who is the highest wicket taken in test cricket
List of Test cricket records The trend of countries to increase the number of Test matches they play means that the aggregate lists are dominated by modern players. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket-taker in December 2007, when he passed Shane Warne's total of 708 wickets.[19] Within a year, the equivalent batting record of highest run-scorer had also changed hands: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the tally of 11,953 runs by Brian Lara.[20] The record for most dismissals by a wicket-keeper is held by Mark Boucher of South Africa[21] while the record for most catches by a fielder is held by Rahul Dravid.[22]
List of highest individual scores in ODIs |- | 1 || Sharma, RohitRohit Sharma || 264|| 152.60 || 1 ||  India ||  Sri Lanka || Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal, India|| 13 November 2014 || Won[5] |- | 2 || Guptil, MartinMartin Guptil || 237* || 145.39 || 1 ||  New Zealand ||  West Indies || Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand || 21 March 2015 || Won[6] |- | 3 || Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag || 219 || 146.97 || 1 ||  India ||  West Indies || Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore || 8 December 2011 || Won[7] |- | 4 || Gayle, ChrisChris Gayle || 215 || 146.25 || 1 ||  West Indies ||  Zimbabwe || Manuka Oval, Canberra || 24 February 2015 || Won[8] |- | 5 || Sharma, RohitRohit Sharma || 209 || 132.28 || 1 ||  India ||  Australia || M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore || 2 November 2013 || Won[9] |- | 6 || Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar || 200* || 136.05 || 1 ||  India ||  South Africa || Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior || 24 February 2010 || Won[10] |- | 7 || Charles Coventry || 194* || 124.36 || 1 ||  Zimbabwe ||  Bangladesh || Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo || 16 August 2009 || Lost[11] |- | 8 || Saeed Anwar || 194 || 132.88 || 1 ||  Pakistan ||  India || M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai || 21 May 1997 || Won[12] |- | 9 || Vivian Richards || 189* || 111.18 || 1 ||  West Indies ||  England || Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester || 31 May 1984 || Won[13] |- | 10 || Martin Guptill || 189* || 121.94 || 1 ||  New Zealand ||  England || Rose Bowl, Southampton || 2 June 2013 || Won[14] |- | 11 || Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya || 189 || 117.39 || 1 ||  Sri Lanka ||  India || Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah || 29 October 2000 || Won[15] |- | 12 || Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten || 188* || 118.24 || 1 ||  South Africa ||  United Arab Emirates || Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi || 16 February 1996 || Won[16] |- | 13 || Sachin Tendulkar || 186* || 124.00 || 1 ||  India ||  New Zealand || Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad || 8 November 1999 || Won[17] |- | 14 || Watson, ShaneShane Watson || 185* || 192.71 || 2 ||  Australia ||  Bangladesh || Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka || 11 April 2011 || Won[18] |- | 15 || du Plessis, FafFaf du Plessis || 185 || 131.20 || 1 ||  South Africa ||  Sri Lanka || Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town || 7 February 2017 || Won[19] |- |16|| Dhoni, M. S.M. S. Dhoni || 183* || 126.21 || 2 ||  India ||  Sri Lanka || Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur || 31 October 2005 || Won[20] |- |17|| Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly || 183 || 115.82 || 1 ||  India ||  Sri Lanka || County Ground, Taunton || 26 May 1999 || Won[21] |- |18|| Kohli, ViratVirat Kohli || 183 || 123.65 || 2 ||  India ||  Pakistan || Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka || 18 March 2012 || Won[22] |- |19|| Hayden, MatthewMatthew Hayden || 181* || 109.03 || 1 ||  Australia ||  New Zealand || Seddon Park, Hamilton || 20 February 2007 || Lost[23] |- |20|| Vivian Richards || 181 || 144.80 || 1 ||  West Indies ||  Sri Lanka || National Stadium, Karachi || 13 October 1987 || Won[24] |- |21||Martin Guptill|| 180* || 130.43 || 2 ||  New Zealand ||  South Africa || Seddon Park, Hamilton || 1 March 2017 || Won[25] |- |22|| David Warner || 179 || 139.84 || 1 ||  Australia ||  Pakistan || Adelaide Oval, Adelaide || 26 January 2017 || Won[26] |- |23|| Masakadza, HamiltonHamilton Masakadza || 178* || 106.58 || 1 ||  Zimbabwe ||  Kenya || Harare Sports Club, Harare || 18 October 2009 || Won[27] |- |24|| David Warner || 178 || 133.83 || 1 ||  Australia ||  Afghanistan || WACA Ground, Perth || 4 March 2017 || Won[28] |- |25|| de Kock, QuintonQuinton de Kock || 178 || 132.09 || 1 ||  South Africa ||  Australia || SuperSport Park, Centurion || 30 September 2016 || Won[29] |- | colspan="10" |Source Cricinfo. Last updated 2 May 2017. |}
List of Test cricket records In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19–90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first-class one.[16] In taking 10–53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture all ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best innings figures. Indian Leg-spinner Anil Kumble is the only other bowler to have taken 10 wickets in an innings, claiming 10–74 against Pakistan in 1999.[17] West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier. Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier.[18] Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of the fastest test half century scoring 50 runs from 21 balls. The record for the fastest test century is held by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum who scored 100 runs from 54 balls in his final test match.
Jim Laker Laker's ten for 53 was the first time a bowler had taken all ten wickets in a test innings. The only other bowler to achieve the feat is India's Anil Kumble, who took ten for 74 at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla against Pakistan in 1999. Having already taken nine for 37 in the first innings, Laker's match bowling figures of nineteen for 90 remain a world record in first-class cricket. The record for the most wickets taken in a test match was previously held by England's Sydney Barnes who took seventeen for 159 at the Old Wanderers, in Johannesburg, against South Africa in December 1913. Barnes remains the only bowler other than Laker to take seventeen in a test match. Two common factors link Laker and Barnes. They are the only two bowlers who have taken seventeen or more wickets in a test match and they both played for Saltaire in the Bradford League, Barnes from 1915 to 1923, Laker from 1938 to 1940.[59] Laker remains the only bowler to have taken more than seventeen wickets in a first-class match.[60] There had been twenty previous instances of seventeen in a match but, since Laker's feat, only John Davison of Canada in 2004 has taken seventeen wickets in a match.