List of Australia Test cricket records

The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Australia only, and are correct . ==Team records==

Team wins, losses, draws and ties , Australia has played 882 Test matches resulting in 426 victories, 235 defeats, 219 draws and 2 ties for an overall winning percentage of 48.41, the highest winning percentage of Test playing teams. Australia is also the only team to win their debut Test match with every other team losing their first Test except Zimbabwe who drew against India. Team scoring records Most runs in an innings The highest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the series between Sri Lanka and India in August 1997. Playing in the first Test at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 6/952d. This broke the longstanding record of 7/903d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. The fifth Test of the 1954–55 series against the West Indies saw Australia set their highest innings total of 8/758d, the ninth-highest score in Test cricket. Highest successful run chases Australia's highest successful run chase in Test cricket came in the fourth Test of the 1948 Ashes series at Headingley. Australia reached the target of 404 runs with seven wickets in hand. This was a Test record at the time of posting and remained so until May 2003 when the West Indies defeated Australia at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Set 418 for victory in the final innings, the hosts achieved the target for the loss of seven wickets. Fewest runs in an innings The lowest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the second Test of England's tour of New Zealand in March 1955. Trailing England by 46, New Zealand was bowled out in their second innings for 26 runs. The equal sixth-lowest score in Test history is Australia's total of 36 scored in their first innings against England in the first Test of the 1902 Ashes series. Most runs conceded in an innings The highest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the series between Sri Lanka and India in August 1997. Playing in the first Test at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 6/952d. This broke the longstanding record of 7/903d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. The second-lowest score in Test history is the West Indies' total of 27 scored in their second innings against Australia in the third Test of the 2025 series at Sabina Park. Greatest win margins (by innings) (pictured) led Australia to victory over South Africa by an innings and 360 runs, Australia's greatest winning margin by an innings. The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The next largest victory was Australia's win against South Africa in the first Test of the 2001–02 tour at the Wanderers Stadium, where the tourists won by an innings and 360 runs. Greatest win margins (by runs) The greatest winning margin by runs in Test cricket was England's victory over Australia by 675 runs in the first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series. The next largest victory was recorded by Australia with their win over England in the final Test of the 1934 Ashes series by 562 runs. Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets) Australia have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 32 occasions, more than any other Test playing team. Narrowest win margins (by runs) (seated middle), won the fourth Test of the 1902 Ashes series by a margin of three runs and lost the fifth Test by a margin of one wicket. Both records still stand over a century later as Australia's narrowest win by runs and narrowest loss by wickets, respectively. Narrowest win margins (by wickets) Australia's narrowest win by wickets came in the fourth Test of the West Indies tour of Australia in 1951–52. Played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the hosts won the match by a margin of one wicket, one of only fifteen one-wicket victories in Test cricket. Greatest loss margins (by innings) The Oval in London played host the greatest defeat by an innings in Test cricket. Greatest loss margins (by runs) The first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series saw Australia defeated by England by 675 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in Test cricket. Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets) Australia have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 10 occasions. Narrowest loss margins (by runs) (pictured) was the captain of the Australian team that lost the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1993 by a margin of one run, the narrowest loss in Test cricket history. Narrowest loss margins (by wickets) Test cricket has seen fifteen matches decided by a margin of one wicket, with Australia being defeated in six of them. Tied matches A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings. ==Batting records==

