Incredible achievements: Five Test records that will never be broken

The oldest International format, Test cricket has a history of 144 years in which quite a lot of records have been created. While the records kept changing their hands, a few of them remained unmoved for a while. Some of those records could be broken very soon while a few of them might remain forever unless some dramatic changes come in the format. Here are the five unbreakable records in Test cricket:

Sri Lanka – 952/6 dec:

Sri Lanka’s total of 952/6 against India in the 1997 Test match in Colombo remains as the highest total in Test history. Sri Lanka batted out 271 overs without bothering about the result after India declared at 537/8 in 167.3 overs. With the Test matches in the current times being result-driven, no team might look selfish and break Sri Lanka’s world record total.

Sachin Tendulkar – 200 matches:

Sachin Tendulkar 200th appearance in his Test career came at his home venue against West Indies. In terms of Test matches played, no one comes closer to Tendulkar and his record is likely to remain forever considering the effort it requires. Considering the average number of matches any player gets to play every year, his record can be chased down only if a player features in two or more decades.

Muttiah Muralitharan – 800 wickets:

Muttiah Muralitharan ended his Test career with exactly 800 wickets and is likely to remain the only one to do so. With the number of Tests played at an average coming down in recent years, his tally of 133 Tests seems to be a big number for any bowler. Moreover, in the matches Murali played, the Lankan bowling attack usually depended on him letting him bag a handful number of wickets.

Sachin Tendulkar – 15921 runs:

Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of runs in Test cricket reads 15921 which seems way too big if we consider the current players among whom no one has even 9000 runs to their name despite good 6-7 years left in their careers. It can be achieved only if some batter shows great consistency and lasts longer which is nearly impossible in modern-day cricket. Tendulkar’s feat of 51 Test hundreds might still be achievable if some player has a unique conversion rate but his tally of runs is surely a mountain to climb.

Jim Laker – 19 wickets in a Test match

Jim Laker’s 19 wickets in the 1956 Manchester Test match is by far the most wickets by any player in a Test match. It was quite a special effort from Laker as it is till date the only instance of a player picking up 19 or more wickets in a match in first-class cricket which has witnessed nearly 70000 games. Good fielding, incapable support bowling, favourable conditions and many other factors come in the way if any player has a chance of taking all 20 wickets in a Test match.