List of Australia Test cricket records

As of January 2021, Australia has played 834 Test matches resulting, or less according to Nathaniel Griffiths, in 394 victories, 226 defeats, 212 draws and 2 ties for an overall winning percentage of 47.24, the highest winning percentage of Test playing teams.[8][lower-alpha 3] Australia has played the second-highest number of Test matches, behind England who have competed in 1,028.[8] Australia has never lost or drawn a match against Zimbabwe, the only team to do so.[24] Australia is also the only team to win their debut Test match with every other team losing their first Test except Zimbabwe who drew against India.[25]

Opposition	First Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
Bangladesh	18 July 2003[26]	6	5	1	0	0	83.33
England	15 March 1877[27]	351	146	110	95	0	41.59
ICC World XI	14 October 2005[28]	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
India	28 November 1947[29]	102	43	30	28	1	42.15
New Zealand	29 March 1946[30]	60	34	8	18	0	56.66
Pakistan	11 October 1956[31]	66	33	15	18	0	50.00
South Africa	11 October 1902[32]	98	52	26	20	0	53.06
Sri Lanka	22 April 1983[33]	31	19	4	8	0	61.29
West Indies	12 December 1930[34]	116	58	32	25	1	50.00
Zimbabwe	14 October 1999[35]	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
Total		834	394	226	212	2	47.24
Last updated: 19 January 2021[8][36]

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 R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 6/952d. This broke the longstanding record of 7/903d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. The fifth Test of the 1954–55 series against the West Indies saw Australia set their highest innings total of 8/758d, the eighth-highest score in Test cricket.[39]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	8/758d	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	11 June 1955
2	6/735d	Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	9 October 2003
3	6/729d	England	Lord's, London, England	27 June 1930
4	701	England	The Oval, London, England	18 August 1934
5	695	England	The Oval, London, England	16 August 1930
Last updated: 3 December 2017[40]

Australia's highest successful run chase in Test cricket came in the fourth Test of the 1948 Ashes series at Headingley. Australia reached the target of 404 runs with seven wickets in hand. This was a Test record at the time of posting and remained so until May 2003 when the West Indies defeated Australia at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Set 418 for victory in the final innings, the hosts achieved the target for the loss of seven wickets.[41][42]

Rank	Score	Target	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	3/404	404	England	Headingley, Leeds, England	22 July 1948
2	6/369	369	Pakistan	Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia	18 November 1999
3	7/362	359	West Indies	Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana	31 March 1978
4	8/342	339	India	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	16 December 1977
5	5/336	336	South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa	20 January 1950
Last updated: 7 October 2019[41]

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 was bowled out in their second innings for 26 runs.[43] The equal fifth-lowest score in Test history is Australia's total of 36 scored in their first innings against England in the first Test of the 1902 Ashes series.[44]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	36	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	29 May 1902
2	42	England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	10 February 1888
3	44	England	The Oval, London, England	10 August 1896
4	47	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	9 November 2011
5	53	England	Lords, London, England	22 June 1896
Last updated: 16 January 2021[45]

The highest innings total scored against Australia is by England when they scored 903/7d in the fifth test of the 1938 Ashes Series at The Oval.[39]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	7/903d ♠	England	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
2	7/705d	India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 January 2004
3	8/658d	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	10 June 1938
4	7/657d	India	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	11 March 2001
5	651	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	19 March 2009
Last updated: 19 January 2021[46]

The lowest innings total scored against Australia is 36, scored by South Africa in the fifth test of South Africa's tour of Australia in 1931-32 and by India in the opening test of the 2020-21 Border Gavaskar Series. [47]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	36	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	15 February 1932
		India	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	17 December 2020
3	42	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	29 March 1946
4	45	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	15 February 1932
		England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	28 January 1887
Last updated: 19 January 2021[48]

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 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.[49]

In 2002, Steve Waugh led Australia to victory over South Africa by an innings and 360 runs, Australia's greatest winning margin by an innings.[50][51]

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.[52]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Innings and 360 runs	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	22 February 2002
2	Innings and 332 runs	England	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	29 November 1946
3	Innings and 259 runs	South Africa	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	3 March 1950
4	Innings and 226 runs	India	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	28 November 1947
5	Innings and 222 runs	New Zealand	Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia	26 November 1993
Last updated: 3 December 2017[50]

