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TEST CRICKET RECORDS

ALL-TIME RESULTS

Team First Test Tests Won Lost Drawn Tie % Won Last ten Tests Australia 1876-77 832 394 225 211 2 47.36 LWLWWWWWWL England 1876-77 1,028 374 305 349 36.38 LWWWLWWWDD South Africa 1888-89 440 166 150 124 37.73 LLLLLWLLLW West Indies 1928 550 175 199 175 1 31.93 WLLLWWLLLL New Zealand 1929-30 445 104 175 166 23.37 WDLLLWWWWW India 1932 544 158 168 217 1 29.07 WWWWWWLLLW Pakistan 1952-53 432 138 132 162 31.94 LLLDWWLDDL Sri Lanka 1981-82 290 92 110 88 31.72 LWWWLDLWDL Zimbabwe 1992-93 110 12 70 28 11.22 LLLDLWLLDL Bangladesh 2000-01 119 14 89 16 11.11 WWWLLLLLLW World XI 2005-06 1 0 1 0 0.00 L Ireland 2018 3 0 3 0 0.00 LLL Afghanistan 2018 4 2 2 0 50.00 LWWL TOTAL 2,399

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Player Matches Player Matches Player Matches SR Tendulkar (Ind) 200 SM Gavaskar (Ind) 125 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 110 RT Ponting (Aus) 168 HM Amla (SAf) 124 CH Lloyd (WI) 110 SR Waugh (Aus) 168 Javed Miandad (Pak) 124 G Boycott (Eng) 108 JH Kallis (SAf) 166 GD McGrath (Aus) 124 CG Greenidge (WI) 108 S Chanderpaul (WI) 164 IVA Richards (WI) 121 SM Pollock (SAf) 108 R Dravid (Ind) 164 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 120 DC Boon (Aus) 107 AN Cook (Eng) 161 IA Healy (Aus) 119 JL Langer (Aus) 105 JM Anderson (Eng) 156 IR Bell (Eng) 118 KP Pietersen (Eng) 104 AR Border (Aus) 156 GA Gooch (Eng) 118 V Sehwag (Ind) 104 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 149 Younis Khan (Pak) 118 LRPL Taylor (NZ) 104 MV Boucher (SAf) 147 DI Gower (Eng) 117 MA Taylor (Aus) 104 SK Warne (Aus) 145 GC Smith (SAf) 117 Wasim Akram (Pak) 104 SCJ Broad (Eng) 143 DL Haynes (WI) 116 CH Gayle (WI) 103 VVS Laxman (Ind) 134 DB Vengsarkar (Ind) 116 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 103 KC Sangakkara (SL) 134 MA Atherton (Eng) 115 ML Hayden (Aus) 103 M Muralitharan (SL) 133 MJ Clarke (Aus) 115 Saleem Malik (Pak) 103 AJ Stewart (Eng) 133 MC Cowdrey (Eng) 114 IT Botham (Eng) 102 A Kumble (Ind) 132 AB de Villiers (SAf) 114 CL Hooper (WI) 102 CA Walsh (WI) 132 SC Ganguly (Ind) 113 G Kirsten (SAf) 101 N Kapil Dev (Ind) 131 DL Vettori (NZ) 113 BB McCullum (NZ) 101 BC Lara (WI) 131 SP Fleming (NZ) 111 M Ntini (SAf) 101 ME Waugh (Aus) 128 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 111 AJ Strauss (Eng) 100 GP Thorpe (ENG) 100

MOST RUNS

Batsman SR Tendulkar (Ind) RT Ponting (Aus) JH Kallis (SAf) Matches Inn NO Runs Best 50 100 Average 200 329 33 15,921 248* 68 51 53.79 168 287 29 13,378 257 62 41 51.85 166 280 40 13,289 224 58 45 55.37

RS Dravid (Ind)

