The "Test" Matches by the "Rest of the World"

The Super Series (Australia vs Rest of the World) has been granted official status by the ICC. There have been 3 official ODI's and one official Test Match.

Statisticians around the world heve spoken out against this decision, but I don't see why they should complain. Of course it makes their job slightly more difficult, but that should not be of major concern. As a fact we can say that these matches are more competitive than many others that do have the official stamp, and they should therefor be considered just as important.

Which brings us to the main topic of this page: some previous matches that should have the same status.

Before 1970, the international sides were called "Commonwealth XI"

• In 1949/50, a Commonwealth XI played 5 5-day matches in and against India (the same team played 3-day matches against Pakistan and Ceylon as well, and against a combined India-Pakistan-Ceylon side)
• In 1950/51, a similar team played another 5 5-day matches there. (this team played a 3-day match against Ceylon and a 4-day match against India-Pakistan-Ceylon)
• In 1953/54, again 6 5-day matches (one of which was abandoned without a ball being bowled)
• In 1963/64, a Commonwealth XI played 3 5-day matches in and against Pakistan

From 1970, such a team was dubbed "Rest of the World"

• in 1970, the touring South Africans were replaced in England by a team from the "rest of the World". They played 5 "tests", which were granted official status to begin with, but were later taken out of the statistics.
• in 1970/71, Pakistan played one "test" against the "rest of the world" for the same reason
• in 1971/72, Australia played host to a "World XI"
• in 1973/74, Pakistan played two "tests" against the "Rest of the world"

In 1981/82, an "International XI" played 3 5-day matches in and against Pakistan

And in 1987, the 200th anniversary of the MCC was celebrated by a match between MCC and the Rest of the World. This brought together 22 of the best players in the world (I watched this match on TV, and suffered a motor accident on the monday night. I wanted to watch the final day's play - exciting finish in prospect - from hospital, but sadly the fifth day was rained out)

All these matches deserve test match status.

The following played for India against the Commonwealth XI
in 1949/50

• +MK Mantri 4 - 76/6 (54)
• UM Merchant 1 - 13/2
• BB Nimbalkar 1 - 15/1
• CR Rangachari 1 - 2/1 - 0/82
• CT Sarwate 1 - 0/2 - 1/44

in 1949/50 and 1950/51:

• NR Chowdhury 5 - 27/2 - 20/611
• HG Gaekwad 3 - 8/3 - 7/361
• G Kishenchand 5 - 198/6 - 0/4 (72)
• *VM Merchant 8 - 472/9 (72;62)
• RS Modi 6 - 210/11 - 4/126 (51)
• CS Nayudu 8 - 200/12 - 15/903 (54;5/95)

in 1950/51:

• BC Alva 2 - 26/3 - 3/108
• +V Rajindernath 3 - 30/2
• MR Rege 2 - 63/2 - 1/26

in 1949/50 and 1953/54

• Ghulam Ahmed 4 - 25/4 - 26/496 (7/42&12/93;6/52;5/51)

in 1949/50 and 1950/51 and 1953/54:

• *HR Adhikari 9 - 461/12 - 0/61 (93;74;61;56)
• *VS Hazare 13 - 1414/19 - 19/646 (175*;144*;140;134;115;84;80;77;75;64;61)
• +PG Joshi 4 - 15/3
• MH Mankad 10 - 488/15 - 31/1228 (154;91;52)
• S Mushtaq Ali 9 - 520/14 - 1/55 (129;61;58)
• *DG Phadkar 12 - 667/16 - 37/1258 (110;78*;64;61;5/99)
• *PR Umrigar 14 - 1120/17 - 5/262 (130;112*;110;93;87;83;67;59;57;56;55)

in 1950/51 and 1953/54:

• CD Gopinath 4 - 130/4 (67*)
• VL Manjrekar 5 - 142/8 - 0/1 (86)
• GS Ramchand 6 - 410/8 - 3/225 (119;111;96)

in 1953/54:

• ML Apte 1 - 30/1
• P Bhandari 1 - 12/1 - 3/108
• CV Gadkari 2 - 136/3 - 1/42 (102*)
• SP Gupte 5 - 16/4 - 27/696 (8/91&12/173;6/95)
• RB Kenny 2 - 109/3 - 1/18 (65)
• AG Kripal Singh 1 - 31/1 - 0/23
• AR Naidu 1 - 10/1 - 0/15
• JM Patel 1 - 15/1 - 0/83
• PH Punjabi 1 - 131/2 - 2/49 (107)
• P Roy 4 - 241/6 - 1/31 (141;58)
• +PK Sen 1 - 14/2
• +KS Srinivasan 1 - 11/1
• GR Sunderam 2 - 1/2 - 4/145
• M Suryanarayan 1 - 12/1 - 0/2
• +NS Tamhane 2 - 15/2

The following played for the Commonwealth XI against India
in 1949/50:

• WE Alley (aus) 5 - 296/7 - 0/7 (51*)
• +GO Dawkes (eng) 1 - 12/2
• DMJ Fitzmaurice (aus) 2 - 43/2 - 7/125
• FAW Freer (aus) 5 - 288/8 - 14/470 (132;51)
• JKC Holt (win) 4 - 149/5 (84*)
• HF Lambert (aus) 5 - 23/4 - 9/422
• CW Langdon (aus) 2 - 55/3 - 0/8
• *+L Livingston (aus) 5 - 401/7 (123;81;80;59)
• N Oldfield (eng) 5 - 491/8 (158;151;110)
• CG Pepper (aus) 1 - 38/1 - 7/191
• J Pettiford (aus) 3 - 171/2 - 3/226 (72;65*)
• W Place (eng) 2 - 54/4
• GH Pope (eng) 1 - 0/1 - 0/24
• R Smith (eng) 4 - 72/4 - 5/196

in 1949/50 and 1950/51:

• GE Tribe (aus) 9 - 211/11 - 31/1286 (61;5/122;5/144)

in 1950/51:

