8. Sultan of swing – Wasim Akram also has his highest Test innings score of 257* v Zimbabwe, which is higher than Sachin Tendulkar’s highest Test score of 248*.
1st Test, at Sheikhupura, 17-21 Oct 1996, the match was drawn
9. Peter Siddle is the only bowler to take a hat-trick on his birthday: Peter Siddle remains the only bowler in international cricket to take a hat-trick on his birthday. This happened during the 1st Test in Brisbane against England on November 25, 2010.
10. Allan Border played 153 consecutive Test matches: The former Australian captain represented Australia for 153 consecutive matches. It’s an unbroken world record till now and behind him is England’s Alastair Cook who has 145* matches at present while others are far away from him.
List of Top five players with most number of test matches consecutively
| Player | Team | Mat | From | Until |
| A Border | AUS | 153 | 10-Mar-79 | 25-Mar-94 |
| A Cook | ENG | 145* | 11-May-06 | 07-Sep-17 |
| M Waugh | AUS | 107 | 03-Jun-93 | 19-Oct-02 |
| S Gavaskar | IND | 106 | 23-Jan-75 | 03-Feb-87 |
| B McCullum | NZ | 101 | 10-Mar-04 | 20-Feb-16 |
