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Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
GS Sobers 365* West Indies v Pakistan Kingston 26 Feb 1958 Test # 450
RB Simpson 311 Australia v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
RE Foster 287 England v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903 Test # 78
BC Lara 277 West Indies v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 1993 Test # 1208
Zaheer Abbas 274 Pakistan v England Birmingham 3 Jun 1971 Test # 687
RB Kanhai 256 West Indies v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1958 Test # 463
DJ McGlew 255* South Africa v New Zealand Wellington 6 Mar 1953 Test # 368
WR Hammond 251 England v Australia Sydney 14 Dec 1928 Test # 177
SFAF Bacchus 250 West Indies v India Kanpur 2 Feb 1979 Test # 845
SG Barnes 234 Australia v England Sydney 13 Dec 1946 Test # 280
AD Nourse 231 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935 Test # 248
VG Kambli 224 India v England Mumbai 19 Feb 1993 Test # 1214
JA Rudolph 222* South Africa v Bangladesh Chittagong 24 Apr 2003 Test # 1640
RWT Key 221 England v West Indies Lord's 22 Jul 2004 Test # 1707
WJ Edrich 219 England v South Africa Durban 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
DS Atkinson 219 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 14 May 1955 Test # 406
E Paynter 216* England v Australia Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 Test # 263
D Lloyd 214* England v India Birmingham 4 Jul 1974 Test # 741
LG Rowe 214 West Indies v New Zealand Kingston 16 Feb 1972 Test # 693
MS Sinclair 214 New Zealand v West Indies Wellington 26 Dec 1999 Test # 1478
HH Gibbs 211* South Africa v New Zealand Christchurch 11 Mar 1999 Test # 1449
Taslim Arif 210* Pakistan v Australia Faisalabad 6 Mar 1980 Test # 878
DM Jones 210 Australia v India Chennai 18 Sep 1986 Test # 1052
Imtiaz Ahmed 209 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 26 Oct 1955 Test # 414
SL Campbell 208 West Indies v New Zealand Bridgetown 19 Apr 1996 Test # 1325
MP Donnelly 206 New Zealand v England Lord's 25 Jun 1949 Test # 315
Aamer Sohail 205 Pakistan v England Manchester 2 Jul 1992 Test # 1191
BJ Hodge 203* Australia v South Africa Perth 16 Dec 2005 Test # 1777
DSBP Kuruppu 201* Sri Lanka v New Zealand Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987 Test # 1074
GW Flower 201* Zimbabwe v Pakistan Harare 31 Jan 1995 Test # 1285
JN Gillespie 201* Australia v Bangladesh Chittagong 16 Apr 2006 Test # 1799
SE Gregory 201 Australia v England Sydney 14 Dec 1894 Test # 42
SM Nurse 201 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 5 May 1965 Test # 589
DN Sardesai 200* India v New Zealand Mumbai (BS) 12 Mar 1965 Test # 582
GC Smith 200 South Africa v Bangladesh East London 18 Oct 2002 Test # 1619

Records include the following recent matches:
England v West Indies at Lord's, 1st Test, May 17-21, 2012 [Test # 2043]
West Indies v Australia at Roseau, 3rd Test, Apr 23-27, 2012 [Test # 2042]
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, Apr 15-19, 2012 [Test # 2041]

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Melbourne has witnessed the most centuries scored in the fourth innings (14). In joint-second position are Adelaide and Lord's, where there have been 13 centuries scored. Among venues that have hosted at least 25 matches (featuring a fourth innings), Karachi has the highest average (33.66) followed by Wellington (31.34).

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