List of England Test cricket records

Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level.[1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days,[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[5][6] England was a founding member of the ICC, having played the first Test match against Australia in March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[7] They have played a total of 1,022 matches, the most by any Test playing team.[8] As of January 2020, England is the third most successful team in Test cricket with an overall winning percentage of 36.30, behind Australia on 47.34 and South Africa on 37.58.[8][lower-alpha 3]

Former captain Alastair Cook, pictured in 2016, holds several England Test cricket records.

Opening batsman and former captain Alastair Cook holds several England Test cricket records. Playing between 2006 and 2018, he scored 12,472 runs, making him the only England player to score 10,000 Test runs.[9] He scored a record 57 half-centuries and 33 centuries.[10][11] As a slip fielder, Cook has also taken the most catches for England with 175[12] and holds the England record for the most catches taken in a Test series with 13.[13] Captaining his side from 2010 until he stood down in 2016, Cook holds the record for the most matches played as English skipper with 59, the Test record for the most consecutive matches played with 159 and the record for the most matches played for England with 161.[14][15][16]

The most prolific Test wicket-taker for England is James Anderson.[17] Making his debut in 2003, he has taken a total of 584 wickets throughout his 151-match career, as of January 2020 – the most by a fast bowler in Test cricket.[18] He has also achieved 28 five-wicket hauls in an innings, the most by any English cricketer.[19] The record for the most ten-wicket hauls for England is held by Sydney Barnes with seven, who also holds the Test cricket record for the most wickets taken in a series with 49 during the English tour of South Africa in 1913–14.[20][21] Alan Knott is England's most successful wicket-keeper having taken 269 dismissals.[22] England claims two age records, James Southerton as the oldest player to make his Test debut at 49 and Wilfred Rhodes aged 52 as the oldest cricketer to ever play in a Test match.[23][24]

Key

The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses and draws and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for England only, and are correct as of January 2020.

Key

Symbol	Meaning
	Player or umpire is currently active in Test cricket
*	Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken
♠	Test cricket record
d	Innings was declared (e.g. 903/7d)
Date	Starting date of the Test match
Innings	Number of innings played
Matches	Number of matches played
Opposition	The team England was playing against
Period	The time period when the player was active in Test cricket
Player	The player involved in the record
Venue	Test cricket ground where the match was played

Team records

Team wins, losses and draws

As of January 2020, England have played 1,022 Test matches resulting in 371 victories, 304 defeats and 347 draws for an overall winning percentage of 36.30, the third highest winning percentage of Test playing teams.[8][lower-alpha 3] England has played the highest number of Test matches, ahead of Australia who have competed in 830.[8] England is undefeated against Ireland and have defeated Bangladesh on all but one occasion.[25] England played in the debut Test matches of Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – winning all of them except against Australia.[26]

Opposition	First Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
Australia	15 March 1877[27]	351	110	146	95	0	31.33
Bangladesh	21 October 2003[28]	10	9	1	0	0	90.00
India	25 June 1932[29]	122	47	26	49	0	38.52
Ireland	24 July 2019[30]	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
New Zealand	10 January 1930[31]	105	48	11	46	0	45.71
Pakistan	10 June 1954[32]	84	26	21	37	0	30.95
South Africa	12 March 1889[33]	153	64	34	55	0	41.83
Sri Lanka	17 February 1982[34]	34	15	8	11	0	44.11
West Indies	23 June 1928[35]	160	51	58	52	0	31.87
Zimbabwe	18 December 1996[36]	6	3	0	3	0	50.00
Total		1,026	374	305	347	0	36.45
Last updated: 9 August 2020[8][25]

First Test series wins

Opponent	Year of first Home win	Year of first Away win
Afghanistan	YTP	YTP
Australia	1880	1883
Bangladesh	2005	2003
India	1932	1934
Ireland	2019	YTP
New Zealand	1931	1930
Pakistan	1962	1962
South Africa	1907	1892
Sri Lanka	1988	1982
West Indies	1928	1968
Zimbabwe	2000	-
Last updated: 20 June 2020[37]

Team scoring records

Most runs in an innings

The highest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the series between Sri Lanka and India in August 1997. Playing in the first Test at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 952/6d. This broke the longstanding record of 903/7d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. This in turn broke England's 849 all out against the West Indies in 1930.[38]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	903/7d	Australia	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
2	849	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	3 April 1930
3	710/7d	India	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	10 August 2011
4	658/8d	Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	10 June 1938
5	654/5	South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa	3 March 1939
Last updated: 30 July 2018[39]

Highest successful run chases

The highest successful run chase came in the West Indies victory over Australia in May 2003 at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Set 418 for victory in the final innings, the hosts achieved the target for the loss of seven wickets. England's highest successful chase came in the third Test of the 2019 Ashes series against Australia at Headingley. England reached the target of 359 runs with one wicket in hand. England have successfully chased a target of over 300 runs only four times in Test matches.[40][41]

Rank	Score	Target	Opposition[lower-alpha 4]	Venue	Date
1	362/9	359	Australia	Headingley, Leeds, England	22 August 2019
2	332/7	332		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	29 December 1928
3	315/4	315		Headingley, Leeds, England	16 August 2001
4	307/6	305	New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand	14 February 1997
5	298/4	297	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1 March 1895
Last updated: 1 September 2019[40]

Fewest runs in an innings

The lowest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the second Test of England's tour of New Zealand in March 1955. Trailing England by 46, New Zealand were bowled out in their second innings for 26 runs.[43] The equal twelfth-lowest score in Test history is England's total of 45 scored in their first innings against Australia in the first Test of the 1886–87 Ashes series.[44]

Rank	Score	Opposition[lower-alpha 4]	Venue	Date
1	45	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	28 January 1887
2	46	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	25 March 1994
3	51		Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	4 February 2009
4	52	Australia	The Oval, London, England	14 August 1948
5	53		Lord's, London, England	16 July 1888
Last updated: 30 July 2018[45]

Result records

In 1938, Wally Hammond led England to victory over Australia by an innings and 579 runs, the greatest winning margin by an innings in Test cricket.[46][47]

A Test match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their two innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by an innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[48]

Greatest win margins (by innings)

