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Notes: Alan Davidson (Australia), in the tied 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies in 1960–61, was the first man to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a match (and is the only other player to achieve this so far), but without a century: his two scores with the bat were 44 and 80, in addition to 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87).
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests. Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket, with a total of 8,032 runs. The record stood for nine years, until it was ...
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 ...
t. e. Test Cricket is the longest format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer’s skill, endurance, and temperament. It is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing, each representing a country, compete over a ...
2021–2023. 2023–2025. 2025–2027. The ICC World Test Championship, also referred to as the Test World Cup, is the international championship of Test cricket. It is a league competition run by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with its inaugural season starting in 2019. [1][2] In line with the ICC's goal of having one pinnacle ...
That score remained the highest on debut until R. E. Foster scored 287 for England against Australia in 1903. Foster's innings was the highest score in Test cricket until 1930, and remains the highest score amongst Test debutants. [3] His double-century is one of seven made on Test debut, the other six were scored by Lawrence Rowe, Brendon ...
Don Bradman scored 29 centuries in Test Cricket. Australian cricketer Sir Don Bradman, often recognized as the greatest batsman of all time, [1][2][3] scored twenty-nine Test cricket centuries during his international career which lasted from 1928 to 1948. [N 1] However, his cricketing career was interrupted from 1940 to 1946 due to the ...
STUMPS! England 68/3 (trail by 195) Thursday 6 July 2023 18:36, Harry Latham-Coyle. Another Ashes day ends with things about even, as has been the case so often in this series so far.