164 286 32 13,288 270 63 36 52.32 AN Cook (Eng) 161 291 16 12,472 294 57 33 45.35 KC Sangakkara (SL) 134 233 17 12,400 319 52 38 57.41 BC Lara (WI) 131 232 6 11,953 400* 48 34 52.89 S Chanderpaul (WI) 164 280 49 11,867 203* 66 30 51.37 DPM Jayawardene (SL) 149 252 15 11,814 374 50 34 49.85 AR Border (Aus) 156 265 44 11,174 205 63 27 50.56 SR Waugh (Aus) 168 260 46 10,927 200 50 32 51.06 SM Gavaskar (Ind) 125 214 16 10,122 236* 45 34 51.12 Younis Khan (Pak) 118 213 19 10,099 313 33 34 52.06

Runs Batsman Opponent Venue Series

400* BC Lara 380 ML Hayden England St John's

2003-04 Zimbabwe WACA, Perth 2003-04 375 BC Lara England St John's 1993-94 374 DPMD Jayawardene South Africa SSC, Colombo 2006 365* GS Sobers Pakistan Kingston 1957-58 364 L Hutton Australia The Oval 1938 340 ST Jayasuriya India RPS, Colombo 1997 337 Hanif Mohammad West Indies Bridgetown 1957-58 336* WR Hammond New Zealand Auckland 1932-33 335* DA Warner Pakistan Adelaide 2019-20 334 DG Bradman England Leeds 1930 334* MA Taylor Pakistan Peshawar 1998-99 333 GA Gooch India Lord's 1990 333 CH Gayle Sri Lanka Galle 2010-11 329 Inzamam-ul-Haq New Zealand Lahore 2002 329* MJ Clarke India Sydney 2011-12 325 A Sandham West Indies Kingston 1929-30 319 V Sehwag South Africa Chennai 2007-08 319 KC Sangakkara Bangladesh Chattogram 2013-14 317 CH Gayle South Africa St John's 2005 313 Younis Khan Sri Lanka Karachi 2008-09 311 RB Simpson England Manchester 1964 311* HM Amla England The Oval 2012 310* JH Edrich New Zealand Leeds 1965 309 V Sehwag Pakistan Multan 2003-04 307 RM Cowper England Melbourne 1965-66 304 DG Bradman England Leeds 1934 303* KK Nair England Chennai 2016-17 302 BB McCullum India Wellington 2013-14 302 LG Rowe England Bridgetown 1973-74 302* Azhar Ali West Indies Dubai 2016-17

Wicket Total Batsmen Opponent at Venue Series

1st 415 ND McKenzie & GC Smith (SAf) 2nd 576 ST Jayasuriya & RS Mahanama (SL) v Ban at Chittagong 2007-08 v Ind at Colombo 1997-98

3rd 624 KC Sangakkara & DPM Jayawardene (SL) v SAf at Colombo 4th 449 AC Voges & SR Marsh (Aus) v WI at Hobart

5th 405 SG Barnes & DG Bradman (Aus) v Eng at Sydney 2006-07 2015-16 1946-47

6th 399 BA Stokes & JM Bairstow (Eng) 7th 347 DE Atkinson & CC Depeiza (WI) 8th 332 IJL Trott & SCJ Broad (Eng) v SAf at Cape Town 2015-16 v Aus at Bridgetown 1954-55 v Pak at Lord’s 2010

9th 195 MV Boucher & PL Symcox (SAf) 10th 198 JE Root & JM Anderson (Eng) v Pak at Johannesburg 1997-98 v Ind at Nottingham 2014

