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India Vs England Fourth T20I at Pune on 31 Jan 2025

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England won the toss and opted to field first in this game to provide the 78th occasion of England doing so in T20Is. It also provides the 14th occasion of India doing so against India in T20Is

NT Tilak Verma of India collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 55^th occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is against England

SA Yadav of India was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the twelfth occasion of an Indian captain dismissed for zero in an innings in T20Is. It also provided the third occasion of an Indian captain dismissed for zero in an innings in T20Is against England.

SA Yadav of India was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the second occasion of is being dismissed for zero in an innings while leading in this series. He was dismissed for zero in the first T20I at Eden Gardens.

Arshdeep Singh was dismissed run out of the first ball he faced to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out of the first ball he faced in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out of the first ball he faced in T20Is against England

Arshdeep Singh of India collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 56^th occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is against England

NT Tilak Verma, SA Yadav and Arshdeep Singh were dismissed for zeroes in this game to provide the ninth occasion of three Indian batsmen dismissed for zeroes in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of three Indian batsmen dismissed for zeroes in an innings in T20Is against England.

NT Tilak Verma, SA Yadav and Arshdeep Singh were dismissed for zeroes in this game to provide the 122^nd, 123^rd and 124^th occasion of Indian batsmen dismissed for zeroes in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the 13^th, 14^th and 15^th occasion of Indian batsmen dismissed for zeroes in an innings in T20Is against England.

NT Tilak Verma and Arshdeep Singh collected the first ball ducks in this game to provide the fifth occasion of two or more Indian batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of two or more Indian batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in an innings in T20Is against England.

NT Tilak Verma and Arshdeep Singh collected the first ball ducks in this game to provide the 58^th and 59th occasion of Indian batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the sixth and seventh occasion of Indian batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in an innings in T20Is against England.

Arshdeep Singh and S Dube were dismissed run out in this game to provide the 14th occasion of two or more Indian batsmen dismissed run out in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of two or more Indian batsmen dismissed run out in an innings in T20Is against England

S Dube was dismissed run out in this game for 53 to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in T20Is against England

Arshdeep Singh and S Dube were dismissed run out in this game to provide the 88^th and 89th occasion of Indian batsmen dismissed run out in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the 16^th and 17th occasion of Indian batsmen dismissed run out in an innings in T20Is against England.

HH Pandya and S Dube scored 53 and 53 respectively in this game to provide the 229^th and 230th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the 26^th and 27th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is against England.

HH Pandya and S Dube scored 53 and 53 respectively in this game to provide the 229^th and 55th occasion of two or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is against England.

HH Pandya and S Dube posted 87 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 244^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the 26th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in an innings in T20Is against England.

HH Pandya and S Dube posted 87 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in an innings for the sixth wicket in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in an innings for the sixth wicket in T20Is against England.

HH Pandya and S Dube posted 87 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the highest partnership in an innings for the sixth wicket in T20Is against England. The previous best was the 70 runs partnership between V Kohli and HH Pandya at Ahmedbad on 16.03.2021

HH Pandya and S Dube scored 53 runs each in this game to provide the first occasion of two Indian batsmen scoring identical fifties in an innings in T20Is

HH Pandya’s 53 in this game represent his fifth fifty in T20Is, It also represents his third fifty in T20Is against England

S Dube’s 53 in this game represent his fourth fifty in T20Is, It also represents his first fifty in T20Is against England

HC Brook of England scored 51 in this game to provide the 157th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the 17th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in T20Is against India

HC Brook’s 51 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 49th occasion of an England batsman’s a fifty in an innings in T20Is going in vain. It also provides the seventh occasion of an England batsman’s fifty in an innings in T20Is against India

HC Brooks’ 51 in this game represent his fourth fifty in T20Is and also his first fifty against India in T20Is

England was dismissed all out for 166 in this game to provide the 29th occasion of England dismissed all out in an innings in T20Is. It also provides seventh occasion of England dismissed all out in an innings in T20Is against India

England was dismissed all out for 166 in this game to provide the 19th occasion of England dismissed all out in an innings in T20Is while batting second. It also provides sixth occasion of England dismissed all out in an innings in T20Is against India while batting second

India won this game by 15 runs to post its 163rd win in T20Is. It also provides its 16th win against England in T20Is. India won this game by 15 runs to post its 88th win by runs margin in T20Is. It also provides its tenth win by runs margin against England.

