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Overview

Test cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Unlike One Day Internationals, Test matches consist of two innings per team, with no limit in the number of overs. Test cricket is first-class cricket, so statistics and records set in Test matches are also counted toward first-class records. The duration of Tests, currently limited to five days, has varied through Test history, ranging from three days to timeless matches. The earliest match now recognised as a Test was played between England and Australia in March 1877; since then there have been over 2,000 Tests played by 13 teams. The frequency of Tests has steadily increased partly because of the increase in the number of Test-playing countries, and partly as cricket boards seek to maximise their revenue.

Team wins, losses and draws ↔ scroll for more

Team	First Test match	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	% Won	W/L Ratio
Afghanistan	14 June 2018	13	4	8	0	1	30.76	0.50
Australia	15 March 1877	882	426	235	2	219	48.41	1.81
Bangladesh	10 November 2000	159	27	113	0	19	16.98	0.23
England	15 March 1877	1,097	406	335	0	356	36.91	1.20
India	25 June 1932	599	186	188	1	224	31.05	0.98
Ireland	11 May 2018	13	3	10	0	0	23.07	0.30
New Zealand	10 January 1930	487	126	190	0	171	25.87	0.66
Pakistan	16 October 1952	469	152	151	0	166	32.40	1.00
South Africa	12 March 1889	479	191	162	0	126	39.87	1.18
Sri Lanka	17 February 1982	329	107	128	0	94	32.52	0.83
West Indies	23 June 1928	594	186	223	1	184	31.39	0.83
ICC World XI	14 October 2005	1	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
Zimbabwe	18 October 1992	130	16	84	0	30	12.30	0.19

Result records ↔ scroll for more

Margin	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
Innings and 579 runs	England (903–7 d) beat Australia (201 & 123)	The Oval, London, England	1938	5th
Innings and 360 runs	Australia (652–7 d) beat South Africa (159 & 133)	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	2001–02	1st
Innings and 359 runs	New Zealand (601–3 d) beat Zimbabwe (125 & 117)	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	2025	2nd
Innings and 336 runs	West Indies (614–5 d) beat India (124 & 154)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	1958–59	3rd
Innings and 332 runs	Australia (645) beat England (141 & 172)	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	1946–47	1st

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Margin	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
675 runs	England (521 & 342–8 d) beat Australia (122 & 66)	Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane, Australia	1928–29	1st
562 runs	Australia (701 & 327) beat England (321 & 145)	The Oval, London, England	1934	5th
546 runs	Bangladesh (382 & 425-4 d) beat Afghanistan (146 & 115)	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh	2023	1st
530 runs	Australia (328 & 578) beat South Africa (205 & 171)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1910–11	4th
492 runs	South Africa (488 & 344–6 d) beat Australia (221 & 119)	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	2018	4th

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Result	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
Tie	Australia (505 & 232) vs West Indies (453 & 284)	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	1960–61	1st
Tie	India (397 & 347) vs Australia (574–7 d & 170–5 d)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras, India	1986–87	1st
Draw	Zimbabwe (376 & 234) vs England (406 & 204–6)	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	1996–97	1st
Draw	India (482 & 242–9) vs West Indies (590 & 134)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	2011–12	3rd

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Margin	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
1 wicket	England (183 & 263–9) beat Australia (324 & 121)	The Oval, London, England	1902	5th
1 wicket	South Africa (91 & 287–9) beat England (184 & 190)	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	1905–06	1st
1 wicket	England (382 & 282–9) beat Australia (266 & 397)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1907–08	2nd
1 wicket	England (183 & 173–9) beat South Africa (113 & 242)	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	1922–23	2nd
1 wicket	Australia (216 & 260–9) beat West Indies (272 & 203)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1951–52	4th
1 wicket	New Zealand (249 & 104–9) beat West Indies (140 & 212)	Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand	1979–80	1st
1 wicket	Pakistan (256 & 315–9) beat Australia (337 & 232)	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	1994–95	1st
1 wicket	West Indies (329 & 311–9) beat Australia (490 & 146)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	1998–99	3rd
1 wicket	West Indies (273 & 216–9) beat Pakistan (269 & 219)	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	1999–00	3rd
1 wicket	Pakistan (175 & 262–9) beat Bangladesh (281 & 154)	Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan, Pakistan	2003	3rd
1 wicket	Sri Lanka (321 & 352–9) beat South Africa (361 & 311)	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	2006	2nd
1 wicket	India (405 & 216–9) beat Australia (428 & 192)	Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India	2010–11	1st
1 wicket	Sri Lanka (191 & 304–9) beat South Africa (235 & 259)	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa	2018–19	1st
1 wicket	England (67 & 362–9) beat Australia (179 & 246)	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England	2019	3rd
1 wicket	West Indies (253 & 168–9) beat Pakistan (217 & 203)	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	2021	1st

