The leading run-scorer against Australia is legendary Sachin Tendulkar. In 110 matches and 144 innings, Tendulkar scored 6,707 runs at an average of 49.68. With 20 tons and 31 fifties, Sachin had the best individual score of 241* against the Aussies.
Tendulkar currently leads the run-scoring charts against Australia with 6707 runs in 144 innings, averaging 49.68. He also scored 20 centuries. Three former West Indies captains - Brian Lara 4714 in 108 innings, Desmond Haynes 4495 in 123 innings and Vivan Richards 4453 in 104 innings complete the top five list.
The greatest winning margin by runs in Test cricket was England's victory over Australia by 675 runs in the first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for scoring the most runs for India against Australia in Tests. Sachin scored 3630 runs in 74 innings of 39 Tests vs Australia at an average of 55, with 11 centuries and 16 half-centuries.
The world record for the largest win in Test cricket history belongs to England. They defeated arch-rivals Australia by 675 runs in a Test match played in Brisbane back in the year 1928.
How many times has India beaten Australia in a Test? India has 32 Test wins against Australia. 23 of these wins have come in India, while 9 games were won in Australia.
Ian Botham | England | 148 wickets
In addition to this, he aggregated a record 148 wickets in mere 36 matches against the dominant Aussies. With this, he currently holds the record for most wickets taken against Australia in Tests.
Muttiah Muralitharan, Courtney Walsh and Sanath Jayasuriya are the three cricketers to have registered more than 50 ducks in their respective international careers. Former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan currently holds the record for the most ducks in international cricket.
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests.
India only team to beat Australia:
But an amazing win in Melbourne in the 3rd Test proved to be the decider then for India. Jasprit Bumrah starred in that match with 9 wickets and was adjudged as the player of the match. In the final match, India managed a draw and thus, won the series.
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has been phenomenal for his team in Test cricket. He achieved the feat of batting on all five days of a match in the recently concluded game against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club.
Lara, who made his Test debut on December 6, 1990, against Pakistan in Lahore, also holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket.
Pranav Dhanawade (born 2000) is an Indian cricketer from Kalyan, Maharashtra. Batting in one innings, stretching over 4 and 7 January 2016, he became the first person to score more than 1,000 runs in one innings in an officially recognised match.
The player with the highest strike rate in ODI cricket in this aspect is Glenn Maxwell. The Australian all-rounder boasts of a strike rate of 124.98 in his career after playing 127 ODIs. He has amassed 3482 runs at an average of 34.13 with two centuries and 23 fifties to his name.
Leading the charge is legendary spinner Anil Kumble, who took a total of 111 wickets in 20 Tests against Australia, including 10 five-wicket hauls and two 10-fers. Out of his 111 Aussie scalps in Tests, 62 came while playing in India and 49 Down Under.
Rather surprisingly, perhaps, there have been only five Tests other than Old Trafford 1956 in which two bowlers took all 20 opposition wickets to fall (Jim Laker famously took 19 for 90 in that one, while Tony Lock sweated buckets for 1 for 106).
New Zealand Cricket Team Holds The Record Of Lowest Team Score In Test Cricket Innings. As They Bowled Out For Just 26 Runs In 27 Overs Against England on 28 March 1955 at Eden Park, Auckland. Which Remains The Lowest Team Score In Test Cricket Innings. Check Out The Lowest Team Scores In Test Cricket.
3rd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground - Dec 11-15, 1981, Pakistan won by an innings and 82 runs (Pakistan 500/8d; Australia 293 and 125 (f/o)).
The term 'Ashes' was first used after England lost to Australia - for the first time on home soil - at The Oval on 29th August 1882. A day later, the Sporting Times carried a mock obituary of English cricket which concluded that: "The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia".
India have beaten Sri Lanka by 317 runs to inflict the biggest margin of defeat in men's ODI history. Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 73 in 22 overs as they attempted to chase India's mammoth total of 390 for 5.
The lengthiest recorded cricket match was the `timeless' Test between England and South Africa at Durban, South Africa, on 3-14 March 1939. It was abandoned after ten days (eighth day rained off) because the ship taking the England team home was due to leave.
England vs India - 588/6 in July 1936
The most runs scored in Test cricket in one day came in July 1936 when England took on India. In the second Test of a three-match series, on the second day of the encounter, a total of 588 runs were scored for the loss of six wickets.
The shortest Test match, in terms of actual playing time, was the first Test between England and Australia at Trent Bridge on 12 June 1926. There were only 50 minutes play in which 17.2 overs were bowled and England scored 32-0.