Hat tricks in Ranji Trophy

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Shardul Thakur of Mumbai performed the hat-trick against Meghalya at Bandra Kurla Complex ground, Mumbai in the on-going season of Ranji Trophy to provide the 83^rd occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the history of Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	Baqa Jilani	N India	S Punjab	Alexandra Ground, Amritsar	1934/35
2	Mubarak Ali	Nawanagar	W India	Poona Club Ground, Poona	1936/37
3	Thomas Longfield	Bengal	Bihar	Rangers Ground, Calcutta	1937/38
4	Jehangir Khot	Bombay	Baroda	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1943/44
5	D. Narottam	Kathiawar	Baroda	Dhrol	1947/48
6	S Banerjee	Bihar	Delhi	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	1948/49
7	Chandu Sarwate	Holkar	Bihar	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	1948/49
8	Probir Sen	Bengal	Orissa	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	1954/55
9	V Muddiah	Services	E Punjab	Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi	1955/56
10	Vasant Ranjane	Maharashtra	Saurashtra	NDAcAcademy Ground, Khadakvasla	1956/57
11	Nandi Khanna	S Punjab	J + K	Baradari Ground, Patiala	1959/60
12	Nyalchand Shah	Saurashtra	Baroda	Sahu Club Ground, Dharangadhra	1961/62
13	Hiralal Gaekwad	M Pradesh	Rajasthan	Garrison Ground, Jabalpur	1962/63
14	Umesh Kulkarni	Bombay	Gujarat	Shastri Maidan, Anand	1963/64
15	Subhash Jhanji	U Pradesh	Vidarbha	VC JJAssociation Ground, Nagpur	1963/64
16	Joginder Rao	Services	J + K	Army Headquarters, Delhi	1963/64
17	Joginder Rao	Services	N Punjab	Amritsar	1963/64
18	Joginder Rao	Services	N Punjab	Amritsar	1963/64
19	Ravinder Pal	Delhi	S Punjab	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	1965/66
20	Bishan Singh Bedi	Delhi	Punjab	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1968/69
21	Kailash Gattani	Rajasthan	U Pradesh	Dr Sampurnanda Stadium, Varanasi	1969/70
22	Mehboodullah Khan	U Pradesh	M Pradesh	KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow	1971/72
23	BS Kalyanasundaram	Tamil Nadu	Bombay	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras	1972/73
24	Abdul Ismail	Bombay	Saurashtra	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1973/74
25	Raghuram Bhat	Karnataka	Bombay	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1981/82
26	Bharat Arun	Tamil Nadu	Goa	Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, Panaji	1986/87
27	Barun Burman	Bengal	Tripura	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1986/87
28	Sourajit Mohapatra	Orissa	Tripura	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	1987/88
29	Shankar Saini	Delhi	H Pradesh	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1988/89
30	Salil Ankola	Maharashtra	Gujarat	Nehru Stadium, Pune	1988/89
31	Javagal Srinath	Karnataka	Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1989/90
32	Arun Singla	Haryana	Services	Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon	1989/90
33	Saradindu Mukherjee	Bengal	Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1989/90
34	V Venkatram	Bihar	Tripura	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	1990/91
35	RP Singh	U Pradesh	Vidarbha	Modi Stadium, Kanpur	1991/92
36	Anil Kumble	Karnataka	Andhra	Ukku Stadium, Visakhapatnam	1991/92
37	Sunil Subramaniam	Tamil Nadu	Kerala	Public Stadium, Thiruvalla	1992/93
38	Pritam Gandhe	Vidarbha	Rajasthan	Indira Gandhi Stadium, Alwar	1993/94
39	Arshad Ayub	Hyderabad	Kerala	Nehru Stadium, Kottayam	1993/94
40	Sagarmoy Sensharma	Bengal	Delhi	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1993/94
41	M Suresh Kumar	Railways	Rajasthan	Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi	1995/96
42	Murali Kartik	Railways	Vidarbha	Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi	1996/97
43	Anil Kumble	Karnataka	Orissa	Ispat Stadium, Rourkela	1997/98
44	Anand Katti	Karnataka	Kerala	Thalassery Stadium, Thalassery	1998/99
45	Damodaran Devanand	Tamil Nadu	Orissa	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1998/99
46	Amit Mishra	Haryana	H Pradesh	Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium, Rohtak	2001/02
47	Ajay Barik	Orissa	Assam	Permit Ground, Balasore	2001/02
48	Gagandeep Singh	Punjab	U Pradesh	Mohali	2002/03
49	R Ramkumar	Tamil Nadu	Karnataka	Indian Air Force Ground, Bangalore	2003/04
50	S Sreesanth	Kerala	H Pradesh	Fort Maidan, Palakkad	2004/05
51	Rajesh Pawar	Baroda	Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	2004/05
52	Rakesh Patel	Baroda	Tamil Nadu	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	2004/05
53	Joginder Sharma	Haryana	Andhra	Rohtak	2006/07
54	Sony Cheruvathur	Kerala	Gujarat	Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat	2007/08
55	Parvinder Awana	Delhi	Maharashtra	Nagothane	2007/08
56	VRV Singh	Punjab	Orissa	Mohali	2007/08
57	Vinay Kumar	Karnataka	Maharashtra	Chatrapati Shivaji Stadium, Ratnagiri	2007/08
58	Pritam Gandhe	Vidarbha	Services	Palam A Ground, Delhi	2008/09
59	Salim Veragi	Baroda	Tamil Nadu	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	2008/09
60	Abhimanyu Mithun	Karnataka	U Pradesh	Bhamashah Stadium, Meerut	2009/10
61	Samad Fallah	Maharashtra	Baroda	Pune Club Ground, Pune	2009/10
62	Dhruv Singh	Haryana	U Pradesh	Mohan Nagar	2010/11
63	Pawan Suyal	Delhi	Assam	Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi	2010/11
64	Abu Ahmed	Assam	Goa	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	2011/12
65	Siddharth Trivedi	Saurashtra	Punjab	Mohali	2011/12
66	Krishnakant Upadhyay	Railways	Punjab	Mohali	2011/12
67	Mohammed Shami	Bengal	M Pradesh	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2012/13
68	Rakesh Dhruve	Gujarat	Vidarbha	Nagpur	2013/14
69	Sreenath Aravind	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	2014/15
70	Mohit Sharma	Haryana	Delhi	Rohtak	2014/15
71	HS Sharath	Karnataka	Haryana	Mysore	2015/16
72	Basant Mohanty	Orissa	Delhi	KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar	2015/16
73	Umesh Yadav	Vidarbha	Rajasthan	VCA Nagpur	2015/16
74	Rana Dutta	Tripura	H Pradesh	Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani	2016/17
75	Vinay Kumar	Karnataka	Mumbai	VCA Stadium Nagpur	2017/18
76	Rajneesh Gurbani	Vidarbha	Delhi	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2017/18
77	Mohammed Mudhasir	J + K	Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	2018/19
78	Shahbaz Ahmed	Bengal	Hyderabad	Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani	2019/20
79	Ravi Yadav	M Pradesh	U Pradesh	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2019/20
80	Royston Dias	Mumbai	Bihar	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna	2023/24
81	Kulwant Khejroliya	M Pradesh	Baroda	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2023/24
82	Rishi Dhawan	H Pradesh	Puduchery	Dharamsala	2024/25
83	Shardul Thakur	Mumbai	Meghalaya	Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy,BKC, Mumbai	2024/25

Shardul Thakur of Mumbai performed the hat-trick against Meghalya at Bandra Kurla Complex ground, Mumbai in the on-going season of Ranji Trophy to provide the fifth occasion of a Mumbai bowler performing the feat in the history of Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	Jehangir Khot	Bombay	Baroda	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1943/44
2	Umesh Kulkarni	Bombay	Gujarat	Shastri Maidan, Anand	1963/64
3	Abdul Ismail	Bombay	Saurashtra	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1973/74
4	Royston Dias	Mumbai	Bihar	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna	2023/24
5	Shardul Thakur	Mumbai	Meghalaya	Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy,BKC, Mumbai	2024/25

Teams scoring three or more centuries in an innings of which at least one is a score of 200 plus runs in an innings

