World Record Holders in Cricket

World Record Holders in Cricket

Tests

Most Hundreds in a Series: 21-100s, 5-Matches, Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955

Most Hundreds in a Match: 8-100s, West Indies vs South Africa in 29 Apr 2005

Most Hundreds in an Innings: 5-100s, Australia vs West Indies in 11 Jun 1955

Longest Matches (by days): 10 days, South Africa vs England in 3 Mar 1939

Highest Match aggregates: 1981 Runs, South Africa vs England in 3 Mar 1939

Highest Runs by a team in an Innings: Sri Lanka (952/6) against India in Sri Lanka in 2 August, 1997.

Highest Runs in an Innings: Brian Lara (400 not out) against England at St. John’s (Antigua) in 2004.

Most Runs in one day: 588 Runs, England vs India in 25 Jul 1936

Highest Run rate in a completed innings: 5.80 Run Rate, Australia vs South Africa in 11 Oct 1902

Highest Partnership: Mahela Jayawardene (374) and Kumar Sangakkara (287) scored 624 runs for the third wicket against South Africa in Colombo (Sri Lanka) in 2006.

Highest Batting average: Don Bradman (Australia) who scored 6,996 runs in 52 Tests with an average of 99.94.

RUNS (Maximum aggregate): Sachin Tendulkar (15921 Runs in 200 Test)

CENTURIES (Maximum): Sachin Tendulkar of India (51).

WICKETS (Maximum aggregate): Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (800 wickets in 133 Test)

Maximum Wicket in an innings: Anil Kumble (India) and Jim Laker (England) jointly hold the record of taking all 10 wickets in an innings.

Maximum Wicket in a Test: Jim Laker of England (19/90) against Australia at Old Trafford (England) in 1956.

Most Wickets in one day: 27 Wickets, England vs Australia in 16 Jul 1888

CATCHES (as a fielder): (Maximum Catches): Rahul Dravid (India); he took 200 catches in 158 Tests.

ODI-ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET RECORDS

Most Hundreds in an Innings: 3 (100s) in 1 Innings; South Africa scored 439/2 against West Indies at Johannesburg in 18 Jan 2015

Most Hundreds in a Match: 4 (100s) by Australia defeating Pakistan at   Lahore in 10 Nov 1998.

Most Hundreds in a Series: 38 (100s) 48-Matches, ICC Cricket World Cup (in Australia/New Zealand), 2014/15

Most consecutive wins: Australia – 21 Matches

Highest run rate by a team in an innings: Sri Lanka (443/9) against The Netherlands in Amstelveen (The Netherlands) on July 4, 2006.

Highest Match Aggregates: 872 runs, South Africa vs. Australia in Johannesburg (South Africa) on 12 March, 2006.

Highest individual score in a Match: 264 Runs - Rohit Sharma (India) Vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata, 2014.

100s (Maximum): Sachin Tendulkar of India (49)

50s (Maximum): Sachin Tendulkar of India (96)

RUN (Maximum aggregate):
Sachin Tendulkar           463-Match         18426-Runs       49-100s 96-50s

WICKETS (Maximum aggregate):
Muttiah Muralitharan       350-Match         534-Wkts           15-4w    10-5w

Longest individual innings (by balls):
G M Turner (New Zealand) vs East Africa - 171 (Runs), 201 (Balls), 2 (6s), 16 (4s) in 7 June, 1975.

Wicket with first ball in career: GG Arnold - England v Australia - Manchester-1972