Cricket Records for Australia (Host) in Test matches
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Player | Span | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
1884-1892 | 9 | - | 289 | 2478 | 530 | 23 | 4/53 | 23.04 | 1.28 | 107.7 | 1 | - | - | |
1887-1892 | 6 | - | 153 | 1783 | 478 | 41 | 8/35 | 11.65 | 1.60 | 43.4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
1881-1885 | 4 | 260.1 | 136 | 1041 | 289 | 7 | 3/64 | 41.28 | 1.66 | 148.7 | - | - | - | |
1925-1925 | 3 | 179.1 | 35 | 1433 | 399 | 17 | 4/51 | 23.47 | 1.67 | 84.2 | 3 | - | - | |
1928-1933 | 14 | 782.3 | 328 | 4695 | 1330 | 74 | 7/23 | 17.97 | 1.69 | 63.4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
1950-1951 | 5 | 138.4 | 29 | 1108 | 320 | 21 | 6/27 | 15.23 | 1.73 | 52.7 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1928-1931 | 7 | 300.2 | 112 | 1802 | 522 | 14 | 4/39 | 37.28 | 1.73 | 128.7 | 2 | - | - | |
1974-1979 | 7 | 179.6 | 36 | 1438 | 418 | 21 | 3/19 | 19.90 | 1.74 | 68.4 | - | - | - | |
1887-1895 | 9 | - | 273 | 3128 | 935 | 63 | 7/43 | 14.84 | 1.79 | 49.6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
1932-1937 | 12 | - | 261 | 4828 | 1453 | 59 | 5/51 | 24.62 | 1.80 | 81.8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
1932-1937 | 9 | - | 111 | 2377 | 726 | 21 | 5/33 | 34.57 | 1.83 | 113.1 | - | 1 | - | |
1953-1955 | 5 | 135.6 | 36 | 1086 | 335 | 14 | 4/33 | 23.92 | 1.85 | 77.5 | 1 | - | - | |
1958-1959 | 4 | 127.6 | 24 | 1022 | 318 | 15 | 5/107 | 21.20 | 1.86 | 68.1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1928-1929 | 5 | 406.4 | 134 | 2440 | 760 | 25 | 8/126 | 30.40 | 1.86 | 97.6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
1964-1968 | 9 | 125.4 | 37 | 1004 | 315 | 15 | 4/49 | 21.00 | 1.88 | 66.9 | 2 | - | - | |
1978-1983 | 12 | - | 106 | 2569 | 809 | 36 | 5/44 | 22.47 | 1.88 | 71.3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1946-1948 | 7 | 240.7 | 67 | 1927 | 607 | 30 | 6/29 | 20.23 | 1.88 | 64.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
1963-1966 | 5 | 199.0 | 59 | 1592 | 516 | 14 | 4/47 | 36.85 | 1.94 | 113.7 | 1 | - | - | |
1884-1895 | 14 | - | 336 | 4169 | 1358 | 63 | 6/67 | 21.55 | 1.95 | 66.1 | 4 | 3 | - | |
1946-1955 | 22 | 561.4 | 134 | 4492 | 1466 | 57 | 6/42 | 25.71 | 1.95 | 78.8 | 3 | 1 | - | |
1963-1964 | 5 | 160.5 | 31 | 1285 | 420 | 11 | 5/60 | 38.18 | 1.96 | 116.8 | - | 1 | - | |
1898-1904 | 10 | 422.0 | 160 | 2532 | 829 | 26 | 4/43 | 31.88 | 1.96 | 97.3 | 2 | - | - | |
1962-1975 | 14 | 569.1 | 136 | 4553 | 1493 | 37 | 7/79 | 40.35 | 1.96 | 123.0 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1881-1887 | 10 | 351.0 | 179 | 1404 | 461 | 18 | 7/40 | 25.61 | 1.97 | 78.0 | - | 1 | - | |
