Getting to a triple-digit score or a century in cricket is a milestone but getting to a triple century (individual score of 300 or more) is rare and has been achieved only a handful number of times since the inception of Test cricket so many decades ago. Overall, it’s been scored 32 times in the history of the game, by a total of 28 different batsmen.
12 countries have played Test cricket so far and from them, there have been test triple hundreds from batters of 8 of these nations. The first batsman in the history of Test cricket to achieve a triple hundred was England’s Andy Sandham who did so against West Indies way back in April 1930. See below for our complete list of Test triple hundreds.
Test cricket all triple centuries list
Since they were the first couple of countries to play Test cricket, the first five Test triple hundreds all came from batters of either England or Australia. This includes an entry into the Test cricket triple centuries list from legendary batsman Donald Bradman, who scored 334 and 304 in 1930 and 1934 respectively, becoming the first to get to multiple triple hundreds.
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Over the years, not many batsmen managed to replicate this feat, with only Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, and Brian Lara also managing two career triple centuries each. See below for our complete Test cricket triple hundreds list till date, last updated on 10th October 2024), when England’s Harry Brook joined this elite list:
Complete Test Cricket triple centuries list
| Sr. | Name | Opponent | Date | Score |
| 1 | Andy Sandham  | West Indies | 3 Apr 1930 | 325 (640) |
| 2 | Donald Bradman | England | 11 Jul 1930 | 334 (448) |
| 3 | Wally Hammond | New Zealand | 31 Mar 1933 | 336* |
| 4 | Donald Bradman (2) | England | 20 Jul 1934 | 304 (473) |
| 5 | Len Hutton | Australia | 20 Aug 1938 | 364 (847) |
| 6 | Hanif Mohammad | West Indies | 17 Jan 1958 | 337 |
| 7 | Garfield Sobers | Pakistan | 26 Feb 1958 | 365* |
| 8 | Bob Simpson | England | 23 Jul 1964 | 311 (743) |
| 9 | John Edrich | New Zealand | 8 Jul 1965 | 310 (450)* |
| 10 | Bob Cowper | England | 11 Feb 1966 | 307 (589) |
| 11 | Lawrence Rowe | England | 6 Mar 1974 | 302 (430) |
| 12 | Graham Gooch | India | 26 Jul 1990 | 333 (485) |
| 13 | Brian Lara | England | 16 Apr 1994 | 375 (538) |
| 14 | Sanath Jayasuriya | India | 2 Aug 1997 | 340 (578) |
| 15 | Mark Taylor | Pakistan | 15 Oct 1998 | 334 (564)* |
| 16 | Inzamam ul Haq | New Zealand | 1 May 2002 | 329 (436) |
| 17 | Matthew Hayden | Zimbabwe | 9 Oct 2003 | 380 (437) |
| 18 | Virender Sehwag | Pakistan | 28 Mar 2004 | 309 (375) |
| 19 | Brian Lara (2) | England | 10 Apr 2004 | 400 (582)* |
| 20 | Chris Gayle | South Africa | 29 Apr 2005 | 317 (483) |
| 21 | Mahela Jayawardene | South Africa | 27 Jul 2006 | 374 (572) |
| 22 | Virender Sehwag (2) | South Africa | 26 Mar 2008 | 319 (304) |
| 23 | Younis Khan | Sri Lanka | 21 Feb 2009 | 313 (568) |
| 24 | Chris Gayle (2) | Sri Lanka | 15 Nov 2010 | 333 (437) |
| 25 | Michael Clarke | India | 3 Jan 2012 | 329 (468)* |
| 26 | Hashim Amla | England | 19 Jul 2012 | 311 (529)* |
| 27 | Kumar Sangakkara | Bangladesh | 5 Feb 2014 | 319 (482) |
| 28 | Brendon McCullum | India | 18 Feb 2014 | 302 (559) |
| 29 | Azhar Ali | West Indies | 13 Oct 2016 | 302 (469)* |
| 30 | Karun Nair | England | 16 Dec 2016 | 303 (381)* |
| 31 | David Warner | Pakistan | 30 Nov 2019 | 335 (418)* |
| 32 | Harry Brook | Pakistan | 10 Oct 2024 | 317 (322) |
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The highest score on this list of Test cricket triple centuries was scored by Brian Lara, who scored 400* against England in 2004, which also remains the first and only 400 in Test history. This came exactly ten years after his first Test triple century, scoring 375 against the same opposition, England, in 1994.
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Among the countries, Australia holds the record for the most number of individual Test triple hundreds to their name, with 8 triple hundreds and 7 different players getting to the milestone. After them, it’s West Indies and England who have 6 triple centuries each. The latest Test triple century came in 2024 from the bat of Harry Brook, which was also the second fastest triple century of all-time:
Fastest Triple century in Test cricket:
Virender Sehwag – 278 balls (2008).
Harry Brook – 310 balls* (2024). pic.twitter.com/kFkm13LqX3
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 10, 2024
Antigua Recreation Ground at St John’s and Headingley, Leeds are the only two grounds where three individual triple centuries each have been scored. The longest gap between two Test triple hundreds was 20 years between 1938 and 1958. However, the shortest gap came in 2014, where two triple centuries were scores in the month of February alone. For similar cricket stories from around the world, always stay tuned to ReadScoops.com.
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