List of Test cricket triple centuries

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Australian Donald Bradman is one of only three players in the Test cricket to have scored 300 or more runs in a single innings on more than one occasion. The others are Brian Lara of the West Indies and Virender Sehwag of India.

This list of Test cricket triple centuries shows all instances where a batsman has scored 300 runs or more in a single innings in Test cricket, a feat achieved on 22 occasions by 19 different batsmen from six of the ten Test-cricket playing nations. No player from Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa or Zimbabwe has ever scored 300, although Martin Crowe of New Zealand was once dismissed for 299 in a match against Sri Lanka in 1991.

The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against West Indies in 1930 in the first Test series hosted in the West Indies. The most recent (as of March 29, 2008) Test triple century was scored by Virender Sehwag of India against South Africa in March 2008. The frequency of a batsman scoring a Test triple century is slightly less than that of a bowler taking a Test hat-trick (22 triple centuries versus 36 hat-tricks as of March 2008).

Brian Lara of the West Indies, Donald Bradman of Australia and Virender Sehwag of India are the only batsmen to reach 300 more than once. Bradman also scored 299 not out against South Africa in 1932, being left stranded after the no.11 batman, Pud Thurlow was run out for 0.

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.

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.

List of triple centuries

Score	Batsman	For	Against	Inn	Test	At	Date
400*	Brian Lara	West Indies	England	1st	4th	Antigua, St John's	2004-04-10, 11, 12
380	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Zimbabwe	1st	1st	WACA Ground, Perth	2003-10-09, 10
375	Brian Lara	West Indies	England	1st	5th	Antigua, St John's	1994-04-16, 17, 18
374	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	South Africa	1st	1st	Sinhalese S.C., Colombo	2006-07-27, 28, 29
365*	Garfield Sobers	West Indies	Pakistan	1st	3rd	Sabina Park, Kingston	1958-02-27, 28, 03-01
364	Len Hutton	England	Australia	1st	5th	The Oval, London	1938-08-20, 22, 23
340	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	India	1st	1st	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1997-08-03, 4, 5, 6
337	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan	West Indies	2nd	1st	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1958-01-20, 21, 22, 23
336*	Wally Hammond	England	New Zealand	1st	2nd	Eden Park, Auckland	1933-03-31, 04-01
334*	Mark Taylor	Australia	Pakistan	1st	2nd	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	1998-10-15, 16
334	Donald Bradman	Australia	England	1st	3rd	Headingley, Leeds	1930-07-11, 12
333	Graham Gooch	England	India	1st	1st	Lord's Cricket Ground	1990-07-26, 27
329	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	New Zealand	1st	1st	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2002-05-01, 2
325	Andy Sandham	England	West Indies	1st	4th	Sabina Park, Kingston	1930-04-03, 4, 5
319	Virender Sehwag	India	South Africa	1st	1st	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	2008-03-27, 28, 29
317	Chris Gayle	West Indies	South Africa	1st	4th	Antigua, St John's	2005-05-01, 2
311	Bob Simpson	Australia	England	1st	4th	Old Trafford, Manchester	1964-07-23, 24, 25
310*	John Edrich	England	New Zealand	1st	3rd	Headingley, Leeds	1965-07-08, 9
309	Virender Sehwag	India	Pakistan	1st	1st	Multan Cricket Stadium	2004-03-28, 29
307	Bob Cowper	Australia	England	1st	5th	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1966-02-12, 14, 16
304	Donald Bradman	Australia	England	1st	4th	Headingley, Leeds	1934-07-21, 23
302	Lawrence Rowe	West Indies	England	1st	3rd	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1974-03-07, 9, 10

* denotes that a batsman was "not out"