What is the highest first day score in Test cricket?
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What is the highest first day score in Test cricket?
309 runs
1) Don Bradman – 309 runs Don Bradman holds the record for most runs scored in a single day in a Test Match. The Australian batsman scored 309 runs on the first day of the Leeds Test in 1930.
What is the highest team cricket score ever?
Sri Lanka scored 952 for 6 against India at Colombo on 4-6 Aug 1997. England scored 903 runs for seven wickets declared in 15hr 17min, v. Australia at The Oval, London on 20, 22 and 23 Aug 1938.
Who scored triple century?
List of Triple Centuries in Test Cricket: The first triple century in a Test match was scored by Andy Sandham (England) against the West Indies in 1930….List of Triple Centuries in Test Cricket.
| Batsman | Runs | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 19. Brian Lara (West Indies) | 375 | 16 April 1994 |
| 20. Graham Gooch (England) | 333 | 26 July 1990 |
| 21. Lawrence Rowe (West Indies) | 302 | 6 March 1974 |
Who hit 300 in Indian Test?
Virender Sehwag
Donald Bradman (Australia), Brian Lara (West Indies), Virender Sehwag (India), and Chris Gayle (West Indies) are the only batsmen to reach 300 more than once.
Who has scored the highest individual score in Test cricket?
West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier. Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier. [18]
What is the highest total ever scored in a Test match?
Highest totals Team Score Overs Opposition Scorecard Sri Lanka 952/6d 271.0 v India Test # 1374 England 903/7d 335.2 v Australia Test # 266 England 849 258.2 v West Indies Test # 193 West Indies 790/3d 208.1 v Pakistan Test # 450
Who has scored the fastest half century in Test cricket?
Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier. Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of the fastest Test half century, scoring 50 runs from 21 balls.
What is the highest total ever scored in a Sri Lanka match?
Highest totals Team Score Overs RR Ground Sri Lanka 952/6d 271.0 3.51 Colombo (RPS) England 903/7d 335.2 2.69 The Oval England 849 258.2 3.28 Kingston West Indies 790/3d 208.1 3.79 Kingston