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Margin	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
1 run	West Indies (252 & 146) beat Australia (213 & 184)	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	1992–93	4th
1 run	New Zealand (209 & 483) beat England (435 & 256)	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	2022–23	2nd
2 runs	England (407 & 182) beat Australia (308 & 279)	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	2005	2nd
3 runs	Australia (299 & 86) beat England (262 & 120)	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	1902	4th
3 runs	England (284 & 294) beat Australia (287 & 288)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1982–83	4th

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Margin	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
10 runs	England (325 & 437) beat Australia (586 & 166)	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	1894–95	1st
18 runs	England (174 & 356) beat Australia (401–9 d & 111)	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England	1981	3rd
171 runs	India (171 & 657–7 d) beat Australia (445 & 212)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	2000–01	2nd
1 run	New Zealand (209 & 483) beat England (435 & 256)	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	2022–23	2nd

Result records (7) ↔ scroll for more

Wins	Team	First win	Last win
16	Australia	Zimbabwe at Harare, 14 October 1999	India at Mumbai, 27 February 2001
16	Australia	South Africa at Melbourne, 26 December 2005	India at Sydney, 2 January 2008
11	West Indies	Australia at Bridgetown, 30 March 1984	Australia at Adelaide, 7 December 1984
10	South Africa	West Indies at Providence, 15 August 2024	Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 6 July 2025
9	Sri Lanka	India at Colombo, 29 August 2001	Pakistan at Lahore, 6 March 2002
9	South Africa	Australia at Durban, 15 March 2002	Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1 May 2003

Team scoring records ↔ scroll for more

Score	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
952–6 d	Sri Lanka (v India)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	1997	1st
903–7 d	England (v Australia)	The Oval, London, England	1938	5th
849	England (v West Indies)	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1929–30	4th
823–7 d	England (v Pakistan)	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan	2024–25	1st
790–3 d	West Indies (v Pakistan)	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1957–58	3rd

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Runs	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
26	New Zealand (v England)	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	1954–55	2nd
27	West Indies (v Australia)	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	2025	3rd
30	South Africa (v England)	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	1895–96	1st
30	South Africa (v England)	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	1924	1st
35	South Africa (v England)	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	1898–99	2nd

Team scoring records (3) ↔ scroll for more

Score	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
418–7	West Indies (v Australia)	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	2002–03	4th
414–4	South Africa (v Australia)	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	2008–09	1st
406–4	India (v West Indies)	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1975–76	3rd
404–3	Australia (v England)	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England	1948	4th
395–7	West Indies (v Bangladesh)	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	2020–21	1st

Aggregate scoring records ↔ scroll for more

Score	Teams	Venue	Season	Test
1,981–35	South Africa (530 & 481) v England (316 & 654–5)	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa	1938–39	5th
1,815–34	England (849 & 272–9 d) v West Indies (286 & 408–5)	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1929–30	4th
1,768–37	Pakistan (579 & 268) v England (657 & 264–7 d)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	2022–23	1st
1,764–39	Australia (533 & 339–9) v West Indies (276 & 616)	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	1968–69	4th
1,753–40	Australia (354 & 582) v England (447 & 370)	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	1920–21	3rd

Career ↔ scroll for more

Runs	Player	Innings	Period
15,921	Sachin Tendulkar	329	1989–2013
14,114	Joe Root †	304	2012–present
13,378	Ricky Ponting	287	1995–2012
13,289	Jacques Kallis	280	1995–2013
13,288	Rahul Dravid	286	1996–2012

