Everyone would agree that Test Cricket is the most significant and most challenging format of cricket. The players who have played 100+ test matches are considered the greatest cricketers of all time. Sachin Tendulkar has a record of playing the maximum number of test matches. He has played 200 tests. And Australia is one of the first countries to play test cricket has many players to play 100+ tests. The article talks about the top 10 Australian players who have played the highest number of Test matches.
1. Ricky Thomas Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting is a former right-hand top-order batter who played his first test match on 8 December 1995 against Sri Lanka at Perth. He is a man of records with several records. Some of them are- Most test centuries by an Australian, 2nd most runs in test career in all time, 3rd most test hundred in all time, 2nd most test fifties in all time, etc. He played 168 matches and scored 13378 runs with an average of 51.85 and 41 centuries. Ponting played his last game against South Africa at Perth on 30 November 2012.
2. Stephen Rodger Waugh
Stephen Rodger Waugh is a former right-hand middle-over batter who played his first test match on 26 December 1985 against India at Melbourne. He played 168 games and scored 10927 runs with an average of 51.06 and 32 centuries. Waugh played his last match against India in Sydney on 2 January 2004.
3. Allan Robert Border
Allan Robert Border is a former left-hand batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who played his first test match on 29 December 1978 against England in Melbourne. He played 156 games and scored 11174 runs with an average of 50.56 and 27 centuries. Border played his last match against South Africa in Durban on 25 March 1994.
4. Shane Keith Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Leg-break googly bowler and played his first test match on 2 January 1992 against India at Sydney. Warne is a legendary spin bowler who took 708 test wickets in his 145 games with an average of 25.41 with an economy of 2.65 with 37 5-wicket hauls and ten 10-wicket hauls. On 2 January 2007, he played his last match against England in Sydney.
5. Mark Edward Waugh
Mark Edward Waugh is a former right-hand batter and a right-arm medium bowler. On 25 January 1991, he made his test debut against England at Adelaide. The batsman played 128 matches and scored 8029 runs with an average of 41.81 with 20 centuries. Waugh took retirement from test cricket after playing his last game on 19 October 2002 against Pakistan at Sharjah.
6. Glenn Donald McGrath
Glenn Donald McGrath is a former right-arm fast-medium bowler and an Australian legend. He played his first test against New Zealand in Perth on 12 November 1993. He played 124 matches took 563 wickets with an average of 21.64 and an economy of 2.49 with 29 5-wickets hauls and three 10-wickets hauls. Glenn played his last game on 2 January 2007 against England in Sydney.
7. Ian Andrew Healy
Ian Andrew Healy is a former right-hand wicketkeeper-batsman who played his first test match on 15 September 1988 against Pakistan at Karachi and his last game on 14 October 1999 against Zimbabwe at Harare. He played 119 games and scored 4356 runs with an average of 27.39 with four centuries.
8. Michael John Clarke
Michael John Clarke is a former right-hand middle-order batter who played his first test match on 6 October 2004 against India at Bengaluru and his last game on 20 August 2015 against England at The Oval. He played 115 games and scored 8643 runs with an average of 49.10 with 28 centuries.
9. David Clarence Boon
David Clarence Boon is a former right-hand top-order batter who played his first test match on 23 November 1984 against West Indies at Brisbane and his last game on 25 January 1996 against Sri Lanka at Adelaide. He played 107 games and scored 7422 runs with an average of 43.65 with 21 centuries.
10. Justin Lee Langer
Justin Lee Langer is a former left-hand top-order batter who played his first test match on 23 January 1993 against West Indies at Adelaide and his last game on 2 January 2007 against England at Sydney. He played 105 games and scored 7696 runs with an average of 45.27 with 23 centuries.
