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Most runs in a match
Player	1st	2nd	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GA Gooch	333	123	456	England	v India	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
MA Taylor	334*	92	426	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998	Test # 1426
BC Lara	400*	-	400	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
GS Chappell	247*	133	380	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
ML Hayden	380	-	380	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
A Sandham	325	50	375	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
BC Lara	375	-	375	West Indies	v England	St John's	16 Apr 1994	Test # 1259
DPMD Jayawardene	374	-	374	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
GS Sobers	365*	-	365	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
L Hutton	364	-	364	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
GC Smith	277	85	362	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
Hanif Mohammad	17	337	354	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
BC Lara	221	130	351	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
Younis Khan	267	84*	351	Pakistan	v India	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
KD Walters	242	103	345	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
SM Gavaskar	124	220	344	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
SP Fleming	274*	69*	343	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
A Flower	142	199*	341	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
ST Jayasuriya	340	-	340	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
VVS Laxman	59	281	340	India	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
WR Hammond	336*	-	336	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	31 Mar 1933	Test # 226
DG Bradman	334	-	334	Australia	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930	Test # 196
CH Gayle	333	-	333	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
SC Ganguly	239	91	330	India	v Pakistan	Bangalore	8 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
MD Crowe	30	299	329	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	-	329	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	1 May 2002	Test # 1600
MJ Clarke	329*	-	329	Australia	v India	Sydney	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2027
DG Bradman	244	77	321	Australia	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
V Sehwag	319	-	319	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
CH Gayle	317	-	317	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
PBH May	30	285*	315	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
RB Simpson	311	4*	315	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
LG Rowe	214	100*	314	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
Younis Khan	313	-	313	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
JH Edrich	310*	-	310	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	8 Jul 1965	Test # 593
B Mitchell	120	189*	309	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
V Sehwag	309	-	309	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
RM Cowper	307	-	307	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966	Test # 601
RE Foster	287	19	306	England	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903	Test # 78
R Dravid	233	72*	305	India	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
TM Dilshan	162	143	305	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	3 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
DG Bradman	304	-	304	Australia	v England	Leeds	20 Jul 1934	Test # 236
H Sutcliffe	176	127	303	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
AR Border	150*	153	303	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
AB de Villiers	278*	25	303	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
LG Rowe	302	-	302	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
AN Cook	67	235*	302	England	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010	Test # 1981
SR Tendulkar	241*	60*	301	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
ML Hayden	197	103	300	Australia	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v West Indies at Nottingham, 2nd Test, May 25-29, 2012 [Test # 2044 - Live]
» England 259/2 (68.0 ov, KP Pietersen 72*, AJ Strauss 102*, S Shillingford 0/73) - Stumps

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]

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