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The leading run-getters - 10,000-run club

Batsman For M I N.O.Runs H.S. Ave. 100 50 0

Sachin Tendulkar Ind.200 329 33 15921 248* 53.78 51 68 14

Ricky Ponting Aus.168 287 29 13378 257 51.85 41 62 17

Jacques Kallis SA 166 280 40 13289 224 55.37 45 58 16

Rahul Dravid Ind.164 286 32 13288 270 52.31 36 63 8

Kumar Sangakkara SL 134 233 17 12400 319 57.40 38 52 11

Brian Lara WI 131 232 6 11953 400* 52.88 34 48 17
Shivnarine Chanderpaul WI 164 280 49 11867 203* 51.37 30 66 15

Mahela Jayawardene SL 149 252 15 11814 374 49.84 34 50 15
Alastair Cook Eng 147 266 15 11629 294 46.33 31 55 8

Allan Border Aus.156 265 44 11174 205 50.56 27 63 11
Steve Waugh Aus.168 260 46 10927 200 51.06 32 50 22

Sunil Gavaskar Ind.125 214 16 10122 236* 51.12 34 45 12

Younis Khan Pak.118 213 19 10099 313 52.05 34 33 19

The top run-scorers in a winning cause (Minimum 5,000)

Batsman For M I N.O. Runs H.S. Ave. 100 50 0

Ricky Ponting Aus 108 178 24 9157 257 59.46 30 42 8

Steve Waugh Aus 86 120 27 6460 200 69.46 25 25 6

Jacques Kallis SA 82 124 22 6379 224 62.53 22 28 4

Matthew Hayden Aus 71 123 12 6154 380 55.44 23 19 5

Sachin Tendulkar India 72 113 17 5946 248* 61.93 20 24 2

Kumar Sangakkara SL 54 84 8 5449 287 71.69 19 20 5

Alastair Cook Eng 62 106 10 5362 294 55.85 16 19 1

Justin Langer Aus 70 118 10 5229 250 48.41 15 19 5

Graeme Smith SA 60 94 9 5214 259 61.34 18 20 2

Mahela Jayawardene SL 58 89 9 5173 374 64.66 17 19 5

Rahul Dravid India 56 92 14 5131 270 65.78 15 23 2

Leading Centurions

100 Innings Tests Batsman For

51 329 200 Sachin Tendulkar India

45 280 166 Jacques Kallis South Africa/ICC

41 287 168 Ricky Ponting Australia

38 233 134 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka

36 286 164 Rahul Dravid India/ICC
34 213 118 Younis Khan Pakistan
34 214 125 Sunil Gavaskar India

34 232 131 Brian Lara West Indies/ICC

34 252 149 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka

32 260 168 Steve Waugh Australia

31 266 147 Alastair Cook England

30 184 103 Matthew Hayden Australia
30 280 164 Shivnarine Chanderpaul Sri Lanka

Thirteen batsmen scoring hundreds against all other teams

India: Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene & Marvan Atapattu

Australia: Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh & Adam Gilchrist

South Africa: Jacques Kallis & Gary Kirsten

West Indies: Brian Lara

New Zealand: Kane Williamson

Pakistan: Younis Khan

Most double hundreds in Tests

Batsman For 200-plus Tests Innings

Don Bradman Australia 12 52 80

Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 11 134 233

Brian Lara West Indies 9 131 232

Wally Hammond England 7 85 140

Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 7 149 252

Batsmen registering two innings of 300-plus in Tests

Batsman For Runs Balls Opponents Venue Series

Brian Lara WI 400* 582 England St.John's 2003-04

375 538 England St.John's 1993-94

Don Bradman Aus.334 448 England Leeds 1930

304 473 England Leeds 1934

V Sehwag Ind.319 304 S.Africa Chennai 2007-08

309 375 Pakistan Multan 2003-04

Chris Gayle WI 333 437 S.Lanka Galle 2010-11

317 483 S.Africa St.John's 2004-05

Two Batsmen scoring a hundred in each innings of a Test match

Batsman Scores For Opponent Venue Series

Denis Compton 147 103* England Australia Adelaide 1946-47

Arthur Morris 189 104* Australia England Adelaide 1946-47

Greg Chappell 247* 133 Australia N.Zealand Wellington 1973-74

Ian Chappell 145 221 Australia N.Zealand Wellington 1973-74

Asanka Gurusinha 119 102 S.Lanka N.Zealand Hamilton 1990-91

Andrew Jones 122 100* N.Zealand S.Lanka Hamilton 1990-91

Azhar Ali 109 100* Pakistan Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-15

Misbah-ul-Haq 101 101* Pakistan Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-15

Virat Kohli 115 141 India Australia Adelaide 2014-15

David Warner 145 102 Australia India Adelaide 2014-15

The top six innings in Tests

Runs Balls Batsman For Opponents Venue Series

400* 582 Brian Lara West Indies England St.John's 2003-04

380 437 Matthew Hayden Australia Zimbabwe Perth 2003-04

375 538 Brian Lara West Indies England St.John's 1993-94

374 572 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka S.Africa Colombo SSC 2006

365* - Garry Sobers West Indies Pakistan Kingston 1957-58

364 847 Len Hutton England Australia The Oval 1938

Centuries by the top four batsmen in an innings:

Batsmen Score For Opponents Venue Series

K.D.Karthik (129), India Bangladesh Mirpur 2007

W.Jaffer (138*),(610/3d)

R.S.Dravid (129),

S.R.Tendulkar (122*)

