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Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
ML Hayden 380 622 437 38 11 Australia v Zimbabwe Perth 9 Oct 2003 Test # 1661
L Hutton 364 797 847 35 0 England v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 1938 Test # 266
ST Jayasuriya 340 799 578 36 2 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (RPS) 2 Aug 1997 Test # 1374
Hanif Mohammad 337 970 - 24 0 Pakistan v West Indies Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958 Test # 446
MA Taylor 334* 720 564 32 1 Australia v Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998 Test # 1426
GA Gooch 333 628 485 43 3 England v India Lord's 26 Jul 1990 Test # 1148
CH Gayle 333 653 437 34 9 West Indies v Sri Lanka Galle 15 Nov 2010 Test # 1977
A Sandham 325 600 640 28 0 England v West Indies Kingston 3 Apr 1930 Test # 193
V Sehwag 319 530 304 42 5 India v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008 Test # 1870
CH Gayle 317 630 483 37 3 West Indies v South Africa St John's 29 Apr 2005 Test # 1750
RB Simpson 311 762 740 23 1 Australia v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
JH Edrich 310* 532 450 52 5 England v New Zealand Leeds 8 Jul 1965 Test # 593
V Sehwag 309 531 375 39 6 India v Pakistan Multan 28 Mar 2004 Test # 1693
LG Rowe 302 612 430 36 1 West Indies v England Bridgetown 6 Mar 1974 Test # 734
Position 3
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
BC Lara 400* 778 582 43 4 West Indies v England St John's 10 Apr 2004 Test # 1696
BC Lara 375 766 538 45 0 West Indies v England St John's 16 Apr 1994 Test # 1259
GS Sobers 365* 614 - 38 0 West Indies v Pakistan Kingston 26 Feb 1958 Test # 450
WR Hammond 336* 318 - 34 10 England v New Zealand Auckland 31 Mar 1933 Test # 226
DG Bradman 334 383 448 46 0 Australia v England Leeds 11 Jul 1930 Test # 196
Younis Khan 313 760 568 27 4 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 21 Feb 2009 Test # 1909
HM Amla 311* 790 529 35 0 South Africa v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012 Test # 2049
DG Bradman 299* 396 - 23 0 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 29 Jan 1932 Test # 215
IVA Richards 291 472 386 38 0 West Indies v England The Oval 12 Aug 1976 Test # 781
RR Sarwan 291 698 452 30 2 West Indies v England Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1911
KC Sangakkara 287 675 457 35 0 Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006 Test # 1810
VVS Laxman 281 631 452 44 0 India v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001 Test # 1535
SP Fleming 274* 653 476 28 1 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003 Test # 1641
Zaheer Abbas 274 544 467 38 0 Pakistan v England Birmingham 3 Jun 1971 Test # 687
GA Headley 270* 495 - 30 0 West Indies v England Kingston 14 Mar 1935 Test # 241
R Dravid 270 740 495 34 1 India v Pakistan Rawalpindi 13 Apr 2004 Test # 1697
KC Sangakkara 270 468 365 36 2 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 14 May 2004 Test # 1699
Position 4
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
DPMD Jayawardene 374 752 572 43 1 Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006 Test # 1810
Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 579 436 38 9 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 1 May 2002 Test # 1600
RM Cowper 307 727 589 20 0 Australia v England Melbourne 11 Feb 1966 Test # 601
MD Crowe 299 610 523 29 3 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wellington 31 Jan 1991 Test # 1162
PBH May 285* 600 - 25 2 England v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957 Test # 439
