Longest individual innings (by minutes)
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
Hanif Mohammad 337 970 - 24 0 Pakistan v West Indies Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958 Test # 446
G Kirsten 275 878 642 26 0 South Africa v England Durban 26 Dec 1999 Test # 1480
AN Cook 263 836 528 18 0 England v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015 Test # 2180
ST Jayasuriya 340 799 578 36 2 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (RPS) 2 Aug 1997 Test # 1374
L Hutton 364 797 847 35 0 England v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 1938 Test # 266
HM Amla 311* 790 529 35 0 South Africa v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012 Test # 2049
BC Lara 400* 778 582 43 4 West Indies v England St John's 10 Apr 2004 Test # 1696
DSBP Kuruppu 201* 777 548 24 0 Sri Lanka v New Zealand Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987 Test # 1074
BB McCullum 302 775 559 32 4 New Zealand v India Wellington 14 Feb 2014 Test # 2120
AN Cook 294 773 545 33 0 England v India Birmingham 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
BC Lara 375 766 538 45 0 West Indies v England St John's 16 Apr 1994 Test # 1259
RB Simpson 311 762 743 23 1 Australia v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
Younis Khan 313 760 568 27 4 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 21 Feb 2009 Test # 1909
RS Mahanama 225 753 561 27 0 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (RPS) 2 Aug 1997 Test # 1374
DPMD Jayawardene 374 752 572 43 1 Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006 Test # 1810
R Dravid 270 740 495 34 1 India v Pakistan Rawalpindi 13 Apr 2004 Test # 1697
RM Cowper 307 727 589 20 0 Australia v England Melbourne 11 Feb 1966 Test # 601
Shoaib Mohammad 163 720 516 17 1 Pakistan v New Zealand Wellington 10 Feb 1989 Test # 1115
MA Taylor 334* 720 564 32 1 Australia v Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998 Test # 1426
GN Yallop 268 716 517 29 0 Australia v Pakistan Melbourne 26 Dec 1983 Test # 973
Taufeeq Umar 236 712 496 17 1 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011 Test # 2009
KC Brathwaite 160 710 489 17 0 West Indies v England Bridgetown 16 Mar 2022 Test # 2457
SM Gavaskar 172 708 472 19 0 India v England Bengaluru 9 Dec 1981 Test # 912
HM Amla 201 707 477 27 0 South Africa v England Cape Town 2 Jan 2016 Test # 2197
GM Turner 259 704 759 22 0 New Zealand v West Indies Georgetown 6 Apr 1972 Test # 696
RR Sarwan 291 698 452 30 2 West Indies v England Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1911
KC Sangakkara 221 698 425 24 0 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Galle 6 Aug 2014 Test # 2133
FDM Karunaratne 244 698 437 26 0 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Pallekele 21 Apr 2021 Test # 2418
Javed Miandad 280* 696 460 19 1 Pakistan v India Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983 Test # 946
TWM Latham 264* 694 489 21 1 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wellington 15 Dec 2018 Test # 2335
Hashmatullah Shahidi 246 694 474 21 0 Afghanistan v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 26 Dec 2024 Test # 2573
Younis Khan 267 690 504 32 1 Pakistan v India Bengaluru 24 Mar 2005 Test # 1743
JF Reid 180 685 445 16 0 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (CCC) 24 Mar 1984 Test # 985
Qasim Umar 210 685 442 27 0 Pakistan v India Faisalabad 24 Oct 1984 Test # 996
MS Atapattu 201* 684 536 18 0 Sri Lanka v England Galle 22 Feb 2001 Test # 1530
KF Barrington 256 683 624 26 0 England v Australia Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