Centuries by the top three batsmen in an innings:

Batsmen Score Team/Score Opponents Venue Series

J.B.Hobbs (211), England S.Africa Lord's 1924

H.Sutcliffe (122), (531-2d)

F.E.Woolley (134*)

C.C.McDonald (110), Australia W.Indies Port of Spain 1954-55

A.R.Morris (111), (600-9d)

R.N.Harvey (133)

W.M.Lawry (210), Australia W.Indies Bridgetown 1964-65

R.B.Simpson (201), (650-6d)

R.M.Cowper (102)

S.M.Gavaskar (172), India Australia Sydney 1985-86

K.Srikkanth (116), (600-4d)

M.Amarnath (138)

M.Taylor (111), Australia England Lord's 1993

M.J.Slater (152), (632-4d)

D.C.Boon (164*)

H.H.Gibbs (147), S.Africa Zimbabwe Harare 2001-02

G.Kirsten (220), (600-3d)

J.H.Kallis (157*)

M.H.Richardson (145), N.Zealand India Mohali 2003-04

L.Vincent (106), (630-6d)

S.B.Styris (119)

G.C.Smith (107) S.Africa England Lord's 2008

N.D.McKenzie (138) (393-3d)

H.M.Amla (104*)

G.Gambhir (167) India Sri Lanka Kanpur 2009-10

V.Sehwag (131) (642)

R.Dravid (144)

A.J.Strauss (110) England Australia Brisbane 2010-11

A.N.Cook (235*)

I.J.L.Trott (135*)

Batsmen number 2, 3 & 4 scoring centuries in the same Test innings

Batsmen Scores For Opponent Venue Series

Percy McDonnell 103 Australia England The Oval 1884

Billy Murdoch 211

Tup Scott 102

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Paul Gibb 120 England S.Africa Durban 1938-39

Bill Edrich 219

Wally Hammond 140

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Tim Robinson 148 England Australia Birmingham 1985

David Gower 215

Mike Gatting 100*

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Michael Slater 168 Australia New Zealand Hobart 1993-94

David Boon 106

Mark Waugh 111

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Herschelle Gibbs 114 South Africa Bangladesh Potchefstroom 2002-03

Gary Kirsten 160

Jacques Kallis 139*

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Andrew Strauss 137 England W.Indies Lord's 2004

Rob Key 221

Michael Vaughan 103

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Wasim Jaffer 138 India Bangladesh Dhaka 2007

(retired ill)

Rahul Dravid 129

Sachin Tendulkar 122*

(Since Dinesh Karthik (129) had also scored a hundred, this is the only

instance of top four batsmen posting centuries in the same innings).

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Tom Latham 136 New Zealand Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2016

Kane Williamsion 113

Ross Taylor 124*

Batsman No.5, 6, 7 & 8 posting 50-plus in the same Test innings

Runs No. Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

84 5 Craig McMillan N.Zealand India Hamilton 1998-99

50 6 Adam Parore (second innings)

126 7 Chris Cairns

63 8 Doin Nash

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201 5 Jesse Ryder N.Zealand India Napier 2008-09

52 6 James Franklin (first innings)

115 7 Brendon McCullum

55 8 Daniel Vettori

(No.4 batsman, Ross Taylor had scored 151)

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52 5 Ian Bell England Sri Lanka Lord's 2011

79 6 Eoin Morgan (first innings)

126 7 Matt Prior

54 8 Stuart Broad

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98 5 Joe Root England New Zealand Lord's 2015

92 6 Ben Stokes (first innings)

67 7 Jos Buttler

58 8 Moeen Ali

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63 5 Jermaine Blackwood W.Indies India Kingston 2016

137* 6 Roston Chase (second innings)