Javed Miandad 280* 696 460 19 1 Pakistan v India Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983 Test # 946
DCS Compton 278 287 - 34 1 England v Pakistan Nottingham 1 Jul 1954 Test # 388
BC Lara 277 474 372 38 0 West Indies v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 1993 Test # 1208
DJ Cullinan 275* 658 490 27 2 South Africa v New Zealand Auckland 27 Feb 1999 Test # 1446
DPMD Jayawardene 275 610 435 27 1 Sri Lanka v India Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009 Test # 1933
RG Pollock 274 417 401 43 0 South Africa v Australia Durban 5 Feb 1970 Test # 671
Javed Miandad 271 558 465 28 5 Pakistan v New Zealand Auckland 24 Feb 1989 Test # 1116
Position 5
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
MJ Clarke 329* 609 468 39 1 Australia v India Sydney 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2027
DG Bradman 304 430 473 43 2 Australia v England Leeds 20 Jul 1934 Test # 236
RE Foster 287 419 - 37 0 England v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903 Test # 78
AB de Villiers 278* 601 418 23 6 South Africa v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 20 Nov 2010 Test # 1979
MJ Clarke 259* 582 398 26 0 Australia v South Africa Brisbane 9 Nov 2012 Test # 2056
KD Walters 242 480 412 24 0 Australia v West Indies Sydney 14 Feb 1969 Test # 646
CL Hooper 233 630 402 29 3 West Indies v India Georgetown 11 Apr 2002 Test # 1598
A Flower 232* 544 444 30 2 Zimbabwe v India Nagpur 25 Nov 2000 Test # 1517
AD Nourse 231 289 - 36 0 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935 Test # 248
TT Samaraweera 231 454 318 31 0 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Karachi 21 Feb 2009 Test # 1909
MJ Clarke 230 345 257 40 1 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 22 Nov 2012 Test # 2061
NJ Astle 222 231 168 28 11 New Zealand v England Christchurch 13 Mar 2002 Test # 1594
E Paynter 216* 319 333 26 1 England v Australia Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 Test # 263
KWR Fletcher 216 443 413 29 0 England v New Zealand Auckland 20 Feb 1975 Test # 757
Zaheer Abbas 215 334 254 23 2 Pakistan v India Lahore 10 Dec 1982 Test # 941
VT Trumper 214* 242 247 26 0 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 7 Jan 1911 Test # 113
TT Samaraweera 214 414 338 32 0 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Lahore 1 Mar 2009 Test # 1912
MJ Clarke 210 380 275 26 1 Australia v India Adelaide 24 Jan 2012 Test # 2031
JC Adams 208* 435 333 31 1 West Indies v New Zealand St John's 27 Apr 1996 Test # 1326
IT Botham 208 276 226 19 4 England v India The Oval 8 Jul 1982 Test # 930
IVA Richards 208 374 376 22 3 West Indies v Australia Melbourne 22 Dec 1984 Test # 1005
MP Donnelly 206 355 - 26 0 New Zealand v England Lord's 25 Jun 1949 Test # 315
PA de Silva 206 318 234 28 1 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (PSS) 21 Jul 2002 Test # 1609
J Hardstaff 205* 315 - 16 0 England v India Lord's 22 Jun 1946 Test # 276
Yousuf Youhana 204* 325 243 34 2 Pakistan v Bangladesh Chittagong 16 Jan 2002 Test # 1586
Shoaib Mohammad 203* 484 338 20 0 Pakistan v India Lahore 1 Dec 1989 Test # 1130
S Chanderpaul 203* 541 370 23 0 West Indies v South Africa Georgetown 31 Mar 2005 Test # 1745
BJ Hodge 203* 469 332 22 0 Australia v South Africa Perth 16 Dec 2005 Test # 1777
S Chanderpaul 203* 457 372 22 0 West Indies v Bangladesh Dhaka 13 Nov 2012 Test # 2057
Yousuf Youhana 203 528 429 27 3 Pakistan v New Zealand Christchurch 15 Mar 2001 Test # 1536
SM Nurse 201 - - - 0 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 5 May 1965 Test # 589
