Who faced most balls in Test cricket?

Most Balls Faced by a Player in Test Matches
India's former captain and current head coach, Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Known for his sound batting technique, Dravid scored 24,177 runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is colloquially known as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall.
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, holds the record for Most Balls faced in Test Cricket.
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Who faced most balls in Test cricket career?

Rahul Dravid leads the list with 31,258 balls faced in his entire test cricket career.
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Who made 1 run in 100 balls?

Rahul Dravid 1 runs of 100 balls ।। THE CRICKTUBE. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.
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Who is the slowest test player?

G.I. Allot of New Zealand played the slowest innings in Test Cricket. He was dismissed on zero after playing 77 balls in 101 minutes.
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Who is the slowest Test batsman?

1. Geoff Allott (New Zealand, 1999) – 0 runs from 77 balls, Strike Rate: 0.00. The left-arm fast bowler from New Zealand, Geoff Allott played out one of the most memorable innings of all time during New Zealand's tour to South Africa in 1999.
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Who took 6 wickets in 6 balls?

The former South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs is the first player to make it to this 6 ball 6 sixes record list in international cricket. A showstopper, Gibbs achieved this feat against the Netherlands during the 2007 ODI World Cup.
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Who faced 1000 balls in Test cricket?

The record for the most balls faced by a player in a single Test innings belongs to Sir Leonard Hutton of England. Leonard Hutton faced 847 balls in a single Test innings against Australia when he scored 364 runs in the Ashes Trophy Match.
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Who faced more balls without scoring?

Such a scoreless sequence is easily a Test record - England went 92 balls without scoring, largely against Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine, as they slipped to defeat against West Indies at Lord's in 1950.
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Who has the highest run in 1 ball?

Andrew Symonds (Australia vs New Zealand, Gabba, 2008) shares the record for most runs off one ball in Test cricket (eight runs) with Patsy Hendren (Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1929) and John Wright (Australia vs New Zealand, Melbourne, 1980).
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Who bowled most no balls?

Arshdeep Singh now has bowled 14 no-balls in his T20I career and is the bowler with the most no-balls in T20 international cricket.
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Who has taken 10 wickets in 10 balls?

Tich Freeman achieved it three times and three other players – W. G. Grace, Hedley Verity and Jim Laker – have done it twice. Laker (in 1956), Anil Kumble (in 1999) and Ajaz Patel (in 2021) have achieved this feat in Test cricket.
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Who has taken 700 Test wickets?

Warne claimed what would be the 37th and last five-wicket haul of an astonishing Test career. Shane Warne became the first bowler in Test history to take 700 wickets when he reached the landmark on Boxing Day in 2006, admitting afterwards: “Whoever writes my scripts is doing an unbelievable job.”
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Who is Test match King?

The king of cricket in India is unquestionably Virat Kohli with 24936 runs across all T20, Test, and ODI's formats in international cricket. There is a reason Kohli has earned the distinction of being called “king Kohli”.
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Who hit the biggest six ever?

Shahid Afridi | 153m six vs South Africa, 2013

This is a name that always remains in the top draw for lists like this and it comes as no surprise that Shahid Afridi holds the record for the longest six hit in international cricket.
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Which batsman hit 7 sixes in one over?

India batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has created a huge List A cricket record by slamming 7 sixes in an over. Gaikwad did the same in the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final clash on Monday.
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Who hit 1st ball six in test?

This is footage of West Indian maestro Chris Gayle blasting the first ball of a Test match for six. It's the first time in the history of Test cricket that a player has brazenly disregarded the old adage of "get your eye in first" to dispatch the opening delivery of the match over the boundary rope.
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Who is the faster bowler in world?

Shoaib Akhtar - 161.3kmph (100.2mph) | Pakistan vs England, 2003. Nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express, Shoaib Akhtar bowled the fastest delivery in cricket - 161.3 km/h (100.2 mph) - in a One-Day International (ODI) game against England during the 2003 Cricket World Cup at Cape Town in South Africa.
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Who took 5 wickets in 6 balls?

Bahrain's Rizwan Butt on Wednesday became the first player to take a five-wicket haul in T20I cricket in six consecutive deliveries. Rizwan made the record against Singapore in a T20I in Bangi, Malaysia.
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Who is No 1 Test wicket keeper?

Mark is the first wicketkeeper in the world to reach 400 dismissals in test cricket, and He holds the record for the most dismissals ever by a wicketkeeper (532 Catches and 23 stumpings) in Test. His prowess, ability as a batsman, and outstanding career behind the stumps make him the world No. 1 wicketkeeper to date.
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Has anyone taken 20 wickets in a Test match?

In 1956, he achieved a still-unequalled world record when he took nineteen (of a maximum twenty) wickets in a Test match at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, enabling England to defeat Australia in what has become known as "Laker's Match".
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Who took most wicket in one innings?

Anil Kumble holds the record for getting 10 wickets in a single inning of a test match. He took 56 wickets in Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
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Who is the most feared bowler?

Top 10 Most Lethal Fast Bowlers Of All Time
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  • Dennis Lilee.
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