List of Test cricket records
Test cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council. Unlike One Day Internationals, Test matches consist of two innings per team, with no limit in the number of overs. Don Bradman is the only player in the world to have scored 5000 runs against a single opposition: 5028 runs against England.
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Test cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council. Unlike One Day Internationals, Test matches consist of two innings per team, with no limit in the number of overs. Don Bradman is the only player in the world to have scored 5000 runs against a single opposition: 5028 runs against England. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket-taker in December 2007, when he passed Shane Warne’s total of 708 wickets. Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of the fastest Test half century, scoring 50 runs from 21 balls. Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier. The fastest Test century is held by New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum, who scored 100 runs from 54 balls in his final Test match.
Stuart Law and Andy Lloyd are the only players who have played a single Test innings without a dismissal without a Test average. If the record is removed, the record for Test batting average is Australian Kurtis Patterson’s 144. A few very few wonders have never been defined as Test batting wonders, leaving them without defined Test batting averages. In general the top five are listed in each category. The aggregate lists are dominated by modern players, with Australia having won 393 of their 830 Tests. The least successful team are Bangladesh who have struggled since their introduction to Test cricket in 2000, leading to questioning of their Test status. As of January 2020, the most successful team, in terms of both wins and win percentage, is Australia, having won 382 out of 830.
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