250 plus runs in a test innings – KS Williamson of New Zealand joins the list
KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the 98th occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | BC Lara | 400* | 1 | Win | Eng | St John’s | 10 Apr 2004 |
| 2 | ML Hayden | 380 | 1 | Aus | Zim | Perth | 09 Oct 2003 |
| 3 | BC Lara | 375 | 1 | Win | Eng | St John’s | 16 Apr 1994 |
| 4 | M Jayawardene | 374 | 2 | Srl | SAF | Col-SSC | 27 Jul 2006 |
| 5 | GS Sobers | 365* | 2 | Win | Pak | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 6 | L Hutton | 364 | 1 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 7 | ST Jayasuriya | 340 | 2 | Srl | Ind | Col-RPS | 02 Aug 1997 |
| 8 | Hanif Mohammad | 337 | 3 | Pak | Win | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 |
| 9 | WR Hammond | 336* | 2 | Eng | NZl | Auckland | 31 Mar 1933 |
| 10 | DA Warner | 335* | 1 | Aus | Pak | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 11 | MA Taylor | 334* | 1 | Aus | Pak | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 12 | DG Bradman | 334 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 11 Jul 1930 |
| 13 | GA Gooch | 333 | 1 | Eng | Ind | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
| 14 | CH Gayle | 333 | 1 | Win | Srl | Galle | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 15 | MJ Clarke | 329* | 2 | Aus | Ind | Sydney | 03 Jan 2012 |
| 16 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 329 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 01 May 2002 |
| 17 | A Sandham | 325 | 1 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 03 Apr 1930 |
| 18 | V Sehwag | 319 | 2 | Ind | SAF | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 19 | KC Sangakkara | 319 | 1 | Srl | Ban | Chattogram | 04 Feb 2014 |
| 20 | CH Gayle | 317 | 2 | Win | SAF | St John’s | 29 Apr 2005 |
| 21 | Younis Khan | 313 | 2 | Pak | Srl | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 |
| 22 | HM Amla | 311* | 2 | SAF | Eng | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 |
| 23 | RB Simpson | 311 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 24 | JH Edrich | 310* | 1 | Eng | NZl | Leeds | 08 Jul 1965 |
| 25 | V Sehwag | 309 | 1 | Ind | Pak | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 26 | RM Cowper | 307 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1966 |
| 27 | DG Bradman | 304 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 20 Jul 1934 |
| 28 | KK Nair | 303* | 2 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 29 | Azhar Ali | 302* | 1 | Pak | Win | Dub-DSC | 13 Oct 2016 |
| 30 | LG Rowe | 302 | 2 | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 06 Mar 1974 |
| 31 | BB McCullum | 302 | 3 | NZl | Ind | Wellington | 14 Feb 2014 |
| 32 | DG Bradman | 299* | 2 | Aus | SAF | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 |
| 33 | MD Crowe | 299 | 3 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 34 | AN Cook | 294 | 2 | Eng | Ind | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 35 | V Sehwag | 293 | 2 | Ind | Srl | Mum-BS | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 36 | IVA Richards | 291 | 1 | Win | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 |
| 37 | RR Sarwan | 291 | 2 | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 26 Feb 2009 |
| 38 | LRPL Taylor | 290 | 2 | NZl | Aus | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 39 | RE Foster | 287 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 |
| 40 | KC Sangakkara | 287 | 2 | Srl | SAF | Col-SSC | 27 Jul 2006 |
| 41 | PBH May | 285* | 3 | Eng | Win | Birmingham | 30 May 1957 |
| 42 | VVS Laxman | 281 | 3 | Ind | Aus | Kolkata | 11 Mar 2001 |
| 43 | Javed Miandad | 280* | 1 | Pak | Ind | Hyd-Pak | 14 Jan 1983 |
| 44 | AB de Villiers | 278* | 1 | SAF | Pak | Abu Dhabi | 20 Nov 2010 |
| 45 | DCS Compton | 278 | 2 | Eng | Pak | Nottingham | 01 Jul 1954 |
| 46 | BC Lara | 277 | 2 | Win | Aus | Sydney | 02 Jan 1993 |
