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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 innings figures. Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble was the second bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings, claiming 10–74 against Pakistan in 1999. [ 14 ]
Last – denotes the year of the latest match; Mat. – denotes the number of matches played; Inn. – denotes the number of innings batted; Date – denotes the date on which the player reached the 10,000 run mark ^ – denotes that the player was at some time the leading run scorer in Tests † – denotes that the player is active in Tests
An individual scoring centuries in each innings of a Test match, a feat which is called "Twin centuries," is considered a "milestone" by critics. [1] [2] Players from all teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) except Ireland and Afghanistan have scored centuries in both innings of a Test. [a] [4]
Shane Warne was the first to take both 600 and 700 Test wickets, in 2005 and 2006 respectively. [16] [17] Warne's haul of 96 wickets in 2005 is the highest total in a calendar year, ahead of the 90 wickets taken the following year by Muralidaran, although he played fewer innings. [18]
A Test match will produce a result by means of one of six scenarios: All four innings are complete. The team batting fourth are all out before overtaking the other team, usually before matching the other team's score. The team that batted third are the winners by a margin equal to the difference in the aggregate runs scored by the two teams ...
The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The largest victory for India, which is the 12th largest, is their win against West Indies in the first Test of the 2018–19 tour at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium , where the ...
The first player to score a double hundred and a hundred in the same Test match was Doug Walters from Australia, who scored 242 runs in the first innings and 103 runs in the third innings. [7] He achieved the feat on 17 February 1969 at Sydney Cricket Ground, while playing against the West Indies during the fifth Test of the bilateral series.
India's Neetu David holds the distinction of taking the highest number of wickets in Test innings - 8 wickets against England at Jamshedpur in 1995. [36] In the same match where Jim Laker captured all wickets in the innings, he captured 19 wickets in the match, the most wickets ever captured by a bowler in a Test match.