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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 ...
Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket-taker in December 2007, when he passed Shane Warne's total of 708 wickets. [17] Within a year, the equivalent batting record of highest run-scorer had also changed hands: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the tally of 11,953 runs by Brian Lara. [ 18 ]
Farokh Maneksha Engineer pronunciation ⓘ (born 25 February 1938) is an Indian former cricketer.He was a wicket-keeper-batsman, usually an opening batsman, who represented India in 46 Test matches from 1961 to 1975.
If the catch is taken by the wicket-keeper, then informally it is known as caught behind [1] or caught at the wicket. [2] A catch by the bowler is known as caught and bowled . [ 1 ] This has nothing to do with the dismissal bowled but is rather a shorthand for saying the catcher and bowler are the same player.
Probably Murray's most famous performance came in a match in the 1975 Cricket World Cup against Pakistan when he inspired the West Indies to an unlikely and important one-wicket victory with his highest one-day international score of 61 not out, sharing in an unbroken last-wicket stand of 64 with Andy Roberts. [1]
[141] [142] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen. [155] [156] India's Rahul Dravid holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 210, followed by England's Joe Root with ...
The list comprises players who were the designated wicket-keeper at the toss, so the number of matches does not include times when a player has acted as a stand-in keeper, or appeared as a batsman only. Alan Knott kept wicket in 95 Test matches for England, and is currently the record-holder, both in terms of caps as wicket keeper, and ...
This is a chronological list of India Test wicket-keepers. [1] This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or the keeper bowling.