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Australian first innings against Sri Lanka in the on-going teat contained three centuries of which one is an innings of 200 plus runs. to provide the 67^th occasion of a team scoring three or more centuries in an innings of which at least one is an innings of 200 plus runs.. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No	Ground	I	Opposition	Ground	Series	HS	C
1	Australia	1	England	The Oval	1884	211	3
2	England	2	South Africa	Lord’s	1924	211	3
3	England	1	Australia	Nottingham	1938	216*	4
4	England	1	Australia	The Oval	1938	364	3
5	England	4	South Africa	Durban	1938/39	219	3
6	Australia	1	India	Adelaide	1947/48	201	3
7	West Indies	2	India	Kingston	1952/53	237	3
8	West Indies	1	England	Port of Spain	1953/54	206	3
9	Australia	2	West Indies	Kingston	1955	204	5
10	India	1	New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	1955/56	223	3
11	England	1	West Indies	Nottingham	1957	258	3
12	West Indies	1	India	Eden Gardens	1958/59	256	3
13	Australia	1	West Indies	Bridgetown	1964/65	210	3
14	Pakistan	1	England	Birmingham	1971	274	3
15	Pakistan	1	New Zealand	Karachi	1976/77	206	3
16	Pakistan	2	India	Faisalabad	1984/85	210	3
17	England	2	Australia	Birmingham	1985	215	3
18	Australia	1	India	Chennai	1986/87	210	3
19	India	2	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	1986/87	200	3
20	Pakistan	1	England	The Oval	1987	260	3
21	Pakistan	2	India	Lahore	1989/90	203*	3
22	England	1	India	Lord’s	1990	333	3
23	Australia	1	England	Leeds	1993	200*	3
24	Zimbabwe	1	Pakistan	Harare	1994/95	201*	3
25	Sri Lanka	2	India	Col-RPS	1997	340	3
26	India	1	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	1999/00	217	3
27	India	1	Zimbabwe	Nagpur	2000/01	201*	3
28	Pakistan	2	New Zealand	Christchurch	2000/01	203	3
29	Australia	1	South Africa	Johannesburg	2001/02	204*	3
30	South Africa	1	Zimbabwe	Harare	2001/02	220	3
31	Australia	1	West Indies	Port of Spain	2003	206	3
32	England	1	West Indies	Lord’s	2004	221	3
33	Sri Lanka	2	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2004	270	3
34	West Indies	2	Bangladesh	Kingston	2004	261*	3
35	West Indies	2	South Africa	St John’s	2005	317	4
36	India	1	Pakistan	Bengaluru	2007/08	239	3
37	India	1	Pakistan	Eden Gardens	2007/08	202	3
38	New Zealand	1	India	Napier	2008/09	201	3
39	Sri Lanka	1	Pakistan	Lahore	2008/09	214	3
40	Sri Lanka	2	India	Ahmedabad	2009/10	275	3
41	Sri Lanka	1	India	Col- SSC	2010	219	3
42	England	3	Australia	Brisbane	2010/11	235*	3
43	South Africa	2	India	Centurion	2010/11	201*	3
44	England	2	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	2011	203	3
45	Australia	2	India	Sydney	2011/12	329*	3
46	Pakistan	2	Bangladesh	Chattogram	2011/12	200*	3
47	South Africa	1	Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2011/12	224	3
48	South Africa	2	England	The Oval	2012	311*	3
49	Australia	1	South Africa	Adelaide	2012/13	230	3
50	Australia	2	South Africa	Brisbane	2012/13	259*	3
51	Bangladesh	2	Sri Lanka	Galle	2012/13	200	3
52	West Indies	1	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2012/13	203*	3
53	West Indies	2	Bangladesh	Khulna	2012/13	260	3
54	New Zealand	3	India	Wellington	2013/14	302	3
55	Sri Lanka	2	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2013/14	203*	3
56	Pakistan	1	Australia	Abu Dhabi	2014/15	213	3
57	South Africa	1	West Indies	Centurion	2014/15	208	3
58	Pakistan	1	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2015	226	3
59	India	1	Bangladesh	Hyderabad	2016/17	204	3
60	India	2	England	Wankhede	2016/17	235	3
61	India	2	Sri Lanka	Nagpur	2017/18	213	4
62	New Zealand	2	Bangladesh	Hamilton	2018/19	200*	3
63	New Zealand	2	Pakistan	Christchurch	2020/21	238	3
64	Sri Lanka	2	Ireland	Galle	2023	245	4
65	Afghanistan	2	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2024/25	246	3
66	South Africa	1	Pakistan	Cape Town	2024/25	259	3
67	Australia	1	Sri Lanka	Galle	2024/25	232	3

Australian first innings against Sri Lanka in the on-going teat contained three centuries of which one is an innings of 200 plus runs. to provide the twelfth occasion of Australia scoring three or more centuries in an innings of which at least one is an innings of 200 plus runs.. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Series	HS	C
1	Australia	1	England	The Oval	1884	211	3
2	Australia	1	India	Adelaide	1947/48	201	3
3	Australia	2	West Indies	Kingston	1955	204	5
4	Australia	1	West Indies	Bridgetown	1964/65	210	3
5	Australia	1	India	Chennai	1986/87	210	3
6	Australia	1	England	Leeds	1993	200*	3
7	Australia	1	South Africa	Johannesburg	2001/02	204*	3
8	Australia	1	West Indies	Port of Spain	2003	206	3
9	Australia	2	India	Sydney	2011/12	329*	3
10	Australia	1	South Africa	Adelaide	2012/13	230	3
11	Australia	2	South Africa	Brisbane	2012/13	259*	3
12	Australia	1	Sri Lanka	Galle	2024/25	232	3

Australian first innings against Sri Lanka in the on-going teat contained three centuries of which one is an innings of 200 plus runs. to provide the sixth occasion of a team scoring three or more centuries in an innings of which at least one is an innings of 200 plus runs.. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Series	HS	C
1	India	2	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	1986/87	200	3
2	England	2	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	2011	203	3
3	South Africa	1	Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2011/12	224	3
4	Bangladesh	2	Sri Lanka	Galle	2012/13	200	3
5	India	2	Sri Lanka	Nagpur	2017/18	213	4
6	Australia	1	Sri Lanka	Galle	2024/25	232	3

The test cricket has witnessed seven occasion of a team scoring three or more centuries in an innings of which one a triple century. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No	Ground	I	Opposition	Ground	Series	HS	C
1	England	1	Australia	The Oval	1938	364	3
2	England	1	India	Lord’s	1990	333	3
3	Sri Lanka	2	India	Col-RPS	1997	340	3
4	West Indies	2	South Africa	St John’s	2005	317	4
5	Australia	2	India	Sydney	2011/12	329*	3
6	South Africa	2	England	The Oval	2012	311*	3
7	New Zealand	3	India	Wellington	2013/14	302	3

Galle Test – Plethora of records by Australian batsmen against Sri Lanka

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Australia posted a team total of 654 for 6 declared against Sri Lanka in the on-going test at Galle to provide the first occasion of Australia posting a total of 650 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket against Sri Lanka. The occasion is tabulated below. This constitutes a record team total by Australia in a test innings against Sri Lanka. This score is an improvement over the previous best total of 617 for 5 declared at WACA in Dec 1995.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	654/6d	154.0	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

UT Khawaja and SPD Smith posted 266 runs for the third wicket in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings against Sri Lanka for the third wicket. Both such occasions are tabulated below. This partnership constitutes a record partnership for the third wicket against Sri Lanka by Australian batsman,

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	266	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
2	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	03	200	03	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the sixth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated beloein the descending order of runs.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	UT Khawaja	232	01	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
2	MJ Slater	219	02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	08 Dec 1995

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 50th occasion of an Australian left hand opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. The occasion is tabulated below. This knock represents the highest individual score by an Australian left hand opening batsman against Sri Lanka. The previous best was 166 by JL Langer at Colombo – SSC in Mar 2004

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	UT Khawaja	232	1	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

