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TEST
RECORDS
Australia's
Test match winning streak
Sydney, January 6: Australia
stretched their world record number of consecutive Test cricket wins
to 15 with victory over the West Indies in the fifth and final Test
on Saturday.
Australia beat the tourists
by six wickets to sweep the series 5-0.
The winning streak:
 Zimbabwe
by 10 wickets, Harare, October 14-17 1999.
Pakistan
by 10 wickets, Brisbane, November 5-9 1999.
Pakistan
by four wickets, Hobart, November 18-22 1999.
Pakistan
by innings and 20 runs, Perth, November 26-28 1999.
India
by 285 runs, Adelaide, December 10-14 1999.
India
by 180 runs, Melbourne, December 26-30 1999.
India
by innings and 141 runs, Sydney, January 2-4 2000.
New
Zealand by 62 runs, Auckland, March 11-15 2000.
New
Zealand by six wickets, Wellington, March 24-27 2000.
New
Zealand by six wickets, Hamilton, March 31-April 3 2000
West
Indies by an innings and 126 runs, Brisbane, November 23-25 2000
West
Indies by an innings and 27 runs, Perth, December 1-3 2000
West
Indies by five wickets, Adelaide, December 15-19 2000
West
Indies by 352 runs, Melbourne, December 26-29 2000
West
Indies by six wickets, Sydney, January 2-6 2001
Test cricket's
leading century-makers
| Player |
Nation |
Centuries |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
Not
Out |
Average |
Highest
Score |
| Sunil
Gavaskar |
India |
34 |
125 |
214 |
10122 |
16 |
51.12 |
236
n.o. |
| Don
Bradman |
Australian |
29 |
52 |
80 |
6996 |
10 |
99.94 |
334 |
| Allan
Border |
Australian |
27 |
156 |
265 |
11174 |
44 |
50.56 |
205 |
| Gary
Sobers |
West
Indies |
26 |
93 |
160 |
8032 |
21 |
57.78 |
365
n.o. |
| Sachin
Tendulkar |
India |
24 |
79 |
125 |
6416 |
13 |
57.29 |
217 |
| S.
Waugh |
Australian |
24 |
132 |
209 |
8684 |
39 |
51.08 |
200 |
| Greg
Chappell |
Australian |
24 |
87 |
151 |
7110 |
19 |
53.86 |
247
n.o. |
| Vivian
Richards |
West
Indies |
24 |
121 |
182 |
8540 |
12 |
50.24 |
291 |
| Javed
Maindad |
Pakistan |
23 |
124 |
189 |
8832 |
21 |
52.57 |
280
n.o |
Clean sweeps in test cricket
If Australia wins the 5th Test of the Ansett Australia Test Series, they would become the seventh
side in test cricket history to complete a "clean sweep" of a five match series.
"Cleansweeps" in five match test series:
| Series |
Winning
Team |
Losing
Team |
Venue |
| 1920-21 |
Australia |
England |
Australia |
| 1931-32 |
Australia |
South
Africa |
Australia |
| 1959 |
England |
India |
England |
| 1961-62 |
West
Indies |
India |
West
Indies |
| 1984 |
West
Indies |
England |
England |
| 1985-86 |
West
Indies |
England |
West
Indies |
| 1998-99 |
South
Africa |
West
Indies |
South
Africa |
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