(pictured) has scored the highest individual Test score (380) for Australia. India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test cricket with 15,921. Second is Joe Root of England with 13,943, , ahead of Ricky Ponting of Australia in third with 13,378. Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Steve Smith are the only other Australian batsmen who have scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Highest individual score The first Test of the 2003–04 series of the Southern Cross Trophy, contested between Australia and Zimbabwe, at the WACA Ground saw Matthew Hayden of Australia set the highest individual Test innings score with 380, surpassing Brian Lara's 375 scored against England in April 1994 at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Six months after Hayden set the record, the West Indian claimed it back scoring 400 not out against the same opposition and on the same ground. Highest career average A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed. Australia's Don Bradman, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, finished his Test career with an average of 99.94. Most half-centuries A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century. Sachin Tendulkar of India has scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket with 68. He is followed by the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul and the currently active Joe Root of England both on 66, , India's Rahul Dravid and Allan Border of Australia on 63 and in sixth with 62 fifties to his name, Australia's Ricky Ponting. Most centuries (pictured) has scored the most Test runs (13,378), the most centuries (41) and the most fours (1,509) for Australia. Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in Test cricket with 51. South Africa's Jacques Kallis is next on 45 and both Ricky Ponting and the currently active Joe Root with 41 hundreds are in third, . Most double centuries A double century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings. Bradman holds the Test record for the most double centuries scored with twelve, one ahead of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara who finished his career with eleven. In third is Brian Lara of the West Indies with nine. England's Wally Hammond, India's Virat Kohli and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka have all scored seven and Ponting is one of eight cricketers who reached the mark on six occasions. Most sixes A score of six runs is scored if the ball has been struck by the bat and is first grounded beyond the boundary without having been in contact with the ground within the field of play. The current English captain Ben Stokes holds the record for the most sixes scored in Test matches with 136, . Stokes overtook New Zealand's Brendon McCullum's mark of 107 sixes in February 2023. Former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist is third clearing the boundary 100 times throughout his career. Most fours A score of four runs is scored if the ball is grounded beyond the boundary with first having been in contact with the ground within the field of play. Most runs in a series The 1930 Ashes series in England saw Bradman set the record for the most runs scored in a single series, falling just 26 short of 1,000 runs. He is followed by Wally Hammond with 905 runs scored in the 1928–29 Ashes series. Mark Taylor with 839 in the 1989 Ashes and Neil Harvey with 834 in 1952–53 South African series are third and fourth on the list, respectively. Glenn McGrath has scored the fourth-highest number of ducks in Test cricket with 35 behind the West Indies' Courtney Walsh with 43, Stuart Broad of England with 39 and New Zealand's Chris Martin who failed to post a score 36 times. ==Bowling records==

(pictured) has taken the most Test wickets (708), the most five-wicket hauls (37) and the most ten-wicket hauls (10) for Australia. India's Anil Kumble is fourth on the list taking 619 wickets. Stuart Broad with 604 wickets moved into fifth in September 2022 after becoming the second fast bowler to overtake McGrath's total of 563 wickets. Best figures in an innings (pictured) took 9/121 in the fourth Test of the 1920–21 Ashes series, the best figures by an Australian bowler in a Test match innings. There have been three occasions in Test cricket where a bowler has taken all 10 wickets in a single innings – Jim Laker of England took 10/53 against Australia in 1956, India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against Pakistan and in 2021 Ajaz Patel of New Zealand took 10/119 against India. Arthur Mailey is one of 16 bowlers who have taken nine wickets in a Test match innings. Best figures in a match (pictured) holds the Australian record for the best bowling figures in a Test match with 16/137 taken in the second Test of the 1972 Ashes series. Best career average (pictured) holds the Australian record for the best Test career bowling average with 14.25 runs per wicket. is second behind Lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket. Best career economy rate A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled. Best career strike rate (pictured) holds the Australian record for the best strike rate with 38.23 balls per wicket. Most five-wicket hauls in an innings A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan tops the table in five-wicket hauls in Test cricket taking 67 throughout his career. He is followed jointly by the late Shane Warne and the recently retired right-arm off spinner for India Ravichandran Ashwin who took his 37th five-wicket haul in September 2024. The worst figures by an Australian is 0/156 that came off the bowling of Mitchell Swepson in his debut Test in March 2022 against Pakistan. He claimed the record in his final over when two runs came from it – enough for him to pass the previous record of 0/259, set 54 years prior. The worst figures by an Australian came in the first Test of the 2010–11 Ashes series when Mitchell Johnson returned figures of 0/66 and 0/104 for a total of 0/170 off 42 overs, equalling the figures that Geoff Lawson set in the second Test of the Ashes series of 1986–87 from 50 overs. ==Wicket-keeping records==

