Tuesday, 1 February 2011

CRICKET TEAM RECORDS - Very Interesting facts you might not know?


Team records (More records to follow soon....)

Team wins, losses and draws

Matches played

Team↓First Test match↓Matches↓Won↓Lost↓Drawn↓Tied↓% Won↓% Won, Tied or Drawn↓
 England15 March 1877907320261326035.2871.22
 Australia15 March 1877729341191195246.7773.79
 West Indies23 June 1928468152154161132.4767.09
 India25 June 1932447108139198124.1668.68
 New Zealand10 January 193036268146148018.7859.66
 South Africa12 March 1889357125123108035.0165.26
 Pakistan16 October 195235410699149029.9472.03
 Sri Lanka17 February 1982198617067030.8064.63
 Zimbabwe18 October 1992838492609.6340.96
 Bangladesh10 November 200068359604.4113.23
ICC World XI14 October 2005101000.000.00
Last updated: 8 November 2010[21]

Result records

Greatest win margins (by innings)

MarginTeamsVenueSeason
Innings and 579 runs England (903-7 d) beat Australia (201 & 123)The OvalLondon1938
Innings and 360 runs Australia (652-7 d) beat South Africa (159 & 133)New Wanderers StadiumJohannesburg2001–02
Innings and 336 runs West Indies (614-5 d) beat India (124 & 154)Eden GardensKolkata1958–59
Innings and 332 runs Australia (645) beat England (141 & 172)Brisbane Cricket Ground1946–47
Innings and 324 runs Pakistan (643) beat New Zealand (73 & 246)Gaddafi StadiumLahore2002
Last updated: 9 August 2009[22]

Greatest win margin (by runs)

MarginTeamsVenueSeason
675 runs England (521 & 342-8 d) beat Australia (122 & 66)Brisbane Exhibition Ground1928–29
562 runs Australia (701 & 327) beat England (321 & 145)The OvalLondon1934
530 runs Australia (328 & 578) beat South Africa (205 & 171)Melbourne Cricket Ground1910–11
491 runs Australia (381 & 361-5 d) beat Pakistan (179 & 72)WACA GroundPerth2004–05
465 runs Sri Lanka (384 & 447-6 d) beat Bangladesh (208 & 158)Chittagong Divisional Stadium2008–09
Last updated: 9 August 2009[23]

Narrowest win margin (by wickets)

MarginTeamsVenueSeason
1 wicket England (183 & 263-9) beat Australia (324 & 121)The OvalLondon1902
1 wicket South Africa (91 & 287-9) beat England (184 & 190)Old WanderersJohannesburg1905–06
1 wicket England (382 & 282-9) beat Australia (266 & 397)Melbourne Cricket Ground1907–08
1 wicket England (183 & 173-9) beat South Africa (113 & 242)Newlands Cricket GroundCape Town1922–23
1 wicket Australia (216 & 260-9) beat West Indies (272 & 203)Melbourne Cricket Ground1951–52
1 wicket New Zealand (249 & 104-9) beat West Indies (140 & 212)Carisbrook StadiumDunedin1979–80
1 wicket Pakistan (256 & 315-9) beat Australia (337 & 232)National StadiumKarachi1994–95
1 wicket West Indies (329 & 311-9) beat Australia (490 & 146)Kensington OvalBridgetown1998–99
1 wicket West Indies (273 & 216-9) beat Pakistan (269 & 219)Antigua Recreation GroundSt. John's1999–00
1 wicket Pakistan (175 & 262-9) beat Bangladesh (281 & 154)Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh StadiumMultan2003
1 wicket Sri Lanka (321 & 352-9) beat South Africa (361 & 311)Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu StadiumColombo2006
1 wicket India (405 & 216-9) beat  Australia (428 & 192)Punjab Cricket Association StadiumMohali2010-11
Last updated: 5 October 2010[24]

Narrowest win margin (by runs)

MarginTeamsVenueSeason
1 run West Indies (252 & 146) beat Australia (213 & 184)Adelaide Oval1992–93
2 runs England (407 & 182) beat Australia (308 & 279)Edgbaston Cricket GroundBirmingham2005
3 runs Australia (299 & 86) beat England (262 & 120)Old TraffordManchester1902
 England (284 & 294) beat Australia (287 & 288)Melbourne Cricket Ground1982–83
5 runs South Africa (169 & 239) beat Australia (292 & 111)Sydney Cricket Ground1993–94
Last updated: 9 August 2009[25]

Follow-on records (victory after following-on)

MarginTeamsVenueSeason
171 runs India (171 & 657-7 d) beat  Australia (445 & 212)Eden GardensKolkata2000–01
18 runs England (174 & 356) beat  Australia (401-9 d & 111)HeadingleyLeeds1981
10 runs England (325 & 437) beat  Australia (586 & 166)Sydney Cricket Ground1894–95
Last updated: 9 August 2009[26]

Most consecutive wins

WinsTeamFirst winLast win
16 Australia Zimbabwe at Harare, 14 October 1999 India at Mumbai, 27 February 2001
16 Australia South Africa at Melbourne, 26 December 2005 India at Sydney, 2 January 2008
11 West Indies Australia at Bridgetown, 30 March 1984 Australia at Adelaide, 7 December 1984
9 Sri Lanka India at Colombo, 29 August 2001 Pakistan at Lahore, 6 March 2002
9 South Africa Australia at Durban, 15 March 2002 Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1 May 2003
Last updated: 28 January 2011[27]

Team scoring records

Most runs in an innings
RunsTeamsVenueSeason
952-6d Sri Lanka (v India)Ranasinghe Premadasa StadiumColombo1997
903-7 d England (v Australia)The OvalLondon1938
849 England (v West Indies)Sabina ParkKingston1929–30
790-3 d West Indies (v Pakistan)Sabina ParkKingston1957–58
765-6 d Pakistan (v Sri Lanka)National StadiumKarachi2008–09

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