Punter's record and Clarke's threat!

Ricky Ponting bid adieu to the cricket arena with a series of poor scores against the Proteas. But the records that spell out his greatness may remain untouched in the years to come. He holds the top two spots for the highest aggregate of runs in a calendar year in his prime form in the years 2005 and 2003 respectively.

Player	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100/50	Year
R Ponting (Aus/ICC)	46	58	8	2833	207	56.66	9/15	2005
R Ponting (Aus)	45	49	9	2657	257	66.42	11/8	2003
R Dravid (Ind)	53	62	6	2626	190	46.89	10/9	1999
K Sangakkara (SL)	50	55	5	2609	287	52.18	5/16	2006
S Ganguly (India)	51	60	6	2580	783	47.77	6/17	1999
T Dilshan (SL)	42	49	3	2568	162	55.82	10/8	2009
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	39	42	5	2541	177	68.67	12/8	1998
S Jayasuriya (SL)	37	45	3	2449	340	58.30	6/16	1997
K Sangakkara (SL)	50	59	4	2436	137	44.29	4/18	2009
M Yousuf (Pak)	33	39	4	2435	202	69.57	9/8	2006
A de Silva (SL)	39	46	7	2432	168	62.35	10/10	1997
V Sehwag (Ind)	33	46	1	2355	319	52.33	4/14	2008
M Hayden (Aus)	44	52	9	2349	380	54.62	5/8	2003
S Ganguly( Asia/ Ind)	42	49	3	2346	239	51.00	3/16	2007
M Jayawardne (SL)	47	50	4	2313	150	50.28	7/11	2001
H Amla (SA)	26	34	4	2307	253*	76.90	10/8	2010
S Anwar (Pak)	43	48	6	2296	176	54.66	5/15	1996
R Dravid (Ind)	44	50	8	2270	217	54.04	6/12	2002
K Sangakkara(SL)	42	50	4	2267	211	49.28	5/13	2011
G Gambhir (Ind)	36	44	3	2262	206	55.17	6/13	2008

Note : In 2012, Michael Clarke has scored 2014 runs from 29 innings at an astonishing average of 74.59.

Australia are scheduled to play two tests against Sri Lanka later this year and he could easily break up into the top 20 this year. Had Clarke played 40-45 innings in his current form, Punter’s record could have been under  threat.