<Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Last updated: 3 December 2017 </Td> </Tr> <P> A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket . A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch . </P> <P> India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test cricket with 15,921 . Second is Ricky Ponting of Australia with 13,378 ahead of Jacques Kallis from South Africa in third with 13,289 . Allan Border and Steve Waugh are the only other Australian batsmen who have scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Runs </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Matches </Th> <Th> Innings </Th> <Th> Period </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> 13,378 </Th> <Td> Ponting, Ricky Ricky Ponting </Td> <Td> 168 </Td> <Td> 287 </Td> <Td> 1995--2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> 11,174 </Th> <Td> Border, Allan Allan Border </Td> <Td> 156 </Td> <Td> 265 </Td> <Td> 1978--1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> 10,927 </Th> <Td> Waugh, Steve Steve Waugh </Td> <Td> 168 </Td> <Td> 260 </Td> <Td> 1985--2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> 8,643 </Th> <Td> Clarke, Michael Michael Clarke </Td> <Td> 115 </Td> <Td> 198 </Td> <Td> 2004--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Th> 8,625 </Th> <Td> Hayden, Matthew Matthew Hayden </Td> <Td> 103 </Td> <Td> 184 </Td> <Td> 1994--2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Last updated: 3 December 2017 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who has scored the most test runs for australia