List of Test cricket records Totally Explained

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This is a list of Test cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in Test cricket. Records for the short form of international cricket, One Day Internationals, are at List of One-Day International cricket records.
Cricket is, by its nature, capable of generating large numbers of records and statistics. Test cricket has been played since 1877 with essentially the same rules as are played today, and therefore many comparisons can be made of teams and individuals through these records.

Listing criteria

In general the top five are listed in each category (except when there's a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Listing notation

Team notation

(300-3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained.
(300-3 d) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
(300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out.

Batting notation

(100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.

(100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and wasn't out.

Bowling notation

(5-100) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.

Currently playing

Current Test cricketers are shown in bold.

Team records

Team wins, losses and draws

Matches played

Rank	Team	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
1		March 1877	693	324	179	188	2	46.75
2		March 1877	870	303	253	314	0	34.82
3		March 1889	331	113	116	102	0	34.03
4		June 1928	445	151	144	149	1	33.93
5		October 1952	335	103	89	143	0	30.74
6		February 1982	177	52	66	59	0	29.37
7		June 1932	417	93	134	189	1	22.24
8		January 1930	339	65	135	139	0	19.17
9		October 1992	83	8	49	26	0	9.64
10		November 2000	53	1	47	5	0	1.88
11	ICC World XI	October 2005	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 6 April, 2008.

Win	Team	Period
16		1999-2000 (Harare) — 2000-01 (Mumbai)
16		2005-06 (Melbourne) — 2007-08 (Sydney)
11		1983-84 (Bridgetown) — 1984-85 (Adelaide)
9		2001-02 (Durban) — 2003 (Dhaka)
9		2001 (Colombo) — 2001-02 (Lahore)
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 19 January 2008.

Loss	Team	Period
21		2001-02 (Chittagong) — 2003-04 (Harare)
11		2001-02 (Colombo) — 2003-04 (Sydney)
8		2005 (Lord's) — 2005-06 (Chittagong)
		1888-89 (Port Elizabeth) — 1898-99 (Cape Town)
		1920-21 (Sydney) — 1921 (Headingley)
		2005 (Kingston) — 2005-06 (Wellington)
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 12 November 2007.

Draw	Team	Period
10		1970-71 (Georgetown) — 1972-73 (Bridgetown)
9		1952-53 (Port-of-Spain) — 1955-56 (Hyderabad)
		1959-60 (Calcutta) — 1961-62 (Delhi)
		1963-64 (Wellington) — 1964-65 (Bombay)
		1972-73 (Auckland) — 1974-75 (Karachi)
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Result records

Greatest win margins (by innings)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Season
1	Innings and 579 runs	(903-7 d) beat Australia (201 & 123)	The Oval	1938
2	Innings and 360 runs	(652-7 d) beat South Africa (159 & 133)	Johannesburg	2001-02
3	Innings and 336 runs	(614-5 d) beat India (124 & 154)	Kolkata	1958-59
4	Innings and 332 runs	(645) beat England (141 & 172)	Brisbane	1946-47
5	Innings and 324 runs	(643) beat New Zealand (73 & 246)	Lahore	2002
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Greatest win margins (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Season
1	675 runs	(521 & 342-8 d) beat Australia (122 & 66)	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	1928-29
2	562 runs	(701 & 327) beat England (321 & 145)	The Oval, London	1934
3	530 runs	(328 & 578) beat South Africa (205 & 171)	Melbourne	1910-11
4	491 runs	(381 & 361-5 d) beat Pakistan (179 & 72)	Perth	2004-05
5	425 runs	(211 & 411-5 d) beat England (71 & 126)	Manchester	1976
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)