JD Ryder 201 489 328 24 1 New Zealand v India Napier 26 Mar 2009 Test # 1917
DI Gower 200* 365 279 24 0 England v India Birmingham 12 Jul 1979 Test # 851
AR Border 200* 569 399 26 0 Australia v England Leeds 22 Jul 1993 Test # 1227
GP Thorpe 200* 330 231 28 4 England v New Zealand Christchurch 13 Mar 2002 Test # 1594
VVS Laxman 200* 465 301 21 0 India v Australia Delhi 29 Oct 2008 Test # 1891
SR Waugh 200 555 425 17 1 Australia v West Indies Kingston 29 Apr 1995 Test # 1297
Position 6
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
KD Walters 250 394 342 30 2 Australia v New Zealand Christchurch 18 Feb 1977 Test # 796
DG Bradman 234 397 396 24 0 Australia v England Sydney 13 Dec 1946 Test # 280
MS Dhoni 224 365 265 24 6 India v Australia Chennai 22 Feb 2013 Test # 2074
AB de Villiers 217* 480 333 17 2 South Africa v India Ahmedabad 3 Apr 2008 Test # 1871
GS Blewett 214 519 421 33 0 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 28 Feb 1997 Test # 1356
HP Tillakaratne 204* 542 343 23 0 Sri Lanka v West Indies Colombo (SSC) 29 Nov 2001 Test # 1572
Hanif Mohammad 203* 445 - 33 0 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 2 Apr 1965 Test # 586
SE Gregory 201 243 - 28 0 Australia v England Sydney 14 Dec 1894 Test # 42
Mushfiqur Rahim 200 437 321 22 1 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Galle 8 Mar 2013 Test # 2078
RT Ponting 197 420 288 22 0 Australia v Pakistan Perth 26 Nov 1999 Test # 1472
GJ Whittall 188* 506 429 27 2 Zimbabwe v New Zealand Harare 19 Sep 2000 Test # 1511
R Dravid 180 446 353 20 0 India v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001 Test # 1535
CL Hooper 178* 293 247 19 4 West Indies v Pakistan St John's 1 May 1993 Test # 1222
GA Hick 178 390 319 20 1 England v India Mumbai 19 Feb 1993 Test # 1214
CG Borde 177* 540 - 13 0 India v Pakistan Chennai 13 Jan 1961 Test # 503
SR Waugh 177* 310 242 24 0 Australia v England Leeds 8 Jun 1989 Test # 1121
JV Coney 174* 488 374 26 1 New Zealand v England Wellington 20 Jan 1984 Test # 975
GS Sobers 174 240 260 24 0 West Indies v England Leeds 4 Aug 1966 Test # 608
SM Patil 174 301 240 22 1 India v Australia Adelaide 23 Jan 1981 Test # 894
AB de Villiers 174 517 381 19 0 South Africa v England Leeds 18 Jul 2008 Test # 1881
PR Umrigar 172* 248 - - 0 India v West Indies Port of Spain 4 Apr 1962 Test # 528
Position 7
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
DG Bradman 270 458 375 22 0 Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1937 Test # 257
DS Atkinson 219 351 - 29 1 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 14 May 1955 Test # 406
AC Gilchrist 204* 293 213 19 8 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002 Test # 1590
J Ryder 201* 385 461 12 1 Australia v England Adelaide 16 Jan 1925 Test # 160
BB McCullum 185 322 272 17 3 New Zealand v Bangladesh Hamilton 15 Feb 2010 Test # 1953
DT Lindsay 182 273 227 25 5 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
KS Ranjitsinhji 175 223 - 26 0 England v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1897 Test # 53
L Klusener 174 333 221 25 2 South Africa v England Port Elizabeth 9 Dec 1999 Test # 1475
J Hardstaff 169* 326 400 20 0 England v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 1938 Test # 266
BJ Haddin 169 303 222 24 2 Australia v New Zealand Adelaide 28 Nov 2008 Test # 1896
D Ramdin 166 424 268 20 0 West Indies v England Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1911
DW Randall 164 365 269 20 2 England v New Zealand Wellington 20 Jan 1984 Test # 975
