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List of Test cricket records

December 15, 2023

This article is about the men's records. For the women's records, see List of women's Test cricket records.

Test cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1] Unlike One Day Internationals, Test matches consist of two innings per team, with no limit in the number of overs.[2] 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.[3][4] The earliest match now recognised as a Test was played between England and Australia in March 1877;[5] 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.[6]

Donald Bradman, holder of several Test batting records including highest batting average
Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test cricket
Muttiah Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket
George Lohmann is the holder of best bowling average in Test cricket

Cricket is, by its nature, capable of generating large numbers of records and statistics.[7] This list details the most significant team and individual records in Test cricket.

As of February 2023, the most successful team in Test cricket, in terms of both wins and win percentage, is Australia, having won 404 of their 851 Tests (47.47%). Excluding teams who have only played a small number of Tests, the least successful team are Bangladesh.

Australian Donald Bradman, widely considered the greatest batsman of all time,[8][9] holds several personal and partnership records. He scored the most runs in a series, has the most double centuries and was a part of the record 5th wicket partnership. His most significant record is his batting average of 99.94. One of cricket's most famous statistics,[10][11] it still stands almost 40 runs higher than any other batsman's career average. Don Bradman is the only player in the world to have scored 5000 runs against a single opposition: 5028 runs against England.[12]

In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19–90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first-class one.[13] In taking 10–53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture all ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best innings figures. Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble was the second bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings, claiming 10–74 against Pakistan in 1999.[14] In December 2021, New Zealand spinner, Ajaz Patel became the third bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings.[15]West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier. Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier.[16] Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of the fastest Test half century, scoring 50 runs from 21 balls. The record for the fastest Test century is held by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, who scored 100 runs from 54 balls in his final Test match.

The trend of countries playing more Test matches in the modern era means that the aggregate lists are dominated by modern players. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket-taker in December 2007, when he passed Shane Warne's total of 708 wickets.[17] Within a year, the equivalent batting record of highest run-scorer had also changed hands: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the tally of 11,953 runs by Brian Lara.[18] The record for most dismissals by a wicket-keeper is held by Mark Boucher of South Africa[19] while the record for most catches by a fielder is held by Rahul Dravid.[20]

Listing criteria

In general the top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Listing notation

Team notation
  • (300–3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained
  • (300–3 d) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed
  • (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out
Batting notation
  • (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out
  • (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out
Bowling notation
  • (5–100) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs
Currently playing
  • † indicates a current Test cricketer
Seasons
  • Domestic cricket seasons in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and the West Indies may span two calendar years, and are by convention said to be played in (e.g.) "2008–09". A cricket season in England is described as a single year. e.g. "2009". An international Test series may be for a much shorter duration, and Cricinfo treats this issue by stating "any series or matches which began between May and September of any given year will appear in the relevant single year season and any that began between October and April will appear in the relevant cross-year season".[21] In the record tables, a two-year span generally indicates that the record was set within a domestic season in one of the above named countries.

Team records

Team wins, losses and draws

Team First Test match Matches Won Lost Tied Drawn % Won
  Afghanistan 14 June 2018 7 3 4 0 0 42.85
  Australia 15 March 1877 859 408 231 2 218 47.49
  Bangladesh 10 November 2000 140 19 103 0 18 13.57
  England 15 March 1877 1,066 391 320 0 355 36.67
  India 25 June 1932 572 173 176 1 222 30.24
  Ireland 11 May 2018 7 0 7 0 0 0.00
  New Zealand 10 January 1930 466 113 183 0 170 24.24
  Pakistan 16 October 1952 453 148 139 0 166 32.67
  South Africa 12 March 1889 460 177 158 0 125 38.47
  Sri Lanka 17 February 1982 313 100 121 0 92 31.94
  West Indies 23 June 1928 573 182 209 1 181 31.76
  Zimbabwe 18 October 1992 117 13 75 0 29 11.11
ICC World XI 14 October 2005 1 0 1 0 0 0.00

Last updated: 10 December 2023[22]

Result records

Greatest win margins (by innings)

Margin Teams Venue Season
Innings and 579 runs   England (903–7 d) beat   Australia (201 & 123) The Oval, London 1938
Innings and 360 runs   Australia (652–7 d) beat   South Africa (159 & 133) New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2001–02
Innings and 336 runs   West Indies (614–5 d) beat   India (124 & 154) Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1958–59
Innings and 332 runs   Australia (645) beat   England (141 & 172) Brisbane Cricket Ground 1946–47
Innings and 324 runs   Pakistan (643) beat   New Zealand (73 & 246) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 2002

Last updated: 18 December 2019[23]

Greatest win margin (by runs)

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

Last updated: 3 April 2018[24]

Matches that finished with scores level

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

Last updated: 8 January 2021[25][26][27]

Narrowest win margin (by wickets)

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

Last updated: 15 August 2021[28]

Narrowest win margin (by runs)

Margin Teams Venue Season
1 run   West Indies (252 & 146) beat   Australia (213 & 184) Adelaide Oval 1992–93
  New Zealand (209 & 483) beat   England (435 & 256) Basin Reserve, Wellington 2022–23
2 runs   England (407 & 182) beat   Australia (308 & 279) Edgbaston, Birmingham 2005
3 runs   Australia (299 & 86) beat   England (262 & 120) Old Trafford, Manchester 1902
  England (284 & 294) beat   Australia (287 & 288) Melbourne Cricket Ground 1982–83
4 runs   New Zealand (153 & 249) beat   Pakistan (227 & 171) Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2018–19

Last updated: 28 February 2023[29]

Victory after following-on

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

Last updated: 28 February 2023[30]

Most consecutive wins

Wins Team First win Last win
16   Australia   Zimbabwe at Harare, 14 October 1999   India at Mumbai, 27 February 2001
  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
9   Sri Lanka   India at Colombo, 29 August 2001   Pakistan at Lahore, 6 March 2002
  South Africa   Australia at Durban, 15 March 2002   Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1 May 2003

Last updated: 15 June 2016[31]

Team scoring records

Most runs in an innings

Score Teams Venue Season
952–6 d   Sri Lanka (v   India) Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 1997
903–7 d   England (v   Australia) The Oval, London 1938
849   England (v   West Indies) Sabina Park, Kingston 1929–30
790–3 d   West Indies (v   Pakistan) Sabina Park, Kingston 1957–58
765–6 d   Pakistan (v   Sri Lanka) National Stadium, Karachi 2008–09

Last updated: 14 September 2017[32]

Fewest runs in a completed innings

Runs Teams Venue Date
26   New Zealand (v   England) Eden Park, Auckland 25 March 1955
30   South Africa (v   England) St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 13 February 1896
  South Africa (v   England) Edgbaston, Birmingham 14 June 1924
35   South Africa (v   England) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 1 April 1899
36   South Africa (v   Australia) Melbourne Cricket Ground 12 February 1932
  Australia (v   England) Edgbaston, Birmingham 29 May 1902
  India (v   Australia) Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 17 December 2020

Last updated: 19 December 2020[33]

Highest fourth-innings totals to win

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

Last updated: 16 August 2023[34]

Aggregate scoring records

Highest match aggregate

Score Teams Venue Season
1981–35   South Africa (530 & 481) v   England (316 & 654–5) Kingsmead, Durban 1938–39
1815–34   West Indies (849 & 272–9 d) v   England (286 & 408–5) Sabina Park, Kingston 1929–30
1768–37   Pakistan (579 & 268) v   England (657 & 264–7 d) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 2022–23
1764–39   Australia (533 & 339–9) v   West Indies (276 & 616) Adelaide Oval 1968–69
1753–40   Australia (354 & 582) v   England (447 & 370) Adelaide Oval 1920–21
Last updated: 29 December 2022[35]

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Career runs

Further information: List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket

Most career runs

Runs Innings Player Period
15,921 329   Sachin Tendulkar 1989–2013
13,378 287   Ricky Ponting 1995–2012
13,289 280   Jacques Kallis 1995–2013
13,288 286   Rahul Dravid 1996–2012
12,472 291   Alastair Cook 2006–2018

Last updated: 11 September 2018[36]

Most career runs – progression of record

Runs Player Record held until Duration of record No of test record held
239   Charles Bannerman 4 January 1882 4 years, 295 days 4
676   George Ulyett[a] 13 August 1884 2 years, 222 days 11
860   Billy Murdoch[b] 14 August 1886 2 years, 1 day 8
1,277   Arthur Shrewsbury 23 January 1902 15 years, 162 days 43
1,293   Joe Darling[c] 18 February 1902 26 days 1
1,366   Syd Gregory[d] 14 June 1902 116 days 3
1,531   Archie MacLaren[e] 13 August 1902 60 days 3
3,412   Clem Hill 27 December 1924 22 years, 136 days 84
5,410   Jack Hobbs 29 June 1937 12 years, 184 days 102
7,249   Wally Hammond 27 November 1970 33 years, 151 days 414
7,459   Colin Cowdrey[f] 23 March 1972 1 year, 117 days 21
8,032   Garfield Sobers 23 December 1981 9 years, 275 days 219
8,114   Geoffrey Boycott 12 November 1983 1 year, 324 days 53
10,122   Sunil Gavaskar 25 February 1993 9 years, 105 days 248
11,174   Allan Border 25 November 2005 12 years, 273 days 558
11,953   Brian Lara 17 October 2008 2 years, 327 days 116
15,921   Sachin Tendulkar current 15 years, 55 days
Last updated: 15 June 2016[37]
  1. ^ Ulyett finished his career with 949 runs.
  2. ^ Murdoch finished his career with 908 runs.
  3. ^ Darling finished his career with 1,657 runs.
  4. ^ Gregory finished his career with 2,282 runs.
  5. ^ MacLaren finished his career with 1,931 runs.
  6. ^ Cowdrey finished his career with 7,624 runs.

Most runs at each batting position

Batting position Player Runs Average at the position
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 † 3,590 37.01
Number 7   Adam Gilchrist 3,948 46.45
Number 8   Daniel Vettori 2,227 39.77
Number 9   Stuart Broad 1,389 19.84
Number 10   Stuart Broad 825 12.69
Number 11   James Anderson † 680 8.00

Last updated: 16 August 2023 [38]

Highest career batting average

Average Innings Player Period
99.94 80   Donald Bradman 1928–1948
61.87 31   Adam Voges 2015–2016
60.97 41   Graeme Pollock 1963–1970
60.83 40   George Headley 1930–1954
60.73 84   Herbert Sutcliffe 1924–1935
Last updated: 19 February 2023[39]
Qualification: At least 20 innings.

Note: If the qualification is removed, the record Test batting average is Australian Kurtis Patterson's 144.00; Patterson made scores of 30 and 114 not out in his only two Test innings.[40] A very few one-Test wonders have never been dismissed, leaving them without a defined Test batting average. Notable players who played only a single Test innings without a dismissal are Stuart Law (54*, innings declared) and Andy Lloyd (10*, retired hurt).[41][42]

Series

Most runs in a series
Runs Player Series
974 (7 innings)   Don Bradman v   England, 1930
905 (9 innings)   Wally Hammond v   Australia, 1928–29
839 (11 innings)   Mark Taylor v   England, 1989
834 (9 innings)   Neil Harvey v   South Africa, 1952–53
829 (7 innings)   Viv Richards v   England, 1976

Last updated: 15 June 2016[43]

Innings

 
Brian Lara was the first to score 400 in International Cricket
Highest individual score
See also: List of Test cricket triple centuries
Highest individual score – progression of record
Score Player Opponent Venue Season Test match Number
165*[a]   Charles Bannerman   England Melbourne Cricket Ground 1876–77 Test No. 1
211   Billy Murdoch   England The Oval, London 1884 Test No. 16
287   R. E. Foster   Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 1903–04 Test No. 78
325   Andy Sandham   West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston 1929–30 Test No. 193
334   Don Bradman   England Headingley, Leeds 1930 Test No. 196
336*   Wally Hammond   New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 1932–33 Test No. 226
364   Len Hutton   Australia The Oval, London 1938 Test No. 266
365*   Garfield Sobers   Pakistan Sabina Park, Kingston 1957–58 Test No. 452
375   Brian Lara   England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 1993–94 Test No. 1259
380   Matthew Hayden   Zimbabwe WACA Ground, Perth 2003–04 Test No. 1661
400*   Brian Lara   England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 2003–04 Test No. 1696

Last updated: 15 June 2016[45]

  1. ^ Record achieved in the inaugural Test match.
Most runs in a match
Runs Scores Player Opponent Venue Season
456 333 and 123   Graham Gooch   India Lord's 1990
426 334* and 92   Mark Taylor   Pakistan Peshawar 1998–99
424 319 and 105   Kumar Sangakkara   Bangladesh Chittagong 2013–14
400 400*   Brian Lara   England St John's, Antigua 2003–04
380 247* and 133   Greg Chappell   New Zealand Wellington 1973–74
380   Matthew Hayden   Zimbabwe Perth 2003–04

Last updated: 15 June 2016[46]

Innings as captain
Highest individual score as captain
Score Player Opponent Venue Season
400*   Brian Lara   England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 2003–04
374   Mahela Jayawardene   South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 2006
334*   Mark Taylor   Pakistan Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar 1998
333   Graham Gooch   India Lord's, London 1990
329*   Michael Clarke   India Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2012

Last updated: 15 June 2015[47]

Innings carrying the bat
See also: List of cricketers who have carried the bat in international cricket
Highest individual score
Score Player Opponent Venue Season
264*   Tom Latham   Sri Lanka Basin Reserve, Wellington 2018–19
244*   Alastair Cook   Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 2017–18
223*   Glenn Turner   West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston 1972
216*   Marvan Atapattu   Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 1999–00
206*   Bill Brown   England Lord's, London 1931

Last updated: 8 January 2019[48]

Calendar year

Most runs in a calendar year
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

Last updated: 31 December 2021[49]

Highest scores at each batting position

Batting position Player Score Opponent Venue Date
Opener   Matthew Hayden 380   Zimbabwe WACA Ground 9 October 2003
Number 3   Brian Lara 400*   England Antigua Recreation Ground 10 April 2004
Number 4   Mahela Jayawardene 374   South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 27 July 2006
Number 5   Michael Clarke 329*   India Sydney Cricket Ground 3 January 2012
Number 6   Ben Stokes 258   South Africa Newlands Cricket Ground 2 January 2016
Number 7   Don Bradman 270   England Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 January 1937
Number 8   Wasim Akram 257*   Zimbabwe Sheikhupura Stadium 17 October 1996
Number 9   Ian Smith 173   India Eden Park 22 February 1990
Number 10   Walter Read 117   Australia Kennington Oval 11 August 1884
Number 11   Ashton Agar 98   England Trent Bridge 10 July 2013

Last updated: 18 November 2017[50]


Most runs in an over

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

Last updated: 2 December 2022[51]

