This is also one of those records that not a lot of other websites cover but we are here with an interesting series of records for all the three formats of the game. Firstly we will start with the format that is the most important in cricket and one that all the players want to do most well in as it will enhance their careers. Scoring runs is the most important thing but there are some grounds that a batter likes more than the others and he scores a lot of runs there.
There are a lot of players that have scored more runs in one ground than any other Stadium they have played in their careers and then there are some that score a lot of runs in all grounds around the world. We will here talk about the list of batters with the most runs in one ground so let’s see that list.
Mahela Jayawardene – 2921 Runs at Sinhalese Sports Ground Colombo
This is the world record for the most runs in one ground in test cricket and it is the great Sri Lankan batter Mahela Jayawardene who loved batting on this ground in Colombo and he has played 27 test matches in this ground with 42 innings played and he has an unbelievable average of almost 75 while playing at this ground. He also got his highest test score of 374 on this very ground so we can say that this ground is very lucky for him and he would this pitch everywhere if he could. He scored 11 test Hundreds in this ground.
Mahela Jayawardene – 2382 Runs at the Galle International Stadium
To be in the top two of this list shows us how great of a player he was that on two grounds in Sri Lanka he has scored more runs than any other batter in international cricket in one ground. In this ground Mahela Jayawardene has played 23 test matches with 37 innings played and he has average of over 70 and his highest score on this ground is 237. He loved playing in his home in Sri Lanka a lot it can be seen. He scored 7 test hundreds on this ground.
Kumar Sangakkara - 2312 Runs at the Sinhalese Sports Ground Colombo
If Mahela Jayawardene is on a batting records list then his partner in crime Kumar Sangakkara cannot be left behind as he is the third batter on this list to be featured which makes it a Sri Lankan Top 3 and that is staggering and especially this ground in Colombo has been very kind to these two batters. Kumar Sangakkara has played 22 test matches on this ground with 34 innings played and he has an average of 74.58 whole batting om this ground and his highest score is 287 runs. He scored 8 test hundreds on this ground.
Jacques Kallis- 2181 Runs at Newlands Cape Town
The fourth batter in this list is the greatest all round cricketer ever and his batting skills were extraordinary and he liked playing in Cape Town where it is very hard for batting and he scored a lot of runs there. He played a total of 22 test matches here with 35 innings batted and he had an average of 72.70 and his highest score was 224 on this ground. He has scored 9 Test hundreds on this ground.
Graeme Gooch – 2015 Runs at Lord’s London
The fifth and final batter on this list is the legendary batter Graeme Gooch from England and he loved playing at the Home Of Cricket she loved getting on the honors board there. He played 21 test matches there with 39 innings batted and he had an average of 53.02 with his highest score being 333. He had scored 6 test hundreds at Lord’s .