• *LEG Ames (eng) 2 - 24/4 - 0/10
• B Dooland (aus) 5 - 300/6 - 7/374 (108;106)
• LB Fishlock (eng) 4 - 188/6 (102*)
• H Gimblett (eng) 5 - 289/9 - 0/2 (63)
• +KJ Grieves (aus) 5 - 277/7 (99)
• JT Ikin (eng) 4 - 625/6 - 0/16 (111;110;96*;86;77;63)
• JC Laker (eng) 1 - 37/1 - 8/120 (5/88)
• F Ridgway (eng) 4 - 62/5 - 12/373
• D Shackleton (eng) 3 - 18/3 - 8/337
• +RT Spooner (eng) 2 - 62/0 (62*)
• +HW Stephenson (eng) 2 - 76/1

in 1949/50 and 1950/51 and 1953/54:

• *FMM Worrell (win) 12 - 1231/17 - 29/967 (223*;161;116;83*;78;71*;71;61;58;58;55;54)

in 1950/51 and 1953/54:

• GM Emmett (eng) 3 - 360/12 - 1/19 (96;55;53)
• S Ramadhin (win) 5 - 13/4 - 15/489 (5/102)

in 1953/54

• DW Barrick (eng) 4 - 181/5 - 1/102 (102*)
• *+BA Barnett (aus) 5 - 78/5
• CJ Barnett (eng) 2 - 53/3 - 0/41
• R Berry (eng) 5 - 9/4 - 7/472
• GA Edrich (eng) 3 - 55/5
• DGW Fletcher (eng) 1 - 35/1
• JB Iverson (aus) 3 - 32/1 - 17/309 (6/47&10/125)
• PJ Loader (eng) 5 - 36/6 - 13/265
• SJE Loxton (aus) 5 - 148/7 - 7/321 (55)
• RE Marshall (win) 5 - 290/7 - 4/214 (90;88*)
• KD Meuleman (aus) 5 - 445/8 - 0/57 (131;124;75;50)
• RT Simpson (eng) 3 - 266/5 - 0/28 (121;59;57)
• AJ Watkins (eng) 3 - 142/4 - 1/99 (55*)

The following played for Pakistan against the Commonwealth XI in 1963/64:

• Arif Butt 1 - 20/1 - 3/103
• Asif Iqbal 3 - 99/3 - 3/181 (51)
• A D'Souza 1 - 8/1 - 0/119
• Faqir Aizazuddin 3 - 171/3 - 1/90
• Farooq Hameed 2 - 19/0 - 6/272
• *+Imtiaz Ahmed 3 - 113/3 (56)
• Intikhab Alam 3 - 112/4 - 12/486 (55)
• Javed Burki 3 - 112/3 - 0/53
• Nasim-ul-Ghani 2 - 30/2 - 6/306
• Masood-ul-Hasan 1 - 5/2 - 0/22
• Mohammad Munaf 1 - 0/1 - 0/101
• Mushtaq Mohammad 3 - 393/3 - 3/110 (178;159;56)
• Pervez Sajjad 1 - 0/1 - 4/180
• Saeed Ahmed 3 - 226/4 - 3/151 (100)
• Shafqat Rana 3 - 213/3 - 0/42 (82;79*)

The following played for the Commonwealth XI against Pakistan in 1963/64:

• WE Alley (aus) 1 - 101/2 - 0/10 (68)
• +KV Andrew (eng) 1 - 14/1
• BF Butcher (win) 3 - 216/5 - 1/62 (95;60)
• BL D'Oliveira (rsa/eng) 2 - 54/3 - 3/177
• TW Graveney (eng) 3 - 500/5 (164;107*;97;55)
• CC Griffith (win) 3 - 140/4 - 8/344
• RB Kanhai (win) 3 - 343/6 - 1/51 (161;129)
• Khalid Ibadulla (pak) 3 - 328/5 - 0/237 (103*;76;50)
• +JT Murray (eng) 2 - 15/2
• SM Nurse (win) 3 - 259/5 - 0/14 (126*;66)
• KE Palmer (eng) 1 - 35/0 - 2/95
• *PE Richardson (eng) 3 - 84/5 - 1/59
• DNF Slade (eng) 3 - 134/2 - 11/309 (6/126)
• CD Watson (win) 2 - 3/1 - 4/163

The following players played for England against the rest of the world (matches - runs - outs - wickets - runs conceded - centuries and fifers)

• BW Luckhurst 5 - 408/9 (113*)
• G Boycott 2 - 260/4 (157)
• MC Cowdrey 4 - 241/8
• KWR Fletcher 4 - 340/7 - 0/12
• DL Amiss 1 - 59/2
• R Illingworth 5 - 477/9 - 11/461
• APE Knott 5 - 211/7
• JA Snow 5 - 115/7 - 19/681
• CP Old 2 - 42/4 - 2/184
• D Wilson 2 - 7/3 - 4/205
• P Lever 1 - 13/1 - 7/117 (7/83)
• AW Greig 3 - 96/5 - 11/288
• BL D'Oliveira 4 - 308/7 - 9/278 (110*)
• JH Edrich 2 - 96/4
• A Jones 1 - 5/2
• MH Denness 1 - 37/2
• PJ Sharpe 1 - 6/2
• A Ward 1 - 11/2 - 4/121
• K Shuttleworth 1 - 1/0 - 0/85
• DJ Brown 2 - 48/3 - 3/193
• DL Underwood 3 - 29/5 - 7/283

The following played for the rest of the world against England

• EJ Barlow 5 - 353/9 - 20/396 (142 & 119 & 7/64 & 5/66 & 5/78)
• BA Richards 5 - 356/7
• RB Kanhai 5 - 284/9 - 0/4 (100)
• RG Pollock 5 - 250/8 - 0/5 (114)
• Mushtaq Mohammed 2 - 29/4 - 1/135
• GS Sobers 5 - 588/8 - 21/452 (183 & 114 & 6/21)
• CH Lloyd 5 - 400/8 - 6/120 (114* & 101)
• MJ Procter 5 - 292/7 - 15/359 (5/46)
• DL Murray 3 - 172/4
• Intikhab Alam 5 - 240/7 - 14/637 (6/113)
• GD McKenzie 3 - 10/2 - 9/283
• FM Engineer 2 - 3/3
• PM Pollock 1 - 23/0 - 2/110
• LR Gibbs 4 - 27/2 - 3/307

