List of Test cricket triple centuries


A triple century in Test cricket has been scored on 31 occasions by 27 different batsmen from eight of the twelve Test-cricket playing nations. No player from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ireland or Zimbabwe has scored 300. The frequency of a batsman scoring a Test triple century is slightly lower than that of a bowler taking a Test hat-trick.

History

The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against the West Indies in 1930 in the first Test series hosted in the West Indies. The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932–33. The fastest Test triple-century by number of balls faced, where that figure is recorded, is Virender Sehwag's 278-ball triple century for India against South Africa in the first Test of the Future Cup in Chennai in 2008.
Donald Bradman, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag, and Chris Gayle are the only batsmen to reach 300 more than once. Lara's 400 not out against England in 2004, his second Test triple-century, is the highest score in Test cricket and the only instance of a Test quadruple century; Lara is also the only player to have surpassed 350 twice. Bradman also scored 299 not out against South Africa in 1932. Sehwag also scored 293 off 254 balls in the third Test between Sri Lanka and India in December 2009. On an all-round note, Gooch, Jayasuriya and Clarke are the only triple centurions to have also bowled and taken wickets in the same match as scoring a 300: there has not yet been a triple centurion who kept wicket in the same match
The two cricket grounds with the most triple centuries scored at them are Headingley in Leeds, England, and the Antigua Recreation Ground in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, both with three. The most triple centuries scored by players from one country is eight, by Australia.

Triple centuries and above

Key

NoScoreBatsmanForAgainstInningsTestGroundDateNote
1' 1st Sabina Park, Kingston3 4 1930
2' 1st Headingley, Leeds11 7 1930
3' 1st Eden Park, Auckland31 3 1933
4'1st Headingley, Leeds20 7 1934
5' 1st The Oval, London20 8 1938
6'Hanif Mohammad2nd Kensington Oval, Bridgetown17 1 1958
7' 1st Sabina Park, Kingston26 2 1958
8'1st Old Trafford, Manchester23 7 1964
9'1st Headingley, Leeds8 7 1965
10'1st Melbourne Cricket Ground11 2 1966
11'1st Kensington Oval, Bridgetown6 3 1974
12'1st Lord's Cricket Ground, London26 7 1990
13' 1st Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's16 4 1994
14'1st R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo2 8 1997
15'1st Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar15 10 1998
16'Inzamam-ul-Haq1st Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore1 5 2002
17' 1st WACA Ground, Perth9 10 2003
18'1st Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan28 3 2004
19' 1st Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's10 4 2004
20'1st Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's29 4 2005
21'1st Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo27 7 2006
22'1st M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai26 3 2008
23'1st National Stadium, Karachi21 2 2009
24'1st Galle International Stadium15 11 2010
25*1st Sydney Cricket Ground03 01 2012
26'1st The Oval, London19 07 2012
27'1st Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong05 02 2014
28'2nd Basin Reserve, Wellington18 02 2014
29'1st Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai13 10 2016
30'1st M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai16 12 2016
31'David Warner1st Adelaide Oval, Australia30 November 2019

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