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Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in an innings

Most runs in an innings

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BC Lara	400*	778	582	43	4	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
ML Hayden	380	622	437	38	11	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
BC Lara	375	766	538	45	0	West Indies	v England	St John's	16 Apr 1994	Test # 1259
DPMD Jayawardene	374	752	572	43	1	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
GS Sobers	365*	614	-	38	0	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
L Hutton	364	797	847	35	0	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
ST Jayasuriya	340	799	578	36	2	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
Hanif Mohammad	337	970	-	24	0	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
WR Hammond	336*	318	-	34	10	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	31 Mar 1933	Test # 226
MA Taylor	334*	720	564	32	1	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998	Test # 1426
DG Bradman	334	383	448	46	0	Australia	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930	Test # 196
GA Gooch	333	628	485	43	3	England	v India	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	579	436	38	9	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	1 May 2002	Test # 1600
A Sandham	325	600	640	28	0	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
V Sehwag	319	530	304	42	5	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
Younis Khan	313	760	568	27	4	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
RB Simpson	311	762	740	23	1	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
JH Edrich	310*	532	450	52	5	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	8 Jul 1965	Test # 593
V Sehwag	309	531	375	39	6	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
RM Cowper	307	727	589	20	0	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966	Test # 601
DG Bradman	304	430	473	43	2	Australia	v England	Leeds	20 Jul 1934	Test # 236
LG Rowe	302	612	430	36	1	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
DG Bradman	299*	396	-	23	0	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
MD Crowe	299	610	523	29	3	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
IVA Richards	291	472	386	38	0	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
RR Sarwan	291	698	452	30	2	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
RE Foster	287	419	-	37	0	England	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903	Test # 78
KC Sangakkara	287	675	457	35	0	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
PBH May	285*	600	-	25	2	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
VVS Laxman	281	631	452	44	0	India	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Javed Miandad	280*	696	460	19	1	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
DCS Compton	278	287	-	34	1	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
BC Lara	277	474	372	38	0	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1208
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	0	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
DJ Cullinan	275*	658	490	27	2	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1999	Test # 1446
G Kirsten	275	878	642	26	0	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
SP Fleming	274*	653	476	28	1	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	0	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
Zaheer Abbas	274	544	467	38	0	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	3 Jun 1971	Test # 687
Javed Miandad	271	558	465	28	5	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
GA Headley	270*	495	-	30	0	West Indies	v England	Kingston	14 Mar 1935	Test # 241
DG Bradman	270	458	375	22	0	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937	Test # 257
R Dravid	270	740	495	34	1	India	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
KC Sangakkara	270	468	365	36	2	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
GN Yallop	268	716	517	29	0	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
BA Young	267*	605	422	37	0	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
PA de Silva	267	509	380	40	0	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
Younis Khan	267	690	504	32	1	Pakistan	v India	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
WH Ponsford	266	460	422	27	0	Australia	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
DL Houghton	266	675	541	30	3	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
DL Amiss	262*	570	563	40	1	England	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
SP Fleming	262	576	423	31	2	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
RR Sarwan	261*	573	402	32	0	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	4 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
FMM Worrell	261	335	-	35	2	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
CC Hunte	260	-	-	28	1	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
Javed Miandad	260	617	521	28	1	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	6 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
GM Turner	259	704	759	22	0	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1972	Test # 696
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	0	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	0	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	4 Jul 1957	Test # 441
SM Nurse	258	476	-	34	1	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
Wasim Akram	257*	490	363	22	12	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
RT Ponting	257	590	458	25	0	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
RB Kanhai	256	400	-	42	0	West Indies	v India	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
KF Barrington	256	683	-	26	0	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
DJ McGlew	255*	534	-	19	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
DG Bradman	254	341	376	25	0	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1930	Test # 195
V Sehwag	254	328	247	47	1	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
ST Jayasuriya	253	490	348	33	4	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
WR Hammond	251	461	605	30	0	England	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
KD Walters	250	394	342	30	2	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
SFAF Bacchus	250	510	-	33	0	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
JL Langer	250	578	407	30	1	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies v Bangladesh at Kingstown, 1st Test, Jul 9-13, 2009 [Test # 1923 - Live]
» Bangladesh 129/6 (58.3 ov, Mushfiqur Rahim 11*, Mahmudullah 1*, DJG Sammy 1/23)

England v Australia at Cardiff, 1st Test, Jul 8-12, 2009 [Test # 1922 - Live]
» Australia 479/5 (139.0 ov, BJ Haddin 4*, MJ North 54*, SCJ Broad 1/101) - Stumps

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 1st Test, Jul 4-7, 2009 [Test # 1921]

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Did you know?

Andrew Symonds holds the record for most number of sixes hit in a first-class match. He slammed 20 for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in Abergavenny in 1995. He struck 16 in his first innings score of 254, and four more in the second innings, when he made 76.

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