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Runs	Player	Record held until	Duration of record
239	Charles Bannerman	4 January 1882	4 years, 295 days
676	George Ulyett	13 August 1884	2 years, 222 days
860	Billy Murdoch	14 August 1886	2 years, 1 day
1,277	Arthur Shrewsbury	23 January 1902	15 years, 162 days
1,293	Joe Darling	18 February 1902	26 days
1,366	Syd Gregory	14 June 1902	116 days
1,531	Archie MacLaren	13 August 1902	60 days
3,412	Clem Hill	27 December 1924	22 years, 136 days
5,410	Jack Hobbs	29 June 1937	12 years, 184 days
7,249	Wally Hammond	27 November 1970	33 years, 151 days
7,459	Colin Cowdrey	23 March 1972	1 year, 117 days
8,032	Garfield Sobers	23 December 1981	9 years, 275 days
8,114	Geoffrey Boycott	12 November 1983	1 year, 324 days
10,122	Sunil Gavaskar	25 February 1993	9 years, 105 days
11,174	Allan Border	25 November 2005	12 years, 273 days
11,953	Brian Lara	17 October 2008	2 years, 327 days
15,921	Sachin Tendulkar	current	17 years, 274 days

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Batting position	Player	Runs	Average
Opener	Alastair Cook	11,845	44.87
Number 3	Kumar Sangakkara	11,679	60.83
Number 4	Sachin Tendulkar	13,492	54.40
Number 5	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	6,883	56.42
Number 6	Ben Stokes	4,406	34.16
Number 7	Adam Gilchrist	3,948	46.45
Number 8	Daniel Vettori	2,227	39.77
Number 9	Mitchell Starc †	1,470	22.62
Number 10	Nathan Lyon †	938	12.68
Number 11	James Anderson	687	7.72

Career (4) ↔ scroll for more

Average	Innings	Player	Runs	Period
99.94	80	Donald Bradman	6,996	1928–1948
61.87	31	Adam Voges	1,485	2015–2016
60.97	41	Graeme Pollock	2,256	1963–1970
60.83	40	George Headley	2,190	1930–1954
60.73	84	Herbert Sutcliffe	4,555	1924–1935

Career (5) ↔ scroll for more

Fours	Player	Innings
2058+	Sachin Tendulkar	329
1654	Rahul Dravid	286
1559	Brian Lara	232
1515	Joe Root †	304
1509	Ricky Ponting	287

Career (6) ↔ scroll for more

Sixes	Player	Innings
138	Ben Stokes	220
107	Brendon McCullum	176
100	Adam Gilchrist	137
98	Tim Southee	156
98	Chris Gayle	182

Career (7) ↔ scroll for more

Ducks	Player	Innings	Period
43	Courtney Walsh	185	1984–2001
39	Stuart Broad	244	2007–2023
36	Chris Martin	104	2000–2013
35	Glenn McGrath	138	1993–2007
34	Ishant Sharma	142	2007–2021
34	Shane Warne	199	1992–2007
34	James Anderson	265	2003–2024

Series ↔ scroll for more

Runs	Player	Opponent	Innings	Series
974	Don Bradman	England	7	1930
905	Wally Hammond	Australia	9	1928–29
839	Mark Taylor	England	11	1989
834	Neil Harvey	South Africa	9	1952–53
829	Viv Richards	England	7	1976

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Runs	Scores	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
456	333 and 123	Graham Gooch	India	Lord's, London, England	1990	1st
430	269 and 161	Shubman Gill	England	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	2025	2nd
426	334* and 92	Mark Taylor	Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan	1998–99	2nd
424	319 and 105	Kumar Sangakkara	Bangladesh	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	2013–14	2nd
400	400*	Brian Lara	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	2003–04	4th

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Score	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
400*	Brian Lara	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	2003–04	4th
380	Matthew Hayden	Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	2003–04	1st
375	Brian Lara	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	1993–94	5th
374	Mahela Jayawardene	South Africa	Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	2006	1st
367*	Wiaan Mulder	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	2025	2nd

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Score	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test match number
165*	Charles Bannerman	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1876–77	Test no. 1
211	Billy Murdoch	England	The Oval, London, England	1884	Test no. 16
287	R. E. Foster	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	1903–04	Test no. 78
325	Andy Sandham	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1929–30	Test no. 193
334	Don Bradman	England	Headingley, Leeds, England	1930	Test no. 196
336*	Wally Hammond	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	1932–33	Test no. 226
364	Len Hutton	Australia	The Oval, London, England	1938	Test no. 266
365*	Garfield Sobers	Pakistan	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1957–58	Test no. 452
375	Brian Lara	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	1993–94	Test no. 1259
380	Matthew Hayden	Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	2003–04	Test no. 1661
400*	Brian Lara	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	2003–04	Test no. 1696

