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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.
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 ...
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]
Most Test ten-wicket hauls in an innings by Australian bowlers Rank Ten-wicket hauls Player Matches Innings Wickets Period 1 10 Shane Warne: 145 273 708 1992–2007 2 7 Clarrie Grimmett: 37 67 216 1925–1936 Dennis Lillee: 70 132 355 1971–1984 4 5 Nathan Lyon † 136 253 553 2011–2025 5 4 Fred Spofforth: 18 30 94 1877–1887
[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 8,032 runs. [3] The record stood for nine years, until it was broken by England's Geoffrey Boycott in the 1982 series against India.
Muttiah Muralitharan, being the highest wicket taker in ODI cricket. Wasim Akram, rated the best ODI bowler by Wisden in 2003, [1] is one of the two bowlers who have taken over 500 wickets in ODIs. [2] Taking 300 or more wickets across a playing career is considered a significant achievement in One Day International (ODI) cricket. [3]
The greatest winning margin by runs in Test cricket was England's victory over Australia by 675 runs in the first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series. The largest victory recorded by West Indies, which is the seventh largest victory, is the third Test of the 1976 tour by 425 runs against England at Old Trafford , Manchester .
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 Indian Cricket team's Test Cricket records.