The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The next largest victory was Australia's win against South Africa in the first Test of the 2001–02 tour at the Wanderers Stadium, where the tourists won by an innings and 360 runs.[47]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Innings and 579 runs ♠	Australia	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
2	Innings and 285 runs	India	Lord's, London, England	20 June 1974
3	Innings and 283 runs	West Indies	Headingley, Leeds, England	25 May 2007
4	Innings and 261 runs	Bangladesh	Lord's, London, England	26 May 2005
5	Innings and 244 runs	India	The Oval, London, England	15 August 2014
Last updated: 30 July 2018[49]

Greatest win margins (by runs)

The greatest winning margin by runs in Test cricket was England's victory over Australia by 675 runs in the first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series. The next two largest victories were recorded by Australia including defeat over England in the final Test of the 1934 Ashes series by 562 runs.[50]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	675 runs ♠	Australia	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia	30 November 1928
2	354 runs	Pakistan	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	29 July 2010
3	347 runs	Australia	Lord's, London, England	18 July 2013
4	338 runs		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	13 January 1933
5	330 runs	Pakistan	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	22 July 2016
Last updated: 30 July 2018[49]

Greatest win margins (by wickets)

England have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 20 occasions, the third highest behind Australia on 29 and the West Indies on 26.[49][51][52][lower-alpha 5] Their first 10-wicket victory was against Australia in 1885 and the most recent against India in 2012. Six of the 10-wicket victories (the most against any other team) have come against South Africa.

Narrowest win margins (by runs)

Michael Vaughan led England to victory over Australia in the second Test of the 2005 Ashes series by a margin of two runs.[58][59]

England's narrowest win by runs was against Australia in the second Test of the 2005 Ashes series at Edgbaston. Set 282 runs for victory in the final innings, Australia were bowled all out for 279 to give victory to the hosts by two runs.[58] This was the second-narrowest win in Test cricket, with the narrowest being the West Indies' one-run win over Australia in 1993.[60]

Rank	Margin	Opposition[lower-alpha 4]	Venue	Date
1	2 runs	Australia	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	4 August 2005
2	3 runs		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 1982
3	10 runs	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	14 December 1894
4	12 runs	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	1 February 1929
			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 1998
Last updated: 30 July 2018[61]

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)

Archie MacLaren led the English team that lost the fourth Test of the 1902 Ashes series by a margin of three runs and won the fifth Test by a margin of one wicket.[62][63] Both records still stand over a century later as England's narrowest win by wickets and narrowest loss by runs, respectively.[61][64]

England have won by a margin of one wicket on four occasions, the most recent being the third Test of the 2019 Ashes series at Headingley. This match saw the hosts achieving their highest successful run chase in Test cricket of 359 runs,[65] one of only fourteen one-wicket victories in Test cricket.[61][66]

Rank	Margin	Opposition[lower-alpha 4]	Venue	Date
1	1 wicket	Australia	The Oval, London, England	11 August 1902
			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1 January 1908
		South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	1 January 1923
		Australia	Headingley, Leeds, England	22 August 2019
5	2 wickets	Australia	The Oval, London, England	11 August 1890
		South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa	16 December 1948
		South Africa	Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa	14 January 2000
		West Indies	Lord's, London, England	29 June 2000
Last updated: 1 September 2019[61]

Greatest loss margins (by innings)

England suffered their greatest defeat by an innings at The Gabba in the first Test of the 1946–47 Ashes series, the first Test match to be played in Australia after the Second World War.[67][68] Going down to the hosts by an innings and 332 runs, this is the fourth-heaviest defeat in Test cricket history.[47]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Innings and 332 runs	Australia	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	29 November 1946
2	Innings and 226 runs	West Indies	Lord's, London, England	23 August 1973
3	Innings and 215 runs	Sri Lanka	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	18 December 2003
4	Innings and 200 runs	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 February 1937
5	Innings and 180 runs	West Indies	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	14 June 1984
		Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	10 August 1989
Last updated: 30 July 2018[69]

Greatest loss margins (by runs)

The first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series saw Australia defeated by England by 675 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in Test cricket. The results were reversed in the fifth and final Test of the 1934 Ashes series at The Oval where the tourists defeated the hosts by 562 runs, England's greatest defeat by runs.[50]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	562 runs	Australia	The Oval, London, England	18 August 1934
2	425 runs	West Indies	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	8 July 1976
3	409 runs	Australia	Lord's, London, England	24 June 1948
4	405 runs			16 July 2015
5	384 runs		The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	7 November 2002
Last updated: 30 July 2018[69]

Greatest loss margins (by wickets)

England have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 23 occasions, more than any other Test playing team.[69][lower-alpha 6] Their first defeat by this margin was against Australia in 1879 and the most recent was against West Indies in 2019. Australia and West Indies have each defeated England by 10 wickets on seven occasions.[69]

Narrowest loss margins (by runs)

Pelham Warner was the captain of the English team that lost the first Test against South Africa in January 1906 by a margin of one wicket, the narrowest loss for England by wickets.[64][79]

Only one match in 143 years of Test cricket has been decided by a margin of one run, the fourth Test of the West Indian tour of Australia in 1992–93 where the visitors secured victory. The equal third narrowest defeat was England's loss in the fourth Test of the 1902 Ashes series at Old Trafford. Requiring 32 runs to win with six wickets in hand, England lost the match by a margin of three runs.[60][80][81]

Rank	Margin	Opposition[lower-alpha 4]	Venue	Date
1	3 runs	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	24 July 1902
2	6 runs	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	20 February 1885
3	7 runs		The Oval, London, England	28 August 1882
4	11 runs	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	16 January 1925
5	17 runs	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	15 February 1957
Last updated: 30 July 2018[64]

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)

Test cricket has seen fourteen matches decided by a margin of one wicket, with England being defeated in one of them.[66] The first Test of the 1905–06 series against South Africa at Old Wanderers saw the home side chase down the target of 284 runs in the final innings.[82]

Rank	Margin	Opposition[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 7]	Venue	Date
1	1 wicket	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	2 January 1906
2	2 wickets	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	13 December 1907
		West Indies	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	5 June 1980
		Pakistan	Lord's London, England	18 June 1992
5	3 wickets	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	16 July 1896
		South Africa		7 July 1955
		Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	2 March 1984
		West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	5 February 1998
Last updated: 30 July 2018[64]