74 7 Shane Dowrich

64* 8 Jason Holder

Quickest triple hundreds in Tests

Balls Runs/Balls Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

to 300

278 319(304) Virender Sehwag India S.Africa Chennai 2007-08

362 380(437) Matthew Hayden Australia Zimbabwe Perth 2003-04

364 309(375) Virender Sehwag India Pakistan Multan 2003-04

381 303*(381) Karun Nair India England Chennai 2016-17

393 333(437) Chris Gayle W.Indies S.Lanka Galle 2010-11

Quickest double hundreds in Tests

Balls Runs/Balls Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

to 200

153 222(168) Nathan Astle N.Zealand England Christchurch 2001-02

163 258(198) Ben Stokes England S.Africa Cape Town 2015-16

168 293(254) Virender Sehwag India S.Lanka Mumbai(BS) 2009-10

182 254(247) Virender Sehwag India Pakistan Lahore 2005-06

186 202(188) Brendon McCullum N.Zealand Pakistan Sharjah 2014-15

194 319(304) Virender Sehwag India S.Africa Chennai 2007-08

211 228(240) Herschelle Gibbs S.Africa Pakistan Cape Town 2002-03

212 204*(213)Adam Gilchrist Australia S.Africa Johannesburg 2001-02

220 208 (226)Ian Botham England India The Oval 1982

221 333 (437)Chris Gayle W.Indies S.Lanka Galle 2010-11

222 309 (375)Virender Sehwag India Pakistan Multan 2003-04

Quickest hundreds in Tests

Balls Runs/Balls Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

to 100

54 145 (79) Brendon McCullum NZ Australia Christchurch 2015-16

56 110 (58) Viv Richards WI England St.John's 1985-86

56 101*(57) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-15

57 102*(59) Adam Gilchrist Aus England Perth 2006-07

67 119 (85) Jack Gregory Aus S.Africa Johannesburg 1921-22

69 100 (72) S.Chanderpaul WI Australia Georgetown 2002-03

69 180 (159) David Warner Aus India Perth 2011-12

70 102 (72) Chris Gayle WI Australia Perth 2009-10

Fastest 250 in Test Cricket

196 258 (198) Ben Stokes Eng S.Africa Cape Town 2015-16

207 293 Virender Sehwag India S.Lanka Mumbai 2009-10

225 319 Virender Sehwag India S.Africa Chennai 2007-08

Quickest Test fifties in terms of balls faced

Balls Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

21 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-15

23 David Warner Australia Pakistan Sydney 2016-17

24 Jacques Kallis S.Africa Zimbabwe Cape Town 2004-05

25 S.Shillingford W.Indies N.Zealand Kingston 2014

26 Shahid Afridi Pakistan India Bangalore 2004-05

26 Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh India Mirpur 2007

26 Dale Steyn S.Africa W.Indies Port Elizabeth 2014-15

27 Yousuf Youhana Pakistan S.Africa Cape Town 2002-03

28 Foffie Williams W.Indies England Bridgetown 1947-48

28 Ian Botham England India Delhi 1981-82

28 Chris Gayle W.Indies N.Zealand Port of Spain 2014

Quickest Test fifties in terms of minutes

Mts.Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

24 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-15

27 Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh India Mirpur 2007

28 Jack Brown England Australia Melbourne 1894-95

29 Salim Durani India England Kanpur 1963-64

30 Foffie Williams W.Indies England Bridgetown 1947-48

30 Bruce Taylor N.Zealand W.Indies Auckland 1968-69

Most runs in an over

Runs Batsman Bowler Teams Venue Series

28(466444) BC Lara RJ Peterson WI vs SA Johannesburg 2003-04

28(462466) GJ Bailey JM Anderson Aus vs Eng Perth 2013-14

27(666621) Shahid Afridi Harbhajan Pak vs Ind Lahore 2005-06

26(444464) CD McMillan Younis Khan NZ vs Pak Hamilton 2000-01

26(406664) BC Lara Danish Kaneria WI vs Pak Multan 2006-07

26(446066) MG Johnson PL Harris Aus vs SA Johannesburg 2008-09

26(466046) BB McCullum RAS Lakmal NZ vs SL Christchurch 2014-15

26(446660) HH Pandya PM Pushpakumara Ind vs SL Pallekele 2017

Highest strike rate in an innings (Minimum 100)

SR Runs Balls Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

189.65 110* 58 Vivian Richards W.Indies England St.John's 1985-86

183.54 145 79 Brendon McCullum N.Zealand Australia Christchurch 2015-16

177.19 101* 57 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-15

172.88 102* 59 Adam Gilchrist Australia England Perth 2006-07

145.52 195 134 Brendon McCullum N.Zealand S.Lanka Christchurch 2014-15

141.66 102 72 Chris Gayle W.Indies Australia Perth 2009-10

141.55 109 77 Mohd. Azharuddin India S.Africa Kolkata 1996-97

Highest strike rates in individual scores of 50-plus in Tests

SR Runs Balls Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

216.00 54 25 Jacques Kallis S.Africa Zimbabwe Cape Town 2004-05

207.14 58 28 Dale Steyn S.Africa W.Indies P.Elizabeth 2014-15

203.70 55 27 David Warner Australia Pakistan Sydney 2016-17

192.50 77* 40 Tim Southee N.Zealand England Napier 2007-08

189.65 110* 58 Vivian Richards W.Indies England St.John's 1985-86

183.54 145 79 Brendon McCullum N.Zealand Australia Christchurch 2015-16

182.75 53* 29 Shane Shillingford W.Indies N.Zealand Kingston 2014

177.19 101* 57 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-15

174.46 82 47 Chris Cairns N.Zealand England Lord's 2004

Most runs at tea on the first day of the Test

Batsman Score Final For Opponent Venue Series

score

Don Bradman 220 309* Australia England Leeds 1930

Shikhar Dhawan 190 190 India Sri Lanka Galle 2017

Jack Hobbs 180* 187 England S.Africa Cape Town 1910-11

Most sixes in a Test innings

6s Runs B Batsman For Opponent Venue Series

12 257* 363 Wasim Akram Pakistan Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 1996-97

11 222 168 Nathan Astle N.Zealand England Christchurch 2001-02

11 380 437 Matthew Hayden Australia Zimbabwe Perth 2003-04

11 202 188 Brendon McCullum N.Zealand Pakistan Sharjah 2014-15

11 195 134 Brendon McCullum N.Zealand Sri Lanka Christchurch 2014-15

11 258 198 Ben Stokes England S.Africa Cape Town 2015-16

10 336* - Wally Hammond England N.Zealand Auckland 1932-33

Most sixes in Tests

6s Inns Mt Batsman For

107 176 101 Brendon McCullum New Zealand

100 137 96 Adam Gilchrist Australia

98 182 103 Chris Gayle West Indies

97 280 166 Jacques Kallis South Africa/ICC

91 180 104 Virender Sehwag India/ICC

88 232 131 Brian Lara W.Indies/ICC

Most sixes at one venue

6s Inns Mt Batsman For Venue

23 13 8 Chris Cairns N.Zealand Eden Park, Auckland

21 22 14 Brian Lara W.Indies S.John's, Antigua

20 13 8 Andrew Flintoff England Edgbaston, Birmingham

19 35 22 Jacques Kallis S.Africa Newlands, Cape Town

18 3 2 Brendon McCullum N.Zealand Hagley Oval, Christchurch

18 14 9 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Batsmen hitting a six as their first scoring shot in their Test career