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS

Total Wicket Batsmen Opponent at Venue Series 624 3rd KC Sangakkara & DPMD Jayawardene (SL) v SAf at SSC, Colombo 2006 576 2nd RS Mahanama & ST Jayasuriya (SL) v Ind at RPS, Colombo 1997 467 3rd AH Jones & MD Crowe (NZ) v SL at Wellington 1990-91 451 2nd DG Bradman & WH Ponsford (AUS) v Eng at The Oval 1934 451 3rd Mudassar Nazar & Javed Miandad (Pak) v Ind at Hyderabad 1982-83 449 4th SE Marsh & AC Voges (AUS) v WI at Hobart 2015-16 446 2nd CC Hunte & GS Sobers (WI) v Pak at Kingston 1957-58 438 2nd MS Atapattu & KC Sangakkara (SL) v ZIM at Bulawayo 2004 437 4th DPMD Jayawardene & TT Samaraweera (SL) v Pak at Karachi 2008-09 429* 3rd JA Rudolph & HH Dippenaar (SAf) v Ban at Chattogram 2003

MOST CENTURIES

Batsman Aus Ban Eng Ind NZ Pak SAf SL WI WXI Zim 100s SR Tendulkar (Ind) 11 5 7 - 4 2 7 9 3 - 3 51 JH Kallis (SAf) 5 1 8 7 6 6 - 1 8 - 3 45 RT Ponting (Aus) - 1 8 8 2 5 8 1 7 - 1 41 KC Sangakkara (SL) 1 7 3 5 4 10 3 - 3 - 2 38 RS Dravid (Ind) 2 3 7 - 6 5 2 3 5 - 3 36 SM Gavaskar (Ind) 8 - 4 - 2 5 - 2 13 - - 34 BC Lara (WI) 9 1 7 2 1 4 4 5 - - 1 34 DPM Jayawardene (SL) 2 5 8 6 3 2 6 - 1 - 1 34 Younis Khan (Pak) 4 3 4 5 2 - 4 8 3 - 1 34 AN Cook (Eng) 5 2 - 7 3 5 2 3 6 - - 33 SR Waugh (Aus) - 2 10 2 2 3 2 3 7 - 1 32

Bowler M Muralitharan (SL) SK Warne (Aus) A Kumble (Ind) JM Anderson (Eng) GD McGrath (Aus) CA Walsh (WI) SCJ Broad (Eng) DW Steyn (SAf) N Kapil Dev (Ind) HMRKB Herath (SL) RJ Hadlee (NZ)

Matches Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Avge 5i 10m Best 133 44,039 1,794 18,180 800 22.73 67 22 9-51 145 40,705 1,761 17,995 708 25.42 37 10 8-71 132 40,850 1,576 18,355 619 29.65 35 8 10-74 156 33,745 1,430 16,078 600 26.79 29 3 7-42 124 29,248 1,470 12,186 563 21.64 29 3 8-24 132 30,019 1,144 12,688 519 24.45 22 3 7-37 143 29,004 1,144 14,216 514 27.65 18 3 8-15 93 18,608 660 10,077 439 22.95 26 5 7-51 131 27,740 1,060 12,867 434 29.65 23 2 9-83 93 25,993 814 12,157 433 28.08 34 9 9-127 86 21,918 809 9,611 431 22.30 36 9 9-52 SM Pollock (SAf) 108 24,353 1,222 9,733 421 23.12 16 1 7-87 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 103 28,580 871 13,537 417 32.46 25 5 8-84 Wasim Akram (Pak) 104 22,627 871 9,779 414 23.62 25 5 7-119 CEL Ambrose (WI) 98 22,103 1,001 8,501 405 20.99 22 3 8-45

BEST BOWLING IN A SERIES

Bowler Series M Balls Runs W Avge 5i 10m Best SF Barnes (Eng) 1913-14 v SAf in SAf 4 1,356 536 49 10.94 7 3 9-103 JC Laker (Eng) 1956 v Aus in Eng 5 1,703 442 46 9.61 4 2 10-53 CV Grimmett (Aus) 1935-36 v SAf in SAf 5 2,077 642 44 14.59 5 3 7-40 TM Alderman (Aus) 1981 v Eng in Eng 6 1,950 893 42 21.26 4 0 6-135 RM Hogg (Aus) 1978-79 v Eng in Aus 6 1,740 527 41 12.85 5 2 6-74 TM Alderman (Aus) 1989 v Eng in Eng 6 1,616 712 41 17.37 6 1 6-128 Imran Khan (Pak) 1982-83 v Ind in Pak 6 1,339 558 40 13.95 4 2 8-60 SK Warne (Aus) 2005 v Eng in Eng 5 1,517 797 40 19.93 3 2 6-46

