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Wkts – Wickets taken in career; Ave. – Average runs per wicket; Econ. – Runs conceded per over; SR. – Number of balls bowled per wicket taken; BBI – Best bowling in an innings; BBM – Best bowling in a match; 5WI – Five or more wickets in an innings; 10WM – Ten or more wickets in a match; Period – Cricketing career of the player
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 ...
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).
Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, [a] [b] and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). [5] [6] This is a list of West Indies Test cricket records.
a suffix to any number, meaning the number of wickets taken by a team or bowler. (See also fifer/five-fer) Ferret see rabbit. [1] Diagram of a typical oval field Field 1. (noun) a large grass turf area on which the sport is played, forming part of the wider ground.
The most successful Test wicket-taker for England is James Anderson, [13] who made his Test debut in 2003 and retired in 2024. He played in a total of 188 Test matches and took 704 wickets, [14] both records for England. [15] He has also picked up five wickets in an innings on 32 occasions, which is the most for the national side. [16]
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests. 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 ...
Kapil Dev is the only player to score 5000 runs and take 400 wickets in Test cricket. He is also the youngest player to score 1000 runs and reach the 100, 200 and 300 wicket mark in men's Test cricket. [26] [27] [28] [29]