List of Test cricket triple centuries

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Australian Donald Bradman is one of only two players in the history of cricket to have scored 300 or more runs in a single Test match innings on more than one occasion. The other is Brian Lara of the West Indies.
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Australian Donald Bradman is one of only two players in the history of cricket to have scored 300 or more runs in a single Test match innings on more than one occasion. The other is Brian Lara of the West Indies.

This list of Test cricket triple centuries shows all instances where a batsman has scored 300 runs or more in a single innings in Test cricket, a feat achieved on 21 occasions by 19 different batsmen from six of the ten Test-cricket playing nations. No player from Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa or Zimbabwe has ever scored 300, although Martin Crowe of New Zealand was once dismissed for 299 in a match against Sri Lanka in 1991.

The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against West Indies in 1930, and the most recent was scored by Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka against South Africa in 2006. The probability of a batsman scoring a Test triple century is comparable to that of a bowler taking a Test hat-trick.

Brian Lara of the West Indies and Donald Bradman of Australia are the only batsmen to reach 300 more than once. Bradman also scored 299 not out against South Africa in 1932. 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.

List of triple centuries

Score Batsman For Against Inn. Test At Date
400* Brian Lara   West Indies England  England 1st 4th St John's 10, 11, 12 April 2004
380 Matthew Hayden Australia  Australia Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 1st 1st Perth 9, 10 October 2003
375 Brian Lara   West Indies England  England 1st 5th St John's 16, 17, 18 April 1994
374 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka South Africa  South Africa 1st 1st Colombo 27, 28, 29 July 2006
365* Garfield Sobers   West Indies Pakistan  Pakistan 1st 3rd Kingston 27, 28 February, 1 March 1958
364 Len Hutton England  England Australia  Australia 1st 5th The Oval 20, 22, 23 August 1938
340 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka India India 1st 1st Colombo 3, 4, 5, 6 August 1997
337 Hanif Mohammad Pakistan  Pakistan   West Indies 2nd 1st Bridgetown 20, 21, 22, 23 January 1958
336* Wally Hammond England  England New Zealand  New Zealand 1st 2nd Auckland 31 March, 1 April 1933
334* Mark Taylor Australia  Australia Pakistan  Pakistan 1st 2nd Peshawar 15, 16 October 1998
334 Donald Bradman Australia  Australia England  England 1st 3rd Leeds 11, 12 July 1930
333 Graham Gooch England  England India India 1st 1st Lord's 26, 27 July 1990
329 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan  Pakistan New Zealand  New Zealand 1st 1st Lahore 1, 2 May 2002
325 Andy Sandham England  England   West Indies 1st 4th Kingston 3, 4, 5 April 1930
317 Chris Gayle   West Indies South Africa  South Africa 1st 4th St John's 1, 2 May 2005
311 Bob Simpson Australia  Australia England  England 1st 4th Manchester 23, 24, 25 July 1964
310* John Edrich England  England New Zealand  New Zealand 1st 3rd Leeds 8, 9 July 1965
309 Virender Sehwag India India Pakistan  Pakistan 1st 1st Multan 28, 29 March 2004
307 Bob Cowper Australia  Australia England  England 1st 5th Melbourne 12, 14, 16 February 1966
304 Donald Bradman Australia  Australia England  England 1st 4th Leeds 21, 23 July 1934
302 Lawrence Rowe   West Indies England  England 1st 3rd Bridgetown 7, 9, 10 March 1974
* denotes that a batsman was "not out"
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