Sachin enters exclusive '5000 away' club

In the Sydney [ Images ] Test, Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] became the first Indian and only the fifth batsman in history to score more than 300 runs in a Test match without being dismissed.

Tendulkar's innings of 241* and 60* also took his career aggregate in 'away' Tests to exactly 5,000 runs, making him the second Indian (after Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ]) and fifth batsman overall to have scored 5,000 or more runs in matches on foreign soil.

Former Australian captain Allan Border [ Images ] heads the table of leading run-scorers in away matches with 5,431 runs from 70 games. Surely Tendulkar will not take much time now toppling him from the number one position.

Most runs in a match without being dismissed:

Runs	Inns1	Inns2	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Season
365	365*	dnb	G StA Sobers	WI	Pak	Kingston [ Images ]	1957-58
343	274*	69*	S P Fleming	NZ	SL	Colombo (PSS)	2002-03
336	336*	dnb	W R Hammond	Eng	NZ	Auckland	1932-33
310	310*	dnb	J H Edrich	Eng	NZ	Leeds	1965
301	241*	60*	S R Tendulkar	Ind	Aus	Sydney	2003-04

Highest career runs in 'away' matches:

Runs	Batsman	For	Tests	Inns	NO	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s
5431	A R Border	Aus	70	120	24	200*	56.57	14	28	4
5404	I V A Richards	WI	73	115	8	291	50.50	13	31	7
5083	S R Waugh	Aus	76	116	25	200	55.86	16	20	11
5055	S M Gavaskar	Ind	60	106	9	221	52.11	18	22	6
5000	S R Tendulkar	Ind	64	103	10	241*	53.76	17	22	9