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He is also the only test captain to play in excess of 100 test matches. (109 – 108 as captain for South Africa, and 1 for ICC). [89] [90] Smith holds the world record of the highest number of wins in test matches as a captain with 53 wins. Smith holds the most centuries (15) by a captain in test match wins. He also holds the world record of a ...
He scored the most runs in a series, has the most double centuries and was a part of the record 5th wicket partnership. His most significant record is his batting average of 99.94. One of cricket's most famous statistics, [10] [11] it still stands almost 40 runs higher than any other batsman's career average. Don Bradman is the only player in ...
Fleming led the team to win the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, which was New Zealand's first ICC trophy. [10] Fleming became New Zealand's most successful test captain in September 2000 with a victory over Zimbabwe which was the 12th win under his captaincy overtaking Geoff Howarth and finished with 28 wins, the most by a New Zealand captain. [11]
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the England under-19s for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to 9 September 2021. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series.
Former English captain Alastair Cook holds the record for the most consecutive Test matches played with 159. [164] Cook equalled the previous record of 153, set by Australia's Allan Border, during the first Test of the two-match series against Pakistan in May 2018 [165] and broke it by playing in the second Test of the same series. [166]
He is the joint youngest batsman to score 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket, [2] [5] and has scored the most Test runs as an opening batsman. [6] Cook was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours. [7] In 2011, the International Cricket Council (ICC) selected him as their Test Player of the ...
Tendulkar rested himself for the ODI tri-series in Bangladesh in 2010, but played in the subsequent Test series. [238] He made 105 not out and 16 in the first Test, and 143 in the second. India won both the Tests. [239] [240] In the two-Test Series against South Africa, Tendulkar made 7 and 100 in the first Test. [241]
Michael Vaughan has the highest win ratio out of any captain in the Wisden Trophy winning 10 of his 11 Tests as captain. This is a list of Wisden Trophy Test cricket series played between England and West Indies which dates back to 1963. It was usually played alternately in England and West Indies, although early series were predominantly ...