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Australia's Nathan Lyon has taken most wickets, most five-fer in an innings and ten-fer in a match. Australi's Alex Carey has effected the most number of dismissals in this tournament. The ICC World Test Championship , also referred to as the Test World Cup , is a league competition for Test cricket run by the International Cricket Council (ICC ...
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
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).
List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket; List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket; List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket; List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in ODI cricket; List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first ...
The ICC World Test Championship (WTC), is the biennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is played for 2 years. It is the premier championship for Test cricket. [1] Australia are the current champions, having defeated India in the 2023 final. India have played in each WTC final, finishing runners-up in ...
Muttiah Muralitharan, being the highest wicket taker in ODI cricket. Wasim Akram, rated the best ODI bowler by Wisden in 2003, [1] is one of the two bowlers who have taken over 500 wickets in ODIs. [2] Taking 300 or more wickets across a playing career is considered a significant achievement in One Day International (ODI) cricket. [3]
At the time of his retirement, he held the world record for the most wickets taken in Test and ODI cricket; both records were subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh and Wasim Akram respectively. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] His combined tally of 24 five-wicket hauls is eleventh in the all-time list in 2012, a record jointly held with Sydney Barnes ...
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 ...