Batting Most Runs Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BC Lara	400*	778	582	43	4	68.72	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
ML Hayden	380	622	437	38	11	86.95	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
DPMD Jayawardene	374	752	572	43	1	65.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	579	436	38	9	75.45	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
V Sehwag	319	530	304	42	5	104.93	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	65.63	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
Younis Khan	313	760	568	27	4	55.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
V Sehwag	309	531	375	39	6	82.40	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
V Sehwag	293	366	254	40	7	115.35	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
RR Sarwan	291	698	452	30	2	64.38	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
KC Sangakkara	287	675	457	35	-	62.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
VVS Laxman	281	631	452	44	-	62.16	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
DPMD Jayawardene	275	610	435	27	1	63.21	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
SP Fleming	274*	653	476	28	1	57.56	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
R Dravid	270	740	495	34	1	54.54	India	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
KC Sangakkara	270	468	365	36	2	73.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
Younis Khan	267	690	504	32	1	52.97	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
SP Fleming	262	576	423	31	2	61.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
RR Sarwan	261*	573	402	32	-	64.92	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	04 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
RT Ponting	257	590	458	25	-	56.11	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
V Sehwag	254	328	247	47	1	102.83	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
ST Jayasuriya	253	490	348	33	4	72.70	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
JL Langer	250	578	407	30	1	61.42	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
MS Atapattu	249	516	324	36	1	76.85	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
SR Tendulkar	248*	552	379	35	-	65.43	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
RT Ponting	242	508	352	31	-	68.75	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
SR Tendulkar	241*	613	436	33	-	55.27	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
DPMD Jayawardene	240	531	424	32	-	56.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
SC Ganguly	239	518	361	30	2	66.20	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
DPMD Jayawardene	237	563	415	25	3	57.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
CL Hooper	233	630	402	29	3	57.96	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
R Dravid	233	594	446	23	1	52.24	India	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
A Flower	232*	544	444	30	2	52.25	Zimbabwe	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
KC Sangakkara	232	529	357	31	1	64.98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
GC Smith	232	406	277	33	1	83.75	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
TT Samaraweera	231	454	318	31	-	72.64	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
KC Sangakkara	230	480	327	33	3	70.33	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
HH Gibbs	228	383	240	29	6	95.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
BC Lara	226	405	298	22	-	75.83	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
KP Pietersen	226	432	262	24	2	86.25	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
ND McKenzie	226	518	388	28	3	58.24	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
L Vincent	224	534	348	25	4	64.36	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
JL Langer	223	523	355	30	-	62.81	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
Mohammad Yousuf	223	602	373	26	2	59.78	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
JA Rudolph	222*	521	383	29	2	57.96	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
KC Sangakkara	222*	396	277	28	-	80.14	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
NJ Astle	222	231	168	28	11	132.14	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
R Dravid	222	578	387	28	1	57.36	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
BC Lara	221	436	354	23	2	62.42	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
RWT Key	221	426	288	31	-	76.73	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
G Kirsten	220	442	286	33	1	76.92	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
AB de Villiers	217*	480	333	17	2	65.16	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
R Dravid	217	629	468	28	-	46.36	India	v England	The Oval	05 Sep 2002	Test # 1614
BC Lara	216	422	262	22	7	82.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	19 Nov 2006	Test # 1816
JL Langer	215	499	368	25	3	58.42	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
TT Samaraweera	214	414	338	32	-	63.31	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 Mar 2009	Test # 1912
DPMD Jayawardene	213*	610	411	25	-	51.82	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
WW Hinds	213	455	297	34	2	71.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
W Jaffer	212	503	399	24	1	53.13	India	v West Indies	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
BC Lara	209	452	360	24	1	58.05	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
MS Atapattu	207*	649	457	19	1	45.29	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000	Test # 1502
RT Ponting	207	491	332	30	-	62.34	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
PA de Silva	206	318	234	28	1	88.03	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
RT Ponting	206	491	362	24	1	56.90	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
PD Collingwood	206	515	392	16	-	52.55	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
G Gambhir	206	550	380	26	1	54.21	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891
MS Sinclair	204*	520	348	27	2	58.62	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1536
HP Tillakaratne	204*	542	343	23	-	59.47	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
Mohammad Yousuf	204*	325	243	34	2	83.95	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
AC Gilchrist	204*	293	213	19	8	95.77	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
CH Gayle	204	482	332	29	2	61.44	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
S Chanderpaul	203*	541	370	23	-	54.86	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
BJ Hodge	203*	469	332	22	-	61.14	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
Mohammad Yousuf	203	528	429	27	3	47.31	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1536
ML Hayden	203	474	320	15	6	63.43	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
BC Lara	202	439	274	32	2	73.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
SP Fleming	202	446	318	21	1	63.52	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
Mohammad Yousuf	202	468	330	26	1	61.21	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	13 Jul 2006	Test # 1809
W Jaffer	202	401	274	34	-	73.72	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Nov 2007	Test # 1850
SR Tendulkar	201*	392	281	27	-	71.53	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
MS Atapattu	201*	684	536	18	-	37.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
JN Gillespie	201*	574	425	26	2	47.29	Australia	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006	Test # 1799
V Sehwag	201*	348	231	22	4	87.01	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
MS Atapattu	201	320	259	27	-	77.60	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
V Sehwag	201	325	262	28	2	76.71	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
JD Ryder	201	489	328	24	1	61.28	New Zealand	v India	Napier	26 Mar 2009	Test # 1917
R Dravid	200*	541	350	27	-	57.14	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
GP Thorpe	200*	330	231	28	4	86.58	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
KC Sangakkara	200*	470	325	20	2	61.53	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
VVS Laxman	200*	465	301	21	-	66.44	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891
GC Smith	200	338	287	25	-	69.68	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
A Flower	199*	590	470	24	1	42.34	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
Younis Khan	199	476	336	26	-	59.22	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
IR Bell	199	496	336	20	1	59.22	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
MP Vaughan	197	354	258	23	-	76.35	England	v India	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
ML Hayden	197	395	268	25	2	73.50	Australia	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
CH Gayle	197	514	396	20	7	49.74	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]