Overall Test Match Records

MOST MATCHES

Player M Team/s SR Tendulkar 200 India JM Anderson 177 England SR Waugh 168 Australia RT Ponting 168 Australia JH Kallis 166 South Africa, ICC World XI S Chanderpaul 164 West Indies RS Dravid 164 India, ICC World XI AN Cook 161 England SCJ Broad 159 England AR Border 156 Australia DPMD Jayawardene 149 Sri Lanka MV Boucher 147 South Africa, ICC World XI SK Warne 145 Australia KC Sangakkara 134 Sri Lanka VVS Laxman 134 India M Muralitharan 133 Sri Lanka, ICC World XI AJ Stewart 133 England CA Walsh 132 West Indies A Kumble 132 India BC Lara 131 West Indies, ICC World XI Kapil Dev 131 India ME Waugh 128 Australia JE Root 127 England SM Gavaskar 125 India Javed Miandad 124 Pakistan GD McGrath 124 Australia HM Amla 124 South Africa

LEADING RUN SCORERS

Player Team/s M I NO HS Runs Avge 100 50 SR Tendulkar India 200 329 33 248* 15921 53.79 51 68 RT Ponting Australia 168 287 29 257 13374 51.84 41 62 JH Kallis SAF,WXI 166 280 40 224 13290 55.38 45 58 RS Dravid India, WXI 164 286 32 270 13287 52.31 36 63 AN Cook England 161 291 16 294 12468 45.34 33 57 KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka 134 233 17 319 12400 57.41 38 52 BC Lara WI, WXI 131 232 6 400* 11953 52.89 34 48 S Chanderpaul West Indies 164 280 49 203* 11867 51.37 30 66 DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka 149 252 15 374 11817 49.86 34 50 AR Border Australia 156 265 44 205 11174 50.56 27 63 SR Waugh Australia 168 260 46 200 10927 51.06 32 50 JE Root England 127 233 18 254 10629 49.44 28 55 SM Gavaskar India 125 214 16 236* 10122 51.12 34 45 Younis Khan Pakistan 118 213 19 313 10099 52.06 34 33 HM Amla South Africa 124 215 16 311* 9282 46.64 28 41 GC Smith SAF, WXI 117 205 13 277 9266 48.26 27 38 GA Gooch England 118 215 6 333 8900 42.58 20 46 Javed Miandad Pakistan 124 189 21 280* 8832 52.57 23 43 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan,WXI 120 200 22 329 8830 49.61 25 46 VVS Laxman India 134 225 34 281 8781 45.97 17 56 AB de Villiers South Africa 114 191 18 278* 8765 50.66 22 46 MJ Clarke Australia 115 198 22 329* 8643 49.11 28 27 ML Hayden Australia 103 184 14 380 8626 50.74 30 29 V Sehwag India, WXI 104 180 6 319 8586 49.34 23 32 SPD Smith Australia 91 161 20 239 8543 60.59 29 37 IVA Richards West Indies 121 182 12 291 8540 50.24 24 45