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Score	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
400*	Brian Lara	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	2003–04	4th
374	Mahela Jayawardene	South Africa	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	2006	1st
367*	Wiaan Mulder	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	2025	2nd
334*	Mark Taylor	Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan	1998–99	2nd
333	Graham Gooch	India	Lord's, London, England	1990	1st

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Score	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
264*	Tom Latham	Sri Lanka	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	2018–19	1st
244*	Alastair Cook	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	2017–18	4th
223*	Glenn Turner	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1971–72	1st
216*	Marvan Atapattu	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	1999–00	1st
206*	Bill Brown	England	Lord's, London, England	1938	2nd

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Batting position	Player	Score	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
Opener	Matthew Hayden	380	Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	2003–04	1st
Number 3	Brian Lara	400*	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	2003–04	4th
Number 4	Mahela Jayawardene	374	South Africa	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	2006	1st
Number 5	Michael Clarke	329*	India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2011–12	2nd
Number 6	Ben Stokes	258	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	2015–16	2nd
Number 7	Don Bradman	270	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1936–37	3rd
Number 8	Wasim Akram	257*	Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura, Pakistan	1996–97	1st
Number 9	Ian Smith	173	India	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	1989–90	3rd
Number 10	Walter Read	117	Australia	The Oval, London, England	1884	3rd
Number 11	Ashton Agar	98	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	2013	1st

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Runs	Sequence	Batsman	Bowler	Venue	Season	Test
35	4–5W–7NB–4–4–4–6–1	Jasprit Bumrah	Stuart Broad	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	2022	5th
28	4–6–6–4–4–4	Brian Lara	Robin Peterson	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	2003–04	1st
28	4–6–2–4–6–6	George Bailey	James Anderson	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	2013–14	3rd
28	4–4–4–6–6–b4	Keshav Maharaj	Joe Root	St George's Park, Gqeberha, South Africa	2019–20	3rd
27	6–6–6–6–2–1	Shahid Afridi	Harbhajan Singh	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	2005–06	1st
27	6–4–4–4–6–3	Harry Brook	Zahid Mahmood	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	2022–23	1st

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Runs	Player	Average	Year
1788	Mohammad Yousuf	99.33	2006
1710	Viv Richards	90.00	1976
1708	Joe Root	61.00	2021
1656	Graeme Smith	72.00	2008
1595	Michael Clarke	106.33	2012

Centuries ↔ scroll for more

Centuries	Player	Matches	Innings
51	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329
45	Jacques Kallis	166	280
41	Ricky Ponting	168	287
41	Joe Root †	164	304
38	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233

Centuries (2) ↔ scroll for more

No. of balls	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
54	Brendon McCullum	Australia	Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand	2015–16	2nd
56	Viv Richards	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda	1985–86	5th
56	Misbah-ul-Haq	Australia	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	2014–15	2nd
57	Adam Gilchrist	England	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	2006–07	3rd
67	Jack Gregory	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	1921–22	2nd

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Double centuries	Player	Matches
12	Donald Bradman	52
11	Kumar Sangakkara	130
9	Brian Lara	131
7	Wally Hammond	85
7	Virat Kohli	123
7	Mahela Jayawardene	149

Centuries (4) ↔ scroll for more

No. of balls	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
153	Nathan Astle	England	Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand	2001–02	1st
163	Ben Stokes	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	2015–16	2nd
168	Virender Sehwag	Sri Lanka	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	2009–10	3rd
182	Virender Sehwag	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	2005–06	1st
186	Brendon McCullum	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	2014–15	3rd

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Triple centuries	Player	Matches
2	Donald Bradman	52
2	Virender Sehwag	104
2	Chris Gayle	103
2	Brian Lara	131
1	(25 players)	(25 players)

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Quadruple centuries	Player	Matches
1	Brian Lara	131

