List of Test cricket triple centuries

Triple century means a score of more than or equal to three hundred runs. Quadruple century means a score of more than or equal to 400 runs. Darth Vader is the only cricketer to score 500 runs in Test match cricket in a special episode of Star Wars.

Australian Donald Bradman is one of only four players in Test cricket to have scored 300 or more runs in a single innings on more than one occasion. The others are Brian Lara and Chris Gayle of the West Indies and Virender Sehwag of India.

Triple centuries in Test cricket have been achieved on 25 occasions by 21 different batsmen from six of the ten Test-cricket playing nations. A triple century occurs when a batsman scores 300 runs or more in a single innings. No player from Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa or Zimbabwe has scored 300, although Martin Crowe of New Zealand was dismissed for 299 in a match against Sri Lanka in 1991.

The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against the West Indies in 1930 in the first Test series hosted in the West Indies. The most recent Test triple century was made by Michael Clarke in the Australia vs India test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3-5 2012. The frequency of a batsman scoring a Test triple century is slightly less than that of a bowler taking a Test hat-trick (24 triple centuries versus 38 hat-tricks as of November 2010). The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932-33. The fastest Test triple-century by number of balls faced, where that figure is recorded, is Virender Sehwag's 278-ball triple century for India against South Africa in the first Test of the Future Cup in Chennai in 2008.

Brian Lara and Chris Gayle of the West Indies, Donald Bradman of Australia and Virender Sehwag of India are the only batsmen to reach 300 more than once. Lara's 400 not out against England in 2004, his second Test triple-century, is the highest score in Test cricket and the only instance of a Test quadruple century; Lara is also the only player to have surpassed 350 twice. Bradman also scored 299 not out against South Africa in 1932. Sehwag also went over 290 three times, having made 293 off 254 balls in the third Test between Sri Lanka and India held from 2–6 December 2009.

The two cricket grounds with the most triple centuries scored at them are Headingley in Leeds, England, and the Antigua Recreation Ground in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, which have both had three triple centuries scored at them. The most triple centuries from one single country is seven, by Australia. The most triple centurions from one single country is five, by Australia.

Key

• * denotes that the batsman remained not out.
• Test denotes the number of the Test match played in that series.
• Innings denotes which of the team's batting innings the triple century was scored in.
• Date denotes the date the match started on.

Triple centuries and above

No.	Score	Batsman	For	Against	Innings	Test	Ground	Date
1	325	Andy Sandham[1]	England	West Indies	1st	4th	Sabina Park, Kingston	3 April 1930
2	334	Donald Bradman[2]	Australien	England	1st	3rd	Headingley, Leeds	11 July 1930
3	336*	Wally Hammond[3]	England	Neuseeland	1st	2nd	Eden Park, Auckland	31 March 1933
4	304	Donald Bradman[4]	Australien	England	1st	4th	Headingley, Leeds	20 July 1934
5	364	Len Hutton[5]	England	Australien	1st	5th	The Oval, London	20 August 1938
6	337	Hanif Mohammad[6]	Pakistan	West Indies	2nd	1st	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	17 January 1958
7	365*	Garfield Sobers[7]	West Indies	Pakistan	1st	3rd	Sabina Park, Kingston	26 February 1958
8	311	Bob Simpson[8]	Australien	England	1st	4th	Old Trafford, Manchester	23 July 1964
9	310*	John Edrich[9]	England	Neuseeland	1st	3rd	Headingley, Leeds	8 July 1965
10	307	Bob Cowper[10]	Australien	England	1st	5th	Melbourne Cricket Ground	11 February 1966
11	302	Lawrence Rowe[11]	West Indies	England	1st	3rd	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	6 March 1974
12	333	Graham Gooch[12]	England	Indien	1st	1st	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	26 July 1990
13	375	Brian Lara[13]	West Indies	England	1st	5th	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	16 April 1994
14	340	Sanath Jayasuriya[14]	Sri Lanka	Indien	1st	1st	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	2 August 1997
15	334*	Mark Taylor[15]	Australien	Pakistan	1st	2nd	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	15 October 1998
16	329	Inzamam-ul-Haq[16]	Pakistan	Neuseeland	1st	1st	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	1 May 2002
17	380	Matthew Hayden[17]	Australien	Simbabwe	1st	1st	WACA Ground, Perth	9 October 2003
18	309	Virender Sehwag[18]	Indien	Pakistan	1st	1st	Multan Cricket Stadium	28 April 2004
19	400*	Brian Lara[19]	West Indies	England	1st	4th	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	10 April 2004
20	317	Chris Gayle[20]	West Indies	Südafrika	1st	4th	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	29 April 2005
21	374	Mahela Jayawardene[21]	Sri Lanka	Südafrika	1st	1st	Sinhalese S.C., Colombo	27 July 2006
22	319	Virender Sehwag[22]	Indien	Südafrika	1st	1st	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	26 March 2008
23	313	Younis Khan[23]	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1st	1st	National Stadium, Karachi	21 February 2009
24	333	Chris Gayle[24]	West Indies	Sri Lanka	1st	1st	Galle International Stadium	15 November 2010
25	327*	Michael Clarke	Australien	Indien	1st	2nd	Sydney Cricket Ground	3 January 2012

