Most runs in a day
| Player | Runs | Start | Finish | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DG Bradman | 309 | 0 | 309* | Australia | v England | Leeds | 11 Jul 1930 | Test # 196 | |
| WR Hammond | 295 | 41* | 336 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 31 Mar 1933 | Test # 226 | |
| DCS Compton | 273 | 5* | 278 | England | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 1 Jul 1954 | Test # 388 | |
| DG Bradman | 271 | 0 | 271* | Australia | v England | Leeds | 20 Jul 1934 | Test # 236 | |
| V Sehwag | 257 | 52* | 309* | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 | Test # 1870 | |
| DG Bradman | 244 | 0 | 244 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 | Test # 237 | |
| FMM Worrell | 239 | 0 | 239* | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 20 Jul 1950 | Test # 325 | |
| HH Gibbs | 228 | 0 | 228 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2003 | Test # 1637 | |
| V Sehwag | 228 | 0 | 228* | India | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 | Test # 1693 | |
| BC Lara | 227 | 86* | 313* | West Indies | v England | St John's | 10 Apr 2004 | Test # 1696 | |
| DG Bradman | 223 | 0 | 223* | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 203 | |
| WR Hammond | 223 | 0 | 223* | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 24 Mar 1933 | Test # 225 | |
| GC Smith | 223 | 0 | 223* | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chittagong (ZACS) | 29 Feb 2008 | Test # 1865 | |
| MA Taylor | 222 | 112* | 334* | Australia | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 | Test # 1426 | |
| NJ Astle | 222 | 0 | 222 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 | Test # 1594 | |
| KC Sangakkara | 222 | 0 | 222* | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Kandy | 11 Jul 2007 | Test # 1839 | |
| WR Hammond | 217 | 0 | 217 | England | v India | The Oval | 15 Aug 1936 | Test # 254 | |
| RE Foster | 214 | 73* | 287 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 | Test # 78 | |
| CG Greenidge | 214 | 0 | 214 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 28 Jun 1984 | Test # 990 | |
| SJ McCabe | 213 | 19* | 232 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1938 | Test # 263 | |
| WR Hammond | 210 | 0 | 210* | England | v Australia | Lord's | 24 Jun 1938 | Test # 264 | |
| CA Roach | 209 | 0 | 209 | West Indies | v England | Georgetown | 21 Feb 1930 | Test # 192 | |
| VT Trumper | 208 | 0 | 208* | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 7 Jan 1911 | Test # 113 | |
| GS Sobers | 208 | 20* | 228* | West Indies | v Pakistan | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 | Test # 450 | |
| L Hutton | 206 | 0 | 206 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 13 Aug 1949 | Test # 317 | |
| PA de Silva | 206 | 0 | 206 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Colombo (PSS) | 21 Jul 2002 | Test # 1609 | |
| WH Ponsford | 205 | 0 | 205* | Australia | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 | Test # 237 | |
| Aamer Sohail | 205 | 0 | 205 | Pakistan | v England | Manchester | 2 Jul 1992 | Test # 1191 | |
| BC Lara | 205 | 7* | 212* | West Indies | v Australia | Kingston | 13 Mar 1999 | Test # 1451 | |
| HL Collins | 203 | 0 | 203 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 | Test # 146 | |
| RB Kanhai | 203 | 0 | 203* | West Indies | v India | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 | |
| PA de Silva | 203 | 0 | 203* | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 | Test # 1162 | |
| G Kirsten | 202 | 0 | 202* | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 7 Sep 2001 | Test # 1562 | |
| BC Lara | 202 | 0 | 202* | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Nov 2005 | Test # 1773 | |
| DG Bradman | 201 | 0 | 201 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 | Test # 294 | |
| DG Bradman | 200 | 0 | 200* | Australia | v South Africa | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1931 | Test # 212 | |
| IVA Richards | 200 | 0 | 200* | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| GP Thorpe | 200 | 0 | 200 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 | Test # 1594 | |
| GC Smith | 200 | 0 | 200 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | |
| JB Hobbs | 199 | 12* | 211 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 | |
| E Paynter | 197 | 0 | 197* | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | |
| MP Vaughan | 197 | 0 | 197 | England | v India | Nottingham | 8 Aug 2002 | Test # 1612 | |
| ML Hayden | 197 | 183* | 380 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | Perth | 9 Oct 2003 | Test # 1661 | |
| DS Atkinson | 196 | 19* | 215* | West Indies | v Australia | Bridgetown | 14 May 1955 | Test # 406 | |
| IM Chappell | 196 | 0 | 196 | Australia | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1972 | Test # 704 | |
