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Cricket - Test Records
Test Batting Records - Team
Highest Innings Total    
952 - 6
Sri Lanka
India
RPS, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1997
903 - 7
England
Australia
Oval, London, England
1938
849
England
West Indies
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
1930
790 - 3
West Indies
Pakistan
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
1958
758 - 8
Australia
West Indies
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
1955

Lowest Innings Total
26
New Zealand
England
Auckland, New Zealand
1954/55
30
South Africa
England
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
1895/96
30
South Africa
England
Edgebaston, Birmingham, England
1924
35
South Africa
England
Cape Town, South Africa
1898/99
36
Australia
England
Edgebaston, Birmingham, England
1902

Highest Aggregate of Runs Scored
1981-35
South Africa
England
Durban, South Africa                                         
1938/39
1815-34
West Indies
England
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
1929/30
1764-39
Australia
West Indies
Adelaide Oval, Australia
1968/69
1753-40
Australia
England
Adelaide Oval, Australia
1920/21
1747-25
Australia
India
SCG, Sydney, Australia
2003/04

Highest Winning 4th Innings totals
418-7
West Indies
Australia
St John's, Antigua                                
2002/03
406-4
India
West Indies
Port of Spain, Trinidad
1975/76
404-3
Australia
England
Headingly, Leeds, England
1948
369-6
Australia
Pakistan
Hobart, Australia
1999/00
362-7
Australia
West Indies
Georgetown, Guyana
1977/78
Highest Individual Scores
400*
BC Lara
West Indies v England
St John's  
2003/04
380
ML Hayden
Australia v Zimbabwe
Perth
2003/04
375
BC Lara
West Indies v England
St John's
1993/94
374
DPMD Jayawardene
Sri Lanka v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
2006
365*
GS Sobers
West Indies v Pakistan
Kingston
1957/58
364
L Hutton
England v Australia
The Oval
1938
340
ST Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka v India
Colombo (RPS)
1997/98
337
Hanif Mohammad
Pakistan v West Indies
Bridgetown
1957/58
336*
WR Hammond
England v New Zealand
Auckland
1932/33
334*
MA Taylor
Australia v Pakistan
Peshawar
1998/99
334
DG Bradman
Australia v England
Leeds
1930
333
GA Gooch
England v India
Lord's
1990
329
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistan v New Zealand
Lahore
2002
325
A Sandham
England v West Indies
Kingston
1929/30
317
CH Gayle
West Indies v South Africa
St John's
2004/05
311
RB Simpson
Australia v England
Manchester
1964
310*
JH Edrich
England v New Zealand
Leeds
1965
309
V Sehwag
India v Pakistan
Multan
2003/04
307
RM Cowper
Australia v England
Melbourne
1965/66
304
DG Bradman
Australia v England
Leeds
1934
302
LG Rowe
West Indies v England
Bridgetown
1973/74

Highest Career Total Runs
11,953
131 matches 232 inns
Brian Lara
West Indies
1990 - 2006
11,174
156 matches 265 inns
Allan Border
Australia
1978-94
11,150
140 matches 226 inns
Sachin Tendulkar
India
1989-
10,927
168 matches 260 inns
Steve Waugh
Australia
1985-2004
10,122
125 matches 214 inns
Sunil Gavaskar
India
1971 to 1987

Highest Career Average
99.94
52 matches 80 inns 
Don Bradman
Australia
1928 to 1948
79.85
16 matches 26 inns
Michael Hussey
Australia
2005
60.97
23 matches 41 inns
Graeme Pollock
South Africa
1963 to 1970
60.83
22 matches 40 inns
George Headley
West Indies
1930 to 1954
60.73
54 matches 81 inns
Herbert Sutcliffe
England
1924 to 1935

Most Centuries
1st
37
Sachin Tendulkar
India

2nd
34
Sunil Gavaskar
Brian Lara
India
West Indies

4th
33
Ricky Ponting
Australia

5th
32
Steve Waugh
Australia

6th
29
Don Bradman
Australia

7th
27
Matthew Hayden
Alan Border
Australia
Australia

9th
26
Garfield Sobers
West Indies

10th
25
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistan

Highest Test Partnerships For Each Wicket
1st
413
P Roy
MH Mankad
India v New Zealand                       
Chennai
1955/56
2nd
576
RS Mahanama
ST Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka v India
Colombo (RPS)
1997
3rd
624
KC Sangakkara
DPMD Jayawardene
Sri Lanka vSouth Africa
Colombo (SSC)
2006
4th
411
MC Cowdrey
PBH May
England v West Indies
Birmingham
1957
5th
405
DG Bradman
SG Barnes
Australia v England
Sydney
1946/47
6th
346
JHW Fingleton
DG Bradman
Australia v England
Melbourne
1936/37
7th
347
CC Depeiaza
DS Atkinson
West Indies v Australia
Bridgetown
1954/55
8th
313
Saqlain Mushtaq
Wasim Akram
Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Sheikhupura
1996/97
9th
195
PL Symcox
MV Boucher
South Africa v Pakistan
Johannesburg
1997/98
10th
151
151
BF Hastings
Mushtaq Ahmed
RO Collinge
Azhar Mahmood
New Zealand v Pakistan
Pakistan v South Africa    
Auckland
Rawalpindi
1972/73

Highest Test Partnerships For Any Wicket
3rd
624
KC Sangakkara
DPMD Jayawardene
Sri Lanka vSouth Africa
Colombo (SSC)
2006
2nd
576
RS Mahanama
ST Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka v India
Colombo (RPS)
1997-98
3rd
467
Andrew Jones
Martin Crowe
New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Wellington
1990-91
2nd
451
Don Bradman
Bill Ponsford
Australia v England
London
1934
3rd
451
Mudassar Nazar
Javed Miandad
Pakistan v India
Hyderabad
1982-83
Test Batting Records - Individual
Most Test Wickets
1st
708
145  tests
Shane Warne
Australia

2nd
700
113  tests
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka

3rd
566
118  tests
Anil Kumble
India

4th
563
124  tests
Glenn McGrath
Australia

5th
519
132  tests
Courtney Walsh
West Indies

6th
434
131  tests
Kapil Dev
India

7th
431
86  tests
Richard Hadlee
New Zealand

8th
416
107 tests
Shaun Pollock
South Africa

9th
414
106 tests
Wasim Akram
Pakistan

10th
405
98 tests
Curtley Ambrose
West Indies


Most Wickets in an innings
1st
10-53
Jim Laker
England v Australia
Manchester
1956
2nd
10-74
Anil Kumble
India v Pakistan
Delhi
1998-99
3rd
9-28
George Lohmann
England v South Africa
Johannesburg
1895-96
4th
9-37
Jim Laker
England v Australia
Manchester
1956
5th
9-51
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Kandy
2001-02

Most Wickets in a match
1st
19-90
Jim Laker
England v Australia
Manchester
1956
2nd
17-159
Sydney Barnes
England v South Africa
Johannesburg
1913-14
3rd
16-136
Narendra Hirwani
India v West Indies
Chennai
1987-88
4th
16-137
Bob Massie
Australia v England
Lord's
1972
5th
16-220
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka v England
The Oval
1998
Test Bowling Records - Individual
Test Partnership Records