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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).
In 1990, Richard Hadlee became the first bowler to take 400 Test wickets, [14] whilst in 2001, Courtney Walsh was the first to reach 500 wicket mark. [15] Shane Warne was the first to take both 600 and 700 Test wickets, in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Australia skittled Pakistan on a treacherous Perth pitch to record a thumping 360-run victory in the first test inside four days with Nathan Lyon achieving the elusive landmark of 500 test wickets ...
Walsh is one of only seven bowlers to have bowled over 5000 overs in Test cricket, the others being Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, Shane Warne and Nathan Lyon of Australia, Anil Kumble of India and James Anderson and Stuart Broad of England. [15] He is also one of only seven bowlers to have taken 500 or more Test wickets.
The 36-year-old offspinner goes into the match with 496 wickets, poised to join Shane Warne (708) and Glenn McGrath (563) as one of the only Australians to take 500 wickets in test cricket.
West Indies' narrowest win by wickets is by 1 wicket, which they have achieved thrice, has come in the third Test of the 1998-99 Australia tour at Kensington Oval, Barbados and twice against Pakistan, once Pakistan's tour in 2000 at Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's and during the 2021 tour at Sabina Park, Kingston. These are three of only ...
Mitchell Starc picked up career-best test figures of 6-48 as India was skittled out for 180 on the opening day of the second test against Australia on Friday. In reply, Australia finished on 86-1 ...
The Australian cricket team captained by Joe Darling (seated middle), won the fourth Test of the 1902 Ashes series by a margin of three runs and lost the fifth Test by a margin of one wicket. [59] [60] Both records still stand over a century later as Australia's narrowest win by runs and narrowest loss by wickets, respectively. [61] [62]