Most Difficult Records to Break in Test Cricket | Top 10

[@faeqnaveed3098]

Kallis record of 13k plus Runs, 290+ wickets & 200 catches. It's next to impossible. I don't think any cricketer can come even close to it..

[@brettpatrick268]

Curtly Ambrose's burst of 7 wickets for 1 run against Australia will probably exist forever.

[@damionneranginui6546]

Mmmmmmmmm. Ummm. I watched that game. Want to guess my nationality? I think this is known. I do like Ambrose. Not this game

[@melthoidserendipity1332]

It had already been done. Sarfraz Nawaz took 9-86 in 1979 Pakistan v Australia including a spell of 7 for 1 on an extraordinarily dodgy MCG pitch.

[@damionneranginui6546]

@@melthoidserendipity1332 yeeeeah. I watched that game. Imran Khan was a fast bowler back then. I may know him.

[@Usman-ml4ig]

Sarfraz Nawaz in Australia 1979 too got 7 for 1.

[@acethegoat79]

Equalled but not broken

[@hellosaji]

Most runs in debut series held by Sunil Gavaskar..774 runs remains unbroken for over 50 years now

[@shahznaveed]

Sid Barnes most wickets in a test series, i.e, 49 wickets in 4 tests against South Africa and his most wickets per test match, i.e. 7 wickets per match (189 wickets in just 27 tests) are also among unbreakable records

[@chetan_l]

Most consecutive maiden overs - 21 in a row - by Bapu Nadkarni. Given modern cricket standards, this is one record which seems destined to be unbroken

[@atuljanardan3783]

Yes. That should be mentioned. That will be unbroken for sure.

[@melchurmoreau5677]

Nobody will break that record, that one is everlasting till jesus come down, no bowler of today's cricket can never bowl 21 maiden overs straight!!!!

[@mickeyhaughton-james4299]

Lawrence Rowe's double century and century on test cricket debut

[@MrT67]

Apparently scoring 400 runs in a test innings is a rare achievement..... Until now, I thought that it was a singular achievement. Apparently taking all 20 wickets in a test match is also very rare.

[@lomax343]

Taking twenty wickets in a match (not first class) has been achieved once that I know of - by Richie Benaud's father. Richie was proud enough of this to include the scorecard in his autobiography.

[@thelifeofbasiltheblackcat5618]

I’d argue that Lakers 19 wickets is the hardest to beat given only 3 bowlers have taken 10 in an innings (including Laker).

[@Drachensturm711Su-37]

That will never ever be beaten.

[@hallbags7444]

Kobe!

[@christophergarrard5210]

Also it’s a record that will always be up for grabs unlike some of the others considering how the game has changed. You’re always going to want to take 20 wickets every match.

[@Drachensturm711Su-37]

@christophergarrard5210 considering nobody has ever done it in a First Class match, it's achievable but the odds of it happening are probably incalculable.

[@shyambajekal8084]

And Don Bradman's average of 99.94!!

[@DarrenMatthews-d9k]

Another record difficult to beat would be from the very first test match in 1877 and that is highest percentage of runs by a batsman in an overall total. This is held by Charles Bannerman who scored 165 out of the total of 245 (67.35%)

[@IanGorton]

Another record was set in that match too. The oldest ever test debutant. James Southerton was 49 Years 119 days. Dare say that is one that will never be broken

[@rakee0]

This is the most amazing WR yet to be broken as by looking at it one might think it can easily be broken but no one has managed to surpass it for more than 145 years

[@cascade3769]

Aiden Markram came close.

[@colddiesel]

I think that Bannerman's effort is also still the record for an opening bat on debut.

[@gautambhadra6057]

Why overlooking Kapil Dev record of more than5000runs and more than 400test wickets

[@MartyWiggins-x2k]

Bradman best innings was when as captain he changed the batting order and seemed to have made a blunder when Australia was 7-30 Bradman came in at number 8 and scored 270 the highest score by a number 8 in Test Cricket history

[@MikeAG333]

Uuncovered pitches. It was a common tactic to put the bowlers in to bat when the pitch was at its worst, and then as it dried the batsmen could take advantage. Oh, and "Bradman's best innings"? Really? It's silly to try to rank innings, by anyone.

[@SohailSiddiqui1961]

This is also impossible to achieve

[@janj6791]

​​@@MikeAG333 Totally agree. Players had played in different eras when the rules and conditions were significantly different. No head gears, uncovered pitches, superior playing attire (level of protection and therefore player comfort and confidence), markedly different playing gears like balls, bats, thai pads etc., no DRS or/and umpire reviews and TV replays, RULES OF THE GAME, opponets (also an opponets physical and mental state ie., a bowler opening the bowling in the 1st innings vs a bowler opening in the 4th innings) and so on. Too many variables. Another fact to be considered is the performance of the team mates. For instance by the time Shane Warne comes into the attacksl the quicks would have already taken about 4/5 wicket where as when Murali comes into the attack probably only 1/2 wickets may have fallen. Similarly, if the top order scores heavily the middle order would have had very little chance to go big before a declaration is made. When two or more things to be compared every condition should be identical except one. For instance the weight of iron can be heavier than gold or plutoniam if gold is weighed on the moon and the plutonium in the space. There are too many variebles ie., completely different guages used, to compare performaces and records. So a meagre performance under difficult and unfavourable conditions can trump a brilliant performance under easy and favourable conditions. These records are just for the excitement of players and spectators and an attempt to push players' endurance.

