cricket records

In cricket a record is made by one person or a team and another day another person or team or same person or team break his record. But many times some records are made that difficult to break, this post is related to those records.

Batting

Odi (one day international)

Most career runs - 18,426 – by Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Highest individual scores – 216 – by Varinder Sehwag (India)

Highest career average - 57.21 – by Hashim Amla (South Africa)

Most centuries – 49 – by Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Best strike rates – 119.34 – by Andre Russell (West Indies)

Test Cricket                                

Most career runs -15,837 – by Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Highest individual score – 400* - by Brian Lara (West Indies)

Highest career average – 99.94 – by Donald Bradman (Australia)

Most centuries – 51 – by Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Most Test double centuries – 12 - by Donald Bradman (Australia)

Bowling

Odi (one day international)

Most wickets – 350 – by Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri-Lanka)

Best innings figures – 8-19 – by Chaminda Vaas (Sri-Lanka)

Best career economy rate – 3.09 – by Joel Garner (West Indies)

Most 5 wickets in an innings – 13 – by Waqar Younis (Pakistan)

Test Cricket

Most wickets – 800 – by Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri-Lanka)

Best career average – 10.75 – by George Lohmann (England)

Most 5 wickets in an innings – 67- by Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri-Lanka)

Most 10 wickets in a match – 22 - by Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri-Lanka)

Fielding

Odi (one day international)

Most catches – 417 – by Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

Test Cricket

Most catches – 219 – by Rahul Dravid (India)


References : http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/index.html