Rahul Dravid of India has become only the sixth batsman in the history of One-day International cricket to complete 10,000 runs in his career. He crossed the milestone when he reached 22 during his innings of 66 in the third ODI against Sri Lanka at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao on Wednesday, February 14.

Born on January 11, 1973 in Indore, Rahul Sharad Dravid made his International dubut on April 3, 1996 against Sri Lanka in Singapore. This right-arm middle-order batsman is captaining India since 2005. he is nicknamed ‘The Wall’ for his stonewalling against the best attacks.

• When Ricky Ponting came to the crease, he needed just two runs to complete his 1,000 World Cup runs. He reached this milestone by pushing Dougie Brown through mid-on for four and became the sixth batsman in the World Cup history to do so.

The detail of the six players, who so far made 1000 or more runs in World Cups, is as under:

Ricky Ponting’s aggregate is now the second highest, after Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s 1732.

• Ponting,s aggregate of 1111 runs is now the highest by an Australian, surpassing Mark Waugh’s 1004. Australia is the only team with two players to make 1000 World Cup runs where as among others one each from the West Indies, India and Pakistan are included in the elite club. No player from any other country has so far reached this milestone.

Other feats:

• Ponting’s 113 is the 23rd hundred of his 270-match One-day International career. He has now joined India’s Saurav Ganguly as the second highest scorer of ODI centuries after Tendulkar’s improbable 41.
  
• This was also his fourth hundred in World Cups and he equaled the record jointly held by Sachin Tendulkar, Mark Waugh and Sarov Ganguly.
  
• Ponting also equaled the record of scoring the most hundreds as captain in World Cups, earlier set by Ganguly as India’s captain.
  
• The five sixes in his 113 took Ponting’s World Cup tally to 24, surpassing Ganguly’s 23.
  
• His total sixes in ODI career are now 126, thus he has equaled his team-mate Adam Gilchrist’s Australian record.
  

The list of players who have made 1000 or more runs in World Cups is given below:

Sourov Ganguly has so far appeared in three World Cups.The summary of his performances in these World Cups is given below:

    All figures are correct upto March 27, 2007.

Detail of the players who have made 10,000 or more runs in ODI cricket is given below:

Born on December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania, Ricky Thomas Ponting made his international debut against South Africa at Wellington on February 15, 1995.

His milestones from 1,000 to 10,000 runs are listed below:

   1,000 :  35th match vs New Zealand at Melbourne, 1997-98
   2,000 :  58th match vs Pakistan at Peshawar, 1998-99
   3,000 :  87th match vs India at Colombo, 1999
   4,000 :  112th match vs Zimbabwe at Perth, 2000-01
   5,000 :  137th match vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 2001-02
   6,000 :  169th match vs West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica, 2002-03
   7,000 :  196th match vs Sri Lanka at Dambula, 2003-04
   8,000 :  225th match vs England at Chester-le-Street, 2005
   9,000 :  248th match vs South Africa at Melbourne, 2005-06
   10,000: 272nd match vs South Africa at St. Kitts, 2006-07.

 Ponting’s batting performance (country/team-wise):

Stephen Fleming: First New Zealander to score 1000 World Cup runs

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming scored 102 not out to guide his team for a convincing nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua on April 2. When he reached his eighth hundred in One-day International cricket, he became the first New Zealand batsman and the ninth overall to score 1000 World Cup runs.

  The list of the highest run scorers in the World Cup is given below:

Born on April 1, 1973 in Christchurch, Canterbury, the left-hand batsman Stephen Paul Fleming made his international debut on March 25, 1994 against India at Napier. He has played 275 One-day Internationals and scored 7964 runs at average of 32.77 with eight hundreds and 48 fifties. His highest score is 134* against South Africa in a World Cup match at Johannesburg in 2002-03.
Fleming's 102* was his second as captain in the World Cup. Only three other captains - Glenn Turner, Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting - have scored two or more centuries in World Cups.
Stephen Fleming has appeared for the fourth time in the World Cup. The summary of his batting

  Performance in all these World Cups is given below:

  His country-wise breakup of batting career is as follows:

Detail of all those members of the 1000-run club is given below:

Playing in his fifth and the last World Cup, Jayasuriya has so far scored 303 runs in six matches. Over all, he has played 33 ODIs in five World Cup tournaments.

The summary of his performance in these World Cups is as follows:

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya was born on June 30, 1969 in Matara. The left-hand opening / middle-order batsman and slow left-arm bowler, Jayasuriya made his international debut against Australia at Melbourne on December 26, 1989.
Jayasuriya reached the landmark of 1000 World Cup runs by hitting a six, which also took his tally of sixes in World Cups to 25, equalling Ganguly's mark behind Ponting, who holds the world record.

Vettori: New Zealand’s third bowler to take 200 ODI wickets

Daniel Vettori, a slow left-arm bowler, became the third New Zealand bowler to get 200 or more wickets in One-day International cricket when dismissed Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene in a World Cup Super Eights match at the National Stadium, St. George’s, Grenada on April 12. Detail of three New Zealand bowlers having 200 or more ODI wickets is given below:

Overall, he is the 28th bowler in ODI history to reach this milestone. These bowlers include six from Pakistan, four each from Australia, India and South Africa, three each from New Zealand and Sri Lanka, two from the West Indies, and one each from England and Zimbabwe.

Born on January 27, 1979 in Auckland, Daniel Luca Vettori made his International debut on March 25, 1997 when he played against Sri Lanka at Christchurch. Though he went wicket less in his very first One-day International and succeeded in getting his first wicket in his second ODI.

Vettori’s milestones are detailed below:
 1st wkt: G.W. Flower (Zimbabwe), in 2nd ODI, at Bulawayo on Oct 01, 1997.
 50th wkt: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), in 55th ODI, at Singapore on Aug 20, 2000.
 100th wkt: R.T. Ponting (Australia), in116th ODI, at Guwahati on Nov 11, 2003.
 150th wkt: M.E.K.Hussey (Australia), in 155th ODI, at Melbourne on Oct 05, 2005.
 200th wkt: DPMD Jayawardene (SL), in 198th ODI at St.George’s on Apr 12, 2007.

Already made 1000 runs, Vettori is the 41st all-rounder to get 1000 runs and 100 wickets in ODI cricket. He is the sixth New Zealander to do so whereas all-rounders from other countries include seven Pakistani, six Indians, five Sri Lankans, four Australians, four South Africans, three West Indians, two English, two Zimbabweans, one Kenyan and one Bangladeshi.

 Detail of six all-rounders from New Zealand with 1000 runs and 100 wickets is as follows: