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Most consecutive wins
MATCHES  TEAM                   PERIOD 
16Australia From Harare, 1999-2000 to Mumbai, 2000-01
16  Australia From Melbourne 2005-06 to Sydney, 2008
11 West Indies  From Bridgetown, 1983-84 to Adelaide, 1984-85

 


   

Most consecutive defeats 
MATCHES  TEAM                   PERIOD 
21BangladeshFrom Chittagong, 2001-02 to Harare, 2003-04
11 Zimbabwe From Colombo, 2001-02 to Sydney, 2003-04 
8 South Africa From Port Elizabeth 1889 to Cape Town, 1899

 


 

Highest individual score
PLAYER RUNS OPPONENT  YEAR
Brian Lara (WI)  400* England St John`s, Antigua 2003-04
Matthew Hayden (AUS)  380  Zimbabwe WACA, Perth 2003-04
Brian Lara (WI)  375  England St John`s, Antigua 1993-94


  


 

Most centuries 
PLAYER

  CENTURIES

              MATCHES
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

39

150
Ricky Ponting (AUS)

35

 119 
Sunil Gavaskar (IND)

 34

 125


 


  

Most consecutive matches by a player 
MATCHESPLAYERFROM TO
153 AR Border (AUS) Melbourne, 1978/79 Durban, 1993/94
107  ME Waugh (AUS)  Manchester, 1993 Sharjah, 2002/03 
106 SM Gavaskar (IND) Mumbai, 1974/75 Chennai, 1986/87



   

Most consecutive draws
MATCHES  TEAM              PERIOD
10West IndiesFrom Georgetown, 1970-71 to Bridgetown, 1972-73 
9India From Port-of-Spain, 1952-53 to Hyderabad, 1955-56 
9Indiafrom Kolkata, 1959-60 to Delhi, 1961-62

 


 

Greatest win margins (by innings)
MARGIN MATCH               YEAR
Innings and 579 runs  England (903-7 d) beat Australia (201 & 123) 1938 
Innings and 360 runsAustralia (652-7 d) beat South Africa (159 & 133)2001-02  
Innings and 336 runsWest Indies (614-5 d) beat India (124 & 154) 1958-59

  


 

Greatest win margins (by runs) 
MARGIN MATCH YEAR
675  England (521 & 342-8 d) beat Australia (122 & 66)  1928-29 
562 Australia (701 & 327) beat England (321 & 145)  1934 
530Australia (328 & 578) beat South Africa (205 & 171)    1910-11



 

Narrowest win margins (by runs)
MARGIN MATCH              YEAR
1  West Indies (252 & 146) beat Australia (213 & 184) 1992-93 
2England (407 & 182) beat Australia (308 & 279)2005 
3Australia (299 & 86) beat England (262 & 120)1902



 

Tied Tests 
MATCH YEAR

West Indies (453 & 284) Tied with Australia (505 & 232)                                                                                              

 1960-61
Australia (574-7d & 170-5d) Tied with India (397 & 347)  1986-87

 


 

Most Man of the Match awards 
PLAYERMATCHES        MOM_AWARDS
JH Kallis (SA)   11419
M Muralitharan (SL)11818
Wasim Akram (Pak) 104 17

 


 

Most runs in an innings  
RUNSMATCHVENUEYEAR
952-6 dec.  Sri Lanka (v India) Melbourne, 1978/79 Colombo (RPS) 1997 
903-7 dec. England (v Australia) Manchester, 1993 The Oval 1938 
849 England (v West Indies) Mumbai, 1974/75 Kingston 1929-30

 


 

Lowest total in an innings 
RUNSMATCH        YEAR
26  New Zealand (v England)        1954-55
30 South Africa (v England)        1895-96 
30 South Africa (v England)         1924

 


 

Highest fourth innings total 
TOTAL                          MATCH

                  YEAR

654/5 England v South Africa 1939 
451New Zealand v England   2002
445India v Australia  1978



 

Most career runs
                   PLAYERRUNS        PERIOD
Brian Lara (WI) 11,953 runs (232 inns.) 1990-2006 

Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

11,782 runs (237 inns.)   1989
Allan Border (AUS)11,174 runs (265 inns.)  1978 to 1994

 


  

Highest career average 
PLAYER                  AVERAGE       PERIOD
Don Bradman (AUS) 99.94 (80 inns.)1928 to 1948
Michael Hussey (AUS)78.14 (36 inns.) 2005- till date
Graeme Pollock (SA) 60.97 (41 inns.) 1963 to 1970 

 


 

Most runs in a series by an individual 
PLAYERRUNSMATCHESSERIES
Don Bradman (AUS)  9745England v Australia, 1930 
Wally Hammond (ENG) 905  5 Australia v England, 1928-29 
Mark Taylor (AUS)839 6England v Australia, 1989

  


 

Most runs in a series by an individual 
PLAYERRUNSMATCHESSERIES
Don Bradman (AUS)  9745England v Australia, 1930 
Wally Hammond (ENG) 905  5 Australia v England, 1928-29 
Mark Taylor (AUS)839 6England v Australia, 1989

 



Most runs in an over
PLAYERRUNSMATCH YEAR
Brian Lara (WI)28 South Africa v West Indies2003-04 
Shahid Afridi (PAK) 27 Pakistan v India 2005-06 
CD McMillan(NZ)26New Zealand v Pakistan 2000-01 

 


  