Batsman For Opponent Bowler Venue Series

Eric Freeman Australia India Erapalli Prasanna Brisbane 1967-68

Carlisle Best W.Indies England Ian Botham Kingston 1985-86

Keith Dabengwa Zimbabwe N.Zealand Daniel Vettori Bulawayo 2005-06

(Dabengwa did not score a run off his first 15 balls)

Dale Richards W.Indies Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza Kingstown 2009

Shafiul Islam Bangladesh India Amit Mishra Chittagong 2009-10

Jahurul Islam Bangladesh England Graeme Swann Dhaka 2009-10

Al-Amin Hossain Bangladesh Sri Lanka Rangana Herath Dhaka 2013-14

Mark Craig N.Zealand W.Indies Sulieman Benn Kingston 2014

Dhananjaya de Silva S.Lanka Australia Steve O'Keefe Pallekele 2016

Rival wicketkeepers posting hundreds in the same Test match

Wicketkeeper Scores For Venue Series

Ajay Ratra 115* India St.John's 2002

Ridley Jacobs 118 West Indies

Mahendra Singh Dhoni 110 India Ahmedabad 2009-10

Prasanna Jayawardene 154* Sri Lana

Dinesh Chandimal 116* Sri Lanka Galle 2012-13

Mushfiqur Raahim 200 Bangladesh

Wriddhiman Saha 106* India Hyderabad 2016-17

Mushfiqur Raahim 127 Bangladesh

Most fifty-plus innings in a calendar year in Tests

Batsman For Year T I NO Runs HS Ave. 50+ 100 50

Virender Sehwag Ind 2010 14 25 2 1422 173 61.82 13 5 8

Joe Root Eng 2015 14 26 3 1385 182* 60.21 13 3 10

Joe Root Eng 2016 17 32 2 1477 254 49.23 13 3 10

Vivian Richards WI 1976 11 19 0 1710 291 90.00 12 7 5

Sunil Gavaskar Ind 1979 17 26 0 1407 221 54.11 12 4 8

Jacques Kallis SA 2004 11 21 5 1288 162 80.50 12 5 7

Ricky Ponting Aus 2005 15 28 5 1544 207 67.13 12 6 6

Mohammad Yousuf Pak 2006 11 19 1 1788 202 99.33 12 9 3

Graeme Smith SA 2008 15 25 2 1656 232 72.00 12 6 6

Sachin Tendulkar Ind 2010 14 23 3 1562 214 78.10 12 7 5

Kumar Sangakkara SL 2014 11 21 1 1438 319 71.90 12 4 8

Highest Individual Innings on Captaincy debut in Tests

Score Inns Captain For Opponent Venue Series

239 1st Graham Dowling NZ India Christchurch 1967-68

203* 1st Shivnarine Chanderpaul WI S.Africa Georgetown 2004-05

191 1st Clem Hill Aus England Sydney 2010-11

190 1st Joe Root Eng S.Africa Lord's 2017

173 1st Alastair Cook Eng Bangla Chittagong 2009-10

164* 1st Vijay Hazare India England Delhi 1951-52

163 2nd Clive Lloyd WI India Bangalore 1974-75

First batsman to post three hundreds in successive innings on Captaincy debut

Virat Kohli

115 & 141 vs Australia Adelaide 2014-15

147 & 46 vs Australia Sydney 2014-15

Captains with three successive fifty-plus innings in Tests

# Williamson (91, 113 & 68 not out) has posted three successive fifty-plus scores as captain and has joined Rohan Kanhai (84, 105 & 56), Kepler Wessels (59, 74 & 118) and Virat Kohli (115, 141 & 147), who have recorded the feat in their first three innings as captain.

