List Of Test Cricket Triple Centuries
A triple century (an individual score of 300 or more) in Test cricket has been scored on 26 occasions by 22 different batsmen from seven of the ten Test-cricket playing nations. No player from Bangladesh, New Zealand or Zimbabwe has scored 300, although Martin Crowe of New Zealand was dismissed for 299 in a match against Sri Lanka in 1991.
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 most recent Test triple century was made by Hashim Amla in the England vs. South Africa test match at the Oval from July 19-23, 2012. The frequency of a batsman scoring a Test triple century is slightly less than that of a bowler taking a Test hat-trick (27 triple centuries versus 39 hat-tricks as of July 2012). 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.
Brian Lara and Chris Gayle of the West Indies, Donald Bradman of Australia and Virender Sehwag of India 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 reached 290 three times: he scored 293 off 254 balls in the third Test between Sri Lanka and India in December 2009.
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, which have both had three triple centuries scored at them. The most triple centuries from one country is seven, by Australia.
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