N Kapil Dev 163 240 165 19 1 India v Sri Lanka Kanpur 17 Dec 1986 Test # 1061
AC Gilchrist 162 220 146 22 5 Australia v New Zealand Wellington 18 Mar 2005 Test # 1742
IA Healy 161* 356 250 20 0 Australia v West Indies Brisbane 22 Nov 1996 Test # 1340
Kamran Akmal 158* 247 184 8 5 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 21 Feb 2009 Test # 1909
WW Armstrong 158 205 209 17 0 Australia v England Sydney 17 Dec 1920 Test # 135
CL Cairns 158 214 171 18 7 New Zealand v South Africa Auckland 18 Mar 2004 Test # 1689
A Symonds 156 327 220 15 1 Australia v England Melbourne 26 Dec 2006 Test # 1824
HAPW Jayawardene 154* 415 314 11 0 Sri Lanka v India Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009 Test # 1933
WK Lees 152 338 - 21 2 New Zealand v Pakistan Karachi 30 Oct 1976 Test # 784
AC Gilchrist 152 204 143 20 5 Australia v England Birmingham 5 Jul 2001 Test # 1550
RJ Hadlee 151* 406 240 14 2 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987 Test # 1074
Rashid Latif 150 324 234 18 1 Pakistan v West Indies Sharjah 31 Jan 2002 Test # 1587
Position 8
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
Wasim Akram 257* 490 363 22 12 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 17 Oct 1996 Test # 1336
Imtiaz Ahmed 209 380 - 28 0 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 26 Oct 1955 Test # 414
Kamran Akmal 154 326 242 14 0 Pakistan v England Lahore 29 Nov 2005 Test # 1774
MS Dhoni 144 181 175 10 5 India v West Indies Kolkata 14 Nov 2011 Test # 2017
DL Vettori 140 258 189 16 0 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 26 Aug 2009 Test # 1932
Imran Khan 135* - 230 14 5 Pakistan v India Chennai 3 Feb 1987 Test # 1066
H Wood 134* - - - 0 England v South Africa Cape Town 19 Mar 1892 Test # 37
MS Dhoni 132* 272 187 12 3 India v South Africa Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 Test # 1952
MC Cowdrey 128* 238 - 10 0 England v New Zealand Wellington 1 Mar 1963 Test # 541
Azhar Mahmood 128* 350 267 11 1 Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 6 Oct 1997 Test # 1380
GJ Bonnor 128 115 - 14 3 Australia v England Sydney 14 Mar 1885 Test # 20
HH Streak 127* 358 264 12 0 Zimbabwe v West Indies Harare 4 Nov 2003 Test # 1668
DL Vettori 127 - 98 20 2 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Aug 2005 Test # 1759
BR Taylor 124 111 - 14 5 New Zealand v West Indies Auckland 27 Feb 1969 Test # 648
MG Johnson 123* 154 103 11 5 Australia v South Africa Cape Town 19 Mar 2009 Test # 1916
MV Boucher 122* 250 173 21 0 South Africa v West Indies Cape Town 2 Jan 2004 Test # 1681
CC Depeiaza 122 330 - 16 0 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 14 May 1955 Test # 406
R Benaud 121 96 - 18 2 Australia v West Indies Kingston 11 Jun 1955 Test # 408
BD Julien 121 171 143 18 2 West Indies v England Lord's 23 Aug 1973 Test # 727
AC Gilchrist 121 183 126 12 6 Australia v New Zealand Christchurch 10 Mar 2005 Test # 1739
WB Phillips 120 227 197 14 4 Australia v West Indies Bridgetown 30 Mar 1984 Test # 986
Position 9
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
IDS Smith 173 237 136 23 3 New Zealand v India Auckland 22 Feb 1990 Test # 1139
SCJ Broad 169 426 297 18 1 England v Pakistan Lord's 26 Aug 2010 Test # 1971
C Hill 160 319 - 18 0 Australia v England Adelaide 10 Jan 1908 Test # 98
Asif Iqbal 146 200 244 21 2 Pakistan v England The Oval 24 Aug 1967 Test # 623
DL Vettori 137* 223 170 23 1 New Zealand v Pakistan Hamilton 19 Dec 2003 Test # 1676
JEC Franklin 122* 359 268 14 1 New Zealand v South Africa Cape Town 27 Apr 2006 Test # 1800