| BC Lara | 196 | 0 | 196* | West Indies | v Pakistan | Multan | 19 Nov 2006 | Test # 1816 | |
| C Washbrook | 195 | 0 | 195 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | 195 | 6* | 201 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 7 Feb 1973 | Test # 712 | |
| V Sehwag | 195 | 0 | 195 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1678 | |
| MS Atapattu | 195 | 7* | 202* | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 | Test # 1699 | |
| JH Edrich | 194 | 0 | 194* | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 8 Jul 1965 | Test # 593 | |
| GA Gooch | 194 | 0 | 194* | England | v India | Lord's | 26 Jul 1990 | Test # 1148 | |
| DG Bradman | 192 | 56* | 248* | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1937 | Test # 257 | |
| L Hutton | 192 | 4* | 196 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 24 Jun 1939 | Test # 272 | |
| W Jaffer | 192 | 0 | 192* | India | v Pakistan | Kolkata | 30 Nov 2007 | Test # 1850 | |
| C Hill | 191 | 0 | 191 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 9 Dec 1910 | Test # 111 | |
| KC Sangakkara | 191 | 39* | 230 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Lahore | 6 Mar 2002 | Test # 1592 | |
| Zaheer Abbas | 190 | 25* | 215 | Pakistan | v India | Lahore | 10 Dec 1982 | Test # 941 | |
| MJ Slater | 189 | 0 | 189* | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Perth | 8 Dec 1995 | Test # 1317 | |
| GA Faulkner | 188 | 0 | 188* | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1910 | Test # 112 | |
| B Mitchell | 188 | 1* | 189 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1947 | Test # 289 | |
| TW Graveney | 188 | 0 | 188* | England | v West Indies | Nottingham | 4 Jul 1957 | Test # 441 | |
| WW Hinds | 188 | 0 | 188* | West Indies | v South Africa | Georgetown | 31 Mar 2005 | Test # 1745 | |
| JB Hobbs | 187 | 0 | 187 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
| DL Amiss | 187 | 0 | 187* | England | v India | Lord's | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
| ML Hayden | 186 | 0 | 186* | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 7 Nov 2002 | Test # 1623 | |
| KC Sangakkara | 186 | 0 | 186* | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 | Test # 1699 | |
| RW Barber | 185 | 0 | 185 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 7 Jan 1966 | Test # 599 | |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 184 | 0 | 184* | Pakistan | v India | Bangalore | 24 Mar 2005 | Test # 1743 | |
| CH Gayle | 184 | 0 | 184* | West Indies | v South Africa | St John's | 29 Apr 2005 | Test # 1750 | |
| A Melville | 183 | 0 | 183* | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
| HH Gibbs | 183 | 0 | 183 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 4 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 | |
| ML Hayden | 183 | 0 | 183* | Australia | v Zimbabwe | Perth | 9 Oct 2003 | Test # 1661 | |
| C Hill | 182 | 0 | 182* | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Jan 1898 | Test # 56 | |
| DG Bradman | 182 | 52* | 234 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 | Test # 280 | |
| AR Morris | 182 | 0 | 182 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 | |
| MC Cowdrey | 182 | 0 | 182 | England | v Pakistan | The Oval | 16 Aug 1962 | Test # 534 | |
| MP Vaughan | 182 | 0 | 182* | England | v India | The Oval | 5 Sep 2002 | Test # 1614 | |
| RG Pollock | 181 | 28* | 209 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1966 | Test # 613 | |
| CH Gayle | 181 | 23* | 204 | West Indies | v New Zealand | St George's | 28 Jun 2002 | Test # 1608 | |
| JL Langer | 181 | 0 | 181* | Australia | v Pakistan | Perth | 16 Dec 2004 | Test # 1726 | |
| V Sehwag | 180 | 0 | 180 | India | v West Indies | Gros Islet | 10 Jun 2006 | Test # 1806 |
Records include the following recent matches:
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, Aug 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1932]
England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 20-23, 2009 [Test # 1931]
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, 1st Test, Aug 18-22, 2009 [Test # 1930]
Statsguru Trivia
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- Only one player has scored more than 1000 runs in Tests without making a single 50-plus score. Name him. (Ajai Banerji, India)
- How many batsmen have scored 150 or more in the fourth innings of a successful run-chase in Tests? (Navathej Katragadda, India)
Did you know?
Sachin Tendulkar has scored nine ODI centuries against Australia, which is the highest for any player against a single team. He occupies second place too, for his eight hundreds against Sri Lanka. Sanath Jayasuriya, with seven against India, and Saeed Anwar, with seven against Sri Lanka, come in next.
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