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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 ...
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 ...
A series of serious injuries kept Butcher out of the game for most of 2005, [10] and his last Test was the first Test in South Africa in December 2004. [7] The series of injury setbacks also subsequently put a dramatic end to his run of 42 successive test match appearances for England.
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 ...
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]
The honours board commemorating English centuries in 2021. The Lord's honours boards are boards in the Pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, which commemorate cricket players who have scored a century, taken 5 wickets in a single innings, or taken 10 wickets in a match in either a Test match or limited-overs international match (such as One Day International) at Lord's.
The 2019 Cricket World Cup, which was won by England for the first time, [123] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in an ODI series. Englishman batsman and captain of the England Test team Joe Root took 13 catches in the series as well as scored 556 runs. [124] [125]
No player born in Hampshire has ever captained England. Victor Barton, from Netley, became the first Hampshire-born player to represent England when he played against South Africa in 1892, which was his only Test appearance. [1] Nine cricketers born in Hampshire have represented England, with Chris Tremlett, born in Southampton, the last.