Test match Records that will never be broken !!

[smash84]

i reckon if Steyn plays a few series in Pakistan (which wont get intl cricket anytime soon) or the UAE his SR will definitely suffer. It might suffer in SL too (not sure about his SL record though) but the roads of UAE had hurt his average and SR for sure.

 

[Teja.]

Haha, I'll be gutted if it doesn't fall. I want Waqar to have his record back.

 

[vcs]

As long as the Indian batting lineup is around, Steyn will never be short of wickets. He's owned us on roads, he's owned us on seaming wickets.. you name it.

 

[Cevno]

Has been on a Ponting-esque run for the last 2-3 years.

Yep.

But he has to make his last year's form last atleast 4 years more and mantain consistency after it for another 5/6 years and not have a Ponting like Dip to be in contention to break that record.

 

[Contra]

As long as the Indian batting lineup is around, Steyn will never be short of wickets. He's owned us on roads, he's owned us on seaming wickets.. you name it.

He hasn't owned us on roads tbh. In fact on most occasions he's had a fair bit of help from the pitch and conditions. Not to take anything away from him though. He's bowled extremely well against us in most tests (particularly in this series).

 

[vcs]

Still baffles me how SA isn't destroying anyone in sight tbh.

They do destroy teams TBF. When they get it right, they are spectacularly good. They have beaten India (home and away), England and Australia by an innings in the past couple of years. They just aren't that good at grinding out results while not playing that well, and have a tendency to put in poor performances at home, every so often.

 

[vcs]

He hasn't owned us on roads tbh. In fact on most occasions he's had a fair bit of help from the pitch and conditions. Not to take anything away from him though. He's bowled extremely well against us in most tests (particularly in this series).

Nagpur earlier this year? I didn't watch his spell, but heard that it was a pretty flat wicket.

Saying that, from what I saw of the Nagpur match in the NZ series, it was a very good Test match wicket, with enough to keep everyone (batsmen, fast and spin bowlers) interested.

 

[Teja.]

Nagpur earlier this year? I didn't watch his spell, but heard that it was a pretty flat wicket.

Saying that, from what I saw of the Nagpur match in the NZ series, it was a very good Test match wicket, with enough to keep everyone (batsmen, fast and spin bowlers) interested.

The problem is whenever Steyn bowls an awesome spell on a flattie, People say the ball was swinging as though it's a completely random occurrence irrelevant to the skill of the bowler extracting said swing.

 

[vcs]

The problem is whenever Steyn bowls an awesome spell on a flattie, People say the ball was swinging as though it's a completely random occurrence irrelevant to the skill of the bowler extracting said swing.

Haha, I get your point. When McGrath and Warne were around, it was funny how the Aussie pitches were complete roads for home batsmen and minefields for visiting batsmen.

 

[Himannv]

Dont think anyone will ever catch up with Tendulkar's run tally in both Tests and ODI's. To start at his age and perform consistently for as long as he did is extremely unlikely.

Also dont think there are too many likely candidates who will take 800 wickets in test matches with as many 5wts and 10 wkt hauls as Murali has.

Also have my doubts on anyone going past the FC records that Hobbs has.

I actually think there is some chance that someone might come up with an average better than Bradman primarily because of the way the pitches are being built these days.

 

[Cevno]

I actually think there is some chance that someone might come up with an average better than Bradman primarily because of the way the pitches are being built these days.

Nah!!

No chance.

While there are more flat decks so to speak,there are more 250 is a good score pitches too which evens it out.

Plus the conditions vary more with their being more countries involved. There is a larger variety of bowlers with different types of bowling to get you out and more mystery bowlers coming out of everywhere who take time and perhaps a few innings to sort out.

There is more video technology too to discover a weakness which till you can correct your average has been neutralised plus there are more factors like drier pitches which break and reverse swing.

Then the average career in terms of matches is much more longer too,which is a real big factor.

Can't see that record being broken in the next couple of decades absolutely certainly.

 

[Dissector]

Charles Bannerman's record for highest percentage of runs scored by one player in a completed innings (67.34%; 165 runs out of 245ao) has stood since the very first test, so I think that one's a keeper.

While this is the longest standing record in test history it's far from unbreakable. Several batsmen have come very close to it, most notably Michael Slater who scored 123/184. If he had just scored one more run in the same total he would have the record.

 

[Dissector]

I would be suprised if anyone breaks one of Murali's three big records of most wickets, most 5-fors, and most 10-fors.

I think Bapu Nadkarni's record of 21 consecutive maidens deserves a place in the unbreakable category.

TJ Mathews is the only bowler to take two hat-tricks in a test-match which I doubt will ever be equalled. Interestingly enough those were only wickets he got in the match.

 

[Contra]

Nagpur earlier this year? I didn't watch his spell, but heard that it was a pretty flat wicket.

Saying that, from what I saw of the Nagpur match in the NZ series, it was a very good Test match wicket, with enough to keep everyone (batsmen, fast and spin bowlers) interested.

Yeah see the thing about that particular spell is that it was a good spell but it was made to look awesome due to the ball being changed and him ripping out the tail because that. That particular ball was almost near perfect for reverse swing. Before that he had bowled really well but it wasn't a "tear through the line up" kind of thing. It was only when the ball had changed just before tea and then about 5 overs after tea India were bowled out. He himself credited the ball change

Dale Steyn credits ball change before tea | Cricket News | India v South Africa 2009/10 | ESPN Cricinfo

Before that ball change he had bowled some good spells (particularly to Vijay and Sachin) and then in the second innings he also bowled pretty well. But IMO that 7 wicket spell isn't what I consider total ownage on a flat deck.

 

[ankitj]

Let's not forget Ian Botham. It wil take a rarest of rare genius to even his 2 staggering records:

Scoring 10+ centuries (14) and taking 10+ fivers (27) in career.

Scoring a century and taking a fiver in the same match 5 times.

 

[Cevno]

Let's not forget Ian Botham. It wil take a rarest of rare genius to even his 2 staggering records:

Scoring 10+ centuries (14) and taking 10+ fivers (27) in career.

Scoring a century and taking a fiver in the same match 5 times.

I think Kapil is the closes to that with 8 centuries and 23 fivers.

 

[stumpski]

Wilfred Rhodes playing Test cricket at 52 is one that springs to mind.

Although Sachin might be tempted.

Edit: Brumbers got in first I see.

 

[Burgey]

50 Test centuries (assuming Tendulkar quits at around this mark, but I don't think he will) could be broken. 15 years back I didn't think Gavaskar's 34 centuries would be surpassed at all.

I don't know if the number of tests being played will increase though. It may even drop as more and more T20 tourneys get factored in. Still, if anyone about the place has enough time on his side, it's Cook.

 

[Tom 1972]

Courtney Walsh's 43 Test ducks?

Chris Martin's Test batting average of 2.47 (qual 50 innings) is truly ****e.

 

[andyc]

Ignoring the thread title, and given that ODIs are most likely set to decline, it is fair to say IMO that Sachin's ODI records of most runs and most centuries are probably here to say.