Captains registering a century and a duck in the same Test match

Captain For Scores Opponent Venue Series

1st 2nd

Colin Cowdrey (twice) Eng 119 0 West Indies Port of Spain 1959-60

101 0 West Indies Kingston 1967-68

Garry Sobers (twice) WI 0 113* England Kingston 1967-68

132 0 India Port of Spain 1970-71

Bill Murdoch Aus 0 153* England The Oval 1880

GHS Trott Aus 0 143 England Lord's 1896

Don Bradman Aus 138 0 England Trent Bridge 1948

Peter May Eng 0 112 South Africa Lord's 1955

Mike Gatting Eng 100 0 Australia Adelaide 1986-87

Arjuna Ranatunga SL 127 0 Australia Colombo, SSC 1992-93

Martin Crowe NZ 0 107 Sri Lanka Colombo, SSC 1992-93

Mike Atherton Eng 144 0 West Indies Georgetown 1993-94

Stephen Fleming NZ 192 0 Pakistan Hamilton 2003-04

Mohammad Ashraful Ban 0 129* Sri Lanka Colombo, PSS 2007

Mahela Jayawardene SL 104 0 Australia Hobart 2007-08

Andrew Strauss Eng 0 110 Australia Brisbane 2010-11

Graeme Smith SA 122 0 Australia Adelaide 2012-13

Michael Clarke Aus 161* 0 South Africa Cape Town 2013-14

Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 114 0 England Lord's 2016

Leading wicket-takers in Test Cricket

Bowler For Tests Wkts. Ave. Best 5WI 10WM S.Rate

Muttiah Muralitharan SL 133 800 22.72 9/51 67 22 55.0

Shane Warne Aus. 145 708 25.41 8/71 37 10 57.4

Anil Kumble Ind. 132 619 29.65 10/74 35 8 65.9

Glenn McGrath Aus. 124 563 21.64 8/24 29 3 51.9

Courtney Walsh WI 132 519 24.44 7/37 22 3 57.8

James Anderson Eng 129 506 27.39 7/42 24 3 55.8

Kapil Dev Ind. 131 434 29.64 9/83 23 2 63.9

Richard Hadlee NZ 86 431 22.29 9/52 36 9 50.8

Shaun Pollock SA 108 421 23.11 7/87 16 1 57.8

Dale Steyn SA 85 417 22.30 7/51 26 5 41.4

Harbhajan Singh Ind. 103 417 32.46 8/84 25 5 68.5

Wasim Akram Pak. 104 414 23.62 7/119 25 5 54.6

Curtly Ambrose WI 98 405 20.99 8/45 22 3 54.5

Bowlers with most wickets in a winning cause in Tests

Bowler For Tests Wkts. Ave. Best 5WI 10WM SR

Shane Warne          Aus    92   510 22.47 8/71 27   7    51.2
Muttiah Muralitharan SL     54   438 16.18 9/51 41 18 42.7
Glenn McGrath        Aus    84   414 19.19 8/24 18   3    47.7
Dale Steyn           SA     44 291 16.03 7/51 22 5    31.4
Anil Kumble          India 43   288 18.75 10/74 20   5    44.4
James Anderson Eng 59 284 20.28 7/42 17 3 42.8
Malcolm Marshall     WI     43   254 16.78 7/22 17   4    38.1

Courtney Walsh WI 52 239 19.72 7/37 10 2 46.2

Makhaya Ntini SA 50 233 22.21 7/37 14 3 42.7

Curtly Ambrose WI 44 229 16.86 8/45 13 3 44.4

Brett Lee Aus 54 225 27.52 5/30 7 0 49.1

Non-Asian spinners with 200 wickets or more in Tests

Bowler For T Wkts Ave. Best 5WI 10WM SR

Shane Warne Aus 145 708 25.41 8/71 37 10 57.4

Daniel Vettori NZ 112 361 34.15 7/87 20 3 79.3

Lance Gibbs WI 79 309 29.09 8/38 18 2 87.7

Derek Underwood Eng 86 297 25.83 8/51 17 6 73.6

Nathan Lyon Aus 69 269 31.83 8/50 12 2 60.8

Graeme Swann Eng 60 255 29.96 6/65 17 3 60.1

Richie Benaud Aus 63 248 27.03 7/72 16 1 77.0

Clarrie Grimmett Aus 37 216 24.21 7/40 21 7 67.1

Stuart MacGill Aus 44 208 29.02 8/108 12 2 54.0

Captains with most wickets in a Test match

Wkts Captain For Opponent Venue Series

13/55 Courtney Walsh W.Indies N.Zealand Wellington 1994-95

13/135 Waqar Younis Pakistan Zimbabwe Karachi 1993-94

13/152 Rangana Herath S.Lanka Zimbabwe Harare 2016-17

12/100 Fazal Mahmood Pakistan W.Indies Dhaka 1958-59

11/79 Imran Khan Pakistan India Karachi 1982-83

11/90 Arthur Gilligan England S.Africa Birmingham 1924

11/96 Allan Border Australia W.Indies Sydney 1988-89

11/121 Imran Khan Pakistan W.Indies Georgetown 1987-88

11/130 Intikhab Alam Pakistan N.Zealand Dunedin 1972-73

Most expensive bowling figures by captains in Tests

Bowling Captain For Opponent Venue Series

figures

53-4-187-1 Graeme Cremer Zimbabwe N.Zealand Bulawayo 2016

58-7-178-3 Daniel Vettori N.Zealand India Nagpur 2010-11

40-6-159-1 Rangana Herath S.Lanka India Galle 2017

45-6-158-4 Daniel Vettori N.Zealand England Napier 2007-08

78.2-21-155-6 George Giffen Australia England Melbourne 1894-95

44-4-153-4 Freddie Brown England Australia Sydney 1950-51

47-10-151-4 Ian Johnson Australia England Manchester 1956

48-6-150-4 Graeme Cremer Zimbabwe Sri Lanka Colombo,RPS 2017

Most five-wicket hauls in the fourth innings

Bowler 5WI Innings Tests

Rangana Herath 10 35 36

Muttiah Muralitharan 7 35 37

Shane Warne 7 53 60

Most ten-wicket hauls against different opponents

Bowler Teams

Muttiah Muralitharan 9

Rangana Herath 7

Ravichandran Ashwin 5

Richard Hadlee 5

Imran Khan 5

Anil Kumble 5

Five-wicket hauls against all the opponents

Bowler Teams

Muttiah Muralitharan 9

Dale Steyn 9

Rangana Herath 9

Three players playing in their respective 100th Tests in the same match

Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock South Africa vs New Zealand