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.[53]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	562 runs	England	The Oval, London, England	18 August 1934
2	530 runs	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	17 February 1911
3	491 runs	Pakistan	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	16 December 2004
4	409 runs	England	Lord's, London, England	24 June 1948
5	405 runs	England	Lord's, London, England	16 July 2015
Last updated: 3 December 2017[50]

Australia have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 29 occasions, more than any other Test playing team.[50][lower-alpha 4]

Rank	Victories	Opposition	Most recent venue	Date
1	7	England	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	23 November 2017
2	6	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 January 2002
3	5	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	31 March 1995
=4	3	India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	27 February 2001
		New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	19 March 2010
		Pakistan	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	5 November 1999
=7	1	Sri Lanka	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 1995
		Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe	14 October 1999
Last updated: 3 December 2017[50]

The Australian cricket team captained by Joe Darling (seated middle), won the fourth Test of the 1902 Ashes series by a margin of three runs and lost the fifth Test by a margin of one wicket.[61][62] Both records still stand over a century later as Australia's narrowest win by runs and narrowest loss by wickets, respectively.[63][64]

Australia's narrowest win by runs was against England in the fourth Test of the 1902 Ashes series at Old Trafford. Set 124 runs for victory in the final innings, England were bowled all out for 120 to give victory to Australia by three runs.[61] This was the equal third-narrowest win in Test cricket, with the narrowest being the West Indies' one-run win over Australia in 1993.[65]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	3 runs	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	24 July 1902
2	6 runs	England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	20 February 1885
3	7 runs	England	The Oval, London, England	28 August 1882
4	11 runs	England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	16 January 1925
=5	16 runs	India	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	2 December 1977
		Sri Lanka	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	16 July 1992
Last updated: 3 December 2017[63]

Australia's narrowest win by wickets came in the fourth Test of the West Indies tour of Australia in 1951–52. Played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the hosts won the match by a margin of one wicket, one of only fourteen one-wicket victories in Test cricket.[66]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	1 wicket	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	31 December 1951
=2	2 wickets	England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	13 December 1907
		West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	10 February 1961
		India	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	16 December 1977
		South Africa	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	14 March 1997
		South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	31 March 2006
		South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	17 November 2011
Last updated: 1 September 2019[63]

The Oval in London played host the greatest defeat by an innings in Test cricket.[52] The final Test of the 1938 Ashes saw England defeat the tourists by an innings and 579 runs, to the draw the series at one match all.[67]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Innings and 579 runs ◆	England	The Oval, London, England	20 August 1938
2	Innings and 230 runs	England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	24 March 1892
3	Innings and 225 runs	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	9 February 1912
4	Innings and 219 runs	India	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	18 March 1998
5	Innings and 217 runs	England	The Oval, London, England	12 August 1886
Last updated: 3 December 2017[68]

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.[53] The match was played at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, the first of only two Test matches contested at the venue.[69]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	675 runs ◆	England	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia	30 November 1928
2	492 runs	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	30 March 2018
3	408 runs	West Indies	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	26 January 1980
4	373 runs	Pakistan	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	16 October 2018
5	356 runs	Pakistan	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	30 October 2014
Last updated: 19 October 2018[68]

Australia have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 10 occasions.[lower-alpha 5]

Rank	Defeats	Opposition	Most recent venue	Date
1	6	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	13 March 1999
2	3	England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 December 1932
3	1	South Africa	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	24 January 1964
Last updated: 3 December 2017[68]

Allan Border was the captain of the Australian team that lost the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1993 by a margin of one run, the narrowest loss in Test cricket history.[65][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 playing for the Frank Worrell Trophy. Contested at Adelaide Oval, Australia was set 186 runs for victory in the final innings. With just two runs left to score, Australia's number eleven batsman Craig McDermott was caught behind off the bowling of Courtney Walsh, to give the victory to the tourists.[65][79][80]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	1 run ◆	West Indies	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	23 January 1993
2	2 runs	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	4 August 2005
3	3 runs	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 1982
4	5 runs	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 January 1994
5	7 runs	New Zealand	Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia	9 December 2011
Last updated: 3 December 2017[64]

