Chris Gayle earned distinction as the only batsman to register a triple hundred when his other opening partner failed to open his account in the annals of test cricket. He achieved the feat in the test match between West Indies and South Africa at Antigua in 2004-05. His feat provided the fifth such instance of an opener registering a double hundred while his partner failed to open his account in the annals of test cricket. The five instances arranged in the descending order of the runs scored are as under.

No	Batsman	Runs	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Season
1	WWHinds	0	CHGayle	317	Win	SAF	Antigue	2004	05
2	MSAtapattu	0	SJayasuriya	253	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	2004	05
3	KAArcher	0	ARMorris	206	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1950	51
4	NSSidhu	0	RJShastri	206	Aus	Win	Sydney	1991	92
5	VVSLaxman	0	NSSidhu	201	Ind	Win	Trinidad	1996	97