1952-1953 | 5 | 133.0 | 38 | 1064 | 350 | 8 | 4/41 | 43.75 | 1.97 | 133.0 | 1 | - | - | |
1958-1963 | 13 | 225.2 | 48 | 1802 | 593 | 13 | 3/75 | 45.61 | 1.97 | 138.6 | - | - | - | |
1924-1929 | 5 | - | 54 | 1118 | 369 | 11 | 3/36 | 33.54 | 1.98 | 101.6 | - | - | - | |
1928-1929 | 4 | 240.3 | 70 | 1443 | 477 | 19 | 5/35 | 25.10 | 1.98 | 75.9 | - | 2 | - | |
1924-1929 | 10 | - | 184 | 4754 | 1578 | 55 | 6/99 | 28.69 | 1.99 | 86.4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
1882-1887 | 10 | 382.3 | 182 | 1531 | 509 | 33 | 6/28 | 15.42 | 1.99 | 46.3 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1978-1987 | 6 | - | 80 | 1674 | 565 | 15 | 3/45 | 37.66 | 2.02 | 111.6 | - | - | - | |
1877-1887 | 9 | 384.1 | 165 | 1537 | 520 | 23 | 5/78 | 22.60 | 2.02 | 66.8 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1986-1998 | 10 | 374.0 | 95 | 2244 | 763 | 24 | 4/127 | 31.79 | 2.04 | 93.5 | 1 | - | - | |
1985-1992 | 9 | 375.3 | 113 | 2253 | 770 | 25 | 4/45 | 30.80 | 2.05 | 90.1 | 4 | - | - | |
1971-1977 | 11 | 424.2 | 110 | 3394 | 1162 | 34 | 4/38 | 34.17 | 2.05 | 99.8 | 1 | - | - | |
1978-1993 | 12 | - | 170 | 4011 | 1377 | 45 | 7/78 | 30.60 | 2.05 | 89.1 | 2 | 3 | - | |
1961-1976 | 14 | 717.1 | 165 | 5737 | 1970 | 59 | 5/66 | 33.38 | 2.06 | 97.2 | 3 | 4 | - | |
1984-1985 | 4 | 173.2 | 58 | 1040 | 359 | 14 | 5/28 | 25.64 | 2.07 | 74.2 | - | 1 | - | |
1947-1955 | 23 | 818.1 | 174 | 6545 | 2272 | 101 | 6/62 | 22.49 | 2.08 | 64.8 | 3 | 5 | - | |
1881-1887 | 15 | 591.0 | 282 | 2364 | 821 | 50 | 7/28 | 16.42 | 2.08 | 47.2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
1894-1904 | 11 | 320.2 | 102 | 1922 | 669 | 22 | 5/65 | 30.40 | 2.08 | 87.3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1963-1971 | 8 | 172.0 | 53 | 1376 | 480 | 11 | 3/39 | 43.63 | 2.09 | 125.0 | - | - | - | |
1963-1966 | 8 | 163.7 | 37 | 1311 | 460 | 8 | 2/46 | 57.50 | 2.10 | 163.8 | - | - | - | |
1970-1984 | 56 | - | 110 | 3005 | 1058 | 32 | 5/61 | 33.06 | 2.11 | 93.9 | - | 1 | - | |
1928-1929 | 3 | 210.0 | 51 | 1260 | 444 | 14 | 6/94 | 31.71 | 2.11 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1879-1884 | 7 | 258.3 | 105 | 1035 | 365 | 16 | 3/52 | 22.81 | 2.11 | 64.6 | - | - | - | |
1952-1964 | 29 | 1130.4 | 262 | 9044 | 3197 | 104 | 6/115 | 30.74 | 2.12 | 86.9 | 9 | 5 | - | |
1946-1955 | 28 | 608.1 | 112 | 4865 | 1740 | 85 | 7/60 | 20.47 | 2.14 | 57.2 | 3 | 3 | - | |
1881-1885 | 10 | 760.0 | 312 | 3040 | 1090 | 55 | 7/65 | 19.81 | 2.15 | 55.2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
1894-1904 | 15 | 734.4 | 219 | 4408 | 1581 | 74 | 7/28 | 21.36 | 2.15 | 59.5 | 5 | 4 | - | |
1984-1987 | 7 | 299.0 | 91 | 1794 | 645 | 21 | 5/63 | 30.71 | 2.15 | 85.4 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1974-1980 | 11 | - | 102 | 3291 | 1187 | 47 | 6/34 | 25.25 | 2.16 | 70.0 | 2 | 3 | - | |