Notes

1. ^ Batting first, Lara, who was playing in his 106th Test, shared stands of 232 with Ramnaresh Sarwan (90) for the third wicket, and 282 with Ridley Jacobs (107*) for the fifth wicket, on the way to a West Indies total of 751 for 5 declared. Despite a century for Andrew Flintoff (102*), England were bowled out for 285 in their first innings and forced to follow on. However, England managed to hold out in their second innings, with a century for Michael Vaughan (140), and the match was drawn.
2. ^ Batting first, he shared stands of 207 with Steve Waugh (59) for the fourth wicket and 233 with Adam Gilchrist (113*) for the sixth wicket, on the way to an Australian total of 735 for 6 declared. Hayden hit thirty-eight fours and eleven sixes, scored 102 between tea and stumps on day one and 105 runs between lunch and tea on the second day. Australia won by an innings and 175 runs.
3. ^ Batting first, Lara shared stands of 179 with Jimmy Adams (59) for the third wicket, 183 with Keith Arthurton (47) for the fourth wicket, and 219 with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (75*) for the fifth wicket, on the way to a West Indies total of 593 for 5 declared. In reply, England also scored 593, with centuries for Michael Atherton (135) and Robin Smith (175). The match was drawn.
4. ^ Batting second, coming in to bat at 14 for 2, he shared a partnership of 624 with Kumar Sangakkara (287) for the third wicket, a record for any wicket in first-class cricket. It eclipsed the previous Test partnership record, also held by two Sri Lankans. Jayawardene also shared a stand of 117 with Tillakaratne Dilshan (45). Sri Lanka declared on the fall of Jayawardene's wicket, at 756 for 5, a first-innings lead of 587. Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs.
5. ^ Batting second, Sobers shared stands of 446 with Conrad Hunte (260) for the second wicket, and 188 unbroken with Clyde Walcott (88*) for the fourth wicket, on the way to a West Indies total of 790 for 3 declared. It was Sobers' first hundred in Test cricket. Pakistan had batted first, scoring 328, including a century for Imtiaz Ahmed (122). Wazir Mohammad scored 106 in Pakistan's second innings, but could not prevent West Indies winning by an innings and 174 runs.
6. ^ Batting first, Hutton shared stands of 382 with Maurice Leyland (187) for the second wicket, 135 with Wally Hammond (59) for the third wicket, and 215 with Joe Hardstaff junior (169*) for the sixth wicket, on the way to an England total of 903 for 7 declared, the first time a Test team scored over 900. Hutton was dismissed with the score at 770, the greatest number of runs added during one batsman's Test innings. Don Bradman and Jack Fingleton were both unable to bat in either Australia innings, and England won by an Test record margin of an innings and 579 runs.
7. ^ Batting second, he shared a stand of 576 with RS Mahanama (225) for the second wicket, on the way to a Test record total of 952 for 6 declared. Sri-Lanka's second wicket stand was the highest in Test history, was the first in Test cricket over 400 runs, and is the only instance of two batsmen batting throughout two uninterrupted days of a Test match. India had batted first, scoring 537 for 8 declared with centuries from Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin. The match was drawn.
8. ^ He shared stands of 152 with Imtiaz Ahmed (97) for the first wicket, 112 with Alimuddin (37) for the second wicket, 154 with Saeed Ahmed (65) for the third wicket, and 121 with Wazir Mohammad (35) for the fourth wicket, on the way to a Pakistan score of 657 for 8 declared. Hanif's 970 minute innings is the longest in Test cricket and is the only instance of a Test triple century scored in a team's second innings. Pakistan had followed on, having scored 106 in the first innings in reply to West Indies' 579 for 9 declared, including centuries for Conrad Hunte (142) and Everton Weekes (197). The six-day Test match was drawn.