[@alaricgoldkuhl155]

Bradman also has a record of scoring a century in 3 consecutive overs in a first class match which will also never be broken. They had 8 ball overs back then.

[@MikeAG333]

@@alaricgoldkuhl155 I contest this. In fact I'll say outright that it never happened. Bradman didn't hit sixes. He kept the ball on the ground in FC cricket and Tests. Therefore the maximum he could have scored off an 8 ball over whilst still retaining the strike for the start of the next over, is 7x4 +3 =31. Two overs of that gives you 62, leaving him needing to hit 38 off the last over....meaning a minimum of 2 sixes. Not possible for someone with a 2lb 2oz bat on a full sized ground who stated in his own book that he never hit the ball in the air on purpose. Perhaps if this episode happened it was in a club match or an exhibition match, not a first class match. If it had been in a first class game it would have easily held the record for the fastest FC century, and that was one record he never held.

[@bobito8997]

It didn't hurt Oldfield that he was keeping to a wonderful pair of leg spinners in Clarrie Grimmet and Bill O'Reilly

[@woopimagpie]

If Healy or Gilchrist had kept for the entirety of Warne's career they may have gotten close, but as it was they shared it between them.

[@chowinkle]

Yep 28 stumpings off Clarrie Grimmet alone

[@aravindakarunaratne]

Great video! I would also add T.J. Matthews' hat tricks in each innings of the same test match. Remarkably, he picked these 6 wickets without any fielder assistance - 2 bowled, 2 caught and bowled, and 2 lbw. Also, these 6 were the only wickets he captured in this match.

[@harshesh2104]

Azharuddin record of 3 consecutive centuries at a debut is also once such record remains unbeaten.

[@brendanh8193]

Especially as they only play two innings in most people's debut matches. 😂

[@jennygordon7942]

Bradman's record will never be broken. I remember reading somewhere that Bradman's record is so great he is 3 standard deviations statistically ahead of the nearest player's test average. The article stated that his record is unlikely to be broken statistically until at least 186,000 test players have played the game - in other words essentially forever.

[@liongordel9088]

He played in a mediocre era.

[@talentn]

​@@liongordel9088Was he the only one playing in that era?

[@darktheory8080]

Bodyline?? Harold larwood?? Other players with average 60+??​@@liongordel9088

[@fruitopia6798]

Allan Border in 1980 became the 1st and only player to make 150 in both innings of the same match Shiv Chanderpaul in 2003 batted across 5 innings a total of 25 hours and 13 minutes (about the length of an average match) before eventually being dismissed Adam Voges in 2015/16 scored 614 runs across 3 innings before being dismissed Reg Foster 287 on debut has stood for more than 120 years

[@chrisbanfield250]

Lara almost had this to his amazing tally of records but was run out at 266 on debut against one of the best Australian teams ever fielded.

[@jimc1327]

I think Jimmy Anderson’s records will be hard to beat, unlikely a fast bowler will ever even get the opport7nity to bowl that many balls in test cricket

[@michaeldance6879]

With 700 now he is ONLY 8 away from the magnificent and poorly missed Shane Warne

[@michaelviljoen2161]

SKW, great cricketer, wonderful personality, insightful commentator, sorely missed, victim of the ‘jab’.

[@woopimagpie]

Showing a picture of Jonny Bairstow when talking about stumpings was a nice bit of underhanded savagery. As an Australian I appreciated that. 😄😄 Alex Carey may never make the list of highest number of stumpings, but he certainly has the most famous one.

[@stephenhosking7384]

😂😂😂

[@P_FamilyJAR]

Bairstow has the record of being the biggest pommy whinger perhaps 😂

[@woopimagpie]

@@P_FamilyJARYeah weirdly though during the storm of nonsense that followed that Ashes stumping incident Bairstow was the only one who had nothing to say. He knew he'd stuffed up.

[@P_FamilyJAR]

@@woopimagpie he piped up later for a book interview and thoroughly embarrassed himself with his hypocrisy though!

[@masumkhan7967]

No doubt Sir Don's batting average will stand forever.

[@steveallen1340]

Would be an amazing to watch a young player enter the test arena and average 100 over his entire career, but extremely unlikely to happen in my lifetime or ever.

[@wildgooseman7047]

I think it and Laker's 19 wickets in a match will never be bettered.

[@liongordel9088]

He batted in a mediocre era.

