Boxing day Tests between Australia - New Zealand and South Africa - England were the last two Tests of this year as well as the decade. This decade gave us a lot of good memories in Test cricket like England won their first Ashes in Australia after 25 years, India won their first-ever Test series in Australia, South Africa completed the hat-trick of Test series wins on Australian soil, Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia in Tests, Pakistan finally played a Test series at home, India became number one ranked Test side.
When it comes to batting Indian captain Virat Kohli, Steven Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, etc emerged on top while in the bowling Pat Cummins, James Anderson, R Ashwin, Stuart Broad, Mohammed Shami, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada, etc dominated for years. Here is a statistical look at this decade of Test cricket.
All the major stats and facts that were recorded by teams and players in this decade (2010-2019) in Test cricket
Most wins -
57 - Australia (112 Tests) / England (126 Tests)
56 - India (107 Tests)
45 - South Africa (90 Tests)
33 - Pakistan (83 Tests)
32 - New Zealand (83 Tests)
Highest totals -
759/7d - IND vs ENG at Chennai, 2016
730/6 - SL vs BAN at Dhaka, 2014
715/6d - NZ vs BAN at Hamilton, 2019
713/9d - SL vs BAN at Chattogram, 2018
710/7d - ENG vs IND at Birmingham, 2011
Lowest totals -
38 - IRE vs ENG at Lord's, 2019
43 - BAN vs WI at North Sound, 2018
45 - NZ vs SA at Cape Town, 2013
47 - AUS vs SA at Cape Town, 2011
49 - PAK vs SA at Johannesburg, 2013
Most runs -
8818 - Alastair Cook (111 Tests, ENG)
7359 - Joe Root (89 Tests, ENG)
7202 - Virat Kohli (84 Tests, IND)
7164 - Steve Smith (72 Tests, AUS)
7088 - David Warner (83 Tests, AUS)
Highest individual scores -
335* - David Warner (AUS) vs PAK at Adelaide, 2019
333 - Chris Gayle (WI) vs SL at Galle, 2010
329* - Michael Clarke (AUS) vs IND at Sydney, 2012
319 - Kumar Sangakkara (SL) vs BAN at Dhaka, 2014
311* - Hashim Amla (SA) vs ENG at The Oval, 2012
Highest batting averages (Min 2000 runs) -
62.84 - Steve Smith (7164 runs, AUS)
61.40 - Kumar Sangakkara (4851 runs, SL)
60.33 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3198 runs, WI)
58.54 - Jacques Kallis (2810 runs, SA)
57.48 - AB de Villiers (5059 runs, SA)
Most hundreds -
27 - Virat Kohli (IND)
26 - Steve Smith (AUS)
23 - Alastair Cook (ENG) / David Warner (AUS)
21 - Hashim Amla (SA) / Kane Williamson (NZ)
18 - Younis Khan (PAK) / Cheteshwar Pujara (IND)
Most fifty-plus scores -
62 - Joe Root (ENG)
60 - Alastair Cook (ENG)
54 - Steve Smith (AUS)
53 - David Warner (AUS)
52 - Kane Williamson (NZ)
Most wickets -
429 - James Anderson (106 Tests, ENG)
403 - Stuart broad (111 Tests, ENG)
380 - Nathan Lyon (95 Tests, AUS)
363 - Rangana Herath (72 tests, SL)
362 - R Ashwin (70 Tests, IND)
Best bowling figures in an innings -
9/127 - Rangana Herath (SL) vs PAK at Colombo (SSC), 2014
9/129 - Keshav Maharaj (SA) vs SL at Colombo (SSC), 2014
8/15 - Stuart Broad (ENG) vs AUS at Trent Bridge, 2015
8/39 - Taijul Islam (BAN) vs ZIM at Dhaka, 2014
8/41 - Yasir Shah (PAK) vs NZ at Dubai, 2018
Best bowling figures in a Test match -
14/184 - Rangana Herath (SL) vs PAK at Colombo (SSC), 2014
14/184 - Yasir Shah (PAK) vs NZ at Dubai, 2018
13/121 - Shanon Gabriel (WI) vs SL at Gros Islet, 2018
13/140 - R Ashwin (IND) vs NZ at Indore, 2016
13/144 - Kagiso Rabada (SA) vs ENG at Centurion, 2016
Best bowling averages (Min 100 wickets) -
21.92 - Pat Cummins (139 wickets, AUS)
21.99 - Vernon Philander (220 wickets, SA)
22.29 - Dale Steyn (267 wickets, SA)
22.57 - Kagiso Rabada (190 wickets, SA)
23.52 - Ryan Harris (113 wickets, AUS)
Most five-wicket hauls in an innings -
30 - Rangana Herath (SL)
27 - R Ashwin (IND)
20 - James Anderson (ENG)
16 - Nathan Lyon (AUS) / Yasir Shah (PAK)
15 - Dale Steyn (SA)
Most ten-wicket hauls in a Test match -
9 - Rangana Herath (SL)
7 - R Ashwin (IND)
4 - Kagiso Rabada (SA) / Saeed Ajmal (PAK)
3 - James Anderson (ENG) / Graeme Swann (ENG) / Yasir Shah (PAK)