Best Bowler 19-90 JC Laker (Eng) 17-159 SF Barnes (Eng) 16-136 ND Hirwani (Ind) 16-137 RAL Massie (Aus) 16-220 M Muralidaran (SL) 15-28 J Briggs (Eng) 15-45 GA Lohmann (Eng) 15-99 C Blythe (Eng) 15-104 H Verity (Eng) 15-123 RJ Hadlee (NZ) Opponent Venue Australia Manchester

Series 1956 South Africa Old Wanderers, Johannesburg 1913-14 West Indies Chennai 1987-88

England Lord's England The Oval South Africa Cape Town South Africa Port Elizabeth South Africa Leeds 1972 1998 1888-89 1895-96 1907

Australia Lord's Australia Brisbane 1934 1985-86

15-124 W Rhodes (Eng)

Australia Melbourne 15-217 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) Australia Chennai 1903-04 2000-01

BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS

Best Bowler 10-53 JC Laker (Eng) 10-74 AR Kumble (Ind) 9-28 GA Lohmann (Eng) 9-37 JC Laker (Eng) 9-51 M Muralidaran (SL) 9-52 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 9-56 Abdul Qadir (Pak) 9-57 DE Malcolm (Eng) 9-65 M Muralidaran (SL) 9-69 JM Patel (Ind) 9-83 Kapil De(Ind) 9-86 Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak) 9-95 JM Noreiga (WI) 9-102 SP Gupte (Ind) 9-103 SF Barnes (Eng) 9-113 HJ Tayfield (SAf) 9-121 AA Mailey (Aus) 9-127 HMRKB Herath (SL) 9-129 KA Maharaj (SAf) Opponent Venue Australia Manchester Series 1956

Pakistan Delhi

1998-99 South Africa Old Wanderers, Johannesburg 1895-96 Australia Manchester 1956

Zimbabwe Kandy Australia Brisbane England Lahore South Africa The Oval 2001-02 1985-86 1987-88 1994

England The Oval Australia Kanpur West Indies Ahmedabad 1998 1959-60 1983-84

Australia Melbourne 1978-79

India Port-of-Spain 1970-71

West Indies Kanpur

1958-59 South Africa Old Wanderers, Johannesburg 1913-14 England New Wanderers, Johannesburg 1956-57 England Melbourne 1920-21

Pakistan SSC, Colombo 2014

Sri Lanka SSC, Colombo 2018

Wicket-keeper Matches Catches Stumpings Dismissals MV Boucher (SAf) 147 532 23 555 AC Gilchrist (Aus) 96 379 37 416 IA Healy (Aus) 119 366 29 395 RW Marsh (Aus) 96 343 12 355 MS Dhoni (Ind) 90 256 38 294 PJL Dujon (WI) 79 265 5 270 BJ Haddin (Aus) 66 262 8 270 APE Knott (Eng) 95 250 19 269 MJ Prior (Eng) 79 243 13 256 AJ Stewart (Eng) 82 227 14 241

MOST DISMISSALS IN A SERIES

Dismissals Catches Stumpings Wicket-keeper Opponent Venue Series 29 29 - BJ Haddin (Aus) England England 2013 28 28 - RW Marsh (Aus) England Australia 1982-83 27 25 2 RC Russell (Eng) South Africa South Africa 1995-96 27 25 2 IA Healy (Aus) England England 1997 26 23 3 JHB Waite (SAf) New Zealand South Africa 1961-62 26 26 - RW Marsh (Aus) West Indies Australia 1975-76 26 21 5 IA Healy (Aus) England England 1993 26 25 1 MV Boucher (SAf) England England 1998 26 24 2 AC Gilchrist (Aus) England England 2001 26 24 2 AC Gilchrist (Aus) England Australia 2006-07 26 25 1 TD Paine (Aus) England Australia 2017-18

