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^ Azhar Ali became the first batsman to score a triple century in a day/night test match as well a first in a match to be played with a pink ball. Azhar played against West Indies in Dubai and began his innings on the first day of the 1st Test match. He hit 23 fours and two sixes in his marathon 469-ball 302 not out.
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).
Although initially given Test status and included as Test matches in some record books, including Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, this was later withdrawn, and a principle was established that official Test matches can only be between nations (the geographically and demographically small countries of the West Indies have, since 1928, fielded a ...
England suffer heartbreak but thrilling Test shows magic of the Ashes. Australia defeat England by two wickets to win first Ashes Test. 20:09, Mike Jones. More from Ben Stokes: “I am very proud ...
A tied Test is a Test cricket match in which the side batting second is bowled out in the fourth innings, with scores level. This is a very rare result; only two ties have occurred, as of December 2024, in the 2,573 Tests played since 1877. [1] The first was in 1960 [2] and the second in 1986.
In cricket, a player is said to have scored a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. Test cricket, the longest version of the game, involves two innings per side in a match. An individual scoring centuries in each innings of a Test match, a feat which is called "Twin centuries," is considered a "milestone" by critics.
Green’s sweep is the only score on Root’s return. Australia 170-4 (53), Cameron Green 11, Usman Khawaja 77, James Anderson 0-23 (9) 15:17 , Harry Latham-Coyle
The worst figures in a match in Test cricket were returned by South Africa's Imran Tahir in the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in November 2012. He had figures of 0/180 off his 23 overs in the first innings and 0/80 off his 14 overs in the third innings, for a total of 0/260 from 37 overs.