& Stephen Fleming at Centurion in April 2006

Best bowling in an innings

Wkts. Bowler For Opponents Venue Series

10/53 Jim Laker England Australia Manchester 1956

10/74 Anil Kumble India Pakistan Delhi 1998-99

Most wickets in a Test match

19/90 Jim Laker England Australia Manchester 1956

17/159 Sydney Barnes England S.Africa Johannesburg 1913-14

16/136 Narendra Hirwani India W.Indies Chennai 1987-88

16/137 Bob Massie Australia England Lord's 1972

16/220 Muttiah Muralitharan S.Lanka England The Oval 1998

Two left-arm spinners taking four or more wickets in a Test innings

Bowlers Wkts For Opponent Venue Series

Roy Kilner 4/51 England Australia Adelaide 1924-25

Frank Woolley 4/77

Hedley Verity 4/104 England India Chennai 1933-34

James Langridge 5/63

Rangana Herath 4/49 Sri Lanka Australia Pallekele 2016

Lakshan Sandakan 4/58

All-rounders - 5000 runs + 200 wickets

M I NO Runs HS Ave. 100 Wkts.Ave. 5WI 10WM Ct

Kallis 166 280 40 13289 224 55.37 45 292 32.65 5 - 200

Sobers 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 235 34.03 6 - 109

Kapil 131 184 15 5248 163 31.05 8 434 29.64 23 2 64

Botham 102 161 6 5200 208 33.54 14 383 28.40 27 4 120

All-rounders - 100 runs and nine wickets in the same Test match

Runs 1st 2nd Wkts Ct All-rounder For Opponent Venue Season

114 114 DNB 13/106 0 Ian Botham Eng India Mumbai 1979-80

117 117 DNB 11/180 0 Imran Khan Pak India Faisalabad 1982-83

124 44 80 11/222 1 Alan Davidson Aus WI Brisbane 1960-61

143 137 6 10/124 0 Shakib Al Hasan Ban Zimbabwe Khulna 2014-15

110 106 4 9/89 1 Jimmy Sinclair SA England Cape Town 1898-99

103 64 39* 9/103 1 Mitchell Johnson Aus England Brisbane 2013-14

131 55* 76 9/133 2 Daniel Vettori NZ Ban. Chittagong 2008-09

100 100 DNB 9/154 1 Richie Benaud Aus SA Johannesburg 1957-58

117 103 14 9/190 0 Ravichandran Ind WI Mumbai 2011-12

Ashwin

All-rounders facing 200-plus balls as a batsman apart from taking 10 wickets in the same Test

Runs Balls Wkts All-rounder For Opponent Venue Series

faced

1st 2nd 1st 2nd

75 16* 365 7/46 4/50 Allan Border Australia W.Indies Sydney 1988-89

33* 36 219 5/47 5/43 Chaminda Vaas S.Lanka N.Zealand Napier 1994-95

85* - 263 4/31 6/82 Michael Bevan Australia W.Indies Adelaide 1996-97

35* 23 204 6/70 5/32 Chris Woakes England Pakistan Lord's 2016

All-rounders with 400-plus runs and 20-plus wickets in a Test series

All-rounder For Vs Series M Runs HS 100 Ave. Wkts Best Ave. 5WI Ct

Gary Sobers (2) WI India 1961-62 5 424 153 2 70.66 23 5/63 20.56 1 11

England 1966 5 722 174 3 103.14 20 5/41 27.25 1 10

Aubrey Faulkner SA England 1909-10 5 545 123 1 60.55 29 6/87 21.89 2 7

George Giffen Aus England 1894-95 5 475 161 1 52.77 34 6/155 24.11 3 6

Jack Gregory Aus England 1920-21 5 442 100 1 73.66 23 7/69 24.17 1 15

Keith Miller Aus W.Indies 1955 5 439 147 3 73.16 20 6/107 32.05 1 1

Tony Greig Eng W.Indies 1973-74 5 430 148 2 47.77 24 8/86 22.62 3 7

Andrew Flintoff Eng Australia 2005 5 402 102 1 40.20 24 5/78 27.29 1 3

All-rounders with 250-plus runs and 25-plus wickets in a Test series

All-rounder For Vs Series M Runs HS 100 Ave. Wkts Best Ave. 5WI Ct

Ian Botham Eng Australia 1981 6 399 149* 2 36.27 34 6/95 20.58 3 12

Ian Botham Eng Australia 1985 6 250 85 0 31.25 31 5/109 27.58 1 8

Aubrey Faulkner SA England 1909-10 5 545 123 1 60.55 29 6/87 21.89 2 7

George Giffen Aus England 1894-95 5 475 161 1 52.77 34 6/155 24.11 3 6

Richie Benaud Aus S.Africa 1957-58 5 329 122 2 54.83 30 5/49 21.93 4 5

Ravichandran Ashwin

Trevor Goddard SA Australia 1966-67 5 294 74 0 32.66 26 6/53 16.23 1 6

Kapil Dev Ind Pakistan 1979-80 6 278 84 0 30.88 32 7/56 17.68 3 3

Moeen Ali Eng S.Africa 2017 4 252 87 0 36.00 25 6/53 15.64 2 3

Most dismissals by wicketkeepers

Wicketkeeper For Dis. Ct. St. Tests Innings

Mark Butcher S.Africa/ICC 555 532 23 147 281

Adam Gilchrist Australia 416 379 37 96 191

Ian Healy Australia 395 366 29 119 224

Rodney Marsh Australia 355 343 12 96 182

Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 294 256 38 90 166

Most catches by fielders

Catches Matches Innings Fielder For

210 164 301 Rahul Dravid India/ICC

205 149 270 Mahela Jayawardene   Sri Lanka
200 166 315 Jacques Kallils      South Africa/ICC
196      168     328 Ricky Ponting        Australia

