Batsmen who didn't fall to the highest wicket-takers

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Most Test innings without being dismissed by Murali Muralitharan
Player Span Mat Inns
NO Runs HS Ave 100 50
MA Atherton (Eng) 1993-2001 4 8
0 144 44 18.00 0 0
CS Martin (NZ) 2006-2009 4 7 7
6 4* - 0 0
MS Panesar (Eng) 2006-2007 6 7 4
30 26 10.00 0 0
MA Taylor (Aus) 1992-1995 4 7 1
191 96 31.83 0 1
DD Ebrahim (Zim) 2002-2004 3 6 1
120 70 24.00 0 1
NC Johnson (Zim) 1999-1999 3 6 1
162 70 32.40 0 2
RDB Croft (Eng) 2001-2001 3 5 1
77 33* 19.25 0 0
AC Hudson (SA) 1993-1993 3 5 0
202 90 40.40 0 2
Shoaib Malik (Pak) 2002-2009 4 5 1
251 148* 62.75 1 1
GC Smith (SA) 2002-2004 3 5 0
185 74 37.00 0 2
JE Taylor (WI) 2003-2008 4 5 2
62 27* 20.66 0 0

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Shane Warne
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
MJ Greatbatch (NZ) 1993-1993 612 0 193 61 16.08 01
AP Gurusinha (SL) 1992-1996 5 91 410 143 51.25 2 0
DW Headley (Eng) 1997-1999 4 8 263 22 10.50 0 0
MJ Horne (NZ) 1997-2000 4 8 0
208 133 26.00 1 0
TT Samaraweera (SL) 2004-2004 4 8 1
248 70 35.42 0 2
ARC Fraser (Eng) 1993-1995 4 7 0
94 28 13.42 0 0
RS Mahanama (SL) 1992-1995 4 7 0
236 78 33.71 0 2
SB O'Connor (NZ) 1997-2001 5 7 3
20 7 5.00 0 0
BKV Prasad (India) 1999-2001 4 7 4
29 10 9.66 0 0
CD Cumming (NZ) 2005-2005 3 6 1
133 74 26.60 0 1
SS Das (India) 2001-2001 3 6 0
173 84 28.83 0 1
MA Ealham (Eng) 1997-1997 4 6 3
105 53* 35.00 0 1
DL Haynes (WI) 1992-1993 4 6 0
114 45 19.00 0 0
SLV Raju (India) 1992-2001 5 6 2
38 19* 9.50 0 0
Salman Butt (Pak) 2004-2005 3 6 0
225 108 37.50 1 1
RR Sarwan (WI) 2005-2005 3 6 0
164 62 27.33 0 1
DS Smith (WI) 2005-2005 3 6 0
110 88 18.33 0 1
CM Spearman (NZ) 2000-2000 3 6 0
105 38 17.50 0 0
Taufeeq Umar (Pak) 2002-2002 3 6 0
94 88 15.66 0 1
IJ Ward (Eng) 2001-2001 3 6 1
68 23* 13.60 0 0
JM Anderson (Eng) 2006-2007 3 5 3
12 5 6.00 0 0
RP Arnold (SL) 1999-2004 4 5 0
86 50 17.20 0 1
PT Collins (WI) 1999-1999 3 5 0
14 13 2.80 0 0
AJ Hall (SA) 2002-2006 3 5 2
155 70 51.66 0 1
MC Ilott (Eng) 1993-1993 3 5 1
28 15 7.00 0 0
DRE Joseph (WI) 1999-1999 3 5 0
96 50 19.20 0 1

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Anil Kumble
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
GD McGrath (Aus) 1996-2004 811 3 38 11* 4.75 00
AB de Villiers (SA) 2006-2008 5 91 374 217* 46.75 1 0
D Ramdin (WI) 2006-2006 4 8 3166 62* 33.20 0 1
KLT Arthurton (WI) 1994-1994 3 6 2
164 70* 41.00 0 1
MW Gatting (Eng) 1993-1993 3 6 0
219 81 36.50 0 2
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 2007-2007 3 6 2
464 161* 116.00 2 1
RC Russell (Eng) 1990-1996 4 6 1
186 124 37.20 1 0
JP Crawley (Eng) 2002-2002 3 5 1
215 100* 53.75 1 1
RS Kaluwitharana (SL) 1993-1999 4 5 1
86 40 21.50 0 0
DE Malcolm (Eng) 1990-1993 3 5 2
17 13 5.66 0 0
MG Vandort (SL) 2008-2008 3 5 0
39 14 7.80 0 0
SM Warnapura (SL) 2008-2008 3 5 1
243 115 60.75 1 2

