<P> Cricket is, by its nature, capable of generating large numbers of records and statistics . This list details the most significant team and individual records in Test cricket . </P> <P> The most successful team in Test cricket, in terms of both wins and win percentage, is Australia, having won 362 of their 773 Tests (46.83%). Barring the ICC World XI, a rest of world team which played a single Test against Australia in 2005, the least successful team are Bangladesh who have struggled since their introduction to Test cricket in 2000, leading to questioning of their Test status . </P> <P> Australian Donald Bradman, widely considered the greatest batsman of all time, holds several personal and partnership records . He scored the most runs in a series, has the most double centuries and was a part of the record 5th wicket partnership . His most significant record is his batting average of 99.94 . One of cricket's most famous statistics, it stands almost 40 runs higher than any other batsman's average . Don Bradman is the only player in the world to have scored 5000 runs against a single opposition: 5028 runs against England . </P> <P> In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19--90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first - class one . In taking 10--53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture all ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best innings figures . Indian Leg - spinner Anil Kumble is the only other bowler to have taken 10 wickets in an innings, claiming 10--74 against Pakistan in 1999 . West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier . Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier . Pakistan's Misbah - ul - Haq holds the record of the fastest test half century scoring 50 runs from 21 balls . The record for the fastest test century is held by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum who scored 100 runs from 54 balls in his final test match . </P>

Highest number of double centuries in test cricket