Centuries

Most Test centuries
See also: List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored
Centuries Player Matches Innings Inns/Century
51   Sachin Tendulkar 200 329 6.4
45   Jacques Kallis 166 280 6.2
41   Ricky Ponting 168 287 7.0
38   Kumar Sangakkara 134 233 6.1
36   Rahul Dravid 164 286 7.9

Last updated: 15 June 2016[52]

Fastest Test centuries
Most Test double centuries
Double centuries Player Matches
12   Donald Bradman 52
11   Kumar Sangakkara 130
9   Brian Lara 131
7   Wally Hammond 85
  Virat Kohli 100
  Mahela Jayawardene 149

Last updated: 30 December 2021[54]

Fastest Test double centuries
Most Test triple centuries
Triple centuries Player Matches
2   Donald Bradman 52
  Virender Sehwag 104
  Chris Gayle 103
  Brian Lara 131
1 (22 players)
Further information: List of Test cricket triple centuries

Last updated: 8 January 2019[57]

Most Test quadruple centuries
Quadruple centuries Player Matches
1   Brian Lara 131

Last updated: 15 June 2016[58]

Half-centuries

Most Test 50+
50+ Player Matches Innings
119   Sachin Tendulkar 200 329
103   Jacques Kallis 166 280
103   Ricky Ponting 168 287
99   Rahul Dravid 164 286
96   Shivnarine Chanderpaul 164 280

Last updated: 15 June 2016[59]

Fastest Test half-centuries
No. of balls Player Opponent Venue Season
21   Misbah-ul-Haq   Australia Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2014–15
23   David Warner   Pakistan Sydney Cricket Ground 2016–17
24   Jacques Kallis   Zimbabwe Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 2004–05
25   Shane Shillingford   New Zealand Sabina Park, Kingston 2014
26   Shahid Afridi   India M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 2004–05
  Mohammad Ashraful   India Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur 2007
  Dale Steyn   West Indies St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth 2014–15
Last updated: 16 September 2019[60]

Note: Misbah's is also the fastest in minutes, at 24 minutes, with Ashraful in second place on 27. Some records credit Victor Trumper with a 22-minute half-century against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1902-3, but this only counted the time he was on strike: the total time for his fifty is recorded as 45 minutes.
Some sources also credit Ian Botham with a 26-ball half-century against India at Delhi in 1981-2, but this is a printing error: the scorecard records 28 balls.

Most fours in career

Fours Player Innings
2058+   Sachin Tendulkar 329
1654   Rahul Dravid 286
1559   Brian Lara 232
1509   Ricky Ponting 287
1491   Kumar Sangakkara 233
Key: + : complete career records are not known.
Last updated: 8 January 2019[61]

Most sixes in career

Sixes Player Innings
124   Ben Stokes † 175
107   Brendon McCullum 176
100   Adam Gilchrist 137
98   Chris Gayle 182
97   Jacques Kallis 280

Last updated: 16 August 2023[62]

Ducks

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

Last updated: 16 August 2023[63]

Individual records (bowling)

Most wickets in a career

Wickets Player Matches Average
800   Muttiah Muralitharan 133 22.72
708   Shane Warne 145 25.41
690   James Anderson † 183 26.42
619   Anil Kumble 132 29.65
604   Stuart Broad 167 27.68
Last updated: 01 August 2023[64]

Most wickets in a career – Progression of record

Wickets Player Matches Average Record held until Duration of record
8[a]   Alfred Shaw 1 10.75 31 March 1877 16 days
14   Tom Kendall 2 15.35 4 January 1879 1 year, 279 days
94[b]   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[c]   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[d]   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[e]   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[f]   Muttiah Muralitharan 91 22.87 15 October 2004 160 days
708[f]   Shane Warne 145 25.41 3 December 2007 3 years, 49 days
800   Muttiah Muralitharan 133 22.72 Current 16 years, 8 days
  1. ^ Allen Hill took the first Test wicket, but only two in the First Test match. Alfred Shaw (3/51 & 5/35) and Tom Kendall (1/54 & 7/55) both took eight wickets, but as Australia batted first Shaw was the first to take five wickets in an innings and the first to take eight Test wickets. Kendall overtook him in the Second Test and Shaw subsequently increased his total to 12 wickets (15.35) in seven Tests[65]
  2. ^ Johnny Briggs equalled Fred Spofforth's record of 94 Test wickets on 29 December 1894 in the Second Test at Melbourne, as did Charles Turner two days later. Briggs overtook Turner and Spofforth in the Third Test at Adelaide, which Turner missed, and became the first man to claim 100 Test wickets on 1 February 1895 in the Fourth Test at Sydney. Turner became the second three days later and ended with a total of 101 wickets (16.53) in 17 Tests[66][67]
  3. ^ Johnny Briggs equalled George Lohmann's record of 112 Test wickets on 3 January 1898 in the Second Test at Melbourne and overtook him in the next match at Adelaide.
  4. ^ Fred Trueman overtook Brian Statham's then record of 242 Test wickets and Statham subsequently increased his total to 252 wickets (24.84) in 70 Tests
  5. ^ Richard Hadlee overtook Ian Botham's then record of 373 Test wickets and Botham subsequently increased his total to 383 wickets (28.40) in 102 Tests
  6. ^ a b Shane Warne overtook Muttiah Muralitharan's then record of 532 Test wickets and Muralitharan subsequently increased his total to 800 wickets (22.72) in 133 Tests[68]

Fastest to multiples of 50 wickets

 
Ravichandran Ashwin holds world record for quickest to reach 250, 300 and 350 Test wickets.
Wickets Bowler Match Record Date Reference
50   Charlie Turner 6 30 August 1888 [69]
100   George Lohmann 16 2 March 1896 [70]
150   Sydney Barnes 24 13 December 1913 [71]
200   Yasir Shah 33 3 December 2018 [72]
250   Ravichandran Ashwin 45 9 February 2017 [73]
300 54 24 November 2017 [74]
350   Muttiah Muralitharan 66 6 September 2001 [75]
  Ravichandran Ashwin 2 October 2019
400   Muttiah Muralitharan 72 12 January 2002 [76]
450 80 3 May 2003 [77]
500 87 16 March 2004 [78]
550 94 12 September 2005 [79][80]
600 101 8 March 2006 [81]
650 108 4 August 2006 [82][83]
700 113 11 July 2007 [84]
750 122 31 July 2008 [85]
800 133 18 July 2010 [86]
Last updated: 19 January 2021

Best career bowling average

Average Player Runs conceded Wickets
10.75   George Lohmann 1,205 112
12.70  /  J. J. Ferris[a] 775 61
15.54   Billy Barnes 793 51
16.42   Billy Bates 821 50
16.43   Sydney Barnes 3106 189
Last updated: 19 February 2022[88]
Qualification: At least 2,000 balls bowled.

Note: If the qualification is removed, the best career average record is at 0.00 runs per wicket (i.e. no runs were conceded). This record is shared by Englishmen A N Hornby, Wilf Barber and New Zealander, Bruce Murray who took one wicket without conceding a run[89]

  1. ^ John Ferris was one of a few cricketers to play Test cricket for more than one country. He played in eight Tests for Australia from 1886–87 and a single Test for England in South Africa in 1891–92.[87]

Best career strike rate

Strike rate Player Balls Wickets
34.1   George Lohmann 3,830 112
35.3   Duanne Olivier † 2,008 59
37.7   /   J. J. Ferris 2,302 61
38.7   Shane Bond 3,372 87
39.7   Kagiso Rabada † 11,117 280
Last updated: 16 August 2023[90]
Qualification: 2000 balls bowled.

