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Batting

Most runs in a career

Position	Player	Team	Runs
1	Tendulkar, SR	India	15470
2	Dravid, RS	India	13288
3	Ponting, RT	Australia	13200
4	Kallis, JH	South Africa	12260
5	Lara, BC	West Indies	11953
6	Border, AR	Australia	11174
7	Waugh, SR	Australia	10927
8	Gavaskar, SM	India	10122
9	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	10080
10	Chanderpaul, S	West Indies	9709

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Bradman, DG	Australia	99.94
2	Barnes, SG	Australia	63.06
3	Pollock, RG	South Africa	60.97
4	Headley, GA	West Indies	60.83
5	Sutcliffe, H	England	60.73
6	Paynter, E	England	59.23
7	Barrington, KF	England	58.67
8	Weekes, EC	West Indies	58.62
9	Duleepsinhji, KS	England	58.53

Most runs in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Lara, BC	West Indies	England	2004	400
2	Hayden, ML	Australia	Zimbabwe	2003	380
3	Lara, BC	West Indies	England	1994	375
4	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2006	374
5	Sobers, GS	West Indies	Pakistan	1958	365
6	Hutton, L	England	Australia	1938	364
7	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	India	1997	340
8	Hanif Muhammad	Pakistan	West Indies	1958	337
9	Hammond, WR	England	New Zealand	1933	336
10	Bradman, DG	Australia	England	1930	334
11	Taylor, MA	Australia	Pakistan	1998	334

Most centuries

Position	Player	Team	No. of centuries
1	Tendulkar, SR	India	51
2	Ponting, RT	Australia	41
3	Kallis, JH	South Africa	41
4	Dravid, RS	India	36
5	Gavaskar, SM	India	34
6	Lara, BC	West Indies	34
7	Waugh, SR	Australia	32
8	Hayden, ML	Australia	30
9	Bradman, DG	Australia	29
10	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	29

Highest partnerships

Position	Batsman 1	Batsman 2	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Smith, GC	McKenzie, ND	South Africa	Bangladesh	2008	415
2	Mahanama, RS	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	India	1997	576
3	Sangakkara, KC	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2006	624
4	Cowdrey, MC	May, PBH	England	West Indies	1957	411
5	Bradman, DG	Barnes, SG	Australia	England	1946	405
6	Fingleton, JHW	Bradman, DG	Australia	England	1937	346
7	Depeiza, CC	Atkinson, DE	West Indies	Australia	1955	347
8	Saqlain Mushtaq	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	1996	313
9	Symcox, PL	Boucher, MV	South Africa	Pakistan	1998	195
10	Hastings, BF	Collinge, RO	New Zealand	Pakistan	1973	151
11	Mushtaq Ahmed	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan	South Africa	1997	151

Bowling

Most wickets in a career

Position	Player	Team	Wickets
1	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	800
2	Warne, SK	Australia	708
3	Kumble, AR	India	619
4	McGrath, GD	Australia	563
5	Walsh, CA	West Indies	519
6	Kapil Dev	India	434
7	Hadlee, RJ	New Zealand	431
8	Pollock, SM	South Africa	418
9	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	411
10	Harbhajan Singh	India	406

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Lohmann, GA	England	10.76

Best figures in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Figures
1	Laker, JC	England	Australia	1956	10/53
2	Kumble, AR	India	Pakistan	1999	10/74
3	Lohmann, GA	England	South Africa	1896	9/28
4	Laker, JC	England	Australia	1956	9/37
5	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2002	9/51
6	Hadlee, RJ	New Zealand	Australia	1985	9/52
7	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan	England	1987	9/56
8	Malcolm, DE	England	South Africa	1994	9/57
9	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	England	1998	9/65
10	Patel, JM	India	Australia	1959	9/69

Most five wicket hauls

Position	Player	Team	Five wicket hauls
1	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	67
2	Warne, SK	Australia	37
3	Hadlee, RJ	New Zealand	36
4	Kumble, AR	India	35
5	McGrath, GD	Australia	29
6	Botham, IT	England	27
7	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	25
8	Harbhajan Singh	India	25
9	Imran Khan	Pakistan	23
10	Kapil Dev	India	23

