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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).
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]
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]
The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time, [198] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a Test series. Australian all-rounder Jack Gregory took 15 catches in the series as well as 23 wickets. [ 199 ]
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
With the entry of more countries into Test cricket, and a wish by the ICC to maintain public interest in Tests in the face of the popularity of One Day International cricket, a rotation system was introduced that sees all ten Test teams playing each other over a six-year cycle, and an official ranking system (with a trophy held by the highest ...
This is a list of bowlers who have taken a wicket with the first ball they bowled in one of the three formats of international cricket. In Test cricket, 24 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball. The first was Australian Tom Horan, who dismissed Walter Read with his first ball on 26 January 1883, and the most recent is South African ...
The first Test hat-trick was recorded on 2 January 1879, in only the third Test match to take place, by the Australia pace bowler Fred Spofforth, nicknamed "The Demon Bowler", [2] who dismissed three England batters with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The most recent Test hat-trick was taken by Gus Atkinson in December ...