The paramount for a batter to score a bulk of runs at home, a condition where they are acclimatised and familiar to. Their performances at home will hold a lot of value in their career and also help them stay on the team for a long period. Also, it is a good habit to keep churning out runs when a batter is going through a purple patch, especially in home conditions.
Here are the players who have scored the most number of Test runs at home in a calendar year.
Most Test Runs at home in a Calendar Year
| Player | Innings | Runs | Average | 100s/50s | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Clarke (AUS) | 12 | 1407 | 156.33 | 5/2 | 2012 |
| Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) | 10 | 1126 | 112.60 | 6/3 | 2006 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) | 19 | 1091 | 60.61 | 2/7 | 2024 |
| Graham Gooch (ENG) | 11 | 1058 | 96.18 | 4/3 | 1990 |
| Gundappa Viswanath (IND) | 19 | 1047 | 61.58 | 4/3 | 1979 |
| Justin Langer (IND) | 13 | 1012 | 77.84 | 4/2 | 2004 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 13 | 980 | 89.09 | 3/4 | 2003 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 15 | 968 | 64.53 | 4/4 | 2001 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 14 | 964 | 80.33 | 3/2 | 2016 |
| Don Bradman (AUS) | 9 | 950 | 105.55 | 5/0 | 1931 |
Key Stats
6 – Only this many batters have scored 1000 or more Test runs in their home country in a calendar. Yashasvi Jaiswal of India, with 1091 runs in 2024 playing Tests in India joins this elite list that has some great Test batters like Michael Clarke, Justin Langer, Gundappa Viswanath, Mohammad Yousuf, and Graham Gooch.
34 – Apart from the list, there have been 24 instances of a batter making 800 or more Test runs in a calendar year at their home venue. If we extend this criterion to a minimum of 500 runs, then it has been achieved a whopping 307 times.
2 – Five players, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, and Matthew Hayden, have breached the 800-run mark at home in two different years.
164.80 – Sri Lankan batter Aravinda de Silva’s (824 in 7 innings) average in 1997 is the highest batting average for a batter scoring 800 or more runs. Michael Clarke follows him with an extraordinary batting average of 156.33, which he accumulated in 2012.
6 – Along with Mohammad Yousuf, De Silva (1997) jointly holds the record of scoring the most home Test centuries in a calendar year. Both of them scored 6 tons respectively at home. You can find out about the overall list of the same here.
