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Sometime ago Ramanan Raghavendran posted a highly-researched list (after I
had posted an incomplete one) showing how the mantle of the highest
wicket-taker in Tests has passed from bowler to bowler. Unfortunately I
didn't save it when it appeared (stupid me) :-(. Did anybody save it? If
so, would he/she/they put it on cricinfo? Since it's not available in any
record book that I have seen, it ought to be one of cricinfo's very own
pieces of statistics. Also, cricinfo's list of bowlers `quickest to 100
wickets' is badly incomplete. Maybe somebody can put a more complete list?

Amitabha

ObCric: The Leicestershire and England batsman A.E. Knight was a devout
soul. He used to offer a prayer at the crease before taking guard. The
Nottinghamshire(?) fast bowler Walter Brearley, who hated all batsmen,
complained to the MCC that Knight was trying to gain an unfair advantage by
this and that there was no provision in the Laws for such things.
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I'm working on putting it on CI.  Please wait a couple of days.

Murari Venkataraman

with the following list and a request to put it on the net.
Thanks Phil!

Amitabha

PS: In the list, Opponent=Opponent against whom record was broken, final
column=new record (career total for some).

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Here is the history of the top wicket taker and run scorer in test cricket.
I don't know how to put it on the news group so can you please do it.
Phil Ryan

Wickets

Name          Country     Year    Opponnent        Wickets
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A.Hill        England     1877    Australia           1
J.Southerton  England     1877    Australia           3
W.Midwinter   Australia   1877    England             5
A.Shaw        England     1877    Australia           8
T.Kendall     Australia   1877    England            14
F.Spofforth   Australia   1879    England            17
G.Palmer      Australia   1882    England            28
F.Spofforth   Australia   1882    England            33
G.Palmer      Australia   1883    England            45
F.Spofforth   Australia   1883    England            57
G.Palmer      Australia   1884    England            69
F.Spofforth   Australia   1885    England            94
J.Briggs      England     1895    Australia         100
C.Turner      Australia   1895    England           101
J.Briggs      England     1895    Australia         103
G.Lohmmon     England     1896    South Africa      112
J.Briggs      England     1898    Australia         118
H.Trumble     Australia   1904    England           141
S.Barnes      England     1913    South Africa      189
C.Grimmett    Australia   1936    South Africa      216
A.Bedser      England     1953    Australia         236
J.Statham     England     1963    Australia         242
F.Trueman     England     1963    New Zealand       307
L.Gibbs       West Indies 1976    Australia         309
D.Lillee      Australia   1981    West Indies       355
I.Botham      England     1986    New Zealand       373
R.Hadlee      New Zealand 1988    India             431
K.Dev         India

Runs

Name          Country     Year    Opponnent        Runs
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C.Bannerman   Australia   1877    England          239
G.Ulyett      England     1881    Australia        666
W.Murdoch     Australia   1884    England          860
A.Shrewsbury  England     1885    Australia       1277
S.Gregory     Australia   1902    England         1282
J.Darling     Australia   1902    England         1293
S.Gregory     Australia   1902    England         1366
A.MacLaren    England     1902    Australia       1432
C.Hill        Australia   1902    England         1452
A.MacLaren    England     1902    Australia       1495
C.Hill        Australia   1902    England         1517
A.MacLaren    England     1902    Australia       1541
C.Hill        Australia   1902    England         3412
J.Hobbs       England     1924    Australia       5410
W.Hammond     England     1937    New Zealand     7249
M.Cowdrey     England     1970    Australia       7459
G.Sobers      West Indies 1972    New Zealand     8032
G.Boycott     England     1981    India           8114
S.Gavaskar    India       1983    West Indies    10122
A.Border      Australia
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ObCric: You must be kidding! :-)

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(Amitabha Lahiri) says:
didn't MCC finish with 7624 runs?

Stay cool,
Spaceman Spiff

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Just then the wind come squalling thru the dark,
but who can the weather command?
Just want to have a little peace to die,
and a friend or two I love at hand.

Brearley played for Lancashire and England. He was unusual for a fast
bowler in those days in being an amateur, and was a great friend of
Archie Maclaren.

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Yes, but likely Sobers crossed him at 7460, and stayed ahead for the rest
of Cowdrey's career. The list indicates what the highest aggregate was,
not necessarily the most runs each player scored in his career. Notice
that Clem Hill and Archie MacLaren each show up three times --- looks
like they were breaking each other's record from Test to Test.

Yes, but presumably he had 7459 when he was overtaken by Sobers.
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Maybe the above figures are missing the runs he made against
the Aussies in 74-75. The list above might have forgotten that MCC got
called out to help tackle Lillee and Thomson in that series.

Samir

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