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads. Most career dismissals (pictured) has taken the most wicket-keeping Test dismissals (416) for Australia. while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run. Australia's Adam Gilchrist is second only to South Africa's Mark Boucher in taking most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper, with Boucher taking 555 to Gilchrist 416. Most career stumpings (pictured) holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. He is followed by England's Godfrey Evans with 46 to his name. Indian glovemen Syed Kirmani and MS Dhoni are both equal third on 38 and Gilchrist is fifth on the list with 37. Most dismissals in an innings Five wicket-keepers have taken seven dismissals in a single innings in a Test match—Wasim Bari of Pakistan in 1979, Englishman Bob Taylor in 1980, New Zealand's Ian Smith in 1991, the West Indies Ridley Jacobs in 2000 and most recently West Indian gloveman Joshua Da Silva against South Africa in 2023. The feat of taking 6 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 26 wicket-keepers on 34 occasions including 5 Australians. Most dismissals in a series (pictured) with 29 catches taken during the 2013 Ashes series holds the Test cricket record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. ==Fielding records==

Most career catches Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket. A fair catch is defined as a fielder catching the ball, from a legal delivery, fully within the field of play without it bouncing when the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat. England's Joe Root holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 216. During the 2024–25 tour of Sri Lanka, stand-in captain Steve Smith surpassed Ricky Ponting's Australian record of 196 catches and drew equal with South Africa's Jacques Kallis with 200 Test career catches. His current tally stands at 215, . (pictured) took 15 catches during Australia's 5–0 whitewash of England in the 1920–21 Ashes series – a Test cricket record. saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a Test series. Australian all-rounder Jack Gregory took 15 catches in the series as well as 23 wickets. Fellow Australians Greg Chappell and Steve Smith and India's KL Rahul are all equal second behind Gregory with 14 catches taken during the 1974–75 Ashes series, the 2025–26 Ashes series and the 2018 Indian tour of England respectively. Four players have taken 13 catches in a series on six occasions with both Bob Simpson and Brian Lara having done so twice and Rahul Dravid and Alastair Cook once. ==Other records==

Most career matches India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Test matches played with 200. He is followed by the English fast bowler James Anderson who played 188th and final Test match in July 2024, with former captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh being joint third with each having represented Australia on 168 occasions. A total of 16 cricketers have played 100 Tests for Australia. Mark Waugh, the Australian middle order batsman who played 107 consecutive Test matches, is third. The recently retired New Zealand wicket-keeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, who is fifth on the list with 101 matches, is the highest ranked cricketer who never missed a Test match during his playing career. Adam Gilchrist, in seventh on 96, is the highest ranked Australian player to achieve the feat. Most matches as captain Graeme Smith, who led the South African cricket team from 2003 to 2014, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in Test cricket with 109. Allan Border, who skippered Australia from 1984 to 1994 is second with 93 matches. New Zealand's captain from 1997 to 2006, Stephen Fleming, is third on the list with 80 and in fourth on 77 is Australia's Ricky Ponting who led the side for six years from 2004 to 2010. Youngest players The youngest player to play in a Test match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 227 days. Making his debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 24 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time. The youngest Australian to play Test cricket was Ian Craig who at the age of 17 years and 239 days debuted in the final Test of the series against South Africa in February 1953. Oldest players England all-rounder Wilfred Rhodes is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1930 at Sabina Park, in Kingston, Jamaica, he was aged 52 years and 165 days on the final day's play. The second-oldest Test player is Bert Ironmonger who was aged 50 years and 327 days when he represented Australia for the final time in the fifth Test of the 1932–33 Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground. ==Partnership records==

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close. Highest partnerships by wicket (left) and Sid Barnes (right) set the highest fifth wicket partnership in Test cricket, scoring 405 against England in 1946. ==Umpiring records==

(pictured) holds the Australian record for the most number of Test matches umpired with 98, . They are followed by South Africa's Rudi Koertzen who officiated in 108. The most experienced Australian is Rod Tucker who is fourth on the list with 98 Test matches umpired. Tucker eclipsed Daryl Harper's Australian record of 95 matches when he stood in his 96th Test in October 2025, the first Test between South Africa and Pakistan. ==See also==