







The famous tagline of The Society of Cricket Statisticians of India (SCSI) reads ‘Figures are fun' – and certainly they are. Why? Because cricket is a game with a long history & lots of talent in future to come.

The first ever international match was played between United States of America and Canada on 24 September in 1844 at Bloomingdale park in Manhattan because this was the first ever sporting battle of any kind involving rivals across the international borders. This is the type of work that cricket historians and statisticians usually do to keep the game alive.

However, the first ever Test match was actually staged in 1877 between Australia and England at Melbourne and, from there on to this day, many players have created and broken numerous records in international cricket.

Here are some records that are unlikely to be breached in the next decade and we take a look at some of these records :

Tendulkar's hundreds









As the world holds its breath for Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international hundred - at the moment he has 51 Tests and 48 in one-day internationals - it's difficult to see anyone ever overtaking his final tally. It's not, of course, impossible, but it's going to take some doing - at the time of writing Ricky Ponting has 69 international hundreds and Jacques Kallis 57.

Murali's wickets

A dangerous one, this, as back in 1964 it was widely assumed that no one would ever surpass Fred Trueman's 300 Test wickets. But Murali has pushed the barrier to a stratospheric 800, and of the current crop of bowlers no one else is even halfway there yet.

He has taken 1347 wickets in international cricket by playing 495 matches. The next best is Shane Warne's 1001, which means Murali is ahead of him by a big margin.

James Anderson has taken 750 wickets in international cricket from 332 matches, the most among current bowlers and is unlikely to surpass Warne given his age (32).

Sir Don Bradman's Famous Batting Average

Many players think that true success is being Bradman. Why? Is it because his record is the safest among all? Yes and, in addition to that, for his consistency.

Sir Donald Bradman had scored 6996 runs from 52 Tests at an average of 99.52. Nobody in Test cricket has an average of more than 70 after a reasonable career. He was bowled for a duck in his last innings on the bowling of Eric Hollies and if he had scored only a boundary in his last innings, then it would have taken his average to a hundred.

Phil Simmons' 3 Runs in 10 overs for 4 wickets against Pakistan

Phil Simmons is the former West Indies player and coach who helped West Indies win ICC World T20 2016. As a player, his record in international cricket was not up to the mark as compared to other West Indies cricketers in his playing days but he is remembered for his extra-ordinary bowling spell of 10 overs in an ODI match against Pakistan.

The match was played at Sydney in 1992 and Simmons conceded only three runs from his full quota of 10 overs by picking up four wickets and bowling as many as eight maidens which is still considered as a mind-boggling effort

Highest Team Total In A Test Innings

A record that has stood tall for the last 19 years was created by Sri Lanka against India at Colombo (RPS) in 1997, when they scored 952 runs in an innings of a Test match. Sanath Jayasuriya scored 340 runs in Sri Lanka's monumental effort. Since this Test, 847 Test matches have been played and the record is still not broken and we think that will be the case for the next century too.