1947-1948 | 5 | 126.0 | 21 | 1008 | 366 | 13 | 4/78 | 28.15 | 2.17 | 77.5 | 2 | - | - | |
1954-1963 | 17 | 604.2 | 116 | 4834 | 1768 | 84 | 6/53 | 21.04 | 2.19 | 57.5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
1981-1986 | 5 | 294.5 | 93 | 1769 | 647 | 23 | 5/99 | 28.13 | 2.19 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1967-1971 | 14 | 579.6 | 147 | 4638 | 1706 | 49 | 5/61 | 34.81 | 2.20 | 94.6 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1970-1982 | 15 | - | 165 | 4525 | 1669 | 58 | 7/113 | 28.77 | 2.21 | 78.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
1946-1948 | 8 | 232.0 | 31 | 1856 | 690 | 22 | 5/44 | 31.36 | 2.23 | 84.3 | - | 2 | - | |
1958-1959 | 4 | 126.2 | 25 | 1010 | 376 | 5 | 4/130 | 75.20 | 2.23 | 202.0 | 1 | - | - | |
1902-1921 | 27 | 723.1 | 196 | 4339 | 1629 | 45 | 4/26 | 36.20 | 2.25 | 96.4 | 3 | - | - | |
1910-1928 | 20 | - | 125 | 3845 | 1444 | 42 | 4/27 | 34.38 | 2.25 | 91.5 | 1 | - | - | |
1946-1959 | 29 | 820.5 | 128 | 6565 | 2472 | 112 | 7/38 | 22.07 | 2.25 | 58.6 | 5 | 4 | - | |
1967-1978 | 8 | 320.1 | 66 | 2561 | 965 | 31 | 6/104 | 31.12 | 2.26 | 82.6 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1930-1937 | 20 | - | 57 | 1784 | 674 | 19 | 4/13 | 35.47 | 2.26 | 93.8 | 1 | - | - | |
1952-1953 | 5 | 278.4 | 58 | 2228 | 843 | 30 | 7/81 | 28.10 | 2.27 | 74.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
1925-1933 | 19 | - | 311 | 6795 | 2582 | 105 | 7/83 | 24.59 | 2.27 | 64.7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | |
1978-1981 | 12 | - | 81 | 2551 | 971 | 37 | 5/148 | 26.24 | 2.28 | 68.9 | 4 | 1 | - | |
1970-1975 | 5 | 131.6 | 28 | 1054 | 402 | 11 | 3/42 | 36.54 | 2.28 | 95.8 | - | - | - | |
1982-1991 | 5 | 335.3 | 93 | 2013 | 768 | 18 | 3/53 | 42.66 | 2.28 | 111.8 | - | - | - | |
1951-1961 | 10 | 223.1 | 44 | 1785 | 686 | 27 | 6/38 | 25.40 | 2.30 | 66.1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1974-1979 | 10 | 342.6 | 63 | 2742 | 1056 | 43 | 5/28 | 24.55 | 2.31 | 63.7 | 3 | 2 | - | |
1952-1953 | 4 | 129.2 | 30 | 1034 | 399 | 6 | 4/169 | 66.50 | 2.31 | 172.3 | 1 | - | - | |
1951-1961 | 7 | 269.3 | 57 | 2155 | 833 | 17 | 5/90 | 49.00 | 2.31 | 126.7 | - | 1 | - | |
1979-1986 | 6 | 235.5 | 72 | 1415 | 549 | 8 | 3/39 | 68.62 | 2.32 | 176.8 | - | - | - | |
1963-1968 | 11 | 384.7 | 55 | 3079 | 1195 | 39 | 7/105 | 30.64 | 2.32 | 78.9 | 1 | 3 | - | |
1946-1954 | 11 | 478.3 | 76 | 3827 | 1489 | 47 | 5/46 | 31.68 | 2.33 | 81.4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
1978-1994 | 90 | - | 91 | 2124 | 831 | 21 | 7/46 | 39.57 | 2.34 | 101.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