Margin	Teams	Venue	Season
By 1 wicket	(183 & 263-9) beat Australia (324 & 121)	The Oval, London	1902
By 1 wicket	(91 & 287-9) beat England (184 & 190)	Johannesburg	1905-06
By 1 wicket	(382 & 282-9) beat Australia (266 & 397)	Melbourne	1907-08
By 1 wicket	(183 & 173-9) beat South Africa (113 & 242)	Cape Town	1922-23
By 1 wicket	(216 & 260-9) beat West Indies (272 & 203)	Melbourne	1951-52
By 1 wicket	(249 & 104-9) beat West Indies (140 & 212)	Dunedin	1979-80
By 1 wicket	(256 & 315-9) beat Australia (337 & 232)	Karachi	1994-95
By 1 wicket	(329 & 311-9) beat Australia (490 & 146)	Bridgetown	1998-99
By 1 wicket	(273 & 216-9) beat Pakistan (269 & 219)	St John's	1999-00
By 1 wicket	(175 & 262-9) beat Bangladesh (281 & 154)	Multan	2003
By 1 wicket	(321 & 352-9) beat South Africa (361 & 311)		2006
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Narrowest win margins (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Season
1	1 run	(252 & 146) beat Australia (213 & 184)	Adelaide	1992-93
2	2 runs	(407 & 182) beat Australia (308 & 279)	Birmingham	2005
=3	3 runs	(299 & 86) beat England (262 & 120)	Manchester	1902
=3	3 runs	(284 & 294) beat Australia (287 & 288)	Melbourne	1982-83
5	5 runs	(169 & 239) beat Australia (292 & 111)	Sydney	1993-94
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Tied Tests

See: Tied Test

Teams		Venue	Season
(453 & 284)	(505 & 232)	Brisbane	1960-61
(574-7d & 170-5d)	(397 & 347)	Chennai	1986-87
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Team scoring records

Runs	Teams	Venue	Season
952-6 d	(v India)	Colombo	1997
903-7 d	(v Australia)	The Oval, London	1938
849	(v West Indies)	Kingston	1929-30
790-3 d	(v Pakistan)	Kingston	1957-58
758-8 d	(v West Indies)	Kingston	1954-55
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Runs	Teams	Venue	Season
26	(v England)	Auckland	1954-55
30	(v England)	Port Elizabeth	1895-96
30	(v England)	Birmingham	1924
35	(v England)	Cape Town	1898-99
36	(v England)	Birmingham	1902
36	(v Australia)	Melbourne	1931-32
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Runs	Teams	Venue	Season
418-7	(v Australia)	St John's	2002-03
406-4	(v West Indies)	Port of Spain	1975-76
404-3	(v England)	Leeds	1948
369-6	(v Pakistan)	Hobart	1999-00
362-7	(v West Indies)	Georgetown	1977-78
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Career runs

Runs	Player	Period
11,953 (232 inns.)	Brian Lara	1990—2007
(inns.)	Sachin Tendulkar	1989—
11,174 (265 inns.)	Allan Border	1978—1994
10,927 (260 inns.)	Steve Waugh	1985—2004
10,122 (214 inns.)	Sunil Gavaskar	1971—1987
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 29 March 2008.

Average	Player	Period
99.94 (80 inns.)	Don Bradman	1928—1948
78.14 (36 inns.)	Michael Hussey	2005—
60.97 (41 inns.)	Graeme Pollock	1963—1970
60.83 (40 inns.)	George Headley	1930—1954
60.73 (81 inns.)	Herbert Sutcliffe	1924—1935
Qualification: 20 innings.Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 28 January, 2008.
Notes: If the qualification is removed, the highest career batting average list is topped by Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 in his one and only Test innings. The highest average ever achieved is 336 by Lawrence Rowe (his first scores were 214, 100 & 22).

