List of Triple Centuries in Test Cricket: Test cricket is a traditional form of cricket and is still popular among fans today. It is much slower and allows players to show all their skills instead of just focusing on entertainment like T20. Test cricket was how the game was originally played as a gentleman’s sport.
There are also Test cricket tours and championships and fans flock to catch their favorite players in action in large numbers. Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, the 3 greatest cricketers of all time, are known for their expertise in Test cricket.
A typical test match lasts 5 days and a high score is a priority for the batting teams. The innings continues throughout the day, until the entire batting order is thrown out or the team announces its score. It is quite common in Test matches for players to score double, triple and even quadruple centuries.
When a player scores 300 or more, it is called a triple century in cricket.
Only 8 test cricket playing nations have so far scored a triple century in test matches, while no player from Ireland, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe has ever scored 300 runs.
David Warner (Australia) became the latest to score three centuries in Test cricket. Warner achieved this on 30 November 2019 against Pakistan. He scored 335* and became the 31st triple scorer in the world. Below you can check the list of all triple centuries in test cricket.
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List of Triple Centuries in Test Cricket: Notable
1- Brian Lara and Chris Gayle (West Indies), Donald Bradman (Australia) and Virender Sehwag (India) are the only batsmen to score 300 plus runs more than once in Test matches.
2- The great Brian Lara scored the highest score (400) in a test match. He is also the only player to score more than 350 runs on two occasions in Test cricket.
3- The fastest Test triple-century in terms of time (4 hours and 48 minutes) was achieved by Wally Hammond in 1932–33.
4- Fastest triple century in terms of balls (278 balls) was scored by Virender Sehwag against South Africa in Chennai 2008.
5- Australia holds the record for scoring the most triple centuries in Test cricket (8).
6- Headingley in Leeds, England, and Antigua Recreation Ground in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda are the two cricket grounds that have witnessed the most triple centuries — three each.
List of triple centuries in Test cricket
|
Player name |
Runs Scored |
Date (from newest to oldest) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. David Warner (Australia) |
335* |
November 30, 2019 |
| 2. Karun Nair (India) |
303* |
December 19, 2016 |
|
3. Azhar Ali (Pakistan) |
302 |
October 13, 2016 |
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4. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) |
302 |
February 18, 2014 |
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5. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) |
319 |
February 5, 2014 |
|
6. Hashim Amla (South Africa) |
311* |
July 19, 2012 |
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7. Michael Clarke (Australia) |
329* |
January 3, 2012 |
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8. Chris Gayle (West Indies) |
333 |
November 15, 2010 |
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9. Younis Khan (Pakistan) |
313 |
February 21, 2009 |
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10. Virender Sehwag (India) |
319 |
March 26, 2008 |
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11. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) |
374 |
July 27, 2006 |
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12. Chris Gayle (West Indies) |
317 |
April 29, 2005 |
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13. Brian Lara (West Indies) |
400* |
April 10, 2004 |
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14. Virender Sehwag (India) |
309 |
March 28, 2004 |
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15. Matthew Hayden (Australia) |
380 |
October 9, 2003 |
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16. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) |
329 |
May 1, 2002 |
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17. Mark Taylor (Australia) |
334* |
October 15, 1998 |
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18. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) |
340 |
August 2, 1997 |
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19. Brian Lara (West Indies) |
375 |
April 16, 1994 |
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20. Graham Gooch (England) |
333 |
July 26, 1990 |
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21. Lawrence Rowe (West Indies) |
302 |
March 6, 1974 |
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22. Bob Cowper (Australia) |
307 |
February 11, 1966 |
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23. John Edrich (England) |
310* |
July 8, 1965 |
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24. Bob Simpson (Australia) |
311 |
July 23, 1964 |
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25. Garfield Sobers (West Indies) |
365* |
February 26, 1958 |
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26. Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan) |
337 |
January 17, 1958 |
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27. Len Hutton (England) |
364 |
August 20, 1938 |
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28. Donald Bradman (Australia) |
304 |
July 20, 1934 |
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29. Wally Hammond (England) |
336* |
March 31, 1933 |
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30. Donald Bradman (Australia) |
334 |
July 11, 1930 |
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31. Andy Sandham (England) |
325 |
April 3, 1930 |
Pakistan’s Hanif Mohammad (337) and New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum (302) are the only two players to score triple centuries in the second innings of Test matches, while the remaining 29 Test centuries are scored in the first innings.
8 triple centuries were achieved by Australian players, 6 by West Indies players, and 5 by England and Wales players. There are only two Indians who have achieved this feat namely Virender Sehwag and Karun Nair.
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