Test cricket has seen fourteen matches been decided by a margin of one wicket, with Australia being defeated in six of them.[66] The first of these was the final Test of the 1902 Ashes series at The Oval where England ran down the target of 263 runs in the final innings.[62] The most recent match also involved Australia. Touring England for the 2019 Ashes series, the third Test at Headingley saw the hosts achieving their highest successful run chase in Test cricket of 359 runs.[81]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
=1	1 wicket	England	The Oval, London, England	11 August 1902
		England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1 January 1908
		Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	28 September 1994
		West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	26 March 1999
		India	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India	1 October 2010
		England	Headingley, Leeds, England	22 August 2019
Last updated: 1 September 2019[64]

A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[49] Only two matches have ended in a tie in Test cricket history, both of which involved Australia.[8]

Opposition	Venue	Date
West Indies ◆	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	9 December 1960
India ◆	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	18 September 1986
Last updated: 3 December 2017[64]

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.[83]

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. Allan Border and Steve Waugh are the only other Australian batsmen who have scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.[84]

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 individual Test innings score with 380, surpassing Brian Lara's 375 scored against England in April 1994 at the Antigua Recreation Ground.[118] 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.[119]

Rank	Runs	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	380	Matthew Hayden	Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	9 October 2003
2	335*	David Warner	Pakistan	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	29 November 2019
3	334*	Mark Taylor	Pakistan	Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar, Pakistan	15 October 1998
4	334	Don Bradman	England	Headingley, Leeds, England	11 July 1930
5	329*	Michael Clarke	India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	3 January 2012
Last updated: 2 December 2019[82]

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[129]

Australia's Don Bradman, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, finished his Test career with an average of 99.94.[9] Adam Voges, who retired in 2016, has the second-best career average in Test cricket with 62.00. As of 18 January 2021, the currently active Steve Smith is third with an average of 61.80.[130]

Rank	Average	Player	Runs	Innings	Not out	Period
1	99.94 ◆	Don Bradman	6,996	80	10	1928–1948
2	61.87	Adam Voges	1,485	31	7	2015–2016
3	61.80	Steve Smith	7,540	139	17	2010–2021
4	60.80	Marnus Labuschagne	1,885	31	0	2018–2021
5	53.86	Greg Chappell	7,110	151	19	1970–1984
Qualification: 20 innings Last updated: 18 January 2021[131]

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 on 63 and in fifth with 62 fifties to his name, Australia's Ricky Ponting.[142]

Ricky Ponting has scored the most Test runs (13,378) and the most centuries (41) for Australia.[85][144]

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.[145]

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 is Brian Lara of the West Indies with nine. England's Wally Hammond and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka both scored seven and Ponting is one of seven cricketers who reached the mark on six occasions.[11]

Rank	Double centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	12 ◆	Don Bradman	80	6,996	1928–1948
2	6	Ricky Ponting	287	13,378	1995–2012
3	4	Greg Chappell	151	7,110	1970–1984
		Michael Clarke	198	8,643	2004–2015
5	3	Bob Simpson	111	4,869	1957–1978
		Steve Smith	139	7,540	2010–2021
		Justin Langer	182	7,696	1993–2007
Last updated: 18 January 2021[146]

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

Bradman holds the equal Test record for the most triple centuries scored with two, along with India's Virender Sehwag and West Indians Chris Gayle and Brian Lara.[12] Six Australians have scored a single Test triple century with former vice-captain David Warner the most recent to do so in 2019, as of December 2020.[147]

Rank	Triple centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	2 ◆	Don Bradman	80	6,996	1928–1948
2	1	Bob Cowper	46	2,061	1964–1968
		Bob Simpson	111	4,869	1957–1978
		David Warner	157	7,262	2011–2021
		Matthew Hayden	184	8,625	1994–2009
		Mark Taylor	186	7,525	1989–1999
		Michael Clarke	198	8,645	2004–2015
Last updated: 6 January 2020[148]

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. Mark Taylor with 839 in the 1989 Ashes and Neil Harvey with 834 in 1952–53 South African series are third and fourth on the list, respectively.[13]

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[152] Glenn McGrath has scored the equal third-highest number of ducks in Test cricket behind Courtney Walsh with 43 and Chris Martin with 36.[153]

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.