The following played for Pakistan against Rest-of-the-World

• Talat Ali 2 - 133/4
• Sultan Rana 1 - 97/2
• Zaheer Abbas 2 - 414/2 (145* & 103)
• Asif Iqbal 3 - 304/6 (129)
• Wasim Raja 2 - 158/4 - 12/282 (5/77)
• Aftab Baloch 2 - 112/1 - 1/140
• Intikhab Alam 3 - 62/4 - 7/226
• Wasim Bari 3 - 32/2
• Sarfraz Nawaz 3 - 5/0 - 10/219 (5/65)
• Asif Masood 1 - 0/0 - 4/96
• Pervez Sajjad 2 - 0/0 - 13/280
• Javed Burki 1 - 46/2
• Sadiq Mohammad 1 - 84/2
• Saeed Ahmed 1 - 175/2 - 6/126 (119)
• Mushtaq Mohammad 1 - 117/1 - 0/20 (103*)
• Shafqat Rana 1 - 117/1 (117)
• Afzaal Ahmed 1 - 39/2
• Saleem Altaf 2 - 0/1 - 2/120

The following played for Rest-of-the-World against Pakistan

• H Pilling 2 - 134/4 - 0/0
• JM Brearley 2 - 219/4 - 0/8 (115)
• AI Kalicharran 2 - 187/4 - 0/20 (103)
• CH Lloyd 3 - 168/5 - 0/53
• RB Kanhai 3 - 219/6 - 2/68
• MC Cowdrey 1 - 102/1 - 2/66
• KD Boyce 2 - 55/4 - 4/198
• VA Holder 2 - 78/3 - 3/111
• K Goodwin 2 - 18/3
• Munawwar Hussain 1 - 11/1 - 5/161
• RNS Hobbs 2 - 9/3 - 4/339
• Hanif Mohammad 1 - 63/2 - 1/27
• S Abid Ali 1 - 63/2 - 0/90
• GS Sobers 1 - 25/2 - 2/62
• DL Amiss 1 - 36/2 - 0/15
• FM Engineer 1 - 39/2
• PI Pocock 1 - 31/2 - 1/76
• DJ Brown 1 - 17/2 - 1/78
• GG Arnold 1 - 36/2 - 0/126
• I Ali 1 - 0/1 - 7/148 (5/80)
• LR Gibbs 2 - 5/1 - 2/204

The following played for Australia against the "World XI"

• KR Stackpole 5 - 490/9 - 1/41 (132 & 104)
• AJ Woodcock 1 - 21/2
• IM Chappell 5 - 634/7 (145 & 119 & 111* & 106) (2 centuries in 1 match)
• J Benaud 3 - 263/5
• GS Chappell 3 - 425/4 - 2/98 (197* & 115*)
• RJ Inverarity 2 - 32/4 - 4/123
• RW Marsh 5 - 186/6
• KJ O'Keeffe 5 - 118/7 - 8/413
• AA Mallett 1 - 8/1 - 4/153
• RAL Massie 3 - 72/6 - 11/297 (7/76)
• JRF Duncan 1 - 0/2 - 1/64
• IR Redpath 2 - 75/2
• AP Sheahan 2 - 30/1
• GD McKenzie 2 - 0/1 - 6/164
• BC Francis 2 - 34/3
• GD Watson 1 - 37/1 - 1/47
• KD Walters 4 - 355/5 - 0/56 (127 & 125)
• TJ Jenner 4 - 69/4 - 10/341
• DK Lillee 4 - 19/4 - 24/472 (8/29=12/92 & 5/48)

The following played for the World XI against Australia

• HM Ackerman 4 - 323/7 (112)
• SM Gavaskar 5 - 257/9
• RB Kanhai 3 - 279/4 - 0/14 (118 & 101)
• Zaheer Abbas 5 - 261/9
• RG Pollock 3 - 209/5 (136)
• GS Sobers 5 - 341/7 - 9/435 (254)
• AW Greig 5 - 180/6 - 16/432 (6/30)
• Intikhab Alam 5 - 145/5 - 19/636
• PM Pollock 2 - 74/3 - 2/147
• RW Taylor 1 - 5/1
• BS Bedi 5 - 32/3 - 17/651
• RS Cunis 2 - 6/3 - 4/214
• N Gifford 1 - 4/0 - 0/27
• RA Hutton 2 - 1/2 - 3/181
• CH Lloyd 2 - 102/3 - 0/11
• Asif Masood 1 - 0/1 - 3/120
• FM Engineer 4 - 74/6

The following played for Pakistan against the International XI in 1981/82

• Ijaz Faqih 3 - 42/4 - 14/282 (5/46)
• Iqbal Qasim 3 - 55/3 - 26/423 (9/80&12/180;5/47)
• *Javed Miandad 1 - 178/2 (177)
• *Majid Khan 3 - 158/4 (66*)
• Mansoor Akhtar 2 - 125/3 (75*)
• Mohsin Khan 1 - 47/2
• Mudassar Nazar 3 - 267/5 - 0/52 (151;50)
• Rashid Khan 1 - 0/2 - 2/97
• Rizwan-uz-Zaman 3 - 150/5 - 0/3 (65)
• Saleem Malik 2 - 75/3
• Sarfraz Nawaz 1 - 3/1 - 3/56
• Sikander Bakht 2 - 27/0 - 6/165
• Tahir Naqqash 2 - 15/2 - 4/104
• +Wasim Bari 3 - 33/4
• Wasim Raja 3 - 222/4 - 3/115 (144)

The following played for the International XI against Pakistan in 1981/82

• BS Bedi (ind) 2 - 20/3 - 13/365 (6/117)
• RO Butcher (bar/eng) 3 - 92/6 - 0/12
• TR Etwaroo (win) 1 - 148/2 (136)
• +IJ Gould (eng) 3 - 93/6
• FC Hayes (eng) 2 - 73/4
• EE Hemmings (eng) 3 - 51/5 - 8/316
• MA Holding (win) 2 - 131/4 - 8/144 (67;6/49)
• *RB Kanhai (win) 3 - 135/6 - 0/17
• CL King (win) 1 - 45/2 - 2/62
• MA Lynch (guy/eng) 3 - 78/6 - 2/112
• GD Mendis (sla/eng) 3 - 264/5
• MWW Selvey (eng) 1 - 66/1 - 2/45
• WN Slack (vin/eng) 2 - 32/4
• GC Small (bar/eng) 2 - 54/3 - 4/161
• JA Williams (win) 2 - 15/4 - 4/163

