Delhi: You must have seen many records being made and broken in the history of Test cricket, but England has created such a record, which will surprise every cricket lover. England has become the first team in the world to score 5 lakh runs in Test cricket. To reach this figure, the English team played 1082 matches and 717 players contributed in it. England played its first Test match against Australia in 1877 and is also the team that has played the most Tests in world cricket. If extra runs are included, then England’s total score is close to 5,32,000 runs.
Due to a mistake by ECB, England players may stop playing cricket!
In the list of teams scoring the most Test runs, Australia is at second place with 4,28,816 runs. At the same time, the Indian team is at third position in this list. However, India’s score is far behind compared to England and Australia.
In the 586 Test matches played so far, India has scored 2,78,751 runs with the contribution of 316 players. By adding extra runs this figure reaches 2,95,833.
England strengthened its hold in the test
It is noteworthy that currently a test match is being played between England and New Zealand in Wellington. England scored 280 runs in the first innings, in response to which New Zealand collapsed for just 125 runs. In the second innings, the English team has scored 378 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Joe Root is moving towards his 36th Test century. England is in a strong position in this test.
Teams scoring most runs in test cricket history
| Team | runs by players | Total runs including extra runs |
|---|---|---|
| England | 500,109 | 531,863 |
| Australia | 428,816 | 452,035 |
| India | 278,751 | 295,833 |
| west indies | 270,429 | 286,276 |
| South Africa | 218,108 | 230,451 |
| Pakistan | 215,535 | 227,636 |
| new zealand | 208,994 | 222,947 |
| Sri Lanka | 155,171 | 163,868 |
| bangladesh | 64,850 | 68,635 |
| zimbabwe | 50,867 | 54,308 |
| ireland | 3,769 | 4,001 |
| afghanistan | 3,477 | 3,631 |
VIDEO: Rohit Sharma avoided revealing personal matters in the press conference
Related News