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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

30/01/2025 hrg

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

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

Bowlers capturing 19 plus wickets in a two test series

28/01/2025 hrg

JA Warrican of West Indies captured 19 wickets against Pakistan in the just concluded test series to provide the 19^th occasion of a bowler capturing 19 plus wickets in a two test series in the annals of a test series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Series	Venue	M	I	Balls	Runs	W
1	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2014	Srl Lanka	2	4	742	348	23
2	M Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2006	Sri Lanka	2	4	978	397	22
3	NM Lyon	Australia	Bangladesh	2017	Bangladesh	2	4	803	315	22
4	J Briggs	England	South Africa	1888-89	South Africa	2	4	391	101	21
5	A Kumble	India	Pakistan	1998-99	India	2	4	587	312	21
6	IK Pathan	India	Zimbabwe	2005	Zimbabwe	2	4	391	237	21
7	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	India	1998-99	India	2	4	899	403	20
8	DL Vettori	New Zealand	Bangladesh	2004-05	Bangladesh	2	4	670	224	20
9	DW Steyn	South Africa	New Zealand	2007-08	South Africa	2	4	336	184	20
10	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2012-13	Sri Lanka	2	4	708	278	20
11	Noman Ali	Pakistan	England	2024-25	Pakistan	2	4	545	277	20
12	RW Price	Zimbabwe	West Indies	2003-04	Zimbabwe	2	4	836	396	19
13	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	England	2011-12	Sri Lanka	2	4	714	341	19
14	S Shillingford	West Indies	Zimbabwe	2012-13	West Indies	2	4	449	200	19
15	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	Bangladesh	England	2016-17	Bangladesh	2	4	656	297	19
16	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2016-17	Zimbabwe	2	4	696	287	19
17	G Motie	West Indies	Zimbabwe	2022-23	Zimbabwe	2	4	536	259	19
18	Sajid Khan	Pakistan	England	2024-25	Pakistan	2	4	544	401	19
19	JA Warrican	West Indies	Pakistan	2024-25	Pakistan	2	4	431	171	19

JA Warrican of West Indies captured 19 wickets against Pakistan in the just concluded test series to provide the third occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing 19 plus wickets in a two test series in the annals of a test series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Series	Venue	M	I	Balls	Runs	W
1	S Shillingford	West Indies	Zimbabwe	2012-13	West Indies	2	4	449	200	19
2	G Motie	West Indies	Zimbabwe	2022-23	Zimbabwe	2	4	536	259	19
3	JA Warrican	West Indies	Pakistan	2024-25	Pakistan	2	4	431	171	19

JA Warrican of West Indies captured 19 wickets against Pakistan in the just concluded test series to provide the third occasion of a bowler capturing 19 plus wickets in a two test series against Pakistan in the annals of a test series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Series	Venue	M	I	Balls	Runs	W
1	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2014	Srl Lanka	2	4	742	348	23
2	A Kumble	India	Pakistan	1998-99	India	2	4	587	312	21
3	JA Warrican	West Indies	Pakistan	2024-25	Pakistan	2	4	431	171	19

HMRKB Herath has captured 19 or more wickets in a two test series on four occasions. His feat is tabulated below. He also holds the record for most wickets in a two test series. He captured 23 wickets against Pakistan in 2014 series played in Sri Lanka

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Series	Venue	M	I	Balls	Runs	W
1	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2014	Srl Lanka	2	4	742	348	23
2	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2012-13	Sri Lanka	2	4	708	278	20
3	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	England	2011-12	Sri Lanka	2	4	714	341	19
4	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2016-17	Zimbabwe	2	4	696	287	19

India-Pakistan 1998-99 two test series played in India witnessed rival bowlers capturing 20 or more wickets. A Kumble captured 21 wickets for India, while Saqlain Mushtaq captured 20 wickets for Pakistan. This series remains the only two test series in which rival bowlers accounted for 20 or more wickets.

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Series	Venue	M	I	Balls	Runs	W
1	A Kumble	India	Pakistan	1998-99	India	2	4	587	312	21
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	India	1998-99	India	2	4	899	403	20

Sri Lanka is the only team to have five occasions of bowlers capturing 19 plus wickets in a two test series. The following table lists the five occasions.

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Series	Venue	M	I	Balls	Runs	W
1	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2014	Srl Lanka	2	4	742	348	23
2	M Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2006	Sri Lanka	2	4	978	397	22
3	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2012-13	Sri Lanka	2	4	708	278	20
4	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	England	2011-12	Sri Lanka	2	4	714	341	19
5	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2016-17	Zimbabwe	2	4	696	287	19

West Indian bowler’s five wicket hauls in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause

