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Ian Botham is second to James Anderson for the England record for the most Test five-wicket hauls. [16] A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings. [125] Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket with 67 throughout his career followed by Shane Warne achieving 37.
In 1990, Richard Hadlee became the first bowler to take 400 Test wickets, [14] whilst in 2001, Courtney Walsh was the first to reach 500 wicket mark. [15] Shane Warne was the first to take both 600 and 700 Test wickets, in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19–90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first-class one. [13] In taking 10–53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best ...
List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket; List of centuries in women's Test cricket; List of centuries scored on Test cricket debut; List of cricketers who have played 100 Tests; List of cricketers who have scored a double century and a century in the same Test match; List of cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls ...
A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by ...
On the morning of the fifth and final day of the third Test, England's Stuart Broad became the seventh bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket, when he dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite. [15] Broad was the fourth fast bowler, [16] and second bowler for England after James Anderson, to reach the milestone. [17]
The ICC World Test Championship, also referred to as the Test World Cup, is a league competition for Test cricket run by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which started on 1 August 2019. [1] [2] It is the premier championship for Test cricket. It is in line with the ICC's goal of having one pinnacle tournament for each of the three ...
In reply, England also scored 593, with centuries for Mike Atherton (135) and Robin Smith (175). The match was drawn. ^ Batting second, Jayasuriya shared a stand of 576 with RS Mahanama (225) for the second wicket, on the way to a Test record total of 952 for 6 declared. Sri-Lanka's second wicket stand was the highest in Test history, was Sri ...