Half-centuries ↔ scroll for more

50+	Player	Matches	Innings
119	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329
108	Joe Root †	166	304
103	Jacques Kallis	166	280
103	Ricky Ponting	168	287
99	Rahul Dravid	164	286

Half-centuries (2) ↔ scroll for more

No. of balls	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
21	Misbah-ul-Haq	Australia	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	2014–15	2nd
23	David Warner	Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2016–17	3rd
24	Jacques Kallis	Zimbabwe	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	2004–05	1st
24	Ben Stokes	West Indies	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	2024	3rd
25	Shane Shillingford	New Zealand	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	2014	1st

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Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	22.72
708	Shane Warne	145	25.41
704	James Anderson	188	26.45
619	Anil Kumble	132	29.65
604	Stuart Broad	167	27.68

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Wickets	Player	Matches	Average	Record held until	Duration of record
8	Alfred Shaw	1	10.75	31 March 1877	16 days
14	Tom Kendall	2	15.35	4 January 1879	1 year, 279 days
94	Fred Spofforth	18	18.41	12 January 1895	16 years, 8 days
100	Johnny Briggs	25	13.51	4 February 1895	33 days
101	Charles Turner	17	16.53	2 March 1895	26 days
103	Johnny Briggs	26	13.92	21 March 1896	1 year, 19 days
112	George Lohmann	18	10.75	14 January 1898	1 year, 299 days
118	Johnny Briggs	33	17.75	2 January 1904	5 years, 353 days
141	Hugh Trumble	32	21.78	13 December 1913	9 years, 345 days
189	Sydney Barnes	27	16.43	4 January 1936	22 years, 22 days
216	Clarrie Grimmett	37	24.21	24 July 1953	17 years, 201 days
236	Alec Bedser	51	24.89	26 January 1963	9 years, 186 days
242	Brian Statham	67	24.27	15 March 1963	48 days
307	Fred Trueman	67	21.57	1 February 1976	12 years, 323 days
309	Lance Gibbs	79	29.09	27 December 1981	5 years, 329 days
355	Dennis Lillee	70	23.92	21 August 1986	4 years, 237 days
373	Ian Botham	94	27.86	12 November 1988	2 years, 83 days
431	Richard Hadlee	86	22.29	8 February 1994	5 years, 88 days
434	Kapil Dev	131	29.64	27 March 2000	6 years, 48 days
519	Courtney Walsh	132	24.44	8 May 2004	4 years, 42 days
532	Muttiah Muralitharan	91	22.87	15 October 2004	160 days
708	Shane Warne	145	25.41	3 December 2007	3 years, 49 days
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	22.72	Current	18 years, 227 days

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Wickets	Bowler	Match	Record Date
50	Charlie Turner	6	30 August 1888
100	George Lohmann	16	2 March 1896
150	Sydney Barnes	24	13 December 1913
200	Yasir Shah	33	3 December 2018
250	Ravichandran Ashwin	45	9 February 2017
300	Ravichandran Ashwin	54	24 November 2017
350	Muttiah Muralitharan	66	6 September 2001
350	Ravichandran Ashwin	66	2 October 2019
400	Muttiah Muralitharan	72	12 January 2002
450	Muttiah Muralitharan	80	3 May 2003
500	Muttiah Muralitharan	87	16 March 2004
550	Muttiah Muralitharan	94	12 September 2005
600	Muttiah Muralitharan	101	8 March 2006
650	Muttiah Muralitharan	108	4 August 2006
700	Muttiah Muralitharan	113	11 July 2007
750	Muttiah Muralitharan	122	31 July 2008
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	18 July 2010

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Average	Player	Runs conceded	Wickets
10.75	George Lohmann	1,205	112
12.70	/ J. J. Ferris	775	61
15.54	Billy Barnes	793	51
16.42	Billy Bates	821	50
16.43	Sydney Barnes	3106	189

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Strike rate	Player	Balls	Wickets
34.2	George Lohmann	3,830	112
35.8	Shamar Joseph †	2,076	58
37.7	/ J. J. Ferris	2,302	61
38.0	Kuldeep Yadav †	3,000	79
38.3	Marco Jansen †	3,408	89

Career (6) ↔ scroll for more

5 wickets in an innings	Player	Matches
67	Muttiah Muralitharan	133
37	Ravichandran Ashwin	106
37	Shane Warne	145
36	Richard Hadlee	86
35	Anil Kumble	132

