Sir Don Bradman Incredible Test Average, Still a challenging task for modern batsman

The greatest batsman of all time, 'The Don' represented Australia for 20 years, playing in 52 Tests achieving an incredible - and since untouchable - batting average of 99.94.

Michael Clark Century on Debut

Michael Clarke of Australia celebrates his century on debut during day two of the First Test between India and Australia played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on October 7, 2004 in Bangalore, India.

 

Brian Lara 501

6 JUN 1994 WARWICKSHIRE BATSMAN BRIAN LARA POSES WITH HIS BAT IN FRONT OF THE SCOREBOARD RECORDING HIS HISTORIC FEAT AFTER BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST EVER INDIVIDUAL SINGLE INNINGS SCORE WITH A SCORE OF 501 NOT OUT AGAINST DURHAM TODAY.

 

Jack Flington and Bill Brown

Jack Flington and Bill Brown Sometime between 1932 and 1938 when both players were representing Australia. Brown's matches for Australia show that he only played in two Tests in Australia before Fingleton retired in 1938. So we know that this must have occurred in 1936-37 at either Melbourne or Adelaide.

 

Most Test Matches at Lord's

Engalnd Graham Gooch has made the most appearances in Tests at Lord's, with 21 appearances in Tests at Lord's, just ahead of Alec Stewart (20) and Andrew Strauss (18). The most appearances by an overseas player at Lord's is nine, by Austral...ia's Syd Gregory, who toured England eight times between 1890 and 1912. He was captain on that last tour, for the Triangular Tournament which also included a Test against South Africa at Lord's. Gooch also leads the way for Test run scorers at Lord's, with 2015, well ahead of Strauss with 1562.

 

Tim Southee is the only 2nd New Zealand bowler to take 10 Wickets at Lord's.

Tim Southee is the only 2nd New Zealand bowler to take 10 Wickets at Lord's.

First Inning
28.2 Overs
8 Maidens
54 Runs
4 Wickets

2nd Inning
19 Overs
4 Maidens
60 Runs
6 Wickets.

Overall
47.2 Overs
12 Maidens
114 Runs
10 Wickets

New Zealand in England Test Series - 1st Test
Test no. 2088 | 2013 season
Played at Lord's, London
16,17,18,19 May 2013 (5-day match)

England 232 (Bairstow 41, Southee 4-58) and 213 (Root 71, Trott 56, Southee 6-50) beat New Zealand 207 (Taylor 66, Williamson 60, Anderson 5-47) and 68 (Broad 7-44) by 170 runs

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Stuart Broad Career Best Figure of 44-7 at Lord's

England Medium Fast Bowler Stuart Broad In a destructive spell of pace bowling, blew away New Zealand with career-best figures of 7 for 44 as England surged to a 170-run victory at Lord's. A Test that had started at a cautious pace hurtled ...to a conclusion less than hour after lunch on the fourth day with New Zealand dismantled for only 68. Stuart Broad the first five of his wickets in 5.4 overs before lunch to crush New Zealand's hopes that would have been reasonably high just an hour earlier after Tim Southee, with just the second ten-wicket haul by a New Zealander at Lord's, had instigated another collapse. History was still weighted against Kiwis at the beginning of their pursuit of 239. Only two sides had chased more to win at Lord's: West Indies against England in 1984 and England against New Zealand in 2004. For the first time since 1936, England had just two men bowl unchanged through a completed all-out innings, although Broad and James Anderson did not quite share all ten wickets. The last fell to a chaotic run out after one of the substitute fielders, Adam Dobb, had not quite been able to gather a top-edged hook from Neil Wagner, who then ended up in the middle of the pitch. It was New Zealand's sixth-lowest total against England.

New Zealand in England Test Series - 1st Test
Test no. 2088 | 2013 season
Played at Lord's, London
16,17,18,19 May 2013 (5-day match)

England 232 (Bairstow 41, Southee 4-58) and 213 (Root 71, Trott 56, Southee 6-50) beat New Zealand 207 (Taylor 66, Williamson 60, Anderson 5-47) and 68 (Broad 7-44) by 170 runs

 

 

James Anderson Enters in 300 Test Wikcets Club

England seam bowler James Anderson had Peter Fulton caught low at second slip by Graeme Swann, and he became the 4th England bowler - after Ian Botham, Bob Willis, and Fred Trueman - and the 26th in all, to take 300 Test wickets. That journey took him almost exactly 10 years, given that he made his Test debut on May 22, 2003, and over those 10 years. James Anderson entirely conceivable that he will surpass Botham's tally of 383 and become England's highest wicket-taker in Tests. Fred Trueman reached the 300-wicket mark the fastest in just 65 Tests while Bob Willis and James Anderson have taken the longest. In terms of averages, Ian Botham had an excellent strike rate in terms of wickets per Test till he got to 300 he reached the mark in only 72 matches but then took only 78 wickets in his last 30 Tests to finish on 383 from 102.

