Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=2;id=200;type=decade
Would have to eliminate the likes of Jayawardene, Sehwag, Fleming, Younis, Razzaq, Malik, Boucher, McMillan, Arnold, Collingwood, Afridi, Styris, Flintoff, Flower, Kaif, Hinds, Dilshan, Vincent, Carlisle and Laxman because they don't meet the average criteria.
My picks
Matthew Hayden
Sachin Tendulkar
Michael Clarke
Ricky Ponting
Andrew Symonds
Honourable mentions for MS Dhoni and Kevin Pietersen, who simply haven't scored enough runs yet. Adam Gilchrist scored lots of runs at a phenomenal rate, but his average was a good 5-10 points lower than my choices, who all scored their runs at more than 80 runs per hundred balls faced.
Would have to eliminate the likes of Jayawardene, Sehwag, Fleming, Younis, Razzaq, Malik, Boucher, McMillan, Arnold, Collingwood, Afridi, Styris, Flintoff, Flower, Kaif, Hinds, Dilshan, Vincent, Carlisle and Laxman because they don't meet the average criteria.
My picks
Matthew Hayden
Sachin Tendulkar
Michael Clarke
Ricky Ponting
Andrew Symonds
Honourable mentions for MS Dhoni and Kevin Pietersen, who simply haven't scored enough runs yet. Adam Gilchrist scored lots of runs at a phenomenal rate, but his average was a good 5-10 points lower than my choices, who all scored their runs at more than 80 runs per hundred balls faced.