8000 runs for Mark Waugh

Mohandas Menon

Mark Waugh, during his brilliant innings of 173 (in 148 balls) against the West Indies at Melbourne on February 9, 2001, joined four other batsmen by reaching the landmark of 8000 runs in limited overs internationals history. By the end of his knock Waugh aggregated 8107 runs (avg. 39.55) in 230 matches.

Incidentally, his 173 was the ninth highest individual score in LOIs and by far the highest by an Australian batsman. The previous highest was the 154 by fellow-opener Adam Gilchrist, made against Sri Lanka at this same venue on 7-2-1999. Waugh also bettered the previous highest score in a one-day match in Australia by any batsman, which was 167 by West Australia's Zimbabwean batsman Murray Goodwin against New South Wales at Perth just recently, on January 19, in the domestic Mercantile Mutual Cup.

Interestingly, the previous highest score made against the West Indies in LOIs was the 132 by Sri Lankan left-hander Avishka Gunawardene in the recent ICC Knockout tournament at Nairobi Gymkhana on October 4, 2000.

THE 8000 CLUB
Player	For	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	SR
SR Tendulkar	Ind	263	256	22	9899	186*	42.30	27	50	12	85.82
M Azharuddin	Ind	334	308	54	9378	153*	36.92	7	58	9	73.94
DL Haynes	WI	238	237	28	8648	152*	41.38	17	57	13	63.35
PA de Silva	SL	274	265	26	8427	145	35.26	11	57	13	81.18
ME Waugh	Aus	230	223	18	8107	173	39.55	17	49	13	76.68

MARK WAUGH'S LOI CAREER SUMMARY
Opponents	M	I	NO	Runs	HS1	HS2	HS3	Ave	100	50	0	SR
Bangladesh	1	1	-	33	33	-	-	33.00	-	-	-	94.29
England	19	19	1	788	113	95	85	43.78	1	6	1	79.68
India	25	24	-	836	126	116	83	34.83	2	4	1	78.42
Kenya	1	1	-	130	130	-	-	130.00	1	-	-	101.56
New Zealand	35	35	5	1340	110	108	104	44.67	3	9	3	78.00
Pakistan	26	24	2	588	121*	53	43	26.73	1	1	1	71.97
Scotland	1	1	-	67	67	-	-	67.00	-	1	-	58.77
South Africa	39	38	2	1007	115*	107	71	27.97	2	4	4	68.93
Sri Lanka	23	23	1	906	130	84	73	41.18	1	9	1	78.85
West Indies	47	45	2	1708	173	112*	102	39.72	3	11	2	76.22
Zimbabwe	13	12	5	704	106	104	102*	100.57	3	4	-	82.34
TOTAL	230	223	18	8107	173	130	130	39.55	17	49	13	76.68
At Home	112	106	9	3701	173	130	116	38.15	8	21	4	74.86
Away	118	117	9	4406	130	126	121*	40.80	9	28	9	78.27
Batting 1st	129	128	4	5132	173	130	130	41.39	11	33	6	78.65
Batting 2nd	101	95	14	2975	115*	113	112*	36.73	6	16	7	73.49

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