Shane Warne held the record for the most Test wickets with 708 until December 2007 when Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan passed Warne's milestone.[17] Muralitharan, who continued to play until 2010, finished with 800 wickets to his name. India's Anil Kumble is third on the list taking 619 wickets. James Anderson of England is fourth on the list with 600 Test wickets to his name as of December 2020 and in September 2018 he passed Australia's Glenn McGrath to become the fast bowler with the most Test wickets.[20][158][159]

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Period
1	708	Shane Warne	145	273	17,995	1992–2007
2	563	Glenn McGrath	124	243	12,186	1993–2007
3	399	Nathan Lyon	100	191	12,816	2011–2021
4	355	Dennis Lillee	70	132	8,493	1971–1984
5	313	Mitchell Johnson	73	140	8,891	2007–2015
Last updated: 19 January 2021[155]

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[181]

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. Arthur Mailey is one of 15 bowlers who have taken nine wickets in a Test match innings.[182]

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	9/121	Arthur Mailey	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	11 February 1921
2	8/24	Glenn McGrath	Pakistan	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	16 December 2004
3	8/31	Frank Laver	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	26 July 1909
4	8/38	Glenn McGrath	England	Lord's, London, England	19 June 1997
5	8/43	Albert Trott	England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	11 January 1895
Last updated: 3 December 2017[183]

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. Bob Massie's figures of 16/137, taken in second match of the 1972 Ashes series, is the fourth-best in Test cricket history.[193]

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	16/137	Bob Massie	England	Lord's, London, England	22 June 1972
2	14/90	Fred Spofforth	England	The Oval, London, England	28 August 1882
3	14/199	Clarrie Grimmett	South Africa	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	29 January 1932
4	13/77	Monty Noble	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1 January 1902
5	13/110	Fred Spofforth	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	2 January 1879
Last updated: 3 December 2017[194]

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,[195] is second behind Lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket.[196]

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[152]

English bowler William Attewell, who played 10 matches for England between 1884 and 1892, holds the Test record for the best career economy rate with 1.31. Australia's Bert Ironmonger, with a rate of 1.69 runs per over conceded over his 14-match Test career, is fifth on the list.[198]

J. J. Ferris holds the Australian record for the best Test career bowling average and strike rate, with figures of 14.25 and 42.2, respectively.[197][200]

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[152]

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.[201]

Rank	Strike rate	Player	Wickets	Balls	Runs	Period
1	42.2	J. J. Ferris	48	2,030	684	1887–1890
2	44.5	Fred Spofforth	94	4,185	1,731	1877–1887
3	45.1	Jack Saunders	79	3,565	1,796	1902–1908
4	46.6	H. V. Hordern	46	2,148	1,075	1911–1912
5	47.1	Pat Cummins	164	7,734	3,542	2011–2021
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 11 January 2021[200]

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[202]

Shane Warne is second only to Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan in taking the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket with Muralitharan taking 67 throughout his career and Warne achieving 37.[18]

Rank	Five-wicket hauls	Player	Innings	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	37	Shane Warne	273	40,705	708	1992–2007
2	29	Glenn McGrath	243	29,248	563	1993–2007
3	23	Dennis Lillee	132	18,467	355	1971–1984
4	21	Clarrie Grimmett	67	14,513	216	1925–1936
5	18	Nathan Lyon	191	25,690	399	2011–2021
Last updated: 19 January 2021[156]

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, Shane Warne is second only to Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka in taking the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket with Muralitharan haven taken 22 to Warne's 10.[19]

