List of first-class cricket records
Encyclopedia
This list of first-class cricket records itemises some record
team and individual performances in first-class cricket
. The list is necessarily selective, since it is in cricket's nature to generate copious records and statistics
. Both instance records (such as highest team and individual scores, lowest team scores and record margins of victory) and season and career records (such as most runs or wickets in a season, and most runs or wickets in a career) are included.
Some matches are not universally accepted as first-class for statistical purposes and there are thus variations in published statistics, mainly because of the different proposals that have been made for the start of first-class statistical records, ranging from the 17th century to 1864. For a more detailed explanation, see Variations in first-class cricket statistics
.
Records shown here are quoted by either CricketArchive
or Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
, unless otherwise stated.
Batting Notation
Bowling Notation
for Warwickshire in 1994. There have been nine other scores of 400 or more, including another by Lara and two by Bill Ponsford
.
Scorecards began to be kept regularly from the 1772 season
but there is no certainty of a complete statistical record for any season until well into the 19th century, which is why Roy Webber
and others have been reluctant to begin their first-class statistics before the 1864 season
.
The earliest century
definitely recorded in a first-class match is the 136 scored by John Small in the 1775 season
(see below). There can be little doubt that centuries had been scored before this but the records are either lost or the known details are incomplete. Some of the main instances of high scoring prior to 1772 are as follows:
The following individual scores in first-class matches from 1772 are progressively the highest definitely recorded on contemporary scorecards:
W G Grace scored the first triple-century in first-class cricket in 1876. The table below shows the progressive world record in first-class cricket from 1876.
Other record innings (not first-class):
Qualification: 20,000 runs, average 54.00. Entries in bold are for current players who are still playing first-class cricket.
High averages by batsmen who did not score 20,000 runs include:
The highest first-class batting career average of all is 207.00, by Norman Callaway
, who aged 18 scored 207 in his only first-class innings on his début for New South Wales against Queensland in 1914-15. He died during the Second Battle of Bullecourt
in 1917.
The lowest completed first-class innings to include a fifty is Indians' 66 against Yorkshire at Harrogate in 1932, to which Nazir Ali
contributed 52 (78.79%) and his partners 9 (there were 5 extras).
The lowest completed first-class innings to include a century is Nottinghamshire's 143 against Hampshire at Bournemouth in 1981, to which Clive Rice
contributed 105* (73.4%) and his partners 35 (there were 3 extras) and Gujranwala's 143 against Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur in 2001-02, to which Rizwan Malik contributed 100* (69.93%) and his partners 41 (there were 2 extras).
The lowest completed first-class innings to include a double-century is Namibia's 282 against Kenya at Sharjah in January 2008, to which Gerrie Snyman
contributed 230 (81.56%) and his partners 43 (there were 9 extras).
The lowest completed first-class innings to include a triple century is the Rest's 387 against Hindus at Bombay in 1943-44, to which Vijay Hazare
contributed 309 (79.84%) and his partners 59 (there were 19 extras).
The lowest completed first-class total to include a score of 350 is Otago's 500 against Canterbury at Christchurch in 1952-53, to which opener Bert Sutcliffe
contributed 385 (77.0%) and his partners 86 (there were 29 extras).
The highest percentage of runs scored in any completed innings is 83.43% by Glenn Turner
who scored 141* out of Worcestershire's 169 against Glamorgan at Swansea in 1977. The remaining batsmen scored 27 and there was one extra.
In the 2007 English cricket season, Mark Ramprakash
scored a record 30.02% of Surrey's runs excluding extras. In 16 matches he scored 2,026 runs at an average of 101.30, while his team mates managed 4,721 between them at an average of 26.08.
(a wicket-keeper
for Somerset
in the 1930 season
) is believed to hold the record for most innings in a scoreless career with nine innings in his five matches, including seven ducks
. The record for most matches in a career without ever scoring is believed to belong to John Howarth
(a Nottinghamshire
fast-medium bowler in the 1960s), whose thirteen matches included seven innings and four ducks.
The longest sequence of consecutive scoreless innings is 12 by Mark Robinson
for Northamptonshire in 1990, whose scores that season were 1*, 0*, 1, 0, 0*, 0*, 0*, 0*, 0*, 0, 0, 0, 0*, 0*, 0 and 1*.
The most consecutive single-figure innings is 71 by Eric Hollies
of Warwickshire and England between July 20 of 1948, when he made 12 not out against Glamorgan
, and August 16 of 1950, when he made 14 against Nottinghamshire. Hollies also holds the record for most consecutive innings without reaching 20, playing a total of 284 innings between August 23 of 1939 when he made 22 against Gloucestershire
and May 19, 1954, when he almost doubled his previous highest first-class score in making 47 against Sussex
. Billy Bestwick
of Derbyshire did not reach 20 in his last 258 first-class innings after making 20 against Warwickshire on August 9 of 1906.
The lowest career batting average by a player with more than fifty first-class matches is almost certainly 2.63 by Francis McHugh of Yorkshire
(three matches) and Gloucestershire (92 matches) between 1949 and 1956. McHugh batted in 111 innings for only 179 runs, with only three double figure scores. No other regular first-class cricketer is known to have had a batting average of under 3.00.
Qualification: 2,400.
The most wickets possible in an eleven-a-side match is ten, and this has been achieved on a number of occasions. The first to do so was Edmund Hinkly
in 1848 for Kent v England at Lord's. Perhaps the most famous early instance was two years later, when John Wisden
, playing for the North of England v South of England at Lord's in 1850, clean bowled all ten South batsmen. In these early matches, the number of runs scored off each bowler was not recorded. The only other all-ten analysis not to contain any direct assistance from a fielder was by Eric Hollies
, who got seven Nottinghamshire batsman out clean bowled and three leg before wicket in his ten for 49 for Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1946.
The cheapest all-ten (and therefore the best innings bowling analysis in first-class cricket) was achieved by Hedley Verity
in 1932 at Headingley, when he took ten for 10 for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire. The most expensive all-ten recorded was ten for 175 by Eddie Hemmings
playing for a touring International XI against a West Indies XI at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica in 1982.
The only bowlers to take all ten wickets in an innings more than once were Tich Freeman (three times in 1929, 1930 and 1931), John Wisden (twice, in 1850 and 1851), Vyell Walker (1859 and 1865), Hedley Verity (twice, 1931 and 1932), and Jim Laker (twice, both against the 1956 Australians). W. G. Grace achieved a ten-for analysis twice, in 1873 and 1886; on the first occasion he also scored a century, but the second occasion was in a twelve-a-side match.
for England against Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1956, in the fourth Test match of that year's Ashes
series. His figures were nine for 37 in Australia's first innings, and ten for 53 in their second.
Laker's feat has never been paralleled in first-class cricket. Eighteen wickets in a match was achieved by William Lillywhite for eleven Players against sixteen Gentlemen at Lord's in 1837, and by Henry Arkwright for MCC against Kent in a 12-a-side match at Canterbury in 1861, but seventeen is the most otherwise recorded in an eleven-a-side match. Apart from Laker's, there has only been one instance of seventeen wickets in a match since World War II, by John Davison for Canada against United States of America in an ICC Intercontinental Cup
match in 2004.
, who bowled five batsmen out when playing for All-England v Hampshire at Sevenoaks Vine in 1774. Scorecards were still uncommon at the time and bowling analyses were incomplete; bowlers were only credited with "bowled" victims, catches being awarded to the fielder only.
Tich Freeman
took five wickets in an innings a record 386 times. Wilfred Rhodes
achieved it 287 times.
of Hampshire against Surrey at Laleham Burway
in 1775. Brett's victims were "all bowled" as he was not credited with wickets falling to catches. He took seven in the first innings and four in the second (but Surrey still won by 69 runs).
Tich Freeman
took ten wickets in a match a record 140 times. Charlie Parker
achieved it 91 times.
is when a bowler takes three wickets in three consecutive deliveries. Doug Wright
achieved the most hat-tricks in first-class cricket with 7, and Tom Goddard
and Charlie Parker
each took 6.
In 1907, Albert Trott
of Middlesex took four wickets in four balls, and another hat-trick, in the same Somerset innings. In 1963-64, Joginder Rao
playing for Services took two hat-tricks in the same Northern Punjab innings during his second first-class match, after having also taken a hat-trick in his début match. Other instances of two hat-tricks in a match have been achieved by Alfred Shaw
(in 1884), Jimmy Matthews
(1912 in a Test match), Charlie Parker (1924), Roly Jenkins
(1949), and Amin Lakhani (1978–79).
Four wickets in four balls is a rarer achievement, first done by Joseph Wells (father of science fiction author, H.G. Wells) for Kent against Sussex in 1862. Alan Walker, for Nottinghamshire in 1956, uniquely took the last wicket of Leicestershire's first innings, and a hat-trick with the first three balls of their second innings. Bob Crisp
is the only player to take four wickets in four balls on two occasions.
Five wickets in five balls has never been achieved. Five wickets in six balls has been achieved five times, by Bill Copson
for Derbyshire against Warwickshire in 1937, by William Henderson for North East Transvaal against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in 1937-38, by Pat Pocock
for Surrey against Sussex at Eastbourne in 1972, by Yasir Arafat
for Rawalpindi against Faisalabad at Rawalpindi in 2004-05, and by Neil Wagner
for Otago against Wellington in 2010-11. Wagner took five wickets in the over, a world's first. Pocock's spell also included six wickets in nine balls and seven wickets in eleven balls, both records.
excels at more than one discipline, usually both batting and bowling. Wicket-keeping
all-rounders are effective batsmen and effective wicket-keepers.
Qualification: 22,000 runs and 1,100 wickets.
World record
A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and verified in a specific skill or sport. The book Guinness World Records collates and publishes notable records of all types, from first and best to worst human achievements, to extremes in the natural world and beyond...
team and individual performances in first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
. The list is necessarily selective, since it is in cricket's nature to generate copious records and statistics
Cricket statistics
Cricket is a sport that generates a large number of statistics.Statistics are recorded for each player during a match, and aggregated over a career. At the professional level, statistics for Test cricket, one-day internationals, and first-class cricket are recorded separately...
. Both instance records (such as highest team and individual scores, lowest team scores and record margins of victory) and season and career records (such as most runs or wickets in a season, and most runs or wickets in a career) are included.
Some matches are not universally accepted as first-class for statistical purposes and there are thus variations in published statistics, mainly because of the different proposals that have been made for the start of first-class statistical records, ranging from the 17th century to 1864. For a more detailed explanation, see Variations in first-class cricket statistics
Variations in first-class cricket statistics
Variations in first-class cricket statistics have come about because there is no official view of the status of cricket matches played before 1947. As a result, historians and statisticians have compiled differing lists of matches that they recognise as first-class. The problem is significant where...
.
Records shown here are quoted by either CricketArchive
CricketArchive
CricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
or Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
, unless otherwise stated.
Notation
Team notation- 300-3 indicates that a team scored 300 runsRun (cricket)In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...
for three wicketWicketIn the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...
s and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained. - 300-3d indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
- 300 indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all outEnd of an innings (cricket)In cricket, a team's innings ends in one of the following ways. In cases 1 and 2, the team are said to be all out.# All but one of the batsmen are out ....
.
Batting Notation
- 100 indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was outDismissal (cricket)In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out . Colloquially, the fielding team is also said to have snared, bagged or captured a wicket. At this point a batsman must discontinue batting and leave the field permanently for the innings...
. - 100* indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.
- 100* against a partnership means that the two batsmen added 100 runs to the team's total, and neither of them was out.
Bowling Notation
- 5-100 indicates that a bowler captured 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.