200 plus runs by a left hand opening batsman in a test innings

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UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 50th occasion of a left hand opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	380	1	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
2	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
3	DA Warner	335*	1	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
4	MA Taylor	334*	1	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
5	CH Gayle	333	1	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010
6	CH Gayle	317	2	West Indies	v South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
7	JH Edrich	310*	1	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
8	AN Cook	294	2	England	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
9	GC Smith	277	1	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
10	G Kirsten	275	3	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999
11	TWM Latham	264*	2	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
12	AN Cook	263	2	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
13	GC Smith	259	2	South Africa	v England	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
14	RD Rickelton	259	1	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	03 Jan 2025
15	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
16	DA Warner	253	1	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
17	TWM Latham	252	1	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
18	JL Langer	250	1	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
19	AN Cook	244*	2	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
20	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
21	AN Cook	243	1	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
22	Taufeeq Umar	236	2	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
23	AN Cook	235*	3	England	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
24	GC Smith	234	2	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013
25	GC Smith	232	1	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
26	UT Khawaja	232	1	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
27	B Sutcliffe	230*	1	New Zealand	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955
28	G Kirsten	220	1	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001
29	MA Taylor	219	1	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
30	ME Trescothick	219	2	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
31	JL Langer	215	1	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
32	D Lloyd	214*	2	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
33	YBK Jaiswal	214*	3	India	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024
34	ST Jayasuriya	213	2	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
35	WW Hinds	213	1	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
36	WM Lawry	210	1	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
37	G Kirsten	210	1	South Africa	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
38	YBK Jaiswal	209	1	India	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024
39	T Chanderpaul	207*	1	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	04 Feb 2023
40	AR Morris	206	1	Australia	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
41	G Gambhir	206	1	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
42	Tamim Iqbal	206	3	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
43	WM Lawry	205	2	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
44	Aamer Sohail	205	1	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1992
45	CH Gayle	204	2	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
46	ML Hayden	203	1	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
47	G Fowler	201	2	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
48	GC Smith	200	1	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002
49	DP Conway	200	1	New Zealand	v England	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021
50	DA Warner	200	2	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the fourth occasion of a left hand opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	333	1	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010
2	TWM Latham	264*	2	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
3	Taufeeq Umar	236	2	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
4	UT Khawaja	232	1	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 13th occasion of an Australian left hand opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	380	1	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
2	DA Warner	335*	1	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
3	MA Taylor	334*	1	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	DA Warner	253	1	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
5	JL Langer	250	1	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
6	UT Khawaja	232	1	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
7	MA Taylor	219	1	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
8	JL Langer	215	1	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
9	WM Lawry	210	1	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
10	AR Morris	206	1	Australia	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
11	WM Lawry	205	2	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
12	ML Hayden	203	1	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
13	DA Warner	200	2	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 50th occasion of an Australian left hand opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. The occasion is tabulated below. This knock represents the highest individual score by an Australian left hand batsman against Sri Lanka. The previous best was 166 by JL Langer at Colombo – SSC in Mar 2004

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	UT Khawaja	232	1	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

The following table lists the triple centuries by a left hand opening batsmen in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	380	1	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
2	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
3	DA Warner	335*	1	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
4	MA Taylor	334*	1	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
5	CH Gayle	333	1	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010
6	CH Gayle	317	2	West Indies	v South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
7	JH Edrich	310*	1	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965

AN Cook of England and GC Smith of South Africa are the two left hand opening batmen to score double hundreds on five occasion and share the record for most double hundreds by a left hand opening batsman in the annals of test cricket.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	294	2	England	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
2	AN Cook	263	2	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
3	AN Cook	244*	2	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
4	AN Cook	243	1	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
5	AN Cook	235*	3	England	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010

1	GC Smith	277	1	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	South Africa	v England	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
3	GC Smith	234	2	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013
4	GC Smith	232	1	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
5	GC Smith	200	1	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002

200 plus runs in a test innings by an opening batsman

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UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 131^st occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated in the descending order of runs.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	380	01	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
2	L Hutton	364	01	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
3	ST Jayasuriya	340	02	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
4	Hanif Mohammad	337	03	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
5	DA Warner	335*	01	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
6	MA Taylor	334*	01	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
7	GA Gooch	333	01	England	v India	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
8	CH Gayle	333	01	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010
9	A Sandham	325	01	England	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
10	V Sehwag	319	02	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
11	CH Gayle	317	02	West Indies	v South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
12	RB Simpson	311	01	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
13	JH Edrich	310*	01	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
14	V Sehwag	309	01	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004
15	Azhar Ali	302*	01	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016
16	LG Rowe	302	02	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
17	AN Cook	294	02	England	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
18	V Sehwag	293	02	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
19	GC Smith	277	01	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
20	G Kirsten	275	03	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999
21	BA Young	267*	01	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
22	WH Ponsford	266	01	Australia	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
23	TWM Latham	264*	02	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
24	AN Cook	263	02	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
25	DL Amiss	262*	03	England	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
26	CC Hunte	260	02	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
27	GM Turner	259	02	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
28	GC Smith	259	02	South Africa	v England	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
29	RD Rickelton	259	01	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	03 Jan 2025
30	DJ McGlew	255*	01	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
31	V Sehwag	254	02	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
32	ST Jayasuriya	253	03	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
33	DA Warner	253	01	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
34	TWM Latham	252	01	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
35	SFAF Bacchus	250	02	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979
36	JL Langer	250	01	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
37	MS Atapattu	249	02	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
38	G Boycott	246*	01	England	v India	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
39	AN Cook	244*	02	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
40	FDM Karunaratne	244	02	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
41	AN Cook	243	01	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
42	MA Agarwal	243	02	India	v Bangladesh	Indore	14 Nov 2019
43	GT Dowling	239	01	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968
44	EAB Rowan	236	01	South Africa	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
45	Taufeeq Umar	236	02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
46	AN Cook	235*	03	England	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
47	SG Barnes	234	02	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
48	GC Smith	234	02	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013
49	GC Smith	232	01	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
50	UT Khawaja	232	01	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
51	MH Mankad	231	01	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
52	Mudassar Nazar	231	01	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983
53	B Sutcliffe	230*	01	New Zealand	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955
54	HH Gibbs	228	01	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
55	CG Greenidge	226	03	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
56	ND McKenzie	226	01	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
57	RB Simpson	225	02	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
58	BB McCullum	225	03	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad	12 Nov 2010
59	Mohammad Hafeez	224	02	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
60	GM Turner	223*	02	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
61	MH Mankad	223	01	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955
62	CG Greenidge	223	01	West Indies	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1984
63	MS Atapattu	223	01	Sri Lanks	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
64	SM Gavaskar	221	04	India	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
65	SM Gavaskar	220	03	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
66	G Kirsten	220	01	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001
67	MA Taylor	219	01	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
68	MJ Slater	219	02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	08 Dec 1995
69	ME Trescothick	219	02	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
70	MS Atapattu	216*	02	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
71	Abid Ali	215*	01	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021
72	JL Langer	215	01	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
73	MA Agarwal	215	01	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
74	D Lloyd	214*	02	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
75	CG Greenidge	214*	04	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
76	YBK Jaiswal	214*	03	India	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024
77	CG Greenidge	213	01	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987
78	ST Jayasuriya	213	02	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
79	WW Hinds	213	01	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
80	W Jaffer	212	03	India	v West Indies	St John’s	02 Jun 2006
81	KC Brathwaite	212	01	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
82	RG Sharma	212	01	India	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
83	HH Gibbs	211*	02	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999
84	JB Hobbs	211	02	England	v South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
85	Taslim Arif	210*	02	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
86	WM Lawry	210	01	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
87	G Kirsten	210	01	South Africa	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
88	CA Roach	209	01	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
89	YBK Jaiswal	209	01	India	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024
90	SL Campbell	208	02	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996
91	MS Atapattu	207*	01	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
92	T Chanderpaul	207*	01	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	04 Feb 2023
93	KR Stackpole	207	01	Australia	v England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
94	WA Brown	206*	02	Australia	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
95	L Hutton	206	02	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
96	AR Morris	206	01	Australia	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
97	RJ Shastri	206	02	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
98	G Gambhir	206	01	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
99	Tamim Iqbal	206	03	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
100	Azhar Ali	205*	01	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
101	L Hutton	205	02	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
102	WM Lawry	205	02	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
103	SM Gavaskar	205	01	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978
104	Aamer Sohail	205	01	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1992
105	KNM Fernando	205	02	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023
106	CH Gayle	204	02	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
107	Shoaib Mohammad	203*	02	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	10 Oct 1990
108	HL Collins	203	01	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
109	DL Amiss	203	02	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
110	ML Hayden	203	01	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
111	L Hutton	202*	02	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
112	W Jaffer	202	01	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Nov 2007
113	BB McCullum	202	02	New Zeland	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
114	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	01	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987
115	GW Flower	201*	01	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	31 Jan 1995
116	MS Atapattu	201*	01	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001
117	V Sehwag	201*	01	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
118	EJ Barlow	201	02	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964
119	RB Simpson	201	01	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
120	AD Gaekwad	201	02	India	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983
121	G Fowler	201	02	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
122	NS Sidhu	201	02	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997
123	MS Atapattu	201	02	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001
124	V Sehwag	201	02	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005
125	Abdullah Shafique	201	02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023
126	DN Sardesai	200*	03	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965
127	Mohsin Khan	200	01	Pakistan	v England	Lord’s	12 Aug 1982
128	DC Boon	200	01	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	24 Nov 1989
129	GC Smith	200	01	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002
130	DP Conway	200	01	New Zealand	v England	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021
131	DA Warner	200	02	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the ninth occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated in the descending order of runs.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	333	01	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010
2	V Sehwag	293	02	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
3	BA Young	267*	01	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
4	TWM Latham	264*	02	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
5	Taufeeq Umar	236	02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
6	UT Khawaja	232	01	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
7	MJ Slater	219	02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	08 Dec 1995
8	V Sehwag	201*	01	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
9	Abdullah Shafique	201	02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 23rd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated in the descending order of runs.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	380	01	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
2	DA Warner	335*	01	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
3	MA Taylor	334*	01	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	RB Simpson	311	01	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
5	WH Ponsford	266	01	Australia	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
6	DA Warner	253	01	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
7	JL Langer	250	01	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
8	SG Barnes	234	02	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
9	UT Khawaja	232	01	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
10	RB Simpson	225	02	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
11	MA Taylor	219	01	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
12	MJ Slater	219	02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	08 Dec 1995
13	JL Langer	215	01	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
14	WM Lawry	210	01	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
15	KR Stackpole	207	01	Australia	v England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
16	WA Brown	206*	02	Australia	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
17	AR Morris	206	01	Australia	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
18	WM Lawry	205	02	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
19	HL Collins	203	01	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
20	ML Hayden	203	01	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
21	RB Simpson	201	01	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
22	DC Boon	200	01	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	24 Nov 1989
23	DA Warner	200	02	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	UT Khawaja	232	01	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
2	MJ Slater	219	02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	08 Dec 1995