Runs	Player	Record held until
239	Charles Bannerman	4 January 1882
638	¹ George Ulyett	13 August 1884
860	² Billy Murdoch	14 August 1886
1,277	Arthur Shrewsbury	23 January 1902
1,293	Joe Darling	18 February 1902
1,366	Syd Gregory	14 June 1902
1,531	Archie MacLaren	13 August 1902
3,412	Clem Hill	27 December 1924
5,410	Jack Hobbs	29 June 1937
7,249	Wally Hammond	27 November 1970
7,624	Colin Cowdrey	23 March 1972
8,032	Garfield Sobers	23 December 1981
8,114	Geoff Boycott	12 November 1983
10,122	Sunil Gavaskar	25 February 1993
11,174	Allan Border	25 November 2005
11,953	³ Brian Lara	current
Source: HowSTAT!. Last updated: 4 September 2007.
Notes: Ulyett finished career with 949 runs Murdoch finished career with 908 runs Lara is retired and holds record with 11953 runs

Innings or series

Runs	layer	pponent	a href=http://List_of_Test_cricket_grounds.totallyexplained.com title="List of Test cricket grounds - Totally Explained">Venue	eason
400*	Brian Lara	v England	St John's	2003-04
380	Matthew Hayden	v Zimbabwe	Perth	2003-04
375	Brian Lara	v England	St John's	1993-94
374	Mahela Jayawardene	v South Africa	Colombo	2006
365*	Garfield Sobers	v Pakistan	Kingston	1957-58
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Runs	Player	Series
974 (7 inns.)	Don Bradman	v England, 1930
905 (9 inns.)	Wally Hammond	Australia, 1928-29
839 (11 inns.)	Mark Taylor	v England, 1989
834 (9 inns.)	Neil Harvey	v South Africa, 1952-53
829 (7 inns.)	Viv Richards	v England, 1976
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Runs	layer	pponent	a href=http://List_of_Test_cricket_grounds.totallyexplained.com title="List of Test cricket grounds - Totally Explained">Venue	eason
165*	Charles Bannerman (in the inaugural Test Match)	v England	Melbourne	1876-77
211	Billy Murdoch	v England	The Oval, London	1884
287	Tip Foster	v Australia	Sydney	1903-04
325	Andy Sandham	v West Indies	Kingston	1929-30
334	Don Bradman	v England	Leeds	1930
336*	Wally Hammond	v New Zealand	Auckland	1932-33
364	Len Hutton	v Australia	The Oval, London	1938
365*	Garfield Sobers	v Pakistan	Kingston	1957-58
375	Brian Lara	v England	St John's	1993-94
380	Matthew Hayden	v Zimbabwe	Perth	2003-04
400*	Brian Lara	v England	St John's	2003-04
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Most runs in an over

Rank	a href=http://Run__cricket.totallyexplained.com title="Run (cricket) - Totally Explained">Runs	equence	atsman	owler	Venue	Season
1	28	4-6-6-4-4-4	Brian Lara	Robin Peterson	Wanderers Stadium	2003-04
2	27	6-6-6-6-2-1	Shahid Afridi	Harbhajan Singh	Gaddafi Stadium	2005-06
=3	26	4-0-6-6-6-4	Brian Lara	Danish Kaneria	Multan Cricket Stadium	2006-07
=3	26	4-4-4-4-6-4	Craig McMillan	Younis Khan	Westpac Park	2000-01
=4	25	4-6-2-6-6-L	Andy Roberts	Ian Botham	Queen's Park Oval	1980-81
=4	25	6-6-0-6-1-6-0-0	Bert Sutcliffe, Bob Blair	Hugh Tayfield	Ellis Park Stadium	1953-54
=4	25	6-6-6-NB/L-4-1-0	Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns	Andy Caddick	Jade Stadium	2001-02
=4	25	4-4-4-4-4-4NB-0	Ramnaresh Sarwan	Munaf Patel	Warner Park Sporting Complex	2006
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Highest proportion of runs in a completed innings total

Percentage	a href=http://Run__cricket.totallyexplained.com title="Run (cricket) - Totally Explained">Runs	Batsman	pponent	Venue	Season
67.35%	165* of 245	Charles Bannerman	v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1876–77
66.85%	123 of 184	Michael Slater	v England	Sydney Cricket Ground	1998–99
63.98%	167 of 261	V. V. S. Laxman	v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1999–00
63.51%	134 of 211	Gordon Greenidge	v England	Manchester	1976
63.41%	52* of 82	Asanka Gurusinha	v India	Chandigarh	1990–91
Source: Howstat. Last updated: 4 September 2007.
Notes: This record was set in the first innings of the first test match ever played, and has never been beaten.

