Tests V Country
Tests in Country
Tests by Year
Types of Test Dismissal
Caught in field 102
Caught by wicketkeeper 79
LBW 54
Bowled 35
Stumped 4
Run out 1
Total 275
Time at Crease in Test Matches
622 hours and 11 minutes
or
25 days, 22 hours and 11 minutes
Test Dismissals by Bowler’s Arm
Test Dismissals by Speed of Bowler
Test Dismissals by Arm and Speed of Bowler
Test Dismissals by Batting Order
Test Record (Grounds in Britain)
Most Tests
Ground Tests
Lord’s, London 26
The Oval, London 13
Headingley, Leeds 11
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 11
Most Runs
Ground Runs
Lord’s, London 1937
The Oval, London 1217
Edgbaston, Birmingham 869
Best Batting Average
Ground Average
The Rose Bowl, Southampton 62.25
Edgbaston, Birmingham 57.93
Old Trafford, Manchester 57.08
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 52.50
Test Record (Grounds Abroad)
Most Test-Match Runs Scored in Partnerships
Player Innings Runs
Andrew Strauss 132 5253
Kevin Pietersen 58 3558
Jonathan Trott 51 2711
Joe Root 52 2513
Ian Bell 54 1859
Paul Collingwood 22 1107
Nick Compton 23 1061
Michael Vaughan 22 904
Gary Ballance 22 881
Alex Hales 21 766
Best Test-Match Partnerships
TEST RECORD CAPTAIN % NOT CAPTAIN %
Won 24 41% 43 42%
Lost 22 37% 33 32%
Drawn 13 22% 26 26%
Total 59 41% 102 42%
Toin Coss in Tests
Won 28
Lost 31
Chose to bat 19
Chose to bowl 9
Test-Match Batting Record
Most Test Matches as England Captain
Player Matches Won Lost Drawn Win%
Alastair Cook 59 24 22 13 41
Michael Atherton 54 13 21 20 24
Michael Vaughan 51 26 11 14 51
Andrew Strauss 50 24 11 15 48
Nasser Hussain 45 17 15 13 38
Test-Match Series Record V Countries (As Captain)
Country Series Won Lost Drawn Win%
AUSTRALIA
Home 2 2 0 0 100%
Away 1 0 1 0 0%
Total 3 2 1 0 67%
BANGLADESH
Away 2 1 0 1 50%
Total 2 1 0 1 50%
INDIA
Home 1 1 0 0 100%
Away 2 1 1 0 50%
Total 3 2 1 0 67%
NEW ZEALAND
Home 2 1 0 1 50%
Away 1 0 0 1 0%
Total 3 1 0 2 33%
PAKISTAN
Home 1 0 0 1 0%
Neutral 1 0 1 0 0%
Total 2 0 1 1 0%
SOUTH AFRICA
Away 1 1 0 0 100%
Total 1 1 0 0 100%
SRI LANKA
Home 2 1 1 0 50%
Total 2 1 1 0 50%
WEST INDIES
Away 1 0 0 1 0%
Total 1 0 0 1 0%
TOTAL 17 8 4 5 47%
Test Match-Series Record (As Captain)
Series Won Lost Drawn Win%
Home 9 6 1 2 67%
Away 7 2 2 3 29%
Neutral 1 0 1 0 0%
Total 17 8 4 5 47%
Most Test-Match Runs Scored by Venue
Venue Runs
Lord’s, London 1937
Kennington Oval, London 1217
Edgbaston, Birmingham 869
Headingley, Leeds 718
Old Trafford, Manchester 685
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 443
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 435
Trent Bridge, Nottingham 397
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 364
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 342
Highest Test-Match Scores
Score v Country Venue Year
294 India Edgbaston, Birmingham 2011
263 Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2015
244 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 2017
243 West Indies Edgbaston, Birmingham 2017
235 Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 2010
190 India Eden Gardens, Kolkata 2012
189 Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2011
176 India Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad 2012
173 Bangladesh Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 2010
162 New Zealand Lord’s, London 2015
Most Minutes at the Crease (Test Matches)
Most Balls Faced (Test Matches)
How His Test Runs Were Scored
Balls faced 26562
Singles 3803
Twos 980
Threes 281
Fours 1442
All-run fours 3
Fives 4
Sixes 11
Dot balls 20038
Most Fours in a Test Innings
4s v Country Ground Year
33 India Edgbaston, Birmingham 2011
33 West Indies Edgbaston, Birmingham 2017
27 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 2017
26 Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 2010
23 India Eden Gardens, Kolkata 2012
Bowler Most Dismissed by (Test Matches)
Test Centuries
Year Country Venue Runs
2006 India Nagpur 104