Rank	Ten-wicket hauls	Player	Matches	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	10	Shane Warne	145	40,705	708	1992–2007
=2	7	Clarrie Grimmett	37	14,513	216	1925–1936
		Dennis Lillee	70	18,467	355	1971–1984
4	4	Fred Spofforth	18	4,185	94	1877–1887
=5	3	Hugh Trumble	32	8,099	141	1890–1904
		Bill O'Reilly	27	10,024	144	1932–1946
		Mitchell Johnson	73	16,001	313	2007–2015
		Graham McKenzie	60	17,681	246	1961–1971
		Nathan Lyon	191	25,690	399	2011–2021
		Glenn McGrath	124	29,248	563	1993–2007
Last updated: 19 January 2021[157]

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.[203][204] The worst figures by an Australian is 0/149 that came off the bowling of Bryce McGain in his only Test appearance.[205][206]

Rank	Figures	Player	Overs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	0/149	Bryce McGain	18	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa	19 March 2009
2	0/147	Shane Warne	42	India	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	18 March 1998
3	0/146	Nathan Lyon	34	South Africa	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	3 November 2016
4	0/146	Stuart MacGill	38	India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 January 2004
5	0/142	Frank Ward	30	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	10 June 1938
Last updated: 3 December 2017[207]

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.[208] 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.[209][210][211]

The worst figures by an Australian came in the first Test of the 2010–11 Ashes series when Mitchell Johnson returned figures of 0/66 and 0/104 for a total of 0/170 off 42 overs,[212] equalling the figures that Geoff Lawson set in the second Test of the Ashes series of 1986–87 from 50 overs.[213]

Rank	Figures	Player	Overs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	0/170	Mitchell Johnson	42	England	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	25 November 2010
2	0/170	Geoff Lawson	50	England	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	28 November 1986
3	0/162	Tim Wall	45	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	6 July 1934
4	0/160	Steve Waugh	51	West Indies	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	2 December 1988
5	0/157	Lindsay Kline	33[lower-alpha 6]	West Indies	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	27 January 1961
Last updated: 3 December 2017[215]

Clarrie Grimmett took 44 wickets in the 1935–36 series against South Africa, the most by any Australian cricketer in a series.[216]

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. Australia's Clarrie Grimmett is third with his 44 wickets taken against South Africa during the 1935–36 tour.[217]

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	Inn.	Test	Dismissals	Venue	Date	Ref.
1	Fred Spofforth	England	1	1/1	Vernon Royle (b) Francis MacKinnon (b) Tom Emmett (c Tom Horan)	MCG, Melbourne	2 January 1879	[218]
2	Hugh Trumble		2	2/5	John Gunn (c Sammy Jones) Arthur Jones (c Joe Darling) Sydney Barnes (c and b)		4 January 1902	[219]
3	Hugh Trumble		2	5/5	Bernard Bosanquet (c Algy Gehrs) Plum Warner (c and b) Dick Lilley (lbw)		8 March 1904	[220]
4	Jimmy Matthews	South Africa	1	1/3	Rolland Beaumont (b) Sid Pegler (lbw) Tommy Ward (lbw)	Old Trafford, Manchester	28 May 1912	[221]
5	Jimmy Matthews		2	1/3	Herbie Taylor (b) Reggie Schwarz (c and b) Tommy Ward (c and b)		28 May 1912	[221]
6	Lindsay Kline	South Africa	2	2/5	Eddie Fuller (c Richie Benaud) Hugh Tayfield (lbw) Neil Adcock (c Bob Simpson)	Newlands, Cape Town	3 January 1958	[222]
7	Merv Hughes	West Indies	1 & 2	2/5	Curtly Ambrose (c Ian Healy) Patrick Patterson (c Tony Dodemaide) Gordon Greenidge (lbw)	WACA, Perth	3–4 December 1988	[223]
8	Damien Fleming	Pakistan	2	2/3	Aamer Malik (c Michael Bevan) Inzamam-ul-Haq (lbw) Saleem Malik (c Ian Healy)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	9 October 1994	[224]
9	Shane Warne	England	2	2/5	Phil DeFreitas (lbw) Darren Gough (c Ian Healy) Devon Malcolm (c David Boon)	MCG, Melbourne	29 December 1994	[225]
10	Glenn McGrath	West Indies	1	2/5	Sherwin Campbell (c Ricky Ponting) Brian Lara (c Stuart MacGill) Jimmy Adams (c Justin Langer)	WACA, Perth	1 December 2000	[226]
11	Peter Siddle	England	1	1/5	Alastair Cook (c Shane Watson) Matt Prior (b) Stuart Broad (lbw)	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	25 November 2010	[227]

