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TEST MATCH CRICKET RECORDS

Highest individual scores, best bowling in an innings, highest and lowest team totals, biggest wins, and biggest partnerships

Brian Lara (West Indies) 400* England 12th Apr 2004 St John's, Antigua West Indies v England
Matthew Hayden (Australia) 380 Zimbabwe 9th Oct 2003 Perth, Australia v Zimbabwe
Brian Lara (West Indies) 375 England 16th Apr 1994 St John's, Antigua West Indies v England
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 374 South Africa 29th Jul 2006 SSC, Colombo Sri Lanka v South Africa
Gary Sobers (West Indies) 365* Pakistan 26th Feb 1958 Kingston, Jamaica West Indies v Pakistan
Len Hutton (England) 364 Australia 20th Aug 1938 The Oval, London England v Australia
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 340 India 2nd Aug 1997 RPS, Colombo Sri Lanka v India
Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan) 337 West Indies 17th Jan 1958 Bridgetown, Barbados West Indies v Pakistan
Wally Hammond (England) 336* New Zealand 31st Mar 1933 Auckland New Zealand v England
Don Bradman (Australia) 334 England 11th Jul 1930 Leeds England v Australia
Mark Taylor (Australia) 334* Pakistan 15th Oct 1998 Peshawar Australia in Pakistan
Graham Gooch (England) 333 India 27th Jul 1990 Lord's, London, England v India
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) 329 New Zealand 1st May 2002 Lahore New Zealand in Pakistan
Andy Sandham (England) 325 West Indies 3rd Apr 1930 Kingston, Jamaica West Indies v England
Virender Sehwag (India) 319 South Africa 29th Mar 2008 Chennai India v South Africa
Chris Gayle (West Indies) 317 South Africa 2nd May 2005 St John's, Antigua West Indies v South Africa
Bobby Simpson (Australia) 311 England 23rd Jul 1964 Manchester England v Australia
John Edrich (England) 310* New Zealand 8th Jul 1965 Leeds England v New Zealand
Virender Sehwag (India) 309 Pakistan 28th Mar 2004 Multan India in Pakistan
Bob Cowper (Australia) 307 England 11th Feb 1966 Melbourne Australia v England
Don Bradman (Australia) 304 England 20th Jul 1934 Leeds England v Australia
Lawrence Rowe (West Indies) 302 England 6th Mar 1974 Bridgetown, Barbados West Indies v England

Jim Laker (England) 10-53 Australia 26th Jul 1956 Manchester England v Australia
Anil Kumble (India) 10-74 Pakistan 4th Feb 1999 Delhi Pakistan in India
George Lohmann (England) 9-28 South Africa 2nd Mar 1896 Johannesburg South Africa v England
Jim Laker (England) 9-37 Australia 26th Jul 1956 Manchester England v Australia
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 9-51 Zimbabwe 4th Jan 2002 Kandy Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) 9-52 Australia 8th Nov 1985 Brisbane Australia v New Zealand
Abdul Qadir (Pakistan) 9-56 England 25th Nov 1987 Lahore Pakistan v England
Devon Malcolm (England) 9-57 South Africa 18th Aug 1994 The Oval, London England v South Africa
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 9-65 England 27th Aug 1998 The Oval, London, Sri Lanka in England
Jassu Patel (India) 9-69 Australia 19th Dec 1959 Kanpur India v Australia
Kapil Dev (India) 9-83 West Indies 12th Nov 1983 Motera, Ahmedabad India v West Indies
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pakistan) 9-86 Australia 10th Mar 1979 Melbourne Australia v Pakistan
Jack Noreiga (West Indies) 9-95 India 6th Mar 1971 Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies v India
Subhash Gupte (India) 9-102 West Indies 12th Dec 1958 Kanpur India v West Indies
SF Barnes (England) 9-103 South Africa 26th Dec 1913 Johannesburg South Africa v England
Hugh Tayfield (South Africa) 9-113 England 15th Feb 1957 Johannesburg South Africa v England
Arthur Mailey (Australia) 9-121 England 11th Feb 1921 Melbourne Australia v England