Half Centuries

50+ Scores	layer	atches
90	Allan Border	156
+ }}	Sachin Tendulkar
82	Brian Lara	131
82	Steve Waugh	168
79	Sunil Gavaskar	125
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 24 January 2008

No. Balls	layer	pponent	enue	eason
24	Jacques Kallis	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	2004-05
26	Shahid Afridi	v India	Bangalore	2004-05
26	Mohammad Ashraful	v India	Mirpur	2007
27	Mohammad Yousuf	v South Africa	Cape Town	2002-03
28	Foffie Williams	v England	Bridgetown	1975-76
28	Ian Botham	v India	Delhi	1981-82
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 27 May 2007.

Centuries

Centuries	layer	atches
	Sachin Tendulkar
Ricky Ponting	110
34	Sunil Gavaskar	125
	Brian Lara	131
	32	Steve Waugh	168
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 24 January 2008

No. Balls	layer	pponent	enue	eason
56	Viv Richards	v England	St John's	1985-86
57	Adam Gilchrist	v England	Perth	2006-07
67	Jack Gregory	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1921-22
69	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	v Australia	Georgetown	2002-03
71	Roy Fredericks	v Australia	Perth	1975-76
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Individual records (bowling)

Career

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
735	Muttiah Muralitharan	120	21.95
708	Shane Warne	145	25.41
608	Anil Kumble	127	29.06
563	Glenn McGrath	115	21.64
519	Courtney Walsh	132	24.44
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 28 March, 2008.

Average	Player	Balls	Wickets
10.75	George Lohmann	3,830	112
12.70	/ John Ferris	2,302	61
15.54	Billy Barnes	2,289	51
16.42	Billy Bates	2,364	50
16.43	Sydney Barnes	7,873	189
Qualification: 2000 balls bowled.Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.
Note:If the qualification is removed, the best career average record is at 0.00 runs per wicket (ie no runs were conceded). This record is shared by Englishmen A N Hornby, who took one wicket without conceding a run in the 28 balls he bowled, Wilf Barber, who took one wicket without conceding a run in the 2 balls he bowled, and New Zealander, Bruce Murray, who took 1 wicket with no runs conceded off 6 balls.

Series

Wickets	Player	Series
49 (4 Tests)	Sydney Barnes	v South Africa, 1913-14
46 (5 Tests)	Jim Laker	v Australia, 1956
44 (5 Tests)	Clarrie Grimmett	v South Africa, 1935-36
42 (6 Tests)	Terry Alderman	v England, 1981
41 (6 Tests)	Terry Alderman	v England, 1989
41 (6 Tests)	Rodney Hogg	v England, 1978-79
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Innings

Bowling	Player	pponent	Venue	Season
10-53	Jim Laker	v Australia	Manchester	1956
10-74	Anil Kumble	v Pakistan	Delhi	1998-99
9-28	George Lohmann	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1895-96
9-37	Jim Laker	v Australia	Manchester	1956
9-51	Muttiah Muralitharan	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	2001-02
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Bowling	Player	pponent	Venue	Season
7-55	Tom Kendall (AUS) (in the inaugural Test Match)	v England	Melbourne	1876-77
7-44	Fred Spofforth	v England	The Oval, London	1882
7-28	Billy Bates	v Australia	Melbourne	1882-83
8-35	George Lohmann	v Australia	Sydney	1886-87
8-11	Johnny Briggs	v South Africa	Cape Town	1888-89
8-7	George Lohmann	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	1895-96
9-28	George Lohmann	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1895-96
10-53	Jim Laker	v Australia	Manchester	1956
Calculated at the conclusion of each Test. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Match