[@Jasper9000-wd5sm]

The 5th wicket partnership of 405 set by Bradman and Barnes has stood for nearly 80 years, no other partnership record has stood for anywhere near that.

[@sam64k]

In the test match against New Zealand on April 16, 1987, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper/opening batsman Brendon Kuruppu, 201 not out was on the field for five full days (Test match no 1074 Cricinfo). Would like to know whether this is a record.

[@thushanthalokusooriya4645]

@sam64k , Not only he was on the field for all 5 days, he was on the field wearing pads all the time. Either batting or wicket keeping pads. This record is really hard to beat.

[@pathtohappiness4711]

Those record holders are the shining stars in this lovely game of test cricket... May this lovely art and skills game prevail forever in the name of humanity ... Dr Jayantha Pathirana

[@richardbond1677]

And Shane Warne was never "called" for throwing

[@rhb-ve2358]

1)Most number of time i.e. 735 Hours spent on crease while batting by the Great Rahul Dravid, next to him was 688 hours.... 2)Maximum number of balls, 31258 balls faced by Rahul Dravid, no one even faced 30000 balls yet...

[@daviddawson6595]

😴

[@rickynaicker7313]

Exactly

[@troyblack7845]

Nathan Astle's fastest test double hundred is another hard record to beat

[@ramprasadbudhalker441]

Can be beaten now a days, this video is for that wont be breaken ever.

[@hasanjawad4958]

The highest number of balls faced belongs to pakistans Hanif Mohammad during his 337 vs West Indies in January 1958. No records were kept but it said he faced 938 balls during his 16 hours 39 minute innings.

[@melthoidserendipity1332]

Thats interesting because I used to watch Geoffrey Boycott make his first 50 off 938 balls...Chris Tavare's first run used to take longer than that

[@wilcoxdaniel9825]

I do recall Hanif batting for nearly 3 days.

[@hasanjawad4958]

Hanif batted after lunch on the third day and was out after tea on the sixth day which makes his effort quite a bit longer than three days. In fact it was three days plus one session of play.

[@SohailSiddiqui1961]

This looks likely because he batted for more time

[@SohailSiddiqui1961]

My question is how it is difficult to record balls faced in the scoring book?

[@jaksdt]

Dale Steyn's record of 2343 consecutive days as the no 1 test bowler, will also be very difficult to break. That's 624 days longer than second place Curtly Ambrose and 632 days longer than Murali in third place.

[@melthoidserendipity1332]

I think its fair to say we'll never see another Captain's agrrement where both teams declare at 0/0 in the hope of getting a result like it was with Hanse Cronje's South Africa and Mike Atherton's England. A shame because it added some interest into an already dead rubber

[@methaneman4045]

I think the England captain was Nasser Hussain. This was later revealed to be based on a betting scam by Cronje if I remember correctly

[@garthhulley8434]

Don Bradman had a batting average of over 100 going into his final match. He was bowled out for a duck and lost that average. He might have reclaimed it in the second innings had England not been bowled out for low scores in both innings. Bradman did not get to bat again.

[@suresgold7041]

Yep, how unfortunate for the Great Donald

[@alaricgoldkuhl155]

He only needed 4 runs FFS. It's fitting in a way. Like nobody beats the game of cricket itself.

[@wildgooseman7047]

Murali had to carry the Sri Lankan bowling attack for much of his international career. His 5/10 wicket hauls wouldn't happen in teams where you've more than 1 world class bowler. His bowling feats were stuff of legend.

[@leewhite82]

The most impossible record that could not be beaten now, is the highest score in a four innings. England scored 654 against SA but didn't win the game because they had to catch the boat home.

[@stephgalapagos7923]

Cricketstats - what about Lawrence Rowe's world record? Every player only have 1 chance, one chance and that's at you very 1st test innings. Seriously, that must be the #1 - because evry jack man only have 1 chance at it.

[@jagobbin2]

6:51 Murali didn't have Glenn McGrath bowling in tandem from the other end

[@Chris-hx3om]

Murali is a convicted chucker! Shouldn't even be mentioned in a video about cricket. His 'bowling action' is more like the baseball throw!

[@jagobbin2]

@@Chris-hx3om indeed. But action aside he played most of his career against the lesser nations (not by fault, ,Sangakara also enjoyed the same luxury). It is what it is.

[@mellowmonsoon278]

@@jagobbin2if Murali played more games against England like Warne had the luxury to, it would have been 900 wickets.

[@mellowmonsoon278]

It’s about the strike rate. Having McGrath on the other side is irrelevant. Murali also had to fight against the corrupted organisations like ACB and Australian government sponsored sabotage.

[@MistaJ28]

​@@Chris-hx3om Delusional much? Cry more lmao.

