Although today the state's largest population center is around Chicago in the northern part of the state, the state's European population grew first in the west, with French Canadians who settled along the Mississippi River, and gave the area the name, Illinois.
Highest team totals in test match cricket, by all teams. Highest total or score by a team in test match is made by Sri Lanka = 952 for 6 declared against India at Premadasa stadium in Colombo, back in August 1997..
Tendulkar is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen in ODI and Test cricket. He is the first ever cricketer to score 100 centuries. In Test cricket he has made 15,837 runs with a high average of 53.86, whereas in ODI's he has 18,426 runs with an average of 44.83. Tendulkar has recently announced his retirement from ODIs and T20s.