With the 2000th Test well underway at Lord's, ESPNSTAR.com looks at some of the most incredible milestones in the history of the game.
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A celebration of 2000 Tests: incredible milestones
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Five hundreds in a Test series
West Indian Clyde Walcott is the only one to accomplish the feat of registering five hundreds in a Test series while amassing 827 runs against Australia in a five-Test series in 1955.
Most runs in a Test match on debut
Jamaica's Lawrence Rowe is the only batsman to register a double hundred and a hundred in his first Test match, accomplishing the feat for West Indies against New Zealand on his home ground at Sabina Park, Kingston, in February 1972 - 214 and 100 not out. His tally of 314 is a record for any player in his first Test.
First to accomplish a triple of 1,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches
West Indian Garry Sobers was the first all-rounder to amass 1,000 runs, capture 100 wickets and hold 100 catches in Test cricket. In a 93-Test career between March 30, 1954 and April 5, 1974, he managed 8032 runs, claimed 235 wickets and held 109 catches.
The only captain to have won all five tosses in a Test series twice
Garry Sobers is the first and only captain to have won all five tosses in a Test series twice - vs. England in 1966 and vs. New Zealand in 1971-72.
Five hundreds in a Test series
West Indian Clyde Walcott is the only one to accomplish the feat of registering five hundreds in a Test series while amassing 827 runs against Australia in a five-Test series in 1955.
Most runs in a Test match on debut
Jamaica's Lawrence Rowe is the only batsman to register a double hundred and a hundred in his first Test match, accomplishing the feat for West Indies against New Zealand on his home ground at Sabina Park, Kingston, in February 1972 - 214 and 100 not out. His tally of 314 is a record for any player in his first Test.
First to accomplish a triple of 1,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches
West Indian Garry Sobers was the first all-rounder to amass 1,000 runs, capture 100 wickets and hold 100 catches in Test cricket. In a 93-Test career between March 30, 1954 and April 5, 1974, he managed 8032 runs, claimed 235 wickets and held 109 catches.
The only captain to have won all five tosses in a Test series twice
Garry Sobers is the first and only captain to have won all five tosses in a Test series twice - vs. England in 1966 and vs. New Zealand in 1971-72.