11 TEST CRICKET RECORDS THAT MIGHT NEVER GET BROKEN
SINCE CRICKET IS A NUMBERS GAME, THERE HAVE BEEN PLAYERS WHO HAVE COME AND GONE ON TO BREAK SEVERAL RECORDS IN TEST CRICKET.
SACHIN TENDULKAR – 200 TEST MATCHES
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HE PLAYED EXACTLY 200 MATCHES IN THE LONGEST FORMAT OF THE GAME.
GRAEME SMITH 109 TESTS AS CAPTAIN
SMITH LED THE PROTEAS IN 109 OUTINGS, WINNING 53 AND LOSING JUST 29 MATCHES.
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RAHUL DRAVID 210 CATCHES
IN 164 TESTS, DRAVID TOOK 210 CATCHES.
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MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN – 800 WICKETS
HIS RECORD OF 800 TEST WICKETS REMAINS A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR MANY.
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SRI LANKA – HIGHEST TOTAL OF 952
SRI LANKA AMASSED 952 RUNS AGAINST INDIA IN 1997 IN COLOMBO.
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ALASTAIR COOK 159 CONSECUTIVE MATCHES
FROM THE 11th OF MAY 2006 TILL HIS FINAL TEST IN SEPTEMBER 2018, THE 36-YEAR-OLD NEVER MISSED A TEST FOR THE THREE LIONS (159 TESTS IN A ROW).
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RICKY PONTING 108 TEST WINS
HE WAS INVOLVED IN 108 TEST WINS.
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JIM LAKER – 19 WICKETS IN A MATCH
FORMER ENGLAND SPINNER JIM LAKER RAN RIOT AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN BATTING LINE-UP WHEN THE TWO TEAMS MET AT THE OLD TRAFFORD IN MANCHESTER IN 1956.
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MARK BOUCHER 555 DISMISSALS
BOUCHER AFFECTED 555 DISMISSALS, INCLUDING 532 CATCHES AND 23 STUMPINGS.
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MAHELA JAYAWARDENE-KUMAR SANGAKKARA 624-RUN PARTNERSHIP
THE PAIR THREADED A MAMMOTH 624 RUNS BEFORE SANGAKKARA WAS DISMISSED ON 287.
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SIR DON BRADMAN BATTING AVERAGE OF 99.94
BRADMAN HAD A JAW-DROPPING BATTING AVERAGE OF 99.94.
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