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The Australian cricket team captained by Joe Darling (seated middle), won the fourth Test of the 1902 Ashes series by a margin of three runs and lost the fifth Test by a margin of one wicket. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Both records still stand over a century later as Australia's narrowest win by runs and narrowest loss by wickets, respectively.
Alex Carey, current Australia Test wicket-keeper Jack Blackham, Australia's first and longest-serving wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist, a pioneer of modern wicketkeeping, holds the record for most dismissals by an Australian wicket-keeper in Test cricket Tim Paine, is the longest-serving wicket-keeper captain for Australia
The final and deciding Test of the 1992–93 series saw Curtly Ambrose take seven wickets for one run in 32 deliveries, reducing Australia from 85 for 2 to 119 all out. [31] For the 1994–95 series , the West Indies brought in a new coach and a new manager. [ 32 ]
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.
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 ...
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 Australia cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by ...
Highest partnerships by wicket [14] Runs Wicket Players Match Date 244: 1st Bob Simpson (225) & Bill Lawry (119) Australia v. England: 28 Jan 1966 361: 2nd David Warner (335*) & Marnus Labuschagne (162) Australia v. Pakistan: 29 Nov 2019 341: 3rd Eddie Barlow (201) & Graeme Pollock (175) South Africa v. Australia: 24 Jan 1964 386: 4th
The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time, [194] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a Test series. Australian all-rounder Jack Gregory took 15 catches in the series as well as 23 wickets. [195]