Five catches in a Test innings

Fielder For Opponent Venue Season

Vic Richardson Australia S.Africa Durban 1935-36

Yajurvinra Singh India England Bangalore 1976-77

Mohammad Azharuddin India Pakistan Karachi 1989-90

Kris Srikkanth India Australia Perth 1991-92

Stephen Fleming N.Zealand Zimbabwe Harare 1997-98

Graeme Smith S.Africa Australia Perth 2012-13

Darren Sammy W.Indies India Mumbai 2013-14

Darren Bravo W.Indies Bangladesh Kingstown 2014-15

Ajinkya Rahane India Sri Lanka Galle 2015-16

Jermaine Blackwood W.Indies Sri Lanka Colombo,PSS 2015-16

Most catches in a Test match

Ct. Fielder For Opponent Venue Season

8 Ajinkya Rahane India S.Lanka Galle 2015-16

7 Greg Chappell Australia England Perth 1974-75

7 Yajurvindra Singh India England Bangalore 1976-77

7 Hashan Tillakaratne Sri Lanka N.Zealand Colombo,SSC 1992-93

7 Stephen Fleming New Zealand Zimbabwe Harare 1997-98

7 Matthew Hayden Australia S.Lanka Galle 2003-04

Players receiving Man of the Series awards in their debut Test series

Player For Mt Runs Ave. 100 Wkts Ave. Ct Opponent Series

Sourav Ganguly Ind 2 315 105.00 2 6 20.83 0 England 1996

Jacques Rudolph SA 2 293 293.00 1 - - 2 Bangladesh 2003
Stuart Clark Aus 3 31 15.50 - 20 15.85 2 S.Africa 2005-06

Ajantha Mendis SL 3 19 6.33 - 26 18.38 1 India 2008

James Pattinson Aus 2 33 11.00 - 14 14.00 0 N.Zealand 2011-12

Vernon Philander SA 2 27 9.00 - 14 13.92 0 Australia 2011-12

Ravichandran Ashwin Ind 3 121 40.33 1 22 22.90 0 W.Indies 2011-12

Rohit Sharma Ind 2 288 288.00 2 - - 3 W.Indies 2013-14

Mehedi Hasan Miraz Ban 2 5 1.25 - 19 15.63 0 England 2016-17

Highest Partnerships

Runs Wkt.Pair Details

624 3rd Kumar Sangakkara & Sri Lanka vs. South Africa at

Mahela Jayawardene Colombo, SSC in 2006

576 2nd Sanath Jayasuriya & Sri Lanka vs. India at

Roshan Mahanama Colombo, RPS in 1997

467 3rd Andrew Jones & New Zealand vs.Sri Lanka at

Martin Crowe Wellington in 1990-91

451 2nd Bill Ponsford & Australia vs. England at

Don Bradman The Oval in 1934.

451 3rd Mudassar Nazar & Pakistan vs. India at

Javed Miandad Hyderabad (Sind) in 1982-83.

Highest run-rate in a partnership of 150 or more

RR Runs Balls Wkt Pair For Opponent Venue Series

9.76 179 110 5th Corey Anderson/ N.Zealand Australia Christchurch 2015-16

Brendon McCullum

8.10 162* 120 6th Michael Clarke/ Australia England Perth 2006-07

Adam Gilchrist

7.90 170 129 6th Kamran Akmal/ Pakistan India Lahore 2005-06

Shahid Afridi

7.84 153 117 5th Brendon McCullum N.Zealand S.Lanka Christchurch 2014-15

James Neesham

6.98 178 153 2nd Hashim Amla/ S.Africa Australia Perth 2012-13

Graeme Smith

6.91 399 346 6th Jonny Bairstow/ England S.Africa Cape Town 2015-16

Ben Stokes

6.88 233 203 6th Adam Gilchrist/ Australia Zimbabwe Perth 2003-04

Matthew Hayden

6.75 171 152 3rd Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka Bangladesh Colombo,SSC 2001-02

