Shane Watson becomes 14th Australian to reach 5,000 ODI runs
Sep 16, 2013
Shane Watson became the 14th Australian to score 5,000 One-Day International (ODI) runs. He achieved this feat in the fifth and final ODI against England in Southampton on Monday.
Watson when on 124 entered this exclusive list of 5,000-club. He achieved this feat by carting Joe Root for a boundary at deep backward square-leg in the 44th over of the innings.
Here’s the list of Australians who have scored in excess of 5,000 runs
| M | I | R | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | |
| Ricky Ponting | 374 | 364 | 13,589 | 164 | 41.81 | 29 | 82 |
| Adam Gilchrist | 286 | 278 | 9,595 | 172 | 35.93 | 16 | 55 |
| Mark Waugh | 244 | 236 | 8,500 | 173 | 39.35 | 18 | 50 |
| Michael Clarke | 232 | 211 | 7,581 | 130 | 45.12 | 8 | 55 |
| Steve Waugh | 325 | 288 | 7,569 | 120* | 32.9 | 3 | 45 |
| Michael Bevan | 232 | 196 | 6,912 | 108* | 53.58 | 6 | 46 |
| Allan Border | 273 | 252 | 6,524 | 127* | 30.62 | 3 | 39 |
| Matthew Hayden | 160 | 154 | 6,131 | 181* | 44.1 | 10 | 36 |
| Dean Jones | 164 | 161 | 6,068 | 145 | 44.61 | 7 | 46 |
| David Boon | 181 | 177 | 5,964 | 122 | 37.04 | 5 | 37 |
| Michael Hussey | 185 | 157 | 5,442 | 109* | 48.15 | 3 | 39 |
| Damien Martyn | 208 | 182 | 5,364 | 144* | 40.8 | 5 | 37 |
| Andrew Symonds | 198 | 161 | 5,088 | 156 | 39.75 | 6 | 30 |
| Shane Watson | 165 | 144 | 5,019 | 185* | 41.82 | 8 | 29 |
Watson was dismissed for 143 off 107 balls, an innings which was punctuated by 12 boundaries and six sixes.
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