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Jeffrey Vandersay (SL) became the first Sri Lankan batter batting at number nine or lower to score an half-century in an innings of a Test match against Australia. [33] This was Australia's fourth largest innings victory [34] and Sri Lanka's biggest defeat. [35] World Test Championship points: Australia 12, Sri Lanka 0.
Australia's score of 434/4 broke the record for highest total in an ODI, beating the previous record by 36. As of 2024, this is the eighth highest. South Africa's score of 438/9 also broke the record for a highest total in an ODI, and as of 2024 is the sixth highest. Highest successful run chase in an ODI: 438 runs. As of 2024, this record ...
Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The format of the tournament was also announced. It would comprise an inaugural league stage, played over a period of four years, with all ten current Test cricket nations (Australia, India, England, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, West Indies, Zimbabwe, and Bangladesh) participating. After the league stage the top four teams ...
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Australia. David Warner passed 2,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 1st Test. [6] Brad Haddin passed 3,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 2nd Test. [7] Chris Rogers passed 1,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 3rd Test. [8] Ryan Harris took his 100th Test wicket in the fourth innings of the 3rd Test. [8] South Africa
A player has taken two hat-tricks in the same Test match only once. Playing for Australia against South Africa in the first match of the 1912 Triangular Tournament at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, leg spinner Jimmy Matthews took a hat-trick in South Africa's first and second innings, both taken on 28 May 1912.
[12] [13] After the three players had returned home, Darren Lehmann, Australia's coach, announced that he would step down from his role after the conclusion of the fourth Test in Johannesburg. [14] South Africa went on to win the Test series 3–1. It was the first time that South Africa had beaten Australia at home since 1970. [15]