Mahela Jayawardene

Century Partnership by the same pair for the first wicket in both the innings

Pair For 1st 2nd Opponent Venue Series

innings

Jack Hobbs/Herbert Sutcliffe Eng 157 110 Australia Sydney 1924-25

Bob Catterall/Bruce Mitchell SA 119 171 England Birmingham 1929

Len Hutton/Cyril Washbrook Eng 137 100 Australia Adelaide 1946-47

Len Hutton/Cyril Washbrook Eng 168 129 Australia Leeds 1948

Geoff Boycott/John Edrich Eng 107 103 Australia Adelaide 1970-71

Mark Greatbatch/Rod Latham NZ 116 102 Zimbabwe Bulawayo 1992-93

Imran Farhat/Taufeeq Umar Pak 109 134 S.Africa Lahore 2003-04

Alastair Cook/Michael Vaughan Eng 133 107 S.Lanka Colombo,SSC 2007-08

Joe Burns/David Warner Aus 161 237 N.Zealand Brisbane 2015-16

Stephen Cook/Dean Elgar SA 104 116 S.Lanka Port Elizabeth 2016-17

Highest Innings Totals

Runs Overs R.R. Team Opponent Venue Series

952/6d 271.0 3.51 Sri Lanka India Colombo,RPS 1997

903/7d 335.2 2.69 England Australia The Oval 1938

849 258.2 3.28 England West Indies Kingston 1930

790/3d 208.1 3.79 West Indies Pakistan Kingston 1957-58

765/6d 248.5 3.07 Pakistan Sri Lanka Karachi 2008-09

760/7d 202.4 3.75 Sri Lanka India Ahmedabad 2009-10

758/8d 245.4 3.08 Australia West Indies Kingston 1955

756/5d 185.1 4.08 Sri Lanka South Africa Colombo,SSC 2006

751/5d 202.0 3.71 West Indies England St.John's 2003-04

749/9d 194.4 3.84 West Indies England Bridgetown 2008-09

747 235.2 3.17 West Indies South Africa St.John's 2004-05

735/6d 146.3 5.01 Australia Zimbabwe Perth 2003-04

730/6d 187.5 3.88 Sri Lanka Bangladesh Dhaka 2013-14

729/6d 232.0 3.14 Australia England Lord's 1930

726/9d 163.3 4.44 India Sri Lanka Mumbai, BS 2009-10

Quickest 200-plus Team Totals in Tests

Run Rate Score Overs Team Opponent Venue Series

7.53 241/2d 32.0 Australia Pakistan Sydney 2016-17

6.80 340/3d 50.0 S.Africa Zimbabwe Cape Town 2004-05

6.28 264/4d 42.0 Australia N.Zealand Brisbane 2015-16

6.27 251/6d 40.0 Australia India Sydney 2014-15

6.12 237/6d 38.4 England W.Indies Port of Spain 2008-09

5.80 296 51.0 Australia S.Africa Johannesburg 1902-03

India's highest run-rate in a total of 200-plus is 5.30 while scoring

410/1 (77.2 overs) vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2005-06

Highest successful chases in the fourth innings in Tests

Score Overs RPO For Vs Venue Series

418/7 128.5 3.24 West Indies Australia St.John's 2002-03

414/4 119.2 3.46 South Africa Australia Perth 2008-09

406/4 147.0 2.76 India W.Indies POS 1975-76

404/3 114.1 3.53 Australia England Leeds 1948

391/6 114.5 3.40 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Colombo,RPS 2017

387/4 98.3 3.92 India England Chennai 2008-09

382/3 103.1 3.70 Pakistan Sri Lanka Pallekele 2015

Lowest Innings Totals

26 27.0 0.96 New Zealand England Auckland 1954-55

30 18.4x5 1.91 South Africa England Port Elizabeth 1895-96

30 12.3 2.40 South Africa England Birmingham 1924

35 22.4x5 1.84 South Africa England Cape Town 1898-99

36 23,2 1.54 South Africa Australia Melbourne 1931-32

36 23.0 1.56 Australia England Birmingham 1902

42 39.0 1.07 New Zealand Australia Wellington 1945-46

42 37.3x4 1.66 Australia England Sydney 1887-88

42 17.0 2.47 India England Lord's 1974

Biggest wins - by an innings

Result For Opponent Venue Series

Innings & 579 runs England Australia The Oval 1938

Innings & 360 runs Australia South Africa Johannesburg 2001-02

Innings & 336 runs West Indies India Kolkata 1958-59

Innings & 332 runs Australia England Brisbane 1946-47

Innings & 324 runs Pakistan New Zealand Lahore 2001-02

Innings & 322 runs West Indies New Zealand Wellington 1994-95

Innings & 310 runs West Indies Bangladesh Dhaka 2002-03

Innings & 301 runs New Zealand Zimbabwe Napier 2011-12

By runs

675 runs England Australia Brisbane 1928-29

562 runs Australia England The Oval 1934

530 runs Australia South Africa Melbourne 1910-11

491 runs Australia Pakistan Perth 2004-05

465 runs Sri Lanka Bangladesh Chittagong 2008-09

425 runs West Indies England Manchester 1976

409 runs Australia England Lord's 1948

408 runs West Indies Australia Adelaide 1979-80

405 runs Australia England Lord's 2015

Narrowest wins - by runs

1 run West Indies Australia Adelaide 1992-93

2 runs England Australia Birmingham 2005

3 runs Australia England Manchester 1902

3 runs England Australia Melbourne 1982-83

5 runs S.Africa Australia Sydney 1993-94

6 runs Australia England Sydney 1884-85

7 runs Australia England The Oval 1882

7 runs S.Africa Sri Lanka Kandy 2000

7 runs N.Zealand Australia Hobart 2011-12

10 runs England Australia Sydney 1894-95

Most sixes in a Test innings

6s 4s Total Team Opponent Venue Series

22 66 690 New Zealand Pakistan Sharjah 2014-15

17 83 735/6d Australia Zimbabwe Perth 2003-04

15 83 643 Pakistan New Zealand Lahore 2001-02

15 76 726/9d India Sri Lanka Mumbai (BS) 2009-10

15 42 543/6d South Africa West Indies Basseterre 2010

14 46 441 New Zealand Sri Lanka Christchurch 2014-15

14 72 629/6d England South Africa Cape Town 2015-16

13 58 553 Pakistan Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 1996-97

13 74 595 New Zealand South Africa Auckland 2003-04

13 45 462 Pakistan England Faisalabad 2005-06

Nine countries playing Tests in a particular month

November 2000

India vs Bangladesh

England vs Pakistan

S.Africa vs New Zealand

India vs Zimbabwe

Australia vs West Indies

March 2006

India vs England

S.Lanka vs Bangladesh

N.Zealand vs West Indies

Australia vs South Africa

S.Lanka vs Pakistan

August 2016

England vs Pakistan

S.Lanka vs Australia

N.Zealand vs Zimbabwe

W.Indies vs India

S.Africa vs New Zealand