Clarke breaks Ponting's Australian record for most runs in a calendar year

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Clarke has had a phenomenal year but it has to be said that he’s scored 80-90% of his runs at home (on pitches that he’s used to) this year. All his 5 test hundreds (4 of them double hundreds) in 2012 are at home. Australia has produced some of the flattest tracks at home this year.

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MJ Clarke
11
18
3
1595
329*
106.33
5
3
0
2012
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RT Ponting
15
28
5
1544
207
67.13
6
6
1
2005
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RT Ponting
11
18
3
1503
257
100.20
6
4
1
2003
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JL Langer
14
27
0
1481
215
54.85
5
4
2
2004
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ML Hayden
14
25
3
1391
203
63.22
5
5
2
2001
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RB Simpson
14
26
3
1381
311
60.04
3
7
2
1964
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ML Hayden
15
29
3
1380
138
53.07
5
4
2
2005
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DR Martyn
14
26
2
1353
161
56.37
6
5
1
2004
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RT Ponting
10
18
3
1333
196
88.86
7
4
0
2006
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ML Hayden
12
21
4
1312
380
77.17
5
3
0
2003
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Re: Clarke breaks Ponting’s Australian record for most runs in a calendar year

Australia are unlikely to bat again in the Melbourne test, so Yousuf’s record is safe imo

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2006

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19

1

1788

202

99.33

2854

62.64

9

3

1

222

12

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IVA Richards (WI)

1976

11

19

1710

291

90.00

1584+

72.85*

7

5

179+

7

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GC Smith (SA)

2008

15

25

2

1656

232

72.00

2516

65.81

6

6

1

215

4

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MJ Clarke (Aus)

2012

11*

18

3

1595

329*

106.33

2418

65.96

5

3

189

6

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SR Tendulkar (India)

2010

14

23

3

1562

214

78.10

2794

55.90

7

5

181

10

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RT Ponting (Aus)

2005

15

28

5

1544

207

67.13

2518

61.31

6

6

1

178

11

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RT Ponting (Aus)

2003

11

18

3

1503

257

100.20

2494

60.26

6

4

1

180

7

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http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284248.html

Some people have been trying to belittle Moyo’s record on other forums by suggesting that he got most of his runs in 2006 on flat sub-continental tracks. That might be true to an extent but just as playing well on (the unfamiliar) pacy, bouncy snd seaming pitches of Aus/NZ, SA and Eng is the true test of a sub-continental batsman’s calibre, the same way one should judge English, Australian and South African batsmen by how well they do on (unfamiliar) spinning tracks. And if batting on the subcontinental pitches is that easy, why isn’t everyone gunning for the record every year!

Moyo did score some big runs in England in 2006 (631 runs at 90.14 with 3 hundreds incl a double)
http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerProgressBat.asp?PlayerId=2129&Series=0551

It takes skill to play quality spin on slow tracks as well. Remember England got whitewashed 3-0 by Pak in UAE not so long ago. We didn’t see many high individual scores then, did we?** There is a reason why Strauss and Cook described the test series in India as the Final Frontier**

People need to realise that Clarke would prefer to play in his backyard over the sub-continent any day.

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Re: Clarke breaks Ponting's Australian record for most runs in a calendar year

Moyo scored 630 of those runs on England and Clarke scored 4 doubles at his own homeground

Moyo was way ahead