The following played in the Lord's match of 1987:

• CG Greenidge 1 - 174/2 (122)
• BC Broad 1 - 12/2
• GA Gooch 1 - 187/2 (117)
• DI Gower 1 - 48/2
• MW Gatting 1 - 179/1 (179)
• CEB Rice 1 - 63/0 - 0/63
• RJ Hadlee 1 - 36/1 - 0/73
• RJ Shastri 1 - 10/0 - 3/130
• JE Emburey 1 - 7/1 - 1/93
• MD Marshall 1 - 0/0 - 4/63
• BN French 1 - 0/0
• SM Gavaskar 1 - 188/2 (188)
• DL Haynes 1 - 26/1
• DB Vengsarkar 1 - 22/1
• AR Border 1 - 26/1
• PJL Dujon 1 - 9/1
• Imran Khan 1 - 82/1 - 2/130
• N Kapil Dev 1 - 13/1 - 1/75
• RA Harper 1 - 26/0 - 2/197
• CA Walsh 1 - 21/0 - 2/156
• Javed Miandad 1 - 0/0 - 0/21
• Abdul Qadir 1 - 0/0 - 3/142

totals for those 35 matches, and corrected career data

• from England:
  • LEG Ames 2 - 24/4 - 0/10 = 49 - 2458/64 - 0/10
  • DL Amiss 2 - 95/4 - 0/15 = 52 - 3707/82 - 0/15
  • KV Andrew 1 - 14/1 = 3 - 43/4
  • GG Arnold 1 - 36/2 - 0/126 = 35 - 457/37 - 115/3380
  • CJ Barnett 2 - 53/3 - 0/41 = 22 - 1151/34 - 0/134
  • R Berry 5 - 9/4 - 7/472 = 7 - 15/6 - 16/700
  • G Boycott 2 - 260/4 (157) = 110 - 8374/174 - 23 centuries
  • JM Brearley 2 - 219/4 - 0/8 (115) = 41 - 1661/67 - 0/8 - 1 century
  • BC Broad 1 - 12/2 = 26 - 1673/44
  • DJ Brown 3 - 65/5 - 4/271 = 29 - 407/34 - 83/2508
  • RO Butcher 3 - 92/6 - 0/12 = 6 - 163/11 - 0/12
  • MC Cowdrey 5 - 343/9 - 2/66 = 119 - 7967/182 - 2/170
  • MH Denness 1 - 37/2 = 29 - 1704/44
  • BL D'Oliveira 6 - 362/10 - 12/455 (110*) = 50 - 2846/72 - 59/2314 - 6 centuries
  • JH Edrich 2 - 96/4 = 79 - 5234/122
  • JE Emburey 1 - 7/1 - 1/93 = 65 - 1720/77 - 148/5739
  • GM Emmett 3 - 360/2 - 1/19 = 4 - 370/4 - 1/19
  • LB Fishlock 4 - 188/6 (102*) = 8 - 235/10 - 1 century
  • KWR Fletcher 4 - 340/7 - 0/12 = 63 - 3712/89 - 2/205
  • BN French 1 - 0/0 = 17 - 308/17
  • MW Gatting 1 - 179/1 (179) = 80 - 4588/125 - 11 centuries
  • N Gifford 1 - 4/0 - 0/27 = 16 - 183/11 - 33/1053
  • H Gimblett 5 - 289/9 - 0/2  =  8 - 418/13 - 0/2
  • GA Gooch 1 - 187/2 (117) = 119 - 9087/211 - 21 centuries
  • DI Gower 1 - 48/2 = 118 - 8279/188
  • TW Graveney 3 - 500/5 (164;107*) = 82 - 5382/115 - 13 centuries
  • AW Greig 8 - 276/11 - 27/720 (6/30) = 66 - 3875/100 - 168/5261 - 7 5wI
  • FC Hayes 2 - 73/4 = 11 - 314/20
  • EE Hemmings 3 - 51/5 - 8/316 = 19 - 434/22 - 51/2141
  • RNS Hobbs 2 - 9/3 - 4/339 = 9 - 43/8 - 16/820
  • RA Hutton 2 - 1/2 - 3/181 = 7 - 220/8 - 12/438
  • JT Ikin 4 - 625/6 - 0/16 (111;110) = 22 - 1231/35 - 3/370 - 2 centuries
  • R Illingworth 5 - 477/9 - 11/461 = 66 - 2313/88 - 133/4268
  • APE Knott 5 - 211/7 = 100 - 4600/141
  • JC Laker 1 - 37/1 - 8/120 (5/88) = 47 - 713/49 - 201/4221 - 10 5wI
  • P Lever 1 - 13/1 - 7/117 (7/83) = 18 - 363/17 - 48/1626 - 3 5wI
  • PJ Loader 5 - 36/6 - 13/265 = 18 - 112/19 - 52/1143
  • BW Luckhurst 5 - 408/9 (113*) = 26 - 1706/45 - 5 centuries
  • JT Murray 2 - 15/2 = 23 - 521/25
  • CP Old 2 - 42/4 - 2/184 = 48 - 887/61 - 145/4204
  • N Oldfield 5 - 491/8 (158;151;110) = 6 - 590/10 - 3 centuries
  • KE Palmer 1 - 35/0 - 2/95 = 2 - 45/1 - 3/284
  • W Place 2 - 54/4 = 5 - 198/9
  • PI Pocock 1 - 31/2 - 1/76 = 26 - 237/35 - 68/3052
  • GH Pope 1 - 0/1 - 0/24 = 2 - 8/1 - 1/109
  • PE Richardson 3 - 84/5 - 1/59 = 37 - 2145/60 - 4/107
  • F Ridgway 4 - 62/5 - 12/373 = 9 - 111/11 - 19/752
  • MWW Selvey 1 - 66/1 - 2/45 = 4 - 81/3 - 8/388
  • D Shackleton 3 - 18/3 - 8/337 = 10 - 131/9 - 26/1105
  • PJ Sharpe 1 - 6/2 = 13 - 792/19
  • K Shuttleworth 1 - 1/0 - 0/85 = 6 - 47/6 - 12/512
  • RT Simpson 3 - 266/5 - 0/28 = 30 - 1667/47 - 2/50 - 5 centuries
  • WN Slack 2 - 32/4 = 5 - 113/10