Individual records

Len Hutton has scored the highest individual Test score (364) for England.[84]

Batting records

Most career runs

A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch.[85]

India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test cricket with 15,921. Second is Ricky Ponting of Australia with 13,378 ahead of Jacques Kallis from South Africa in third with 13,289. Alastair Cook, the only England batsman who has scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket, is in fifth with 12,472.[9]

Rank	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	Period
1	12,472	Alastair Cook	161	291	2006–2018
2	8,900	Graham Gooch	118	215	1975–1995
3	8,463	Alec Stewart	133	235	1990–2003
4	8,231	David Gower	117	204	1978–1992
5	8,181	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	2005–2014
Last updated: 13 October 2018[84]

Fastest player to multiples of 1000 runs

Runs	Batsman	Match	Innings	Record Date	Reference
1000	Herbert Sutcliffe	9	12	13 February 1925	[86]
2000		22	33	21 July 1928	[87]
3000		33	52	13 June 1930	[88]
4000		43	68	10 February 1933	[89]
5000	Jack Hobbs	55	91	8 March 1929	[90]
6000	Wally Hammond	70	114	24 December 1938	[91]
7000		80	131	17 August 1946	[92]
8000	Kevin Pietersen	102	176	13 December 2013	[93]
9000	Alastair Cook	114	204	29 May 2015	[94]
10000		128	229	27 May 2016	[95]
11000		140	252	16 December 2016	[96]
12000		152	275	4 January 2018	[97]
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Most runs in each batting position

Batting position	Batsman	Innings	Runs	Average	Test Career Span	Ref
Opener	Alastair Cook	278	11,845 ♠	44.87	2006–2018	[98]
Number 3	Wally Hammond	52	3,440	74.78	1927–1947	[99]
Number 4	Kevin Pietersen	139	6,490	48.43	2005–2014	[100]
Number 5	Graham Thorpe	78	3,373	56.22	1993–2005	[101]
Number 6	Tony Greig	67	2,741	43.51	1972–1977	[102]
Number 7	Alan Knott	81	2,870	41.00	1967–1981	[103]
Number 8	Stuart Broad	55	1,145	23.37	2007–2020	[104]
Number 9		69	1,295 ♠	20.23		[105]
Number 10		67	726 ♠	13.69		[106]
Number 11	James Anderson	141	564	8.67	2003–2020	[107]
Last updated: 9 August 2020

Highest individual score

The first Test of the 2003–04 series of the Southern Cross Trophy, contested between Australia and Zimbabwe, at the WACA Ground saw Matthew Hayden of Australia set the highest Test score with 380, surpassing the West Indies' Brian Lara's 375 scored against England in April 1994 at the Antigua Recreation Ground.[108] Six months after Hayden set the record, the West Indian claimed it back scoring 400 not out against the same opposition and on the same ground.[109] Len Hutton's 364 against Australia during the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval is the sixth highest individual score in Test cricket. Wally Hammond's 336, scored against New Zealand in 1933, is the third highest not out Test innings and the ninth highest overall.[110] Hutton's, Hammond's and Andy Sandham's 325 against the West Indies in 1930 were Test record scores at the time of posting.[111]

Rank	Runs	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	364	Len Hutton	Australia	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
2	336*	Wally Hammond	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	31 March 1933
3	333	Graham Gooch	India	Lord's, London, England	26 July 1990
4	325	Andy Sandham	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	3 April 1930
5	310*	John Edrich	New Zealand	Headingley, Leeds, England	8 July 1965
Last updated: 30 July 2018[112]

Highest individual score – progression of record

Runs	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
63	Harry Jupp	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1876-77
	George Ulyett
152	W. G. Grace		The Oval, London, England	1880
164	Arthur Shrewsbury		Lord's, London, England	1886
170	W. G. Grace		The Oval, London, England
173	Andrew Stoddart		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1894-95
175	Ranjitsinhji		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	1897-98
287	R. E. Foster			1903-04
325	Andy Sandham	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1930
336*	Wally Hammond	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	1933
364	Len Hutton	Australia	The Oval, London, Australia	1938
Last updated: 20 June 2020[112]

Highest career average

Herbert Sutcliffe has the highest career batting average for England with 60.73.[113]

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[114]

Australia's Don Bradman, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, finished his Test career with an average of 99.94.[115] With 60.73, Herbert Sutcliffe is one of only five batsmen to finish his international career with an average above 60.[lower-alpha 8][116]

Rank	Average	Player	Runs	Innings	Not out	Period
1	60.73	Herbert Sutcliffe	4,555	84	9	1924–1935
2	59.23	Eddie Paynter	1,540	31	5	1931–1939
3	58.67	Ken Barrington	6,806	131	15	1955–1968
4	58.45	Wally Hammond	7,249	140	16	1927–1947
5	56.94	Jack Hobbs	5,410	102	7	1908–1930
Qualification: 20 innings Last updated: 7 October 2019[113]

Highest Average in each batting position

Batting position	Batsman	Innings	Runs	Average	Career Span	Ref
Opener	Herbert Sutcliffe	83	4,522	61.10 ♠	1924–1935	[117]
Number 3	Ken Barrington	40	2,626	77.23	1955–1968	[118]
Number 4		44	2,367	59.17		[119]
Number 5	Joe Root	30	1,797	69.11 ♠	2012-2020	[120]
Number 6	Ian Bell	38	1,623	60.11	2004-15	[121]
Number 7	Alan Knott	81	2,870	41.00	1967–1981	[122]
Number 8	Matt Prior	22	620	36.47	2007-2014	[123]
Number 9	Graeme Swann	42	880	23.16	2008-13	[124]
Number 10	Fred Trueman	26	400	21.05	1953-1965	[125]
Number 11	Derek Underwood	27	182	18.20	1966–81	[126]
Last updated: 1 July 2020 Qualification: Min 20 innings batted at position

Most half-centuries

A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.

