World's 10 Undefeated Cricket Records Ever

Tendulkar’s International Runs and Hundreds
After creating many batting records, Sachin adds another one to the list. He has made 51 hundreds in 196 Test matches with a total of 15,476 runs. In ODIs, the little master has made 49 hundreds in 463 matches with a total score of 18,426. Each of these records is yet to be topped.

The Biggest Win
In an Ayub Trophy game in 1964, Pakistan Railways chose to bat against Dera Ismail Khan, stacking up 910 runs for 6 wickets. The score was so intimidating that Dera Ismail team was bowled out for 32 in the first innings. In the second inning the team crumpled at just 27. The innings was won by Pakistan Railways by an innings and 851 runs. It is still the biggest undefeated score in First Class cricket.

Most Wickets in a Match
In the 1956, Manchester Test against Australia, Jim Laker, England’s off-break bowler took 19 wickets, the only bowler ever to touch this number. He took 9 for 37 in the first inning and 10 for 53 in the second, no blower has ever come close to beating this score. There have been plenty of 17 wickets in First Class cricket but not even an 18. In the1956 series Laker was the highest wicket-taker with 46 scalps. This incredible feat does suggests that the record will remain with Laker, like it has until now.

Muralitharan’s International Wickets
The Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has set a world record of 800 Test wickets and 534 ODI wickets in his long career. Muralitharan’s achievement in Test cricket has set new benchmark in International cricket. When Muralitharan started playing Test cricket, the set record for highest wickets taken was sheer 431. With his fierce adherence to the game and efficiency to take wickets, he raised the bar, setting the records to an overreaching height where it can never possibly be touched

The Biggest Score
In 1926, in the Sheffield Shield game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victoria scored 1107 runs in their first innings against New South Wale. Victoria broke their prior score record of 1059, set four seasons earlier against Tasmania at the same ground. The team that came closest to the score is Sri Lanka in the Colombo Test series of 1997, when Sri Lanka wasted India for three days, scoring a triumphant score of 952 for 6 wickets.

40,000 Runs and 4000 Wickets
The right-hand batsmen and left-arm spinner from England, Wilfred Rhodes in his impressive cricketing career that lasted for over three decades set records which still remain unattained, by any of the star players the game has produced. Rhodes procured a total score of 39,969 runs and 4204 wickets in his long career. In the First Class cricket matches he is on the number one spot with the most wickets taken in a career category followed by Tich Freeman on the second spot.

974 Runs in a Test Series
The 974 runs scored by Australia’s right hand batsmen, Don Bradman on the Australian tour of 1928-29 is considered as the most runs scores in series ever. Though Don broke all the records set back then but even today, the record stands undefeated. His scored was built with an average of 139.14. The closest anyone got to breaking the record set by Bradman was in 1976 when Vivian Richards scored the colossal 829 runs against England.

Most Runs in an Innings
At the age of 13, Arthur Edward Jeune Collins made 628 runs in an innings in a school game for Clarke’s House against North Town House in 1899, which turned him into a British celebrity. The game was played in Bristol. Collin was overtly lucky, his catches were dropped on 80, 100, 140, 556 and 612. His team was finally bowled out for 836 runs. Collins record drew a large crowd and also brought him media attention, however he never played First Class cricket. He met an early end at 29, when he got killed in France during the First World War.

300 Wickets in a Season
The England and Kent leg-spinner, Tich Freeman, short guy, about 5’2, in his most successful year, 1928, took an unbelievable 304 First Class wickets. The year proved to be the most incredible start of Freeman’s run of form. In the next seven years, his annual wickets tally read, 267, 275, 276, 253, 298, 205 and 212. Many of the cricketers would consider themselves fortunate to even reach any of these numbers in their full career.

Most Centuries and Runs
Jack Hobbs scored the most prolific runs in the history of the game. In his long First Class career for over 29 years he played 834, made 61,760 runs with 199 hundreds. However he only made one triple hundred and 16 double centuries.

The gentlemen’s game comes with many challenges and rewards. But the most cherished reward for a cricketer would be to set an undefeatable record, only chased by the many and only wished to be attained.