It is true that records are meant to be broken one day and every now and then we witness some records are being broken in cricket. The individuals presented have distinguished careers and are perhaps best known for their records in the history of cricket.
Today we present before you a list of few Records in Test cricket which might remain unbroken in future.
- Rahul Dravid’s 31258 balls faced
The wall of cricket is known to possess solid class in his batting with a different temperament in Test cricket. Most of the great bowlers could not dominate him in his Test career. He faced a total of 31258 balls- a distant ahead than second best by the God of cricket who played 200 tests (2000 balls less than Dravid). He also had the safest pair of hands on the field with highest no of catches taken (210).
- Jim Laker’s 19 wickets in a match
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Jim Laker was smart, suave and one of the deadliest bowlers in his days. 20 wickets of the opponent are available in a Test match and you had grabbed 19 out of those tells the story about you. This England offie manged to demolish the batting line up of the Australians. Picked up 10 wickets in the first innings and 9 wickets in the second innings.
- 624 runs partnership of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara
The legendary batting duo possessed by Sri Lanka have batted together in Tests in many occasions and provided their team solid innings building performances. But their gigantic 624 run partnership was really an epic one. This came against the Proteas at Colombo in 2006. Very much possible for this record to remain intact in the history of cricket.
- Graeme Smith’s 109 Test matches as captain
Appearing in 100 matches as a player itself is a matter of huge honor and pride for an individual. But this man from South Africa has lead his team in as many as 109 matches. It’s an extraordinary record. He is the 4th youngest captain in the history of Test cricket (22+ years) and since then he has never looked back and took his team to the peak of world cricket.
- Muttiah Muralitharan’s 800 wickets
The magician from Sri Lanka had managed to grab 800 wickets in his Test career. He is a distant ahead than the second best (Shane Warne-708) and third best (Anil Kumble-619). This Sri Lankan legendary offie is also the highest wicket taker in ODIs-534.
- Allan Border’s 153 consecutive matches
- Sri Lanka’s Team Total of 952-6
Can you believe? A team scores 900+ runs in a single innings of a Test. They have not bothered to declare their first innings and batted till the last day after India scored 537. In this match 6 batsmen have smashed centuries with Sanath Jayasuriya’s epic score of 340.
- Graham Gooch’s 456 runs in a single Test
Graham Gooch of England despoiled India’s bowling for almost 4 days of the Test. His record 333 in the first innings and quick fire 123 in the second innings put his name into record books.
- Sachin Tendulkar’s 200 Test matches
- Don Bradman’s average of 99.94