List of Test cricket triple centuries


A triple century in Test cricket has been scored on 33 occasions by 29 batsmen from eight of the twelve Test-cricket playing nations. No player from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ireland or Zimbabwe has scored 300. A batsman scoring a Test triple century is slightly rarer than a bowler taking a Test hat-trick.
No triple centuries have yet been scored in women's Test cricket.

History

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 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.
Donald Bradman, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag, and Chris Gayle 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 scored 293 off 254 balls in the third Test between Sri Lanka and India in December 2009. On an all-round note, Gooch, Jayasuriya, Gayle, and Clarke are the only triple centurions to have also bowled and taken wickets in the same match as scoring a 300: there has not yet been a triple centurion who kept wicket in the same match. Simpson, Gooch, Taylor, Lara, Jayawardene, Khan, Clarke, McCullum and Mulder are the only batsmen to score triple centuries as captain.
On 10 October 2024, Harry Brook joined the list, becoming the first England player since Graham Gooch did so in 1990 to score 300+.
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, both with three. The most triple centuries scored by players from one country is eight, by Australia.

Innings

Key

NoScoreBatsmanForAgainstInningsTestGroundDateNoteRef
1' 1st4thSabina Park, Kingston3 4 1930
2' 1st3rdHeadingley, Leeds11 7 1930
3' 1st2ndEden Park, Auckland31 3 1933
4'1st4thHeadingley, Leeds20 7 1934
5' 1st5thThe Oval, London20 8 1938
6'Hanif Mohammad2nd1stKensington Oval, Bridgetown17 1 1958
7' 1st3rdSabina Park, Kingston26 2 1958
8' ^1st4thOld Trafford, Manchester23 7 1964
9'1st3rdHeadingley, Leeds8 7 1965
10'1st5thMelbourne Cricket Ground11 2 1966
11'1st3rdKensington Oval, Bridgetown6 3 1974
12' ^1st1stLord's Cricket Ground, London26 7 1990
13' 1st5thAntigua Recreation Ground, St John's16 4 1994
14'1st1stR. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo2 8 1997
15' ^1st2ndArbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar15 10 1998
16'Inzamam-ul-Haq1st1stGaddafi Stadium, Lahore1 5 2002
17' 1st1stWACA Ground, Perth9 10 2003
18'1st1stMultan Cricket Stadium, Multan28 3 2004
19' ^1st4thAntigua Recreation Ground, St John's10 4 2004
20'1st4thAntigua Recreation Ground, St John's29 4 2005
21' '1st1stSinhalese Sports Club, Colombo27 7 2006
22'1st1stM. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai26 3 2008
23' 1st1stNational Stadium, Karachi21 2 2009
24'1st1stGalle International Stadium15 11 2010
25* '1st2ndSydney Cricket Ground3 01 2012
26'1st1stThe Oval, London19 7 2012
27'1st2ndZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong5 02 2014
28' '2nd2ndBasin Reserve, Wellington18 2 2014
29'1st1stDubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai13 10 2016
30'1st5thM. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai16 12 2016
31'1st2ndAdelaide Oval, Australia30 11 2019
32'Harry Brook1st1stMultan Cricket Stadium, Multan7 10 2024
33' 'Wiaan Mulder1st2ndQueen's Sports Club, Bulawayo6 7 2025

By country

TeamTriple centuriesPlayers
87
64
66
44
33
32
22
11
Total3329

By player

By ground

GroundTriple centuries