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Greatest Test Batting Performances                                                                                Back

Last Updated: March 23, 2006

Rank Player Score Team Vs Venue Year Rating
             
1 Brian Lara 153* WI ENG Bridgetown 1998-99 400.0
2 Venkata Laxman 281 IND AUS Calcutta 2000-01 362.4
3 Ian Botham 149* ENG AUS Headingley 1981 361.9
4 Reginald Foster 287 ENG AUS Sydney 1903-04 357.3
5 Charles Bannerman 165* AUS ENG Melbourne 1876-77 343.9
6 Clyde Walcott 220 WI ENG Bridgetown 1953-54 337.6
7 Sunil Gavaskar 236* IND WI Chennai 1983-84 330.9
8 Gilbert Jessop 104 ENG AUS The Oval 1902 327.1
9 Kim Hughes 100* AUS WI Melbourne 1981-82 322.7
10 Graham Gooch 154* ENG WI Headingley 1991 319.8
11 Clem Hill 188 AUS ENG Melbourne 1897-98 319.7
12 Brian Lara 213 WI AUS Kingston 1998-99 317.6
13 Bill Ponsford 266 AUS ENG The Oval 1934-35 308.4
14 Dave Nourse 93* SA ENG Johannesburg 1905-06 307.5
15 George Bonnor 128 AUS ENG Sydney 1884-85 306.9
16 Percy McDonnell 147 AUS ENG Sydney 1881-82 306.9
17 Don Bradman 334 AUS ENG Headingley 1930 306.3
18 Reginald Simpson 156* ENG AUS Melbourne 1950-51 304.5
19 Frank Worrell 191* WI ENG Trent Bridge 1957 303.6
20 Mark Butcher 173* ENG AUS Headingley 2001 296.7
21 Bill Murdoch 211 AUS ENG The Oval 1884 292.5
22 Azhar Mahmood 132 PAK SA Durban 1997-98 291.4
23 Colin Cowdrey 102 ENG AUS Melbourne 1954-55 289.9
24 Don Bradman 299* AUS SA Adelaide 1931-32 289.4
25 Warren Bardsley 193* AUS ENG Lord's 1926 289.1
26 Brian Lara 226 WI AUS Adelaide 2005-06 286.5
27 Younis Khan 267 PAK IND Bangalore 2004-05 282.5
28 Len Hutton 156* ENG AUS Adelaide 1950-51 282.2
29 George Headley 270* WI ENG Kingston 1934-35 281.4
30 Don Bradman 270 AUS ENG Melbourne 1936-37 281.1
31 Pelham Warner 132 ENG SA Johannesburg 1898-99 279.8
32 Hanif Mohammad 337 PAK WI Bridgetown 1957-58 278.5
33 John Lyons 134 AUS ENG Sydney 1891-92 278.4
34 Don Bradman 103* AUS ENG Melbourne 1932-33 278.1
35 Brian Lara 375 WI ENG St John's 1993-94 277.5
36 Virender Sehwag 309 IND PAK Multan 2003-04 276.6
37 Sanath Jayasuriya 253 SL PAK Faisalabad 2004-05 276.3
38 Ijaz Ahmed 137 PAK AUS Sydney 1995-96 276.0
39 Greg Chappell 182* AUS WI Sydney 1975-76 274.3
40 John Edrich 310* ENG NZ Headingley 1965 274.0
41 Viv Richards 291 WI ENG The Oval 1976 273.9
42 Arthur Morris 182 AUS ENG Headingley 1948-49 273.7
43 Allan Steel 135* ENG AUS Sydney 1882-83 273.4
44 Kepler Wessels 173 AUS WI Sydney 1984-85 273.3
45 Saeed Anwar 188* PAK IND Calcutta 1998-99 271.2
46 Hanif Mohammad 187* PAK ENG Lord's 1967 270.4
47 Graham Gooch 333 ENG IND Lord's 1990 269.9