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He scored the most runs in a series, has the most double centuries and was a part of the record 5th wicket partnership. His most significant record is his batting average of 99.94. One of cricket's most famous statistics, [10] [11] it still stands almost 40 runs higher than any other batsman's career average. Don Bradman is the only player in ...
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 ...
[12] [13] Gavaskar's highest Test score of 236 not out came against the West Indies at Chennai in 1983, [5] [N 1] an Indian record at that time. [5] He has scored 150 or more runs in a Test match innings on twelve occasions. Gavaskar was most successful against the West Indies and Australia scoring 13 and 8 centuries respectively. Gavaskar made ...
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 ...
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
He holds the record for the highest Test average of 99.94, has scored the most Test double centuries with 12, the equal most Test triple centuries with 2 and the most runs scored in a series with 974 during the 1930 Ashes series.
The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against the West Indies in 1930 in the first Test series hosted in the West Indies. [4] The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932–33. [1]
2.2 First Test series wins. 2.3 First Test match wins. 2.4 Team scoring records. ... Most runs in a series. Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Series 1 179