[@satyajitmanakkadan6624]

Many more: Longest innings timewise, 16hr 37 min by Hanif Mohd Highest avg no wkts per test by Barnes,189 in 27 matches at 7 per match,over 100years. Fastest century,Gilbert Jessop, over 100yrs ago. Maximum boundaries in 1 innings...John Edrich...52 Oldest Test player...wilfred Rhodes at over 53yrs Highest score on debut.287 Tip Foster, over 120yrs Maximum consecutive maiden overs ...Nadkarni 26 21 5 0

[@terranceparsons5185]

Jessop is the fastest by an Englishman, I think Viv Richard's scored a faster one. Then again, apparently many of Jessops 4's would have been 6's today, so who knows!

[@RickcandKai]

Brendon McMullan is the fastest, 54 balls.

[@lomax343]

Officially, Hanif batted for 16 hours 10 minutes. He himself claimed it was 16 hours 39 minutes (999 minutes) but that's unlikely.

[@CRICKETKITCHEN]

Sir Everton Weekes scored 90 runs and unfortunately got run-out right after scoring 5 consecutive centuries. And then he continued his run feast with 56, 48, 52, before got out for 1 run. What a legend ! 🏆🏅

[@mohammedshafi4327]

ther only one bats men who scord Continue 3 century in his debut test that s india s mohammed azharuddeen Record Since 37 years yet to breack

[@eddisstreet]

Graham Gooch has scored the most runs in a single Test Match - at Lord's in 1990 he scored 333 and 123 (456 in total) against India.

[@cascade3769]

Sydney Barnes took 49 wickets in a 4 test series against South Africa in 1913/14. Still the record.

[@linux49er]

A lot of Indian and Sri Lankan bowlers bowled most of the time on cricket pitches that produced a lot of spin. As for Brian Lara's 400 runs, it was made easier because the match was played on a very small ground.

[@vasantiarekar7856]

Sir Clyde Wallcot scored most centuries in a test series ,5tons and century in both test ininings twice in a test series.He did so vs Australia in West Indies in 1955/56

[@bradmenpes809]

Sir Clyde was a truly great cricketer. He would have to make the West Indies all time greatest team.

[@sridharas8409]

This record is impossible to beat.

[@rrao7963]

Gary sobers picked 20 wickets scored 700 runs vs England in a test series impossible to break the record

[@khurmiful]

I think the only record that can be broken out of these 10 is the highest innings score. All the others look even harder

[@tonylove4800]

Weekes' record is possible.

[@maxshiraz3447]

Bradman also played in an era of sticky wickets, larger stumps and larger grounds. Todays grounds are roped off and boundaries are therfore easier to reach.

[@cascade3769]

The bowlers couldn't scrutinize his technique on videos unlike now. Also, he only toured England.

[@AlunThomas-mp5qo]

His scores on sticky wickets were 18, 1, 14, 29, 25, 36, 13, 0, 0, 13.

[@connorwilkinson2196]

My dad saw Len Hutton's innings and told me it was one of the most boring he had seen. Given the runs per ball that seems possible 🙂

[@lomax343]

The whole match was a disgrace and an affront to cricket. The villain was the Oval's groundsman, Bosser Martin who was apparently challenged to produce that the "best" (best for batsmen, not best for cricket) wicket in history. It didn't help that Australia's only decent seamer - Ernie McCormick - was unfit to play. The Aussies relied on two spinners - Tiger O'Reilly and Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, neither of whom could turn it an inch. It was also a timeless match, meaning that the England batsmen had no incentive to press the scoring leading to tedium heaped on tedium. It's said that Bosser Martin as outraged when England declared before they's reached a thousand. One of the great what-ifs of cricket is what would've happened if Australia had won the toss and Bradman had been gifted that surface. True, England had two class seamers in Bill Bowes and Ken Farnes, but even so...

[@WinstonHamilton-s3g]

Lawrence Rowe 214 and 100 not out.first test match.

[@commentwell3870]

I remember the classic comment of the commentator on that day: Lawrence Rowe the boat ashore!"

[@stephgalapagos7923]

Exactly what about that? That to me should be the #1 - all them other records you always have a chance in all the innings you play. But ''Yagga'' Rowe World Record every player only have one chance and that's at your very 1st test match.

[@jameswebb4593]

England and Surrey batsman John Edrich if his Captain the pathetic Mike Smith hadn't declared the innings closed when Edrich was 310 not out ,His innings consisted of 52 * 4's and 5* 6's .He would without any doubt of scored 400 runs against New Zealand. Smith didn't think the Kiwi's good enough opposition to break the record .

[@RichardRobinson-z6l]

Inevitable comments about Murali being a chucker. Yet I have no doubt he was a nicer person than Shane Warne.

[@StephenStafford-r2y]

that's uncalled for - Shane was human but very very nice

[@BMW7series251]

Got most of his wickets with the 'doosra' which is now banned! No record for him!!

[@rajagopalanak-jo3cm]

Field restrictions on the leg side were brought in when Australians and especially Englishmen struggled against the Indian spinners.As for Murali he underwent several checks over a period of time when it was unequivocally proved that he never chucked.Darryl Hair, under instructions from ACB, no balled him several times.Hair was a blot on the umpiring profession.