  • GC Small 2 - 54/3 - 4/161 = 19 - 317/20 - 59/2032
  • JA Snow 5 - 115/7 - 19/681 = 54 - 887/74 - 221/6068
  • RT Spooner 2 - 62/0 = 9 - 416/13
  • RW Taylor 1 - 5/1 = 58 - 1161/72
  • DL Underwood 3 - 29/5 - 7/283 = 89 - 966/76 - 304/7957
  • A Ward 1 - 11/2 - 4/121 = 6 - 51/7 - 18/574
  • AJ Watkins 3 - 142/4 - 1/99 = 18 - 952/24 - 12/653
  • D Wilson 2 - 7/3 - 4/205 = 8 - 82/9 - 15/671
    these players have played their only "test" matches in unofficial ones:
  • DW Barrick 4 - 181/5 - 1/102 - 1 century
  • GO Dawkes 1 - 12/2
  • GA Edrich 3 - 55/5
  • DGW Fletcher 1 - 35/1
  • K Goodwin 2 - 18/3
  • IJ Gould 3 - 93/6
  • A Jones 1 - 5/2
  • MA Lynch (guy/eng) 3 - 78/6 - 2/112
  • GD Mendis (sla/eng) 3 - 264/5
  • H Pilling 2 - 134/4 - 0/0
  • DNF Slade 3 - 134/2 - 11/309 (6/126) - 1 5wI
  • R Smith 4 - 72/4 - 5/196
  • HW Stephenson 2 - 76/1
• from Pakistan
  • Abdul Qadir 1 - 0/0 - 3/142 = 68 - 1029/66 - 239/7884
  • Aftab Baloch 2 - 112/1 - 1/140 = 4 - 209/3 - 1/157
  • Arif Butt 1 - 20/1 - 3/103 = 4 - 79/6 - 17/391
  • Asif Iqbal 6 - 403/9 (129;51) - 3/181 = 64 - 3978/101 - 56/1683 - 12 centuries
  • Asif Masood 2 - 0/1 - 7/216 = 18 - 93/10 - 45/1784
  • A D'Souza 1 - 8/1 - 0/119 = 7 - 84/3 - 17/864
  • Farooq Hameed 2 - 19/0 - 6/272 = 3 - 22/2 - 7/379
  • Hanif Mohammad 1 - 63/2 - 1/27 = 56 - 3977/91 - 2/122
  • Ijaz Faqih 3 - 42/4 - 14/282 (5/46) = 8 - 225/11 - 18/581 - 1 5wI
  • Imran Khan 1 - 82/1 - 2/130 = 89 - 3889/102 - 364/8388
  • Imtiaz Ahmed 3 - 113/3 = 44 - 2192/74
  • Intikhab Alam 16 - 559/20 - 52/1985 (6/113) = 63 - 2052/87 - 177/6379 - 6 5wI
  • Iqbal Qasim 3 - 55/3 - 26/423 (9/80&12/180;5/47) = 53 - 604/45 - 197/5230 - 10 5wI - 3 10wM
  • Javed Burki 4 - 158/5 - 0/53 = 29 - 1499/49 - 0/76
  • Javed Miandad 2 - 178/2 - 0/21 = 126 - 9010/170 - 17/703
  • Khalid Ibadulla 3 (against Pakistan) - 328/5 - 0/237 (103*) = 7 - 581/13 - 1/336 - 2 centuries
  • Majid Khan 3 - 158/4 = 66 - 4089/105
  • Mansoor Akhtar 2 - 125/3 = 21 - 780/29
  • Mohammad Munaf 1 - 0/1 - 0/101 = 5 - 63/6 - 11/442
  • Mohsin Khan 1 - 47/2 = 49 - 2756/75 - 0/30
  • Mudassar Nazar 3 - 267/5 - 0/52 (151) = 79 - 4381/113 - 66/2584 - 11 centuries
  • Mushtaq Mohammed 6 - 539/8 - 4/265 (178;159;103*) = 63 - 4182/101 - 83/2574 - 13 centuries
  • Nasim-ul-Ghani 2 - 30/2 - 6/306 = 31 - 777/47 - 56/2265
  • Pervez Sajjad 3 - 0/1 - 17/460 = 22 - 123/10 - 76/1870
  • Rashid Khan 1 - 0/2 - 2/97 = 5 - 155/5 - 10/457
  • Rizwan-uz-Zaman 3 - 150/5 - 0/3 = 14 - 495/23 - 4/49
  • Sadiq Mohammad 1 - 84/2 = 42 - 2663/74
  • Saeed Ahmed 4 - 401/6 - 9/277 (119;100) = 45 - 3392/80 - 31/1079 - 7 centuries
  • Saleem Altaf 2 - 0/1 - 2/120 = 23 - 276/20 - 48/1830
  • Saleem Malik 2 - 75/3 = 105 - 5843/135
  • Sarfraz Nawaz 4 - 8/1 - 13/275 (5/65) = 59 - 1053/60 - 190/6073 - 5 5wI
  • Shafqat Rana 4 - 330/4 - 0/42 (117) = 9 - 551/11 - 1/51 - 1 century
  • Sikander Bakht 2 - 27/0 - 6/165 = 28 - 173/23 - 73/2577
  • Tahir Naqqash 2 - 15/2 - 4/104 = 17 - 315/16 - 38/1493
  • Talat Ali 2 - 133/4 = 12 - 503/20
  • Wasim Bari 6 - 65/6 = 87 - 1431/92
  • Wasim Raja 5 - 380/8 - 15/397 (144;5/77) = 62 - 3201/86 - 66/2223 - 5 centuries - 1 5wI
  • Zaheer Abbas 7 - 675/11 (145* & 103) = 85 - 5737/124 - 14 centuries
    these players have played their only "test" matches in unofficial ones:
  • Afzaal Ahmed 1 - 39/2
  • Faqir Aizazuddin 3 - 171/3 - 1/90
  • Masood-ul-Hasan 1 - 5/2 - 0/22
  • Munawwar Hussain 1 - 11/1 - 5/161 (against Pakistan!)
  • Sultan Rana 1 - 97/2
• from Australia
  • BA Barnett 5 - 78/5 = 9 - 273/12
