Most scores of 50-plus in Test cricket

119 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 51x100/68x50
103 RT Ponting (Aus) 41/62
103 JH Kallis (SA) 45/58
99 R Dravid (Ind) 36/63
96 S Chanderpaul (WI) 30/66
90 AR Border (Aus) 27/63
90 KC Sangakkara (SL) 38/52
90 AN Cook (Eng) 33/57
90 JE ROOT (Eng) 30/60

Can Joe Root become the fourth man to reach 50 in 100 Test innings?

Next current batter is Steve Smith, on 70: 32 hundreds but only 38 fifities.

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When he caught Alex Carey, Ben Stokes became the seventh member of an exclusive club - and the sixth was his team-mate James Anderson!

1,000 runs, 100 wkts, 100 ct in Tests

JM Anderson (E) 1,332 runs/690 wkts/105 ct in 183 Tests
IT Botham (E) 5,200/383/120 in 102
CL Hooper (WI) 5,762/114/115 in 102
JH Kallis (SA/Wld) 13,289/292/200 in 166
GS Sobers (WI) 8,032/235/109 in 93
BA STOKES (E) 6,075/197/100 in 97
SK Warne (A) 3,154/708/125 in 145

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A familiar face ringing the bell to start the third day of the Old Trafford Test! #TheAshes #TheMensAshes #ENGvAUS