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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 ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best ...
The Test matches, particularly the first one, greatly excited the colonial press. There was little coverage in England, however, and it was only later, once they were recognised as Tests, that any real note was taken of them there. England in Australia 1876/7. Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 4. Series result: Drawn 1–1.
Former captain Joe Root, pictured in 2017, holds several England Test cricket records. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, [a] [b] and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
List of cricketers who have taken two five-wicket hauls on Test debut; List of cricketers who scored a century in their hundredth Test; List of Ireland Test cricket records; List of New Zealand Test cricket records; List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket; List of South Africa Test cricket records
Despite this principle, in 2005, the ICC ruled that the six-day Super Series match that took place that October between Australia and a World XI was an official Test match: some cricket writers and statisticians, including Bill Frindall, have ignored the ICC's ruling and exclude this match from their records. The series of "Test matches" played ...
One player each from Pakistan and South Africa form the rest. [8] No player from Bangladesh, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Ireland or Zimbabwe has passed the 10,000 run mark in Tests yet. Sachin Tendulkar holds multiple records—most appearances (200 matches), most runs (15,921) and highest numbers of both centuries (51) and half-centuries (68). [6]
The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. [1] England is the joint oldest team in Test history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877 against Australia. [2]
Patsy Hendren (one for England in a Test match, four for touring MCC sides, fifteen for Middlesex and two for MCC) 833: from 1907 to 1938 18: Cheteshwar Pujara (three for India in Test matches, two for India A, one for India Blue in the Duleep Trophy final, nine for Saurashtra and three for Sussex) 275: from 2006 to present: 17