MOST DISMISSALS IN A TEST

Dismissals Catches Stumpings Wicket-keeper Opponent Venue Series 11 11 - RC Russell (Eng) South Africa Johannesburg 1995-96 11 11 - AB De Villiers (SAf) Pakistan Johannesburg 2012-13

11 11 - RR Pant (Ind) Australia Adelaide 2018-19

10 10 10 10 - RW Taylor (Eng) India

Mumbai 1979-80 - AC Gilchrist (Aus) New Zealand Hamilton 1999-00

10 10 10 10 - WP Saha (Ind) South Africa Cape Town 2017-18 - Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pak) South Africa Johannesburg 2018-19

Dismissals Catches Stumpings Wicket-keeper Opponent Venue Series 7 7 - Wasim Bari (Pak) New Zealand Auckland 1978-79 7 7 - RW Taylor (Eng) India Mumbai 1979-80 7 7 - IDS Smith (NZ) Sri Lanka Hamilton 1990-91 7 7 - RD Jacobs (WI) Australia Melbourne 2000-00

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN

Fieldsman Matches Catches Fieldsman

RS Dravid (Ind)

164 DPM Jayawardene (SL) 149 JH Kallis (SAf) 166

RT Ponting (Aus) ME Waugh (Aus) AN Cook (Eng) 168 128 161 210 SP Fleming (NZ) 205 GC Smith (SAf) 200 BC Lara (WI) 196 MA Taylor (Aus) 181 AR Border (Aus) 175 Ross Taylor (NZ) Matches Catches 111 117 131 104 156 98 171 169 164 157 156 143

MOST CATCHES IN A SERIES BY A FIELDSMAN

Catches Fieldsman Series 15 JM Gregory (Aus) 1920-21 v England in Australia 14 GS Chappell (Aus) 1974-75 v England in Australia 14 KL Rahul (Ind) 2018 v England in England 13 RB Simpson (Aus) 1957-58 v South Africa in South Africa 13 RB Simpson (Aus) 1960-61 v West Indies in Australia 13 BC Lara (WI) 1997-98 v England in West Indies 13 RS Dravid (Ind) 2004-05 v Australia in India 13 BC Lara (WI) 2005-06 v India in West Indies 13 AN Cook (Eng) 2018 v India in England

MOST CATCHES IN A TEST BY A FIELDSMAN

Catches Fieldsman Opponent Venue Series 8 AM Rahane (Ind) Sri Lanka Galle 2015-16 7 GS Chappell (Aus) England Perth WACA 1974-75 7 Yujurvindra Singh (Ind) England Bengaluru 1976-77 7 HP Tillakaratne (SL) New Zealand Colombo 1992-93 7 SP Fleming (NZ) Zimbabwe Harare 1997-98 7 ML Hayden (Aus) Sri Lanka Galle 2003-04 7 KL Rahul (Ind) England Nottingham 2018

Catches Fieldsman Opponent Venue Series 5 VY Richardson (Aus) South Africa Durban 1935-36 5 Yujurvindra Singh (Ind) England Bengaluru 1976-77 5 M Azharuddin (Ind) Pakistan Karachi 1989-90 5 K Srikkanth (Ind) Australia Perth WACA 1991-92 5 SP Fleming (NZ) Zimbabwe Harare 1997-98 5 GC Smith (SAf) Australia Perth 2012-13 5 DJG Sammy (WI) India Mumbai 2013-14 5 DM Bravo (WI) Bangladesh Kingstown 2014-15 5 AM Rahane (Ind) Sri Lanka Galle 2015-16 5 J Blackwood (WI) Sri Lanka Colombo 2015-16 5 SPD Smith (Aus) South Africa Cape Town 2017-18 5 BA Stokes (Eng) South Africa Cape Town 2019-20

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