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13Virender Sehwag holds the record for making the most fifty-plus scores in a calendar year (2010). Five of these scores were centuries. Seven other batsmen including Viv Richards and Sunil Gavaskar have made 12 fifty-plus scores in a calendar year.

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There have been three 200-plus stands in a match on four different occasions. The last such occasion was in the Kolkata Test between India and South Africa in 2010. Two of the four matches have been played at Antigua, a traditionally high-scoring venue. However, there have been only two matches which have featured two 300-plus partnerships.

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Records

Hundreds in consecutive innings - Test matches
Player 100s Runs Inns Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
ED Weekes 5 141 2 West Indies v England Kingston 27 Mar 1948 Test # 298
128 1 West Indies v India Delhi 10 Nov 1948 Test # 304
194 1 West Indies v India Mumbai (BS) 9 Dec 1948 Test # 305
162 1 West Indies v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1948 Test # 308
101 3 West Indies v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1948 Test # 308
JHW Fingleton 4 112 1 Australia v South Africa Cape Town 1 Jan 1936 Test # 249
108 2 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 15 Feb 1936 Test # 250
118 2 Australia v South Africa Durban 28 Feb 1936 Test # 251
100 2 Australia v England Brisbane 4 Dec 1936 Test # 255
A Melville 4 103 3 South Africa v England Durban 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
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Most wickets taken caught and bowled - Test matches
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave 5 c&b % Wkts
A Kumble (India) 1990-2008 132 40850 18355 619 10/74 29.65 35 35 5.65
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 1992-2010 133 44039 18180 800 9/51 22.72 67 35 4.37
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2012 112 28670 12392 360 7/87 34.42 20 21 5.83
SK Warne (Aus) 1992-2007 145 40705 17995 708 8/71 25.41 37 21 2.96
DL Underwood (Eng) 1966-1982 86 21862 7674 297 8/51 25.83 17 20 6.73
R Benaud (Aus) 1952-1964 63 19108 6704 248 7/72 27.03 16 17 6.85
H Trumble (Aus) 1890-1904 32 8099 3072 141 8/65 21.78 9 15 10.63
LR Gibbs (WI) 1958-1976 79 27115 8989 309 8/38 29.09 18 15 4.85
Harbhajan Singh (India) 1998-2011 98 27651 13084 406 8/84 32.22 25 13 3.20
HJ Howarth (NZ) 1969-1977 30 8833 3178 86 5/34 36.95 2 12 13.95
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Most consecutive matches for a team - Test matches
Player Team Mat From Until
AR Border Australia 153 10 Mar 1979 25 Mar 1994
ME Waugh Australia 107 3 Jun 1993 19 Oct 2002
SM Gavaskar India 106 23 Jan 1975 3 Feb 1987
AC Gilchrist Australia 96 5 Nov 1999 24 Jan 2008
R Dravid India 93 20 Jun 1996 10 Dec 2005
DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka 88* 8 Nov 2002 8 Jul 2012
GR Viswanath India 87 19 Mar 1971 30 Jan 1983
ML Hayden Australia 86 31 Mar 2000 2 Jan 2008
GS Sobers West Indies 85 11 Apr 1955 20 Apr 1972
SR Tendulkar India 84 15 Nov 1989 15 Jun 2001
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Victory losing fewest wickets - Test matches
Winner Wkts Margin Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
England 2 inns & 18 runs v South Africa Lord's 28 Jun 1924 Test # 154
England 2 inns & 71 runs v New Zealand Leeds 3 Jul 1958 Test # 456
England 2 inns & 78 runs v India Birmingham 4 Jul 1974 Test # 741
South Africa 2 inns & 60 runs v Bangladesh Chittagong 24 Apr 2003 Test # 1640
South Africa 2 inns & 12 runs v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012 Test # 2049
India 3 inns & 109 runs v New Zealand Chennai 6 Jan 1956 Test # 420
West Indies 3 inns & 174 runs v Pakistan Kingston 26 Feb 1958 Test # 450
Pakistan 3 inns & 119 runs v India Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983 Test # 946
Pakistan 3 inns & 264 runs v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001 Test # 1560
Sri Lanka 3 inns & 254 runs v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 14 May 2004 Test # 1699
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Most consecutive matches without defeat - Test matches
Team Mat Result Margin Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
West Indies 27 drawn - v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 1982 Test # 917
won 5 wickets v Australia Adelaide 30 Jan 1982 Test # 919
won 4 wickets v India Kingston 23 Feb 1983 Test # 949
drawn - v India Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983 Test # 952
drawn - v India Georgetown 31 Mar 1983 Test # 953
won 10 wickets v India Bridgetown 15 Apr 1983 Test # 954
drawn - v India St John's 28 Apr 1983 Test # 956
won inns & 83 runs v India Kanpur 21 Oct 1983 Test # 964
drawn - v India Delhi 29 Oct 1983 Test # 965
won 138 runs v India Ahmedabad 12 Nov 1983 Test # 967
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