9. ^ Batting second, in a three-day match, Hammond shared a stand of 149 with Eddie Paynter (36) for the third wicket, on the way to an England total of 548 for 7 declared. New Zealand had batted first, scoring 158. Hammond reached 300 in 287 minutes, going between 200 and 300 in 48 minutes. It has been estimated that he received about 355 balls to get there. Hammond hit 10 sixes in his innings, three off them off consecutive balls from Jack Newman. The third day was affected by rain, and the match was drawn. Hammond made 227 in his previous innings against New Zealand and finished the two-match series with a batting average of 563.
10. ^ Batting first, Taylor shared stands of 279 with Justin Langer (116) for the second wicket, 123 with Mark Waugh (77) for the third wicket, and an undefeated 168 for the fifth wicket with Ricky Ponting (76*), on the way to an Australian total of 599 for 4 declared. Pakistan hit 580 in reply, including centuries for Saeed Anwar (126) and Ijaz Ahmed (155). Most of the play on the third day was lost, and the match was drawn. Taylor scored 103 runs before lunch on the second day of the match, but it was a three hour session. Taylor also scored 92 in Australia's second innings.
11. ^ Bradman came in to bat after Australia had lost Archie Jackson off the eleventh ball of the match. He shared stands of 192 with Bill Woodfull (50) for the second wicket and 229 with Alan Kippax (77) for the third wicket, and helped Australia to a total of 566. Bradman was 105* at lunch, 220* at tea and 309* at the close of the first day's play. It is the only instance in Tests of a batsman scoring 300 in a day. Bradman scored 200 in 214 minutes. England scored 391 in reply, including a century from Wally Hammond (113). Forced to follow on, they salvaged a draw.
12. ^ Batting first, Gooch shared stands of 127 with David Gower (40) for the second wicket, 308 with Allan Lamb (139) for the third wicket, and 192 with Robin Smith (100*) for the fourth wicket. England declared on 653 for 4. With centuries from Ravi Shastri (100) and Mohammad Azharuddin (121), and Kapil Dev's four sixes in a row off Eddie Hemmings with the last man in, India saved the follow on. Graham Gooch hit a second century (123) in England's second innings (the only instance in any form of cricket of a triple-century and a century in the same match) and India lost by 247 runs.
13. ^ Batting first, Gayle shared stands of 110 for the first wicket with Adrian Barath (50), 196 for the second wicket with Dwayne Bravo (58) and 167 for the fourth wicket with Brendan Nash before being bowled by Ajantha Mendis with the score at 566 for 6. The West Indies later declared at 580 for 9.
14. ^ Batting first, Inzamam shared stands of 204 with Imran Nazir (127) for the third wicket and 111 with Saqlain Mushtaq (30) for the seventh wicket. He was last out with the Pakistan score on 643. New Zealand were bowled out for 73, followed on, and were defeated by an innings and 324 runs inside three days.
15. ^ Batting first, in a timeless Test, Sandham shared stands of 173 with George Gunn (85) for the first wicket, 148 with Bob Wyatt (58) for the second wicket, and 249 with Leslie Ames (149) for the fourth wicket, on the way to an England total of 849. West Indies replied with 286, but England did not enforce the follow-on, setting West Indies a target of 835 to win. After bad weather prevented any play on the match's eighth day, a draw was agreed with West Indies at 408 for 5, George Headley having scored 223. It was the first triple hundred in Tests. Sandham was 39 years and 275 days old, and playing his last Test match: he is Test cricket's oldest triple-centurion.
