* H / 9 — Hits per nine innings: hits allowed times nine divided by innings pitched ( also known as H / 9IP — Hits allowed per 9 innings pitched )

* W — Win: number of games where pitcher was pitching while his team took the lead and went on to win, also the starter needs to pitch at least 5 innings of work ( also related: winning percentage )

Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004.

He also held the record for the highest total number of runs in a Test career, after overtaking Allan Border in an innings of 226 played at Adelaide Oval, Australia in November 2005.

When the season ended, he posted a 1. 26 ERA, which gave him not only the lowest in his career, but also gave him a Major League record of being the oldest pitcher with 150 + innings pitched to post a season ERA under 1. 50.

Bradman had also appeared uncomfortable against the pace of Sandy Bell in his innings of 299 not out, when the desperate bowler decided to bowl short to him, and South African Herbie Taylor, according to Jack Fingleton, may have mentioned this to English cricketers in 1932.

He pitched a shut out against the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS that year and also pitched eight scoreless innings against the New York Mets in the World Series.

The Rocket was also known as a strikeout pitcher, leading the AL in K's five times and strikeouts per nine innings three times.

Matt Cain also had a dominant game, pitching 7 innings without giving up a run.

In game 2 Cruz also became the first player in postseason history to win a game with a walk-off grand slam as the Rangers defeated the Tigers 7-3 in 11 innings.

He also set a still-standing Major League record by allowing only 5. 26 hits per nine innings, breaking Luis Tiant's 5. 30 in 1968, as well as posting a 2. 28 earned run average that year, to date the second lowest in franchise history, trailing only Dean Chance's 1. 65 in 1964.

The match was also notable for Hadlee's superb all round performance-he took 8 wickets in the match, and scored a rapid-fire 99 in New Zealand's only innings.

With new opening partner Tom Moody also struggling with 71 runs at 11. 83, Australia frequently struggled at the top of their innings.

He also jointly holds the record in Test cricket ( along with Ian Healy ) of being the only cricketers to have been run out in both innings of a Test on two occasions.

He also scored half-centuries in the First and Fifth Tests and ended with 416 at 83. 2 from limited opportunities — he played nine innings, only five of which were completed.

He also became the first Indian to make four centuries in one Test series, the second Indian after Vijay Hazare to score two centuries in the same Test, and the third after Hazare and Polly Umrigar to score centuries in three consecutive innings.

He also passed 8000 Test runs in the innings, and was personally honoured by Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India at the ground.

( The 2008 All Star Game also went to 15 innings, and is the longest All-Star Game in terms of elapsed time, at four hours 50 minutes.

It also starred a great innings at Maitland, New South Wales, by a then unheard of Kepler Wessels of 92 not out for the Cavaliers.

He also pitched the final 12 innings of the 15-inning first game.

This included a best of 6-25 against Bangladesh, where Vaas also took a hat-trick with the first three deliveries of the Bangladesh innings.

Having also taken nine for 37 in the first innings, Laker's match bowling figures were nineteen for 90: no other bowler has taken more than seventeen wickets in a first-class match.

He contributed an undefeated 69 to a total of 155-6 declared, having begun his innings when they were 31-4.

In the 1980 NLCS versus the Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan pitched well in Game 2, leaving the game tied 2 – 2 in the seventh ( having contributed to both Astros runs with a run scored following a walk, and a sacrifice bunt leading to a run ) but again got a no decision in a game that went extra innings.

He rose to the occasion by coming in to pitch against the Riverton club, pitching five scoreless innings and producing a double in the tenth which contributed to the win.

Hutton contributed few runs, but Cowdrey and Peter May made large scores and Tyson took seven wickets as Australia were bowled out for 111 in their second innings, giving England a 128-run victory.

His ODI form also hit a slump, and he contributed only one major innings in the World Series Cup, 71 against the West Indies at Sydney.

Pérez contributed a two-run single in the deciding Game 6 as the Braves won 10 – 9 in 11 innings.

Jardine contributed three fifties in four innings in the series, scoring 221 runs at an average of 73. 66.

He contributed a fighting 88 in the fourth Test at Headingley, although England once again lost by an innings and 55 runs.

His most famous innings was when he contributed 14 in a 106-run partnership with Nathan Astle for the tenth wicket against England, to save the match.

In the first innings he bowled in his best form and contributed to many of

Ponting, who was closing in on his century, was then forced to play second-fiddle to a whirlwind innings by New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns, who at one point had contributed more than 40 runs off a 60 run partnership.

He then contributed 69 of 140 in the second innings of the Third Test at Headingley, when the rest of the team struggled to deal with Laker and Lock, who spun England to an innings victory.

Oxford recovered in the second innings and scored 239, of which Bastard contributed 12 runs, leaving Cambridge requiring 89 runs to win, with over a day's play remaining.

The First Test at Brisbane was dominated by Australia, a pattern that was to be a feature of the series, although Barnes contributed only 31 to the total of 645 which brought an innings victory.

Though not achieving any great success with the ball, he contributed to the cause in another way, by making his highest first-class score of 89 in the first innings of the final Test at Georgetown, Guyana.

Winning both the first two Tests and drawing the third, England took the first series, and also beat New Zealand by an innings and 337 runs on the way home, where Betty Snowball contributed an innings of 189, which was to remain a women's Test record for half a century.

Zimbabwe would go on to lose the game by 131 runs and Whittall contributed an innings of 33 and the wicket of Basit Ali.

The innings at Lord's contributed to New Zealand making 551, their highest score in Tests at the time.

He contributed 48 in the second innings of the Fifth Test as Australia appeared headed for a series victory.

His innings included seven ( 7 ) 6's and eight ( 8 ) 4's and contributed to New Zealand making 127 runs in the final 9 overs of the game for their highest total ever against Pakistan ( 302 ) in ODI cricket.

England won the first Test at Trent Bridge by an innings ; Evans contributed 12 runs in England's innings and took two catches, the second was his 150th Test dismissal.