Most 5 wickets in an innings

5 wickets in an innings Player Matches
67   Muttiah Muralitharan 133
37   Shane Warne 145
36   Richard Hadlee 86
35   Anil Kumble 132
34   Ravichandran Ashwin 94
  Rangana Herath 93

Last updated: 16 August 2023[91]

Most 10 wickets in a match

10 wickets in a match Player Matches
22   Muttiah Muralitharan 133
10   Shane Warne 145
9   Richard Hadlee 86
  Rangana Herath 93
8   Anil Kumble 132
  Ravichandran Ashwin 94

Last updated: 16 August 2023[92]

Series

Most wickets in a series
Wickets Player Series
49 (4 Tests)   Sydney Barnes v   South Africa 1913–14
46 (5 Tests)   Jim Laker v   Australia, 1956
44 (5 Tests)   Clarrie Grimmett v   South Africa 1935–36
42 (6 Tests)   Terry Alderman v   England, 1981
41 (6 Tests)   Terry Alderman v   England, 1989
  Rodney Hogg v   

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This article is about the men s records For the women s records see List of women s Test cricket records Test cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council ICC 1 Unlike One Day Internationals Test matches consist of two innings per team with no limit in the number of overs 2 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 3 4 The earliest match now recognised as a Test was played between England and Australia in March 1877 5 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 6 Donald Bradman holder of several Test batting records including highest batting averageSachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer and century maker in Test cricketMuttiah Muralitharan is the highest wicket taker in Test cricketGeorge Lohmann is the holder of best bowling average in Test cricketCricket is by its nature capable of generating large numbers of records and statistics 7 This list details the most significant team and individual records in Test cricket As of February 2023 update the most successful team in Test cricket in terms of both wins and win percentage is Australia having won 404 of their 851 Tests 47 47 Excluding teams who have only played a small number of Tests the least successful team are Bangladesh Australian Donald Bradman widely considered the greatest batsman of all time 8 9 holds several personal and partnership records He scored the most runs in a series has the most double centuries and was a part of the record 5th wicket partnership His most significant record is his batting average of 99 94 One of cricket s most famous statistics 10 11 it still stands almost 40 runs higher than any other batsman s career average Don Bradman is the only player in the world to have scored 5000 runs against a single opposition 5028 runs against England 12 In the Manchester Test of 1956 England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs 19 90 which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first class one 13 In taking 10 53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture all ten wickets in a Test match innings and his analysis remains the best innings figures Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble was the second bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings claiming 10 74 against Pakistan in 1999 14 In December 2021 New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel became the third bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings 15 West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier Lara had held the record before Hayden with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier 16 Pakistan s Misbah ul Haq holds the record of the fastest Test half century scoring 50 runs from 21 balls The record for the fastest Test century is held by New Zealand s Brendon McCullum who scored 100 runs from 54 balls in his final Test match The trend of countries playing more Test matches in the modern era means that the aggregate lists are dominated by modern players Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket taker in December 2007 when he passed Shane Warne s total of 708 wickets 17 Within a year the equivalent batting record of highest run scorer had also changed hands Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the tally of 11 953 runs by Brian Lara 18 The record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper is held by Mark Boucher of South Africa 19 while the record for most catches by a fielder is held by Rahul Dravid 20 Contents 1 Listing criteria 2 Listing notation 3 Team records 3 1 Team wins losses and draws 3 2 Result records 3 2 1 Greatest win margins by innings 3 2 2 Greatest win margin by runs 3 2 3 Matches that finished with scores level 3 2 4 Narrowest win margin by wickets 3 2 5 Narrowest win margin by runs 3 2 6 Victory after following on 3 2 7 Most consecutive wins 3 3 Team scoring records 3 3 1 Most runs in an innings 3 3 2 Fewest runs in a completed innings 3 3 3 Highest fourth innings totals to win 3 4 Aggregate scoring records 3 4 1 Highest match aggregate 4 Individual records 4 1 Individual records batting 4 1 1 Career runs 4 1 2 Most career runs 4 1 3 Most career runs progression of record 4 1 4 Most runs at each batting position 4 1 5 Highest career batting average 4 1 6 Series 4 1 7 Innings 4 1 7 1 Highest individual score 4 1 7 2 Highest individual score progression of record 4 1 7 3 Most runs in a match 4 1 7 4 Innings as captain 4 1 7 5 Innings carrying the bat 4 1 8 Calendar year 4 1 8 1 Most runs in a calendar year 4 1 9 Highest scores at each batting position 4 1 10 Most runs in an over 4 1 11 Centuries 4 1 11 1 Most Test centuries 4 1 11 2 Fastest Test centuries 4 1 11 3 Most Test double centuries 4 1 11 4 Fastest Test double centuries 4 1 11 5 Most Test triple centuries 4 1 11 6 Most Test quadruple centuries 4 1 12 Half centuries 4 1 12 1 Most Test 50 4 1 12 2 Fastest Test half centuries 4 1 13 Most fours in career 4 1 14 Most sixes in career 4 1 15 Ducks 4 2 Individual records bowling 4 2 1 Most wickets in a career 4 2 2 Most wickets in a career Progression of record 4 2 3 Fastest to multiples of 50 wickets 4 2 4 Best career bowling average 4 2 5 Best career strike rate 4 2 6 Most 5 wickets in an innings 4 2 7 Most 10 wickets in a match 4 2 8 Series 4 2 9 Innings 4 2 9 1 Best figures in an innings 4 2 9 2 Best figures in an innings progression of record 4 2 10 Match records 4 2 11 Innings as captain 4 2 12 Match records as captain 4 3 Individual records fielding 4 3 1 Most catches in Test career 4 4 Individual records wicket keeping 4 4 1 Most dismissals 4 4 2 Most catches 4 4 3 Most stumpings 4 5 Individual records as an all rounder 4 5 1 10 wickets and a century in a Test match 4 5 2 Most 5 wickets in an innings and a century in the same Test match 4 6 Individual records other 4 6 1 Most matches played 4 6 2 Most matches played as captain 4 6 3 Most matches won as captain 4 6 4 Most Player of the Match awards 4 6 5 Most Player of the series awards 5 Partnership records 5 1 Highest partnerships 5 2 Highest partnership for each wicket 5 3 Highest overall partnership runs by a pair 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksListing criteriaIn general the top five are listed in