Individual Most Matches Career

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2009	107	9458	257	58.38	32	1	1/9	161.00	-	130	-
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	2000-2009	104	4024	122*	30.02	2	1	1/6	6.00	-	363	20
R Dravid (ICC/IND)	2000-2009	103	8558	270	54.85	22	1	1/18	33.00	-	149	-
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	2000-2009	101	8630	189*	58.70	27	205	6/54	32.00	4	122	-
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2009	97	690	32*	9.85	-	380	7/37	28.64	18	24	-
ML Hayden (AUS)	2000-2009	96	8364	380	52.93	29	-	-	0.00	-	120	-
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2009	95	8187	374	55.31	25	5	2/32	24.60	-	133	-
VVS Laxman (IND)	2000-2009	92	6291	281	49.92	14	2	1/2	29.50	-	94	-
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2008	91	5130	204*	46.63	16	-	-	0.00	-	362	35
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2009	89	7129	248*	53.20	21	31	3/10	58.48	-	54	-
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2009	88	7549	287	55.10	21	-	-	0.00	-	157	20
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2000-2009	86	6435	203*	52.31	19	2	1/9	88.00	-	35	-
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	85	5848	317	40.61	12	71	5/34	42.08	2	82	-
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	2000-2009	84	775	67	10.91	-	565	9/51	20.97	49	47	-
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	83	5759	291	41.73	15	23	4/37	50.56	-	50	-
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2008	81	4780	239	39.18	9	13	2/20	81.00	-	53	-
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2008	80	5631	197	42.02	18	6	2/71	82.83	-	41	-
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2009	79	6451	277	49.62	18	8	2/145	100.12	-	106	-
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2009	77	2409	100*	27.68	1	247	7/71	29.69	8	18	-
JL Langer (AUS)	2000-2007	76	5994	250	48.73	18	-	-	0.00	-	55	-
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	76	5825	219	43.79	14	1	1/34	155.00	-	95	-
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	75	1424	64	20.05	-	303	5/30	31.27	9	23	-
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2000-2009	74	3695	167	32.69	5	220	5/58	32.38	3	49	-
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2008	74	1427	110*	17.83	1	355	8/141	31.02	20	31	-
HH Gibbs (SA)	2000-2008	73	5198	228	44.05	12	-	-	0.00	-	85	-
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2009	72	1493	66	17.36	-	322	8/84	30.31	23	37	-
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2001-2009	72	6248	319	52.50	17	30	5/104	43.73	1	56	-
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2009	71	6439	223	58.53	23	-	-	0.00	-	45	-
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2008	70	2377	111	32.56	2	260	6/30	24.76	6	52	-
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2009	69	5367	177	44.35	18	-	-	0.00	-	75	-
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	2000-2009	69	3176	140	36.09	5	222	7/87	33.14	15	44	-
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2009	68	904	75	13.49	-	220	5/29	33.96	8	18	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2008	67	473	38	7.27	-	248	7/61	30.50	7	24	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2007	66	4222	253	38.73	9	69	5/34	30.47	2	42	-
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	2000-2006	66	6380	400*	54.06	21	-	-	0.00	-	78	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	2000-2007	66	355	61	9.34	-	297	8/24	20.53	14	19	-
SK Warne (AUS)	2000-2007	65	1577	99	19.46	-	357	7/94	25.17	21	66	-
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2008	63	4188	274*	41.46	7	-	-	0.00	-	91	-
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	63	743	49*	11.79	-	226	7/12	31.82	8	7	-
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2009	63	5260	313	50.09	16	7	2/23	48.71	-	67	-
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK)	2000-2007	62	5113	329	55.57	17	-	-	0.00	-	31	-
MS Atapattu (SL)	2000-2007	61	4055	249	42.68	13	-	-	0.00	-	35	-
DR Martyn (AUS)	2000-2006	60	4089	165	48.67	13	2	1/0	84.00	-	35	-
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	58	3253	226	37.39	5	-	-	0.00	-	54	-
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2009	57	3482	168	42.46	10	13	4/10	36.23	-	64	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2000-2006	57	985	201*	18.94	1	209	6/40	27.09	5	23	-
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2009	57	3938	231	51.14	11	14	4/49	48.50	-	36	-
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2009	56	3926	151	49.69	12	19	6/9	39.73	1	52	-
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2009	56	293	29	6.81	-	245	7/77	33.84	14	17	-
