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Sachin Tendulkar by getting dismissed for just two runs in the first innings of the Lahore Test ended his world record streak of most runs [497] by a batsman between two dismissals. Sachin accumulated 497 runs [off 879 balls in 1224 minutes] in just four innings, comprising a double century, a century, a half-century and a single digit score. Sachin was last dismissed in second innings of the third Test against Australia at Melbourne for 44 in December 2003. In the following New Years Test at Sydney, he smashed 301 runs without being dismissed, scoring of 241* and 60* two innings respectively. Then on March 29, during the second day of the Multan Test against Pakistan, Tendulkar surpassed Sir Garry Sobers previous world record 490 runs [365* and 125 in two innings against Pakistan in 1957-58] when he reached 190. By the time Dravid declared the Indian innings, Tendulkar had taken his tally to 495, as he remained unbeaten on 194. Sachin broke Sobers record which lasted for 46 years and 14 days, but somehow missed the chance to become the first man in Test cricket annals to cross 500-run mark without being dismissed. For readers interest the accompanying table has the complete details.

Most runs by a batsman between dismissals in Test cricket
[Qualification: 350 runs or more] [21]
Batsman            Runs  Scores Inn   Vs   Venue         Season
SR Tendulkar       497   241*   1st   Aus  Sydney        2003-04
                         60*    1st   Aus  Sydney        2003-04
                         194*   1st   Pak  Multan        2003-04
                         2      1st   Pak  Lahore        2003-04
GStA Sobers [WI]   490   365*   1st   Pak  Kingston      1957-58
                         125    1st   Pak  Georgetown    1957-58
RS Dravid [Ind]    473   41*    2nd   BD   Dhaka         2000-01
                         200*   1st   Zim  Delhi         2000-01
                         70*    2nd   Zim  Delhi         2000-01
                         162    1st   Zim  Nagpur        2000-01
JH Kallis [SA]     456   157*   1st   Zim  Harare        2001-02
                         42*    2nd   Zim  Harare        2001-02
                         189*   1st   Zim  Bulawayo      2001-02
                         68     1st   Ind  Bloemfontein  2001-02
DJ Cullinan [SA]   427   275*   1st   NZ   Auckland      1998-99
                         152    1st   NZ   Wellington    1998-99
MA Taylor [Aus]    426   334*   1st   Pak  Peshawar      1997-98
                         92     2nd   Pak  Peshawar      1997-98
SR Waugh [Aus]     393   177*   1st   Eng  Leeds         1989
                         152*   1st   Eng  Lord's        1989
                         21*    2nd   Eng  Lord's        1989
                         43     1st   Eng  Birmingham    1989
GS Chappell [Aus]  380   247*   1st   NZ   Wellington    1973-74
                         133    2nd   NZ   Wellington    1973-74
ML Hayden [Aus]    380   380    1st   Zim  Perth         2003-04
SR Waugh [Aus]     379   45*    2nd   WI   St John's     2002-03
                         100*   1st   BD   Darwin        2003
                         156*   1st   BD   Cairns        2003
                         78     1st   Zim  Perth         2003-04
GA Headley [WI]    376   270*   1st   Eng  Kingston      1934-35
                         106    1st   Eng  Lord's        1939
BC Lara [WI]       375   375    1st   Eng  St John's     1993-94
AC Gilchrist [Aus] 366   204*   1st   SA   Johannesburg  2001-02
                         138*   1st   SA   Cape Town     2001-02
                         24     1st   SA   Cape Town     2001-02
WR Hammond [Eng]   365   336    1st   NZ   Auckland      1932-33
                         29     1st   WI   Lords        1933   
Javed Miandad [Pak] 365  280*   1st   Ind  Hyderabad     1982-83
                         85     1st   Ind  Lahore        1982-83
L Hutton [Eng]      364  364    1st   Aus  The Oval      1938
S Chanderpaul [WI]  362  67*    2nd   Ind  Port Of Spain 2001-02
                         101*   1st   Ind  Bridgetown    2001-02
                         136*   1st   Ind  St Johns     2001-02
                         58     1st   Ind  Kingston      2001-02
G Boycott [Eng]     352  119*   2nd   Aus  Adelaide      1970-71
                         121*   1st   Pak  Lords        1971
                         112    1st   Pak  Leeds         1971
JH Kallis           352  130*   2nd   WI   Cape Town     2003-04
                         130*   1st   WI   Centurion Park2003-04
                         92     1st   NZ   Hamilton      2003-04
Yousuf Youhana      350  204*   1st   BD   Chittagong    2001-02
                         146    1st   WI   Sharjah       2001-02
JH Kallis [SA]      350  61*    2nd   Aus  Durban        2001-02
                         75*    1st   BD   East London   2002-03
                         139*   1st   BD   Potchefstroom 2002-03
                         75     1st   BD   Johannesburg  2002-03

Bonus Trivia: Longest cumulative time between two dismissals in Test cricket [1000 minutes or more] [6]

The world record of batting for the longest cumulative time between dismissals is held by West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who remained at the crease for 25 hours and 13 minutes [1513 minutes] and scored 362 runs in four innings. [see Table above].
South Africas Jacques Kallis, remained at the crease for 1246 minutes and scored 456 runs in four innings. [see Table above]. Kallis sequence of scores and the time taken by him at the crease in the four consecutive innings respectively is: 157* [381 min] & 42* [65 min] at Harare; 189* [581 min] at Bulawayo and now 68 [219 min] at Bloemfontein.
Sachin Tendulkar took 1224 minutes for his 497 runs [see Table above]. His sequence of scores and the time taken by him at the crease in the four consecutive innings respectively is: 241* & 60 [in 613 min & 108 min respectively], 194 [in 493 min] and 2 [in 10 min].
Former England captain Nasser Hussain also remained at the crease for 1022 minutes and scored 231 runs. He had scores of 70* [in 302 min at Port Elizabeth, Dec 1999]; 146* [in 635 min at Durban, Dec 1999] and 15 [in 85 min at Cape Town, January 2000] all against South Africa before being dismissed.
Rahul Dravid also has 473 runs in 1161 minutes [see Table above] His sequence of scores and the time taken by him at the crease in the four consecutive innings respectively is: 41* [in 50 min], 200* & 70* [in 551 min 152 min respectively], 162 [in 408 min]
Shoaib Mohammad also had 308 runs in 1007 minutes; 203* [in 656 min vs New Zealand at Karachi in 1990-91], 105 [in 351 min vs New Zealand at Lahore in 1990-91].

All statistical research has been updated till April 05, 2004.

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