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Player Runs Start Finish Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
DG Bradman 309 0 309* Australia v England Leeds 11 Jul 1930 Test # 196
WR Hammond 295 41* 336 England v New Zealand Auckland 31 Mar 1933 Test # 226
V Sehwag 284 0 284* India v Sri Lanka Mumbai (BS) 2 Dec 2009 Test # 1937
DCS Compton 273 5* 278 England v Pakistan Nottingham 1 Jul 1954 Test # 388
DG Bradman 271 0 271* Australia v England Leeds 20 Jul 1934 Test # 236
V Sehwag 257 52* 309* India v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008 Test # 1870
DG Bradman 244 0 244 Australia v England The Oval 18 Aug 1934 Test # 237
FMM Worrell 239 0 239* West Indies v England Nottingham 20 Jul 1950 Test # 325
HH Gibbs 228 0 228 South Africa v Pakistan Cape Town 2 Jan 2003 Test # 1637
V Sehwag 228 0 228* India v Pakistan Multan 28 Mar 2004 Test # 1693
BC Lara 227 86* 313* West Indies v England St John's 10 Apr 2004 Test # 1696
DG Bradman 223 0 223* Australia v West Indies Brisbane 16 Jan 1931 Test # 203
WR Hammond 223 0 223* England v New Zealand Christchurch 24 Mar 1933 Test # 225
GC Smith 223 0 223* South Africa v Bangladesh Chittagong 29 Feb 2008 Test # 1865
MA Taylor 222 112* 334* Australia v Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998 Test # 1426
NJ Astle 222 0 222 New Zealand v England Christchurch 13 Mar 2002 Test # 1594
KC Sangakkara 222 0 222* Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Kandy 11 Jul 2007 Test # 1839
CH Gayle 219 0 219* West Indies v Sri Lanka Galle 15 Nov 2010 Test # 1977
WR Hammond 217 0 217 England v India The Oval 15 Aug 1936 Test # 254
RE Foster 214 73* 287 England v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903 Test # 78
CG Greenidge 214 0 214 West Indies v England Lord's 28 Jun 1984 Test # 990
SJ McCabe 213 19* 232 Australia v England Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 Test # 263
WR Hammond 210 0 210* England v Australia Lord's 24 Jun 1938 Test # 264
CA Roach 209 0 209 West Indies v England Georgetown 21 Feb 1930 Test # 192
VT Trumper 208 0 208* Australia v South Africa Adelaide 7 Jan 1911 Test # 113
GS Sobers 208 20* 228* West Indies v Pakistan Kingston 26 Feb 1958 Test # 450
L Hutton 206 0 206 England v New Zealand The Oval 13 Aug 1949 Test # 317
PA de Silva 206 0 206 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (PSS) 21 Jul 2002 Test # 1609
WH Ponsford 205 0 205* Australia v England The Oval 18 Aug 1934 Test # 237
Aamer Sohail 205 0 205 Pakistan v England Manchester 2 Jul 1992 Test # 1191
BC Lara 205 7* 212* West Indies v Australia Kingston 13 Mar 1999 Test # 1451
MJ Clarke 204 47* 251* Australia v India Sydney 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2027
HL Collins 203 0 203 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Nov 1921 Test # 146
RB Kanhai 203 0 203* West Indies v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1958 Test # 463
PA de Silva 203 0 203* Sri Lanka v New Zealand Wellington 31 Jan 1991 Test # 1162
G Kirsten 202 0 202* South Africa v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Sep 2001 Test # 1562
BC Lara 202 0 202* West Indies v Australia Adelaide 25 Nov 2005 Test # 1773
DG Bradman 201 0 201 Australia v India Adelaide 23 Jan 1948 Test # 294
DG Bradman 200 0 200* Australia v South Africa Brisbane 27 Nov 1931 Test # 212
IVA Richards 200 0 200* West Indies v England The Oval 12 Aug 1976 Test # 781
GP Thorpe 200 0 200 England v New Zealand Christchurch 13 Mar 2002 Test # 1594
GC Smith 200 0 200 South Africa v Bangladesh East London 18 Oct 2002 Test # 1619
JB Hobbs 199 12* 211 England v South Africa Lord's 28 Jun 1924 Test # 154
E Paynter 197 0 197* England v South Africa Durban 20 Jan 1939 Test # 269
MP Vaughan 197 0 197 England v India Nottingham 8 Aug 2002 Test # 1612
ML Hayden 197 183* 380 Australia v Zimbabwe Perth 9 Oct 2003 Test # 1661
DS Atkinson 196 19* 215* West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 14 May 1955 Test # 406
