Sentences with phrase «test wickets»

Botham had now equaled Lillee's alltime record of 355 Test wickets — and Lillee was a pure bowler, not a batsman at all.

Not exact matches

And also, agonizingly, he now needed to take only two more wickets (cricketese for putting a batsman out) to break the world record, held by Australia's Dennis Lillee, of 355 taken in Test matches.

Leslie Gay of the Old Brightonians has the unique distinction of keeping goal for England's national football team as well as keeping wicket for England in a test match.

Yasir, 31, has picked up 149 wickets at an average of 29.91 from 26 Test matches since making his debut in the longest format in October 2014.

England recovered from losing an early wicket in the first day of the Ashes Test against Australia at Sophia Gardens to finish on 343/7.

Kagiso Rabada bowled an incisive spell of fast bowling on the fourth morning of the second Test — he took six for 54 in the second innings and finished with a match haul of 11 for 150 — to drive South Africa to a series - levelling win by six wickets at St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth.

Rabada was, however, unable to avoid being handed a two - Test ban for a shoulder contact with Steven Smith in celebration of the Australian captain's wicket.

I particularly like sporting records — «that was the highest fourth wicket partnership between left - and right - handed batsmen on the second day of a test a Lords between Australia and England» — almost as good as «the driest July in south - west Western Australia»