each category except when there is a tie for the last place among the five when all the tied record holders are noted Listing notationTeam notation 300 3 indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained 300 3 d indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and declared its innings closed 300 indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all outBatting notation 100 indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out 100 indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not outBowling notation 5 100 indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while conceding 100 runsCurrently playing indicates a current Test cricketerSeasonsDomestic cricket seasons in Australia New Zealand South Africa India Pakistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh Zimbabwe and the West Indies may span two calendar years and are by convention said to be played in e g 2008 09 A cricket season in England is described as a single year e g 2009 An international Test series may be for a much shorter duration and Cricinfo treats this issue by stating any series or matches which began between May and September of any given year will appear in the relevant single year season and any that began between October and April will appear in the relevant cross year season 21 In the record tables a two year span generally indicates that the record was set within a domestic season in one of the above named countries Team recordsTeam wins losses and draws Team First Test match Matches Won Lost Tied Drawn Won nbsp Afghanistan 14 June 2018 7 3 4 0 0 42 85 nbsp Australia 15 March 1877 859 408 231 2 218 47 49 nbsp Bangladesh 10 November 2000 140 19 103 0 18 13 57 nbsp England 15 March 1877 1 066 391 320 0 355 36 67 nbsp India 25 June 1932 572 173 176 1 222 30 24 nbsp Ireland 11 May 2018 7 0 7 0 0 0 00 nbsp New Zealand 10 January 1930 466 113 183 0 170 24 24 nbsp Pakistan 16 October 1952 453 148 139 0 166 32 67 nbsp South Africa 12 March 1889 460 177 158 0 125 38 47 nbsp Sri Lanka 17 February 1982 313 100 121 0 92 31 94 nbsp West Indies 23 June 1928 573 182 209 1 181 31 76 nbsp Zimbabwe 18 October 1992 117 13 75 0 29 11 11ICC World XI 14 October 2005 1 0 1 0 0 0 00Last updated 10 December 2023 22 Result records Greatest win margins by innings Margin Teams Venue SeasonInnings and 579 runs nbsp England 903 7 d beat nbsp Australia 201 amp 123 The Oval London 1938Innings and 360 runs nbsp Australia 652 7 d beat nbsp South Africa 159 amp 133 New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg 2001 02Innings and 336 runs nbsp West Indies 614 5 d beat nbsp India 124 amp 154 Eden Gardens Kolkata 1958 59Innings and 332 runs nbsp Australia 645 beat nbsp England 141 amp 172 Brisbane Cricket Ground 1946 47Innings and 324 runs nbsp Pakistan 643 beat nbsp New Zealand 73 amp 246 Gaddafi Stadium Lahore 2002Last updated 18 December 2019 23 Greatest win margin by runs Margin Teams Venue Season675 runs nbsp England 521 amp 342 8 d beat nbsp Australia 122 amp 66 Brisbane Exhibition Ground 1928 29562 runs nbsp Australia 701 amp 327 beat nbsp England 321 amp 145 The Oval London 1934546 runs nbsp Bangladesh 382 amp 425 4 d beat nbsp Afghanistan 146 amp 115 Sher e Bangla National Cricket Stadium Mirpur Dhaka 2023530 runs nbsp Australia 328 amp 578 beat nbsp South Africa 205 amp 171 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1910 11492 runs nbsp South Africa 488 amp 344 6 d beat nbsp Australia 221 amp 119 Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg 2018Last updated 3 April 2018 24 Matches that finished with scores level See also Tied Test Result Teams Venue SeasonTie nbsp Australia 505 amp 232 vs nbsp West Indies 453 amp 284 The Gabba 1960 61Tie nbsp India 397 amp 347 vs nbsp Australia 574 7 d amp 170 5 d MA Chidambaram Stadium Madras 1986 87Draw nbsp Zimbabwe 376 amp 234 vs nbsp England 406 amp 204 5 Queens Sports Club Bulawayo 1996 97Draw nbsp India 482 amp 242 9 vs nbsp West Indies 590 amp 134 Wankhede Stadium Mumbai 2011 12Last updated 8 January 2021 25 26 27 Narrowest win margin by wickets Margin Teams Venue Season1 wicket nbsp England 183 amp 263 9 beat nbsp Australia 324 amp 121 The Oval London 1902 nbsp South Africa 91 amp 287 9 beat nbsp England 184 amp 190 Old Wanderers Johannesburg 1905 06 nbsp England 382 amp 282 9 beat nbsp Australia 266 amp 397 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1907 08 nbsp England 183 amp 173 9 beat nbsp South Africa 113 amp 242 Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town 1922 23 nbsp Australia 216 amp 260 9 beat nbsp West Indies 272 amp 203 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1951 52 nbsp New Zealand 249 amp 104 9 beat nbsp West Indies 140 amp 212 Carisbrook Dunedin 1979 80 nbsp Pakistan 256 amp 315 9 beat nbsp Australia 337 amp 232 National Stadium Karachi 1994 95 nbsp West Indies 329 amp 311 9 beat nbsp Australia 490 amp 146 Kensington Oval Bridgetown 1998 99 nbsp West Indies 273 amp 216 9 beat nbsp Pakistan 269 amp 219 Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 1999 00 nbsp Pakistan 175 amp 262 9 beat nbsp Bangladesh 281 amp 154 Ibn e Qasim Bagh Stadium Multan 2003 nbsp Sri Lanka 321 amp 352 9 beat nbsp South Africa 361 amp 311 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Colombo 2006 nbsp India 405 amp 216 9 beat nbsp Australia 428 amp 192 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali 2010 11 nbsp Sri Lanka 191 amp 304 9 beat nbsp South Africa 235 amp 259 Kingsmead Cricket Ground Durban 2018 19 nbsp England 67 amp 362 9 beat nbsp Australia 179 amp 246 Headingley Leeds 2019 nbsp West Indies 253 amp 168 9 beat nbsp Pakistan 217 amp 203 Sabina Park Kingston 2021Last updated 15 August 2021 28 Narrowest win margin by runs Margin Teams Venue Season1 run nbsp West Indies 252 amp 146 beat nbsp Australia 213 amp 184 Adelaide Oval 1992 93 nbsp New Zealand 209 amp 483 beat nbsp England 435 amp 256 Basin Reserve Wellington 2022 232 runs nbsp England 407 amp 182 beat nbsp Australia 308 amp 279 Edgbaston Birmingham 20053 runs nbsp Australia 299 amp 86 beat nbsp England 262 amp 120 Old Trafford Manchester 1902 nbsp England 284 amp 294 beat nbsp Australia 287 amp 288 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1982 834 runs nbsp New Zealand 153 amp 249 beat nbsp Pakistan 227 amp 171 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Abu Dhabi 2018 19Last updated 28 February 2023 29 Victory after following on See also Follow on Margin Teams Venue Season1 run nbsp New Zealand 209 amp 483 beat nbsp England 435 amp 256 Basin Reserve Wellington 2022 2310 runs nbsp England 325 amp 437 beat nbsp Australia 586 amp 166 Sydney Cricket Ground 1894 9518 runs nbsp England 174 amp 356 beat nbsp Australia 401 9 d amp 111 Headingley Leeds 1981171 runs nbsp India 171 amp 657 7 d beat nbsp Australia 445 amp 212 Eden Gardens Kolkata 2000 01Last updated 28 February 2023 30 Most consecutive wins Wins Team First win Last win16 nbsp Australia nbsp Zimbabwe at Harare 14 October 1999 nbsp India at Mumbai 27 February 2001 nbsp South Africa at Melbourne 26 December 2005 nbsp India at Sydney 2 