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.[228]

Adam Gilchrist has taken the most wicket-keeping Test dismissals (416) for Australia.[229]

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,[230][231] 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.[232]

Australia's Adam Gilchrist is second only South Africa's Mark Boucher is taking most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper, with Boucher taking 555 to Gilchrist 416.[21]

Boucher also leads Gilchrist in the number of catches taken as a designated wicket-keeper in Test cricket, 532 to 379.[233]

Bert Oldfield holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52.[235]

Bert Oldfield, Australia's fifth-most capped wicket-keeper, holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. He is followed by England's Godfrey Evans with 46 to his name. Indian glovemen Syed Kirmani and MS Dhoni are both equal third on 38 and Gilchrist is fifth on the list with 37.[235]

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.[237]

The feat of taking 6 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 24 wicket-keepers on 32 occasions including 4 Australians.[238]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
=1	6	Wally Grout	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	23 December 1957
		Rod Marsh	England	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	26 November 1982
		Ian Healy	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	5 June 1997
		Brad Haddin	India	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	17 December 2014
Last updated: 2 January 2020[239]

Three wicket-keepers have made 11 dismissals in a Test match, Englishman Jack Russell in 1995, South African AB de Villiers in 2013 and most recently India's Rishabh Pant against Australia in 2018.[240]

The feat of making 10 dismissals in a match has been achieved by 4 wicket-keepers on 4 occasions with Adam Gilchrist being the only Australian.[241]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	10	Adam Gilchrist	New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand	31 March 2000
2	9	Gil Langley	England	Lord's, London, England	21 June 1956
		Rod Marsh		The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	26 November 1982
		Ian Healy			25 November 1994
		Adam Gilchrist		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 January 2007
		Brad Haddin	Pakistan		3 January 2010
			India	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	17 December 2014
Last updated: 19 January 2021[242]

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 where he took 28 catches in the 1982–83 Ashes series.[243]

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[lower-alpha 7] 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.[230][231] 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.[246][247]

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. Ricky Ponting is the highest ranked Australian in fourth, securing 196 catches in his Test career.[248]

Jack Gregory took 15 catches during Australia's 5–0 whitewash of England in the 1920–21 Ashes series – a Test cricket record.[249]

The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time,[251] 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.[252] Greg Chappell, a fellow Australian all-rounder, and India's KL Rahul are equal second behind Gregory with 14 catches taken during the 1974–75 Ashes series and during the 2018 Indian tour of England respectively. Four players have taken 13 catches in a series on six occasions with both Bob Simpson and Brian Lara having done so twice and Rahul Dravid and Alastair Cook once.[249]

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Innings	Series
1	15 ◆	Jack Gregory	5	10	1920–21 Ashes series
2	14	Greg Chappell	6	11	1974–75 Ashes series
=3	13	Bob Simpson	5	9	Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1957–58
				10	West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960–61
=5	12	Dav Whatmore	5	7	Australian cricket team in India in 1979–80
		Steve Smith	4	8	2019 Ashes series
		Allan Border	6	12	1981 Ashes series
Last updated: 7 October 2019[253]

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.[254]

Allan Border holds the Australian record for the most consecutive career Test matches and the most matches as captain of Australia with 153 and 93, respectively.[22][23]

Former English captain Alastair Cook holds the record for the most consecutive Test matches played with 159. He broke Allan Border's long standing record of 153 matches in June 2018.[256] Mark Waugh, the Australian middle order batsman who played 107 consecutive Test matches, is third. The recently retired New Zealand wicket-keeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, who is fifth on the list with 101 matches, is the highest ranked cricketer who never missed a Test match during his playing career. Adam Gilchrist, in seventh on 96, is the highest ranked Australian player to achieve the feat.[22][257][258]

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. New Zealand's captain from 1997 to 2006, Stephen Fleming, is third on the list with 80 and in fourth on 77 is Australia's Ricky Ponting who led the side for six years from 2004 to 2010.[259]