The Indian skipper and the most experienced player in Limited Overs International cricket has become the first batsman ever to score 9000 runs at this level. He achieved this milestone against England on Saturday. This was the 294th innings of his 320th match in the 15-year-old career of this 37-years-old man.

The following tables show Azhar's complete record.

Table (A) Record against each opponent

Vs    Mts  Inns NO   Runs   HS    Avg     100 50   0   S/R

SL     52   47   12   1831  111*   52.31   3  15   2   78.53
Pak    60   55    7   1523  101    31.73   2   7   3   68.08
NZ     39   38    8   1088  108*   36.27   1   7   0   75.40
WI     43   42    4    998   81    26.26   0   2   0   73.12
Aus    42   40    6    988   94    29.06   0   6   2   70.98
SA     27   27    2    954   90    38.16   0   7   0   70.46
Eng    24   23    9    911   95*   65.07   0   8   1   81.20
Zim    22   17    4    498  153*   38.31   1   2   1   75.34
Ban     6    3    1    138   84    69.00   0   1   0   76.67
UAE     1    1    0     81   81    81.00   0   1   0   81.82
Ken     4    1    0      9    9     9.00   0   0   0  128.57

Home  110   99   20   3054  153*   38.66   3  16   3   81.05
Away  210  195   33   5965  111*   36.82   4  40   6   70.80

TOTAL 320  294   53   9019  153*   37.42   7  56   9   73.87


Table (B) Record in each season
 
(English seasons merged into previous season)

Season    Mts  Inns NO   Runs   HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R

1984-85    10   10    2    360   93*   45.00   0   1   1   62.85
1985-86    22   20    4    398   83*   24.88   0   2   0   53.71
1986-87    22   19    4    539  108*   35.93   1   2   1   59.04
1987-88    16   14    2    364   64    30.33   0   2   0   80.71
1988-89    16   15    3    421  108*   35.08   1   0   1   84.73
1989-90    20   18    4    579  108    41.36   1   3   0   80.19
1990-91     6    5    2    168   54*   56.00   0   2   0   84.00
1991-92    25   24    3    566   93    26.95   0   4   3   74.38
1992-93    17   16    3    519   95*   39.92   0   3   0   73.93
1993-94    20   20    4    747   90    46.69   0   7   0   78.96
1994-95    21   18    4    627   90*   44.79   0   3   0   89.06
1995-96    22   21    4    528   73*   31.06   0   3   1   72.83
1996-97    28   27    3    885   94    36.88   0   7   0   70.46
1997-98    46   41    9   1584  153*   49.50   3  12   1   76.60
1998-99    29   26    2    734  101    30.58   1   5   1   73.90


Table (C) Record in each country

Place  Mts  Inns  NO   Runs  HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R

Ind    110   99   20   3054  153*   38.66   3  16   3   81.05
UAE     57   53    9   1507  108    34.25   1   8   2   67.52
SL      26   23    6    965  111*   56.76   1   9   0   81.64
Aus     33   31    7    751   93*   31.29   0   4   2   68.15
Can     16   15    2    566  101    43.54   1   4   0   70.84
NZ      19   19    1    517   63    28.72   0   4   0   68.66
SA      14   14    1    509   86*   39.15   0   4   0   67.51
Eng     12   11    6    405   83*   81.00   0   4   0   77.98
Ban     11   10    1    334  100    37.11   1   2   2   75.40
WI       9    8    0    178   40    22.25   0   0   0   68.95
Zim      5    4    0    127   72    31.75   0   1   0   63.18
Pak      6    5    0     68   31    13.60   0   0   0   58.12
Sin      2    2    0     38   29    19.00   0   0   0   61.29


Table (D) Record at each batting position

Bat Pos    Mts  Inns  NO   Runs  HS    Avg     100 50   0   S/R

 3          66   63    9   1996  108*   36.96   2  13   5   66.77
 4         138  133   22   4479  153*   40.35   3  32   3   77.72
 5          83   74   12   1889  111*   30.47   1  10   1   69.17
 6          22   16    5    514  108*   46.72   1   1   0   91.73
 7           7    5    5    109   47*    0.00   0   0   0   88.57
 8           3    3    0     32   15    10.67   0   0   0   72.73
 9           1    0    0      0    0     0.00   0   0   0    0.00


Table (E) The milestones

Milestone    Mts Ins Age       Period      	Milestone reached
	    		     		   
 1000         45  41 23/343    1/363   	SL   Bombay (1)      17 Jan 1987
 2000         83  75 26/ 27    4/ 47   	WI   Bridgetown      07 Mar 1989
 3000        124 113 28/310    6/330   	Aus  Adelaide        15 Dec 1991
 4000        156 143 30/184    8/204   	SL   Colombo (3)     11 Aug 1993
 5000        184 170 31/268    9/288   	NZ   Delhi (1)       03 Nov 1994
 6000        222 205 33/221   11/241   	Pak  Toronto         17 Sep 1996
 7000        252 233 34/196   12/216   	SL   Colombo (1)     23 Aug 1997
 8000        278 257 35/ 65   13/ 85   	Aus  Delhi (1)       14 Apr 1998
 9000        320 294 36/ 80   14/100   	Eng  Birmingham      29 May 1999

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)