Sachin Tendulkar of India has scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket with 68. He is followed by the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 66, India's Rahul Dravid and Allan Border of Australia are third on 63 and in seventh with 57 fifties to his name, England's Alastair Cook.[127]

Rank	Half centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	57	Alastair Cook	291	12,472	2006–2018
2	49	Joe Root	175	7,785	2012–2020
3	46	Ian Bell	205	7,727	2004–2015
		Michael Atherton	212	7,728	1989–2001
		Graham Gooch	215	8,900	1975–1995
Last updated: 9 August 2020[10]

Most centuries

A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.

Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in Test cricket with 51. South Africa's Jacques Kallis is next on 45 and Ricky Ponting with 41 hundreds is in third. The highest ranked England players are Alastair Cook in tenth with 33 centuries and Kevin Pietersen who finished his international career with 23 centuries is in equal twenty-fifth.[128]

Rank	Centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	33	Alastair Cook	291	12,472	2006–2018
2	23	Kevin Pietersen	181	8,181	2005–2014
3	22	Wally Hammond	140	7,249	1927–1947
		Colin Cowdrey	188	7,624	1954–1975
		Geoffrey Boycott	193	8,114	1964–1982
		Ian Bell	205	7,727	2004–2015
Last updated: 7 October 2019[11]

Most double centuries

Wally Hammond has scored the most double centuries for England with seven and holds the England record for the most runs scored in a series with 905 runs during the 1928–29 Ashes series.[129][130]

A double century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings.

Bradman holds the Test record for the most double centuries scored with twelve, one ahead of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara who finished his career with eleven. In third place is Brian Lara of the West Indies with nine. England's Wally Hammond and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka have both reached the mark on seven occasions.[129]

Rank	Double centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	7	Wally Hammond	140	7,249	1927–1947
2	5	Alastair Cook	291	12,472	2006–2018
3	4	Len Hutton	138	6,971	1937–1955
4	3	Joe Root	175	7,785	2012–2020
		Kevin Pietersen	181	8,181	2005–2014
Last updated: 9 August 2020[131]

Most triple centuries

A triple century is a score of 300 or more runs in a single innings.

Four cricketers hold the Test record for the most triple centuries scored with two – Don Bradman, India's Virender Sehwag and West Indians Chris Gayle and Brian Lara.[132] Five England players have scored a single Test triple century with former captain Graham Gooch the most recent to do so in 1990, as of January 2020.[133]

Rank	Triple centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	1	Andy Sandham	23	879	1921–1930
		John Edrich	127	5,138	1963–1976
		Len Hutton	138	6,971	1937–1955
		Wally Hammond	140	7,249	1927–1947
		Graham Gooch	215	8,900	1975–1995
Last updated: 7 October 2019[134]

Most Sixes

Rank	Sixes	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	81	Kevin Pietersen	181	8,181	2005-14
3	78	Andrew Flintoff	128	3,795	1998–09
2	74	Ben Stokes	122	4,428	2013–20
4	67	Ian Botham	161	5,200	1977–92
5	46	Stuart Broad	207	3,320	2007–20
Last updated: 9 August 2020[135]

Most Fours

Rank	Fours	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	1442	Alastair Cook	291	12,472	2006-18
2	1121	Alec Stewart	235	8,463	1990–2003
3	1079	Graham Gooch	215	8,900	1975–95
4	985	Kevin Pietersen	181	8,181	2005-14
5	979	David Gower	204	8,231	1978–1992
Last updated: 20 June 2020[136]

Most runs in a series

The 1930 Ashes series in England saw Bradman set the record for the most runs scored in a single series, falling just 26 short of 1,000 runs. He is followed by Wally Hammond with 905 runs scored in the 1928–29 Ashes series. Alastair Cook's 766 runs scored during the 2010–11 Ashes series ranks in 14th.[130]

Rank	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	Series
1	905	Wally Hammond	5	9	1928–29 Ashes series
2	766	Alastair Cook	5	7	2010–11 Ashes series
3	753	Denis Compton	5	8	South African cricket team in England in 1947
4	752	Graham Gooch	3	6	Indian cricket team in England in 1990
5	734	Herbert Sutcliffe	5	9	1924–25 Ashes series
Last updated: 30 July 2018[137]

Most ducks

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[138] Former West Indian fast bowler Courtney Walsh has scored the highest number of ducks in Test cricket with 43 followed by New Zealand's Chris Martin with 36. Stuart Broad, with 35 scoreless innings, and James Anderson, with 26, are equal third and equal ninth on the list respectively.[139]

Rank	Ducks	Player	Matches	Innings	Period
1	35	Stuart Broad	141	207	2007–2020
2	26	James Anderson	154	216	2003–2020
3	20	Monty Panesar	50	68	2006–2013
		Steve Harmison	62	84	2002–2009
		Michael Atherton	115	212	1989–2001
Last updated: 9 August 2020[140]

Bowling records

James Anderson holds the record for the most wickets taken by a fast bowler in Test cricket with 590.[18]

Most career wickets

A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.

Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for taking the most wickets in Test cricket with 800, followed by Australia's Shane Warne who previously held the record with 708.[141][142] James Anderson of England is fourth on the list with 590 Test wickets to his name as of August 2020 and in September 2018 he passed Australia's Glenn McGrath to become the fast bowler with the most Test wickets.[18][143] Stuart Broad, with 507, is the second-highest England Test wicket-taker and seventh overall.[141]

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Period
1	587	James Anderson	154	288	15,917	2003–2020
2	507	Stuart Broad	141	260	14,093	2007–2020
3	383	Ian Botham	102	168	10,878	1977–1992
4	325	Bob Willis	90	165	8,190	1971–1984
5	307	Fred Trueman	67	127	6,625	1952–1965
Last updated: 9 June 2020[17]

Fastest wicket taker

Wickets	Bowler	Match	Record Date	Reference
50	Tom Richardson	7	22 June 1896	[144]
100	George Lohmann	16 ♠	2 March 1896	[145]
150	Sydney Barnes	24 ♠	13 December 1913	[146]
200	Ian Botham	41	27 August 1981	[147]
250		55	12 November 1982	[148]
300	Fred Trueman	66	13 August 1964	[149]
350	Ian Botham	83	3 April 1986	[150]
400	James Anderson	104	29 May 2015	[151]
450		115	27 May 2016	[152]
500		129	7 September 2017	[153]
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Best figures in an innings