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Glenn McGrath
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
BM McMillan (SA) 1994-1998 611 1 361 84 36.10 04
Danish Kaneria (Pak) 2002-2005 5 105 44 15 8.80 0 0
Rashid Latif (Pak) 1994-2002 5 10 1156 66 17.33 0 1
PR Adams (SA) 1997-2002 5 9 3
86 35 14.33 0 0
Mohammad Sami (Pak) 2002-2004 4 8 2
82 29 13.66 0 0
L Vincent (NZ) 2001-2005 4 8 0
318 104 39.75 1 2
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 2002-2002 3 6 0
69 17 11.50 0 0
Mohammad Akram (Pak) 1995-1999 3 6 2
11 10* 2.75 0 0
Mohammad Wasim (Pak) 1998-1999 3 6 0
130 91 21.66 0 1
MS Panesar (Eng) 2006-2007 3 6 1
35 16* 7.00 0 0
PL Symcox (SA) 1994-1998 4 6 0
98 38 16.33 0 0
UDU Chandana (SL) 1999-2004 3 5 0
76 19 15.20 0 0
PS de Villiers (SA) 1994-1994 3 5 0
27 18 5.40 0 0
JJC Lawson (WI) 2003-2005 3 5 1
21 14 5.25 0 0
CR Matthews (SA) 1994-1994 3 5 2
12 7* 4.00 0 0
PA Patel (India) 2004-2004 3 5 0
156 54 31.20 0 1
KC Wessels (SA) 1994-1994 3 5 0
42 18 8.40 0 0

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Courtney Walsh
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
RJ Shastri (India) 1987-1989 814 2 275 107 22.91 10
Mudassar Nazar (Pak) 1986-1988 5 100 184 41 18.40 0 0
KR Rutherford (NZ) 1985-1995 5 10 189 22 9.88 0 0
DW Headley (Eng) 1998-1998 6 9 2
69 31 9.85 0 0
DR Martyn (Aus) 1992-2000 5 9 3
249 67* 41.50 0 1
JG Bracewell (NZ) 1985-1987 4 8 3
215 66 43.00 0 1
GRJ Matthews (Aus) 1984-1993 5 8 0
143 79 17.87 0 1
JV Coney (NZ) 1985-1987 4 7 1
81 36 13.50 0 0
RM Hogg (Aus) 1984-1984 4 7 3
54 21* 13.50 0 0
TBA May (Aus) 1988-1993 4 7 3
91 42* 22.75 0 0
EJ Chatfield (NZ) 1985-1987 4 6 3
7 4 2.33 0 0
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 1988-1997 5 6 0
303 151 50.50 1 1
RS Mahanama (SL) 1993-1997 3 6 0
94 29 15.66 0 0
J Srinath (India) 1994-1994 3 6 3
136 60 45.33 0 2
MR Whitney (Aus) 1989-1992 4 6 2
18 13 4.50 0 0
R Dravid (India) 1997-1997 4 5 2
280 92 93.33 0 3
M Muralitharan (SL) 1993-1997 3 5 2
11 6* 3.66 0 0
M Ntini (SA) 2001-2001 4 5 1
23 11 5.75 0 0
SJ Rixon (Aus) 1984-1985 3 5 0
53 20 10.60 0 0
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1990-1997 4 5 0
96 65 19.20 0 1
PL Taylor (Aus) 1988-1991 3 5 1
38 18* 9.50 0 0