1970-1971 | 6 | 225.5 | 47 | 1805 | 708 | 31 | 7/40 | 22.83 | 2.35 | 58.2 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1929-1933 | 9 | 400.2 | 85 | 2402 | 945 | 37 | 5/14 | 25.54 | 2.36 | 64.9 | 1 | 3 | - | |
1987-1995 | 13 | 508.2 | 149 | 3050 | 1201 | 30 | 5/9 | 40.03 | 2.36 | 101.6 | - | 2 | - | |
1920-1929 | 13 | - | 44 | 1237 | 488 | 12 | 2/20 | 40.66 | 2.36 | 103.0 | - | - | - | |
1951-1961 | 10 | 387.5 | 84 | 3101 | 1224 | 38 | 6/102 | 32.21 | 2.36 | 81.6 | 3 | 3 | - | |
1973-1987 | 16 | - | 188 | 4313 | 1705 | 104 | 9/52 | 16.39 | 2.37 | 41.4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | |
1992-2010 | 78 | 4438.5 | 1114 | 26633 | 10551 | 505 | 9/51 | 20.89 | 2.37 | 52.7 | 27 | 45 | 15 | |
1936-1937 | 3 | 136.0 | 28 | 1088 | 432 | 11 | 6/102 | 39.27 | 2.38 | 98.9 | - | 1 | - | |
1982-1984 | 5 | 212.2 | 51 | 1274 | 507 | 12 | 3/54 | 42.25 | 2.38 | 106.1 | - | - | - | |
1990-1995 | 9 | 388.2 | 96 | 2330 | 929 | 22 | 5/61 | 42.22 | 2.39 | 105.9 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1970-1975 | 7 | 204.5 | 33 | 1637 | 653 | 22 | 6/38 | 29.68 | 2.39 | 74.4 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1981-1993 | 17 | 745.4 | 202 | 4474 | 1785 | 67 | 8/106 | 26.64 | 2.39 | 66.7 | 1 | 5 | - | |
1986-2000 | 17 | 616.5 | 164 | 3701 | 1479 | 66 | 6/62 | 22.40 | 2.39 | 56.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
1998-2001 | 6 | 231.0 | 63 | 1386 | 554 | 20 | 5/36 | 27.70 | 2.39 | 69.3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1992-1999 | 16 | 254.0 | 76 | 1524 | 612 | 16 | 4/66 | 38.25 | 2.40 | 95.2 | 1 | - | - | |
1992-2007 | 67 | 932.2 | 217 | 5594 | 2248 | 68 | 5/34 | 33.05 | 2.41 | 82.2 | 4 | 2 | - | |
1968-1978 | 7 | 298.7 | 56 | 2391 | 963 | 35 | 5/55 | 27.51 | 2.41 | 68.3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
1981-1981 | 3 | 182.0 | 40 | 1092 | 440 | 11 | 3/49 | 40.00 | 2.41 | 99.2 | - | - | - | |
1963-1971 | 13 | 418.3 | 73 | 3347 | 1353 | 36 | 5/122 | 37.58 | 2.42 | 92.9 | 3 | 1 | - | |
1959-1963 | 8 | 245.3 | 20 | 1963 | 797 | 29 | 5/62 | 27.48 | 2.43 | 67.6 | 3 | 1 | - | |
1982-2000 | 53 | 230.4 | 73 | 1384 | 562 | 9 | 2/17 | 62.44 | 2.43 | 153.7 | - | - | - | |
1901-1912 | 13 | 708.4 | 171 | 4252 | 1727 | 77 | 7/60 | 22.42 | 2.43 | 55.2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
1988-1997 | 15 | 644.1 | 153 | 3865 | 1571 | 81 | 7/25 | 19.39 | 2.43 | 47.7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Colombo (SSC), Only Test, Feb 2-5, 2024 [Test # 2527]
Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2024 [Test # 2524]
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jan 17-19, 2024 [Test # 2523]
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