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[154]

There have been two occasions in Test cricket where a bowler has taken all ten wickets in a single innings – Jim Laker of England took 10/53 against Australia in 1956 and India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against Pakistan. George Lohmann, one of fifteen bowlers who have taken nine wickets in a Test match innings, sits third on the list taking figures of 9/28 against South Africa in 1896.[155]

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition[lower-alpha 7]	Venue	Date
1	10/53 ♠	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	26 July 1956
2	9/28	George Lohmann	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	2 March 1896
3	9/37	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	26 July 1956
4	9/57	Devon Malcolm	South Africa	The Oval, London, England	18 August 1994
5	9/103	Sydney Barnes	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	26 December 1913
Last updated: 30 July 2018[156]

Best figures in a match

A bowler's bowling figures in a match is the sum of the wickets taken and the runs conceded over both innings.

No bowler in the history of Test cricket has taken all 20 wickets in a match. The closest to do so was English spin bowler Jim Laker. During the fourth Test of the 1956 Ashes series, Laker took 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second to finish with match figures of 19/90.[157] Sydney Barnes's figures of 17/159, taken in the second Test of the 1913–14 South African tour, is the second-best in Test cricket history.[158]

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition[lower-alpha 7]	Venue	Date
1	19/90 ♠	Jim Laker	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	26 July 1956
2	17/159	Sydney Barnes	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	26 December 1913
3	15/28	Johnny Briggs	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	25 March 1889
4	15/45	George Lohmann	South Africa	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	13 February 1896
5	15/99	Colin Blythe	South Africa	Headingley, Leeds, England	29 July 1907
Last updated: 30 July 2018[159]

Best career average

George Lohmann holds the record for the best Test career bowling average and strike rate, with figures of 10.75 and 34.1, respectively.[160][161]

A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.

Nineteenth century English medium pacer George Lohmann holds the record for the best career average in Test cricket with 10.75. J. J. Ferris, one of fifteen cricketers to have played Test cricket for more than one team,[162] is second behind Lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket. Billy Barnes is third on the list, finishing his Test career with an average of 15.54.[160]

Rank	Average	Player	Wickets	Runs	Balls	Period
1	10.75 ♠	George Lohmann	112	1,205	3,830	1886–1896
2	15.54	Billy Barnes	51	793	2,289	1880–1890
3	16.42	Billy Bates	50	821	2,364	1881–1887
4	16.43	Sydney Barnes	189	3,106	7,873	1901–1914
5	16.98	Bobby Peel	101	1,715	5,216	1884–1896
Qualification: 2,000 balls Last updated: 30 July 2018[163]

Best career strike rate

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[138]

As with the career average above, the top two bowlers with the best Test career strike rate are George Lohmann and J. J. Ferris, with Lohmann on 34.1 and Ferris with an overall career strike rate of 37.7 balls per wicket.[161]

Rank	Strike rate	Player	Wickets	Balls	Runs	Period
1	34.1 ♠	George Lohmann	112	3,830	1,205	1886–1896
2	41.6	Sydney Barnes	189	7,873	3,106	1901–1914
3	44.8	Billy Barnes	51	2,289	793	1880–1890
4	45.1	Johnny Briggs	118	5,332	2,095	1884–1899
5	45.4	Frank Tyson	76	3,452	1,411	1954–1959
Qualification: 2,000 balls Last updated: 30 July 2018[164]

Best career economy rate

William Attewell finished his career with an economy rate of 1.31, a Test cricket record.[165]

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[138]

English bowler William Attewell, who played 10 Tests between 1884 and 1892, holds the Test record for the best career economy rate with 1.31. Cliff Gladwin, with a rate of 1.60 runs per over conceded over his 8-match Test career, is second on the list.[165]

Rank	Economy rate	Player	Runs	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	1.31 ♠	William Attewell	626	2,850	28	1884–1892
2	1.60	Cliff Gladwin	571	2,129	15	1947–1949
3	1.85	Roy Kilner	734	2,368	24	1924–1926
4	1.87	Dick Barlow	767	2,456	34	1881–1887
5	1.88	Hedley Verity	3,510	11,173	144	1931–1939
Qualification: 2,000 balls Last updated: 30 July 2018[166]

Most five-wicket hauls in an innings

Ian Botham is second to James Anderson for the England record for the most Test five-wicket hauls.[19]

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[167]

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket with 67 throughout his career followed by Shane Warne achieving 37. James Anderson is the highest ranked England player in seventh, with 28.[168]

Rank	Five-wicket hauls	Player	Innings	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	28	James Anderson	288	33,331	590	2003–2020
2	27	Ian Botham	168	21,815	383	1977–1992
3	24	Sydney Barnes	50	7,873	189	1901–1914
4	18	Stuart Broad	260	28,635	507	2007–2020
5	17	Fred Trueman	127	15,178	307	1952–1965
		Graeme Swann	109	15,349	255	2008–2013
		Derek Underwood	151	21,862	297	1966–1982
Last updated: 9 August 2020[19]

Most ten-wicket hauls in a match

A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings.

As with the five-wicket hauls above, Muttiah Muralitharan leads Shane Warne in taking the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket with Muralitharan having taken 22 to Warne's 10. Sydney Barnes of England is in equal sixth with three other bowlers, each achieving the feat on seven occasions.[169]

Rank	Ten-wicket hauls	Player	Matches	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	7	Sydney Barnes	27	7,873	189	1901–1914
2	6	Derek Underwood	86	21,862	297	1966–1982
3	5	George Lohmann	18	3,830	112	1886–1896
		Alec Bedser	51	15,918	236	1946–1955
5	4	Tom Richardson	14	4,498	88	1893–1898
		Colin Blythe	19	4,546	100	1901–1910
		Johnny Briggs	33	5,332	118	1884–1899
		Ian Botham	102	21,815	383	1977–1992
Last updated: 11 August 2019[20]

Worst figures in an innings

The worst figures in a single innings in Test cricket came in the third Test between the West Indies at home to Pakistan in 1958. Pakistan's Khan Mohammad returned figures of 0/259 from his 54 overs in the second innings of the match.[170][171] The worst figures by an England player are 0/169 that came off the bowling of Tich Freeman in his final Test appearance.[172][173]

