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Alan Davidson (Australia), in the tied 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies in 1960–61, was the first man to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a match (and is the only other player to achieve this so far), but without a century: his two scores with the bat were 44 and 80, in addition to 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87).
The first was the final Test of the 1999–2000 series at Antigua Recreation Ground where the West Indies ran down the target of 216 runs in the final inning and the second happened in the opening test of the 2021 series at Sabina Park where the last wicket pair scored the last 17 runs to chase down 168.
Shane Warne was the first to take both 600 and 700 Test wickets, in 2005 and 2006 respectively. [16] [17] Warne's haul of 96 wickets in 2005 is the highest total in a calendar year, ahead of the 90 wickets taken the following year by Muralidaran, although he played fewer innings. [18]
West Indies' narrowest win by wickets is by 1 wicket, which they have achieved thrice, has come in the third Test of the 1998-99 Australia tour at Kensington Oval, Barbados and twice against Pakistan, once Pakistan's tour in 2000 at Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's and during the 2021 tour at Sabina Park, Kingston. These are three of only ...
Pakistan made their first tour of England in 1954 and drew the series 1–1 after a victory at The Oval in which fast bowler Fazal Mahmood took 12 wickets. Pakistan's first home Test match was against India in January 1955 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), after which four more Test matches were played in ...
The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganisations, with the number of teams and matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy changing regularly.
The first Test hat-trick was recorded on 2 January 1879, in only the third Test match to take place, by the Australia pace bowler Fred Spofforth, nicknamed "The Demon Bowler", [2] who dismissed three England batters with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The most recent Test hat-trick was taken by Noman Ali in January 2025.
The ICC World Test Championship, also referred to as the Test World Cup, is a league competition for Test cricket run by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which started on 1 August 2019. [1] [2] It is the premier championship for Test cricket. It is in line with the ICC's goal of having one pinnacle tournament for each of the three ...