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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] Between 1990 and 2004, England played 172 Test matches, resulting in 58 victories, 53 draws and 61 defeats. [3] They faced both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe for the first time in Test cricket during this period, [4] [5] and also played South Africa for the first time in almost 30 years after their apartheid-era sporting boycott was lifted. [6]
The first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series saw Australia defeated by England by 675 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in Test cricket. The results were reversed in the fifth and final Test of the 1934 Ashes series at The Oval where the tourists defeated the hosts by 562 runs, England's greatest defeat by runs. [46]
List of cricketers who have taken two five-wicket hauls on Test debut; List of cricketers who scored a century in their hundredth Test; List of Ireland Test cricket records; List of New Zealand Test cricket records; List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket; List of South Africa Test cricket records; List of Sri Lanka ...
Jasprit Bumrah took 4-50 to help skittle Bangladesh for 149 and give India a first-innings lead of 227 runs on Day 2 of the first test Friday. On a day when 17 wickets fell, India was dismissed ...
Grace's tour fell through and it was Lillywhite's team that toured New Zealand and Australia in 1876–77. Two matches against a combined Australian XI were later classified as the first official Test matches. The first match was won by Australia, by 45 runs and the second by England.
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
West Indies' Courtney Walsh is the first fast bowler to take 500 Test wickets. He is sixth on the list of bowlers with most wickets, with 519 wickets. James Anderson of England is fourth on the list with 600 wickets as of January 2021. [108] [109] [110]