Rank	Figures	Player	Overs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	0/169	Tich Freeman	49	South Africa	The Oval, London, England	17 August 1929
2	0/163	Adil Rashid	34	Pakistan	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	13 October 2015
3	0/155	Moeen Ali	52	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	2 January 2016
4	0/152	Pat Pocock	57	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	16 February 1974
5	0/151	Graeme Swann	52	South Africa	The Oval, London, England	19 July 2012
Last updated: 30 July 2018[174]

Worst figures in a match

The worst figures in a match in Test cricket were taken by South Africa's Imran Tahir in the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in November 2012. He returned figures of 0/180 from his 23 overs in the first innings and 0/80 off 14 in the third innings for a total of 0/260 from 37 overs.[175] He claimed the record in his final over when two runs came from it – enough for him to pass the previous record of 0/259, set 54 years prior.[176][177][178]

The worst figures by an England player came in the fourth Test of the 1989–90 tour of the West Indies when Devon Malcolm returned figures of 0/142 and 0/46 for a total of 0/188 off 43 overs.[179]

Rank	Figures	Player	Overs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	0/188	Devon Malcolm	43	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	5 April 1990
2	0/184	Ian Salisbury	33	Pakistan	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	2 July 1992
3	0/184	Maurice Tate	100	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	8 March 1929
4	0/169	Tich Freeman	49	South Africa	The Oval, London, England	17 August 1929
5	0/166	Hedley Verity	57	Australia	The Oval, London, England	18 August 1934
Last updated: 30 July 2018[180]

Most wickets in a series

Sydney Barnes took 49 wickets in the 1913–14 series against South Africa, the most by any cricketer in a Test series.[21]

England's seventh Test tour of South Africa in 1913–14 saw the record set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in a Test series. English paceman Sydney Barnes played in four of the five matches and achieved a total of 49 wickets to his name. Jim Laker sits second on the list with 46 wickets taken during the 1956 Ashes series.[21]

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Series
1	49 ♠	Sydney Barnes	4	English cricket team in South Africa in 1913–14
2	46	Jim Laker	5	1956 Ashes series
3	39	Sydney Barnes	6	1912 Triangular Tournament
		Alec Bedser	5	1953 Ashes series
5	38	Maurice Tate	5	1924–25 Ashes series
Last updated: 30 July 2018[181]

Hat-trick

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count. In Test cricket history there have been just 44 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Fred Spofforth for Australia against England in 1879. In 1912, Australian Jimmy Matthews achieved the feat twice in one game against South Africa. The only other players to achieve two hat-tricks are Australia's Hugh Trumble, against England in 1902 and 1904, Pakistan's Wasim Akram, in separate games against Sri Lanka in 1999, and England's Stuart Broad.

No.	Bowler	Against	Venue	Date	Ref.
1	Billy Bates	Australia	MCG, Melbourne	20 January 1883	[182]
2	Johnny Briggs	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2 February 1892	[183]
3	George Lohmann	South Africa	St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth	14 February 1896	[184]
4	Jack Hearne	Australia	Headingley, Leeds	30 June 1899	[185]
5	Maurice Allom	New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	10 January 1930	[186]
6	Tom Goddard	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	26 December 1938	[187]
7	Peter Loader	West Indies	Headingley, Leeds	25 July 1957	[188]
8	Dominic Cork	West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	30 July 1995	[189]
9	Darren Gough	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2 January 1999	[190]
10	Matthew Hoggard	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	3 April 2004	[191]
11	Ryan Sidebottom	New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	8 March 2008	[192]
12	Stuart Broad	India	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	30 July 2011	[193]
13	Stuart Broad	Sri Lanka	Headingley, Leeds	20 June 2014	[194]
14	Moeen Ali	South Africa	The Oval, London	31 July 2017	[195]

Wicket-keeping records

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[196]

Most career dismissals

A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[197][198] while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[199]

South Africa's Mark Boucher has taken the most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper with 555, followed by Adam Gilchrist of Australia on 416. England's Alan Knott, who took 269 dismissals during his 95-Test match career, is eighth on the list. He is followed by his compatriots Matt Prior and Alec Stewart in ninth and tenth with 256 and 241 dismissals respectively.[200]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Matches	Period
1	269	Alan Knott	95	1967–1981
2	256	Matt Prior	79	2007–2014
3	241	Alec Stewart	133	1990–2003
4	219	Godfrey Evans	91	1946–1959
5	186	Jonny Bairstow	70	2012–2019
Last updated: 2 January 2020[22]

Most career catches

Matt Prior sits second behind Alan Knott for the most Test dismissals and catches taken by an England wicket-keeper.[22]

Boucher also leads Gilchrist in the number of catches taken as a designated wicket-keeper in Test cricket, 532 to 379. Alan Knott, with 250 catches to his name is eighth on this list. He is again followed by Prior and Stewart in ninth and tenth with 243 and 227 catches respectively.[201]

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Period
1	250	Alan Knott	95	1967–1981
2	243	Matt Prior	79	2007–2014
3	227	Alec Stewart	133	1990–2003
4	173	Jonny Bairstow	70	2012–2019
		Godfrey Evans	91	1946–1959
Last updated: 2 January 2020[202]

Most career stumpings

Australia's Bert Oldfield holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. He is followed by Godfrey Evans of England with 46 to his name.[203]

Rank	Stumpings	Player	Matches	Period
1	46	Godfrey Evans	91	1946–1955
2	23	Les Ames	44	1929–1939
3	22	Dick Lilley	35	1896–1909
4	19	Alan Knott	95	1967–1981
5	15	George Duckworth	24	1924–1936
Last updated: 7 October 2019[204]

Most dismissals in an innings

Four wicket-keepers have taken seven dismissals in a single innings in a Test match—Wasim Bari of Pakistan in 1979, Englishman Bob Taylor in 1980, New Zealand's Ian Smith in 1991 and most recently West Indian gloveman Ridley Jacobs against Australia in 2000.[205]