FMM Worrell 197* 682 - 17 2 West Indies v England Bridgetown 6 Jan 1960 Test # 485
CG Greenidge 226 677 480 32 0 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 19 Apr 1991 Test # 1169
DPMD Jayawardene 242 677 465 30 2 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (SSC) 24 Feb 1999 Test # 1445
DL Houghton 266 675 541 30 3 Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Bulawayo 20 Oct 1994 Test # 1271
SL Campbell 208 675 470 30 0 West Indies v New Zealand Bridgetown 19 Apr 1996 Test # 1325
S Chanderpaul 136* 675 510 17 0 West Indies v India St John's 10 May 2002 Test # 1602
KC Sangakkara 287 675 457 35 0 Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006 Test # 1810
HM Amla 253* 675 473 22 0 South Africa v India Nagpur 6 Feb 2010 Test # 1951
NS Sidhu 201 673 491 19 1 India v West Indies Port of Spain 14 Mar 1997 Test # 1361
CA Pujara 202 672 525 21 0 India v Australia Ranchi 16 Mar 2017 Test # 2256
AD Gaekwad 201 671 436 17 0 India v Pakistan Jalandhar 24 Sep 1983 Test # 962
BJ Watling 205 667 473 24 1 New Zealand v England Mount Maunganui 21 Nov 2019 Test # 2367
HH Gibbs 211* 659 468 23 3 South Africa v New Zealand Christchurch 11 Mar 1999 Test # 1449
DJ Cullinan 275* 658 490 27 2 South Africa v New Zealand Auckland 27 Feb 1999 Test # 1446
Azhar Ali 302* 658 469 23 2 Pakistan v West Indies Dubai (DICS) 13 Oct 2016 Test # 2224
Shoaib Mohammad 203* 656 411 23 0 Pakistan v New Zealand Karachi 10 Oct 1990 Test # 1151
MJ Greatbatch 146* 655 485 17 0 New Zealand v Australia W.A.C.A 24 Nov 1989 Test # 1129
GW Flower 201* 654 523 11 1 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Harare 31 Jan 1995 Test # 1285
SP Fleming 274* 653 476 28 1 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003 Test # 1641
CH Gayle 333 653 437 34 9 West Indies v Sri Lanka Galle 15 Nov 2010 Test # 1977
G Kirsten 210 650 525 24 1 South Africa v England Manchester 2 Jul 1998 Test # 1420
SG Barnes 234 649 667 17 0 Australia v England Sydney 13 Dec 1946 Test # 280
MS Atapattu 207* 649 457 19 1 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Kandy 28 Jun 2000 Test # 1502
CT Radley 158 648 524 15 0 England v New Zealand Auckland 4 Mar 1978 Test # 820
GS Sobers 226 647 - 24 0 West Indies v England Bridgetown 6 Jan 1960 Test # 485
TMK Mawoyo 163* 645 453 20 0 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Bulawayo 1 Sep 2011 Test # 2006
SM Gavaskar 236* 644 425 23 0 India v West Indies Chennai 24 Dec 1983 Test # 972
KC Sangakkara 211 644 431 18 0 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011 Test # 2009
GR Viswanath 222 643 374 31 0 India v England Chennai 13 Jan 1982 Test # 918
MA Atherton 185* 643 492 29 0 England v South Africa Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995 Test # 1315
G Gambhir 137 643 436 18 0 India v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009 Test # 1917
S Wettimuny 190 642 471 21 0 Sri Lanka v England Lord's 23 Aug 1984 Test # 994
Shoaib Malik 245 639 420 24 4 Pakistan v England Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015 Test # 2180
Abid Ali 215* 637 407 29 0 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Harare 7 May 2021 Test # 2421
Javed Miandad 211 636 441 29 1 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 15 Sep 1988 Test # 1104
AH Jones 170* 636 446 15 2 New Zealand v India Auckland 22 Feb 1990 Test # 1139
JE Root 226 636 441 22 1 England v New Zealand Hamilton 29 Nov 2019 Test # 2371
N Hussain 146* 635 463 17 0 England v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 1999 Test # 1480
AN Cook 244* 634 409 27 0 England v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2017 Test # 2289
