Safest Records

[Deja moo]

So r u saying that u think it wil be beaten then??

lol, no. I'm saying no team will last 15 years without being beaten.

 

[benchmark00]

What about a team goin 15 years or 29 test series without losing. The team that did that is the WI by the way.

Kenya has never lost a test series since they became a country on Earth.

 

[benchmark00]

Ian Bell and/or Mohammad Asif already have/has.

So youre saying Key is an attractive sort of guy? interesting.

 

[Robertinho]

Charles Bannerman scoring 67.35% of his team's total in the first ever Test innings - no one has gotten close in the 1700-odd Test matches since.

Lara's 375 was 63.23%.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Noone will take Robert Key's 'ugliest player to play test cricket' record anytime soon.

Scotty Styris took it and ran

 

[What-A-Player]

Sachin's HBW given my Daryl Harper

Lanka's 900+ runs in a single innings

 

[ClownSymonds]

So youre saying Key is an attractive sort of guy? interesting.

Actually, I'm saying that Bell and Asif are remarkably ugly. I'll throw Matt Prior in as well. See for yourself.

Asif: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/inline/content/image/41410.html?alt=player
Prior: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/inline/content/image/18674.html?alt=player

They used to call Lehmann Shrek... Well, Prior is Shrek 2: Uglier Than Ever.

 

[andyc]

Sachin's HBW given my Daryl Harper

Lanka's 900+ runs in a single innings

 

[andyc]

Some other records that will be very hard to beat:
Murali's 5-wicket haul record in tests (48 and running)
Tendulkar's one-day centuries record (38 and running)
Bradman's 974 runs in a test series or alternatively his achievement of scoring a triple and two doubles in that series.
Everton Weekes scoring 5 centuries in consecutive innings
Gooch's 456 run aggregate in a test

One a more idiosyncratic note I am not even sure this is a record but India dropped three catches off three consecutive balls in a test against Zimbabawe recently. It will be a long time before that happens again, I think.

Records such as these that only really require longevity on the players half will inevitably be broken.

 

[Dissector]

Well they obviously require more than longevity ; the fact is that Sachin and Murali score one-day hundreds and take five-wickets at a significantly higher rate than other greats (excluding a few old-timers like Barnes and Grimmett). Note the size of the gap between them and the next best for the two records.
http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BOWLING/MOST_5WI_IN_CAREER.html
http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/BATTING/ODI_MOST_100S.html

When it comes to Sachin I doubt too many players will match his longevity in the one-day game in the first place.

 

[Prince EWS]

Noone will take Robert Key's 'ugliest player to play test cricket' record anytime soon.

Neil Johnson isnt a pretty man.

 

[Adamc]

Lara's 375 was 63.23%.

Yeah I suppose, but still, it's quite remarkable that the record has stood for so long. Interestingly enough, Lara would have needed to score exactly 400 (out of 593) to break the record, so it's equivalent to someone scoring 400 in the first ever Test innings, and Lara's 375 117 years later being the next highest.

 

[Dasa]

Charles Bannerman scoring 67.35% of his team's total in the first ever Test innings - no one has gotten close in the 1700-odd Test matches since.

Slater came quite close... 123 out of 184 = 66.85% of the team total.

 

[Robertinho]

Yeah I'm sure many people have got close

 

[Zinzan]

Noone will take Robert Key's 'ugliest player to play test cricket' record anytime soon.

If the sun keeps shining in his face.....scotty styris may be a contender (sorry scotty )

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

Neil Johnson isnt a pretty man.

Heh. For a second I thought you said a different Neil.

Anywho, I doubt that anyone will beat Warne's 645+ wickets.

 

[Adamc]

Heh. For a second I thought you said a different Neil.

Anywho, I doubt that anyone will beat Warne's 645+ wickets.

Err...Murali?

 

[James90]

Scotty Styris took it and ran

But he tripped and fell at the sight of Gavin Ewing.

 

[irfan]

Some other records that will be very hard to beat:
Murali's 5-wicket haul record in tests (48 and running)
Tendulkar's one-day centuries record (38 and running)
Bradman's 974 runs in a test series or alternatively his achievement of scoring a triple and two doubles in that series.
Everton Weekes scoring 5 centuries in consecutive innings
Gooch's 456 run aggregate in a test

One a more idiosyncratic note I am not even sure this is a record but India dropped three catches off three consecutive balls in a test against Zimbabawe recently. It will be a long time before that happens again, I think.

Didnt Hayden get 4 in a row twice and woud have equalled Weekes if windies made more runs

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

Err...Murali?

Meh. Maybe. Warne's 75 ahead and still going, so we'll see.

Edit:

Murali's 33. Warne is 36. So I guess Murali is probably going to go past Warne, assuming he doesn't get some random injury that prevents him from playing cricket.