[@StephenStafford-r2y]

@@rajagopalanak-jo3cm Just watch him - he is absolutely a chucker - no instructions were needed just some idea of bowling versus chucking

[@StephenStafford-r2y]

Apparently Shane was a great guy except he was pals with Ian Chappell. Murali is infinitely nicer than cranky pants Chappell.

[@etzared8908]

Murali may or may not have been a chucker. What he defintely did not have was another all time great bowler in the same team taking loads of wickets

[@bradmenpes809]

I totally agree. Murali had to take the wickets because no-one else in his team could. Then there's the number of games he played in sub-continental conditions but we'll just let that one pass through to the keeper.

[@janj6791]

Absolutely. By the time Shane Warne came into the attack for eg., in the 25th over the quicks have already removed half of the opponents. Where as when Murali comes into the attack after the 30th over perhaps only 2 or 3 wickets would have fallen. Obviously that gave Murali an advantage. Also, I always had this doubt. Murali was cleared of chucking from laboratory tests. That's not very convincing. He did not take the wickets in the labs but on the field. So how many of his wickets on the field were off chucking. Also Murali's controversy brought in a change in bowling laws to accommodate him. So there was something illegal of his bowling before the law was changed. So the wickets taken prior to the chagne in the laws should be counted or not?

[@alaricgoldkuhl155]

Who would you rather have in your team? Unless you're Sri Lankan, everyone is choosing Warney!

[@competitionglen]

How many more wickets would Warnie have taken if May, McGrath, Gillespie, Brett Lee weren't also taking bags. Murali 9nly had Vaas and he was overrated

[@bradmenpes809]

Over 1000, I reckon. And Stuart McGill ...@@competitionglen

[@prashantfadnavis852]

Bapu Nadkarni's 21 consecutive maidens in a test match is even more impossible to achieve than Don Bradman's average, in my opinion.

[@martinbynion1589]

Bradman stands absolutely alone at the very peak of achievement in Test Cricket. No other achievement comes close.

[@juniorh9238]

What about Jim Laker's 19 wicket haul in a single test match? THAT is impossible to ever achieve again!

[@AlanDavis-ez5jr]

Lakers record is from one match, Bradman is from his whole career.

[@clairehabib5915]

@@juniorh9238 THATS 1 MATCH,AGREED ITS AMAZING BUT TO AVERAGE 100 FOR 20 YEARS,80 INNINGS IS UNBELIEVABLE

[@brianndrelan135]

I love data and statistics. Thanks for these detailed informations about a game I only got hooked on after West Indies toured Papua New Guinea in 1975. Sir Vivian Richards was only 22 yo.

[@sudika108]

What was boucher gonna be stumping off? Dale Steyn bullets?

[@fifiwoof1969]

Most times dismissed in the 90s in both innings of a test match. Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) did it twice!

[@syedqamarnaqvi1002]

Some other notable cricket records which may never be broken not included. 1) Mathew's of Australia claiming two hat tricks in same test, one in each innings in 1912 at old Trafford that too on same day against South Africa in triangle test series. 2) Maxwell going to bat when Australia were 87 for 6 against Afghanistan in 2023 WC and scoring 201 not out in succesful chase. 3) Shahid Afridi scoring 76 of 55 balls and then getting 7 for 12 in 9 overs against WI in same ODI in 2013 in WI must be the greatest ever all round performance in ODI.

[@MrT67]

Even though I'm a staunch New Zealand cricket supporter, I have to say that a record which New Zealand holds has been left out. That is for the lowest test innings total, which is 26 😢 We thought that South Africa might have taken it a few years back, but they managed to dig themselves out of that hole. I honestly think that of all the cricket records which exist, that is the one most unlikely to be broken........ As much as it pains me to say it.

[@cascade3769]

Australia was 21 for 9 against South Africa in 2011.

[@MrT67]

@@cascade3769 That doesn't make me feel any better. So close, yet so far........ ☹️

[@Pukekura35]

Yes sadly it will probably be ours forever…

[@andyrichens5107]

Have you seen England bat recently?🤣 There again their innings would have to last less than 3 overs or they would be beyond 26!!

[@MrT67]

@@andyrichens5107 That's exactly why we gave England Brendan McCullum and bazball. The formula is right, but we haven't figured out how to reduce England to less than 3 overs........ Yet. 😁

[@jamesfahey4508]

The most difficult record to break is the highest debut score for Australia. Charles Bannerman score 165 retired hurt on 15 March 1877. This was the first day of the first ever Test Match. And 148 years later, no Australian debutante has ever bettered it.