  • J Benaud 3 - 263/5 = 6 - 486/10
  • AR Border 1 - 26/1 = 157 - 11200/222
  • GS Chappell 3 - 425/4 - 2/98 (197* & 115*) = 90 - 7535/136 - 49/2011 - 26 centuries
  • IM Chappell 5 - 634/7 (145 & 119 & 111* & 106) (2 centuries in 1 match) = 80 - 5979/133 - 18 centuries
  • B Dooland 5 - 300/6 - 7/374 (108;106) = 8 - 376/10 - 16/793 - 2 centuries
  • JRF Duncan 1 - 0/2 - 1/64 = 2 - 3/3 - 1/94
  • BC Francis 2 - 34/3 = 5 - 86/8
  • FAW Freer 5 - 288/8 - 14/470 (132) = 6 - 316/8 - 17/544 - 1 century
  • RJ Inverarity 2 - 32/4 - 4/123 = 8 - 206/14 - 8/216
  • JB Iverson 3 - 32/1 - 17/309 (6/47&10/125) = 8 - 35/5 - 38/629 - 2 5wI - 1 10wM
  • TJ Jenner 4 - 69/4 - 10/341 = 13 - 277/13 - 34/1090
  • DK Lillee 4 - 19/4 - 24/472 (8/29=12/92 & 5/48) = 74 - 924/70 - 379/8965 - 25 5wI - 8 10wM
  • SJE Loxton 5 - 148/7 - 7/321 = 17 - 702/22 - 15/670
  • AA Mallett 1 - 8/1 - 4/153 = 39 - 438/38 - 136/4093
  • RW Marsh 5 - 186/6 = 101 - 3819/143
  • RAL Massie 3 - 72/6 - 11/297 (7/76) = 9 - 150/13 - 42/944 - 3 5wI
  • GD McKenzie 5 - 10/3 - 15/447 = 65 - 955/80 - 261/7775
  • KD Meuleman 5 - 445/8 - 0/57 (131;124) = 6 - 445/9 - 0/57 - 2 centuries
  • KJ O'Keeffe 5 - 118/7 - 8/413 = 29 - 762/32 - 61/2431
  • IR Redpath 2 - 75/2 = 68 - 4812/111
  • AP Sheahan 2 - 30/1 = 38 - 1624/48
  • KR Stackpole 5 - 490/9 - 1/41 (132 & 104) = 48 - 3497/84 - 16/1042 - 9 centuries
  • GE Tribe 9 - 211/11 - 31/1286 = 12 - 246/13 - 33/1616 - 2 5wI
  • KD Walters 4 - 355/5 - 0/56 (127 & 125) = 78 - 5712/116 - 49/1481 - 17 centuries
  • GD Watson 1 - 37/1 - 1/47 = 6 - 134/10 - 7/301
  • AJ Woodcock 1 - 21/2 = 2 - 48/3
    these players have played their only "test" matches in unofficial ones:
  • WE Alley 6 - 397/9 - 0/17
  • DMJ Fitzmaurice 2 - 43/2 - 7/125
  • KJ Grieves 5 - 277/7
  • HF Lambert 5 - 23/4 - 9/422
  • CW Langdon 2 - 55/3 - 0/8
  • L Livingston 5 - 401/7 (123)
  • CG Pepper 1 - 38/1 - 7/191
  • J Pettiford 3 - 171/2 - 3/226 (72;65*)
• from the West Indies
  • I Ali 1 - 0/1 - 7/148 (5/80) = 13 - 172/17 - 41/1769 - 2 5wI
  • KD Boyce 2 - 55/4 - 4/198 = 23 - 712/31 - 64/1999
  • BF Butcher 3 - 216/5 - 1/62 = 47 - 3320/77 - 6/152
  • PJL Dujon 1 - 9/1 = 82 - 3331/105
  • LR Gibbs 6 - 32/3 - 5/511 = 85 - 520/73 - 314/9500
  • CG Greenidge 1 - 174/2 (122) = 109 - 7732/171 - 20 centuries
  • CC Griffith 3 - 140/4 - 8/344 = 31 - 670/36 - 102/3027
  • RA Harper 1 - 26/0 - 2/197 = 26 - 561/29 - 48/1488
  • DL Haynes 1 - 26/1 = 117 - 7513/178
  • VA Holder 2 - 78/3 - 3/111 = 42 - 760/51 - 112/1738
  • MA Holding 2 - 131/4 - 8/144 (6/49) = 62 - 1041/70 - 257/6042 - 14 5wI
  • JKC Holt 4 - 149/5 = 21 - 1215/34
  • AI Kalicharran 2 - 187/4 - 0/20 (103) = 68 - 4686/103 - 4/178 - 13 centuries
  • RB Kanhai 17 - 1260/31 - 3/156 (161;129;118;101;100) = 96 - 7487/162 - 3/241 - 20 centuries
  • CL King 1 - 45/2 - 2/62 = 10 - 463/15 - 5/344
  • CH Lloyd 10 - 670/16 - 6/184 (114* & 101) = 120 - 8185/177 - 16/806 - 21 centuries
  • MD Marshall 1 - 0/0 - 4/63 = 82 - 1810/96 - 380/7939
  • RE Marshall 5 - 290/7 - 4/214 = 9 - 433/14 - 4/229
  • DL Murray 3 - 172/4 = 65 - 2265/91
  • SM Nurse 3 - 259/5 - 0/14 (126*) = 32 - 2782/58 - 0/21 - 7 centuries
  • S Ramadhin 5 - 13/4 - 15/489 (5/102) = 48 - 374/48 - 173/5068 - 11 5wI
  • GS Sobers 11 - 954/17 - 32/949 (254 & 183 & 114 & 6/21) = 104 - 8986/156 - 267/8948 - 29 centuries - 7 5wI
  • CA Walsh 1 - 21/0 - 2/156 = 133 - 957/124 - 521/12844
  • CD Watson 2 - 3/1 - 4/163 = 9 - 15/6 - 23/887
  • FMM Worrell 12 - 1231/17 - 29/967 (223*;161;116) = 63 - 5091/95 - 98/3639 - 12 centuries
