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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.
Don Bradman is the only player in the world to have scored 5000 runs against a single opposition: 5028 runs against England. [12] 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]
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
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 ...
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 ...
Wickets Matches Player Nationality Average 4-Wkts 5-Wkts Span 1 881 594: Wasim Akram Pakistan: 21.91: 34: 12: 1984–2003 2 684 458: Allan Donald South Africa: 21.84: 27: 11: 1985–2004 3 682 453: Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka: 22.39: 17: 12: 1991–2011 4 674 481: John Lever England: 19.70: 26: 8: 1968–1990 411: Waqar Younis Pakistan: 22. ...
Today, Test matches are scheduled to be played across five consecutive days. However, in the early days of Test cricket, matches were played for three or four days. England hosted Ireland at Lord's on 1st June 2023 for a four-day test. [23] There were also frequent six-day tests until the 1970s. [24]
The England cricket team represented England and Wales in Test cricket. Between 2005 and 2019, England played 190 Test matches, resulting in 80 victories, 45 draws and 65 defeats. [2] They faced the Ireland for the first time in Test cricket during this period. [3] England faced Australia most frequently during this period—playing 45 matches ...