The first bowler to take a hat-trick was 'The Demon' Spofforth for Australia against England at Melbourne on January 2, 1879 in only the third Test match played.
Spofforth was also the first bowler to take 10 wickets in a match when he returned the figures of 13 for 110 in the same Test.
The first bowler to take all ten wickets in a Test innings was England's Jim Laker, who took 10 for 53 in Australia's second innings after taking 9 for 37 in the first innings in July 1956. Laker also achieved the distinction of becoming the first bowler to dismiss all 11 batsmen in the match.
The first batsman to aggregate 1,000 runs in a calendar year was Australia's Clem Hill in 1902.
The first player to make 100 wicketkeeping dismissals was Australia's Bert Oldfield when he stumped England's Hedley Verity off Clarrie Grimmett at Lord's on June 23, 1934.
The first keeper to make 200 dismissals was Godfrey Evans when he caught 'Collie' Smith in West Indies' second innings at Headingley, Leeds on July 27, 1957 in his 80th Test.
The first fielder to hold 100 catches was Wally Hammond of England. He reached that landmark on July 25, 1939 against West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester in his 76th Test.
The first instance of allround double (1000 runs & 100 wickets) was recorded in 1896. Not until 1963 did the first player (Richie Benaud) achieve the 'Double Double' of 2000 runs and 200 wickets. Twenty-one years later the first instance of the 'Treble Double' (3000 runs and 300 wickets) was completed by Ian Botham.
India's Kapil Dev became the first player to complete the 'Quadruple Double' (4000 runs and 400 wickets).
The first player to score a hundred and take 10 wickets in a match was England's Ian Botham against India in the Golden Jubilee Test at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, in February 1980.
The first player to play in 100 Tests was England's Colin Cowdrey, while the first to appear in 100 consecutive Tests was India's Sunil Gavaskar.
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