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The ICC World Test Championship (WTC), is the biennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is played for 2 years. It is the premier championship for Test cricket. [1] Australia are the current champions, having defeated India in the 2023 final. India have played in each WTC final, finishing runners-up in ...
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 ...
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
After India amassed 430 for four to set a world-record 557 to win the third Test, England never looked like living up to their billing as happy hunters and were skittled in 39.4 overs to lose by a ...
Most career wickets [6] Wickets Player Period 63 (25 innings) Nathan Lyon: 2012–2022 56 (26 innings) Shane Warne: 1992–2006 47 (17 innings) Mitchell Starc: 2015–2022 46 (20 innings) Glenn McGrath: 1996–2006 45 (17 innings) Dennis Lillee: 1971–1983
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). [5] [6] Afghanistan played their first test match in 2018, becoming the 12th test nation ...
Four wickets in an innings (4w), the number of innings in which the bowler took exactly four wickets, is sometimes recorded alongside five wickets, especially in limited overs cricket. Ten wickets in a match (10w): The number of matches in which the bowler took at least ten wickets; recorded for Tests and first-class matches only.
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).