VVS Laxman 281 631 452 44 0 India v Australia Eden Gardens 11 Mar 2001 Test # 1535
CL Hooper 233 630 402 29 3 West Indies v India Georgetown 11 Apr 2002 Test # 1598
CH Gayle 317 630 483 37 3 West Indies v South Africa St John's 29 Apr 2005 Test # 1750
G Boycott 191 629 471 23 0 England v Australia Leeds 11 Aug 1977 Test # 807
R Dravid 217 629 468 28 0 India v England The Oval 5 Sep 2002 Test # 1614
GA Gooch 333 628 485 43 3 England v India Lord's 26 Jul 1990 Test # 1148
Mudassar Nazar 231 627 444 21 1 Pakistan v India Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983 Test # 946
MS Atapattu 216* 627 437 24 0 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 18 Nov 1999 Test # 1470
GC Smith 234 627 388 16 0 South Africa v Pakistan Dubai (DICS) 23 Oct 2013 Test # 2100
AN Cook 235* 625 428 26 0 England v Australia Brisbane 25 Nov 2010 Test # 1981
KS Williamson 251 624 412 34 2 New Zealand v West Indies Hamilton 3 Dec 2020 Test # 2394
KS Williamson 242* 623 438 18 0 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wellington 3 Jan 2015 Test # 2155
ML Hayden 380 622 437 38 11 Australia v Zimbabwe W.A.C.A 9 Oct 2003 Test # 1661
MN Samuels 260 618 455 31 3 West Indies v Bangladesh Khulna 21 Nov 2012 Test # 2060
Javed Miandad 260 617 521 28 1 Pakistan v England The Oval 6 Aug 1987 Test # 1079
GS Sobers 365* 614 - 38 0 West Indies v Pakistan Kingston 26 Feb 1958 Test # 450
Younis Khan 200* 614 404 15 3 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Harare 3 Sep 2013 Test # 2095
JE Root 254 614 406 27 0 England v Pakistan Manchester 22 Jul 2016 Test # 2208
SR Tendulkar 241* 613 436 33 0 India v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 2004 Test # 1680
LG Rowe 302 612 430 36 1 West Indies v England Bridgetown 6 Mar 1974 Test # 734
UT Khawaja 180 611 422 21 0 Australia v India Ahmedabad 9 Mar 2023 Test # 2499
MD Crowe 299 610 523 29 3 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wellington 31 Jan 1991 Test # 1162
DPMD Jayawardene 213* 610 411 25 0 Sri Lanka v England Galle 18 Dec 2007 Test # 1854
DPMD Jayawardene 275 610 435 27 1 Sri Lanka v India Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009 Test # 1933
JJ Crowe 120* 609 398 13 0 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987 Test # 1074
MJ Clarke 329* 609 468 39 1 Australia v India Sydney 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2027
VG Kambli 224 608 411 23 0 India v England Wankhede 19 Feb 1993 Test # 1214
AP Gurusinha 128 607 461 14 1 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Harare 11 Oct 1994 Test # 1270
RD Rickelton 259 607 343 29 3 South Africa v Pakistan Cape Town 3 Jan 2025 Test # 2576
BA Young 267* 605 422 37 0 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Dunedin 7 Mar 1997 Test # 1358
Babar Azam 196 603 425 21 1 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 12 Mar 2022 Test # 2455
CA Davis 183 602 - 21 0 West Indies v New Zealand Bridgetown 23 Mar 1972 Test # 695
Mohammad Yousuf 223 602 373 26 2 Pakistan v England Lahore 29 Nov 2005 Test # 1774
AB de Villiers 278* 601 418 23 6 South Africa v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 20 Nov 2010 Test # 1979
JE Root 262 601 375 17 0 England v Pakistan Multan 7 Oct 2024 Test # 2553
A Sandham 325 600 640 28 0 England v West Indies Kingston 3 Apr 1930 Test # 193
PBH May 285* 600 - 25 2 England v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957 Test # 439
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]
England v India at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]
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