| 47 | GC Smith | 277 | 1 | SAF | Eng | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
| 48 | DJ Cullinan | 275* | 1 | SAF | NZl | Auckland | 27 Feb 1999 |
| 49 | G Kirsten | 275 | 3 | SAF | Eng | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 50 | M Jayawardene | 275 | 2 | Srl | Ind | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 |
| 51 | SP Fleming | 274* | 1 | NZl | Srl | Col-PSS | 25 Apr 2003 |
| 52 | RG Pollock | 274 | 1 | SAF | Aus | Durban | 05 Feb 1970 |
| 53 | Zaheer Abbas | 274 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Birmingham | 03 Jun 1971 |
| 54 | Javed Miandad | 271 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Auckland | 24 Feb 1989 |
| 55 | GA Headley | 270* | 1 | Win | Eng | Kingston | 14 Mar 1935 |
| 56 | DG Bradman | 270 | 3 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1937 |
| 57 | R Dravid | 270 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Rawalpindi | 13 Apr 2004 |
| 58 | KC Sangakkara | 270 | 2 | Srl | Zim | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 |
| 59 | AC Voges | 269* | 1 | Aus | Win | Hobart | 10 Dec 2015 |
| 60 | GN Yallop | 268 | 2 | Aus | Pak | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1983 |
| 61 | BA Young | 267* | 1 | NZl | Srl | Dunedin | 07 Mar 1997 |
| 62 | PA de Silva | 267 | 2 | Srl | NZl | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 63 | Younis Khan | 267 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 |
| 64 | Z Crawley | 267 | 1 | Eng | Pak | Southampton | 21 Aug 2020 |
| 65 | WH Ponsford | 266 | 1 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 |
| 66 | DL Houghton | 266 | 1 | Zim | Srl | Bulawayo | 20 Oct 1994 |
| 67 | TWM Latham | 264* | 2 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | 15 Dec 2018 |
| 68 | AN Cook | 263 | 2 | Eng | Pak | Abu Dhabi | 13 Oct 2015 |
| 69 | DL Amiss | 262* | 3 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 16 Feb 1974 |
| 70 | SP Fleming | 262 | 1 | NZl | SAF | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 |
| 71 | RR Sarwan | 261* | 2 | Win | Ban | Kingston | 04 Jun 2004 |
| 72 | FMM Worrell | 261 | 2 | Win | Eng | Nottingham | 20 Jul 1950 |
| 73 | CC Hunte | 260 | 2 | Win | Pak | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 74 | Javed Miandad | 260 | 1 | Pak | Eng | The Oval | 06 Aug 1987 |
| 75 | MN Samuels | 260 | 2 | Win | Ban | Khulna | 21 Nov 2012 |
| 76 | MJ Clarke | 259* | 2 | Aus | SAF | Brisbane | 09 Nov 2012 |
| 77 | GM Turner | 259 | 2 | NZl | Win | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1972 |
| 78 | GC Smith | 259 | 2 | SAF | Eng | Lord’s | 31 Jul 2003 |
| 79 | TW Graveney | 258 | 1 | Eng | Win | Nottingham | 04 Jul 1957 |
| 80 | SM Nurse | 258 | 1 | Win | NZl | Christchurch | 13 Mar 1969 |
| 81 | BA Stokes | 258 | 1 | Eng | SAF | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2016 |
| 82 | Wasim Akram | 257* | 2 | Pak | Zim | Sheikhupura | 17 Oct 1996 |
| 83 | RT Ponting | 257 | 2 | Aus | Ind | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2003 |
| 84 | RB Kanhai | 256 | 1 | Win | Ind | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1958 |
| 85 | KF Barrington | 256 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 86 | DJ McGlew | 255* | 1 | SAF | NZl | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 |
| 87 | V Kohli | 254* | 1 | Ind | SAF | Pune | 10 Oct 2019 |
| 88 | DG Bradman | 254 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1930 |
| 89 | V Sehwag | 254 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 90 | JE Root | 254 | 1 | Eng | Pak | Manchester | 22 Jul 2016 |
| 91 | HM Amla | 253* | 1 | SAF | Ind | Nagpur | 06 Feb 2010 |
| 92 | ST Jayasuriya | 253 | 3 | Srl | Pak | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 |
| 93 | DA Warner | 253 | 1 | Aus | NZl | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 94 | WR Hammond | 251 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 |
| 95 | KS Williamson | 251 | 1 | NZl | Win | Hamilton | 03 Dec 2020 |
