10 Test bowling records that will never be broken

Some records, like most number of fan-favourite characters killed, held by Game of Thrones, are unbreakable. Although cricket doesn’t match up to the gore of GoT and Test cricket, in particular, is more Newsroom than Breaking Bad, some records are sensational and will in all probability live on till eternity.In fact, it would be an understatement to call some of these monumental feats records, because they are in the very minimum, superhuman events which couldn’t be contrived unless the whole universe conspired against the mark.

#10 Highest percentage of wickets taken bowled

Tom Richardson picked up more than 60% of his wickets by bowling a batsman out

There are actually two virtually unbreakable records under this segment. The highest percentage of wickets taken bowled with a minimum of 50 dismissals bowled, is held by England’s Tom Richardson, who got 54 of his 88 Test wickets by getting the batsmen bowled. That is a massive 61.36% for the genuinely fast bowler.

The nearest one is Frederick Spofforth who, playing for Australia, took 50 out of his 94 wickets by getting the batsman out bowled – 53.19%. There is a wide gap following that with just 4 more bowlers crossing even 40% in the history of Test cricket.

The other interesting record is that held by Muralitharan, in terms of sheer volume. Muralitharan has 167 dismissals bowled, 51 more than the nearest competitor, Warne, who had 116 of those.