Test Cricket Triple Centuries List

Test cricket is the longest format of game and scoring a triple hundred in it isn’t an easy job. Eventually lots of players struggle to score ton. A triple hundred means a batsman scores three hundred individual runs in a single test match innings. First ever batsman to score a triple century was English batsman Andy Sandham who smashed 325 runs against West Indies on 3 April, 1930 at Sabina Park in Kingston.

Facts on test cricket triple centuries

1. A total of 30 triple centuries have been scored in the history of test cricket.

2. There are 4 batsmen in the cricket world who have scored triple century twice. Brian Lara (West Indies), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Don Bradman (Australia) and Virender Sehwag (India) have scored triple hundreds on 2-2 occasions each.

3. Brian Charles Lara is the only cricketer who has scored 400 runs in an innings of test cricket. This score of his, is the highest run scorer in test cricket till date.

4. Indian Cricketer Virender Sehwag scored the fastest triple ton of cricket. He smashed 300 runs in 278 balls versus South Africa in 2008.

5. Australia is the most successful country in this list as 7 times an Australian batsman made 300+ runs in tests.

6. St Johns’ Antigua Recreation Ground and Leeds’ Headingley stadium have seen most test triple centuries as on 3-3 occasions each, batsmen scored tons on these venues.

List of Triple Centuries in Tests

No.	Batsman	Score	Team	Versus	Venue	Date
30	Karun Nair	303*	India	England	M. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	19 December 2016
29	Azhar Ali	302*	Pakistan	West Indies	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	13 October 2016
28	Brendon McCullum	302	New Zealand	India	Basin Reserve, Wellington	18 February 2014
27	Kumar Sangakkara	319	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	5 February 2014
26	Hashim Amla	311*	South Africa	England	The Oval, London	19 July 2012
25	Michael Clarke	329*	Australia	India	Sydney Cricket Ground	3 January 2012
24	Chris Gayle	333	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	15 November 2010
23	Younis Khan	313	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	National Stadium, Karachi	21 February 2009
22	Virender Sehwag	319	India	South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	26 March 2008
21	Mahela Jayawardene	374	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sinhalese S.C., Colombo	27 July 2006
20	Chris Gayle	317	West Indies	South Africa	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John’s	29 April 2005
19	Brian Lara	400*	West Indies	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John’s	10 April 2004
18	Virender Sehwag	309	India	Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium	28 March 2004
17	Matthew Hayden	380	Australia	Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth	9 October 2003
16	Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	Pakistan	New Zealand	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	1 May 2002
15	Mark Taylor	334*	Australia	Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	15 October 1998
14	Sanath Jayasuriya	340	Sri Lanka	India	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	2 August 1997
13	Brian Lara	375	West Indies	England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John’s	16 April 1994
12	Graham Gooch	333	England	India	Lord’s Cricket Ground, London	26 July 1990
11	Lawrence Rowe	302	West Indies	England	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	6 March 1974
10	Bob Cowper	307	Australia	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	11 February 1966
9	John Edrich	310*	England	New Zealand	Headingley, Leeds	8 July 1965
8	Bob Simpson	311	Australia	England	Old Trafford, Manchester	23 July 1964
7	Garfield Sobers	365*	West Indies	Pakistan	Sabina Park, Kingston	26 February 1958
6	Hanif Mohammad	337	Pakistan	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	17 January 1958
5	Len Hutton	364	England	Australia	The Oval, London	20 August 1938
4	Donald Bradman	304	Australia	England	Headingley, Leeds	20 July 1934
3	Wally Hammond	336*	England	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	31 March 1933
2	Donald Bradman	334	Australia	England	Headingley, Leeds	11 July 1930
1	Andy Sandham	325	England	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	3 April 1930

Most Triple Hundreds by a Batsman

Batsman	Country	No. of Triple Hundreds	Scores (Latest to First)
Brian Lara	West Indies	2	400*, 375
Chris Gayle	West Indies	2	333, 317
Donald Bradman	Australia	2	304, 334
Virender Sehwag	India	2	319, 309