The following table lists the 16 occasions of opening batsmen scoring three hundred plus runs in a test innings.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	380	01	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
2	L Hutton	364	01	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
3	ST Jayasuriya	340	02	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
4	Hanif Mohammad	337	03	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
5	DA Warner	335*	01	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
6	MA Taylor	334*	01	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
7	GA Gooch	333	01	England	v India	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
8	CH Gayle	333	01	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010
9	A Sandham	325	01	England	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
10	V Sehwag	319	02	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
11	CH Gayle	317	02	West Indies	v South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
12	RB Simpson	311	01	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
13	JH Edrich	310*	01	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
14	V Sehwag	309	01	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004
15	Azhar Ali	302*	01	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016
16	LG Rowe	302	02	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974

MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka and V Sehwag of India are the two opening batsmen who have scored six double hundreds and share the record for most double hundreds in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu	249	02	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
2	MS Atapattu	223	01	Sri Lanks	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
3	MS Atapattu	216*	02	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
4	MS Atapattu	207*	01	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
5	MS Atapattu	201*	01	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001
6	MS Atapattu	201	02	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001

1	V Sehwag	319	02	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
2	V Sehwag	309	01	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004
3	V Sehwag	293	02	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
4	V Sehwag	254	02	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
5	V Sehwag	201*	01	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
6	V Sehwag	201	02	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005

Teams posting 650 plus runs in a test innings

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Australia posted a team total of 654 for 6 declared against Sri Lanka in the on-going test at Galle to provide the 66^th occasion of a team posting a total of 650 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	849	258.2	01	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	Australia	729/6d	232.0	02	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
3	Australia	695	256.1	02	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
4	Australia	701	171.2	01	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
5	England	658/8d	188.0	01	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
6	England	903/7d	335.2	01	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
7	England	654/05	218.2×8	04	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939
8	Australia	659/8d	173.0×8	02	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
9	Australia	674	151.3×8	01	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
10	West Indies	681/8d	198.4	01	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954
11	Australia	668	235.5	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
12	Australia	758/8d	245.4	02	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
13	Pakistan	657/8d	319.0	03	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
14	West Indies	790/3d	208.1	02	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
15	Australia	656/8d	255.5	01	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
16	Australia	650/6d	189.0	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
17	West Indies	652/8d	168.4	01	v England	Lord’s	23 Aug 1973
18	West Indies	687/8d	182.5	01	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
19	Pakistan	652	142.4	02	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
20	Pakistan	674/06	224.5	02	v India	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984
21	England	652/7d	175.0	02	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
22	India	676/07	167.1	02	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
23	Pakistan	708	220.3	01	v England	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
24	Pakistan	699/05	203.4	02	v India	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
25	England	653/4d	162.0	01	v India	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
26	New Zealand	671/04	220.3	03	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
27	Australia	653/4d	193.0	01	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
28	West Indies	660/5d	169.2	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995
29	West Indies	692/8d	163.0	02	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
30	Sri Lanka	952/6d	271.0	02	v India	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
31	India	657/7d	178.0	03	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001
32	Australia	652/7d	146.0	01	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002
33	South Africa	682/6d	177.0	02	v England	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
34	Australia	735/6d	146.3	01	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
35	South Africa	658/9d	166.2	02	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003
36	India	705/7d	187.3	01	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
37	India	675/5d	161.5	01	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004
38	West Indies	751/5d	202.0	01	v England	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
39	Sri Lanka	713/3d	165.3	02	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
40	West Indies	747	235.2	02	v South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
41	Pakistan	679/7d	143.3	01	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
42	Sri Lanka	756/5d	185.1	02	v South Africa	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
43	India	664	170.0	01	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
44	Pakistan	765/6d	248.5	02	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
45	West Indies	749/9d	194.4	02	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009
46	South Africa	651	154.3	02	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
47	Australia	674/6d	181.0	02	v England	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009
48	Sri Lanka	760/7d	202.4	02	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
49	India	726/9d	163.3	02	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
50	India	707	225.2	02	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
51	England	710/7d	188.1	02	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
52	Australia	659/4d	163.0	02	v India	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
53	Sri Lanka	730/6d	187.5	02	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	27 Jan 2014
54	New Zealand	680/8d	210.0	03	v India	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
55	New Zealand	690	143.1	02	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
56	India	759/7d	190.4	02	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
57	India	687/6d	166.0	01	v Bangladesh	Hyderabad	09 Feb 2017
58	Australia	662/9d	179.3	02	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017
59	Sri Lanka	713/9d	199.3	02	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018
60	New Zealand	715/6d	163.0	02	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
61	New Zealand	659/6d	158.5	02	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021
62	England	657	101.0	01	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022
63	Sri Lanka	704/3d	151.0	02	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023
64	England	823/7d	150.0	02	v Pakistan	Multan	07 Oct 2024
65	Afghanistan	699	197.0	02	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	26 Dec 2024
66	Australia	654/6d	154.0	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