The feat of taking 6 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 24 wicket-keepers on 32 occasions including 7 Englishmen on 11 occasions.[206]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	7 ♠	Bob Taylor	India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	15 February 1980
2	6	John Murray	India	Lord's, London, England	22 June 1967
		Jack Russell	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 1990
			South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	30 November 1995
		Alec Stewart	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	3 July 1997
		Chris Read	New Zealand	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	1 July 1999
		Geraint Jones	Bangladesh	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England	3 June 2005
		Chris Read	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 2006
				Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 January 2007
		Matt Prior		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 2010
			South Africa	Lord's, London, England	16 August 2012
		Jonny Bairstow		Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	14 January 2016
Last updated: 30 July 2018[207]

Most dismissals in a series

Brad Haddin holds the Test cricket record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He took 29 catches during the 2013 Ashes series which broke the previous record held by fellow Australian Rod Marsh when he took 28 catches in the 1982–83 Ashes series. Jack Russell of England is equal third with 27 dismissals taken during the 1995–96 tour of South Africa.[208]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Matches	Innings	Series
1	27	Jack Russell	5	7	English cricket team in South Africa in 1995–96
2	24	Alan Knott	6	12	1970–71 Ashes series
3	23	Alec Stewart	5	8	South African cricket team in England in 1998
		Matt Prior	5	10	2010–11 Ashes series
		Alec Stewart	6	10	1997 Ashes series
		Alan Knott	6	12	1974–75 Ashes series
Last updated: 30 July 2018[209]

Fielding records

Most career catches

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[lower-alpha 9] A fair catch is defined as a fielder catching the ball, from a legal delivery, fully within the field of play without it bouncing when the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat.[197][198] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[211][212]

India's Rahul Dravid holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 210, followed by Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka on 205 and South African Jacques Kallis with 200. Former captain Alastair Cook is the highest ranked England player in sixth, securing 175 catches in his Test career.[213]

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Period
1	175	Alastair Cook	161	2006–2018
2	121	Andrew Strauss	100	2004–2012
		Joe Root	95	2012–2020
4	120	Ian Botham	102	1977–1992
		Colin Cowdrey	114	1954–1975
Last updated: 9 August 2020[12]

Most catches in a series

The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time,[214] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a Test series. Australian all-rounder Jack Gregory took 15 catches in the series as well as 23 wickets.[215] Greg Chappell and K. L. Rahul are joint second behind Gregory with 14 catches taken during the 1974–75 Ashes series and the 2018 India tour of England respectively. The same series saw Alastair Cook become the highest placed England player in equal fourth with 13 catches taken alongside Bob Simpson, Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid.[216]

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Innings	Series
1	13	Alastair Cook	5	10	Indian cricket team in England in 2018
2	12	Jack Ikin	3	6	South African cricket team in England in 1951
3	12	Ben Stokes	4	8	English cricket team in South Africa in 2019–20
		Wally Hammond	5	9	1934 Ashes series
		Len Braund		10	1901–02 Ashes series
		Ian Botham	6	12	1981 Ashes series
		Tony Greig			1974–75 Ashes series
Last updated: 27 January 2020[13]

Other records

Most career matches

India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Test matches played with 200, with former captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh being joint second with each having represented Australia on 168 occasions. Alastair Cook, is seventh and the most capped England Test cricketer having played 161 matches.[217]

Rank	Matches	Player	Period
1	161	Alastair Cook	2006–2018
2	154	James Anderson	2003–2020
3	141	Stuart Broad	2007–2020
4	133	Alec Stewart	1990–2003
5	118	Ian Bell	2004–2015
		Graham Gooch	1975–1995
Last updated: 9 August 2020[16]

Most consecutive career matches

Alastair Cook, pictured in 2006, holds the record for the most matches as English captain, the most consecutive career matches in Test cricket and the most matches played for England with 59, 159 and 161 respectively.[14][15][16]

Former English captain Alastair Cook holds the record for the most consecutive Test matches played with 159.[15] Cook equalled the previous record of 153, set by Australia's Allan Border, during the first Test of the two-match series against Pakistan in May 2018[218] and broke it by playing in the second Test of the same series.[219]

Rank	Matches	Player	Period
1	159 ♠	Alastair Cook	2006–2018
2	77	Joe Root	2014–2020
3	65	Alan Knott	1971–1977
		Ian Botham	1978–1984
5	63	Michael Atherton	1993–1998
Last updated: 27 January 2020[15]

Most matches as captain

See also: List of England cricket captains

Graeme Smith, who led the South African cricket team from 2003 to 2014, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in Test cricket with 109. Allan Border, who skippered Australia from 1984 to 1994 is second with 93 matches. England's captain from 2010 to 2016, Alastair Cook, is seventh on the list with 59 matches.[220]

Rank	Matches	Player	Period
1	59	Alastair Cook	2010–2016
2	54	Michael Atherton	1993–2001
3	51	Michael Vaughan	2003–2008
4	50	Andrew Strauss	2006–2012
5	45	Nasser Hussain	1999–2003
Last updated: 30 July 2018[14]

Youngest players

The youngest player to play in a Test match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 227 days. Making his debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 24 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[221] The youngest cricketer to play Test cricket for England was Brian Close who at the age of 18 years and 149 days debuted in the third Test of the series against New Zealand in July 1949.[222]

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition[lower-alpha 7]	Venue	Date
1	18 years and 149 days	Brian Close	New Zealand	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	23 July 1949
2	19 years and 32 days	Jack Crawford	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	2 January 1906
3	19 years and 83 days	Denis Compton	New Zealand	The Oval, London, England	14 August 1937
4	19 years and 269 days	Ben Hollioake	Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	7 August 1997
5	19 years and 297 days	Haseeb Hameed	India	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India	9 November 2016
Last updated: 30 July 2018[223]

James Southerton is the fifth oldest cricketer to play in a Test match and was the oldest to make his debut.[23][24]

Oldest players on debut

At 49 years and 119 days, James Southerton of England, playing in the very first Test match in March 1877, is the oldest player to make his debut in Test cricket. Second on the list is Miran Bakhsh of Pakistan who at 47 years and 284 days made his debut against India in 1955.[23]

