England becomes the first team to win 100 Test matches by an innings
The Nottingham Test which saw England completely outplaying Australia in all ways had ended as a match with few important landmarks for the team and players. Stuart Broad completed 300 wickets and also got his best figures of his Test career, Alastair Cook won his 50th game as England player and more.
One of the important milestones for English cricket was that the team became the first to win 100 Test matches by a margin of an innings.
England defeated Australia by an innings and 78 runs in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham to take an unbeatable lead of 3-1 in the Ashes 2015 and regain the Ashes. The victory by an innings was England’s 100th such victory in their Test cricket history and they are the first to reach this landmark. Australia is next behind with 85 innings wins.
|
Team |
Won by an inn |
Matches |
Total wins |
Win by an inn % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
England |
100 |
961 |
344 |
29.07 |
|
Australia |
85 |
779 |
365 |
23.29 |
|
South Africa |
42 |
392 |
144 |
29.17 |
|
West Indies |
40 |
508 |
164 |
24.39 |
|
India |
34 |
488 |
122 |
27.87 |
|
Pakistan |
29 |
392 |
124 |
23.39 |
|
New Zealand |
21 |
401 |
81 |
25.93 |
|
Sri Lanka |
20 |
238 |
72 |
27.78 |
|
Zimbabwe |
2 |
97 |
11 |
18.18 |
|
Bangladesh |
0 |
93 |
7 |
0.00 |
- England has won 344 Test matches, out of which 100 are won by an innings – 29.07% of the total wins. South Africa is the only team ahead with 29.17 % of wins being by an innings.
- Australia has the lowest % of wins by an inning among the top eight teams (except Zimbabwe and Bangladesh) of 23.29 %. Out of their 365 Test wins, only 85 have been by an innings.
- Bangladesh has not won any match by an innings.
- Zimbabwe’s two wins by an innings were against Pakistan at Harare in 1995 and against Bangladesh in 2001.
On the occasion, let’s also see the number of losses by an innings for each team and see which team has lost the most. England tops here as well!
|
Team |
Lost by an inn |
Matches |
Total losses |
Lost by an inn % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
England |
55 |
961 |
278 |
19.78 |
|
New Zealand |
47 |
401 |
161 |
29.19 |
|
India |
43 |
488 |
156 |
27.56 |
|
Australia |
42 |
779 |
208 |
20.19 |
|
West Indies |
37 |
508 |
173 |
21.39 |
|
Bangladesh |
36 |
93 |
71 |
50.70 |
|
South Africa |
33 |
392 |
129 |
25.58 |
|
Sri Lanka |
30 |
238 |
86 |
34.88 |
|
Pakistan |
28 |
392 |
111 |
25.23 |
|
Zimbabwe |
22 |
97 |
60 |
36.67 |
- England has lost most Tests by an innings as well, but their percentage of losses by an innings is the lowest among all. They lost 278 matches out of which just 55 were by an innings which is 19.78 %.
- More than 50% of Bangladesh’s Test defeats have been by a margin of an innings. Zimbabwe (36.67) and Sri Lanka (34.88) are the other teams with percentage of losses by an innings more than 30.
Under Alastair Cook, it was the third victory by an innings for England. Let’s see which captains have the most number of victories by an innings under their name for their respective teams.
|
Captain |
Wins by an inn |
Team |
|---|---|---|
|
GC Smith |
22 |
South Africa |
|
SR Waugh |
14 |
Australia |
|
PBH May |
12 |
England |
|
AJ Strauss |
11 |
England |
|
CH Lloyd |
11 |
West Indies |
|
SP Fleming |
11 |
New Zealand |
|
MS Dhoni |
9 |
India |
|
MA Taylor |
9 |
Australia |
|
M Azharuddin |
8 |
India |
|
AR Border |
8 |
Australia |
|
SC Ganguly |
7 |
India |
|
DG Bradman |
7 |
Australia |
|
RT Ponting |
7 |
Australia |
|
WM Woodfull |
7 |
Australia |
|
ST Jayasuriya |
7 |
Sri Lanka |
|
N Hussain |
6 |
England |
|
JM Brearley |
5 |
England |
|
SM Pollock |
5 |
South Africa |
|
WJ Cronje |
5 |
South Africa |
|
Imran Khan |
5 |
Pakistan |
|
Javed Miandad |
5 |
Pakistan |
|
DPMD Jayawardene |
5 |
Sri Lanka |
It was the third defeat by an innings for Michael Clarke as captain. Let’s see which captains have most number of defeats by an innings under their belt. Obviously Bangladesh and Zimbabwe captains top the list.
|
Captain |
Losses |
Team |
|---|---|---|
|
Habibul Bashar |
13 |
Bangladesh |
|
ADR Campbell |
12 |
Zimbabwe |
|
Khaled Mashud |
12 |
Bangladesh |
|
Mohammad Ashraful |
12 |
Bangladesh |
|
HH Streak |
11 |
Zimbabwe |
|
Mushfiqur Rahim |
11 |
Bangladesh |
|
JR Reid |
10 |
New Zealand |
|
A Flower |
10 |
Zimbabwe |
|
BRM Taylor |
10 |
Zimbabwe |
|
N Hussain |
9 |
England |
|
A Ranatunga |
9 |
Sri Lanka |
|
T Taibu |
9 |
Zimbabwe |
|
Khaled Mahmud |
9 |
Bangladesh |
|
MS Dhoni |
8 |
India |
|
Shakib Al Hasan |
8 |
Bangladesh |
|
AR Border |
6 |
Australia |
|
Naimur Rahman |
6 |
Bangladesh |
|
L Amarnath |
5 |
India |
|
GC Grant |
5 |
West Indies |
|
BE Congdon |
5 |
New Zealand |
|
KR Rutherford |
5 |
New Zealand |
|
LRD Mendis |
5 |
Sri Lanka |
|
ST Jayasuriya |
5 |
Sri Lanka |
|
SV Carlisle |
5 |
Zimbabwe |
|
Team |
Most wins by an inning |
Most losses by an inning |
|---|---|---|
|
Australia |
SR Waugh (14) |
AR Border (6) |
|
Bangladesh |
- |
Habibul Bashar (13) |
|
England |
PBH May (12) |
N Hussain (9) |
|
India |
MS Dhoni (9) |
MS Dhoni (8) |
|
New Zealand |
SP Fleming (11) |
JE Reid (10) |
|
Pakistan |
Imran Khan & Javed Miandad (5) |
Waqar Younis & Inzamam-ul-Haq (4) |
|
South Africa |
GC Smith (12) |
HW Taylor (4) |
|
Sri Lanka |
ST Jayasuriya (7) |
A Ranatunga (9) |
|
West Indies |
CH Lloyd (11) |
GC Grant (5) |
|
Zimbabwe |
A Flower & HH Streak (1) |
ADR Campbell (12) |
- MS Dhoni has won the most number of Tests by an innings (9) and lost most number of Tests by an innings (8) for India. He is the only captain to have this dubious distinction in Test cricket.