Batsmen dismissed hit wicket after scoring a three figure innings in a test innings
Test cricket has witnessed only two batsmen – WH Ponsford and SFAF Bacchus – dismissed hit wicket after scoring 250 plus runs. WH Ponsford of Australia was dismissed hit wicket against England at The Oval in August 1934 after scoring 266 runs while SFAF Bacchus of West Indies was dismissed hit wicket against India at Kanpur in Feb 1979.
There are twelve occasion s of batsmen dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century – scores between 100 and 199 – and are listed below. VVS Laxman is the only Indian batsman in this twelve batsmen list. He is the only batsman to be dismissed hit wicket in a test innings with a three figure innings to his credit against West Indies
Only three batsmen – WA Hadlee of New Zealand, CG Borde of India and RW Marsh of Australia – have been dismissed hit wicket in nineties. RW Marsh remains the only wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed hit wicket in a test innings in nineties.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Yr |
| 1 | WH Ponsford | 266 | 1 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1934 |
| 2 | SFAF Bacchus | 250 | 2 | Win | Ind | Kanpur | Feb 1979 |
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Yr |
| 1 | AC MacLaren | 120 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | Mar 1895 |
| 2 | JB Hobbs | 187 | 1 | Eng | SAF | Cape Town | Mar 1910 |
| 3 | WH Ponsford | 181 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | Jul 1934 |
| 4 | DG Bradman | 185 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Brisbane | Nov 1947 |
| 5 | DCS Compton | 184 | 3 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | Jun 1948 |
| 6 | AJ Watkins | 111 | 1 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | Feb 1949 |
| 7 | PBH May | 112 | 3 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | Jun 1955 |
| 8 | GP Thorpe | 119 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Auckland | Jan 1997 |
| 9 | VVS Laxman | 130 | 1 | Ind | Win | St John’s | May 2002 |
| 10 | BC Lara | 110 | 3 | Win | Aus | Georgetown | Apr 2003 |
| 11 | Ahmed Shehzad | 176 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Abu Dhabi | Nov 2014 |
| 12 | PSP Handscomb | 110 | 1 | Aus | Pak | Sydney | Jan 2017 |
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Yr |
| 1 | WA Hadlee | 93 | 2 | NZl | Eng | Manchester | Jul 1937 |
| 2 | CG Borde | 96 | 3 | Ind | Win | Delhi | Feb 1959 |
| 3 | RW Marsh | 97 | 1 | Aus | Win | Kingston | Feb 1973 |