Greatest margins of victory by an innings
Qualification: Innings and 550 runs.| Margin | Teams | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innings and 851 runs | Pakistan Railways beat Dera Ismail Khan | Lahore | 1964-65 |
| Innings and 666 runs | Victoria beat Tasmania | Melbourne | 1922-23 |
| Innings and 656 runs | Victoria beat New South Wales | Melbourne | 1926-27 |
| Innings and 605 runs | New South Wales beat South Australia | Sydney | 1900-01 |
| Innings and 579 runs | England beat Australia | The Oval The Oval The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval... |
1938 |
| Innings and 575 runs | Sind beat Baluchistan | Karachi | 1973-74 |
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: May 19, 2006. | |||
Greatest margins of victory by runs
Qualification: 575 runs.| Margin | Teams | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 685 runs | New South Wales beat Queensland | Sydney | 1929-30 |
| 675 runs | England beat Australia | Brisbane | 1928-29 |
| 638 runs | New South Wales beat South Australia | Adelaide | 1920-21 |
| 609 runs | Muslim Commercial Bank beat Water and Power Development Authority | Lahore | 1977-78 |
| 585 runs | Sargodha beat Lahore Municipal Corporation | Faisalabad | 1978-79 |
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: May 19, 2006. | |||
Victory without losing a wicket
| Teams | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Lancashire beat Leicestershire | Manchester | 1956 |
| Karachi A beat Sind A | Karachi | 1957-58 |
| Railways Pakistan Railways cricket team Pakistan Railways cricket team were a Pakistani first-class cricket side who played in the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. They were based in the city of Lahore and sponsored by Pakistan Railways.... beat Jammu and Kashmir |
Srinagar | 1960-61 |
| Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava... beat Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions.... |
Chikmagalur | 1977-78 |
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: May 19, 2006. | ||
Ties
There have been 33 ties in first class cricket since 1948. Before then, a tie was sometimes declared where the scores were level when scheduled play ended, but the side batting last still had wickets in hand. Matches where this happens are considered a draw today, and a tie is now recognised only where the scores are level and the side batting fourth is dismissed.Highest totals
Qualification: 900.| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Teams | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,107 | Victoria (v New South Wales) | Melbourne | 1926-27 |
| 1,059 | Victoria (v Tasmania) | Melbourne | 1922-23 |
| 952-6d | Sri Lanka Sri Lankan cricket team The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation... (v India Indian cricket team The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status.... ) |
Colombo | 1997 |
| 951-7d | Sind (v Baluchistan) | Karachi | 1973-74 |
| 944-6d | Hyderabad (v Andhra) | Secunderabad | 1993-94 |
| 918 | New South Wales (v South Australia) | Sydney | 1900-01 |
| 912-8d | Holkar (v Mysore) | Indore | 1945-46 |
| 912-6d† | Tamil Nadu (v Goa) | Panaji | 1988-89 |
| 910-6d | Railways Pakistan Railways cricket team Pakistan Railways cricket team were a Pakistani first-class cricket side who played in the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. They were based in the city of Lahore and sponsored by Pakistan Railways.... (v Dera Ismail Khan) |
Lahore | 1964-65 |
| 903-7d | England (v Australia) | The Oval | 1938 |
| 900-6d | Queensland (v Victoria) | Brisbane | 2005-06 |
| † Tamil Nadu's total of 912-6d included 52 penalty runs. Totals of 800 and above have been compiled on 34 occasions, most recently achieved by Victoria (scoring 806-8d) against Queensland at Melbourne in 2008-09 . | |||
| The highest aggregate in a first-class match (both sides) was 2376, Maharashtra v Bombay at Poona, 1948-49. | |||
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: December 1, 2011. | |||
Lowest totals
Qualification: 15.| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Teams | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | The Bs (v All-England) | Lord's | 1810 | |
| 12 | Oxford University (v MCC and Ground) | Oxford | 1877 | |
| 12 | Northamptonshire (v Gloucestershire) | Gloucester | 1907 | |
| 13 | Auckland (v Canterbury) | Auckland | 1877-78 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire (v Yorkshire) | Nottingham | 1901 | |
| 14 | Surrey (v Essex) | Chelmsford | 1983 | |
| 15 | MCC (v Surrey) | Lord's | 1839 | |
| 15 | Victoria (v MCC) | Melbourne | 1903-04 | |
| 15 | Northamptonshire (v Yorkshire) | Northampton | 1908 | |
| 15 | Hampshire (v Warwickshire) | Birmingham | 1922 | |
| The lowest combined total for a side's two innings is 34 (16 and 18) by Border against Natal at East London in 1959-60. | ||||
| The lowest aggregate for a completed first-class match (both sides) is 85, Quetta v Rawalpindi at Islamabad, 2008-09. | ||||
| The lowest aggregate for a completed first-class match where the winning side bowled their opponents out twice is 105, MCC v Australians at Lord's, 1878. | ||||
| Source: CricketArchive. Retrieved on 28 June 2009. | ||||
Highest totals in the fourth innings
Qualification: 510.| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Teams | Result | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 654-5 | England (v South Africa) | Drawn | Durban | 1938-39 |
| 604 | Maharashtra (v Bombay) | Bombay won by 354 runs | Poona | 1948-49 |
| 576-8 | Trinidad (v Barbados) | Drawn | Port-of-Spain | 1945-46 |
| 572 | New South Wales (v South Australia) | South Australia won by 20 runs | Sydney | 1907-08 |
| 541-7 | West Zone (v South Zone) | West Zone won by three wickets | Hyderabad | 2009-10 |
| 529-9 | Western Australia Combined XI (v South Africans) | Drawn | Perth | 1963-64 |
| 518 | Victoria (v Queensland) | Queensland won by 234 runs | Brisbane | 1926-27 |
| 513-9 | Central Province (v Southern Province) | Central Province won by one wicket | Kandy | 2003-04 |
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: February 7, 2010. | ||||
Highest individual score
The highest individual score in first-class cricket is 501* scored by Brian LaraBrian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
for Warwickshire in 1994. There have been nine other scores of 400 or more, including another by Lara and two by Bill Ponsford
Bill Ponsford
William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain...
.
Scorecards began to be kept regularly from the 1772 season
1772 English cricket season
The 1772 English cricket season was notable in English cricket history because it is from then that surviving scorecards are common. There are three scorecards from 1772, all recording matches that were organised by the Hambledon Club...
but there is no certainty of a complete statistical record for any season until well into the 19th century, which is why Roy Webber
Roy Webber
Roy Webber was a British cricket scorer and statistician. After World War II, in which he served with the Royal Air Force, he decided to turn what had been his hobby into his profession. He had the necessary proficiency with figures, having previously been an accountant. He was the scorer for BBC...
and others have been reluctant to begin their first-class statistics before the 1864 season
1864 English cricket season
The 1864 English cricket season was an important year in cricket history, as it saw the legalisation of overarm bowling and the first edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.-Inter-county cricket:...
.
The earliest century
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
definitely recorded in a first-class match is the 136 scored by John Small in the 1775 season
1775 English cricket season
In the 1775 English cricket season, an incident in a single wicket contest led to demands for the third stump in the wicket.-Matches:-Other events:The earliest known reference to cricket in Huntingdonshire, always a minor county, was in 1775 ....
(see below). There can be little doubt that centuries had been scored before this but the records are either lost or the known details are incomplete. Some of the main instances of high scoring prior to 1772 are as follows:
- 1745 – Richard NewlandRichard NewlandRichard Newland was an English cricketer in the mid-Georgian period who played for Slindon Cricket Club and Sussex under the patronage of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond. He also represented various All-England teams...
scored 88 for All-EnglandAll-England ElevenIn cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
v. KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
at the Artillery GroundArtillery GroundThe Artillery Ground in Finsbury is one of London's most centrally located cricket grounds, situated just off the City Road immediately north of the City of London...
, almost certainly in the second innings of the match, but there is a slight possibility that it was his match total. This is the highest known score recorded prior to the introduction c.1760 of the pitched delivery and the straight bat. - 1767 – two HampshireHampshire county cricket teamsHampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
batsmen (believed to have been Tom SueterTom SueterThomas Sueter was a famous English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club....
and either George LeerGeorge LeerGeorge Leer was a famous English cricketer who played for Hampshire in the time of the Hambledon Club.Leer began playing in the 1760s...
or Edward "Curry" Aburrow) recorded a first-wicket partnership of 192 against SurreySurrey county cricket teamsSurrey county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. The first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford.-17th century:...
, but there is no record of their individual scores, although at least one of the batsmen probably made a personal century. It is the earliest known century partnership. - 1768 – John Small scored "above seven score notches" for Hampshire v Kent, but it is not known if this was his match total or his performance in the second innings. If it was his match total, he could still have made a century in either innings.
- 1769 – John MinshullJohn MinshullJohn Minshull aka Minchin was a famous English cricketer during the 1770s...
(listed as "J Minchin" on the scorecard) scored the earliest century in all classes of cricket of which there is a definite record: he made 107 for Duke of Dorset's XI v Wrotham at Sevenoaks VineVine Cricket GroundThe Vine Cricket Ground is one of the oldest cricket venues in England. It was given to the town of Sevenoaks in 1773 by John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset and owner of Knole House, where the ground is sited...
(although the location is not certain), but the match is considered a minor one.
The following individual scores in first-class matches from 1772 are progressively the highest definitely recorded on contemporary scorecards:
- 78 – John SmallJohn Small (cricket)John Small was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from c. 1756 to 1798, one of the longest careers on record....
for Hampshire v All-England at Broadhalfpenny DownBroadhalfpenny DownBroadhalfpenny Down, situated on a hilltop about a mile from the rural village of Hambledon in Hampshire, was the home venue for first-class cricket matches of the Hambledon Club from 1753 to 1781...
in 1772. - 88 – William YaldenWilliam YaldenWilliam "The Yold" Yalden was a noted English cricketer. He was a very good batsman but was primarily known as a wicket-keeper....
for Surrey v Hampshire at Broadhalfpenny Down in 1773. - 95 – Joseph Miller for Kent v Hampshire at Sevenoaks VineVine Cricket GroundThe Vine Cricket Ground is one of the oldest cricket venues in England. It was given to the town of Sevenoaks in 1773 by John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset and owner of Knole House, where the ground is sited...
in 1774. - 136 – John Small for Hampshire v Surrey at Broadhalfpenny Down in 1775.
- 167 – James AylwardJames AylwardJames Aylward was a noted English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club. He was a left-handed batsman....
for Hampshire v All-England at Sevenoaks Vine in 1777. - 278 – William WardWilliam Ward (cricketer)William Ward was a noted English cricketer. He came from an affluent family which owned property on the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Winchester College, and then received financial training in Antwerp.-Life and career:William Ward was a prominent right-handed batsman and an occasional slow...
for MCC v Norfolk at Lord'sLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
in 1820.
W G Grace scored the first triple-century in first-class cricket in 1876. The table below shows the progressive world record in first-class cricket from 1876.
| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Player | Match | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344 | W G Grace (Gentlemen of MCC) | Kent v Gentlemen of MCC | Canterbury | 1876 | |
| 424 | Archie MacLaren (Lancashire) | Somerset v Lancashire | Taunton | 1895 | |
| 429 | Bill Ponsford Bill Ponsford William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain... (Victoria) |
Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne | 1922-23 | |
| 437 | Bill Ponsford Bill Ponsford William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain... (Victoria) |
Victoria v Queensland | Melbourne | 1927-28 | |
| 452* | Don Bradman Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC , often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time... (New South Wales) |
New South Wales v Queensland | Sydney | 1929-30 | |
| 499 | Hanif Mohammad Hanif Mohammad Hanif Mohammad is a former Pakistan cricketer. He played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaged 43.98, with twelve hundreds.... (Karachi) |
Karachi v Bahawalpur | Karachi | 1958-59 | |
| 501* | Brian Lara Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time... (Warwickshire) |
Warwickshire v Durham | Birmingham | 1994 | |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 9 July 2009. | |||||
Other record innings (not first-class):
- Lord Frederick BeauclerkLord Frederick BeauclerkLord Frederick Beauclerk was an outstanding but controversial English first-class cricketer for 35 years from 1791 to 1825. On his retirement, he served as president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1826.Beauclerk was the fourth son of the 5th Duke of St Albans and became a clergyman. He was Vicar...
scored 170 for Homerton v Montpelier at Montpelier Gardens, Walworth in 1806. The match is considered a minor one, but Beauclerk's score was the record in all forms of cricket until Ward's 278 in 1820. - Edward TylecoteEdward TylecoteEdward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote - cricketer....
scored 404 in an 1868 school match at Clifton College and this was the world record in all forms of cricket until MacLaren's 424 in 1895 (see above). - The all-forms record was subsequently reclaimed for Clifton College by A E J CollinsA. E. J. CollinsArthur Edward Jeune "James" Collins , typically now known by his initials A. E. J. Collins, was an English cricketer and soldier. He is most famous for achieving the highest-ever recorded score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out over four afternoons in June 1899...
when he made the current record of 628 in an 1899 schools match.