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10 wickets in a match	Player	Matches
22	Muttiah Muralitharan	133
10	Shane Warne	145
9	Richard Hadlee	86
9	Rangana Herath	93
8	Anil Kumble	132
8	Ravichandran Ashwin	106

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Wickets	Tests	Player	Opponent	Series
49	4	Sydney Barnes	South Africa	1913–14
46	5	Jim Laker	Australia	1956
44	5	Clarrie Grimmett	South Africa	1935–36
42	6	Terry Alderman	England	1981
41	6	Terry Alderman	England	1989
41	6	Rodney Hogg	England	1978–79

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Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
19–90	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	1956	4th
17–159	Sydney Barnes	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	1913–14	2nd
16–136	Narendra Hirwani	West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	1987–88	4th
16–137	Bob Massie	England	Lord's, London, England	1972	2nd
16–220	Muttiah Muralitharan	England	The Oval, London, England	1998	1st

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Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
13–55	Courtney Walsh	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	1994–95	2nd
13–135	Waqar Younis	Zimbabwe	Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	1993–94	1st
13–152	Rangana Herath	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe	2016–17	2nd
12–100	Fazal Mahmood	West Indies	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	1958–59	2nd
11–79	Imran Khan	India	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	1982–83	2nd

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Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
10–53	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	1956	4th
10–74	Anil Kumble	Pakistan	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India	1998–99	2nd
10–119	Ajaz Patel	India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	2021–22	2nd
9–28	George Lohmann	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	1895–96	2nd
9–37	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	1956	4th

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Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
7–55	Tom Kendall	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1876–77
7–44	Fred Spofforth	England	The Oval, London, England	1882
7–28	Billy Bates	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1882–83
8–35	George Lohmann	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	1886–87
8–11	Johnny Briggs	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	1888–89
8–7	George Lohmann	South Africa	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha, South Africa	1895–96
9–28	George Lohmann	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	1895–96
10–53	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	1956

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Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
9–83	Kapil Dev	West Indies	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	1983–84
8–60	Imran Khan	India	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	1982–83
8–63	Rangana Herath	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe	2016–17
8–106	Kapil Dev	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	1985–86
7–37	Courtney Walsh	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	1994–95

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Catches	Player	Matches	Innings	Catches per Innings
218	Joe Root †	166	317	0.69
215	Steve Smith †	123	235	0.91
210	Rahul Dravid	164	301	0.70
205	Mahela Jayawardene	149	270	0.76
200	Jacques Kallis	166	315	0.63

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Catches	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
9	Aiden Markram	India	Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati, India	2025–26	2nd
8	Ajinkya Rahane	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka	2015	1st
7	Greg Chappell	England	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	1974–75	2nd
7	Yajurvindra Singh	England	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	1976–77	4th
7	Hashan Tillakaratne	New Zealand	Singhalese Sports Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka	1992–93	2nd
7	Stephen Fleming	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe	1997–98	1st
7	Matthew Hayden	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka	2003–04	1st
7	KL Rahul	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	2018	3rd

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Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Player	Matches
555	532	23	Mark Boucher	147
416	379	37	Adam Gilchrist	96
395	366	29	Ian Healy	119
355	343	12	Rod Marsh	96
294	256	38	MS Dhoni	90

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Catches	Player	Matches
532	Mark Boucher	147
379	Adam Gilchrist	96
366	Ian Healy	119
343	Rod Marsh	96
265	Jeff Dujon	81

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Stumpings	Player	Matches
52	Bert Oldfield	54
46	Godfrey Evans	91
38	Syed Kirmani	88
38	MS Dhoni	90
37	Adam Gilchrist	96

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Dismissals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
7	Wasim Bari	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	1978–79	3rd
7	Bob Taylor	India	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, India	1979–80	1st
7	Ian Smith	Sri Lanka	Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand	1990–91	2nd
7	Ridley Jacobs	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	2000–01	4th
7	Joshua Da Silva	South Africa	Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa	2022–23	1st

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Matches	Player	Period
5	Ian Botham	1977–1992
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	2011–2024
2	Garfield Sobers	1954–1974
2	Mushtaq Mohammad	1959–1979
2	Jacques Kallis	1995–2013
2	Shakib Al Hasan	2007–2024
2	Ravindra Jadeja †	2012–present

