Current Bowling Records (after 2nd Test at Old Trafford) 458 - Jimmy Anderson 383 - Sir Ian Botham 352 - Stuart Broad 325 - Bob Willis 307 - Fred Truman 297 - Derek Underwood Jimmy Anderson is 6th in the all-time list (61 behind Courtney Walsh) Stuart Broad is 22nd (3 behind Dennis Lillee and Chaminda Vaas)
There are currently 4 young batsmen (or young-ish) who could end up with 10,000 test runs. Here's how they compare: Steve Smith (age 27) is ranked No 1 in the world - he has scored 3,852 runs in 41 tests at an average of 60.18. He has scored 14 hundreds and 16 fifties Joe Root (age 25) is ranked No 2 in the world - he has scored 3,875 runs in 44 tests at an average of 56.15. He has scored 10 hundreds and 21 fifties Kane Williamson (age 25) is ranked No 3 in the world - he has scored 4,037 runs in 47 tests at an average of 49.23. He has scored 13 hundreds and 19 fifties Virat Kohli (age 27) is ranked No 12 in the world - he has scored 3,194 runs in 42 tests at an average of 46.28. He has scored 12 hundreds and 12 fifties There are 4 test series underway at the current time, and all 4 players feature.
Current Batting Records (after 3rd Test at Edgbaston) 10557 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is 11th in the all-time list and needs 371 to pass Steve Waugh Joe Root has 3,940 test runs
Current Bowling Records (after 3nd Test at Edgbaston) 462 - Jimmy Anderson 383 - Sir Ian Botham 357 - Stuart Broad 325 - Bob Willis 307 - Fred Truman 297 - Derek Underwood Jimmy Anderson is 6th in the all-time list (57 behind Courtney Walsh) Stuart Broad is now 20th having passed Dennis Lillee and Chaminda Vaas (5 behind Daniel Vettori)
Current Batting Records (after 4th Test at the Oval) 10599 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is 11th in the all-time list and needs 329 to pass Steve Waugh Joe Root has 4,005 test runs
Current Bowling Records (after 4th Test at the Oval) 463 - Jimmy Anderson 383 - Sir Ian Botham 358 - Stuart Broad 325 - Bob Willis 307 - Fred Truman 297 - Derek Underwood Jimmy Anderson is 6th in the all-time list (56 behind Courtney Walsh) Stuart Broad is 20th (4 behind Daniel Vettori)
Current Test players with more than 5,000 test runs: Alistair Cook - 10599 Younis Khan 9456 AB DeVilliers - 8074 Hasim Amla - 7411 Ross Taylor 5596 Amla and Taylor are playing in a Test match at present
Current Test Players with more than 200 wickets: Jimmy Anderson 463 Dale Steyn 406 Stuart Broad 358 Rangana Herath 332 Morne Morkel 242 Nathan Lyon 211 Ishant Sharma 209 Peter Siddle 208 Steyn currently playing in Test against NZ
Current Batting Records (after 1st Test in Chittagong) 10615 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is 11th in the all-time list and needs 313 to pass Steve Waugh Joe Root has 4,046 test runs
Current Bowling Records (after 1st Test in Chittagong) 463 - Jimmy Anderson 383 - Sir Ian Botham 360 - Stuart Broad 325 - Bob Willis 307 - Fred Truman 297 - Derek Underwood Jimmy Anderson is 6th in the all-time list (56 behind Courtney Walsh) Stuart Broad is 20th (2 behind Daniel Vettori
Current Batting Records (after 1st Test in Chittagong) 10688 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is 11th in the all-time list and needs 240 to pass Steve Waugh Joe Root has 4,103 test runs
Current Batting Records (after 1st Test in India) 10839 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is 11th in the all-time list and needs 89 to pass Steve Waugh Joe Root has 4,231 test runs
Current Bowling Records (after 1st Test in India) 463 - Jimmy Anderson 383 - Sir Ian Botham 361 - Stuart Broad 325 - Bob Willis 307 - Fred Truman 297 - Derek Underwood Jimmy Anderson is 6th in the all-time list (56 behind Courtney Walsh) Stuart Broad is 20th (1 behind Daniel Vettori) As expected not much movement on here for the seamers during the winter
Joe Root currently has 4,284 runs after the 1st innings of the 2nd test in India - therefore he needs 716 more runs to get on to the magic 5,000 runs leader board. 87 players in the history of the game have got to this mark, of whom 21 are English. There are 3 more tests in this series and 7 home tests in the Summer - will he do it before then?
Current Batting Records (after 2nd Test in India) 10895 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is 11th in the all-time list and needs 33 to pass Steve Waugh Joe Root has 4,309 test runs
Current Bowling Records (after 2nd Test in India) 467 - Jimmy Anderson 383 - Sir Ian Botham 366 - Stuart Broad 325 - Bob Willis 307 - Fred Truman 297 - Derek Underwood Jimmy Anderson is 6th in the all-time list (52 behind Courtney Walsh) Stuart Broad is 18th (7 behind Waquar Younis)
Current Batting Records (after 3nd Test in India) 10934 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook has moved past Steve Waugh, and is now 10th in the all-time list, and needs 241 to pass Alan Border Joe Root has 4,402 test runs
Current Batting Records (after 4th Test in India) 10998 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is now 10th in the all-time list, and needs 177 to pass Alan Border Joe Root has 4,500 test runs
Current Batting Records (after 5th Test in India) 11057 - Alastair Cook 8900 - Graham Gooch 8463 - Alec Stewart 8231 - David Gower 8181 - Kevin Pietersen 8114 - Geoffrey Boycott 7728 - Michael Atherton 7727 - Ian Bell 7624 - Colin Cowdrey 7249 - Wally Hammond Alastair Cook is 10th in the all-time list, and needs 118 to pass Alan Border Joe Root has 4,594 runs (53 tests), Jonny Bairstow 2,435 (38 tests), Moeen Ali 1,927 (37 tests) and Ben Stokes 1,902 932 tests)
Current Bowling Records (after 5th Test in India) 467 - Jimmy Anderson 383 - Sir Ian Botham 368 - Stuart Broad 325 - Bob Willis 307 - Fred Truman 297 - Derek Underwood Jimmy Anderson is 6th in the all-time list (52 behind Courtney Walsh) Stuart Broad is 18th (5 behind Waquar Younis) Moeen Ali has 98 test wickets and Ben Stokes 79