2006 Pakistan Lord’s 105
2006 Pakistan Old Trafford 127
2006 Australia Perth 116
2007 West Indies Lord’s 105
2007 West Indies Old Trafford 106
2007 Sri Lanka Galle 118
2009 West Indies Bridgetown 139
2009 West Indies Chester-le-Street 160
2009 South Africa Durban 118
2010 Bangladesh Chattogram 173
2010 Bangladesh Dhaka 109
2010 Pakistan The Oval 110
2010 Australia Brisbane 235
2010 Australia Adelaide 148
2011 Australia Sydney 189
2011 Sri Lanka Cardiff 133
2011 Sri Lanka Lord’s 106
2011 India Edgbaston 294
2012 South Africa The Oval 115
2012 India Ahmedabad 176
2012 India Mumbai 122
2012 India Kolkata 190
2013 New Zealand Dunedin 116
2013 New Zealand Headingley 130
2015 West Indies Bridgetown 105
2015 New Zealand Lord’s 162
2015 Pakistan Abu Dhabi 263
2016 Pakistan Old Trafford 105
2016 India Rajkot 130
2017 West Indies Edgbaston 243
2017 Australia Melbourne 244
2018 India The Oval 147
Total 33
Centuries V Country
v Country Centuries
India 7
West Indies 6
Australia 5
Pakistan 5
New Zealand 3
Sri Lanka 3
Bangladesh 2
South Africa 2
Centuries in Country
in Country Centuries
England 15
Australia 5
India 5
Bangladesh 2
West Indies 2
New Zealand 1
South Africa 1
Sri Lanka 1
UAE 1
Top Five Run Scorers in Test History
Player Country Matches Innings Runs
Sachi
n Tendulkar India 200 329 15921
Ricky Ponting Australia 168 287 13378
Jacques Kallis ICC/South Africa 166 280 13289
Rahul Dravid ICC/India 164 286 13288
Alastair Cook England 161 291 12472
Statistics correct at time of print
England’s Top Five Run Scorers in Test History
Player Matches Innings Runs
Alastair Cook 161 291 12472
Graham Gooch 118 215 8900
Alec Stewart 133 235 8463
David Gower 117 204 8231
Kevin Pietersen 104 181 8181
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Test Matches (England)
Player Matches
Alastair Cook 161
Jimmy Anderson 148
Alec Stewart 133
Stuart Broad 126
Ian Bell 118
Graham Gooch 118
Statistics correct at time of print
Longest Individual Test Innings (Minutes)
Most England Catches in Test Matches (Non-Wicketkeeper)
Player Matches Catches
Alastair Cook 161 175
Andrew Strauss 100 121
Ian Botham 102 120
Colin Cowdrey 114 120
Wally Hammond 85 110
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Test Centuries (England)
Player Matches Centuries
Alastair Cook 161 33
Kevin Pietersen 104 23
Wally Hammond 85 22
Colin Cowdrey 114 22
Geoffrey Boycott 108 22
Ian Bell 118 22
Statistics correct at time of print
Most 50S and Over in Tests (England)
Player Matches 50+
Alastair Cook 161 90
Ian Bell 118 68
Graham Gooch 118 66
Geoffrey Boycott 108 64
Michael Atherton 115 62
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Nineties in Test Matches (England)
Player Matches 90’s
Alastair Cook 161 7
Geoffrey Boycott 108 6
Ken Barrington 82 5
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Test Runs in a Series (England)
Player Series Runs
Wally Hammond 1928/9 v Australia (away) 905
Alastair Cook 2010/11 v Australia (away) 766
Denis Compton 1947 v South Africa (home) 753
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Test Runs on a Single Ground (England)
Player Ground Runs
Graham Gooch Lord’s 2015
Alastair Cook Lord’s 1937
Andrew Strauss Lord’s 1562
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Test Runs in an Innings by a Captain (England)
Player Country Venue Year Runs
Graham Gooch India Lord’s 1990 333
Peter May West Indies Edgbaston 1957 285*
Alastair Cook Pakistan Abu Dhabi 2015 263
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Test Matches Matches
Sachin Tendulkar (India) 200
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 168
Steve Waugh (Australia) 168
Jacques Kallis (ICC/South Africa) 166
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) 164
Rahul Dravid (ICC/India) 164
Alastair Cook (England) 161
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Test Matches as Captain Matches
Graeme Smith (ICC/South Africa) 109
Allan Border (Australia) 93