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Matches	Player	Runs	Wickets	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test
1	Ian Botham	114	13/109	India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	1979–80	1st
1	Imran Khan	117	11/180	India	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan	1982–83	3rd
1	Shakib Al Hasan	137	10/124	Zimbabwe	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna, Bangladesh	2014–15	2nd

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Matches	Player	Period
200	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2013
188	James Anderson	2003–2024
168	Steve Waugh	1985–2004
168	Ricky Ponting	1995–2012
167	Stuart Broad	2007–2023

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Matches	Player	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied
109	Graeme Smith	53	29	27	0
93	Allan Border	32	22	38	1
80	Stephen Fleming	28	27	25	0
77	Ricky Ponting	48	16	13	0
74	Clive Lloyd	36	12	26	0

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Won	Player	Lost	Drawn	Matches
53	Graeme Smith	26	26	109
48	Ricky Ponting	16	13	77
41	Steve Waugh	9	7	57
40	Virat Kohli	17	11	68
36	Clive Lloyd	12	26	74

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No. of Awards	Player	Matches	Period
23	Jacques Kallis	166	1995–2013
19	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	1992–2010
17	Wasim Akram	104	1985–2002
17	Shane Warne	145	1992–2007
16	Kumar Sangakkara	134	2000–2015
16	Ricky Ponting	168	1995–2012

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No. of Awards	Player	Matches	Series	Period
11	Ravichandran Ashwin	106	44	2011–2024
11	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	61	1992–2010
9	Jacques Kallis	166	61	1995–2013
8	Imran Khan	88	28	1971–1992
8	Richard Hadlee	86	33	1973–1990
8	Shane Warne	145	46	1992–2007

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Runs	Partnership	Innings	Highest	Average	100s/50s	Career span
6,920	Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar	143	249	50.51	20/29	1996–2012
6,554	Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara	120	624	56.5	19/27	2000–2015
6,482	Gordon Greenidge & Desmond Haynes	148	298	47.31	16/26	1978–1991
6,081	Matthew Hayden & Justin Langer	122	255	51.53	14/28	1997–2007
5,253	Alastair Cook & Andrew Strauss	132	229	40.4	14/21	2006–2012

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Runs	Partnership	Partnership	Opposition	Venue	Season	Test	Wicket
624	Kumar Sangakkara (287)	Mahela Jayawardene (374)	South Africa	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	2006	1st	3rd
576	Sanath Jayasuriya (340)	Roshan Mahanama (225)	India	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	1997	1st	2nd
467	Andrew Jones (186)	Martin Crowe (299)	Sri Lanka	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	1990–91	1st	3rd
454	Joe Root (262)	Harry Brook (317)	Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan	2024–25	1st	4th
451	Bill Ponsford (266)	Donald Bradman (244)	England	The Oval, London, England	1934	5th	2nd
451	Mudassar Nazar (231)	Javed Miandad (280*)	India	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Pakistan	1982–83	4th	3rd

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Wicket	Runs	Team	Partnership	Partnership	Opposition	Venue	Season
1st wicket	415	South Africa	Graeme Smith (232)	Neil McKenzie (226)	Bangladesh	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	2008
2nd wicket	576	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya (340)	Roshan Mahanama (225)	India	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	1997–98
3rd wicket	624	Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara (287)	Mahela Jayawardene (374)	South Africa	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	2006
4th wicket	454	England	Joe Root (262)	Harry Brook (317)	Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan	2024–25
5th wicket	405	Australia	Sid Barnes (234)	Donald Bradman (234)	England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	1946–47
6th wicket	401	West Indies	Amir Jangoo (233)	Roston Chase (194)	Sri Lanka	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda	2026
7th wicket	347	West Indies	Denis Atkinson (219)	Clairmonte Depeiaza (122)	Australia	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	1954–55
8th wicket	332	England	Jonathan Trott (184)	Stuart Broad (169)	Pakistan	Lord's, London, England	2010
9th wicket	195	South Africa	Mark Boucher (78)	Pat Symcox (108)	Pakistan	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	1997-98
10th wicket	198	England	Joe Root (154*)	James Anderson (81)	India	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	2014