Most runs in a career
Qualification: 40,000.| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Player | Innings | Matches | Average | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61,760 | Jack Hobbs Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930.... (Surrey and England) |
1,325 | 834 | 50.70 | from 1905 to 1934 |
| 58,959 | Frank Woolley Frank Woolley Frank Edward Woolley was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. In a career lasting more than thirty years, he scored more first-class runs than anyone but Sir Jack Hobbs, and took over 2,000 wickets at an average of under 20... (Kent and England) |
1,530 | 978 | 40.77 | from 1906 to 1938 |
| 57,611 | Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches... (Middlesex and England) |
1,300 | 833 | 50.80 | from 1907 to 1938 |
| 55,061 | Phil Mead Phil Mead Charles Phillip Mead was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings , second eldest of seven children... (Hampshire and England) |
1,340 | 814 | 47.67 | from 1905 to 1936 |
| 54,211 | W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (Gloucestershire, London County, and England) |
1,478 | 870 | 39.45 | from 1865 to 1908 |
| 50,670 | Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars... (Yorkshire and England) |
1,098 | 754 | 52.02 | from 1919 to 1945 |
| 50,551 | Wally Hammond Wally Hammond Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England... (Gloucestershire and England) |
1,005 | 634 | 56.10 | from 1920 to 1951 |
| 48,426 | Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen... (Yorkshire and England) |
1,014 | 609 | 56.83 | from 1962 to 1986 |
| 47,793 | Tom Graveney Tom Graveney Thomas William Graveney in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English cricketer and was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2004/5. He went to Bristol Grammar School... (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and England) |
1,223 | 732 | 44.91 | from 1948 to 1971-72 |
| 44,846 | Graham Gooch Graham Gooch Graham Alan Gooch OBE DL is a former cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time with 67,057 runs... (Essex and England) |
990 | 581 | 49.01 | from 1973 to 1997 (plus one match in 2000) |
| 43,551 | Tom Hayward Tom Hayward Thomas Walter Hayward was a cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the quality of his off-drive... (Surrey and England) |
1,138 | 712 | 41.79 | from 1893 to 1914 |
| 43,423 | Dennis Amiss Dennis Amiss Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire... (Warwickshire and England) |
1,139 | 658 | 42.86 | from 1960 to 1987 |
| 42,719 | Colin Cowdrey Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976... (Kent and England) |
1,130 | 692 | 42.89 | from 1950 to 1976 |
| 41,284 | Andy Sandham Andy Sandham Andrew Sandham was an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who played 14 Test matches between 1921 and 1930. He scored over 40,000 first-class runs, but bowled only very rarely; he took just 18 wickets in his career.Sandham made his Surrey debut in 1911, and was capped in 1913... (Surrey and England) |
1,000 | 643 | 44.82 | from 1911 to 1937-38 |
| 41,112 | Graeme Hick Graeme Hick Graeme Ashley Hick MBE is a Zimbabwean-born cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He played county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 he surpassed Graham Gooch's record for... (Worcestershire and England) |
871 | 526 | 52.23 | from 1983-84 to 2008 |
| 40,140 | Len Hutton Len Hutton Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket... (Yorkshire and England) |
814 | 513 | 55.51 | from 1934 to 1960 |
| Source: Wisden 2006 and CricketArchive – 20,000 or more runs in a first-class career. Last updated: 17 October 2009. | |||||
Highest career average
| Average Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :... | Player | Matches | Runs | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95.14 | Don Bradman (New South Wales, South Australia and Australia) | 234 | 28,067 | from 1927-28 to 1948 (plus occasional matches in 1948-49) |
| 59.07 | Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket... (Bombay/Mumbai and India) |
288 | 24,102 | from 1988-89 to 2011-12 |
| 57.83 | Darren Lehmann Darren Lehmann Darren Scott Lehmann is a former Australian cricketer, who made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005... (South Australia, Victoria, Australia and Yorkshire) |
284 | 25,795 | from 1987-88 to 2007-08 |
| 56.83 | Geoff Boycott (Yorkshire and England) | 609 | 48,426 | from 1962 to 1986 |
| 56.37 | K S Ranjitsinhji K S Ranjitsinhji Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar was an Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team... (Sussex and England) |
307 | 24,692 | from 1893 to 1912 (plus three matches in 1920) |
| 56.22 | Bob Simpson Bob Simpson (cricketer) Robert Baddeley Simpson AO is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963–64 until 1967–68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team... (New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia) |
257 | 21,029 | from 1952-53 to 1977-78 |
| 56.10 | Wally Hammond Wally Hammond Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England... (Gloucestershire and England) |
634 | 50,551 | from 1920 to 1947 (plus occasional matches to 1951) |
| 55.92 | Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid Rahul Sharad Dravid , is a cricketer in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers... (Karnataka and India) |
294 | 23,600 | from 1990-91 to 2011-12 |
| 55.51 | Len Hutton Len Hutton Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket... (Yorkshire and England) |
513 | 40,140 | from 1934 to 1955 (plus occasional matches to 1960) |
| 55.15 | Ricky Ponting Ricky Ponting Ricky Thomas Ponting , nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very... (Tasmania and Australia) |
261 | 21,677 | from 1992-93 to 2011-12 |
| 54.87 | Gary Sobers (Barbados, West Indies, South Australia and Nottinghamshire) | 383 | 28,314 | from 1952-53 to 1974 |
| 54.82 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals... (Guyana and West Indies) |
277 | 20,286 | from 1991-92 to 2011-12 |
| 54.74 | Barry Richards Barry Richards Barry Anderson Richards is a former South African batsman. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful cricketers. He was able to play only four Test matches - all against Australia - before South Africa's exclusion from the... (Natal, South Africa, Hampshire and South Australia) |
339 | 28,358 | from 1964-65 to 1982-83 |
| 54.67 | Graeme Pollock Graeme Pollock Robert Graeme Pollock, known as Graeme, is a former cricketer. He played in 23 Test matches for South Africa and represented Transvaal and Eastern Province at domestic level.... (Eastern Province, Transvaal and South Africa) |
262 | 20,940 | from 1960-61 to 1986-87 |
| Source: Wisden 2006, CricketArchive – 20,000 or more runs in a first-class career and Cricinfo - Highest career batting average. Last updated: 27 November 2011. | ||||
High averages by batsmen who did not score 20,000 runs include:
- 71.64 – Vijay MerchantVijay MerchantVijaysingh Madhavji Merchant , real name Vijay Madhavji Thakersey was an Indian cricketer. A right-hand batter and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Merchant played first class cricket for Mumbai cricket team as well as 10 Test matches for India between 1929 and 1951...
, 13,470 runs in 150 matches - 69.86 – George HeadleyGeorge HeadleyGeorge Alphonso Headley was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before the Second World War. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for West Indies and one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Headley also represented Jamaica and played professional club cricket in...
, 9,921 in 103 - 68.47 - Ajinkya RahaneAjinkya RahaneAjinkya Rahane is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, who represents India in international competitions. In local competitions Ajinkya represents Mumbai & Mumbai Indians...
, 4,862 in 50 matches - 66.46 – Ajay SharmaAjay SharmaAjay Kumar Sharma is a retired Indian cricketer.Sharma was a prolific run-maker in first-class cricket, mainly for Delhi, scoring over 10,000 runs at the high average of 67.46...
, 10,120 in 129 - 65.18 – Bill PonsfordBill PonsfordWilliam Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain...
, 13,819 in 162 - 64.99 – Bill WoodfullBill WoodfullWilliam Maldon "Bill" Woodfull OBE was an Australian cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. He captained both Victoria and Australia, and was best known for his dignified and moral conduct during the tumultuous bodyline series in 1932–33 that almost saw the end of Anglo-Australian cricketing ties...
, 13,388 in 174
The highest first-class batting career average of all is 207.00, by Norman Callaway
Norman Callaway
Norman Frank Callaway was an Australian first class cricketer and Australian Imperial Force soldier.Born in Hay, New South Wales to Thomas and Emily, Callaway moved to Sydney and played for Sydney grade cricket teams Paddington and Waverley.-Club career:Callaway appeared for Paddington in Sydney...
, who aged 18 scored 207 in his only first-class innings on his début for New South Wales against Queensland in 1914-15. He died during the Second Battle of Bullecourt
Battle of Arras (1917)
The Battle of Arras was a British offensive during the First World War. From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British, Canadian, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and Australian troops attacked German trenches near the French city of Arras on the Western Front....
in 1917.
Most runs in a season
| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Player | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,816 runs (50 innings, average 90.85) | Denis Compton Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer... (Middlesex & England) |
1947 | |
| 3,539 runs (52 innings, average 80.43) | Bill Edrich Bill Edrich William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket... (Middlesex & England) |
1947 | |
| 3,518 runs (61 innings, average 66.37) | Tom Hayward Tom Hayward Thomas Walter Hayward was a cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the quality of his off-drive... (Surrey and England) |
1906 | |
| 3,429 runs (56 innings, average 68.58) | Len Hutton Len Hutton Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket... (Yorkshire and England) |
1949 | |
| 3,352 runs (59 innings, average 60.94) | Frank Woolley Frank Woolley Frank Edward Woolley was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. In a career lasting more than thirty years, he scored more first-class runs than anyone but Sir Jack Hobbs, and took over 2,000 wickets at an average of under 20... (Kent and England) |
1928 | |
| These records are unlikely ever to be beaten, because fewer first-class matches are played nowadays | |||
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: May 19, 2006. | |||
Most runs in an over
| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Sequence | Batsman | Bowler | Match | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 6 6 6 6 6 6 | Garfield Sobers Garfield Sobers Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers AO, OCC is a former cricketer who captained West Indies. His first name of Garfield is variously abbreviated as Gary or Garry. He is widely regarded as one of cricket's greatest ever all-rounders, having excelled at all the essential skills of batting, bowling and... (Nottinghamshire) |
Malcolm Nash Malcolm Nash Malcolm Nash, is a Welsh cricket coach and former first-class cricketer.- Glamorgan Cricketer :Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Nash was a left arm medium pace bowler who played largely for Glamorgan.... (Glamorgan) |
Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire | Swansea | 1968 |
| 36 | 6 6 6 6 6 6 | Ravi Shastri Ravi Shastri Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years... (Bombay) |
Tilak Raj Tilak Raj Tilak Raj is a former Indian cricketer who played for Baroda and Delhi. He was a left-hand batsman who is best known for being the unfortunate victim of Ravi Shastri's six sixes in an over in 1985. It was only the second instance of this in first-class cricket.-References:... (Baroda) |
Bombay v Baroda | Bombay | 1984-85 |
| 34 | 4 6 6 0 4 4 4 6 (2 no-balls) |
Ted Alletson Ted Alletson Edwin Boaler Alletson, , played English county cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club during the early years of the 20th Century. He was predominantly selected by Nottinghamshire as a right-handed batsman and a not-very-successful fast bowler and, with one exception, his career was... (Nottinghamshire) |
Ernest Killick Ernest Killick Ernest Harry Killick was an English first class cricketer who played for Sussex.In 1911, Killick earned an unwanted place in cricket history, when Ted Alletson hit one of his overs for 34 runs... (Sussex) |
Sussex v Nottinghamshire | Hove | 1911 |
| 34 | 4 0 4 4 6 6 6 4 (8-ball over) |
Richard Edwards (New Zealand Governor-General's XI) | Joey Carew Joey Carew Michael Conrad "Joey" Carew was a West Indian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1963 to 1972. His sole test century came against New Zealand at Eden Park in 1969... (West Indians) |
Governor-General's XI v West Indians | Auckland | 1968-69 |
| 34 | 6 4 6 6 6 6 | Frank Hayes Frank Hayes (cricketer) Frank Charles Hayes is a former English cricketer, who played in nine Tests and six ODIs from 1973 to 1976... (Lancashire) |
Malcolm Nash (Glamorgan) | Glamorgan v Lancashire | Swansea | 1977 |
| 34 | 6 4 4 4 4 6 6 0 (2 no-balls contributed 2 extras each, so the over cost 38) |
Andrew Flintoff Andrew Flintoff Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top... (Lancashire) |
Alex Tudor Alex Tudor Alex Jeremy Tudor is an English cricketer who has spent two spells with Surrey as well as playing for Essex. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He was awarded the NBC Denis Compton Award during the 1997 and 1998 season... (Surrey) |
Lancashire v Surrey | Manchester | 1998 |
| 34 | 6 6 6 6 4 6 | Craig Spearman Craig Spearman Craig Murray Spearman played 19 Tests and 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand from 1995 - 2001.A right-handed opening batsman, Spearman made his international debut for New Zealand in a Test Match in December 1995 against Pakistan at Christchurch... (Gloucestershire) |
S. J. P. Moreton (Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) | Oxford UCCE v Gloucestershire | Oxford | 2005 |
| The following instances are not usually included as records because the bowlers deliberately conceded runs in an attempt to manufacture an otherwise unlikely victory | ||||||
| 75 | 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1 (including 17 no-balls and only five legitimate deliveries; 2 no-balls not scored off contributed one each, so the over cost 77) |
Lee Germon and R. M. Ford (Canterbury) | R. H. Vance (Wellington) | Canterbury v Wellington | Christchurch | 1989-90 |
| 34 | 6 6 6 6 4 6 | Matthew Maynard Matthew Maynard Matthew Maynard is an English former cricketer. He played in four Tests and fourteen ODIs for England.... (Glamorgan) |
Steve Marsh Steve Marsh Steve Marsh is a former Australian rules footballer in the West Australian National Football League . Marsh was regarded as one of the finest rovers of his era... (Kent) |
Glamorgan v Kent | Swansea | 1992 |
| 34 | 6 6 4 6 6 6 | Glen Chapple Glen Chapple Glen Chapple is an English cricketer. He is an all-rounder, and represented the national team in a One Day International, as well as performing well for Lancashire over many years. He bowls right-arm fast-medium, and is a right-handed batsman... (Lancashire) |
Tony Cottey Tony Cottey Phillip Anthony Cottey is a former Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan, Sussex and Eastern Transvaal in a first-class career lasting 18 years. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.-Football career:... (Glamorgan) |
Lancashire v Glamorgan | Manchester | 1993 |
| 34 | 6 4 6 6 6 6 | Barry Touzel (Western Province B) | Frans Viljoen (Griqualand West) | Western Province B v Griqualand West | Kimberley | 1993-94 |
| Source: Wisden 2006, and Cricinfo. Last updated: June 10, 2006. | ||||||
High proportion of team's runs
It is not unusual for a batsman to dominate the scoring while he is at the wicket; it is more unusual for a batsman to dominate his side's completed total if they are all out.The lowest completed first-class innings to include a fifty is Indians' 66 against Yorkshire at Harrogate in 1932, to which Nazir Ali
Nazir Ali
Syed Nazir Ali was a prominent player from the early days of Indian cricket....
