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200th England Test on Sky Sports: Benedict Bermange's best Sky stats so far

Brian Lara acknowledges the applause as he compiles a world record 400no against England
Image: Brian Lara acknowledges the applause as he compiles a world record 400no against England

Since February 24 1990, Sky Sports has brought you 199 live England Test matches featuring 206,456 runs and 6,183 wickets.

In 66,723.3 overs of action our cameras have captured 386 Test centuries and 29 ten-wicket hauls, with England winning 70 matches, losing 67, drawing 61 and taking part in one abandoned match, the infamous first Test against West Indies in early 1998.

For the record, England have scored 102,754 runs for the loss of 3.065 wickets with 196 centuries and 439 fifties.

There have been 24 scores of 200 or more:

There have been 24 scores of 200 or more

Score Name Team Against Venue Season
400* BC Lara West Indies England St John's 2003/04
375 BC Lara West Indies England St John's 1993/94
311* HM Amla South Africa England The Oval 2012
294 AN Cook England India Birmingham 2011
291 RR Sarwan West Indies England Bridgetown 2008/09
275 G Kirsten South Africa England Durban 1999/00
250 JL Langer Australia England Melbourne 2002/03
235* AN Cook England Australia Brisbane 2010/11
235 IR Bell England India The Oval 2011
227 KP Pietersen England Australia Adelaide 2010/11
226 KP Pietersen England West Indies Leeds 2007
226 IJL Trott England Bangladesh Lord's 2010
224 VG Kambli India England Bombay 1992/93
223 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan England Lahore 2005/06
222 NJ Astle New Zealand England Christchurch 2001/02
213* DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka England Galle 2007/08
206* CA Pujara India England Ahmedabad 2012/13
206 PD Collingwood England Australia Adelaide 2006/07
203 IJL Trott England Sri Lanka Cardiff 2011
202* KP Pietersen England India Lord's 2011
202 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan England Lord's 2006
201* MS Atapattu Sri Lanka England Galle 2000/01
200* GP Thorpe England New Zealand Christchurch 2001/02
200* JE Root England Sri Lanka Lord's 2014

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- The only teenager to score a century was Sachin Tendulkar at Chennai in 1993

- The oldest batsman to score a century was Gordon Greenidge at 38 years 346 days old at St John’s in 1990

More from England V India, 5th Test

- Two batsmen have carried their bats through completed innings: Michael Atherton at Christchurch in 1997 and Rahul Dravid at The Oval in 2011

- Tim Southee hit the fastest fifty – from 29 balls at Napier in 2008. Nasser Hussain hit the slowest – from 213 balls at Durban in 1999

- The fastest hundred was hit by Adam Gilchrist – from 57 balls at Perth in 2006. The slowest was by Thilan Samaraweera – from 345 balls for Sri Lanka at Colombo in 2003

- Michael Vaughan was dismissed 'Handled the Ball' against India at Bengaluru in 2001

- Craig McDermott’s unbeaten innings of 42 at Adelaide in 1991 is the highest individual score not to contain any boundaries


Five innings have lasted longer than 12 hours (720 minutes)

Five innings have lasted longer than 12 hours (720 mins)

Name Team Against Venue Season Runs Mins
G Kirsten South Africa England Durban 1999/00 275 878
HM Amla South Africa England The Oval 2012 311* 790
BC Lara West Indies England St John's 2003/04 400* 778
AN Cook England India Birmingham 2011 294 772
BC Lara West Indies England St John's 1993/94 375 766



Five men have scored a century in each innings

Five men have scored a century in each innings

Name Scores Team Against Venue Season
AJ Stewart 118 & 143 England West Indies Bridgetown 1993/94
ML Hayden 197 & 103 Australia England Brisbane 2002/03
Inzamam-ul-Haq 109 & 100* Pakistan England Faisalabad 2005/06
AJ Strauss 123 & 108 England India Chennai 2008/09
PG Fulton 136 & 110 New Zealand England Auckland 2012/13



Seven men have taken eight wickets in an innings

Six men have taken eight wickets in an innings - ARC Fraser twice

Bowling Name Team Against Venue Season
8-45 CEL Ambrose West Indies England Bridgetown 1989/90
8-53 ARC Fraser England West Indies Port-of-Spain 1997/98
8-70 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka England Nottingham 2006
8-71 SK Warne Australia England Brisbane 1994/95
8-75 ARC Fraser England West Indies Bridgetown 1993/94
8-97 CJ McDermott Australia England Perth 1990/91
8-164 Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan England Lahore 2000/01



Mohammad Amir was the youngest to take five wickets in an innings – aged just 18 in 2010 – while Shane Warne was the oldest – at 37 at Melbourne in 2006.

Shane Warne in full voice in Melbourne, 2006
Image: Shane Warne in full voice in Melbourne, 2006


There have been seven hat-tricks
 

There have been seven hat-tricks

Bowler Victims Match Venue Season
SK Warne PAJ DeFreitas, D Gough, DE Malcolm Aus v Eng Melbourne 1994-95
D Gough IA Healy, SCG MacGill, CR Miller Eng v Aus Sydney 1998-99
MJ Hoggard RR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, RO Hinds Eng v WI Barbados 2003-04
RJ Sidebottom SP Fleming, MS Sinclair, JDP Oram Eng v NZ Hamilton 2007-08
PM Siddle AN Cook, MJ Prior, SCJ Broad Aus v Eng Brisbane 2010-11
SCJ Broad MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, P Kumar Eng v Ind Nottingham 2011
SCJ Broad KC Sangakkara, LD Chandimal, RMS Eranga Eng v SL Leeds 2014


Three 40-plus players have participated in Sky Tests: Eddie Hemmings, Graham Gooch, John Emburey and Alec Stewart.

Enamul Haque jr was just 16 when he played for Bangladesh against England in 2003, while the youngest captain was Shakib Al Hasan aged just 22 for Bangladesh at Chittagong in 2010.

Watch England take on India in the fifth and final Test - the 200th England Test live on Sky Sports - from 10am on Sky Sports 2 on Friday.

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