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Kapil Dev
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
WW Davis (WI) 1983-1988 1113 4 98 30 10.88 00
RA Smith (Eng) 1990-1993 6 124 507 121* 63.37 2 4
MJ Greatbatch (NZ) 1988-1994 7 11 1328 90* 32.80 0 1
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1987-1989 9 9 1
147 62 18.37 0 1
SR Waugh (Aus) 1985-1986 5 8 3
85 39* 17.00 0 0
KC Wessels (SA) 1992-1993 4 8 1
295 118 42.14 1 1
ST Clarke (WI) 1978-1979 5 7 2
39 15 7.80 0 0
PR Downton (Eng) 1984-1986 5 7 2
211 74 42.20 0 2
CC Lewis (Eng) 1990-1993 5 7 0
209 117 29.85 1 0
JN Rhodes (SA) 1992-1993 4 7 1
275 91 45.83 0 2
PB Dassanayake (SL) 1994-1994 3 6 1
98 36 19.60 0 0
BM McMillan (SA) 1992-1993 4 6 1
194 98 38.80 0 2
DK Morrison (NZ) 1988-1994 5 6 4
32 27* 16.00 0 0
DJ Richardson (SA) 1992-1993 4 6 1
106 50 21.20 0 1
Tauseef Ahmed (Pak) 1984-1987 5 6 3
58 15* 19.33 0 0
AB Williams (WI) 1978-1979 4 6 0
212 111 35.33 1 0
GS Chappell (Aus) 1981-1981 3 5 0
368 204 73.60 1 2
CS Cowdrey (Eng) 1984-1985 4 5 1
69 38 17.25 0 0
AA Donald (SA) 1992-1993 4 5 3
29 14* 14.50 0 0
RM Ellison (Eng) 1984-1986 3 5 0
42 19 8.40 0 0
GP Howarth (NZ) 1981-1981 3 5 1
172 137* 43.00 1 0
JE Morris (Eng) 1990-1990 3 5 2
71 32 23.66 0 0
KD Walters (Aus) 1981-1981 3 5 2
216 78 72.00 0 2
KPJ Warnaweera (SL) 1990-1993 4 5 3
23 20 11.50 0 0

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Richard Hadlee
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
J Dyson (Aus) 1980-1982 611 4 229 33 32.71 00
A Ranatunga (SL) 1984-1987 4 70 186 51 26.57 0 2
Wasim Bari (Pak) 1973-1979 6 7 699 37* 99.00 0 0
NS Sidhu (India) 1988-1990 4 6 1
249 116 49.80 1 1
MA Atherton (Eng) 1990-1990 3 5 0
357 151 71.40 1 3
NGB Cook (Eng) 1983-1984 3 5 0
58 26 11.60 0 0
NH Fairbrother (Eng) 1990-1990 3 5 1
59 33* 14.75 0 0
BN French (Eng) 1986-1988 4 5 2
43 21 14.33 0 0
Qasim Umar (Pak) 1985-1985 3 5 0
248 96 49.60 0 2

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Shaun Pollock
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 2001-2006 813 1 269 86 22.41 01
B Lee (Aus) 2001-2006 8 102 224 64 28.00 0 1
FH Edwards (WI) 2003-2008 5 9 416 10 3.20 0 0
NR Mongia (India) 1996-2000 5 9 1
125 50 15.62 0 1
A Ranatunga (SL) 1998-2000 5 9 1
333 88 41.62 0 3
PA de Silva (SL) 1998-2001 4 8 0
226 77 28.25 0 1
A Symonds (Aus) 2005-2006 5 8 0
168 72 21.00 0 1
MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2004-2005 5 7 2
20 7* 4.00 0 0
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 1998-2007 5 7 2
18 6 3.60 0 0
RA Smith (Eng) 1995-1996 5 7 0
254 66 36.28 0 2
Alok Kapali (Ban) 2002-2003 3 6 1
92 38* 18.40 0 0
Faisal Iqbal (Pak) 2002-2007 3 6 0
68 24 11.33 0 0
H Masakadza (Zim) 2001-2005 3 6 1
205 85 41.00 0 1
Mohammad Sami (Pak) 2002-2007 4 6 4
30 11* 15.00 0 0
BKV Prasad (India) 1996-1997 3 6 2
23 15 5.75 0 0
Tapash Baisya (Ban) 2002-2003 3 6 2
18 8* 4.50 0 0
Mohammad Wasim (Pak) 1997-1998 4 5 0
82 44 16.40 0 0

