Sportzwiki’s Year End Review: Test Records in 2016

Dec 20, 2016 at 7:38 PM

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Sportzwiki’s Year End Review: Test Records in 2016

In 2016, many Test matches were played; some of which were very exciting. Meanwhile, several Test records were made in 2016 and some previous records were broken.

Now, we will talk about those Test records which were made in 2016. Here are those records with date wise: 

On 3rd January

Ben Stokes (right) and Jonny Bairstow (left)
Ben Stokes (right) and Jonny Bairstow (left)

Highest 6th wicket partnership – On day 2 of the second Test (4-match Test series) between South Africa and England at Cape Town, English batsmen Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow had put on a 399-run partnership for the 6th wicket. It is the highest 6th wicket Test partnership. The previous highest 6th wicket Test partnership record was for 365* runs between Kane Williamson and BJ Watling (New Zealand) against Sri Lanka at Wellington in 2015.

Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes

Highest score by no.6 batsman – On the same day of the same Test between South Africa and England, England batsman Ben Stokes became the new highest individual Test score by a no.6 batsman. Breaking the previous record of former Australian cricketer Doug Walters’ 250 runs innings as a no.6 Test batsman (against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1977), Stokes had scored 258 runs in that innings against South Africa.

On 20th February

Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum

Highest no. of sixes by a batsman in Test cricket – On day 1 of the 2nd Test between New Zealand and Australia (2-match Test series) at Christchurch, New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum became the batsman to his most sixes in Test cricket surpassing the previous record of Adam Gilchrist’s (Australia) 100 Test sixes, McCullum ended Test career with 107 sixes.

McCullum began that Test match with 100 Test sixes and he surpassed Gilchrist after hitting the first six of the match of Mitchell Marsh. That Test was Brendon McCullum’s last Test match.

 

Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum

Fastest Test century (by balls faced) – On the same day of the same Test match, New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum also became the fastest Test centurion (by balls faced) by completing the century in just 54 balls. The previous fastest Test century (by ball faced) record holder was Sir Viv Richards (West Indies) and Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan) who had completed his Test century off just 56 balls against England at St John’s in 1986. 

On 5th August

Rangana Herath
Rangana Herath

Oldest bowler to take Hat-trick – On the day 2 of the 2nd Test between Sri Lanka and Australia (3-match Test series) at Galle, Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed a Test hat-trick at the age of 38 years and 139 days. With that hat-trick, Rangana Herath became the oldest Test bowler to claim a hat-trick. Herath broke the record of England off-spinner Tom Goddard, who had claimed a Test hat-trick at the age of 38 years and 86 days (against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1938).

On 20th October

Gareth Batty
Gareth Batty

Most consecutive matches missed for a team between two appearances – After making an international comeback in the 1st Test between Bangladesh and England (2-match Test series) at Chittagong, England cricketer Gareth Batty registered his name into record books. Batty missed 142 consecutive Test between two games which is the new record for missing most consecutive Test matches for a team between appearances. Before 20th October 2016, Batty last time had played a Test match against Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street which ended on 5th June 2005.

The previous record holder of missing most consecutive Test matches for a team between two appearances was Martin Bicknell (missed 114 consecutive Tests).

On 22nd October     

Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow

Most run-scorer in a calendar year as a wicketkeeper-batsman – On the day 3 of the 1st Test between Bangladesh and England (2-match Test series) at Chittagong, England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow became the most runs scorer in a calendar year as a Test wicketkeeper-batsman. Bairstow broke Zimbabwean wicketkeeper-batsman Andy Flower’s 1,045-runs record (2000), which was the previous most runs by a Test wicketkeeper-batsman in a calendar year. In 2016, Bairstow scored 1,470 runs.

On 10th November

Zimbabwe team celebrates
Zimbabwe team celebrates

Most consecutive matches without a draw by a team – After losing the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka (2-match Test series) at Harare, Zimbabwe surpassed the previous record of most consecutive Test matches without a draw by any team, which was held by Australia – 23 Test matches (1999-2001). Also, this Test was the last Test for Zimbabwe in 2016, so they have a chance to stretch their current record which is 24 Test matches without a draw (2005-2016). Out of these 24 Tests, Zimbabwe won only 3 Tests.

On 28th November

Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow

Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year – On the day 3 of the third Test between India and England (5-match Test series) at Mohali, England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow became the new record holder of most Test dismissals affected by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year. The previous record holder was former Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healey with 67 Test dismissals (1993). As a wicket-keeper, Bairstow made 70 Test dismissals in 2016.   

On 10th December

Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow

Most catches taken by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year – On day 3 of the fourth Test between India and England (5-match Test series) at Mumbai, England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow became the new record holder of most Test catches taken by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year.

The previous record holder was former South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher with 65 Test catches (1998). Bairstow took 66 Test catches as a wicket-keeper in 2016.   

On 16th December

Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook

Fastest to 11,000 career runs (by days) – On the opening day of the 5th Test between India and England (5-match Test series) at Chennai, England Test captain and opening batsman Alastair Cook completed his 11,000 Test career runs. Cook became the fastest to complete (by days) 11,000 Test runs after he took 10 years and 290 days to achieve this feat. The previous record holder was Rahul Dravid (India) who had taken 13 years and 149 days to complete 11,000 Test career runs.

On 18th December

Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq

Highest no.of centuries as a no.6 batsman – On the fourth day of the 1st Test (day-night) between Australia vs Pakistan (3-match Test series) at Brisbane, Pakistan’s no.6 batsman Asad Shafiq hit his 9th Test century. All of his 9 Test centuries had come as a no.6 batsman which is the highest no.of Test centuries as a no.6 batsman. The previous record holder was Sir Garry Sobers (West Indies) with 8 Test centuries as a no.6 batsman.

On 19th December

Alastair Cook

Highest no.of innings played by a batsman in a calendar year – On 4th day of the fifth Test between India and England (5-match Test series) at Chennai, England opening batsman Alastair Cook played his 33rd Test innings in 2016. It is the highest no.of Test innings played by a batsman in a calendar year. The previous record holder was Sunil Gavaskar who had played 32 Test innings in 1983. However, Joe Root also played 32 Test innings in this year.

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