[@lomax343]

2:35 Hutton's record of 847 balls face HAS been broken - by Hanif Mohammed, playing for Pakistan against the West Indies in the 1957/8 season. Hanif scored 337 to save the first Test. We know it was the longest ever Test (and first-class) innings in terms of time, at 16 hours and 10 minutes, but in the absence of an unambiguous scorebook, the exact number of balls he faced is unknown. We do know, however, that he was dismissed in the 309th over. If he'd had half the strike up to that point he would've faced 930 balls. It's probable that he faced more than that; it's a racing certainty that he faced more than 847.

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

In an interview a few years before his death Bradman was asked about how he would fair in the modern era in regards to his batting average. He replied he reckons it would be about 70.When pushed by the interviewer why so low an average , The Don nonchalantly replied ,I am 90 years old after all.

[@yeleswarapusai7348]

Highest number of catches Rahul dravid in tests

[@ianlove1215]

As an Englishman from Kent, where Alan Knott played his domestic cricket, I thought he might more, obviously not the most stumpings, but he was on the same England team as one of the best spin bowlers at the time, a guy called Derek Underwood. Notice the AI voice saying "lead" as in the metal instead of "lead" as in to be in front!!!

[@buntysingh3166]

Thanks for putting these together. These records will not be broken for the next 20-30 years atleast. If they do it will be an out of this world cricketer.

[@JeyapalC-t8c]

The highest number of successive maiden overs in a test match - 21 overs at Madras in 1964 by an Indian, Mr. Nadkarni, bowling against England in 1964in the first test match. The batsman batting where Ken Barrington and J.B.Bolus.

[@sam64k]

Historians of cricket need to give considerable consideration to creating multiple categories for the past. I suggest breaking it up into three categories: before 1920, 1921-1969, and after 1970. You can see that an increased level of justification of their performances given the time period would be necessary when discussing records.

[@srinivasraosreekantapuram9837]

Please add highest number of balls faced and the number of minutes held by Dravid deserves a place in this top 10 of all times

[@hollandp9606]

Only triple century in one day by…..Bradman.

[@thavith]

The more I hear about the Bradman character, the more I like him... Actually, used to see him when I would walk past his place in Kensington Park. My sister worked at the school next door.

[@4zahed]

Shohag Gazi's unique record of a century and a hat-trick in the same match will also stay forever.

[@AshenSamarakoon]

Without a doubt Murali and Warnie are two of the best spinners of all time. But for the people who say Murali didn't have a good team mate to take wickets from the other end and it was difficult for Warne to take 5/10 wicket hauls due to other great bowlers he had in his team, This is the Bowls : Wicket, Ratio among them, Muralidharan - 55.04 : 1 Warne - 57.49 : 1

[@mhoppy6639]

Bradman’s record will never be beaten. Simple as. Despite being an Englishman I feel sorry that he got that duck in his last innings. He needed four 😢. The Don. That is all.

[@shahnawazkhan8785]

Very interesting, informative and good programme.

[@Fuzcapp]

The big difference between Murali's statistical achievements and Warne's, is that the other bowlers in Murali's team were taking far less wickets at much higher averages. Warne had great bowlers like McGrath, Gillespie and others, all taking wickets - so his opportunities to take 5 in an inning were much more limited, compared to Murali.

[@peterbebbington3435]

I think that you need to look at which teams Murali got his wickets against. How many were vs Zimbabwe and Bangladesh

[@Fuzcapp]

@@peterbebbington3435 That is definitely a factor as well.

[@robboinnz]

Good video, I didn’t know a lot of that stuff. Re Bradman, I always think that cricket works in whole numbers, 1 run, then 2 runs etc. so someone’s average should be rounded to the nearest run. That gives Bradman an average of 100! Niiice!

[@bradmenpes809]

He needed to score 4 runs on his last test innings to have a lifetime average of 100 and over but he was dismissed for as duck. The footage of his last test innings is ledendary - it's said he missed the ball because he might have had tears in his eyes.

[@bradmenpes809]

He needed to score 4 runs in his last test innings to have a lifetime average of 100 and over but he was dismissed for a duck. The footage of his last test innings is legendary - it's said he missed the ball because he might have had tears in his eyes.

[@mondotv4216]

You do realise Australia got caught on a "sticky" (uncovered pitches) when Jim Laker took his 19 wickets. That is why that record is unlikely to ever be equalled.

[@tommccanna7036]

But Tony Lock at the other end only took 1 wicket. Could it have been something to do with footmarks?

[@AlunThomas-mp5qo]

Not correct. Australia were bowled out for 84 and were 53 for 1 at the close of day 2 before there was ANY rain. It rained heavily on days 3 and 4 when very little play was possible and the pitch was lifeless and gave spinners no help. It was only with the appearance of the hot sun on day five that the pitch became a sticky. So Laker only took eight of his nineteen wickets on a sticky.

[@udithnuren6546]

Chaminda Vass with a Hat-Trick on the first 3 balls of a test match is also something that will stand for many years.

[@royoutar]

The GOAT Brian Lara

[@peterpearson1675]

Bradman arguably the greatest batsman ever? What world are you living on? with an average over 30 more than nr 2 he is obviously the greatest batsman ever.