IM Chappell 196 0 196 Australia v Pakistan Adelaide 22 Dec 1972 Test # 704
BC Lara 196 0 196* West Indies v Pakistan Multan 19 Nov 2006 Test # 1816
C Washbrook 195 0 195 England v South Africa Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948 Test # 307
Mushtaq Mohammad 195 6* 201 Pakistan v New Zealand Dunedin 7 Feb 1973 Test # 712
V Sehwag 195 0 195 India v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2003 Test # 1678
MS Atapattu 195 7* 202* Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 14 May 2004 Test # 1699
JH Edrich 194 0 194* England v New Zealand Leeds 8 Jul 1965 Test # 593
GA Gooch 194 0 194* England v India Lord's 26 Jul 1990 Test # 1148
DG Bradman 192 56* 248* Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1937 Test # 257
L Hutton 192 4* 196 England v West Indies Lord's 24 Jun 1939 Test # 272
W Jaffer 192 0 192* India v Pakistan Kolkata 30 Nov 2007 Test # 1850
C Hill 191 0 191 Australia v South Africa Sydney 9 Dec 1910 Test # 111
KC Sangakkara 191 39* 230 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Lahore 6 Mar 2002 Test # 1592
Zaheer Abbas 190 25* 215 Pakistan v India Lahore 10 Dec 1982 Test # 941
MJ Slater 189 0 189* Australia v Sri Lanka Perth 8 Dec 1995 Test # 1317
GA Faulkner 188 0 188* South Africa v Australia Melbourne 31 Dec 1910 Test # 112
B Mitchell 188 1* 189 South Africa v England The Oval 16 Aug 1947 Test # 289
TW Graveney 188 0 188* England v West Indies Nottingham 4 Jul 1957 Test # 441
WW Hinds 188 0 188* West Indies v South Africa Georgetown 31 Mar 2005 Test # 1745
JB Hobbs 187 0 187 England v South Africa Cape Town 11 Mar 1910 Test # 110
DL Amiss 187 0 187* England v India Lord's 20 Jun 1974 Test # 740
ML Hayden 186 0 186* Australia v England Brisbane 7 Nov 2002 Test # 1623
KC Sangakkara 186 0 186* Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 14 May 2004 Test # 1699
RW Barber 185 0 185 England v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 1966 Test # 599
Inzamam-ul-Haq 184 0 184* Pakistan v India Bangalore 24 Mar 2005 Test # 1743
CH Gayle 184 0 184* West Indies v South Africa St John's 29 Apr 2005 Test # 1750
A Melville 183 0 183* South Africa v England Nottingham 7 Jun 1947 Test # 285
HH Gibbs 183 0 183 South Africa v England The Oval 4 Sep 2003 Test # 1659
ML Hayden 183 0 183* Australia v Zimbabwe Perth 9 Oct 2003 Test # 1661
C Hill 182 0 182* Australia v England Melbourne 29 Jan 1898 Test # 56
DG Bradman 182 52* 234 Australia v England Sydney 13 Dec 1946 Test # 280
AR Morris 182 0 182 Australia v England Leeds 22 Jul 1948 Test # 302
MC Cowdrey 182 0 182 England v Pakistan The Oval 16 Aug 1962 Test # 534
MP Vaughan 182 0 182* England v India The Oval 5 Sep 2002 Test # 1614
RG Pollock 181 28* 209 South Africa v Australia Cape Town 31 Dec 1966 Test # 613
CH Gayle 181 23* 204 West Indies v New Zealand St George's 28 Jun 2002 Test # 1608
JL Langer 181 0 181* Australia v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004 Test # 1726
IR Bell 181 0 181* England v India The Oval 18 Aug 2011 Test # 2004
V Sehwag 180 0 180 India v West Indies Gros Islet 10 Jun 2006 Test # 1806
KP Pietersen 180 22* 202 England v India Lord's 21 Jul 2011 Test # 2000

Records include the following recent matches:
England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), 3rd Test, Feb 3-6, 2012 [Test # 2034]
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Only Test, Jan 26-28, 2012 [Test # 2033]
England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2012 [Test # 2032]
Australia v India at Adelaide, 4th Test, Jan 24-28, 2012 [Test # 2031]

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There have been 308 century stands in India in ODIs, the most in a particular country. Australia and England are next, with 281 and 206 century stands respectively. Sharjah has witnessed the most century stands in ODIs among cricket venues (120) followed by Harare (77).

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