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) 80
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 77
Clive Lloyd (West Indies) 74
MS Dhoni (India) 60
Alastair Cook (England) 59
Statistics correct at time of print
Most Consecutive Tests as Captain Matches From To
Allan Border (Australia) 93 7 December 1984 25 March 1994
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 73 3 November 2004 26 December 2010
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) 65 1 July 1999 15 December 2006
Alastair Cook (England) 57 15 November 2012 16 December 2016
Michael Atherton (England) 52 5 August 1993 20 March 1998
Statistics correct at time of print
Test-Match Bowling
Test-Match Bowling – Breakdown of Matches
Test-Match Catches
v Country Matches Innings Catches
Australia 35 64 40
India 30 57 38
New Zealand 15 28 21
Pakistan 20 39 20
South Africa 19 35 20
West Indies 20 35 20
Sri Lanka 16 30 9
Bangladesh 6 12 7
Total 161 300 175
Most Catches in a Test Match
Catches v Country Year Venue
6 New Zealand 2008 Hamilton
5 South Africa 2012 Leeds
5 Bangladesh 2016 Dhaka
5 India 2018 Southampton
4 West Indies 2007 Manchester
4 Australia 2009 The Oval
4 India 2018 Nottingham
Batsmen He Caught the Most in Tests
Batsman Catches
Michael Clarke (Australia) 6
Virat Kohli (India) 5
Ajinkya Rahane (India) 5
Steve Smith (Australia) 4
Peter Siddle (Australia) 4
Morne Morkel (South Africa) 4
Azhar Ali (Pakistan) 4
Most Catches in Test Matches (England)
Player Catches
Alastair Cook 175
Andrew Strauss 121
Ian Botham 120
Colin Cowdrey 120
Wally Hammond 110
Most Consecutive Test Matches
Player Country Years Consecutive test matches
Alastair Cook England 2006–2018 159
Allan Border Australia 1979–1994 153
Mark Waugh Australia 1993–2002 107
Sunil Gavaskar India 1975–1987 106
Brendon McCullum New Zealand 2004–2016 101
One-Day Internationals
All One-Day International Innings
Year Country Venue Runs
2006 Sri Lanka Manchester 39
2006 Sri Lanka Leeds 41
2007 West Indies Lord’s 29
2007 West Indies Birmingham 19
2007 West Indies Nottingham 18
2007 India Southampton 102
2007 India Bristol 36
2007 India Birmingham 40
2007 India Manchester 0
2007 India Leeds 4
2007 India The Oval 0
2007 Sri Lanka Dambulla 46
2007 Sri Lanka Dambulla 1
2007 Sri Lanka Dambulla 0
2007 Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 80
2007 Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 28
2008 New Zealand Wellington 11
2008 New Zealand Hamilton 53
2008 New Zealand Auckland 9
2008 New Zealand Napier 69
2008 New Zealand Christchurch 42
2008 New Zealand Lord’s 24
2008 India Cuttack 11
2010 Bangladesh Dhaka 64
2010 Bangladesh Dhaka 60
2010 Bangladesh Chattogram 32
2011 Sri Lanka The Oval 5
2011 Sri Lanka Leeds 48
2011 Sri Lanka Lord’s 119
2011 Sri Lanka Nottingham 95
2011 Sri Lanka Manchester 31
2011 India Chester-le-Street 4
2011 India Southampton 80
2011 India The Oval 23
2011 India Lord’s 12
2011 India Cardiff 50
2011 India Hyderabad (Deccan) 60
2011 India Delhi 0
2011 India Mohali 3
2011 India Mumbai 10
2011 India Kolkata 60
2012 Pakistan Abu Dhabi
137
2012 Pakistan Abu Dhabi 102
2012 Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 80
2012 Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 4
2012 West Indies Southampton 0
2012 West Indies The Oval 112
2012 Australia Lord’s 40
2012 Australia The Oval 18
2012 Australia Chester-le-Street 29
2012 Australia Manchester 58
2012 South Africa Cardiff 10
2012 South Africa Southampton 0
2012 South Africa The Oval 20
2012 South Africa Lord’s 2
2012 South Africa Nottingham 51
2013 India Rajkot 75
2013 India Kochi 17
2013 India Ranchi 17
2013 India Mohali 76
2013 India Dharamsala 22
2013 New Zealand Hamilton 4
2013 New Zealand Napier 78
2013 New Zealand Auckland 46
2013 New Zealand Lord’s 30
2013 New Zealand Southampton 34
2013 New Zealand Nottingham 0
2013 Australia Birmingham 30
2013 Sri Lanka The Oval 59
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