[@matt4sure364]

Absolutely, no GOAT debate needed. A true gentleman off the field too. RIP.

[@madhuachar2550]

Indeed very good compilation.❤

[@ia4432]

Kolhi almost scored 6 consecutive test inning centuries. Scored 100s for each except 2 of the six innings he scored 96 and 97. So close.

[@SelvinWatson-h5x]

Awesome bro thanks for your work and dedication...

[@nateg1825]

Murali was an amazing bowler and deserves to be on top of the wicket taker list, but Warne was a better bowler. Warne was always part of a bowling battery that also took wickets and were legendary like McGrath, Lee, Gillespie, Tim May, McGill, Hughes, McDermott plus many others. Murali had Vaas and later Melinga and they were pretty good, but Murali had less competition within and had to take the most wickets for SL to be competitive. Warne really put fear into batsman with his sheer presence. That's why Warne was inducted into the top 5 Wisden.

[@fanboy8026]

5:30 that is because nowadays good teams don't play minnows like WI did against Ind.Otherwise many would break it

[@evilstorm5954]

Muralitheran should never have played 1 test match. He didn’t bowl, he threw the ball. Wouldn’t let him bowl in the back yard, and he was called for throwing instead of bowling several times early in his career. His records should be expunged from the Books. Warne was a BOWLER, but also part of one of the best bowling attacks ever put together.

[@wildgooseman7047]

His action is probably the most studied in cricket history and cleared each time. Aside from a couple of Australian umpires who seemed to have an issue with it, the majority of people in the game didn't. Ironically, due to the testing carried out on Murali, it was suggested at the time that a large number of those considered the best bowlers past and present would be considered chuckers.

[@Realist-d6d]

​@wildgooseman7047 Completely agree with you.

[@evilstorm5954]

@@wildgooseman7047 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂

[@RatelHBadger]

I find it remarkable how many of these records have stood for over 50 years. Besides the highest runs in an innings (and most balls faced) highest partnership and most wickets. Everything else is in pre-ODI times. Must say something about how the game has evolved. You would think by now, the "modern game" many of those old timers would have been surpassed. You would think a Kohli/Smith/Root/Williamson would have 5 tons on the trot by now, and someone like a Dohni would have surpassed the stumpings record too. Interesting....

[@damionneranginui6546]

Murili has most wickets still hasn't he. When Shane made 700 wickets, it was against sri Lanka and murili was so close behind. I like warnie of course but I enjoyed watching this sri Lankan master. Side note, after the Brisbane test in that series, he visited movie world on the Goldie. Im 5' 10 and he nearly ran into my chest. Hes a little bloke too. I wished him success of course. Like GoT, good fortune in the wars to come moment. Really nice bloke.

[@iang8169]

Check out the difference betwen murili and warne in terms of test wickets against the real test teams ie Australia, windies, new Zealand, india , the pakis , and England and s africa . Warne has more test wickets than murilli against the real test teams ..murilli feasted on the scrub teams

[@damionneranginui6546]

@@iang8169 I've heard this argument before but if you play for any country, it counts. Don't forget, this series is where our cricket board picked on his action which was cleared. I used to bend my arm at a greater angle and I was a fast bowler . Warnie made 700 first. That should be enough

[@iang8169]

​@damionnefelsch6546 well i go one step further. I add wsc super tests on to those players test stats , i don't care that they aremt official tests, they count for.me

[@damionneranginui6546]

@@iang8169 me 2 and I'm Aussie but I have always given respect to those who achieve. His is the best bowling action I've ever seen. Competing against Shane made them both the best dare I say ever will be. I met him too after the Brisbane test. Really really nice man. Really short too.

[@garytaylor5864]

Murali is a chucker, they changed the rules to allow his chucking,,

[@KeithCampbell-c5c]

I would like go add an anomaly to this list. Alec Stewart has over eight thousand test but never scored a double century. Truly unbelieveable.

[@agr7879]

Can’t see Lara’s 400 being topped. Or Murali’s wicket tally

[@darrenwilliams4367]

Yashasvi Jaiswal is the only player to break lara's record and I've been saying this before this current test series against England. Just knew he was special from day one. He won't be able to top the great 'DON' but he will end up having the next best batting average.

[@AlunThomas-mp5qo]

Murali no, but a selfish batsman on a road against a third rate test team will surpass Lara's record.

[@dougharrison7844]

George Lohmann only played 18 tests, his achievments may have been remarkable in so few a tests but the only way a modern bowler could beat his carreer average is to retire very young after a very brief but spectacular carreer. Noone who plays anywhere near a hundred tests could replicate his average. And average is simply a mathematical function of strike rate and economy so it's the only stat that matters, unless you value one of the other two over the other.

[@tonylove4800]

Very interesting programme. I have to admit I was totally unaware of the stumping record. Thank you.