    these players have played their only "test" matches in unofficial ones:
  • TR Etwaroo (guy) 1 - 148/2 (136)
  • JA Williams (jam) 2 - 15/4 - 4/163
• from India
  • S Abid Ali 1 - 63/2 - 0/90 = 30 - 1081/52 - 47/2070
  • HR Adhikari 9 - 461/12 - 0/61 = 30 - 1333/40 - 3/143
  • ML Apte 1 - 30/1 = 8 - 572/12 - 0/3
  • BS Bedi 7 - 52/6 - 30/1016 (6/117) = 74 - 708/79 - 296/8653 - 15 5wI
  • P Bhandari 1 - 12/1 - 3/108 = 4 - 89/5 - 3/147
  • NR Chowdhury 5 - 27/2 - 20/611 = 7 - 30/3 - 21/816
  • FM Engineer 7 - 116/11 = 53 - 2727/95
  • CV Gadkari 2 - 136/3 - 1/42 (102*) = 8 - 265/9 - 1/87 - 1 century
  • HG Gaekwad 3 - 8/3 - 7/361 = 4 - 30/5 - 7/408
  • SM Gavaskar 6 - 445/11 (188) = 131 - 10567/209 - 35 centuries
  • Ghulam Ahmed 4 - 25/4 - 26/496 (7/42&12/93;6/52;5/51) = 26 - 217/26 - 94/2548 - 7 5wI - 2 10wM
  • CD Gopinath 4 - 130/4 = 12 - 372/15 - 1/11
  • SP Gupte 5 - 16/4 - 27/696 (8/91&12/173;6/95) = 41 - 199/33 - 176/5099 - 14 5wI - 2 10wM
  • VS Hazare 13 - 1414/19 - 19/646 (175*;144*;140;134;115) = 43 - 3606/65 - 39/1866 - 12 centuries
  • PG Joshi 4 - 15/3 = 16 - 222/22
  • N Kapil Dev 1 - 13/1 - 1/75 = 132 - 5261/170 - 435/12942
  • RB Kenny 2 - 109/3 - 1/18 = 7 - 354/12 - 1/18
  • G Kishenchand 5 - 198/6 - 0/4 = 10 - 287/16 - 0/4
  • AG Kripal Singh 1 - 31/1 - 0/23 = 15 - 453/16 - 10/607
  • VL Manjrekar 5 - 142/8 - 0/1 = 60 - 3350/90 - 1/45
  • MH Mankad 10 - 488/15 - 31/1228 (154) = 54 - 2597/82 - 193/6464 - 6 centuries
  • MK Mantri 4 - 76/6 = 8 - 143/13
  • VM Merchant 8 - 472/9 = 18 - 1331/27
  • RS Modi 6 - 210/11 - 4/126 = 16 - 946/27 - 4/140
  • S Mushtaq Ali 9 - 520/14 - 1/55 (129) = 20 - 1132/33 - 4/257 - 3 centuries
  • CS Nayudu 8 - 200/12 - 15/903 (5/95) = 19 - 347/28 - 17/1262 - 1 5wI
  • JM Patel 1 - 15/1 - 0/83 = 8 - 40/10 - 29/720
  • DG Phadkar 12 - 667/16 - 37/1258 (110;5/99) = 43 - 1896/54 - 99/3543 - 3 centuries - 4 5wI
  • PH Punjabi 1 - 131/2 - 2/49 (107) - 6 - 295/12 - 2/49 - 1 century
  • V Rajindernath 3 - 30/2 = 4 - 30/2
  • GS Ramchand 6 - 410/8 - 3/225 (119;111) = 39 - 1590/56 - 44/2124 - 4 centuries
  • CR Rangachari 1 - 2/1 - 0/82 = 5 - 10/4 - 9/575
  • MR Rege 2 - 63/2 - 1/26 = 3 - 78/4 - 1/26
  • P Roy 4 - 241/6 - 1/31 (141) = 47 - 2683/81 - 2/97 - 6 centuries
  • CT Sarwate 1 - 0/2 - 1/44 = 10 - 208/18 - 4/418
  • PK Sen 1 - 14/2 = 15 - 179/16
  • RJ Shastri 1 - 10/0 - 3/130 = 81 - 3840/107 - 154/6315
  • GR Sunderam 2 - 1/2 - 4/145 = 4 - 4/2 - 7/311
  • NS Tamhane 2 - 15/2 = 23 - 240/24
  • PR Umrigar 14 - 1120/17 - 5/262 (130;112*;110) = 73 - 4751/103 - 40/1735 - 15 centuries
  • DB Vengsarkar 1 - 22/1 = 117 - 6890/164
    these players have played their only "test" matches in unofficial ones:
  • BC Alva 2 - 26/3 - 3/108
  • UM Merchant 1 - 13/2
  • AR Naidu 1 - 10/1 - 0/15
  • BB Nimbalkar 1 - 15/1
  • KS Srinivasan 1 - 11/1
  • M Suryanarayan 1 - 12/1 - 0/2
• from South Africa
  • HM Ackerman 4 - 323/7 (112) = only "test" matches
  • EJ Barlow 5 - 353/9 - 20/396 (142 & 119 & 7/64 & 5/66 & 5/78) = 35 - 2869/64 - 60/1758 - 8 centuries - 4 5wI
  • PM Pollock 3 - 97/3 - 4/257 = 31 - 704/31 - 120/3063
  • RG Pollock 8 - 459/13 - 0/5 (136 & 114) = 31 - 2715/50 - 4/209 - 9 centuries
  • MJ Procter 5 - 292/7 - 15/359 (5/46) = 12 - 518/16 - 56/975 - 2 5wI
  • BA Richards 5 - 356/7 = 9 - 864/14 - 1/26
    this player played his only "test" match in an unofficial one
  • CEB Rice 1 - 63/0 - 0/63 = only "test" match
• from New Zealand
  • RS Cunis 2 - 6/3 - 4/214 = 22 - 301/26 - 55/2101
  • RJ Hadlee 1 - 36/1 - 0/73 = 87 - 3160/116 - 431/9684