contributed 52 (78.79%) and his partners 9 (there were 5 extras).
The lowest completed first-class innings to include a century is Nottinghamshire's 143 against Hampshire at Bournemouth in 1981, to which Clive Rice
Clive Rice
Clive Edward Butler Rice is a former South African international cricketer. An all-rounder, Rice ended his first class cricket career with a batting average of 40.95 and a bowling average of 22.49....
contributed 105* (73.4%) and his partners 35 (there were 3 extras) and Gujranwala's 143 against Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur in 2001-02, to which Rizwan Malik contributed 100* (69.93%) and his partners 41 (there were 2 extras).
The lowest completed first-class innings to include a double-century is Namibia's 282 against Kenya at Sharjah in January 2008, to which Gerrie Snyman
Gerrie Snyman
Gerrie Snyman is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played five One Day Internationals in the Cricket World Cup in 2003, and also played in the 2005 ICC Trophy...
contributed 230 (81.56%) and his partners 43 (there were 9 extras).
The lowest completed first-class innings to include a triple century is the Rest's 387 against Hindus at Bombay in 1943-44, to which Vijay Hazare
Vijay Hazare
Vijay Samuel Hazare was an Indian cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. He captained the Indian cricket team in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953...
contributed 309 (79.84%) and his partners 59 (there were 19 extras).
The lowest completed first-class total to include a score of 350 is Otago's 500 against Canterbury at Christchurch in 1952-53, to which opener Bert Sutcliffe
Bert Sutcliffe
Bert Sutcliffe MBE was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year...
contributed 385 (77.0%) and his partners 86 (there were 29 extras).
The highest percentage of runs scored in any completed innings is 83.43% by Glenn Turner
Glenn Turner
Glenn Maitland Turner played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel....
who scored 141* out of Worcestershire's 169 against Glamorgan at Swansea in 1977. The remaining batsmen scored 27 and there was one extra.
In the 2007 English cricket season, Mark Ramprakash
Mark Ramprakash
Mark Ravin Ramprakash is an English cricketer, playing for Surrey and England. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21...
scored a record 30.02% of Surrey's runs excluding extras. In 16 matches he scored 2,026 runs at an average of 101.30, while his team mates managed 4,721 between them at an average of 26.08.
Most boundaries in an innings
Qualification: 55 boundaries.| boundaries Boundary (cricket) Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket:# the edge or boundary of the playing field, and# a manner of scoring runs.-Edge of the field:... | Player | Match | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 (10 sixes and 62 fours) | Brian Lara Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time... (he scored 501*) |
Warwickshire v Durham at Birmingham | 1994 |
| 68 (68 fours) | Percy Perrin Percy Perrin Percival Albert Perrin , known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer, who played for Essex as a right-handed, middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 1896.Perrin was a Tottenham publican and a property developer who organised his considerable business... (343*) |
Essex v Derbyshire at Chesterfield | 1904 |
| 65 (a six and 64 fours) | Archie MacLaren (424) | Lancashire v Somerset at Taunton | 1895 |
| 64 (64 fours) | Hanif Mohammad Hanif Mohammad Hanif Mohammad is a former Pakistan cricketer. He played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaged 43.98, with twelve hundreds.... (499) |
Karachi v Bahawalpur at Karachi | 1958-59 |
| 57 (5 sixes and 52 fours) | John Edrich John Edrich John Edrich, MBE is a former English cricketer, who played for Surrey and England. He earned a reputation as a dogged and fearless batsman, and his figures show that he was amongst the best players of his generation... (310*) (The most boundaries in a Test match innings) |
England v New Zealand at Leeds | 1965 |
| 57 (5 sixes and 52 fours) | Naved Latif Naved Latif Naved Latif is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in one Test match, against the West Indies in January/February 2002. During 2004/05 he started playing Twenty20 cricket... (394) |
Sargodha v Gujranwala at Gujranwala | 2000-01 |
| 55 (55 fours) | Charles Gregory Charles Gregory Charles William Gregory was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales.In November 1906, Gregory scored 383 for New South Wales against Queensland, at the time an Australian record.... (383) |
New South Wales v Queensland at Brisbane | 1906-07 |
| 55 (2 sixes and 53 fours) | Geoff Marsh Geoff Marsh Geoffrey Robert Marsh is a former Australian cricketer, coach and selector. He played 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day Internationals for Australia as an opening batsman... (355*) |
Western Australia v South Australia at Perth | 1989-90 |
| 55 (3 sixes, 1 five and 51 fours) | Sanjay Manjrekar Sanjay Manjrekar Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar is a former Indian cricketer. He has a batting average of 37.14 in his 37 Tests between 1987/88 and 1996/97, as opposed to an overall first-class average of 55... (377) |
Bombay v Hyderabad at Bombay | 1990-91 |
| 55 (3 sixes and 52 fours) | Darren Lehmann Darren Lehmann Darren Scott Lehmann is a former Australian cricketer, who made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005... (339) |
Yorkshire v Durham at Headingley | 2006 |
| 55 (1 six and 54 fours) | Daryl Mitchell Daryl Mitchell (cricketer) Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell is an English cricketer. Primarily a right-handed batsman who often opens the innings, Mitchell also bowls right-arm medium pace. He currently plays first class cricket for Worcestershire... (298) |
Worcestershire v Somerset at Taunton | 2009 |
| 55 (1 six and 54 fours) | Stephen Cook Stephen Cook (cricketer) Stephen Craig Cook is a South African first class cricketer, the son of former Test player Jimmy Cook. He is a right-handed opening batsman and very occasional right-arm medium bowler formerly for Gauteng following his debut in 2000, and for Lions since 2009... (390) |
Lions v Warriors at East London | 2009-10 |
| 55 (8 sixes and 47 fours) | Rilee Rossouw Rilee Rossouw Rilee Roscoe Rossouw is a South African cricketer who plays for the Eagles and Free State... (319) |
Eagles v Titans at Centurion | 2009-10 |
| There have been higher proportions of boundaries in an innings. In 2004 Thilina Kandamby Thilina Kandamby Sahan Hewa Thilina Kandamby is a Sri Lankan international cricketer who is a specialist middle-order batsman. Kandamby was marked out as a talent early, playing for the Sri Lanka Under 19s from 1998 to 2001, and he has also played ten first class games for Sri Lanka A cricket team.Kandamby made... playing for Sri Lankans against Zimbabwe A at Harare scored 52 including 10 fours and 2 sixes. At Leicester in 2006 Mark Pettini Mark Pettini Mark Lewis Pettini is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He can also bowl right-arm medium-pace bowler and has also acted as Essex's wicket-keeper, but not for a number of years. Nicknamed "Swamps" by his Essex team mates.-Playing Style:Mark Pettini is an aggressive batsman who... of Essex, facing Leicestershire "bowlers" who were giving away runs in order to contrive a positive result, hit 114* including 12 fours and 11 sixes (Essex lost). The most sixes in an innings is 16, achieved thrice, by Andrew Symonds Andrew Symonds Andrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling.... (254*) for Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Abergavenny in 1995 - he hit a record 20 sixes in the match, Graham Napier Graham Napier Graham Richard Napier is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.... (196) for Essex v Surrey at Croydon in 2011 and Jesse Ryder Jesse Ryder Jesse Daniel Ryder is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman for Tests and is an opening batsman in ODIs. Ryder also bowls useful medium-pace. He has previously represented his country in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup of 2002... (175) for New Zealanders v Australia A at Brisbane in 2011-12. |
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| Source: Wisden 2011. Last updated: 27 November 2011. | |||
Most triple-centuries
Qualification: 3. Includes all scores of 300 or more. Entries in bold are for batsmen still playing first-class cricket.| Triple-centuries | Player | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Donald Bradman Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC , often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time... (two for Australia, two for New South Wales and two for South Australia) |
in 234 matches | from 1927-28 to 1948-49 |
| 4 | Bill Ponsford Bill Ponsford William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain... (all for Victoria) |
in 162 matches | from 1920-21 to 1934 (plus one match in 1934-35) |
| 4 | Wally Hammond Wally Hammond Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England... (one for England and three for Gloucestershire) |
in 634 matches | from 1920 to 1951 |
| 3 | W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (two for Gloucestershire and one for MCC) |
in 870 matches | from 1865 to 1908 |
| 3 | Graeme Hick Graeme Hick Graeme Ashley Hick MBE is a Zimbabwean-born cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He played county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 he surpassed Graham Gooch's record for... (all for Worcestershire) |
in 526 matches | from 1983-84 to 2008 |
| 3 | Brian Lara Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time... (two for West Indies and one for Warwickshire) |
in 259 matches | from 1987-88 to 2006-07 |
| 3 | Mike Hussey (all for Northamptonshire) | in 252 matches | from 1994-95 to 2011-12 |
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: 22 November 2011. | |||
Most double-centuries
Qualification: 15. Includes all scores of 200 or more. Entries in bold are for batsmen still playing first-class cricket.| Double-centuries | Player | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Donald Bradman Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC , often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time... (twelve for Australia in Test matches, seven for touring Australian sides, eight for New South Wales, eight for South Australia, one for WM Woodfull's XI and one for DG Bradman's XI) |
in 234 matches | from 1927-28 to 1948-49 |
| 36 | Wally Hammond Wally Hammond Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England... (seven for England in Test matches, twenty-four for Gloucestershire, five for touring MCC sides) |
in 634 matches | from 1920 to 1951 |
| 22 | Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches... (one for England in a Test match, four for touring MCC sides, fifteen for Middlesex and two for MCC) |
in 833 matches | from 1907 to 1938 |
| 17 | Mark Ramprakash Mark Ramprakash Mark Ravin Ramprakash is an English cricketer, playing for Surrey and England. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21... (five for Middlesex and twelve for Surrey) |
in 455 matches | from 1987 to 2011 |
| 17 | Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars... (sixteen for Yorkshire and one for England in a Test trial) |
in 754 matches | from 1919 to 1945 |
| 16 | C. B. Fry (thirteen for Sussex, two for Hampshire and one for Gentlemen) | in 394 matches | from 1892 to 1921-22 |
| 16 | Jack Hobbs Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930.... (one for England in a Test match, thirteen for Surrey, one for Players and one for Rest of England) |
in 834 matches | from 1905 to 1934 |
| 16 | Graeme Hick Graeme Hick Graeme Ashley Hick MBE is a Zimbabwean-born cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He played county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 he surpassed Graham Gooch's record for... (fourteen for Worcestershire, one for Zimbabweans and one for Northern Districts) |
in 526 matches | from 1983-84 to 2008 |
| Source: Wisden 2006. Last updated: 15 September 2011. | |||
Most centuries
Qualification: 115. Bold entries are for current players still playing first-class cricket.| Centuries Century (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for... | Player | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | Jack Hobbs Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930.... including 15 for England in Test matches, 12 for touring representative MCC teams, 144 for Surrey, and 16 for Players v Gentlemen |
in 834 matches | from 1905 to 1934 |
| 170 | Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches... including 7 for England in Test matches, 16 for touring representative MCC teams, 119 for Middlesex, and 13 for MCC |
in 833 matches | from 1907 to 1938 |
| 167 | Wally Hammond Wally Hammond Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England... including 22 for England in Test matches, 20 for touring representative MCC teams, and 113 for Gloucestershire |
in 634 matches | from 1920 to 1951 |
| 153 | Phil Mead Phil Mead Charles Phillip Mead was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings , second eldest of seven children... including 4 for England in Test matches, 3 for touring representative MCC teams, and 138 for Hampshire |
in 814 matches | from 1905 to 1936 |
| 151 | Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars... including 16 for England in Test matches, 7 for touring representative MCC teams, and 112 for Yorkshire |
in 754 matches | from 1919 to 1945 |
| 151 | Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen... including 22 for England in Test matches, 13 for touring representative MCC teams, and 103 for Yorkshire |
in 609 matches | from 1962 to 1986 |
| 145 | Frank Woolley Frank Woolley Frank Edward Woolley was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. In a career lasting more than thirty years, he scored more first-class runs than anyone but Sir Jack Hobbs, and took over 2,000 wickets at an average of under 20... including 5 for England in Test matches, 7 for touring representative MCC teams, and 122 for Kent |