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition[lower-alpha 4]	Venue	Date
1	49 years and 119 days ♠	James Southerton	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	15 March 1877
2	41 years and 337 days	Rockley Wilson	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	25 February 1921
3	40 years and 216 days	Septimus Kinneir	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	15 December 1911
4	40 years and 110 days	Harry Lee	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	13 February 1931
5	39 years and 360 days	Arthur Wood	Australia	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
Last updated: 30 July 2018[23]

Oldest players

Wilfred Rhodes, pictured here aged 25, is the oldest cricketer to ever in play in a Test match at the age of 52.[24]

England all-rounder Wilfred Rhodes is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1930 at Sabina Park, in Kingston, Jamaica, he was aged 52 years and 165 days on the final day's play. The second-oldest Test player is Bert Ironmonger who was aged 50 years and 327 days when he represented Australia for the final time in the fifth Test of the 1932–33 Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[24]

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition[lower-alpha 4]	Venue	Date
1	52 years and 165 days ♠	Wilfred Rhodes	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	3 April 1930
2	50 years and 320 days	W. G. Grace	Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	1 June 1899
3	50 years and 303 days	George Gunn	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	3 April 1930
4	49 years and 139 days	James Southerton	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	31 March 1877
5	47 years and 249 days	Jack Hobbs	Australia	The Oval, London, England	16 August 1930
Last updated: 30 July 2018[24]

Partnership records

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

Highest partnerships by wicket

A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.

English batsmen hold three Test wicket partnerships records, all set since 2010. Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow came together in the second Test of the 2015–16 series against South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground and put together a sixth wicket partnership of 399 runs.[224][225] The recently retired Jonathan Trott and the still active Stuart Broad set the highest eighth wicket partnership of 332 runs at Lord's in August 2010 against Pakistan.[226] The final record is the tenth wicket partnership of 198 which was set by Joe Root and James Anderson. This came in the first Test against India at Trent Bridge in July 2014.[227][228]

Wicket	Runs	First batsman	Second batsman	Opposition	Venue	Date
1st wicket	359	Len Hutton	Cyril Washbrook	South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	27 December 1948
2nd wicket	382		Maurice Leyland	Australia	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
3rd wicket	370	Bill Edrich	Denis Compton	South Africa	Lord's, London, England	21 June 1947
4th wicket	411	Peter May	Colin Cowdrey	West Indies	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	30 May 1957
5th wicket	254	Keith Fletcher	Tony Greig	India	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	6 February 1973
6th wicket	399 ♠	Ben Stokes	Jonny Bairstow	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	2 January 2016
7th wicket	197	M. J. K. Smith	Jim Parks	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	25 March 1960
8th wicket	332 ♠	Jonathan Trott	Stuart Broad	Pakistan	Lord's, London, England	26 August 2010
9th wicket	163*	Colin Cowdrey	Alan Smith	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	1 March 1963
10th wicket	198 ♠	Joe Root	James Anderson	India	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	9 July 2014
Last updated: 30 July 2018[229]

Highest partnerships by runs

The highest Test partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Sri Lankan pairing of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put together a third wicket partnership of 624 runs during the first Test against South Africa in July 2006. This broke the record of 576 runs set by their compatriots Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India in 1997. New Zealand's Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe hold the third-highest Test partnership with 467 made in 1991 against Sri Lanka. The English pairing of Peter May and Colin Cowdrey together scored 411 for the fourth wicket against the West Indies in 1957 to place themselves thirteenth on the list.[230]

Wicket	Runs	First batsman	Second batsman	Opposition	Venue	Date
4th wicket	411	Peter May	Colin Cowdrey	West Indies	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	30 May 1957
6th wicket	399	Ben Stokes	Jonny Bairstow	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	2 January 2016
2nd wicket	382	Len Hutton	Maurice Leyland	Australia	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
3rd wicket	370	Bill Edrich	Denis Compton	South Africa	Lord's, London, England	21 June 1947
2nd wicket	369	John Edrich	Ken Barrington	New Zealand	Headingley, Leeds, England	8 July 1965
Last updated: 30 July 2018[231]

Umpiring records

Dickie Bird stood as an umpire in 66 matches, a former Test record, and is now the third most experienced English umpire behind David Shepherd and Ian Gould.[232][233]

Most matches umpired

An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most Test matches umpired with 130. The current active Dar set the record in December 2019 overtaking Steve Bucknor from the West Indies mark of 128 matches.[234] They are followed by South Africa's Rudi Koertzen who officiated in 108. The most experienced Englishman is David Shepherd who is fifth on the list with 92 Test matches umpired. Dickie Bird, who previously held the record with 66 Tests, is currently twelfth as of January 2020.[232][233]

Rank	Matches	Umpire	Period
1	92	David Shepherd	1985–2005
2	74	Ian Gould	2008–2019
3	67	Richard Kettleborough	2010–2020
4	66	Dickie Bird	1973–1996
5	61	Nigel Llong	2008–2019
Last updated: 9 August 2020[233]

Notes

1. For the first 50 years of Test cricket matches were played over three or four days[2] and until the 1930s some timeless Tests were played.[3]
2. In October 2017, the ICC Board approved a trial of four-day Test cricket to run through until the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[4]
3. This excludes Afghanistan who, as of January 2020, have an overall winning percentage of 50% – haven won two of the four Tests that they have played.[8]
4. Prior to the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, there was no national flag of Australia – which for official purposes remained the Union Jack until 1954.[42]
5. The other teams to have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets are Pakistan (13),[53] India (8),[54] South Africa (8),[55] Sri Lanka (8),[56] and New Zealand (4).[57]
6. The other teams to have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets are Bangladesh (4),[70] Sri Lanka (5),[71] Zimbabwe (7),[72] Pakistan (9),[73] Australia (10).[74] South Africa (12),[75] New Zealand (13),[76] the West Indies (16)[77] and India (17)[78]
7. Prior to the unification of the South African colonies in 1910, there was no national flag of South Africa.[83]
8. As of January 2020, two other batsmen – Australia's Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith – also averages over 60 in Test cricket and are still active.[116]
9. In 2017, The Laws of Cricket were amended, reducing the methods of dismissals from ten to nine, with handled the ball now covered as part of obstructing the field.[210]

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