| 96 | KD Walters | 250 | 1 | Aus | NZl | Christchurch | 18 Feb 1977 |
| 97 | SFAF Bacchus | 250 | 2 | Win | Ind | Kanpur | 2 Feb 1979 |
| 98 | JL Langer | 250 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2002 |
KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the ninth occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | BB McCullum | 302 | 3 | NZl | Ind | Wellington | 14 Feb 2014 |
| 2 | MD Crowe | 299 | 3 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 3 | LRPL Taylor | 290 | 2 | NZl | Aus | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 4 | SP Fleming | 274* | 1 | NZl | Srl | Col-PSS | 25 Apr 2003 |
| 5 | BA Young | 267* | 1 | NZl | Srl | Dunedin | 07 Mar 1997 |
| 6 | TWM Latham | 264* | 2 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | 15 Dec 2018 |
| 7 | SP Fleming | 262 | 1 | NZl | SAF | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 |
| 8 | GM Turner | 259 | 2 | NZl | Win | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1972 |
| 9 | KS Williamson | 251 | 1 | NZl | Win | Hamilton | 03 Dec 2020 |
KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Hanif Mohammad | 337 | 3 | Pak | Win | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 |
| 2 | A Sandham | 325 | 1 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 03 Apr 1930 |
| 3 | Azhar Ali | 302* | 1 | Pak | Win | Dub-DSC | 13 Oct 2016 |
| 4 | PBH May | 285* | 3 | Eng | Win | Birmingham | 30 May 1957 |
| 5 | AC Voges | 269* | 1 | Aus | Win | Hobart | 10 Dec 2015 |
| 6 | DL Amiss | 262* | 3 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 16 Feb 1974 |
| 7 | GM Turner | 259 | 2 | NZl | Win | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1972 |
| 8 | TW Graveney | 258 | 1 | Eng | Win | Nottingham | 04 Jul 1957 |
| 9 | KS Williamson | 251 | 1 | NZl | Win | Hamilton | 03 Dec 2020 |
KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the second occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings against West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GM Turner | 259 | 2 | NZl | Win | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1972 |
| 2 | KS Williamson | 251 | 1 | NZl | Win | Hamilton | 03 Dec 2020 |
DG Bradman {05}, V Sehwag {04}, BC Lara {03], Javed Miandad {03} and KC Sangakkara {03} are the five batsmen in the annals of test cricket who have scored 250 plus runs in a test innings on three or more occasions. The following table list the 250 plus runs scored by these five batsmen.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | DG Bradman | 334 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 11 Jul 1930 |
| 2 | DG Bradman | 304 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 20 Jul 1934 |
| 3 | DG Bradman | 299* | 2 | Aus | SAF | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 |
| 4 | DG Bradman | 270 | 3 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1937 |
| 5 | DG Bradman | 254 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1930 |
| 1 | V Sehwag | 319 | 2 | Ind | SAF | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 2 | V Sehwag | 309 | 1 | Ind | Pak | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 293 | 2 | Ind | Srl | Mum-BS | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 4 | V Sehwag | 254 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 1 | BC Lara | 400* | 1 | Win | Eng | St John’s | 10 Apr 2004 |
| 2 | BC Lara | 375 | 1 | Win | Eng | St John’s | 16 Apr 1994 |
| 3 | BC Lara | 277 | 2 | Win | Aus | Sydney | 02 Jan 1993 |
| 1 | Javed Miandad | 280* | 1 | Pak | Ind | Hyd-Pak | 14 Jan 1983 |
| 2 | Javed Miandad | 271 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Auckland | 24 Feb 1989 |
| 3 | Javed Miandad | 260 | 1 | Pak | Eng | The Oval | 06 Aug 1987 |
| 1 | KC Sangakkara | 319 | 1 | Srl | Ban | Chattogram | 04 Feb 2014 |
| 2 | KC Sangakkara | 287 | 2 | Srl | SAF | Col-SSC | 27 Jul 2006 |
| 3 | KC Sangakkara | 270 | 2 | Srl | Zim | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 |