[@meadowbrookmemories9244]

Best batting average in a debut Test Match (Lawrence Rowe 314 ) vs New Zealand in 1972

[@OphinusPhillip-xv8st]

All these records are remarkable & very much unlikely to get broken , especially Laker's 19 wickets in a test match against Australia ❤

[@josephperera3580]

It would be interesting to find out top five test batsmen and bowlers who have consistently performed exceptionally well on wickets that are not suitable for batting or not ideal for bowling!

[@briansykes2806]

Bradman's, Laker's and Lohmann's records will be the most difficult to break. Hutton's record (most balls faced) will also be difficult, since scoring is faster now, and over rates are much lower. The rest are attainable,

[@ClydeMillerWynant]

I think they're all vanishingly unlikely apart from highest score, highest partnership and consecutive hundreds. Murali's records are close to unattainable especially if as seems likely less test cricket ends up being played than during his era at least by the majority of teams. You not only need a bowler of similar quality who gets to play as much, they also have to play in a team in which other bowlers take very few wickets. The Laker record is in a way more attainable than most of these as it can be done in one match and isn't really affected by changes over time to the way the game is approached, but it's just so freakish as to be virtually impossible.

[@brettpatrick268]

​@@ClydeMillerWynant Murali's record of 800 run outs will last forever.

[@MikeAG333]

Hutton doesn't hold that record, despite the claim. Hanif Mohammed batted for 16+ hours in one innings, and although the balls he faced weren't counted, it is certain that he faced more than Hutton.

[@lomax343]

Hutton's record was broken - by Hanif Mohammed in 1957/8. Unfortunately, we don;t know by how much.

[@SohailSiddiqui1961]

Excellent research. Best stat records program I have seen.

[@iiigraghu]

Excellent Presentation 🌹

[@rsr4035]

Very rarely, I agree with these type of lists, but I have to say it is a great list. Am not sure of number 2, because I never heard of this fella or this record and not sure - was it test matches these records came about? If so, cannot argue

[@shamganguly8091]

I think Bradman scored 300 runs in a day in test. Remarkable that he scored century in each session. Also his over all batting average is over 99.

[@fruitopia6798]

He only made 89 in the final session

[@liongordel9088]

He played in a mediocre era.

[@shamganguly8091]

Mediocre era? Sheer ignorance! Time of Larood and Voce, Bedser and O’rieley. No helmet. Wickets were not covered overnight or in bad weather. Next to Bradman’s 99.98 is Peter Pollock in 60’s. That says it all. Only thing improved these days is fielding because of T20.

[@shamganguly8091]

Mediocre era? Sheer ignorance! Time of Larood and Voce, Bedser and O’rieley. No helmet. Wickets were not covered overnight or in bad weather. Next to Bradman’s 99.98 is Peter Pollock in 60’s. That says it all. Only thing improved these days is fielding because of T20.

[@peterwoodhouse4314]

Look at 7:19 of your video. Is Murali's arm anyway near straight?

[@warrenroby]

Tony Greig explained Muralitheran's dilemma. He couldn't straighten his arm. Bare in mind, they did change the bowling law for him also

[@markbaston8147]

I have always believed that Murali should not be on that list. He was a chucker and all his stats should be erased.

[@commentwell3870]

Ae you Australian by any chance?

[@markbaston8147]

@@commentwell3870 Just someone who knows cricket.

[@commentwell3870]

@@markbaston8147 Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi!

[@shyambajekal8084]

What about the highest opening batting partnership? 417 runs by (if I remember right) Polly Umrigar and Vinoo Mankad of India?

[@PrasangaBandara-g9s]

Sanath and Roshan were best friends during their career. Same with Sanga and Mahela. They knew each other well enough and that made it easier to have that sort of partnerships. Regarding Murali, he was one of the hardest working cricketers ever. No matter how good he was or how senior he was, he put a lot of time and effort on his training day in day out

[@D.ThirumalaikumarKumar]

Jayawarthane and sangagara both are great in lost matches against india.

[@jaydeepbose4501]

everyone at that level puts in work, lazy argument. he was simply better than everyone else in the game's history

[@PrasangaBandara-g9s]

@@jaydeepbose4501 Not really. Have you seen the current SL team? Most of them are very talented. Performed well during their school time under strict coaches. But look what happens now. Barely wins a game against top level teams

[@ramjain9315]

The way test cricket is played today as compared to the times when Bradman and Lehmann is different. For that these comparisons are not fair. Batting of today is totally different and so is bowling

[@Painter19]

Maybe, but it’s still the best vs the best in those particular conditions back then vs the best of the best today. Different attitudes on how to win and attack these days as the game continually evolves.

[@robconnell68]

The highest first class team score is 1107 by Victoria against New South Wales in the 1920’s

[@usanzac]

Murali's records might stand until the next chucker passes muster.

[@madhurgoel3348]

You missed out on 952/6 That won't be broken ever

[@vivekanandpandey1150]

The records of Jim Laker and Sir Bradman are the most difficult to break and may not be broken for centuries