Test Cricket

Today, we will talk about the batsmen who were the fastest to reach 3000 Test runs. There are some great players who take their time to figure out Test cricket and start shining consistently once they do. But these are some top players who have figured it out right from the debut continuing their dominance […]

Test cricket is the longest form of the game considered by many as a true test to a cricketer’s character, skills and temperament. In this article, we will talk about the top players who were the fastest to 25 centuries in Test cricket. We have picked the fastest based on the number of innings needed […]

Between August 2015 and December 2017, India won nine consecutive Test series equalling the record set by Australia between 2005 and 2008. India began their record run on their tour of Sri Lanka and accomplished the feat against the same rivals during Sri Lanka’s tour of India. The run ended when India lost an away […]

Test cricket is often regarded as the biggest challenge a cricketer can face, with 5 days of high-calibre cricket taking place between two international sides. One of the other key aspects of Test cricket is the equality of influence between a bat and a ball on the outcome of a game. Limited overs cricket has […]

1. Don Bradman (Australia) Bradman, who made his Test debut on 30 November 1928, reached 6000 Test runs in November 1931 in his 68th innings and his 45th match. In that game, the 3rd Test of a series on India’s tour of Australia in Melbourne, the home side batted first. Bradman got to 6000 Test […]

Simply going by the dictionary, the word maiden means first, initial, earliest as well as a single or an unwed girl. In cricket, an over is called a maiden over when the bowler does not concede a run in all six balls bowled in that over. Historically, the number of balls per over has varied […]

Test cricket is often regarded as the biggest challenge a cricketer can face, with 5 days of high-calibre cricket taking place between two international sides. One of the other key aspects of Test cricket is the equality of influence between bat and ball on the outcome of a game. Limited overs cricket has become a […]

  1. Yasir Shah Not a lot of people know but Yasir Shah has been playing first-class cricket for almost two decades. He made his first-class and List A debut back in 2001-02 but he had to wait for nearly a decade to get a taste of international cricket. The Swabi-born leg-spinner made his Test […]

  Who was the fastest bowler to 700 test wickets? Only two bowlers have achieved the feat: Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and Australian leggie Shane Warne. Though Muralitharan was the second to get to the mark, it took him fewer matches to achieve the feat. In this article, we are going to find out […]

Six hundred Test wickets is a great achievement and only four bowlers have reached this goal so far. In this article, we are going to take a closer look at their accomplishments and overall Test and ODI records to give you a glimpse of their greatness. Our list includes three spinners and one fast bowler, […]

  In this article, we are going to look at the bowlers who were the fastest to 400 wickets in Test cricket. Muralitharan leads the pack, followed in turn by Hadlee, Steyn, Herath, Kumble, McGrath, Warne, Akram, Harbhajan and Ambrose. The performance of these bowlers clearly explains why they are legends of the game. 1. […]

  In the Test cricket format, a wicket-taking bowler always plays an important role in a team’s success. Taking more than 100 wickets while playing Test cricket is considered a great feat in a player’s career which was first achieved by Englishman Fred Trueman in 1964. Many top-class fast bowlers and spinners have tried to […]

  In this article, we are going to look at the top 10 batsmen who have were the fastest to 1000 test runs. Herbert Sutcliffe leads the pack and is followed in turn by Everton Weekes, Don Bradman, Neil Harvey, Vinod Kambli, Len Hutton, Frank Worrell, Lawrence Rowe, George Headley and Sid Barnes. 1. Herbert […]

  1. Brian Lara Brian Lara is arguably one of the greatest cricketers from the West Indies to have played the game. He is one of the very few players who have scaled the double of 10000 runs in both ODI and Test cricket. He amassed 10405 runs in ODI cricket and was excellent. But […]

  Few sports can compete with cricket when it comes to history and the game’s origins as a whole are often seen as folklore. Originally played in public schools of England, cricket took on many forms before becoming an integral part of society in the UK. Cricket used to be played between professionals (known as […]