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Each wicket consists of three stumps, upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails. The size and shape of the wicket has changed several times during the last 300 years; its dimensions and placing is now determined by Law 8 in the Laws of Cricket, thus: Law 8: The wickets. The ...
A slash or dash between two numbers usually indicates that one of the numbers is the number of runs, and the other number is the number of wickets: 3/21 for a bowler means 3 wickets taken but 21 runs conceded. (See bowling analysis.) 100–3 for a team means 100 runs scored for 3 wickets lost. (Australia reverses this order.)
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 wicket-keeper (sometimes called simply the "keeper") is a specialist fielder subject to various rules within the Laws about their equipment and demeanour. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side who can effect a stumping and is the only one permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. [118]
Alok Kapali took the fewest total Test wickets of any player who recorded a hat-trick, taking only six wickets in his entire Test career. [7] Australian Peter Siddle is the only bowler to take a hat-trick on his birthday. [8] Bangladeshi off spinner Sohag Gazi is the only male player to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test ...
There were also frequent six-day tests until the 1970s. [24] Four-day Test matches were last played in 1973, between New Zealand and Pakistan. [25] Until the 1980s, it was usual to include a 'rest day,' often a Sunday. There have also been 'Timeless Tests', which have no predetermined maximum time. In 2005, Australia played a match scheduled ...
Most wickets: Pat Cummins: 200 [33] Most wickets in a single tournament: Nathan Lyon: 88 Best average (min 1000 balls) Kyle Mayers: 17.47 [34] Best bowling in an innings: Ajaz Patel v India: 10/119 [35] Best bowling in a match: 14/225 [36] Fielding Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper: Alex Carey: 155 [37] Most dismissals in a single tournament
The most recent time a team won by ten wickets was in 2024 when Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Lucknow ... As of April 2024, there have been 35 five-wicket hauls in ...