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Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
Wasim Bari 7 7 0 1 Pakistan v New Zealand Auckland 23 Feb 1979 Test # 848
RW Taylor 7 7 0 1 England v India Mumbai 15 Feb 1980 Test # 874
IDS Smith 7 7 0 2 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Hamilton 22 Feb 1991 Test # 1164
RD Jacobs 7 7 0 1 West Indies v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2000 Test # 1525
ATW Grout 6 6 0 3 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957 Test # 444
DT Lindsay 6 6 0 2 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
JT Murray 6 6 0 1 England v India Lord's 22 Jun 1967 Test # 619
SMH Kirmani 6 5 1 2 India v New Zealand Christchurch 5 Feb 1976 Test # 771
RW Marsh 6 6 0 3 Australia v England Brisbane 26 Nov 1982 Test # 939
SAR Silva 6 6 0 1 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (SSC) 30 Aug 1985 Test # 1023
RC Russell 6 6 0 2 England v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1990 Test # 1159
RC Russell 6 6 0 1 England v South Africa Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995 Test # 1315
IA Healy 6 6 0 2 Australia v England Birmingham 5 Jun 1997 Test # 1368
AJ Stewart 6 6 0 1 England v Australia Manchester 3 Jul 1997 Test # 1372
MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 South Africa v Pakistan Port Elizabeth 6 Mar 1998 Test # 1406
Rashid Latif 6 6 0 1 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998 Test # 1408
MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 South Africa v Sri Lanka Cape Town 19 Mar 1998 Test # 1410
CMW Read 6 5 1 3 England v New Zealand Birmingham 1 Jul 1999 Test # 1455
MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 South Africa v Zimbabwe Centurion 11 Mar 2005 Test # 1740
GO Jones 6 6 0 1 England v Bangladesh Chester-le-Street 3 Jun 2005 Test # 1753
CMW Read 6 6 0 2 England v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2006 Test # 1824
CMW Read 6 5 1 2 England v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 2007 Test # 1826
MS Dhoni 6 6 0 2 India v New Zealand Wellington 3 Apr 2009 Test # 1918
MJ Prior 6 6 0 1 England v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2010 Test # 1986
Adnan Akmal 6 6 0 1 Pakistan v New Zealand Wellington 15 Jan 2011 Test # 1991
MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 South Africa v Sri Lanka Centurion 15 Dec 2011 Test # 2023
MJ Prior 6 5 1 1 England v South Africa Lord's 16 Aug 2012 Test # 2053
AB de Villiers 6 6 0 2 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 1 Feb 2013 Test # 2072

Figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper

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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The record for most centuries in a Test is eight. It has happened twice, most recently in the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in March 2013, when five Sri Lankans and three Bangladeshis scored tons. The only other instance was in Antigua between West Indies and South Africa, 2005.

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