This brings changes to the following all-time highs:

Total runs scored (26/9/2005)

1. AR Border 11200 (11174)
2. SR Waugh 10927
3. BC Lara 10818*
4. SM Gavaskar 10567 (10122) (+1)
5. SR Tendulkar 10134* (-1)
6. GS Sobers 8986 (8032) (+6)
7. GA Gooch 9087 (8900) (-1)
8. Javed Miandad 9010 (8832) (-1)
9. IVA Richards 8540 (-1)
10. AJ Stewart 8463 (-1)
11. G Boycott 8374 (8114) (=)
12. DI Gower 8279 (8231) (-2)
13. CH Lloyd 8185 (7515) (+7)
14. ME Waugh 8029 (-1)
15. MC Cowdrey 7967 (7624) (+1)
16. R Dravid 7871* (-2)
17. CG Greenidge 7732 (7558) (+1)
18. MA Atherton 7728 (-3)
19. Inzamam-ul-Haq 7620 (-2)
20. GS Chappell 7535 (7110) (+7)
21. MA Taylor 7525 (-2)
22. DL Haynes 7513 (7487) (-1)
23. RB Kanhai 7487 (6227) (+X)
24. DC Boon 7422 (-2)
25. JH Kallis 7337* (-2)
26. RT Ponting 7309* (-2)
27. G Kirsten 7289* (-2)
28. WR Hammond 7249 (-2)
29. JL Langer 7001
30. DG Bradman 6996
31. L Hutton 6971
32. DB Vengsarkar 6890 (6868)

Batting Averages:

1. DG Bradman 99.94
2. GA Headley 60.83 (+1)
3. H Sutcliffe 60.73 (+1)
4. E Paynter 59.23 (+1)
5. KF Barrington 58.67 (+1)
6. ED Weekes 58.61 (+1)
7. WR Hammond 58.45 (+1)
8. R Dravid 58.30* (+1)
9. GS Sobers 8986/156=57.60 (57.78) (+1)
10. SR Tendulkar 57.25* (+1)
11. JB Hobbs 56.94 (+1)
12. JH Kallis 56.87* (+1)
13. CL Walcott 56.68 (+1)
14. L Hutton 56.67 (+1)
15. V Sehwag 55.80* (+1)
16. GC Smith 55.50 (+1)
17. VS Hazare 3606/65 = 55.48 (47.65) (+XX)
18. GS Chappell 7535/136=55.40 (53.86) (+5)
19. RT Ponting 55.37 (-1)
20. GE Tyldesley 55.00 (-1)
21. RG Pollock 2715/50=54.30 (60.97) (-19)
22. CA Davis 54.20 (-2)
23. VG Kambli 54.20 (-2)
24. BC Lara 54.09* (-2)
25. AD Nourse 53.81 (-1)
26. FMM Worrell 5091/95=53.59 (+XX)
27. Javed Miandad 9010/170=53.00 (52.57) (-1)
28. AC Gilchrist 52.64 (-3)
29. ML Hayden 52.06 (-2)
30. J Ryder 51.62 (-2)
31. A Flower 51.54 (-2)
32. SR Waugh 51.06 (-2)
33. Inzamam-ul-Haq 50.80* (-2)
34. SM Gavaskar 10567/209=50.56 (51.12) (-5)
35. AJ Strauss 50.47* (-1)
36. AR Border 11200/222=50.45 (50.56) (-3)
37. TT Samaraweera 50.41*
38. IVA Richards 50.23
39. DCS Compton 50.06

Most centuries

1. SM Gavaskar 35 (34) (+1)
2. SR Tendulkar 34* (-1)
3. SR Waugh 32
4. BC Lara 30*
5. DG Bradman 29
6. GS Sobers 29 (26) (+2)
7. AR Border 27 (-1)
8. GS Chappell 26 (24) (-1)
9. IVA Richards 24 (-1)
10. RT Ponting 23
11. Javed Miandad 23
12. G Boycott 23 (22) (+1)
13. WR Hammond 22 (-1)
14. JL Langer 22 (-1)
15. JH Kallis 22 (-1)
16. M Azharuddin 22 (-1)
17. Inzamam-ul-Haq 22 (-1)
18. MC Cowdrey 22 (-1)
19. ML Hayden 21
20. RN Harvey 21
21. G Kirsten 21
22. DC Boon 21
23. GA Gooch 21 (20) (+4)
24. CH Lloyd 21 (19) (+9)
25. KF Barrington 20 (-2)
26. R Dravid Ind 20 (-2)
27. PA de Silva SL 20 (-2)
28. ME Waugh Aus 20 (-2)
29. CG Greenidge 20 (19) (+3)
30. L Hutton Eng 19
31. MA Taylor Aus 19

Most wickets

1. SK Warne 623*
2. M Muralitharan 563*
3. CA Walsh 521 (519)
4. GD McGrath 518
5. A Kumble 465*
6. N Kapil Dev 435 (434)
7. RJ Hadlee 431 (431)
8. Wasim Akram 414
9. CEL Ambrose 405
10. IT Botham 383
11. MD Marshall 380 (376) (+1)
12. DK Lillee 379 (355) (+3)
13. SM Pollock 377* (-2)
14. Waqar Younis 373 (-1)
15. Imran Khan 364 (362) (-1)
16. AA Donald 330
17. RGD Willis 325
18. LR Gibbs 314 (309)
19. FS Trueman 307
20. DL Underwood 304 (297)
21. BS Bedi 296 (266) (+2)
22. WPUJC Vaas 294* (-1)
23. CJ McDermott 291 (-1)
24. GS Sobers 267 (235) (+10)
25. GD McKenzie 261 (246) (+3)
26. J Garner 259 (-2)
27. MA Holding 257 (249) (+1)
28. JB Statham 252 (-3)
29. JN Gillespie 251 (-3)
30. R Benaud 248 (-2)
31. BS Chandrasekhar 242 (-1)
32. J Srinath 236 (-1)
33. AV Bedser 236 (-1)
34. Abdul Qadir 236 (236) (-1)

Written : 2005-09-23 - Last Modified : 2006-05-26