in 978 matches | from 1906 to 1938 |
| 136 | Graeme Hick Graeme Hick Graeme Ashley Hick MBE is a Zimbabwean-born cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He played county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 he surpassed Graham Gooch's record for... including 6 for England in Test matches, 7 for touring representative England teams, 106 for Worcestershire, and 10 for Northern Districts |
in 526 matches | from 1983-84 to 2008 |
| 129 | Len Hutton Len Hutton Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket... including 19 for England in Test matches, 18 for touring representative MCC teams, and 85 for Yorkshire |
in 513 matches | from 1934 to 1960 |
| 128 | Graham Gooch Graham Gooch Graham Alan Gooch OBE DL is a former cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time with 67,057 runs... including 20 for England in Test matches, 8 for official touring representative England teams, and 94 for Essex |
in 581 matches | from 1973 to 1997 (plus one match in 2000) |
| 124 | W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (see List of first-class cricket centuries by W. G. Grace) including 2 for England in Test matches, 19 for MCC teams, 52 for Gloucestershire, 7 for London County, and 15 for Gentlemen v Players |
in 870 matches | from 1865 to 1908 |
| 123 | Denis Compton Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer... including 17 for England in Test matches, 20 for touring representative MCC teams, and 67 for Middlesex |
in 515 matches | from 1936 to 1958 (plus occasional matches to 1964) |
| 122 | Tom Graveney Tom Graveney Thomas William Graveney in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English cricketer and was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2004/5. He went to Bristol Grammar School... including 11 for England in Test matches, 16 for touring representative MCC teams, 50 for Gloucestershire, and 27 for Worcestershire |
in 732 matches | from 1948 to 1971-72 |
| 117 | Donald Bradman Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC , often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time... including 29 for Australia in Test matches, 30 for touring representative Australian teams or representative Australian teams against touring representative teams, 21 for New South Wales, and 25 for South Australia |
in 234 matches | from 1927-28 to 1948 (plus occasional matches in 1948-49) |
| The following also achieved 100 centuries. Viv Richards Viv Richards Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald... (114), Mark Ramprakash Mark Ramprakash Mark Ravin Ramprakash is an English cricketer, playing for Surrey and England. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21... (114), Zaheer Abbas Zaheer Abbas Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani , popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by that country. He is widely known as the "Asian Bradman", a reference to former Australian great Sir Donald Bradman... (108), Andy Sandham Andy Sandham Andrew Sandham was an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who played 14 Test matches between 1921 and 1930. He scored over 40,000 first-class runs, but bowled only very rarely; he took just 18 wickets in his career.Sandham made his Surrey debut in 1911, and was capped in 1913... (107), Colin Cowdrey Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976... (107), Tom Hayward Tom Hayward Thomas Walter Hayward was a cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the quality of his off-drive... (104), Glenn Turner Glenn Turner Glenn Maitland Turner played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel.... (103), John Edrich John Edrich John Edrich, MBE is a former English cricketer, who played for Surrey and England. He earned a reputation as a dogged and fearless batsman, and his figures show that he was amongst the best players of his generation... (103), Ernest Tyldesley Ernest Tyldesley Ernest Tyldesley was an England cricketer. The younger brother of Johnny Tyldesley and the leading batsman for Lancashire. He remains Lancashire's most prolific run-getter of all time... (102), Les Ames Les Ames Leslie Ethelbert George Ames, CBE was an outstanding wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. In his obituary, the Wisden of 1991 described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time... (102), Dennis Amiss Dennis Amiss Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire... (102). |
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| Source: Wisden 2006 and CricketArchive. Last updated: 15 September 2011. | |||
Ineffective batsmen
Many cricketers with short first class careers fail to ever score a run, and finish with a batting average of 0.00. Seymour ClarkSeymour Clark
Arthur Henry Seymour Clark, , was a first-class cricketer who played five times for Somerset in the 1930 English cricket season and set a record that appears not to have been surpassed....
(a wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
in the 1930 season
1930 English cricket season
The 1930 English cricket season will always be remembered for the remarkable batting performances of Australia's Don Bradman.-Honours:*County Championship - Lancashire*Minor Counties Championship - Durham...
) is believed to hold the record for most innings in a scoreless career with nine innings in his five matches, including seven ducks
Duck (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a duck refers to a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.-Origin of the term:The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began...
. The record for most matches in a career without ever scoring is believed to belong to John Howarth
John Howarth
John Stirling Howarth is a former English county cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. A right-arm fast-medium bowler of some success, he is believed to hold the unfortunate record of most first class matches played without scoring a run.Howarth was born in Stockport,...
(a Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
fast-medium bowler in the 1960s), whose thirteen matches included seven innings and four ducks.
The longest sequence of consecutive scoreless innings is 12 by Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson (cricketer)
Mark Andrew Robinson was an English cricketer: a right-arm fast-medium bowler who also batted right-handed...
for Northamptonshire in 1990, whose scores that season were 1*, 0*, 1, 0, 0*, 0*, 0*, 0*, 0*, 0, 0, 0, 0*, 0*, 0 and 1*.
The most consecutive single-figure innings is 71 by Eric Hollies
Eric Hollies
William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100...
of Warwickshire and England between July 20 of 1948, when he made 12 not out against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
, and August 16 of 1950, when he made 14 against Nottinghamshire. Hollies also holds the record for most consecutive innings without reaching 20, playing a total of 284 innings between August 23 of 1939 when he made 22 against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
and May 19, 1954, when he almost doubled his previous highest first-class score in making 47 against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
. Billy Bestwick
Billy Bestwick
William Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
of Derbyshire did not reach 20 in his last 258 first-class innings after making 20 against Warwickshire on August 9 of 1906.
The lowest career batting average by a player with more than fifty first-class matches is almost certainly 2.63 by Francis McHugh of Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
(three matches) and Gloucestershire (92 matches) between 1949 and 1956. McHugh batted in 111 innings for only 179 runs, with only three double figure scores. No other regular first-class cricketer is known to have had a batting average of under 3.00.
Most wickets in a career
| Wicket Wicket In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch... s | Player | Matches | Average Bowling average Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned... | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,204 wickets | Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets in and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches... (Yorkshire and England) |
in 1,110 matches | 16.72 | from 1898 to 1930 |
| 3,776 wickets | Tich Freeman Tich Freeman Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short... (Kent and England) |
in 592 matches | 18.42 | from 1914 to 1936 |
| 3,278 wickets | Charlie Parker Charlie Parker (cricketer) Charles Warrington Leonard "Charlie" Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.-Life and career:Parker took no serious attention to cricket in his childhood, preferring to concentrate... (Gloucestershire and England) |
in 635 matches | 19.46 | from 1903 to 1935 |
| 3,061 wickets | Jack Hearne Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne) John Thomas Hearne was a Middlesex and England medium-fast bowler... (Middlesex and England) |
in 639 matches | 17.75 | from 1888 to 1914 (plus one match in 1921 and another in 1923) |
| 2,979 wickets | Tom Goddard Tom Goddard Tom Goddard was the fifth highest wicket taker in first-class cricket.... (Gloucestershire and England) |
in 593 matches | 19.84 | from 1922 to 1952 |
| 2,874 wickets | Alec Kennedy (Hampshire and England) | in 677 matches | 21.23 | from 1907 to 1936 |
| 2,857 wickets | Derek Shackleton Derek Shackleton Derek Shackleton was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket, but only played in seven Tests for England. As of 2007, he has the seventh-highest tally of first-class wickets, and the most first-class wickets of any player who... (Hampshire and England) |
in 647 matches | 18.65 | from 1948 to 1969 |
| 2,844 wickets | Tony Lock Tony Lock Graham Anthony Richard Lock was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. He played in forty nine Tests for England taking 174 wickets at 25.58 each.-Life and career:... (Surrey, Leicestershire, England and Western Australia) |
in 654 matches | 19.23 | from 1946 to 1970-71 |
| 2,830 wickets | Fred Titmus Fred Titmus Frederick John Titmus MBE was an English cricketer, whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known for his off spin , he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder, even opening the batting for England on six occasions... (Middlesex and England) |
in 792 matches | 22.37 | from 1949 to 1980 (plus one match in 1982) |
| 2,809 wickets | W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (Gloucestershire, London County and England) |
in 870 matches | 18.14 | from 1865 to 1908 |
| 2,784 wickets | Maurice Tate Maurice Tate Maurice William Tate was a Sussex and England cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period... (Sussex and England) |
in 679 matches | 18.16 | from 1912 to 1937 |
| 2,742 wickets | George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. He played in 24 Test matches for England between 1897 and 1909, touring Australia twice... (Yorkshire and England) |
in 826 matches | 18.73 | from 1891 to 1921-2 (plus one match in 1929) |
| 2,503 wickets | Colin "Charlie" Blythe Colin Blythe Colin Blythe , also known as Charlie Blythe, was a Kent and England left arm spinner who is regarded as one of the finest bowlers of the period between 1900 and 1914 - sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age" of cricket.-Career:Blythe first played... (Kent and England) |
in 439 matches | 16.81 | from 1899 to 1914 |
| 2,465 wickets | Derek Underwood Derek Underwood Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC.... (Kent and England) |
in 676 matches | 20.28 | from 1963 to 1987 |
| 2,432 wickets | Ewart Astill Ewart Astill Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for the Ashes tour... (Leicestershire and England) |
in 733 matches | 23.76 | from 1906 to 1939 |
| Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: June 8, 2006. | ||||
Most wickets in a season
Qualification: 275 wickets.| Wicket Wicket In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch... s | Player | Average | Season |
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| 304 | Tich Freeman Tich Freeman Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short... (England, Kent and Players) |
18.05 | 1928 |
| 298 | Tich Freeman Tich Freeman Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short... (England, Kent, Players and South of England) |
15.26 | 1933 |
| 290 | Tom Richardson Tom Richardson Tom Richardson was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back , a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp lift on fast pitches even from the full, straight length he always bowled... (Surrey, Players and South of England) |
14.37 | 1895 |
| 283 | Charles Turner Charles Turner (cricketer) Charles Thomas Biass Turner was a bowler who is regarded as one of the finest ever produced by Australia.... (Australians) |
11.68 | 1888 |
| 276 | Tich Freeman Tich Freeman Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short... (England, Kent and Players) |
15.60 | 1931 |
| 275 | Tich Freeman Tich Freeman Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short... (England, Kent, Players and South of England) |
16.84 | 1930 |
| Remarkably, Freeman took 250 wickets or more in England in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933. These records are unlikely ever to be beaten, because fewer first-class matches are played nowadays |
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| Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 16 August 2005. | |||
Best figures in an innings
Edmund Hinkly
Edmund Hinkly was an English cricketer, best remembered for being the first man known to have taken all ten wickets in a first-class innings in an eleven-a-side game, claiming 10-48 while playing for Kent against England XI at Lord's in 1848...
in 1848 for Kent v England at Lord's. Perhaps the most famous early instance was two years later, when John Wisden
John Wisden
John Wisden was an English cricketer who played 190 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex...