Australia posted a team total of 654 for 6 declared against Sri Lanka in the on-going test at Galle to provide the sixth occasion of a team posting a total of 650 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	676/07	167.1	02	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
2	New Zealand	671/04	220.3	03	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
3	Pakistan	765/6d	248.5	02	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
4	India	726/9d	163.3	02	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
5	India	707	225.2	02	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
6	Australia	654/6d	154.0	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

Australia posted a team total of 654 for 6 declared against Sri Lanka in the on-going test at Galle to provide the 16^th occasion of Australia posting a total of 650 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	729/6d	232.0	02	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	Australia	695	256.1	02	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
3	Australia	701	171.2	01	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
4	Australia	659/8d	173.0×8	02	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
5	Australia	674	151.3×8	01	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
6	Australia	668	235.5	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
7	Australia	758/8d	245.4	02	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
8	Australia	656/8d	255.5	01	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
9	Australia	650/6d	189.0	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
10	Australia	653/4d	193.0	01	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
11	Australia	652/7d	146.0	01	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002
12	Australia	735/6d	146.3	01	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
13	Australia	674/6d	181.0	02	v England	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009
14	Australia	659/4d	163.0	02	v India	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
15	Australia	662/9d	179.3	02	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017
16	Australia	654/6d	154.0	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	654/6d	154.0	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

The following are the fourteen occasions of a team dismissed all out after posting 650 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list includes four occasions of Australia dismissed all out after posting 650 plus runs in an innings.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	849	258.2	01	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	Australia	695	256.1	02	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
3	Australia	701	171.2	01	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
4	Australia	674	151.3×8	01	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
5	Australia	668	235.5	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
6	Pakistan	652	142.4	02	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
7	Pakistan	708	220.3	01	v England	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
8	West Indies	747	235.2	02	v South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
9	India	664	170.0	01	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
10	South Africa	651	154.3	02	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
11	India	707	225.2	02	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
12	New Zealand	690	143.1	02	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
13	England	657	101.0	01	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022
14	Afghanistan	699	197.0	02	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	26 Dec 2024

The list includes four occasions of Australia dismissed all out after posting 650 plus runs in an innings.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	695	256.1	02	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
2	Australia	701	171.2	01	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	Australia	674	151.3×8	01	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
4	Australia	668	235.5	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955

