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[4] [5] Boycott remained the top scorer in the format until Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar surpassed his tally two years later in 1983. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In March 1987, Gavaskar became the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests during a match against Pakistan . [ 8 ]
The period between 1890 and immediately before the First World War is known as the Golden Age of cricket. It saw great amateur players such as CB Fry (95), the Indian Prince Ranjitsinhji (105) and captains Stanley Jackson (82), Archie MacLaren (92) and Plum Warner (118) as the leading lights in an era eulogised by Neville Cardus and others.
Considered to be the greatest batsman of all time, he played 52 Tests between 1928 and 1948. [9] 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 .
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played for South Africa, and one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time. He is a right-handed batsman and holds the record for the highest individual Test score of any South African batsman of 311 not out , scored against England at The Oval , London in July 2012.
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 outbreak of World War II, followed by poor health. [4]
Since the 2019 Ashes series, there has been an introduction of names and numbers on all Test players' shirts as with ODI/T20 shirts in an effort to engage new fans and help identify the players. [4] This forms part of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship , a league competition between the top nine Test nations spread over a two-year period ...
Since the 2019 Ashes series, there has been an introduction of names and numbers on all Test players' shirts in an effort to engage new fans and help identify the players. [6] This forms part of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship , a league competition between the top nine Test nations spread over a two-year period, culminating in a ...
Hobbs' Test batting average of 56.94 remained as of 2016 the sixth best among batsmen to have passed 5,000 runs, [303] despite a rise in the number of batsmen who average more than 50 since 2000. Among openers who have scored 5,000 Test runs, he has the third best average behind Sutcliffe and Len Hutton .