January 200811 nbsp West Indies nbsp Australia at Bridgetown 30 March 1984 nbsp Australia at Adelaide 7 December 19849 nbsp Sri Lanka nbsp India at Colombo 29 August 2001 nbsp Pakistan at Lahore 6 March 2002 nbsp South Africa nbsp Australia at Durban 15 March 2002 nbsp Bangladesh at Dhaka 1 May 2003Last updated 15 June 2016 31 Team scoring records Most runs in an innings Score Teams Venue Season952 6 d nbsp Sri Lanka v nbsp India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium Colombo 1997903 7 d nbsp England v nbsp Australia The Oval London 1938849 nbsp England v nbsp West Indies Sabina Park Kingston 1929 30790 3 d nbsp West Indies v nbsp Pakistan Sabina Park Kingston 1957 58765 6 d nbsp Pakistan v nbsp Sri Lanka National Stadium Karachi 2008 09Last updated 14 September 2017 32 Fewest runs in a completed innings Runs Teams Venue Date26 nbsp New Zealand v nbsp England Eden Park Auckland 25 March 195530 nbsp South Africa v nbsp England St George s Park Port Elizabeth 13 February 1896 nbsp South Africa v nbsp England Edgbaston Birmingham 14 June 192435 nbsp South Africa v nbsp England Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town 1 April 189936 nbsp South Africa v nbsp Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 12 February 1932 nbsp Australia v nbsp England Edgbaston Birmingham 29 May 1902 nbsp India v nbsp Australia Adelaide Oval Adelaide 17 December 2020Last updated 19 December 2020 33 Highest fourth innings totals to win Score Teams Venue Season418 7 nbsp West Indies v nbsp Australia Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 2002 03414 4 nbsp South Africa v nbsp Australia WACA Ground Perth 2008 09406 4 nbsp India v nbsp West Indies Queen s Park Oval Port of Spain 1975 76404 3 nbsp Australia v nbsp England Headingley Leeds 1948395 7 nbsp West Indies v nbsp Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Chittagong 2020 21Last updated 16 August 2023 34 Aggregate scoring records Highest match aggregate Score Teams Venue Season1981 35 nbsp South Africa 530 amp 481 v nbsp England 316 amp 654 5 Kingsmead Durban 1938 391815 34 nbsp West Indies 849 amp 272 9 d v nbsp England 286 amp 408 5 Sabina Park Kingston 1929 301768 37 nbsp Pakistan 579 amp 268 v nbsp England 657 amp 264 7 d Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 2022 231764 39 nbsp Australia 533 amp 339 9 v nbsp West Indies 276 amp 616 Adelaide Oval 1968 691753 40 nbsp Australia 354 amp 582 v nbsp England 447 amp 370 Adelaide Oval 1920 21Last updated 29 December 2022 35 Individual recordsIndividual records batting Career runs Further information List of players who have scored 10 000 or more runs in Test cricket Most career runs Runs Innings Player Period15 921 329 nbsp Sachin Tendulkar 1989 201313 378 287 nbsp Ricky Ponting 1995 201213 289 280 nbsp Jacques Kallis 1995 201313 288 286 nbsp Rahul Dravid 1996 201212 472 291 nbsp Alastair Cook 2006 2018Last updated 11 September 2018 36 Most career runs progression of record Runs Player Record held until Duration of record No of test record held239 nbsp Charles Bannerman 4 January 1882 4 years 295 days 4676 nbsp George Ulyett a 13 August 1884 2 years 222 days 11860 nbsp Billy Murdoch b 14 August 1886 2 years 1 day 81 277 nbsp Arthur Shrewsbury 23 January 1902 15 years 162 days 431 293 nbsp Joe Darling c 18 February 1902 26 days 11 366 nbsp Syd Gregory d 14 June 1902 116 days 31 531 nbsp Archie MacLaren e 13 August 1902 60 days 33 412 nbsp Clem Hill 27 December 1924 22 years 136 days 845 410 nbsp Jack Hobbs 29 June 1937 12 years 184 days 1027 249 nbsp Wally Hammond 27 November 1970 33 years 151 days 4147 459 nbsp Colin Cowdrey f 23 March 1972 1 year 117 days 218 032 nbsp Garfield Sobers 23 December 1981 9 years 275 days 2198 114 nbsp Geoffrey Boycott 12 November 1983 1 year 324 days 5310 122 nbsp Sunil Gavaskar 25 February 1993 9 years 105 days 24811 174 nbsp Allan Border 25 November 2005 12 years 273 days 55811 953 nbsp Brian Lara 17 October 2008 2 years 327 days 11615 921 nbsp Sachin Tendulkar current 15 years 55 daysLast updated 15 June 2016 37 Ulyett finished his career with 949 runs Murdoch finished his career with 908 runs Darling finished his career with 1 657 runs Gregory finished his career with 2 282 runs MacLaren finished his career with 1 931 runs Cowdrey finished his career with 7 624 runs Most runs at each batting position Batting position Player Runs Average at the positionOpener nbsp Alastair Cook 11 845 44 87Number 3 nbsp Kumar Sangakkara 11 679 60 83Number 4 nbsp Sachin Tendulkar 13 492 54 40Number 5 nbsp Shivnarine Chanderpaul 6 883 56 42Number 6 nbsp Ben Stokes 3 590 37 01Number 7 nbsp Adam Gilchrist 3 948 46 45Number 8 nbsp Daniel Vettori 2 227 39 77Number 9 nbsp Stuart Broad 1 389 19 84Number 10 nbsp Stuart Broad 825 12 69Number 11 nbsp James Anderson 680 8 00Last updated 16 August 2023 38 Highest career batting average Average Innings Player Period99 94 80 nbsp Donald Bradman 1928 194861 87 31 nbsp Adam Voges 2015 201660 97 41 nbsp Graeme Pollock 1963 197060 83 40 nbsp George Headley 1930 195460 73 84 nbsp Herbert Sutcliffe 1924 1935Last updated 19 February 2023 39 Qualification At least 20 innings Note If the qualification is removed the record Test batting average is Australian Kurtis Patterson s 144 00 Patterson made scores of 30 and 114 not out in his only two Test innings 40 A very few one Test wonders have never been dismissed leaving them without a defined Test batting average Notable players who played only a single Test innings without a dismissal are Stuart Law 54 innings declared and Andy Lloyd 10 retired hurt 41 42 Series Most runs in a series Runs Player Series974 7 innings nbsp Don Bradman v nbsp England 1930905 9 innings nbsp Wally Hammond v nbsp Australia 1928 29839 11 innings nbsp Mark Taylor v nbsp England 1989834 9 innings nbsp Neil Harvey v nbsp South Africa 1952 53829 7 innings nbsp Viv Richards v nbsp England 1976Last updated 15 June 2016 43 Innings nbsp Brian Lara was the first to score 400 in International CricketHighest individual score See also List of Test cricket triple centuries Score Player Opponent Venue Season400 nbsp Brian Lara nbsp England Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 2003 04380 nbsp Matthew Hayden nbsp Zimbabwe WACA Ground Perth 2003 04375 nbsp Brian Lara nbsp England Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 1993 94374 nbsp Mahela Jayawardene nbsp South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo 2006365 nbsp Garfield Sobers nbsp Pakistan Sabina Park Kingston 1957 58Last updated 15 June 2015 44 Highest individual score progression of record Score Player Opponent Venue Season Test match Number165 a nbsp Charles Bannerman nbsp England Melbourne Cricket Ground 1876 77 Test No 1211 nbsp Billy Murdoch nbsp England The Oval London 1884 Test No 16287 nbsp R E Foster nbsp Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 1903 04 Test No 78325 nbsp Andy Sandham nbsp West Indies Sabina Park Kingston 1929 30 Test No 193334 nbsp Don Bradman nbsp England Headingley Leeds 1930 Test No 196336 nbsp Wally Hammond nbsp New Zealand Eden Park Auckland 1932 33 