#2 - The number of test teams

Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Pakistan were the 10 countries of the world who had been allotted the Test status by the International Cricket Council when Peter Siddle played his 17th ODI in 2010.
However, by 2019, the time when Siddle donned the Australia jersey for the 18th time in ODIs, the number of Test teams has increased by 2. The then associate nations, Afghanistan and Ireland have now become full members of the board and the two received Test status as well in June 2017.
In fact, the two have played their maiden Tests as well where Afghanistan lost to India while Ireland lost to Pakistan. Also, Rashid Khan was just 12 years old while Mujeeb Ur Rahman was just nine when Peter Siddle last played an ODI.
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