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2009	56	4799	226	49.98	16	4	1/0	131.25	-	32	-
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2009	55	3732	206	43.39	9	15	3/23	59.40	-	72	-
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2009	54	3706	217*	43.60	9	2	2/49	49.50	-	76	1
RD Jacobs (WI)	2000-2004	54	2071	118	27.98	3	-	-	0.00	-	168	10
AF Giles (ENG)	2000-2006	53	1404	59	20.95	-	142	5/57	40.14	5	33	-
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2009	53	83	12*	2.24	-	176	6/54	33.61	8	12	-
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2009	51	3291	199	40.13	9	1	1/33	76.00	-	47	-
N Hussain (ENG)	2000-2004	51	2846	155	34.70	6	-	-	0.00	-	31	-
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2009	50	3654	160	42.98	10	-	-	0.00	-	47	-
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2000-2008	50	3026	113	30.87	3	-	-	0.00	-	22	-
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2001-2009	50	2149	158*	23.10	5	19	2/42	58.63	-	22	-
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2009	50	3137	162*	45.46	11	1	1/2	47.00	-	30	-
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2009	49	2474	143	32.12	3	-	-	0.00	-	154	10
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2006	47	2682	222	37.25	6	29	3/27	38.96	-	37	-
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2002-2009	47	2525	158*	34.12	6	-	-	0.00	-	157	22
SM Katich (AUS)	2001-2009	47	3392	157	44.63	8	18	6/65	31.83	1	36	-
MA Butcher (ENG)	2000-2004	46	3115	173*	40.45	6	12	4/42	31.75	-	40	-
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2009	46	3638	182	51.97	10	2	1/3	51.50	-	42	-
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2006	45	1933	134	29.28	3	100	5/35	36.28	1	14	-
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2005	45	2608	213	33.01	5	16	3/79	36.87	-	32	-
G Kirsten (SA)	2000-2004	45	3497	220	49.95	11	-	-	0.00	-	42	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2009	44	452	34	14.58	-	148	7/43	34.85	7	17	-
D Ganga (WI)	2000-2008	44	2085	135	26.73	3	1	1/20	106.00	-	27	-
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2000-2007	44	1409	103*	19.04	1	-	-	0.00	-	78	9
SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2004	44	2825	157*	53.30	11	3	1/2	94.66	-	25	-
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	1312	85	25.23	-	100	5/62	42.65	3	18	-
FH Edwards (WI)	2003-2009	43	248	21	5.16	-	122	7/87	39.43	8	7	-
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2000-2005	43	3145	200*	53.30	10	-	-	0.00	-	52	-
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2009	40	2176	148	40.29	3	-	-	0.00	-	102	18
Javed Omar (BAN)	2001-2007	40	1720	119	22.05	1	-	-	0.00	-	10	-
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2000-2003	40	2056	124*	36.07	3	-	-	0.00	-	93	6
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2009	39	2587	176*	39.80	7	-	-	0.00	-	34	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2009	39	187	26	5.50	-	126	6/37	34.37	8	9	-
D Ramdin (WI)	2005-2009	39	1419	166	23.26	1	-	-	0.00	-	116	2
MH Richardson (NZ)	2000-2004	38	2776	145	44.77	4	1	1/16	21.00	-	26	-
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2005	38	1454	127*	27.43	1	105	6/73	31.93	3	10	-
DBL Powell (WI)	2002-2009	37	407	36*	7.82	-	85	5/25	47.85	1	8	-
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2000-2007	36	1665	177*	30.27	3	-	-	0.00	-	26	-
CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2005	36	1860	142	35.76	3	20	3/48	43.55	-	17	-
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2001-2009	36	797	79	12.85	-	78	4/60	41.52	-	9	-
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	337	34	9.91	-	123	6/32	31.86	3	16	-
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2006	35	2028	222*	36.21	5	4	1/1	108.00	-	22	-
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2009	34	2009	113	32.40	3	81	6/55	38.14	2	35	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2003	34	353	49*	8.02	-	128	7/94	30.21	6	7	-
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2006	34	1172	100	23.91	1	-	-	0.00	-	128	5
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2009	34	443	76	12.65	-	172	6/49	23.97	11	9	-
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2009	33	198	36*	7.33	-	88	5/42	34.90	3	10	-
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2000-2008	33	1059	111	18.57	1	100	6/77	40.76	7	7	-
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2001-2007	33	458	49	12.05	-	81	5/36	51.37	2	7	-
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2009	33	1780	133	36.32	5	60	4/41	33.05	-	15	-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2000-2007	33	474	47	11.28	-	144	6/11	22.21	11	8	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]