Australian batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings

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UT Khawaja and SPD Smith posted 266 runs for the third wicket in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the 154^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WL Murdoch, HJH Scott	03	207	01	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
2	SE Gregory, GHS Trott	04	221	03	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1896
3	MJ Hartigan, C Hill	08	243	03	v England	Adelaide	10 Jan 1908
4	W Bardsley, C Hill	02	224	01	v South Africa	Sydney	09 Dec 1910
5	W Bardsley, C Kelleway	03	202	01	v South Africa	Manchester	27 May 1912
6	W Bardsley, C Kelleway	03	242	02	v South Africa	Lord’s	15 Jul 1912
7	HL Collins, JM Gregory	03	209	01	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
8	CG Macartney, WM Woodfull	02	235	01	v England	Leeds	10 Jul 1926
9	HSTL Hendry, WM Woodfull	02	215	03	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
10	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	02	231	02	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
11	DG Bradman, AF Kippax	03	229	01	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
12	DG Bradman, A Jackson	04	243	02	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
13	DG Bradman, WH Ponsford	02	229	01	v West Indies	Brisbane	16 Jan 1931
14	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	02	274	03	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931
15	DG Bradman, WH Ponsford	04	388	02	v England	Leeds	20 Jul 1934
16	DG Bradman, WH Ponsford	02	451	01	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
17	WA Brown, JHW Fingleton	01	233	01	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
18	DG Bradman, JHW Fingleton	06	346	03	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
19	DG Bradman, SJ McCabe	03	249	01	v England	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
20	DG Bradman, AL Hassett	03	276	01	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
21	SG Barnes, DG Bradman	05	405	02	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
22	DG Bradman, AR Morris	05	223*	03	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
23	SG Barnes, DG Bradman	02	236	01	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
24	DG Bradman, AR Morris	02	301	04	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
25	J Moroney, AR Morris	01	214	01	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
26	AL Hassett, KR Miller	04	235	02	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Nov 1951
27	AL Hassett, CC McDonald	02	275	01	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953
28	RN Harvey, AR Morris	03	202	01	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954
29	RN Harvey, KR Miller	03	224	01	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955
30	RG Archer, KR Miller	06	206	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
31	RN Harvey, CC McDonald	03	295	02	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
32	RG Archer, KR Miller	05	220	02	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
33	JW Burke, RN Harvey	02	204	02	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956
34	RN Harvey, NCL O’Neill	03	207	02	v India	Brabourne	01 Jan 1960
35	WM Lawry, IR Redpath	01	219	02	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
36	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	01	201	01	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
37	BC Booth, RB Simpson	05	219	01	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
38	BC Booth, RM Cowper	03	225	02	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965
39	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	01	382	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
40	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	01	244	02	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
41	RM Cowper, WM Lawry	03	212	02	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966
42	IM Chappell, WM Lawry	02	217	02	v West Indies	Brisbane	06 Dec 1968
43	IM Chappell, WM Lawry	02	298	02	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
44	WM Lawry, KD Walters	04	336	01	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
45	IR Redpath, KD Walters	04	210	03	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
46	KR Stackpole, KD Walters	03	209	01	v England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
47	GS Chappell, IR Redpath	06	219	02	v England	W.A.C.A	11 Dec 1970
48	IM Chappell, KR Stackpole	02	202	04	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1971
49	GS Chappell, IM Chappell	03	201	02	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
50	J Benaud, AP Sheahan	02	233	03	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972
51	GS Chappell, IM Chappell	03	264	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
52	GS Chappell, IR Redpath	02	220	03	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1975
53	IM Chappell, RB McCosker	02	277	01	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1975
54	GJ Gilmour, KD Walters	07	217	01	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977
55	CS Serjeant, GM Wood	04	251	04	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
56	AR Border, KJ Hughes	03	222	01	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
57	KJ Hughes, GN Yallop	03	206	01	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979
58	GS Chappell, GN Yallop	04	217	01	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
59	WB Phillips, GN Yallop	02	259	01	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983
60	KJ Hughes, GN Yallop	03	203	02	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
61	AR Border, GM Ritchie	05	216	02	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1985
62	DC Boon, GR Marsh	01	217	02	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
63	GRJ Matthews, GM Ritchie	05	213	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1986
64	SR Waugh, GM Wood	05	200	02	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	02 Dec 1988
65	AR Border, DM Jones	04	214	01	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989
66	GR Marsh, MA Taylor	01	329	01	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
67	DM Jones, SR Waugh	06	260*	03	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
68	DC Boon, MA Taylor	02	221	03	v India	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
69	AR Border, ME Waugh	05	204	01	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992
70	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	01	260	01	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
71	AR Border, SR Waugh	05	332*	01	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
72	DC Boon, MJ Slater	02	235	01	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993
73	AR Border, SR Waugh	05	208	01	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994
74	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	01	208	04	v England	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
75	GS Blewett, SR Waugh	06	203	03	v England	W.A.C.A	03 Feb 1995
76	ME Waugh, SR Waugh	04	231	02	v West Indies	Kingston	29 Apr 1995
77	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	01	228	02	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	08 Dec 1995
78	GS Blewett, SR Waugh	05	385	02	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997
79	MTG Elliott, RT Ponting	05	268	02	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
80	JL Langer, MA Taylor	02	279	01	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
81	RT Ponting, SR Waugh	05	281	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
82	GS Blewett, MJ Slater	01	269	02	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
83	AC Gilchrist, JL Langer	06	238	04	v Pakistan	Hobart	18 Nov 1999
84	JL Langer, RT Ponting	05	327	02	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999
85	RT Ponting, SR Waugh	05	239	01	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999
86	RT Ponting, ME Waugh	03	221	01	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001
87	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	224	01	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
88	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	223	01	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
89	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	202	02	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
90	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	219	01	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
91	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	06	317	01	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002
92	ML Hayden, RT Ponting	02	272	01	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
93	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	03	242	02	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002
94	JL Langer, RT Ponting	02	248	02	v West Indies	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003
95	DS Lehmann, RT Ponting	03	315	01	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
96	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	242	03	v West Indies	St John’s	09 May 2003
97	DS Lehmann, SR Waugh	04	250	02	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003
98	ML Hayden, SR Waugh	04	207	01	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
99	AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden	06	233	01	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	09 Oct 2003
100	ML Hayden, RT Ponting	02	234	02	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
101	DS Lehmann, DR Martyn	04	206	03	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004
102	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	03	200	03	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
103	SM Katich, JL Langer	06	218	03	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004
104	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	255	01	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
105	MJ Clarke, AC Gilchrist	06	216	02	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004
106	AC Gilchrist, SM Katich	07	212	02	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005
107	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	06	256	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 2005
108	ML Hayden, MEK Hussey	01	231	02	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
109	ML Hayden, RT Ponting	02	201	03	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
110	JN Gillespie, MEK Hussey	04	320	02	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006
111	MEK Hussey, RT Ponting	04	209	01	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
112	ML Hayden, A Symonds	06	279	02	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006
113	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	04	245	01	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
114	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	04	210	02	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
115	PA Jaques, SM Katich	01	223	03	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
116	SM Katich, RT Ponting	02	239	02	v England	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009
117	BJ Haddin, MJ North	06	200	02	v England	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009
118	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	04	352	01	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
119	MJ Clarke, MJ North	05	253	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010
120	BJ Haddin, MEK Hussey	06	307	02	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
121	MEK Hussey, SE Marsh	04	258	02	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	08 Sep 2011
122	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	04	288	02	v India	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
123	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	05	334*	02	v India	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
124	EJM Cowan, DA Warner	01	214	02	v India	W.A.C.A	13 Jan 2012
125	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	04	386	01	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
126	MJ Clarke, EJM Cowan	04	259	02	v South Africa	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
127	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	05	228	02	v South Africa	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
128	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	05	272	01	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
129	MJ Clarke, SPD Smith	04	214	01	v England	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
130	MJ Clarke, BJ Haddin	06	200	01	v England	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
131	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	05	233	01	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
132	AJ Doolan, DA Warner	02	205	03	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
133	CJL Rogers, DA Warner	01	200	01	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
134	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	02	284	01	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
135	JA Burns, DA Warner	01	237	03	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
136	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	02	302	01	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
137	SPD Smith, AC Voges	03	224	03	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
138	SE Marsh, AC Voges	04	449	01	v West Indies	Hobart	10 Dec 2015
139	JA Burns, UT Khawaja	02	258	01	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
140	SPD Smith, AC Voges	04	223*	01	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
141	JA Burns, SPD Smith	03	289	02	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
142	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	02	246	02	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016
143	MR Marsh, SPD Smith	05	301	02	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017
144	JA Burns, TM Head	04	308	01	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
145	JA Burns, DA Warner	01	222	02	v Pakistan	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019
146	M Labuschagne, DA Warner	02	361	01	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
147	M Labuschagne, SPD Smith	03	251	01	v West Indies	Perth	30 Nov 2022
148	TM Head, M Labuschagne	04	297	01	v West Indies	Adelaide	08 Dec 2022
149	SPD Smith, DA Warner	03	239	02	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022
150	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	209	01	v South Africa	Sydney	04 Jan 2023
151	C Green, UT Khawaja	05	208	01	v India	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023
152	TM Head, SPD Smith	04	285	01	v India	The Oval	07 Jun 2023
153	TM Head, SPD Smith	04	241	01	v India	Brisbane	14 Dec 2024
154	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	266	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

UT Khawaja and SPD Smith posted 266 runs for the third wicket in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the eleventh occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings. against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DM Jones, SR Waugh	06	260*	03	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
2	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	01	228	02	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	08 Dec 1995
3	DS Lehmann, DR Martyn	04	206	03	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004
4	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	03	200	03	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
5	SM Katich, JL Langer	06	218	03	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004
6	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	255	01	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
7	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	04	245	01	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
8	MEK Hussey, SE Marsh	04	258	02	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	08 Sep 2011
9	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	02	246	02	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016
10	JA Burns, TM Head	04	308	01	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
11	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	266	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

UT Khawaja and SPD Smith posted 266 runs for the third wicket in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the 29^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WL Murdoch, HJH Scott	03	207	01	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
2	W Bardsley, C Kelleway	03	202	01	v South Africa	Manchester	27 May 1912
3	W Bardsley, C Kelleway	03	242	02	v South Africa	Lord’s	15 Jul 1912
4	HL Collins, JM Gregory	03	209	01	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
5	DG Bradman, AF Kippax	03	229	01	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
6	DG Bradman, SJ McCabe	03	249	01	v England	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
7	DG Bradman, AL Hassett	03	276	01	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
8	RN Harvey, AR Morris	03	202	01	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954
9	RN Harvey, KR Miller	03	224	01	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955
10	RN Harvey, CC McDonald	03	295	02	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
11	RN Harvey, NCL O’Neill	03	207	02	v India	Brabourne	01 Jan 1960
12	BC Booth, RM Cowper	03	225	02	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965
13	RM Cowper, WM Lawry	03	212	02	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966
14	KR Stackpole, KD Walters	03	209	01	v England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
15	GS Chappell, IM Chappell	03	201	02	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
16	GS Chappell, IM Chappell	03	264	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
17	AR Border, KJ Hughes	03	222	01	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
18	KJ Hughes, GN Yallop	03	206	01	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979
19	KJ Hughes, GN Yallop	03	203	02	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
20	RT Ponting, ME Waugh	03	221	01	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001
21	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	03	242	02	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002
22	DS Lehmann, RT Ponting	03	315	01	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
23	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	03	200	03	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
24	SPD Smith, AC Voges	03	224	03	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
25	JA Burns, SPD Smith	03	289	02	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
26	M Labuschagne, SPD Smith	03	251	01	v West Indies	Perth	30 Nov 2022
27	SPD Smith, DA Warner	03	239	02	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022
28	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	209	01	v South Africa	Sydney	04 Jan 2023
29	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	266	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	03	200	03	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
2	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	266	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025