 

 

Most Matches without winning side

New Zealander Bert Sutcliffe, played 42 matches between 1949 and 1965 without ever finishing on the winning side - New Zealand did win a couple of Tests during his career, but he managed to miss those particular games. Next come Bryan Strang of Zimbabwe (26 Tests, no wins), Bangladesh's Shahriar Nafees (24), and Barry Sinclair of New Zealand (21 Test).

 

Best Bowling Figures and Pair in a Test Match

Surrey and England bowler George Lohmann has got the best bowling figures in a Test in which he bagged a pair with the bat he took 15 wickets for 45 runs - 7 for 38 and 8 for 7 - but also bagged a pair against South Africa in Port Elizabeth... in 1895-96. There are ten other instances of a player taking ten or more wickets in a Test but also bagging a pair, two of them by Muttiah Muralitharan. George Alfred Lohmann Born June 2, 1865, Kensington, London, and died December 1, 1901, Worcester, Cape Province, South Africa (aged 36 years 182 days). George Lohmann has a right to up there with the greatest Test bowlers of all time. Rated by contemporaries as the most difficult opponent, he bowled at little more than medium pace but was able to make the ball seam both ways, and his constant experimentation led to variations in angle, flight and pace.

Most No Balls Bowled in a Test Match

Sri Lanka's Champaka Ramanayake bowled most no-balls by one bowler in a Test match? The known record for no-balls in a Test is 26, by Sri Lanka's Champaka Ramanayake against Australia in Colombo in 1992-93. It was very costly to Sri Lanka c...onceded 90 extras in all in that match, which Australia (who conceded only 30) ended up winning by just 16 runs. It should be said that we don't have precise records for many early matches, but I think it's unlikely anyone has bowled more than 26. Pakistan Left Arm fast bowler also quite high in this particular list he bowled 25 no-balls against New Zealand in Christchurch in 1993-94, 24 against South Africa in Johannesburg the following season, and 21 against Zimbabwe in Peshawar in 1998-99, giving him three entries in the top eight.

 

 

Wasim Bari was the first wicket keeper by taking seven catches in a Test inning

Pakistan Wasim Bari was the first wicketkeeper taking seven catches in a Test innings? But as the first instance of this involved two men: for Pakistan against West Indies in Kingston in 1976-77, Majid Khan stepped in for the injured Wasim Bari, who had been hit in the face while batting, and took 4 catches in the second innings; then Wasim Bari returned later and held on to three more. Since then there have been four instances of a wicketkeeper taking seven catches in an innings. The first was by Wasim Bari (on his own this time) against New Zealand in Auckland in 1978-79, and he has been followed by Bob Taylor (England v India in Bombay, 1979-80), Ian Smith (New Zealand v Sri Lanka in Hamilton, 1990-91) and Ridley Jacobs (West Indies v Australia in Melbourne, 2000-01).

 

 

Consecutive Triple Centuries in County Championship

Former Australian opener Justin Langer is the only person to score consecutive triple-centuries in the County Championship. In 2006, Justin Langer had two matches for Somerset, as a replacement overseas player, and in the second of them hit... 342 against Surrey in Guildford (the highest score ever made there). Not surprisingly, perhaps, Somerset signed Langer up full time for the 2007 season - he'd just retired from Test cricket then - and in his first match as their captain (nine months after his previous innings for them) he scored 315 against Middlesex in Taunton as Somerset made their way to 850 for 7, their high-ever total (the 688 for 8 in Langer's previous match in Guildford slipped down to third). For the record, only eight other men have scored two or more Championship triple-centuries: Wally Hammond, Graeme Hick and Michael Hussey each scored three, while Bill Ashdown (Kent), Jack Brown (Yorkshire), John Crawley (Hampshire), Murray Goodwin (Sussex) and Percy Holmes (Yorkshire) all made two.