Most career wickets
PLAYER

WICKETS

  MATCHES

AVG
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

723

              118

  21.77
Shane Warne (AUS)

708

              145

 25.41 
Anil Kumble (IND)

604

              125

28.85



 

Best career bowling average
PLAYERBALLSWICKETS AVERAGE
George Lohmann (ENG)3,830112 10.75
John Ferris (ENG/AUS)2,30261  12.70
Billy Barnes (ENG) 2,28951 15.54



 

Most wickets in a series
PLAYER                  WICKETS       SERIES
Sydney Barnes (ENG)49 (4 Tests) England v South Africa, 1913-14
Jim Laker (ENG) 46 (5 Tests) England v Australia, 1956
Clarrie Grimmett (AUS) 44 (5 Tests) South Africa v Australia, 1935-36

 


 

Best bowling figures in an innings 
PLAYERFIGURES MATCH YEAR
Jim Laker (ENG)10-53Eng v Aus, Old Trafford, Manchester 1956
Anil Kumble (IND) 10-74Ind v Pak, Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi1998-99
George Lohmann (ENG)9-28  Eng v SA, Old Wanderers, Johannesburg 1895-96

 


 

Best bowling figures in a match
PLAYERFIGURES MATCH YEAR
Jim Laker (ENG)19-90Eng v Aus, Old Trafford, Manchester 1956
Sydney Barnes (ENG)17-159Eng v SA, Johannesburg 1913-14
Narendra Hirwani (IND)16-136  Ind v WI, Chepauk, Chennai1987-88



 

Career best bowling economy rate
PLAYER MATBALLS  RUNS WKBESTECO
W Attewell (ENG)10 2850 626 284-421.31
C Gladwin (ENG)8 2129 571 153-211.60
TL Goddard (RSA)41 1736 3226 123  6-531.64



      

Most catches in career by non-wicketkeeper
PLAYER                 TEAM       CATCHES
Mark WaughAustralia181
Stephen FlemingNew Zealand166
Rahul DravidIndia166



    

Most Catches in an innings by non-wicketkeeper
PLAYER

CATCHES

MATCH

YEAR
VY Richardson(AUS)

5

Australia v South Africa

 1935/36
Yajurvindra Singh(IND)

5

India v England

1976/77
M Azharuddin(IND)

5

  India v Pakistan

1989/90


  



Most catches in a match by non-wicketkeeper
PLAYER

CATCHES

MATCH YEAR
GS Chappell (AUS)

7

Australia v England  1974/75 
Yajurvindra Singh(IND)

7

India v England 1976/77 
HP Tillakaratne (SL)

7

 Sri Lanka v New Zealand1992/93

 


 

Most dismissals in Test career by wicketkeeper
     PLAYER                                     DISMISSALS        MATCHES
      Adam Gilchrist (AUS)416 (379 c. 37 st.)              96
Mark Boucher (SA)413 (394 c. 19 st.)             109
Ian Healy (AUS)395 (366 c. 29 st.)             119



 

Most dismissals in a match by wicketkeeper
PLAYERDISMISSALSMATCH YEAR
RC Russell11(11ct )England v South Africa  1995/96
RW Taylor10(10ct)England v India1979/80 
AC Gilchrist10(10ct) Australia v New Zealand1999/00



 

Most matches played by a player
     PLAYER                                 MATCHES

            PERIOD

      Steve Waugh (AUS)168            1985 to 2004
Allan Border (AUS)156             1978 to 1994 
Shane Warne (AUS)145             1992 to 2007

  
  


 
 

Most matches played as captain
PLAYER MATCHES WON  LOST DRAWN TIED  
Allan Border (AUS) 93 32 22 38 1
Stephen Fleming (NZ) 80  28 27 25  0
Clive Lloyd (WI) 74 36 12 26 0

 


 

Most consecutive matches as captain

      PLAYER                                

MATCHES

            PERIOD

AR Border (Aus)

93

                Adelaide, 1984/85 to Durban, 1993/94 
SP Fleming (NZ)

65

                Birmingham, 1999 to Wellington, 2006/07 
    MA Atherton (Eng)

52

                Birmingham, 1993 to St John`s, 1997/98



 

Highest match aggregates

AGG                              

MATCH

YEAR

1981-35

South Africa v England

                 1938/39 

1815-34

West Indies v England

                 1929/30

1764-39

Australia v West Indies

                 1968/69



     

Lowest Match Aggregates 

AGG                              

MATCH

YEAR

234-29

Australia v South Africa

               1931/32 

291-40

England v Australia

                  1888

295-28

New Zealand v Australia

               1945/46

 


 

Most 5 wickets in an innings

PLAYER                    

5WK

MATCHES

M Muralitharan (SL)

62

             118 

SK Warne (Aus)

37

             145 

RJ Hadlee (NZ)

36

               86

 


 

Most 10 wickets in a match

PLAYER                    

10WK

MATCHES

M Muralitharan (SL)

20

             118 

SK Warne (Aus)

10

             145 

RJ Hadlee (NZ)

9

               86



 

Most balls bowled in an innings
PLAYER BALLSFIGURES  MATCHYEAR 
S Ramadhin 588 98-35-179-2 WI v Eng 1957
TR Veivers 571 95.1-36-155-3 Aus v Eng 1964
AL Valentine 552 92-49-140-3 WI v Eng 1950


 


 
   

Most matches as umpire

UMPIRE                    

COUNTRY

MATCHES

SA Bucknor

West Indies

              121 

DR Shepherd

England

               92

RE Koertzen

South Africa

               88

 

 

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