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JA Warrican of West Indies captured five for 27 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test at Multan against Pakistan in a winning cause to provide the 361^st occasion of a bowler’s five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test in winning cause. It also provides the 33^rd occasion of a West Indian bowler’s five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test in winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	LN Constantine	40.0	17	87	5	4	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
2	S Ramadhin	72.0	43	86	6	4	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1950
3	S Ramadhin	24.5	11	26	5	4	v India	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953
4	ESM Kentish	29.0	11	49	5	4	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954
5	WW Hall	32.0	12	76	5	4	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
6	LR Gibbs	26.0×8	05	66	5	4	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961
7	GS Sobers	32.0	09	63	5	4	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962
8	LR Gibbs	22.2	09	29	6	4	v Australia	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965
9	GS Sobers	33.6×8	12	73	6	4	v Australia	Brisbane	06 Dec 1968
10	KD Boyce	21.1	04	77	6	4	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
11	VA Holder	20.1	06	39	6	4	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975
12	AME Roberts	20.5	08	37	6	4	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
13	MA Holding	20.4	06	57	6	4	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
14	DR Parry	10.4	04	15	5	4	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978
15	MA Holding	13.0	02	43	5	4	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984
16	MD Marshall	15.5	04	38	5	4	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984
17	BP Patterson	15.1	03	39	5	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988
18	MD Marshall	19.5	02	55	6	4	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989
19	CEL Ambrose	22.4	10	45	8	4	v England	Bridgetown	05 Apr 1990
20	CEL Ambrose	24.4	07	34	6	4	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
21	CL Hooper	11.5	03	40	5	4	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
22	CEL Ambrose	10.0	01	24	6	4	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994
23	KCG Benjamin	17.0	03	65	5	4	v India	Mohali	10 Dec 1994
24	CH Gayle	18.3	03	91	5	4	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
25	DJG Sammy	17.0	07	29	5	4	v Pakistan	Providence	12 May 2011
26	D Bishoo	25.0	06	90	5	4	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011
27	TL Best	12.3	02	24	5	4	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	13 Nov 2012
28	SJ Benn	32.0	06	72	5	4	v Bangladesh	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014
29	ST Gabriel	11.0	04	11	5	4	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
30	JO Holder	13.0	03	59	6	4	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018
31	RL Chase	21.4	02	60	8	4	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019
32	S Joseph	11.5	00	68	7	4	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Jan 2024
33	JA Warrican	16.0	04	27	5	4	v Pakistan	Multan	25 Jan 2025

JA Warrican of West Indies captured five for 27 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test at Multan against Pakistan in a winning cause to provide the 28th occasion of a bowler’s five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test in winning cause against Pakistan. It also provides the fifth occasion of a West Indian bowler’s five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test in winning cause against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CL Hooper	11.5	03	40	5	4	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
2	CH Gayle	18.3	03	91	5	4	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
3	DJG Sammy	17.0	07	29	5	4	v Pakistan	Providence	12 May 2011
4	ST Gabriel	11.0	04	11	5	4	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
5	JA Warrican	16.0	04	27	5	4	v Pakistan	Multan	25 Jan 2025

Pakistan bowler’s six plus wickets in a test innings in a losing cause

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Noman Ali’s 6 for 41 against West Indies at Multan in the recently concluded test was in vain to provide the 27^th occasion of a Pakistan bowler’s six plus wickets in an innings going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Oppoisition	Ground	Date
1	Pervez Sajjad	40.0	15	074	7	2	v New Zealand	Lahore	30 Oct 1969
2	Imran Khan	18.0	02	090	6	1	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Apr 1977
3	Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	040	6	3	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979
4	Iqbal Qasim	32.2	05	089	6	3	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980
5	Imran Khan	25.3	11	052	7	1	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
6	Wasim Akram	30.0	09	062	6	1	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
7	Waqar Younis	19.0	01	078	6	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994
8	Mushtaq Ahmed	32.0	08	084	6	3	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996
9	Waqar Younis	23.0	06	078	6	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998
10	Saqlain Mushtaq	24.0	08	046	6	2	v Australia	Hobart	18 Nov 1999
11	Wasim Akram	26.2	07	061	6	2	v West Indies	St John’s	25 May 2000
12	Danish Kaneria	49.3	07	188	7	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
13	Mohammad Asif	20.0	06	041	6	1	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
14	Mohammad Amir	28.0	06	084	6	1	v England	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
15	Saeed Ajmal	23.5	06	042	6	3	v West Indies	Providence	12 May 2011
16	Saeed Ajmal	42.0	09	096	6	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013
17	Rahat Ali	27.2	01	127	6	1	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
18	Saeed Ajmal	55.5	08	151	6	2	v South Africa	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013
19	Yasir Shah	41.3	05	096	6	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015
20	Yasir Shah	39.5	12	094	7	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
21	Yasir Shah	55.5	09	184	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	06 Oct 2017
22	Abrar Ahmed	22.0	01	114	7	1	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022
23	Aamer Jamal	20.2	01	111	6	1	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2023
24	Aamer Jamal	21.4	02	069	6	2	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2024
25	Khurram Shahzad	21.0	03	090	6	2	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	30 Aug 2024
26	Mohammad Abbas	19.3	06	054	6	4	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2024
27	Noman Ali	15.1	03	041	6	1	v West Indies	Multan	25 Jan 2025

Noman Ali’s 6 for 41 against West Indies at Multan in the recently concluded test was in vain to provide the sixth occasion of a Pakistan bowler’s six plus wickets in an innings against West Indies going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Oppoisition	Ground	Date
1	Imran Khan	18.0	02	090	6	1	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Apr 1977
2	Iqbal Qasim	32.2	05	089	6	3	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980
3	Wasim Akram	26.2	07	061	6	2	v West Indies	St John’s	25 May 2000
4	Saeed Ajmal	23.5	06	042	6	3	v West Indies	Providence	12 May 2011
5	Yasir Shah	39.5	12	094	7	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
6	Noman Ali	15.1	03	041	6	1	v West Indies	Multan	25 Jan 2025

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