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[tombaan]

 Last year Andrew Strauss did break the record for the fastest first 1000 runs in Tests - he did it in 228 days, breaking the old mark of 244, set by another England opener, Herbert Sutcliffe, in the 1920s. But you're right, Michael Hussey has smashed that record now. Hussey made his debut against West Indies at Hobart on November 3, 2005 - and sailed past 1000 runs on April 18, 2006, early in his innings of 182 against Bangladesh at Chittagong. That's just 166 days, and will be a tough one to beat

this guy was given such a delayed debut by the aussies so difficult to understand.....he is just unstoppable

[devatha]

This is normal considering the fact that ENG & AUS play more test matches in any given year than other nations. So, their batsmen have the highest probability to reach it in minimum number of days. But when it comes to the number of innings they took to reach 1000 runs, they took 19 innings each. For a comparison, Vinod Kambli took just 14 innings.

[keep-it-cool]

good point devatha ...