Bowling	Player	pponent	Venue	Season
19-90	Jim Laker	v Australia	Manchester	1956
17-159	Sydney Barnes	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1913-14
16-136	Narendra Hirwani	v West Indies	Chennai	1987-88
16-137	Bob Massie	v England	Lord's, London	1972
16-220	Muttiah Muralitharan	v England	The Oval, London	1998
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

Individual records (fielding)

Most catches in Test career

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches
1	181	Mark Waugh	128
2	172	Rahul Dravid	122
3	171	Stephen Fleming	111
4	164	/ICC Brian Lara	131
5	157	Mark Taylor	104
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 13 April 2008.

Individual records (wicket-keeping)

Dismissals	Player	Matches
431 (411 c. 20 st.)	/ICC Mark Boucher	114
416 (379 c. 37 st.)	Adam Gilchrist	96
395 (366 c. 29 st.)	Ian Healy	119
355 (343 c. 12 st.)	Rod Marsh	96
270 (265 c. 5 st.)	Jeff Dujon	81
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 13 April, 2008.
Note: Alec Stewart took 277 dismissals but this includes 36 catches taken in 51 matches in which he wasn't the designated wicket-keeper

Catches	Player	Matches
411	/ICC Mark Boucher	114
379	Adam Gilchrist	96
366	Ian Healy	119
343	Rod Marsh	96
265	Jeff Dujon	81
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 13 April, 2008.

Stumpings	Player	Matches
52	Bert Oldfield	54
46	Godfrey Evans	91
38	Syed Kirmani	88
37	Adam Gilchrist	96
29	Ian Healy	119
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 13 April, 2008.

Individual records (other)

Matches	Player	Period
168	Steve Waugh	1985–2004
156	Allan Border	1978–1994
	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–
145	Shane Warne	1992–2007
133	Alec Stewart	1990–2003
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 28 January 2008.

Matches	Player	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied
93	Allan Border	32	22	38	1
80	Stephen Fleming	28	27	25	0
74	Clive Lloyd	36	12	26	0
58	Graeme Smith	27	17	14	0
57	Steve Waugh	41	9	7	0
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 13 April 2008.

Partnership records

Highest wicket partnerships

Partnership	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1st wicket	415	Graeme Smith & Neil McKenzie	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	2008
2nd wicket	576	Sanath Jayasuriya & Roshan Mahanama	v India	Colombo	1997-98
3rd wicket	624	Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene	v South Africa	Colombo	2006
4th wicket	411	Peter May & Colin Cowdrey	v West Indies	Birmingham	1957
5th wicket	405	Sid Barnes & Don Bradman	v England	Sydney	1946-47
6th wicket	346	Jack Fingleton & Don Bradman	v England	Melbourne	1936-37
7th wicket	347	Denis Atkinson & Clairmonte Depeiaza	v Australia	Bridgetown	1954-55
8th wicket	313	Wasim Akram & Saqlain Mushtaq	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	1996-97
9th wicket	195	Mark Boucher & Pat Symcox	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1997-98
10th wicket	151	Azhar Mahmood & Mushtaq Ahmed	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	1997-98
10th wicket	151	Brian Hastings & Richard Collinge	v Pakistan	Auckland	1972-73
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: March 1 2008.

Highest partnerships

Rank	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	624 (3rd wicket)	Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene	v South Africa	Colombo	2006
2	576 (2nd wicket)	Sanath Jayasuriya & Roshan Mahanama	v India	Colombo	1997-98
3	467 (3rd wicket)	Andrew Jones & Martin Crowe	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	1990-91
=4	451 (2nd wicket)	Don Bradman & Bill Ponsford	v England	London	1934
=4	451 (3rd wicket)	Mudassar Nazar & Javed Miandad	v India	Hyderabad	1982-83
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 4 September 2007.

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