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Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket-taker in December 2007, when he passed Shane Warne's total of 708 wickets. [17] Within a year, the equivalent batting record of highest run-scorer had also changed hands: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the tally of 11,953 runs by Brian Lara. [18]
Under this qualification, the highest Test batting average belongs to Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, with 99.94. Given that a career batting average over 50 is exceptional, and that only 4 other players have averages over 60, this is an outstanding statistic.
A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed. [90] Australia's Don Bradman, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, finished his Test career with an average of 99.94. [9]
Sachin Tendulkar holds multiple records—most appearances (200 matches), most runs (15,921) and highest numbers of both centuries (51) and half-centuries (68). [6] In terms of innings , West Indian Brian Lara , Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara are the fastest (195) to reach the 10,000 run mark, while Australia's Steve Waugh is the slowest ...
A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed. [88] Australia's Don Bradman, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, finished his Test career with an average of 99.94. [89]
This article includes a list of men's Test cricket records held at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia (correct as of 23 December 2022). Ricky Ponting holds the record for most career runs at the Adelaide Oval. Brian Lara scored 610 runs in 8 innings at the ground; a record for non-Australians.
In cricket, a player's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out.Since the number of runs a player scores and how often they get out are primarily measures of their own playing ability, and largely independent of their teammates, batting average is a good metric for an individual player's skill as a batter.
He played his last Test match at the age of only 23 [11] while he played his last ODI in the year 2000 and formally announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 22 September 2011. [12] An innings-by-innings breakdown of Kambli's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).