, playing for the North of England v South of England at Lord's in 1850, clean bowled all ten South batsmen. In these early matches, the number of runs scored off each bowler was not recorded. The only other all-ten analysis not to contain any direct assistance from a fielder was by Eric Hollies
Eric Hollies
William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100...
, who got seven Nottinghamshire batsman out clean bowled and three leg before wicket in his ten for 49 for Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1946.
The cheapest all-ten (and therefore the best innings bowling analysis in first-class cricket) was achieved by Hedley Verity
Hedley Verity
Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14.90 and in 40 Tests he took 144 wickets at an average of 24.37...
in 1932 at Headingley, when he took ten for 10 for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire. The most expensive all-ten recorded was ten for 175 by Eddie Hemmings
Eddie Hemmings (cricketer)
Edward Ernest Hemmings is a former English cricketer, who played in sixteen Tests and thirty three ODIs for England from 1982 to 1991. He made his England debut relatively late in his career, at the age of 33, having predominantly represented Nottinghamshire in the County Championship...
playing for a touring International XI against a West Indies XI at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica in 1982.
The only bowlers to take all ten wickets in an innings more than once were Tich Freeman (three times in 1929, 1930 and 1931), John Wisden (twice, in 1850 and 1851), Vyell Walker (1859 and 1865), Hedley Verity (twice, 1931 and 1932), and Jim Laker (twice, both against the 1956 Australians). W. G. Grace achieved a ten-for analysis twice, in 1873 and 1886; on the first occasion he also scored a century, but the second occasion was in a twelve-a-side match.
Best figures in a match
The most wickets ever taken in a first-class match is nineteen, by Jim LakerJim Laker
James "Jim" Charles Laker was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s, known for "Laker's match" in 1956 at Old Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia...
for England against Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1956, in the fourth Test match of that year's Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...
series. His figures were nine for 37 in Australia's first innings, and ten for 53 in their second.
Laker's feat has never been paralleled in first-class cricket. Eighteen wickets in a match was achieved by William Lillywhite for eleven Players against sixteen Gentlemen at Lord's in 1837, and by Henry Arkwright for MCC against Kent in a 12-a-side match at Canterbury in 1861, but seventeen is the most otherwise recorded in an eleven-a-side match. Apart from Laker's, there has only been one instance of seventeen wickets in a match since World War II, by John Davison for Canada against United States of America in an ICC Intercontinental Cup
ICC Intercontinental Cup
The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development programme...
match in 2004.
Five wickets in an innings
Individual bowlers take great credit if they can capture five or more wickets in an innings. The earliest known instance of this was by William BullenWilliam Bullen
William Bullen was an outstanding English cricketer throughout the last quarter of the 18th century. Hailing from Kent, Bullen was a great all-rounder, noted in the key sources as a fast bowler and a "powerful hitter"....
, who bowled five batsmen out when playing for All-England v Hampshire at Sevenoaks Vine in 1774. Scorecards were still uncommon at the time and bowling analyses were incomplete; bowlers were only credited with "bowled" victims, catches being awarded to the fielder only.
Tich Freeman
Tich Freeman
Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short...
took five wickets in an innings a record 386 times. Wilfred Rhodes
Wilfred Rhodes
Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets in and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches...
achieved it 287 times.
Ten wickets in a match
It is a notable achievement for a bowler to capture 10 wickets in a match, and the feat is usually highlighted in career statistics. The earliest known instance was by Thomas BrettThomas Brett
Thomas Brett was one of first-class cricket's earliest well-known fast bowlers and a leading player for Hampshire when its team was organised by the Hambledon Club in the 1770s.-Career:Noted for his pace and his accuracy, Brett was a leading wicket taker in the 1770s and was lauded by John...
of Hampshire against Surrey at Laleham Burway
Laleham Burway
Laleham Burway is a tract of meadow land on the River Thames near Chertsey in Surrey. Part of it was a famous major cricket venue in the 18th century and the home of Chertsey Cricket Club.-Earliest known matches:...
in 1775. Brett's victims were "all bowled" as he was not credited with wickets falling to catches. He took seven in the first innings and four in the second (but Surrey still won by 69 runs).
Tich Freeman
Tich Freeman
Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season, and is the second most prolific wicket taker in first class cricket history.-Career:Freeman's common name comes from his extremely short...
took ten wickets in a match a record 140 times. Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker (cricketer)
Charles Warrington Leonard "Charlie" Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.-Life and career:Parker took no serious attention to cricket in his childhood, preferring to concentrate...
achieved it 91 times.
Hat-tricks
A hat-trickHat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
is when a bowler takes three wickets in three consecutive deliveries. Doug Wright
Doug Wright (cricketer)
Douglas Vivian Parson Wright, better known as Doug Wright was an English cricketer. A leg-spinner for Kent and England from 1932 to 1957 he took a record seven hat-tricks in first class cricket. He played for Kent for 25 years and was their first professional captain from late 1953 to 1956...
achieved the most hat-tricks in first-class cricket with 7, and Tom Goddard
Tom Goddard
Tom Goddard was the fifth highest wicket taker in first-class cricket....
and Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker (cricketer)
Charles Warrington Leonard "Charlie" Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.-Life and career:Parker took no serious attention to cricket in his childhood, preferring to concentrate...
each took 6.
In 1907, Albert Trott
Albert Trott
Albert Trott was a Test cricketer for both Australia and England. He was named as one of Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1899. He remains the only batsman who has struck a ball over the top of the Lord's pavilion...
of Middlesex took four wickets in four balls, and another hat-trick, in the same Somerset innings. In 1963-64, Joginder Rao
Joginder Rao
Joginder Singh Rao was an Indian cricketer: a right-arm medium pace bowler who played only five first-class games, all for Services in the 1963-64 Ranji Trophy, but who is notable for having not only taken a hat-trick on debut, but for following that up with two more in the same innings of his...
playing for Services took two hat-tricks in the same Northern Punjab innings during his second first-class match, after having also taken a hat-trick in his début match. Other instances of two hat-tricks in a match have been achieved by Alfred Shaw
Alfred Shaw
Alfred Shaw was an eminent Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings . He who organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888...
(in 1884), Jimmy Matthews
Jimmy Matthews
Thomas James Matthews was an Australian Test cricketer. He bowled leg breaks...
(1912 in a Test match), Charlie Parker (1924), Roly Jenkins
Roly Jenkins
Roly Jenkins was an English cricketer, almost exclusively for Worcestershire as a leg spinner in the period immediately after World War II...
(1949), and Amin Lakhani (1978–79).
Four wickets in four balls is a rarer achievement, first done by Joseph Wells (father of science fiction author, H.G. Wells) for Kent against Sussex in 1862. Alan Walker, for Nottinghamshire in 1956, uniquely took the last wicket of Leicestershire's first innings, and a hat-trick with the first three balls of their second innings. Bob Crisp
Bob Crisp
Robert James Crisp DSO MC was a South African cricketer who played in nine Tests from 1935 to 1936 before living for a while in England. He appeared for Rhodesia, Western Province, Worcestershire and South Africa. Though his Test bowling average lay over 37.00, Crisp had a successful first-class...
is the only player to take four wickets in four balls on two occasions.
Five wickets in five balls has never been achieved. Five wickets in six balls has been achieved five times, by Bill Copson
Bill Copson
Bill Copson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1,000 wickets for Derbyshire, and was prominent in their 1936 Championship season...
for Derbyshire against Warwickshire in 1937, by William Henderson for North East Transvaal against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in 1937-38, by Pat Pocock
Pat Pocock
Pat Pocock is an English former cricketer, who played in twenty Tests and one ODI for England from 1968 to 1985....
for Surrey against Sussex at Eastbourne in 1972, by Yasir Arafat
Yasir Arafat (cricketer)
Yasir Arafat Satti is a Pakistani cricketer. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast medium.-International career:...
for Rawalpindi against Faisalabad at Rawalpindi in 2004-05, and by Neil Wagner
Neil Wagner (cricketer)
Neil Wagner is a South African-born New Zealand cricketer for who played for Northerns and then Otago cricket teams. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who has toured Zimbabwe and Bangladesh with Academy sides and appeared in two Test matches as twelfth man...
for Otago against Wellington in 2010-11. Wagner took five wickets in the over, a world's first. Pocock's spell also included six wickets in nine balls and seven wickets in eleven balls, both records.
Individual records (all-rounders)
An all-rounderAll-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
excels at more than one discipline, usually both batting and bowling. Wicket-keeping
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
all-rounders are effective batsmen and effective wicket-keepers.
