2278, The Number
of Runs Sachin
Tendulkar has scored
on the biggest
stage. Ricky Ponting
with 1,743 is
closest.
71,The most
wickets taken by any
player: Australia's
Glenn McGrath
Achieved this at an
average of 18.19 at
a measly 3.96 runs
per over.
Highlights
At Colombo in 1996-97 India
won the toss and batted
first. Having scored 537/8
they declared trying to bowl
Sril Lanka out for under
337. How wrong they were!
Sri Lanka scored 952/6 (a
test record) with Sanath
Jayasuriya (340) and Roshan
Mahanama (225) putting on
576 runs (a test record and
1 run short of the
first-class record). They
also became the only pair to
bat through 2 full days of
test cricket.