UT Khawaja and SPD Smith posted 266 runs for the third wicket in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the 55th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 250 plus runs partnership in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman, WH Ponsford	02	451	01	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
2	SE Marsh, AC Voges	04	449	01	v West Indies	Hobart	10 Dec 2015
3	SG Barnes, DG Bradman	05	405	02	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
4	DG Bradman, WH Ponsford	04	388	02	v England	Leeds	20 Jul 1934
5	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	04	386	01	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
6	GS Blewett, SR Waugh	05	385	02	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997
7	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	01	382	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
8	M Labuschagne, DA Warner	02	361	01	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
9	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	04	352	01	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
10	DG Bradman, JHW Fingleton	06	346	03	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
11	WM Lawry, KD Walters	04	336	01	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
12	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	05	334*	02	v India	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
13	AR Border, SR Waugh	05	332*	01	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
14	GR Marsh, MA Taylor	01	329	01	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
15	JL Langer, RT Ponting	05	327	02	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999
16	JN Gillespie, MEK Hussey	04	320	02	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006
17	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	06	317	01	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002
18	DS Lehmann, RT Ponting	03	315	01	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
19	JA Burns, TM Head	04	308	01	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
20	BJ Haddin, MEK Hussey	06	307	02	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
21	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	02	302	01	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 2015
22	DG Bradman, AR Morris	02	301	04	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
23	MR Marsh, SPD Smith	05	301	02	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017
24	IM Chappell, WM Lawry	02	298	02	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
25	TM Head, M Labuschagne	04	297	01	v West Indies	Adelaide	08 Dec 2022
26	RN Harvey, CC McDonald	03	295	02	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
27	JA Burns, SPD Smith	03	289	02	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
28	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	04	288	02	v India	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
29	TM Head, SPD Smith	04	285	01	v India	The Oval	07 Jun 2023
30	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	02	284	01	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
31	RT Ponting, SR Waugh	05	281	01	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
32	JL Langer, MA Taylor	02	279	01	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
33	ML Hayden, A Symonds	06	279	02	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006
34	IM Chappell, RB McCosker	02	277	01	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1975
35	DG Bradman, AL Hassett	03	276	01	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
36	AL Hassett, CC McDonald	02	275	01	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953
37	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	02	274	03	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931
38	ML Hayden, RT Ponting	02	272	01	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
39	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	05	272	01	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
40	GS Blewett, MJ Slater	01	269	02	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
41	MTG Elliott, RT Ponting	05	268	02	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
42	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	03	266	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025
43	GS Chappell, IM Chappell	03	264	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
44	DM Jones, SR Waugh	06	260*	03	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
45	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	01	260	01	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
46	WB Phillips, GN Yallop	02	259	01	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983
47	MJ Clarke, EJM Cowan	04	259	02	v South Africa	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
48	MEK Hussey, SE Marsh	04	258	02	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	08 Sep 2011
49	JA Burns, UT Khawaja	02	258	01	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
50	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	06	256	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 2005
51	ML Hayden, JL Langer	01	255	01	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
52	MJ Clarke, MJ North	05	253	01	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010
53	CS Serjeant, GM Wood	04	251	04	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
54	M Labuschagne, SPD Smith	03	251	01	v West Indies	Perth	30 Nov 2022
55	DS Lehmann, SR Waugh	04	250	02	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003

Batsmen who have scored 35 or more centuries in the annals of test cricket – SPD Smith joins the elite list

29/01/2025 hrg

SPD Smith of Australia scored 104 not out at the end of the first day’s play against Sri Lanka at Galle In the on-going first test to post his 35^th century in tests. He became the seventh batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 35 plus centuries. The following table lists all these batsmen. He went past four batsmen – BC Lara, DPMD Jayawardene. SM Gavaskar and Younis Khan – who have scored 34 centuries in the annals of test cricket.

Player

Team

Span

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

SR Tendulkar

Ind

1989-2013

200

329

15921

248*

53.78

JH Kallis

SAF

1995-2013

166

280

13289

224

55.37

RT Ponting

Aus

1995-2012

168

287

13378

257

51.85

KC Sangakkara

Srl

2000-2015

134

233

12400

319

57.40

R Dravid

Ind

1996-2012

164

286

13288

270

52.31

JE Root

Eng

2012-2024

152

278

12972

262

50.87

SPD Smith

Aus

2010-2025

115

205

10103

239

56.44

Player

Team

Span

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

BC Lara

Win

1990-2006

131

232

11953

400*

52.88

M Jayawardene

Srl

1997-2014

149

252

11814

374

49.84

SM Gavaskar

Ind

1971-1987

125

214

10122

236*

51.12

Younis Khan

Pak

2000-2017

118

213

10099

313

52.05

SPD Smith of Australia joins the elite club of “Ten thousand test runs” in the annals of test cricket

29/01/2025 hrg

SPD Smith oF Australia who was stranded on 9999 test runs at the end of recently concluded test series against India in Australia duly completed 10000 test runs when he was one during his knock of 104 not out at the end of the first day’s play against Sri Lanka at Galle In the on-going first test. His run aggregate read 10103 at the end of the first day’s play. He became the 15^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to complete 10000 test runs. The following table lists all these batsmen

Player

Team

Span

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

SR Tendulkar

Ind

1989-2013

200

329

15921

248*

53.78

RT Ponting

Aus

1995-2012

168

287

13378

257

51.85

JH Kallis

SAF

1995-2013

166

280

13289

224

55.37

R Dravid

Ind

1996-2012

164

286

13288

270

52.31

JE Root

Eng

2012-2024

152

278

12972

262

50.87

AN Cook

Eng

2006-2018

161

291

12472

294

45.35

KC Sangakkara

Srl

2000-2015

134

233

12400

319

57.40

BC Lara

Win

1990-2006

131

232

11953

400*

52.88

S Chanderpaul

Win

1994-2015

164

280

11867

203*

51.37

M Jayawardene

Srl

1997-2014

149

252

11814

374

49.84

AR Border

Aus

1978-1994

156

265

11174

205

50.56

SR Waugh

Aus

1985-2004

168

260

10927

200

51.06

SM Gavaskar

Ind

1971-1987

125

214

10122

236*

51.12

SPD Smith

Aus

2010-2025

115

205

10103

239

56.44

Younis Khan

Pak

2000-2017

118

213

10099

313

52.05

He also became the fourth Australian batsmen to reach the land mark of 10000 test runs.

Player

Team

Span

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

RT Ponting

Aus

1995-2012

168

287

13378

257

51.85

AR Border

Aus

1978-1994

156

265

11174

205

50.56

SR Waugh

Aus

1985-2004

168

260

10927

200

51.06

SPD Smith

Aus

2010-2025

115

205

10103

239

56.44

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