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Wasim Akram
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
MS Atapattu (SL) 1999-2000 611 2 485 207* 53.88 12
HH Streak (Zim) 1993-1998 8 112 142 37* 15.77 0 0
GA Hick (Eng) 1992-2000 6 10 0102 22 10.20 0 0
RJ Ratnayake (SL) 1985-1992 7 10 2
132 56 16.50 0 1
PV Simmons (WI) 1988-1997 5 10 1
218 87 24.22 0 1
WKM Benjamin (WI) 1988-1993 5 8 1
101 40* 14.42 0 0
N Hussain (Eng) 1996-2001 5 8 1
210 64 30.00 0 2
PA Strang (Zim) 1995-1996 5 8 2
199 106* 33.16 1 0
WJ Cronje (SA) 1995-1998 4 7 1
261 85 43.50 0 2
RL Dias (SL) 1985-1986 4 7 0
124 48 17.71 0 0
GR Dilley (Eng) 1987-1987 5 7 4
20 17 6.66 0 0
PH Edmonds (Eng) 1987-1987 5 7 4
66 24* 22.00 0 0
SV Manjrekar (India) 1989-1989 4 7 1
569 218 94.83 2 3
AR Caddick (Eng) 1996-2001 5 6 1
20 5* 4.00 0 0
DJ Capel (Eng) 1987-1987 3 6 0
203 98 33.83 0 2
SM Gavaskar (India) 1987-1987 4 6 0
295 96 49.16 0 3
M Prabhakar (India) 1989-1989 4 6 3
168 54* 56.00 0 1
BKV Prasad (India) 1999-1999 3 6 2
13 6 3.25 0 0
D Williams (WI) 1997-1997 3 6 1
123 48 24.60 0 0
JC Adams (WI) 2000-2000 3 5 2
170 60 56.66 0 1
DJ Cullinan (SA) 1995-1997 3 5 1
85 69* 21.25 0 1
MW Goodwin (Zim) 1998-1998 3 5 1
246 81 61.50 0 3
C Pringle (NZ) 1990-1994 3 5 0
36 20 7.20 0 0
PR Reiffel (Aus) 1995-1995 3 5 2
35 14 11.66 0 0

Most Test innings without being dismissed by Curtly Ambrose
Player Span MatInns NO Runs HS Ave 10050
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 1993-2000 812 1 736 177 66.90 33
Saleem Malik (Pak) 1988-1990 6 111 432 102 43.20 1 3
C White (Eng) 1995-2000 5 8 186 27 12.28 0 0
J Arun Lal (India) 1989-1989 4 7 0
113 30 16.14 0 0
DJ Cullinan (SA) 1998-1999 4 7 0
265 168 37.85 1 0
SP Fleming (NZ) 1995-1996 4 7 1
251 56* 41.83 0 2
Arshad Ayub (India) 1989-1989 4 6 0
78 32 13.00 0 0
N Kapil Dev (India) 1989-1989 4 6 0
91 34 15.16 0 0
NV Knight (Eng) 1995-2000 3 6 0
98 34 16.33 0 0
KS More (India) 1989-1989 4 6 0
103 50 17.16 0 1
SR Tendulkar (India) 1997-1997 5 6 1
289 92 57.80 0 3
DB Vengsarkar (India) 1989-1989 4 6 0
110 62 18.33 0 1
MR Whitney (Aus) 1989-1992 4 6 2
18 13 4.50 0 0
Abdul Razzaq (Pak) 2000-2000 3 5 0
162 87 32.40 0 2
TM Alderman (Aus) 1988-1991 3 5 1
12 9 3.00 0 0
Asif Mujtaba (Pak) 1993-1993 3 5 0
143 59 28.60 0 1
Ata-ur-Rehman (Pak) 1993-1993 3 5 2
36 19 12.00 0 0
Basit Ali (Pak) 1993-1993 3 5 1
222 92* 55.50 0 2
RDB Croft (Eng) 1998-2000 3 5 1
86 27* 21.50 0 0
PR Downton (Eng) 1988-1988 3 5 1
84 27 21.00 0 0
A Kumble (India) 1997-1997 5 5 2
58 23* 19.33 0 0
NR Mongia (India) 1997-1997 5 5 0
140 78 28.00 0 1
AC Parore (NZ) 1995-1996 3 5 2
197 100* 65.66 1 1
BKV Prasad (India) 1997-1997 5 5 2
10 10* 3.33 0 0
A Ranatunga (SL) 1993-1997 3 5 1
171 72* 42.75 0 1
BA Reid (Aus) 1991-1992 3 5 2
2 1* 0.66 0 0
DJ Terbrugge (SA) 1998-1999 4 5 5
14 4* - 0 0

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1994: England v Sri Lanka at Cardiff, 1st Test, May 26-30, 2011
• ODI # 3158: Ireland v Pakistan at Belfast, 2nd ODI, May 30, 2011
• T20I # 199: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet, Only T20I, Apr 21, 2011


Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites