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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]
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).
Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket , with a total of 8,032 runs. [ 3 ]
Test Cricket is a format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament, it is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing, each representing a country, compete over a match that can last ...
His 970-minute innings is the longest in Test cricket and was the only instance of a Test triple century scored in a team's second innings until Brendon McCullum's in 2014. Pakistan had followed on, having scored 106 in the first innings in reply to West Indies' 579 for 9 declared, including centuries for Conrad Hunte (142) and Everton Weekes ...
Rashid Khan (18 years 171 days) and Imran Tahir (37 years 327 days) are the current record holders for youngest and oldest cricketers to record a five-wicket haul in T20I cricket. [29] Muthiah Muralitharan has the highest number of five-wicket hauls, with 77 across Test and ODI cricket. His haul of 67 five-wicket hauls is the highest in Test ...
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 ...
Test ODI T20I Total 1: Sachin Tendulkar ^ 1989–2013 India: 51 49 0 100: 2: Virat Kohli ǂ 2008–2025 India: 30 51 1 82: 3: Ricky Ponting ^ 1995–2012 Australia / World XI: 41 30 0 71: 4: Kumar Sangakkara ^ 2000–2015 Sri Lanka: 38 25 0 63: 5: Jacques Kallis ^ 1995–2014 South Africa: 45 17 0 62: 6: Hashim Amla: 2004–2019 South Africa ...