Aug 30, 2024
Most runs in Test cricket: Tendulkar’s 15,921 still leads, and Root is 1,741 away
Joe Root’s 66 at Headingley took him to 14,180 and left him 1,741 behind Sachin Tendulkar. The all-time Test run list as at 22 August 2026, and how to...
Cricket Records
33 articles tagged with "Cricket Records"
Jul 31, 2024
R Premadasa Stadium: pitch report, records and stats
The biggest ground in Sri Lanka has staged 158 ODIs, 55 T20Is and the highest team total in Test history. Here is what the Colombo pitch does and ever...
Jul 1, 2024
Most runs in T20 cricket: Kieron Pollard leads, and Chris Gayle is now third
The all-time T20 run record changed hands three times in ten weeks this year, and the man who holds it has the lowest average of the top five. The ful...
May 6, 2024
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow: pitch report, records and stats
Chepauk and Ekana are the only two IPL grounds still scoring under nine an over, and they get there by different routes. Lucknow is slow because the b...
Apr 16, 2024
Longest six in cricket history: what the lists claim, and what the tracking shows
Shahid Afridi’s 153-metre six tops almost every list, but cricket keeps no official distance record and the biggest numbers are projections rather tha...
Nov 10, 2023
Eden Gardens, Kolkata: capacity, history and every cricket record
A full guide to Eden Gardens in Kolkata: capacity, history and ground specifications, plus every Test, ODI, T20I and IPL record set at India’s oldest...
Nov 9, 2023
Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru: pitch report, records and stats
Bengaluru is supposed to be the easiest batting ground in India. Across the last four IPL seasons its first-innings average is within a run of the lea...
Nov 3, 2023
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: pitch report, records and stats
The ground where India won the 2011 World Cup has staged 27 Tests, 28 ODIs and 132 IPL matches. Here is what the Mumbai pitch does and every record se...
Apr 20, 2022
Golden duck in cricket: what it means, every type of duck, and how often each happens
A duck is any dismissal for nought and a golden duck is one to the first ball faced. Here is what every type means, and what the ball by ball record s...