For the popular cricket-playing nations, we took every batsmen that has
scored at least 2000 runs in their ODI career, and
plotted their run rate for every single match.
Size = Number of runs.
Colour = strike rate
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Sachin R Tendulkar Kumar C Sangakkara Ricky T Ponting Sanath T Jayasuriya D P Mahela Jayawardene Inzamam-ul-Haq Jacques H Kallis Sourav C Ganguly Rahul Dravid Brian C Lara Tillekeratne M Dilshan Mohammad Yousuf Adam C Gilchrist Mohammad Azharuddin Pinnaduwage A de Silva Christopher H Gayle Mahendra S Dhoni Saeed Anwar Shivnarine Chanderpaul Abraham B de Villiers Desmond L Haynes Marvan S Atapattu Mark E Waugh Yuvraj Singh Virender Sehwag Herschelle H Gibbs Shahid Afridi Stephen P Fleming Michael J Clarke Stephen R Waugh Arjuna Ranatunga Javed Miandad Younis Khan Virat Kohli Saleem Malik Nathan J Astle Graeme C Smith Michael G Bevan Gary Kirsten Andrew Flower Isaac V A Richards Grant W Flower Ijaz Ahmed Allan R Border Hashim M Amla Richard B Richardson Matthew L Hayden Shoaib Malik Brendon B McCullum Dean M Jones David C Boon Jonathan N Rhodes Ramiz Raja Ramnaresh R Sarwan Carl L Hooper Shane R Watson Luteru R P L Taylor Suresh K Raina Wessel J Cronje W Upul Tharanga Michael E K Hussey Ian R Bell Alaysinhji D Jadeja Mohammad Hafeez Damien R Martyn Brendan R M Taylor Gautam Gambhir Alistair D R Campbell Roshan S Mahanama Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge Misbah-ul-Haq Paul D Collingwood Andrew Symonds Abdul Razzaq Marlon N Samuels Rohit G Sharma Christopher L Cairns Martin J Guptill Eoin J G Morgan Aamir Sohail Tamim Iqbal Craig D McMillan Martin D Crowe Mark V Boucher Hamilton Masakadza Alec J Stewart Scott B Styris Kevin P Pietersen Navjot S Sidhu Shakib Al Hasan Angelo D Mathews Christopher Z Harris Geoffrey R Marsh Marcus E Trescothick Graham A Gooch Elton Chigumbura Andrew J Strauss Jean-Paul Duminy Krishnamachari Srikkanth Allan J Lamb Russel P Arnold Mushfiqur Rahim Asanka P Gurusinha John G Wright Daryll J Cullinan Graeme A Hick Hashan P Tillakaratne Kapil Dev Wasim Akram Romesh S Kaluwitharana Imran Khan Philip V Simmons Kane S Williamson Nicholas V Knight Lance Klusener Shaun M Pollock Mark A Taylor Dillip B Vengsarkar Mohammad Ashraful Stephen O Tikolo Hendrik H Dippenaar Andrew Flintoff Tatenda Taibu Kepler C Wessels Adam C Parore Moin Khan Alastair N Cook David I Gower Kamran Akmal Kenneth R Rutherford Bradley J Haddin Ravishankar J Shastri Sunil M Gavaskar Francois du Plessis Darren S Lehmann Shikhar Dhawan Vusimuzi Sibanda Dwayne J J Bravo Heath H Streak Umar Akmal Wavell W Hinds Ian J L Trott Augustine L Logie L Dinesh Chandimal Andrew H Jones Mohammad Kaif Joseph E Root Stuart V Carlisle Salman Butt Roger G Twose Guy J Whittall David A Warner Ravinda S Bopara Sean C Williams Mudassar Nazar Mohammad Mahmudullah George J Bailey William T S Porterfield H D R Lahiru Thirimanne Syed Zaheer Abbas Kevin J O'Brien Andrew C Hudson Ahmed Shehzad Darren M Bravo Vinod G Kambli Quinton de Kock Jacob D P Oram Thomas M Odoyo Robin A Smith Lou Vincent Graham P Thorpe Steven P D Smith Vangipurappu V S Laxman Rabindra R Singh Nasser Hussain Gregory S Chappell C Justice Chibhabha Sherwin L Campbell Daniel L Vettori Keiron A Pollard Aaron J Finch Stuart Matsikenyeri Graeme M Wood Mark J Greatbatch James C Adams Shahriar Nafees Paul R Stirling Habibul Bashar Denesh Ramdin Ian T Botham Edmund C Joyce Michael W Gatting Ajinkya M Rahane Neil H Fairbrother Ricardo L Powell Collins O Obuya Cameron L White Yasir Hameed W P U J Chaminda Vaas Kennedy O Otieno
Source:
Howstat .
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