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The West Indian offspinner Lance Gibbs bowled 27,115 balls in 79 matches, without a single wide or no-ball. This is a world record of Maximum Balls without a single WIDE or NO-BALL in Test Cricket.
West Indies holds the world record for chasing down the highest total in the fourth innings of a Test match. They chased down 418 runs against Australia in the year 2003. This is still the Highest Run Chase in Test Cricket History.
Lowest Target Defended in Test Cricket is 85 Runs. In a Test in 1882, Australia won the match by 7 runs from England.
Lowest Total To Include A Double Century is India’s 329 against Sir Lanka at Galle in 2008. IN this inning, Virender Sehwag scored 201 not out.
Lowest Total To Include A Century is Pakistan’s 135/1 against India at Lahore in 1982/83. In this match Pakistan’s opener Mohsin Khan scored 101 not out in Pakistan’s total of 135 for 1.
Lowest Completed Inning To Include A Century is New Zealand’s 159 against England. John Reid scored 100 Runs
In the 2nd Test Match against New Zealand at Kanpur, in 1976 India declared their innings on 524 Runs for 9 wickets in their 1st Innings. The interesting thing is no Indian batsman scored A Century even after posting such huge total. It is still the Most Runs Without An Individual Century in any test inning.
In the 2nd Test Match against West Indies at Port of Spain, in 1986 England scored 315 Runs in their 2nd Innings. The interesting thing is no English batsman scored even a fifty in that inning and this is still the Most Runs Without An Individual Fifty in any test inning.
Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record of Most 10 Wickets and 5 Wickets Hauls in India and New Zealand Test.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are the most successful combination in the history of test cricket, having stitched 6920 runs as a pair with 20 century partnerships. This is Most Hundred Partnerships By A Pair in Test.