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Sehwag reached his second triple-ton off only 278 balls, the fastest triple century in Test cricket, and his innings lasted 304 balls in total. The match ended in a draw. ^ The first ever Test triple hundred to be made against Sri Lanka, with the previous highest being Martin Crowe's 299. Khan brought up the milestone with a reverse sweep.
The duration of Tests, currently limited to five days, has varied through Test history, ranging from three days to timeless matches. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The earliest match now recognised as a Test was played between England and Australia in March 1877; [ 5 ] since then there have been over 2,000 Tests played by 13 teams.
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 127 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 83 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries, 44 have scored 30 or more centuries, and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries.
In cricket, a player is said to have scored a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. Test cricket, the longest version of the game, involves two innings per side in a match. An individual scoring centuries in each innings of a Test match, a feat which is called "Twin centuries," is considered a "milestone" by critics.
Gayle has scored 42 centuries for the West Indies. Chris Gayle is a West Indian cricketer who captained the West Indies cricket team from 2007 to 2010. [1] A left-handed batsman, he has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on fifteen and twenty-five occasions respectively.
Four cricketers hold the Test record for the most triple centuries scored with two – Don Bradman, India's Virender Sehwag and West Indians Chris Gayle and Brian Lara. [99] Six England players have scored a single Test triple century with Harry Brook the most recent to do so in 2024, as of October 2024. [100]
He assumed captaincy of the Australian side in 1946, [5] and scored fourteen of his centuries as captain. [6] Bradman holds the world record for the most double centuries scored by a single batsman, with twelve to his name. [7] He was the first of four batsmen to have twice scored triple centuries, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle. [8]
Sehwag is the first Indian to score a triple century (300 or more runs), and has done so twice—309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008. [10] The latter is the fastest triple century in Test cricket, the 300 coming up off just 278 balls, and is also the highest score with a strike rate over 100. [11]