Test Batting Records

When you’re bestowed with the leadership of a group of people, every decision you make, from the largest to the smallest, is scrutinized down to the last detail. This is even more enhanced when you’re playing for a national team, as the hopes and dreams of an entire people rest on you, and every sports […]

Cricket is a game with 11 players per team, and make no mistake — some if not most have to play well in every match in order for their team to stand a chance. However, there are also those rare instances when one player steps up beyond the realms of what is deemed normal, takes […]

Depending on what nation they play for, a pure Test batter in the Men’s game is considered solid if they have an average of at least 40. That target by itself is difficult enough to achieve, with only the select best out of thousands going on to achieve the feat. However, shorter bursts of incredible […]

While all Test batters start their careers with hopes of reaching that stratospheric 10,000 milestone, very few ever get there. Some get agonizingly close by reaching even the last landmark before that goal, but that in itself is really not much less of a feat. Any player has to spend a significant portion of their […]

Many players have had stellar starts to their career, but what sets them apart from the true greats is how they progress past what can even be referred to as beginner’s luck. Longevity in cricket is a quality only a special few players have. Although 5,000 runs was once a massive milestone for a player […]

During times when their team has been put in a spot of bother by the opposition, these batsmen have displayed the utmost resilience and grit to wear out the opposition bowlers. These innings below show that it’s not just the number of runs scored that matter in a Test match innings, the number of balls […]

The inaugural version of the World Test Championship or the WTC that was organized by the ICC saw the top 10 test teams in the world play 6 test series based on which points were allotted. During the 2-year cycle that spanned from 2019 to 2021, here’s a list of some of the most proficient […]