Records In Test Cricket

Test cricket is the game of patience. Those cricketers who can hold his nerve can perform well and can set records in test cricket. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket and is believed to the best form of cricket. Cricket though has changed from test cricket to ODI cricket to 20-20 cricket still, test cricket  has its own importance.Here is the list of test records of all time.

Batting Records
Record for most runs in test
Record for most centuries in test
Record for most double centuries in test
Record for most triple hundred in test
Record for highest individual run in test
Record for highest career batting average in test
Record for most ducks in test
Record for fastest century in test
Record for highest partnership in test

Bowling Records
Record for most wickets in test
Record for best bowling average in test
Record for best individual bowling performance in test
Record for most five wicket haul in an inning in test
Record for most ten wicket haul in an match in test

Team Records
Record for highest inning total in test
Record for highest run chase in test
Record for lowest team score in test

Batting records in Test Cricket


Record for most runs in test

 Runs  Matches  Player name  Country   Best 

15562		 192 Sachin Tendulkar India 248*
13366  167 Ricky Ponting Australia  257  
13288 164 Rahul Dravid  India  270
12941 157 Jacques Kallis South Africa  224
11953 131 Brian Lara  West Indies  400*


Record for most centuries in test

Player name No. of centuries Matches  Best.
Sachin Tendulkar          51 192 248*
Jacques Kallis          44 157 224
Ricky Ponting          41 167 257
Rahul Dravid          36  164 270
Sunil Gavaskar          34 125 236*

Record for most double centuries in test

Player nameCountryMatchesNo. of times double century 
 Donald Bradman  Australia  52                 12
 Brian Lara West Indies  131                  9
 KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka 113                  8
 Wally Hammond  England 85                  7
 MS Atapattu Sri Lanka 90                  6


Record for most triple centuries in test


Player nameCountry MatchesNo. of times triple hunderd
 Donald Bradman  Australia  52 2
 Virender Sehwag  India 100 2
 Brian Lara West Indies  131 2
 Chris Gayle West Indies  95 2

Record for highest individual run in test


Player name  Country  Opposition  Score 
 Brian Lara West Indies  England 400*
 Matthew Hayden  Australia Zimbabwe 380
 Brian Lara West Indies England 375
 Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka South Africa  374
 Garry Sobers West Indies Pakistan 365


Record for highest career batting average in test


 Player name  Country  Batting average Best
 Donald Bradman  Australia      99.94 334
 Graeme Pollock South Africa      60.97 274
 George Headley West Indies     60.833 270*
 Herbert Sutcliffe England     60.733 194
 Eddie Paynter England     59.23 243


Record for most ducks in test


Player name  Country No. of ducks  Average  
 Courtney Walsh  West Indies        43    7.54
 Chris Martin New Zealand       35    2.41
 Glenn McGrath Australia       35     7.36  
 Shane Warne Australia       34   17.32   
 Muttiah Muralitharan  Shane Warne        33   11.67  


Record for fastest century in test

Player name  Opposition  Balls  No. of 6's 
 Viv Richards (W.I.) England   56      7
 Adam Gilchrist (Australia)  England   57      4
 Jack Gregory (Australia) South Africa    67      2
 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (W.I)  Australia   69      2
 David  Warned(Australia.)  India   69      3


Record for highest partnership in test


                      Partners  Runs  Wicket  Opposition 
 M Jayawardene and  K Sangakkara 624   3rd South Africa 
 S Jaysuriya and RS Mahanama          576   2nd India
 AH Jones and MD Crowe 467   3rd New Zealand
 WH Ponsford and DG Bradman 451   2nd England
 M Nazar and J Miandad 451   3rd India

Analysis of batting performance in test circket Batting record in test cricket is dominated by two players Sachin Tendulkar and Don Bradman. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most runs and most centuries. Sir Donald Bradman has played just 52 matches, the record for most double and triple centuries in test cricket goes to Don Bradman with 12 double century and 2 triple century. Do, you know that Don Bradman has been once not out for 299 as well. Record of highest batting average in cricket is also under the name of Don Bradman with an Exclusive batting average of 99.94. Do, you know that Bradman needed 4 runs in his last innings  to reach an average of 100 but, unfortunately he was out in 0.
Test Cricket Legends Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar
Legends of Test Cricket Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar

Bowling records in test cricket


Record for most wickets in test


            Player  Country No. of wickets  Best 
 Muttiah Muralidharan  Sri Lanka         800 9-51 
 Shane Warne Australia        708 8-71
 Anil Kumble India        619 10-74
 Glenn McGrath Australia        563  8-24 
 Courtney Walsh West Indies        519  7-37


Record for best bowling average in test


Player name  No. of wickets  Bowling Average Best 
 George Lohmann(England)         112          10.76 9-28  
 J.J Ferris(England/Australia)          61          12.70 7-37
 Billy Barnes(England)         51          15.55 6-28
 Sydney Barnes(England)          189                   16.43 9-103 
 Charlie Turner(Australia)         101          16.53 7-43


Record for best bowling performance in test


 Player name  Country  Opposition   Best 
 Jim Laker England   Australia 10-53 
 Anil Kumble India  Pakistan 10-74
 George Lohmann   England  Australia  9-28
 Jim Laker England   Australia  9-37
 M. Muralitharan Sri Lanka   Zimbabwe  9-51


Record for most five wicket haul in an inning in test

 Player name Matches No. of 5 wicket haul  Best 
 Muttiah Muralitharan  133              67  9-51 
 Shane Warne 145              37  8-71
 Richard Hadlee  86              36   9-52
 Anil Kumble 132              35 10-74
 Glenn McGrath 124              29  8-24


Record for most ten wicket haul in an inning in test

Player name  Matches No. of 10 wicket haul Best 
 Muttiah Muraliatharan  133           22 9-51
 Shane Warne 145           10 8-71 
 Richard Hadlee   86            9 9-52
 Anil Kumble  132            8 10-74
 Sydney Barnes   27            7 9-103

Analysis of bowling performance Bowling in test cricket is dominated by Muttiah Muralitharan. Muttiah holds the record for most wickets( 800 wickets ), most five wicket haul (67 times) and most 10 wicket haul (22 times) in test cricket. England's bowler Jim Laker has also set bowling records of test cricket, best bowing figure in test with 10-53. Do you know, muttiah had taken 800th wicket of Pragyan Ojha when India were 9 wicket down. Muttiah magical ability of spinning the ball made his very successful in cricket. He is the leading wicket taker in both ODI cricket and test cricket.

Record for highest inning team score in test

Team total   Overs  Country Opposition 
 959-6 dec 271.0 Sri Lanka  India
 903-7 dec 335.2 England Australia
 849 258.2 England West Indies 
 790-3 dec 208.1 West Indies  Pakistan
 765-6dec 248.5 Pakistan Sri Lanka

Record for highest fourth inning chase in test

 Runs chased      Country Opponent              Result 
      418 West Indies  Australia West Indies won match by 3 wickets
      414 South Africa  Australia South Africa won the match by 6 wickets 
      406 India West Indies  India won the match by 6 wickets
      404 Australia England Australia won the match by 7 wickets
      387 India England India won the match by 6 wicktes


Record for lowest inning team total in test

 Runs  Overs       Country  Opponent 
 26 27.0  New Zealand    England
 30 18.4 South Africa   England
 30 12.3 South Africa   England
 35  22.4 South Africa   England
 35  23.2 South Africa     Australia

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