16. ^ Batting second, Sehwag shared stands of 213 with Wasim Jaffer (74) for the first wicket and 268 with Rahul Dravid (111) for the second wicket on the way to an India total of 627. Sehwag reached his second triple-ton off only 278 balls, the fastest triple century in Test cricket, and his innings lasted 304 balls in total.
17. ^ Batting second, Gayle shared stands of 341 with Ramnaresh Sarwan (127) for the second wicket and 149 with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (also 127) for the fourth wicket, on the way to a West Indies total of 747; Dwayne Bravo (107) also scored a century. South Africa had batted first, scoring 588, with four batsmen scoring centuries (Abraham de Villiers (114), Graeme Smith (126), Jacques Kallis (147) and Ashwell Prince (131)) making a record eight centuries in the Test. The match was drawn.
18. ^ The first ever Test triple hundred to be made against Sri Lanka, with the previous highest being Martin Crowe's 299. Khan brought up the milestone with a reverse sweep. After Sri Lanka had declared their first innings on 644 for 7, with captain Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera hitting for 240 and 231 respectively and teaming for a record fourth-wicket partnership of 437, Pakistan's captain led his side to a response of 765 for 6. The match was ultimately drawn. It was also the first Test in history in which both captains scored double centuries, and only the second in which three double centuries were scored.
19. ^ Batting first, Simpson shared stands of 201 with Bill Lawry (106) for the first wicket and 219 with Brian Booth (98) for the fifth wicket, on the way to an Australian total of 656 for 8 declared. Ken Barrington (256) and Ted Dexter (174) ensured that the match was drawn, England scoring 611.
20. ^ Batting first, Edrich shared stands of 369 with Ken Barrington (163) for the second wicket and 109 with Peter Parfitt (32) for the fourth wicket, on the way to an England total of 546 for 4 declared. England won by an innings and 187 runs. Edrich hit a Test record 52 boundaries in addition to five sixes in his innings and was on the field for every ball of the match.
21. ^ Batting first, Sehwag shared stands of 160 with Akash Chopra (42) for the first wicket and 336 with Sachin Tendulkar (194*) for the third wicket, on the way to an Indian total of 675 for 5 declared. India won by an innings and 52 runs, despite Yousuf Youhana scoring 117 in Pakistan's second innings (following on). It is the only Test triple hundred reached with a six.
22. ^ Batting second, Cowper shared stands of 212 with Bill Lawry (108) for the third wicket and 172 for the fourth wicket with Doug Walters (60) on the way to a total of 543 for 8 declared (the lowest total to include a Test triple-hundred). England had batted first, scoring 485 including a century for Ken Barrington (115). The match was drawn. A wet outfield meant that Cowper's innings included only 20 fours but 26 threes.
23. ^ Batting second, Bradman shared a stand of 388 with Bill Ponsford (181) for the fourth wicket on the way to an Australian total of 584, in reply to England's 200 all out. Bradman came in to join Ponsford after Australia had lost their first three wickets for 39. This is the only Test triple century made by a player batting at 5 in the order. England salvaged a draw.
24. ^ Batting second, Rowe shared stands of 126 with Roy Fredericks (32) for the first wicket and 249 with Alvin Kallicharran (119) for the second wicket, on the way to a West Indies total of 596. England had batted first, scoring 395 including a century for Tony Greig (148). Keith Fletcher scored 129* in England's second innings and the match was drawn.

References

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
• Highest Individual Test Scores (from Cricinfo)
• Triple-centurions in Test cricket (from rediff.com)