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..
48 home matches, 3502 runs, 47.32 batting average, 222 highest score. An Indian batsman who enjoyed a long and fruitful career, Gundappa Viswanath comes in at No. 43 having proved himself regularly on home turf.n the game of cricket, batsmen always want to score runs on their home turf, especially when representing their country in Test cricket. The bowlers come into a tour fired up and determined to make their mark on unfamiliar territory, so to repel them, a batsman needs to have a great amount of talent at the crease.