Fielding

Most catches in a career

Position	Player	Team	Catches
1	Dravid, RS	India	209
2	Ponting, RT	Australia	193
3	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	181
4	Waugh, ME	Australia	181
5	Kallis, JH	South Africa	180
6	Fleming, SP	New Zealand	170
7	Lara, BC	West Indies	164
8	Taylor, MA	Australia	157
9	Border, AR	Australia	156
10	Laxman, VVS	India	135

Most wicketkeeper dismissals

Position	Player	Team	Catches	Stumpings	Dismissals
1	Boucher, MV	South Africa	520	23	543
2	Gilchrist, AC	Australia	379	37	416
3	Healy, IA	Australia	366	29	395
4	Marsh, RW	Australia	343	12	355
5	Stewart, AJ	England	260	14	274
6	Dujon, PJL	West Indies	267	5	272
7	Knott, APE	England	250	19	269
8	Wasim Bari	Pakistan	201	27	228
9	Jacobs, RD	West Indies	207	12	219
10	Evans, TG	England	173	46	219
11	Dhoni, MS	India	192	27	219

Players

Most matches

Position	Player	Team	Matches
1	Tendulkar, SR	India	188
2	Waugh, SR	Australia	168
3	Dravid, RS	India	164
4	Ponting, RT	Australia	162
5	Border, AR	Australia	156
6	Kallis, JH	South Africa	150
7	Warne, SK	Australia	145
8	Boucher, MV	South Africa	144
9	Chanderpaul, S	West Indies	137
10	Laxman, VVS	India	134

Teams

Highest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Sri Lanka	India	1997	952
2	England	Australia	1938	903
3	England	West Indies	1930	849
4	West Indies	Pakistan	1958	790
5	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2009	765
6	Sri Lanka	India	2009	760
7	Australia	West Indies	1955	758
8	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2006	756
9	West Indies	England	2004	751
10	West Indies	England	2009	749

Lowest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	New Zealand	England	1955	26
2	South Africa	England	1924	30
3	South Africa	England	1896	30
4	South Africa	England	1899	35
5	Australia	England	1902	36
6	South Africa	Australia	1932	36
7	New Zealand	Australia	1946	42
8	India	England	1974	42
9	Australia	England	1888	42
10	South Africa	England	1889	43

Longest winning streaks

Position	Team	Streak	Start date	End date
1	Australia	16	14 Oct 1999	27 Feb 2001
2	Australia	16	26 Dec 2005	02 Jan 2008
3	West Indies	11	30 Mar 1984	07 Dec 1984
4	South Africa	9	15 Mar 2002	01 May 2003
5	Sri Lanka	9	29 Aug 2001	06 Mar 2002
6	England	8	20 May 2004	17 Dec 2004
7	Pakistan	6	31 May 2001	07 Feb 2002
8	New Zealand	5	11 Apr 2005	17 Mar 2006
9	India	4	29 Jan 1993	13 Mar 1993
10	Zimbabwe	2	07 Oct 1998	27 Nov 1998
11	Zimbabwe	2	19 Apr 2001	26 Apr 2001

Each team's highest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Australia	West Indies	1955	758
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	2005	488
England	Australia	1938	903
India	Sri Lanka	2009	726
New Zealand	Sri Lanka	1991	671
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2009	765
South Africa	England	2003	682
Sri Lanka	India	1997	952
West Indies	Pakistan	1958	790
Zimbabwe	West Indies	2001	563

Each team's lowest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Australia	England	1902	36
Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2007	62
England	Australia	1887	45
India	England	1974	42
New Zealand	England	1955	26
Pakistan	Australia	2002	53
South Africa	England	1896	30
South Africa	England	1924	30
Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1994	71
West Indies	England	2004	47
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	2012	51

Each team's longest winning streak

Team	Streak	Start date	End date
West Indies	11	30 Mar 1984	07 Dec 1984

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