Top five sub-continent cricket GOATS

3. Michael Clarke 

Michael Clarke is considered one of the best batters in the history of Australian cricket. Scoring more than 17,000 runs in his career, across all forms of the sport, he left an incredible impact on Australian cricket. These figures not only make him an influential batting figure in his country but in the entire cricketing world.

In the 2004-05 Border Gavaskar Trophy, Clarke displayed his potential, notching up 400 runs in eight innings of four matches. His batting efforts helped the visitors to seal the series by a 2-1 margin. Playing the first Test of the competition in Bengaluru, he contributed 151 runs for his team to vanquish India by 217 runs. The Aussie batter also won the Player of the Match award for his incredible performance.

Along with India, he did well in another subcontinent nation Sri Lanka as well. In 2011, during Australia’s 3-2 ODI series triumph in Sri Lanka, he scored 242 runs with two half-centuries in five matches at a jaw-dropping average of 121.00. With these extraordinary batting figures, he also became the highest run-scorer for his team in the competition.