Career all-rounders
| Player | Runs | Wickets | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Woolley Frank Woolley Frank Edward Woolley was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. In a career lasting more than thirty years, he scored more first-class runs than anyone but Sir Jack Hobbs, and took over 2,000 wickets at an average of under 20... (Kent and England) |
58,959 (average 40.77) | 2,066 (average 19.87) Woolley also took 1,018 catches |
978 | from 1906 to 1938 |
| W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (Gloucestershire, London County, and England) |
54,211 (average 39.45) | 2,809 (average 18.14) | 870 | from 1865 to 1908 |
| Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets in and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches... (Yorkshire and England) |
39,969 (average 30.81) | 4,204 (average 16.72) | 1,110 | from 1898 to 1930 |
| Jack Hearne (John William Hearne) Jack Hearne (John William Hearne) John William Hearne was a Middlesex leg-spinning all-rounder cricketer who played from 1909 to 1936, and represented England in 24 Test matches between 1911 and 1926.A skilful right-handed batsman, Hearne was... (Middlesex and England) |
37,252 (average 40.98) | 1,839 (average 24.42) | 647 | from 1909 to 1936 |
| George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. He played in 24 Test matches for England between 1897 and 1909, touring Australia twice... (Yorkshire and England) |
36,356 (average 34.13) | 2,742 (average 18.73) | 826 | from 1891 to 1921 (plus one match in 1929) |
| Brian Close Brian Close Dennis Brian Close , usually known as Brian Close, is a former cricketer who is the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England. He was picked for the Test team to play against New Zealand, in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England,... (Yorkshire, Somerset and England) |
34,994 (average 33.26) | 1,171 (average 26.42) | 786 | from 1949 to 1977 (plus occasional matches to 1986) |
| James Langridge (Sussex and England) | 31,716 (average 35.20) | 1,530 (average 22.56) | 695 | from 1924 to 1953 |
| Trevor Bailey Trevor Bailey Trevor Edward Bailey CBE was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster.An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting... (Essex and England) |
28,641 (average 33.42) | 2,082 (average 23.13) | 682 | from 1945 to 1967 |
| John King John King (cricketer) John Herbert King was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1895 and 1925. He also played one Test match for England, which was against Australia at Lord's in 1909... (Leicestershire) |
25,122 (average 27.33) | 1,204 (average 25.17) | 552 | from 1895 to 1925 |
| John Gunn John Gunn (cricketer) John Richmond Gunn was an English cricketer who played in six Tests from 1901 to 1905.... (Nottinghamshire and England) |
24,557 (average 33.18) | 1,242 (average 24.52) | 535 | from 1896 to 1925 (plus occasional matches to 1932) |
| Johnny Douglas Johnny Douglas John "Johnny" William Henry Tyler Douglas was a cricketer who was captain of the England team and an Olympic boxer.-Early life:... (Essex and England) |
24,531 (average 27.90) | 1,893 (average 23.32) | 651 | from 1901 to 1930 |
| Ray Illingworth Ray Illingworth Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so... (Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England) |
24,134 (average 28.06) | 2,072 (average 20.27) | 787 | from 1951 to 1983 |
| Vallance Jupp Vallance Jupp Vallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire... (Sussex, Northamptonshire and England) |
23,296 (average 29.41) | 1,658 (average 23.01) | 529 | from 1909 to 1938 |
| Ewart Astill Ewart Astill Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for the Ashes tour... (Leicestershire and England) |
22,735 (average 22.55) | 2,432 (average 23.76) | 733 | from 1906 to 1939 |
| Albert Relf Albert Relf Albert Edward Relf, born at Burwash, East Sussex on 26 June 1874, and died at Wellington College, Berkshire on 26 March 1937, was a cricketer who played for Sussex and England.... (Sussex and England) |
22,238 (average 26.79) | 1,897 (average 20.94) | 565 | from 1900 to 1921 |
| Note: in addition to the above, Fred Titmus Fred Titmus Frederick John Titmus MBE was an English cricketer, whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known for his off spin , he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder, even opening the batting for England on six occasions... , Garfield Sobers Garfield Sobers Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers AO, OCC is a former cricketer who captained West Indies. His first name of Garfield is variously abbreviated as Gary or Garry. He is widely regarded as one of cricket's greatest ever all-rounders, having excelled at all the essential skills of batting, bowling and... , Mike Procter Mike Procter Michael John Procter is a former South African cricketer. A fast bowler and hard hitting batsman, his chances for a long and productive test career were wrecked by South Africa's banishment from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s... , Maurice Tate Maurice Tate Maurice William Tate was a Sussex and England cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period... and Peter Sainsbury Peter Sainsbury Peter James Sainsbury, , is a retired cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1954 to 1976 and the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1955 to 1960.... all achieved 20,000 runs and 1,000 wickets |
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| Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 13 March 2007. | ||||
Career wicket-keeping all-rounders
Qualification: 20,000 runs and 1,000 dismissals.| Player | Runs | Dismissals | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Parks Jim Parks junior Jim Parks is an English former cricketer. He played in forty six Tests for England, between 1954 and 1968... (Sussex, Somerset and England) |
36,673 (average 34.76) | 1,181 (1,088 c, 93 st) | 739 | from 1949 to 1976 |
| Les Ames Les Ames Leslie Ethelbert George Ames, CBE was an outstanding wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. In his obituary, the Wisden of 1991 described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time... (Kent and England) |
37,248 (average 43.51) | 1,121 (703 c, 418 st) | 593 | from 1926 to 1951 |
| Source: Cricket Archive and Cricinfo. Last updated: 12 March 2007. | ||||
Most dismissals (catches plus stumpings) in a career
Qualification: 1,100.| Dismissals Dismissal (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out . Colloquially, the fielding team is also said to have snared, bagged or captured a wicket. At this point a batsman must discontinue batting and leave the field permanently for the innings... | Player Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,649 (1,473 caught, 176 stumped) | Bob Taylor Bob Taylor (cricketer) Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his... (Derbyshire and England) |
in 639 matches | from 1960 to 1988 |
| 1,527 (1,270 c, 257 st) | John Murray John Murray (cricketer) John Thomas Murray MBE is a former English cricketer. He played in twenty one Tests for England between 1961 and 1967.-Life and career:... (Middlesex and England) |
in 635 matches | from 1952 to 1975 |
| 1,497 (1,242 c, 255 st) | Bert Strudwick Herbert Strudwick Herbert Strudwick was an English wicket-keeper... (Surrey and England) |
in 675 matches | from 1902 to 1927 |
| 1,344 (1,211 c, 133 st) | Alan Knott Alan Knott Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman.... (Kent and England) |
in 511 matches | from 1964 to 1985 |
| 1,320 (1,192 c, 128 st) | Jack Russell Jack Russell (cricketer and artist) Robert Charles "Jack" Russell MBE is a retired English international cricketer, now known for his abilities as an artist, as a cricket wicketkeeping coach and football goalkeeping coach.-Biography:... (Gloucestershire and England) |
in 465 matches | from 1981 to 2004 |
| 1,310 (933 c, 377 st) | Fred Huish Fred Huish Frederick Henry Huish was one of the major factors behind Kent's success in the County Championship in the decade prior to World War I and arguably the best wicket-keeper never to play Test cricket... (Kent) |
in 497 matches | from 1895 to 1914 |
| 1,294 (1,083 c, 211 st) | Brian Taylor Brian Taylor (cricketer) Brian Taylor, born at West Ham on 19 June 1932, was a cricketer who played for and captained Essex.Known as "Tonker" Taylor for his forthright approach to batting and his evident enjoyment of the game, Taylor was a high-class wicketkeeper who was thought of in his early playing days as a potential... (Essex) |
in 572 matches | from 1949 to 1973 |
| 1,263 (1,139 c, 124 st) | Steve Rhodes Steve Rhodes Steve Rhodes is a former English cricketer. He was best known as a wicket-keeper, but was also a useful number six or seven batsman, making twelve first-class centuries.... (Worcestershire and England) |
in 440 matches | from 1981 to 2004 |
| 1,253 (906 c, 347 st) | David Hunter David Hunter (cricketer) David Hunter was part of a lineage of Yorkshire County Cricket Club wicket-keepers, stretching on through Arthur Dolphin to Arthur Wood, Jimmy Binks and David Bairstow... (Yorkshire) |
in 548 matches | from 1889 to 1909 |
| 1,228 (953 c, 275 st) | Harry Butt Harry Butt Henry Rigden Butt was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1890 and 1912. Butt also played three Test matches for England on their tour to South Africa in 1895-96... (Sussex and England) |
in 550 matches | from 1890 to 1912 |
| 1,207 (852 c, 355 st) | Jack Board Jack Board John Henry Board was an English cricketer who played in six Tests from 1899 to 1906.... (London County, Gloucestershire, England and Hawke's Bay) |
in 525 matches | from 1891 to 1914-15 |
| 1,206 (904 c, 302 st) | Harry Elliott Harry Elliott Harry Elliott was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1947 and for England between 1927 and 1934 and was an international Test umpire.... (Derbyshire and England) |
in 532 matches | from 1920 to 1947 |
| 1,181 (1,088 c, 93 st) | Jim Parks Jim Parks junior Jim Parks is an English former cricketer. He played in forty six Tests for England, between 1954 and 1968... (Sussex, Somerset and England) |
in 739 matches | from 1949 to 1976 |
| 1,126 (948 c, 178 st) | Roy Booth Roy Booth Roy Booth was an English first-class cricketer, who played for both Yorkshire and Worcestershire.... (Yorkshire and Worcestershire) |
in 468 matches | from 1951 to 1970 |
| 1,121 (703 c, 418 st) | Les Ames Les Ames Leslie Ethelbert George Ames, CBE was an outstanding wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. In his obituary, the Wisden of 1991 described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time... (Kent and England) |
in 593 matches | from 1926 to 1951 |
| Ames achieved the most dismissals in a season with 128 in 1929. The most dismissals in a match is 14 (7 in each innings, 11 caught and 3 stumped) by Ibrahim Khaleel Ibrahim Khaleel Ibrahim Khaleel is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper for Hyderabad. A right-handed batsman, Khaleel made his first-class debut in 2002. In 2007, he opted to participate in the now defunct Indian Cricket League, competing for the Hyderabad Heroes. He returned to... for Hyderabad (India) against Assam at Guwahati in 2011-12. The only wicket-keepers to dismiss 9 batsmen in an innings are Tahir Rasheed (8 caught and 1 stumped) for Habib Bank against Pakistan Automobiles Corporation at Gujranwala in 1992-93 and Wayne James Wayne James Wayne Robert James is a cricketer who played four Tests and eleven One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe as a wicketkeeper batsman.... (7 caught and 2 stumped) for Matabeleland against Mashonaland Country Districts at Bulawayo in 1995-96 (he also scored 99 and 99* in the same match). |
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| Source: Wisden 2008. Last updated: 27 November 2011. | |||
Most stumpings in a career
Qualification: 300.| Stumpings Stump (cricket) Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings:# part of the wicket# a manner of dismissing a batsman# the end of the day's play .-Part of the wicket:... | Player Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 418 | Les Ames Les Ames Leslie Ethelbert George Ames, CBE was an outstanding wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. In his obituary, the Wisden of 1991 described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time... (Kent and England) |
in 593 matches | from 1926 to 1951 |
| 377 | Fred Huish Fred Huish Frederick Henry Huish was one of the major factors behind Kent's success in the County Championship in the decade prior to World War I and arguably the best wicket-keeper never to play Test cricket... (Kent) |
in 497 matches | from 1895 to 1914 |
| 358 | Ted Pooley Ted Pooley Edward William 'Ted' Pooley was an English cricketer. Ted Pooley's greatest claim to fame is that he should have been England's first Test match wicket keeper... (Middlesex and Surrey) |
in 370 matches | from 1861 to 1883 |
| 355 | Jack Board Jack Board John Henry Board was an English cricketer who played in six Tests from 1899 to 1906.... (London County, Gloucestershire, England and Hawke's Bay) |
in 525 matches | from 1891 to 1914-15 |
| 347 | David Hunter David Hunter (cricketer) David Hunter was part of a lineage of Yorkshire County Cricket Club wicket-keepers, stretching on through Arthur Dolphin to Arthur Wood, Jimmy Binks and David Bairstow... (Yorkshire) |
in 548 matches | from 1889 to 1909 |
| 343 | George Duckworth George Duckworth George Duckworth was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and England.... (Lancashire and England) |
in 504 matches | from 1923 to 1938 |
| 341 | Tich Cornford Tich Cornford Walter Latter Cornford was an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played in 4 Tests in 1930 and played county cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club... (Sussex and England) |
in 496 matches | from 1921 to 1947 |
| 334 | Harold Stephenson Harold Stephenson Harold William Stephenson was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset. He captained Somerset from 1960 until his retirement in 1964.... (Somerset) |
in 463 matches | from 1948 to 1964 |
| 322 | Fred Price Fred Price Wilfred Frederick Frank Price was a cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1926 to 1947. Price also stood as an umpire from 1950 to 1967... (Middlesex and England) |
in 402 matches | from 1926 to 1947 |
| 302 | Harry Elliott Harry Elliott Harry Elliott was an English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1947 and for England between 1927 and 1934 and was an international Test umpire.... (Derbyshire and England) |
in 532 matches | from 1920 to 1947 |
| Ames achieved the most stumpings in a season with 64 in 1932. | |||
| Source: Wisden 2008 and http://www.cricketarchive.com. Last updated: May 3, 2008. | |||
Most catches in a career
Qualification: 640 catches.| Catches | Player | Matches | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,018 | Frank Woolley Frank Woolley Frank Edward Woolley was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. In a career lasting more than thirty years, he scored more first-class runs than anyone but Sir Jack Hobbs, and took over 2,000 wickets at an average of under 20... (Kent and England) |
in 978 matches | from 1906 to 1938 |
| 876 | W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (Gloucestershire, London County and England) |
in 870 matches | from 1865 to 1908 |
| 831 | Tony Lock Tony Lock Graham Anthony Richard Lock was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. He played in forty nine Tests for England taking 174 wickets at 25.58 each.-Life and career:... (Surrey, Leicestershire, England and Western Australia) |
in 654 matches | from 1946 to 1970-71 |
| 820† | Wally Hammond Wally Hammond Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England... (Gloucestershire and England) |
in 634 matches | from 1920 to 1951 |