Test No 226364 nbsp Len Hutton nbsp Australia The Oval London 1938 Test No 266365 nbsp Garfield Sobers nbsp Pakistan Sabina Park Kingston 1957 58 Test No 452375 nbsp Brian Lara nbsp England Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 1993 94 Test No 1259380 nbsp Matthew Hayden nbsp Zimbabwe WACA Ground Perth 2003 04 Test No 1661400 nbsp Brian Lara nbsp England Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 2003 04 Test No 1696Last updated 15 June 2016 45 Record achieved in the inaugural Test match Most runs in a match Runs Scores Player Opponent Venue Season456 333 and 123 nbsp Graham Gooch nbsp India Lord s 1990426 334 and 92 nbsp Mark Taylor nbsp Pakistan Peshawar 1998 99424 319 and 105 nbsp Kumar Sangakkara nbsp Bangladesh Chittagong 2013 14400 400 nbsp Brian Lara nbsp England St John s Antigua 2003 04380 247 and 133 nbsp Greg Chappell nbsp New Zealand Wellington 1973 74380 nbsp Matthew Hayden nbsp Zimbabwe Perth 2003 04Last updated 15 June 2016 46 Innings as captain Highest individual score as captain Score Player Opponent Venue Season400 nbsp Brian Lara nbsp England Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 2003 04374 nbsp Mahela Jayawardene nbsp South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo 2006334 nbsp Mark Taylor nbsp Pakistan Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar 1998333 nbsp Graham Gooch nbsp India Lord s London 1990329 nbsp Michael Clarke nbsp India Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney 2012Last updated 15 June 2015 47 Innings carrying the bat See also List of cricketers who have carried the bat in international cricket Highest individual score Score Player Opponent Venue Season264 nbsp Tom Latham nbsp Sri Lanka Basin Reserve Wellington 2018 19244 nbsp Alastair Cook nbsp Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 2017 18223 nbsp Glenn Turner nbsp West Indies Sabina Park Kingston 1972216 nbsp Marvan Atapattu nbsp Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club Bulawayo 1999 00206 nbsp Bill Brown nbsp England Lord s London 1931Last updated 8 January 2019 48 Calendar year Most runs in a calendar year Runs Player Average Year1788 nbsp Mohammad Yousuf 99 33 20061710 nbsp Viv Richards 90 00 19761708 nbsp Joe Root 61 00 20211656 nbsp Graeme Smith 72 00 20081595 nbsp Michael Clarke 106 33 2012Last updated 31 December 2021 49 Highest scores at each batting position Batting position Player Score Opponent Venue DateOpener nbsp Matthew Hayden 380 nbsp Zimbabwe WACA Ground 9 October 2003Number 3 nbsp Brian Lara 400 nbsp England Antigua Recreation Ground 10 April 2004Number 4 nbsp Mahela Jayawardene 374 nbsp South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 27 July 2006Number 5 nbsp Michael Clarke 329 nbsp India Sydney Cricket Ground 3 January 2012Number 6 nbsp Ben Stokes 258 nbsp South Africa Newlands Cricket Ground 2 January 2016Number 7 nbsp Don Bradman 270 nbsp England Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 January 1937Number 8 nbsp Wasim Akram 257 nbsp Zimbabwe Sheikhupura Stadium 17 October 1996Number 9 nbsp Ian Smith 173 nbsp India Eden Park 22 February 1990Number 10 nbsp Walter Read 117 nbsp Australia Kennington Oval 11 August 1884Number 11 nbsp Ashton Agar 98 nbsp England Trent Bridge 10 July 2013Last updated 18 November 2017 50 Most runs in an over Runs Sequence Batsman Bowler Venue Season35 4 5W 7NB 4 4 4 6 1 nbsp Jasprit Bumrah nbsp Stuart Broad Edgbaston Birmingham 202228 4 6 6 4 4 4 nbsp Brian Lara nbsp Robin Peterson Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg 2003 044 6 2 4 6 6 nbsp George Bailey nbsp James Anderson WACA Perth 2013 144 4 4 6 6 b4 nbsp Keshav Maharaj nbsp Joe Root St George s Park Port Elizabeth 2019 2027 6 6 6 6 2 1 nbsp Shahid Afridi nbsp Harbhajan Singh Gaddafi Stadium Lahore 2005 066 4 4 4 6 3 nbsp Harry Brook nbsp Zahid Mahmood Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi 2022 23Last updated 2 December 2022 51 Centuries Most Test centuries See also List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored Centuries Player Matches Innings Inns Century51 nbsp Sachin Tendulkar 200 329 6 445 nbsp Jacques Kallis 166 280 6 241 nbsp Ricky Ponting 168 287 7 038 nbsp Kumar Sangakkara 134 233 6 136 nbsp Rahul Dravid 164 286 7 9Last updated 15 June 2016 52 Fastest Test centuries No of balls Player Opponent Venue Season54 nbsp Brendon McCullum nbsp Australia Hagley Oval Christchurch 2015 1656 nbsp Viv Richards nbsp England Antigua Recreation Ground St John s 1985 86 nbsp Misbah ul Haq nbsp Australia Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Abu Dhabi 201457 nbsp Adam Gilchrist nbsp England WACA Ground Perth 2006 0767 nbsp Jack Gregory nbsp South Africa Old Wanderers Johannesburg 1921 22Last updated 15 June 2016 53 Most Test double centuries Double centuries Player Matches12 nbsp Donald Bradman 5211 nbsp Kumar Sangakkara 1309 nbsp Brian Lara 1317 nbsp Wally Hammond 85 nbsp Virat Kohli 100 nbsp Mahela Jayawardene 149Last updated 30 December 2021 54 Fastest Test double centuries No of balls Player Opponent Venue Season153 nbsp Nathan Astle nbsp England Jade Stadium Christchurch 2001 02163 nbsp Ben Stokes nbsp South Africa Newlands Cape Town 2016168 nbsp Virender Sehwag nbsp Sri Lanka Brabourne Stadium Mumbai 2009182 nbsp Virender Sehwag nbsp Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium Lahore 2006186 nbsp Brendon McCullum nbsp Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sharjah 2014Last updated 4 March 2019 55 56 Most Test triple centuries Triple centuries Player Matches2 nbsp Donald Bradman 52 nbsp Virender Sehwag 104 nbsp Chris Gayle 103 nbsp Brian Lara 1311 22 players Further information List of Test cricket triple centuriesLast updated 8 January 2019 57 Most Test quadruple centuries Quadruple centuries Player Matches1 nbsp Brian Lara 131Last updated 15 June 2016 58 Half centuries Most Test 50 50 Player Matches Innings119 nbsp Sachin Tendulkar 200 329103 nbsp Jacques Kallis 166 280103 nbsp Ricky Ponting 168 28799 nbsp Rahul Dravid 164 28696 nbsp Shivnarine Chanderpaul 164 280Last updated 15 June 2016 59 Fastest Test half centuries No of balls Player Opponent Venue Season21 nbsp Misbah ul Haq nbsp Australia Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi 2014 1523 nbsp David Warner nbsp Pakistan Sydney Cricket Ground 2016 1724 nbsp Jacques Kallis nbsp Zimbabwe Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town 2004 0525 nbsp Shane Shillingford nbsp New Zealand Sabina Park Kingston 201426 nbsp Shahid Afridi nbsp India M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore 2004 05 nbsp Mohammad Ashraful nbsp India Sher e Bangla Cricket Stadium Mirpur 2007 nbsp Dale Steyn nbsp West Indies St George s Park Port Elizabeth 2014 15Last updated 16 September 2019 60 Note Misbah s is also the fastest in minutes at 24 minutes with Ashraful in second place on 27 Some records credit Victor Trumper with a 22 minute half century against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1902 3 but this only counted the time he was on strike the total time for his fifty is recorded as 45 minutes Some sources