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He has made a record 65 half-centuries and 36 centuries, [10] and was one half of the highest England Test partnership of 454. As a slip fielder, holds the England record for the most catches taken with 207. [11] Captaining his side from 2016 until standing down in 2022, Root holds the record for the most matches played as English captain with ...
The England national men's rugby union team competed in the first international rugby match in 1871 against Scotland. Since then they have played in 746 matches. [1]The record for most Test points by an England player is held by Owen Farrell, who scored 1237 points between 2012 and 2023.
Sachin Tendulkar of India has played the most matches (200).. In the sport of cricket, playing 100 Test matches is considered to be a significant achievement. Colin Cowdrey of England was the first cricketer to have reached this landmark, [1] celebrating the occasion with a score of 104 runs against Australia in 1968 during the 1968 Ashes series. [2]
In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, England lost to most of the Test playing nations they faced, beating only the West Indies and Bangladesh, although they also avoided defeat by any of the non-Test playing nations. Even so, the unimpressive nature of most of their victories in the tournament, combined with heavy defeats by New Zealand, Australia ...
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 ...
Alun Wyn Jones of Wales has the most international appearances for any male rugby player. This is a list of the appearance leaders in men's rugby union test matches, listing the 92 players with over one hundred test caps. Rugby union requires only one nation to recognise a match as a test in order for it to be included in test statistics for ...
A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by ...
J. J. Ferris played Test cricket for both Australia and England. Iftikhar Ali Khan, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi, is the only cricketer to have played for both England and India. Seventeen men have represented two nations in Test cricket. List updated to 27 September 2024 (Test #2552).