| 813† | Brian Close Brian Close Dennis Brian Close , usually known as Brian Close, is a former cricketer who is the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England. He was picked for the Test team to play against New Zealand, in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England,... (Yorkshire, Somerset and England) |
in 786 matches | from 1949 to 1986 |
| 788 | John Langridge John Langridge John George Langridge was a cricketer who played for Sussex. His obituary in Wisden called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match".... (Sussex) |
in 574 matches | from 1928 to 1955 |
| 765 | Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets in and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches... (Yorkshire and England) |
in 1,110 matches | from 1899 to 1929-30 |
| 760 | Arthur Milton Arthur Milton Clement Arthur Milton was an English cricketer and footballer. He played County cricket for Gloucestershire from 1948 to 1974, playing six Test matches for England in 1958 and 1959. He also played domestic football for Arsenal between 1951 and 1955, and then for a brief period for Bristol City... (Gloucestershire and England) |
in 620 matches | from 1948 to 1974 |
| 759 | Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches... (Middlesex and England) |
in 833 matches | from 1907 to 1938 |
| 709 | Graeme Hick Graeme Hick Graeme Ashley Hick MBE is a Zimbabwean-born cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He played county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 he surpassed Graham Gooch's record for... (Worcestershire, England, Zimbabwe, Queensland and Northern Districts) |
in 526 matches | from 1983-84 to 2008 |
| 697 | Peter Walker Peter Walker (cricketer) Peter Michael Walker MBE is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England in 1960.-Life and career:Walker was born in Bristol, but educated partly in South Africa... (Glamorgan and England) |
in 469 matches | from 1956 to 1972 |
| 694 | John Tunnicliffe John Tunnicliffe John Tunnicliffe was an English, first-class cricketer, who played in 472 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.-County career:... (Yorkshire) |
in 498 matches | from 1891 to 1907 |
| 675 | James Seymour James Seymour (cricketer) James Seymour was a Kent cricketer from 1902 until 1926, having previously played for W. G. Grace's London County Cricket Club in first-class matches in 1900 and 1901. He was born in Sussex.... (London County and Kent) |
in 553 matches | from 1900 to 1926 |
| 675 | Phil Mead Phil Mead Charles Phillip Mead was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings , second eldest of seven children... (Hampshire and England) |
in 814 matches | from 1905 to 1936 |
| 644 | Keith Fletcher Keith Fletcher Keith Fletcher is a former English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was "The Gnome of Essex", so christened by his Essex team-mate, Ray East, because Fletcher's winklepickers had begun to curl up at the toes due to wear... (Essex and England) |
in 730 matches | from 1962 to 1988 |
| †Hammond also made 3 stumpings, Close made 1. | |||
| Hammond achieved the most catches in a season: 79 in 1928 — that season he also took the most catches in a match: 10 for Gloucestershire against Surrey at Cheltenham (he also scored 139 and 143 in the same match). The most catches in an innings is 7, by Micky Stewart Micky Stewart Michael James Stewart OBE is an English former cricketer, coach and administrator. He was awarded the OBE in 1998 for services to cricket.... for Surrey against Northamptonshire at Northampton in 1957, by Tony Brown Tony Brown (cricketer) Anthony Stephen Brown, born at Bristol on June 24, 1936, is an English former cricketer and administrator.A middle to lower order right-handed batsman and a medium-fast right-arm bowler, Tony Brown was a successful county cricketer with Gloucestershire for 20 years and was county captain between... for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire at Nottingham in 1966, and by Rikki Clarke Rikki Clarke Rikki Clarke is an English cricketer, currently playing for Warwickshire. He was educated at Broadwater School and then Godalming College.-Surrey:... for Warwickshire against Lancashire at Liverpool in 2011. |
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| Source: Cricinfo and http://www.cricketarchive.com. Last updated: 4 August 2011. | |||
Most matches played
Qualification: 750.| Matches | Player | Career span |
|---|---|---|
| 1,110 matches | Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets in and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches... (Yorkshire and England) |
from 1898 to 1930 |
| 978 matches | Frank Woolley Frank Woolley Frank Edward Woolley was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. In a career lasting more than thirty years, he scored more first-class runs than anyone but Sir Jack Hobbs, and took over 2,000 wickets at an average of under 20... (Kent and England) |
from 1906 to 1938 |
| 870 matches | W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (Gloucestershire, London County and England) |
from 1865 to 1908 |
| 834 matches | Jack Hobbs Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930.... (Surrey and England) |
from 1905 to 1934 |
| 833 matches | Patsy Hendren Patsy Hendren Elias Henry Hendren better known as Patsy Hendren was an English cricketer. Patsy was one of the most prolific English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches... (Middlesex and England) |
from 1907 to 1938 |
| 826 matches | George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. He played in 24 Test matches for England between 1897 and 1909, touring Australia twice... (Yorkshire and England) |
from 1891 to 1929 |
| 814 matches | Phil Mead Phil Mead Charles Phillip Mead was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings , second eldest of seven children... (Hampshire and England) |
from 1905 to 1936 |
| 792 matches | Fred Titmus Fred Titmus Frederick John Titmus MBE was an English cricketer, whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known for his off spin , he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder, even opening the batting for England on six occasions... (Middlesex and England) |
from 1949 to 1980 |
| 787 matches | Ray Illingworth Ray Illingworth Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so... (Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England) |
from 1951 to 1983 |
| 786 matches | Brian Close Brian Close Dennis Brian Close , usually known as Brian Close, is a former cricketer who is the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England. He was picked for the Test team to play against New Zealand, in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England,... (Yorkshire and England) |
from 1949 to 1986 |
| 754 matches | Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars... (Yorkshire and England) |
from 1919 to 1945 |
| Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: May 22, 2006. | ||
Highest partnerships
Qualification: 480.| Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement... | Players | Opposition | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 624 (3rd wicket) | Kumar Sangakkara Kumar Sangakkara Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan, Sinhalese cricketer and the former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman... & Mahela Jayawardene Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s... (Sri Lanka Sri Lankan cricket team The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation... ) |
v South Africa South African cricket team The South African national cricket team represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status... |
Colombo | 2006 |
| 580 (2nd wicket) | Rafatullah Mohmand & Aamer Sajjad (Water and Power Development Authority) | v Sui Southern Gas Company | Sheikhupura Stadium Sheikhupura Stadium Sheikhupura Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sheikhupura, Pakistan. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 15,000 people and hosted its first test match in 1996, when Pakistan played Zimbabwe there. This was followed by another test a year later between Pakistan... |
2009-10 |
| 577 (4th wicket) | Vijay Hazare Vijay Hazare Vijay Samuel Hazare was an Indian cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. He captained the Indian cricket team in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953... & Gul Mohammad Gul Mohammad Gul Mohammad , sometimes referred to as Gul Mahomed, played Test cricket for India and Pakistan.... (Baroda) |
v Holkar | Baroda | 1946-47 |
| 576 (2nd wicket) | Sanath Jayasuriya Sanath Jayasuriya Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. An all-rounder, he played for the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1989 to 2011... & Roshan Mahanama Roshan Mahanama Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and currently an ICC match referee.Although he averaged less than 30 at Test cricket, he did score four centuries, including a top score of 225 for the Sri Lankan cricket team against India at Colombo, where he shared a then world record... (Sri Lanka Sri Lankan cricket team The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation... ) |
v India Indian cricket team The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status.... |
Colombo R. Premadasa Stadium R. Premadasa Stadium is a cricket stadium situated on Khettarama Road, Maligawatta, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, prior to June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues in which the Sri Lankan cricket team play... |
1997-98 |
| 574* (4th wicket) | Clyde Walcott Clyde Walcott Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, KA, GCM was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short distance of each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in a period of 18... & Frank Worrell Frank Worrell Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator... (Barbados) |
v Trinidad | Port-of-Spain | 1945-46 |
| 561 (1st wicket) | Waheed Mirza Waheed Mirza Waheed Mirza in Karachi, is a former Pakistani first class cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he is notable for having partnered Mansoor Akhtar in a world record opening stand of 561 in 1977. The partnership is still the best for the 1st wicket in first class cricket.-External links:... & Mansoor Akhtar Mansoor Akhtar Mansoor Akhtar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 19 Tests and 41 ODIs from 1980 to 1990.... (Karachi Whites) |
v Quetta | Karachi | 1976-77 |
| 555 (1st wicket) | Percy Holmes Percy Holmes Percy Holmes was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and England.Holmes was born in Oakes, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England... & Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars... (Yorkshire) |
v Essex | Leyton | 1932 |
| 554 (1st wicket) | Jack Brown & John Tunnicliffe John Tunnicliffe John Tunnicliffe was an English, first-class cricketer, who played in 472 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.-County career:... (Yorkshire) |
v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 1898 |
| 523 (3rd wicket) | Michael Carberry Michael Carberry Michael Alexander Carberry is an English cricketer. Carberry is a left-handed opening batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Croydon, Surrey.... & Neil McKenzie Neil McKenzie Neil Douglas McKenzie is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman who plays for South Africa, making his first appearance in 2000. Strong on the leg side, he is also a very good player of spin... (Hampshire) |
v Yorkshire | Southampton | 2011 |
| 520* (5th wicket) | Cheteshwar Pujara Cheteshwar Pujara Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is an Indian Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. Pujara has the distinction of hitting three triple centuries within a span of one month, although only the last of these was in a first-class match. In December 2008, the BCCI awarded him a D-grade national contract... & Ravindra Jadeja Ravindra Singh Jadeja Ravinsinh Anhsinh Jadeja is an Indian cricketer. He represents Saurashtra in first class cricket, and Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the Indian Premier League. He was also part of the victorious Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008... (Saurashtra) |
v Orissa | Rajkot | 2008-09 |
| 502* (4th wicket) | Frank Worrell Frank Worrell Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator... & John Goddard (Barbados) |
v Trinidad | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1943-44 |
| 490 (1st wicket) | Ted Bowley Ted Bowley Edward Henry "Ted" Bowley, born at Leatherhead, Surrey on 6 June 1890 and died at Winchester on 9 July 1974, was a cricketer who played for Sussex and England.... & John Langridge John Langridge John George Langridge was a cricketer who played for Sussex. His obituary in Wisden called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match".... (Sussex) |
v Middlesex | Hove | 1933 |
| 487* (6th wicket) | George Headley George Headley George Alphonso Headley was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before the Second World War. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for West Indies and one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Headley also represented Jamaica and played professional club cricket in... & Clarence Passailaigue Clarence Passailaigue Charles Clarence Passailaigue - Passailaigue was born in Kingston on August 4, 1901 and died at Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica on January 7, 1972, aged 70. Although his career spanned the entire decade of the 1930s, in truth Passailaigue played first-class cricket only sporadically... (Jamaica) |
v Lord Tennyson's XI | Kingston, Jamaica | 1931-32 |
| 480 (2nd wicket) | Dean Elgar Dean Elgar Dean Elgar, born 11 June 1987 in Welkom, is a South African cricketer. He captained the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. He now plays for Free State and Eagles in the major South African cricket competitions.-References:... & Rilee Rossouw Rilee Rossouw Rilee Roscoe Rossouw is a South African cricketer who plays for the Eagles and Free State... (Eagles) |
v Titans | Centurion | 2009-10 |
| The highest partnerships for the wickets not listed above are | ||||
| 460 (7th wicket) | Bhupinder Singh jnr & Pankaj Dharmani Pankaj Dharmani Pankaj Dharmani is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Punjab and played a single One Day International for India against South Africa in 1996.... (Punjab) |
v Delhi | Delhi | 1994-95 |
| 433 (8th wicket) | Arthur Sims Arthur Sims Sir Arthur Sims was a New Zealand first class cricketer who played for Canterbury. He was born in Lincolnshire, England... & Victor Trumper Victor Trumper Victor Thomas Trumper was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found unplayable. Archie MacLaren said of him, "Compared to Victor I was a cab-horse to a Derby... (Australians) |
v Canterbury | Christchurch | 1913-14 |
| 283 (9th wicket) | Arnold Warren Arnold Warren Arnold Warren was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.Warren was born in Codnor Park, Derbyshire, the son of... & John Chapman (Derbyshire) |
v Warwickshire | Blackwell | 1910 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910 Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1910 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty nine years. It was their sixteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.-1910 season:Derbyshire played... |
| 307 (10th wicket) | Alan Kippax Alan Kippax Alan Falconer Kippax was a cricketer for New South Wales and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the era between the two World Wars, Kippax overcame a late start to Test cricket to become a regular in the Australian team between the 1928–29 and... & Hal Hooker Hal Hooker John Edward Halford "Hal" Hooker was an Australian first class cricketer who played for New South Wales. A tall fast-medium bowler, he stood at 6ft and was capable of swinging the ball both ways.... (New South Wales) |
v Victoria | Melbourne | 1928-29 |
| Source: Wisden 2011. Last updated: 5 August 2011. | ||||