also credit Ian Botham with a 26 ball half century against India at Delhi in 1981 2 but this is a printing error the scorecard records 28 balls Most fours in career Fours Player Innings2058 nbsp Sachin Tendulkar 3291654 nbsp Rahul Dravid 2861559 nbsp Brian Lara 2321509 nbsp Ricky Ponting 2871491 nbsp Kumar Sangakkara 233Key complete career records are not known Last updated 8 January 2019 61 Most sixes in career Sixes Player Innings124 nbsp Ben Stokes 175107 nbsp Brendon McCullum 176100 nbsp Adam Gilchrist 13798 nbsp Chris Gayle 18297 nbsp Jacques Kallis 280Last updated 16 August 2023 62 Ducks Ducks Innings Player Period43 185 nbsp Courtney Walsh 1984 200139 244 nbsp Stuart Broad 2007 202336 104 nbsp Chris Martin 2000 201335 138 nbsp Glenn McGrath 1993 200734 199 nbsp Shane Warne 1992 2007142 nbsp Ishant Sharma 2007 2021Last updated 16 August 2023 63 Individual records bowling Most wickets in a career Wickets Player Matches Average800 nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan 133 22 72708 nbsp Shane Warne 145 25 41690 nbsp James Anderson 183 26 42619 nbsp Anil Kumble 132 29 65604 nbsp Stuart Broad 167 27 68Last updated 01 August 2023 64 Most wickets in a career Progression of record Wickets Player Matches Average Record held until Duration of record8 a nbsp Alfred Shaw 1 10 75 31 March 1877 16 days14 nbsp Tom Kendall 2 15 35 4 January 1879 1 year 279 days94 b nbsp Fred Spofforth 18 18 41 12 January 1895 16 years 8 days100 nbsp Johnny Briggs 25 13 51 4 February 1895 33 days101 nbsp Charles Turner 17 16 53 2 March 1895 26 days103 nbsp Johnny Briggs 26 13 92 21 March 1896 1 year 19 days112 c nbsp George Lohmann 18 10 75 14 January 1898 1 year 299 days118 nbsp Johnny Briggs 33 17 75 2 January 1904 5 years 353 days141 nbsp Hugh Trumble 32 21 78 13 December 1913 9 years 345 days189 nbsp Sydney Barnes 27 16 43 4 January 1936 22 years 22 days216 nbsp Clarrie Grimmett 37 24 21 24 July 1953 17 years 201 days236 nbsp Alec Bedser 51 24 89 26 January 1963 9 years 186 days242 d nbsp Brian Statham 67 24 27 15 March 1963 48 days307 nbsp Fred Trueman 67 21 57 1 February 1976 12 years 323 days309 nbsp Lance Gibbs 79 29 09 27 December 1981 5 years 329 days355 nbsp Dennis Lillee 70 23 92 21 August 1986 4 years 237 days373 e nbsp Ian Botham 94 27 86 12 November 1988 2 years 83 days431 nbsp Richard Hadlee 86 22 29 8 February 1994 5 years 88 days434 nbsp Kapil Dev 131 29 64 27 March 2000 6 years 48 days519 nbsp Courtney Walsh 132 24 44 8 May 2004 4 years 42 days532 f nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan 91 22 87 15 October 2004 160 days708 f nbsp Shane Warne 145 25 41 3 December 2007 3 years 49 days800 nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan 133 22 72 Current 16 years 8 days Allen Hill took the first Test wicket but only two in the First Test match Alfred Shaw 3 51 amp 5 35 and Tom Kendall 1 54 amp 7 55 both took eight wickets but as Australia batted first Shaw was the first to take five wickets in an innings and the first to take eight Test wickets Kendall overtook him in the Second Test and Shaw subsequently increased his total to 12 wickets 15 35 in seven Tests 65 Johnny Briggs equalled Fred Spofforth s record of 94 Test wickets on 29 December 1894 in the Second Test at Melbourne as did Charles Turner two days later Briggs overtook Turner and Spofforth in the Third Test at Adelaide which Turner missed and became the first man to claim 100 Test wickets on 1 February 1895 in the Fourth Test at Sydney Turner became the second three days later and ended with a total of 101 wickets 16 53 in 17 Tests 66 67 Johnny Briggs equalled George Lohmann s record of 112 Test wickets on 3 January 1898 in the Second Test at Melbourne and overtook him in the next match at Adelaide Fred Trueman overtook Brian Statham s then record of 242 Test wickets and Statham subsequently increased his total to 252 wickets 24 84 in 70 Tests Richard Hadlee overtook Ian Botham s then record of 373 Test wickets and Botham subsequently increased his total to 383 wickets 28 40 in 102 Tests a b Shane Warne overtook Muttiah Muralitharan s then record of 532 Test wickets and Muralitharan subsequently increased his total to 800 wickets 22 72 in 133 Tests 68 Fastest to multiples of 50 wickets nbsp Ravichandran Ashwin holds world record for quickest to reach 250 300 and 350 Test wickets Wickets Bowler Match Record Date Reference50 nbsp Charlie Turner 6 30 August 1888 69 100 nbsp George Lohmann 16 2 March 1896 70 150 nbsp Sydney Barnes 24 13 December 1913 71 200 nbsp Yasir Shah 33 3 December 2018 72 250 nbsp Ravichandran Ashwin 45 9 February 2017 73 300 54 24 November 2017 74 350 nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan 66 6 September 2001 75 nbsp Ravichandran Ashwin 2 October 2019400 nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan 72 12 January 2002 76 450 80 3 May 2003 77 500 87 16 March 2004 78 550 94 12 September 2005 79 80 600 101 8 March 2006 81 650 108 4 August 2006 82 83 700 113 11 July 2007 84 750 122 31 July 2008 85 800 133 18 July 2010 86 Last updated 19 January 2021Best career bowling average Average Player Runs conceded Wickets10 75 nbsp George Lohmann 1 205 11212 70 nbsp nbsp J J Ferris a 775 6115 54 nbsp Billy Barnes 793 5116 42 nbsp Billy Bates 821 5016 43 nbsp Sydney Barnes 3106 189Last updated 19 February 2022 88 Qualification At least 2 000 balls bowled Note If the qualification is removed the best career average record is at 0 00 runs per wicket i e no runs were conceded This record is shared by Englishmen A N Hornby Wilf Barber and New Zealander Bruce Murray who took one wicket without conceding a run 89 John Ferris was one of a few cricketers to play Test cricket for more than one country He played in eight Tests for Australia from 1886 87 and a single Test for England in South Africa in 1891 92 87 Best career strike rate Strike rate Player Balls Wickets34 1 nbsp George Lohmann 3 830 11235 3 nbsp Duanne Olivier 2 008 5937 7 nbsp nbsp J J Ferris 2 302 6138 7 nbsp Shane Bond 3 372 8739 7 nbsp Kagiso Rabada 11 117 280Last updated 16 August 2023 90 Qualification 2000 balls bowled Most 5 wickets in an innings 5 wickets in an innings Player Matches67 nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan 13337 nbsp Shane Warne 14536 nbsp Richard Hadlee 8635 nbsp Anil Kumble 13234 nbsp Ravichandran Ashwin 94 nbsp Rangana Herath 93Last updated 16 August 2023 91 Most 10 wickets in a match 10 wickets in a match Player Matches22 nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan 13310 nbsp Shane Warne 1459 nbsp Richard Hadlee 86 nbsp Rangana Herath 938 nbsp Anil Kumble 132 nbsp Ravichandran Ashwin 94Last updated 16 August 2023 92 Series Most wickets in a series Wickets Player Series49 4 Tests nbsp Sydney Barnes v nbsp South Africa 1913 1446 5 Tests nbsp Jim Laker v nbsp Australia 195644 5 Tests nbsp Clarrie Grimmett v nbsp South Africa 1935 3642 6 Tests nbsp Terry Alderman v nbsp England 198141 6 Tests nbsp Terry Alderman v nbsp England 1989 nbsp Rodney Hogg v nbsp, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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