GOB Allen 122 170 - 14 1 England v New Zealand Lord's 27 Jun 1931 Test # 209
JT Murray 112 266 260 13 0 England v West Indies The Oval 18 Aug 1966 Test # 609
SM Pollock 111 123 106 16 3 South Africa v Sri Lanka Centurion 20 Jan 2001 Test # 1529
Mohammad Rafique 111 230 152 11 3 Bangladesh v West Indies Gros Islet 28 May 2004 Test # 1701
AC Parore 110 308 243 14 1 New Zealand v Australia Perth 30 Nov 2001 Test # 1573
SM Pollock 106* 240 195 13 0 South Africa v West Indies Bridgetown 29 Mar 2001 Test # 1541
L Klusener 102* 141 100 13 1 South Africa v India Cape Town 2 Jan 1997 Test # 1349
JM Gregory 100 137 115 12 0 Australia v England Melbourne 31 Dec 1920 Test # 136
RR Lindwall 100 113 90 13 1 Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1947 Test # 281
Position 10
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
WW Read 117 120 155 20 0 England v Australia The Oval 11 Aug 1884 Test # 16
Abul Hasan 113 163 123 14 3 Bangladesh v West Indies Khulna 21 Nov 2012 Test # 2060
PL Symcox 108 226 157 17 0 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 14 Feb 1998 Test # 1400
RA Duff 104 206 - 11 - Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1902 Test # 66
Sarfraz Nawaz 90 223 160 8 0 Pakistan v England Lahore 19 Mar 1984 Test # 984
RB Desai 85 206 - 7 0 India v Pakistan Mumbai (BS) 2 Dec 1960 Test # 497
JG Bracewell 83* 146 120 8 0 New Zealand v Australia Sydney 22 Nov 1985 Test # 1030
Wasim Akram 79 195 146 10 0 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000 Test # 1485
BAW Mendis 78 175 157 10 1 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (PSS) 3 Aug 2010 Test # 1968
TG Southee 77* 48 40 4 9 New Zealand v England Napier 22 Mar 2008 Test # 1868
GG Macaulay 76 120 - 10 0 England v Australia Leeds 10 Jul 1926 Test # 165
DW Steyn 76 238 191 9 1 South Africa v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2008 Test # 1902
JM Blackham 74 86 - 8 0 Australia v England Sydney 14 Dec 1894 Test # 42
GF Lawson 74 107 94 11 0 Australia v England Lord's 22 Jun 1989 Test # 1122
ACB Langton 73* - - - 0 South Africa v England The Oval 17 Aug 1935 Test # 246
DK Lillee 73* 136 103 8 3 Australia v England Lord's 31 Jul 1975 Test # 761
AE Trott 72* 90 - 11 0 Australia v England Adelaide 11 Jan 1895 Test # 44
MG Hughes 72* 142 118 6 1 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 3 Feb 1989 Test # 1114
Position 11
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
TL Best 95 138 112 14 1 West Indies v England Birmingham 7 Jun 2012 Test # 2045
Z Khan 75 123 115 10 2 India v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004 Test # 1725
RO Collinge 68* 155 - 6 1 New Zealand v Pakistan Auckland 16 Feb 1973 Test # 713
AEE Vogler 62* 75 - 5 3 South Africa v England Cape Town 30 Mar 1906 Test # 92
GD McGrath 61 139 92 5 1 Australia v New Zealand Brisbane 18 Nov 2004 Test # 1721
Wasim Bari 60* 110 - 10 0 Pakistan v West Indies Bridgetown 18 Feb 1977 Test # 797
JA Snow 59* 140 146 8 0 England v West Indies The Oval 18 Aug 1966 Test # 609
Mushtaq Ahmed 59 183 106 4 4 Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 6 Oct 1997 Test # 1380
PL Symcox 54 47 42 6 0 South Africa v Australia Adelaide 30 Jan 1998 Test # 1397
RM Hogg 52 149 160 6 1 Australia v West Indies Georgetown 2 Mar 1984 Test # 979
WW Hall 50* - - - 0 West Indies v India Port of Spain 4 Apr 1962 Test # 528
FR Spofforth 50 70 - 4 1 Australia v England Melbourne 21 Mar 1885 Test # 21
Ghulam Ahmed 50 80 - - 2 India v Pakistan Delhi 16 Oct 1952 Test # 355
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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