a few times. However getting over the line has never been their fate.
The list of batsmen with highest career runs without a hundred is topped by Misbah Ul Haq. The Pakistani test skipper who has proven himself as the man of crisis for the side on various occasions has never been able to achieve the personal feat of scoring a century. His highest individual score in an ODI is 96*, only four runs short of a ton. Heartbreak for any player who has reached that much near to a century but not for Misbah. The back bone of Pakistani batting line up, has been doing his job all his career without going for the personal records. Misbah Ul Haq has scored over five thousand ODI runs so far in his career. Also his batting average is really impressive crossing the digit of 43. The list is followed by many other Pakistani players as well which goes as under.
Top 10 Batsmen with highest career runs without a hundred
| Player | Span | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) | 2002-2015 | 162 | 149 | 31 | 5122 | 96* | 43.40 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1984-2003 | 356 | 280 | 55 | 3717 | 86 | 16.52 |
| Moin Khan (Pak) | 1990-2004 | 219 | 183 | 41 | 3266 | 72* | 23.00 |
| HH Streak (Afr/Zim) | 1993-2005 | 189 | 159 | 55 | 2943 | 79* | 28.29 |
| AH Jones (NZ) | 1987-1995 | 87 | 87 | 9 | 2784 | 93 | 35.69 |
| GJ Whittall (Zim) | 1993-2003 | 147 | 142 | 22 | 2705 | 83 | 22.54 |
| Mudassar Nazar (Pak) | 1977-1989 | 122 | 115 | 10 | 2653 | 95 | 25.26 |
| GP Thorpe (Eng) | 1993-2002 | 82 | 77 | 13 | 2380 | 89 | 37.18 |
| CJ Chibhabha (Zim) | 2005-2016 | 96 | 96 | 2 | 2286 | 99 | 24.31 |
| DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 1997-2015 | 295 | 187 | 57 | 2253 | 83 |
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Top 10 Batsmen with highest career runs without a hundred
- Misbah-ul-Haq
- Wasim Akram
- Moin Khan
- HH Streak
- AH Jones
- GJ Whittall
- Mudassar Nazar
- GP Thorpe
- CJ Chibhabha
- DL Vettori