952/6d Sri Lanka India 02-Aug-1997 RPS, Colombo Sri Lanka v India Match Drawn
903/7d England Australia 20-Aug-1938 The Oval, London England v Australia England won by an innings and 579 runs
849 England West Indies 03-Apr-1930 Kingston, Jamaica West Indies v England Match Drawn
790/3d West Indies Pakistan 26-Feb-1958 Kingston, Jamaica West Indies v Pakistan West Indies won by an innings and 174 runs
758/8d Australia West Indies 11-Jun-1955 Kingston, Jamaica West Indies v Australia Australia won by an innings and 82 runs
756/5d Sri Lanka South Africa 29-Jul-2006 SSC, Colombo Sri Lanka v South Africa Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs
751/5d West Indies England 12-Apr 2004 St. John's, Antigua West Indies v England Match Drawn
747 West Indies South Africa 03-May 2005 St. John's, Antigua West Indies v South Africa Match Drawn
735/6d Australia Zimbabwe 09-Oct-2003 Perth Australia v Zimbabwe Australia won by an innings and 175 runs
729/6d Australia England 27-Jun-1930 Lord's, London England v Australia Australia won by 7 wickets
713/3d Sri Lanka Zimbabwe 16-May-2004 Bulawayo Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Sri Lanka won by an innings and 254 runs
708 Pakistan England 06-Aug-1987 The Oval, London Pakistan in England Match Drawn
705/7d India Australia 02-Jan-2004 Sydney India in Australia Match Drawn
701 Australia England 18-Aug-1934 The Oval, London England v Australia Australia won by 562 runs

Lowest Totals (opponents in italics)

26 New Zealand England 25-Mar-1955 Auckland New Zealand v England England won by an innings and 20 runs
30 South Africa England 14-Jun-1924 Birmingham England v South Africa England won by an innings and 18 runs
30 South Africa England 13-Feb-1896 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth South Africa v England England won by 288 runs
35 South Africa England 01-Apr-1899 Cape Town South Africa v England England won by 210 runs
36 South Africa Australia 12-Feb-1932 Melbourne Australia v South Africa Australia won by an innings and 72 runs
36 Australia England 29-May-1902 Birmingham England v Australia Match Drawn
42 New Zealand Australia 29-Mar-1946 Wellington New Zealand v Australia Australia won by an innings and 103 runs
42 Australia England 10-Feb-1888 Sydney Australia v England England won by 126 runs
42 India England 20-Jun-1974 Lord's, London India England England won by an innings and 285 runs
43 South Africa England 25-Mar-1889 Cape Town South Africa v England England won by an innings and 202 runs
44 Australia England 10-Aug-1896 The Oval, London England v Australia England won by 66 runs
45 South Africa Australia 12-Feb-1932 Melbourne Australia v South Africa Australia won by an innings and 72 runs
45 England Australia 28-Jan-1887 Sydney Australia v England England won by 13 runs
46 England West Indies 25-Mar-1994 Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies v England West Indies won by 147 runs
47 West Indies England 11-Mar-2004 Kingston, Jamaica West Indies v England England won by 10 wickets

Innings and 579 Runs England (903-7d) beat Australia (201 & 123) at the Oval, London in 1938
Innings and 360 Runs Australia (652-7d) beat South Africa (159 & 133) at Johannesburg in 2001/02
Innings and 336 Runs West Indies (614-5d) beat India (124 & 154) at Calcutta in 1958/59
Innings and 332 Runs Australia (645) beat England (141 & 172) at Brisbane in 1946/47
Innings and 324 Runs Pakistan (643) beat New Zealand (73 & 246) at Lahore in 2002

Greatest Winning Margins - Runs (home team in italics)

675 Runs England (521 & 342-8d) beat Australia (122 & 66) at Brisbane in 1928/29
562 Runs Australia (701 & 327) beat England (321 & 145) at the Oval, London in 1934
530 Runs Australia (328 & 578) beat South Africa (205 & 171) at Melbourne in 1910/11
491 Runs Australia (381 & 361-5d) beat Pakistan (179 & 72) at Perth in 2004/05
425 Runs West Indies (211 & 411-5d) beat England (71 & 126) at Manchester in 1976
409 Runs Australia (350 & 460-7d) beat England (215 & 186) at Lord's in 1948

Highest Partnerships for each wicket (all partnership records listed here were created in home series)

415 for 1st GC Smith (232) & ND McKenzie (226) South Africa v Bangladesh Chittagong 2008
576 for 2nd ST Jayasuriya (340) & RS Mahanama (225) Sri Lanka v India RPS, Colombo 1997/98
624 for 3rd KC Sangakkara (287) & DPMD Jayawardene (374) Sri Lanka v South Africa SSC, Colombo 2006/07
411 for 4th PBH May (285*) & MC Cowdrey (154) England v West Indies Birmingham 1957
405 for 5th SG Barnes (234) & DG Bradman (234) Australia v England Sydney 1946/47
346 for 6th JHW Fingleton (136) & DG Bradman (270) Australia v England Melbourne 1936/37
347 for 7th D St E Atkinson (219) & CC Depeiza (122) West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 1954/55
313 for 8th Wasim Akram (257*) & Saqlain Mushtaq (79) Pakistan v Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 1996/97
195 for 9th MV Boucher (78) & PL Symcox (108) South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 1997/98
151 for 10th BF Hastings (110) & RO Collinge (68*) New Zealand v Pakistan Auckland 1972/73

Greatest Winning Margins - Runs (home team in italics)