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Australia has the highest win percentage in Test cricket history, with over 47% of matches won. They have won the most Test matches and have a dominant record spanning over 140 years. England, South Africa, and New Zealand have lower win percentages.

Sir Donald Bradman has the highest Test batting average at 99.94, widely considered the greatest statistical achievement in cricket. Ponting, Tendulkar, and Border were great batsmen but averaged significantly lower.

Jim Laker took 19 for 90 against Australia in 1956, the best bowling innings in Test history. Warne, Kumble, and Muralitharan were great spinners but none matched Laker's single-innings record.

England holds the record for largest Test victory by an innings - they beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval in 1938. While Australia has many big wins, England's 1938 victory remains the biggest innings margin in Test history.

England holds the record for the largest victory by runs in Test cricket, defeating Australia by 675 runs at The Oval in 1938. This remains the biggest winning margin in Test cricket history.

India famously defeated Australia by 171 runs at Eden Gardens in 2001 after being forced to follow-on, which stands as one of the greatest comebacks in Test cricket history and is among the highest victory margins after following-on.

This is a cricket trivia question about IPL 3 (Indian Premier League season 3). Dinesh Karthik was indeed a wicketkeeper-batsman who captained Delhi Daredevils in certain matches when regular captain Virender Sehwag was unavailable. Virender Sehwag (misspelled as Virener) was the regular captain, not the stand-in. Dilshan was a player, not captain. Yo Mahesh was a bowler, not captain.

Mahela Jayawardene captained Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2010 (IPL 3). Yuvraj Singh was the original captain but missed matches, and Jayawardene stepped in as skipper. Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla were players but not captains.

England holds the record for the largest victory by runs in Test cricket, defeating Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval in 1938. This remains the biggest winning margin in Test cricket history.

Brian Lara scored 28 runs in a single over against South Africa in a Test match in 2003, which remains a record in Test cricket for most runs scored in one over. This over included 4 sixes and 4 boundaries.