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High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
DPMD Jayawardene	374	752	572	43	1	65.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	2	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
L Hutton	364	797	847	35	-	42.97	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
ST Jayasuriya	340	799	578	36	2	58.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
DG Bradman	334	383	448	46	-	74.55	Australia	v England	Leeds	1	11 Jul 1930	Test # 196
GA Gooch	333	628	485	43	3	68.65	England	v India	Lord's	1	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
CH Gayle	333	653	437	34	9	76.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	1	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
HM Amla	311*	790	529	35	-	58.79	South Africa	v England	The Oval	2	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
RB Simpson	311	762	743	23	1	41.85	Australia	v England	Manchester	1	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
JH Edrich	310*	532	450	52	5	68.88	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	1	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
DG Bradman	304	430	473	43	2	64.27	Australia	v England	Leeds	2	20 Jul 1934	Test # 236
AN Cook	294	773	545	33	-	53.94	England	v India	Birmingham	2	10 Aug 2011	Test # 2003
IVA Richards	291	472	386	38	-	75.38	West Indies	v England	The Oval	1	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
KC Sangakkara	287	675	457	35	-	62.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	2	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
PBH May	285*	600	-	25	2	-	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	3	30 May 1957	Test # 439
DCS Compton	278	287	-	34	1	-	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	2	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	1	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
SP Fleming	274*	653	476	28	1	57.56	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	1	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
Zaheer Abbas	274	544	467	38	-	58.67	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	1	03 Jun 1971	Test # 687
Shubman Gill	269	509	387	30	3	69.50	India	v England	Birmingham	1	02 Jul 2025	Test # 2591
Z Crawley	267	541	393	34	1	67.93	England	v Pakistan	Southampton	1	21 Aug 2020	Test # 2393
WH Ponsford	266	460	422	27	-	63.03	Australia	v England	The Oval	1	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
FMM Worrell	261	335	-	35	2	-	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	2	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
Javed Miandad	260	617	521	28	1	49.90	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	1	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	2	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	-	-	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	1	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
KF Barrington	256	683	624	26	-	41.02	England	v Australia	Manchester	2	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
DG Bradman	254	341	376	25	-	67.55	Australia	v England	Lord's	2	27 Jun 1930	Test # 195
JE Root	254	614	406	27	-	62.56	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	1	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
G Boycott	246*	573	555	30	1	44.32	England	v India	Leeds	1	08 Jun 1967	Test # 618
BKG Mendis	245	-	291	18	11	84.19	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	2	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
DG Bradman	244	316	271	32	1	90.03	Australia	v England	The Oval	1	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
FDM Karunaratne	244	698	437	26	-	55.83	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	2	21 Apr 2021	Test # 2418
AN Cook	243	588	407	33	-	59.70	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	1	17 Aug 2017	Test # 2270
DPMD Jayawardene	242	677	465	30	2	52.04	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	2	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
WR Hammond	240	367	394	32	-	60.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	1	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
Zaheer Abbas	240	545	410	22	-	58.53	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	1	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
DPMD Jayawardene	237	563	415	25	3	57.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	1	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
EAB Rowan	236	550	-	28	-	-	South Africa	v England	Leeds	1	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
IR Bell	235	497	364	23	2	64.56	England	v India	The Oval	1	18 Aug 2011	Test # 2004
DG Bradman	232	438	417	16	-	55.63	Australia	v England	The Oval	2	16 Aug 1930	Test # 198
SJ McCabe	232	235	277	34	1	83.75	Australia	v England	Nottingham	2	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
IVA Richards	232	438	313	31	4	74.12	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	1	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
KC Sangakkara	232	529	357	31	1	64.98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	1	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
UT Khawaja	232	503	352	16	1	65.90	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	1	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
JE Root	228	476	321	18	1	71.02	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
KP Pietersen	226	432	262	24	2	86.25	England	v West Indies	Leeds	1	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
IJL Trott	226	490	349	20	-	64.75	England	v Bangladesh	Lord's	1	27 May 2010	Test # 1958
RS Mahanama	225	753	561	27	-	40.10	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
CG Greenidge	223	585	425	30	-	52.47	West Indies	v England	Manchester	1	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
MS Atapattu	223	569	448	29	1	49.77	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	1	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
KC Sangakkara	222*	396	277	28	-	80.14	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	2	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
SM Gavaskar	221	490	443	21	-	49.88	India	v England	The Oval	4	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
BC Lara	221	436	354	23	2	62.42	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	1	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
RWT Key	221	426	288	31	-	76.73	England	v West Indies	Lord's	1	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
KC Sangakkara	221	698	425	24	-	52.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	2	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
MA Taylor	219	554	461	23	-	47.50	Australia	v England	Nottingham	1	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	2	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
KC Sangakkara	219	399	335	29	-	65.37	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	1	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
Younis Khan	218	451	308	31	4	70.77	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	2	11 Aug 2016	Test # 2216
WR Hammond	217	290	-	30	-	-	England	v India	The Oval	1	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
R Dravid	217	629	468	28	-	46.36	India	v England	The Oval	2	05 Sep 2002	Test # 1614
E Paynter	216*	319	333	26	1	64.86	England	v Australia	Nottingham	1	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
SPD Smith	215	503	346	25	1	62.13	Australia	v England	Lord's	1	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
D Lloyd	214*	448	396	17	-	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	2	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
CG Greenidge	214*	302	242	29	2	88.42	West Indies	v England	Lord's	4	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
DPMD Jayawardene	213*	610	411	25	-	51.82	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	1	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
ST Jayasuriya	213	346	278	33	1	76.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	2	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
WL Murdoch	211	490	525	24	-	40.19	Australia	v England	The Oval	1	11 Aug 1884	Test # 16
JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	-	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	2	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
SPD Smith	211	513	319	24	2	66.14	Australia	v England	Manchester	1	04 Sep 2019	Test # 2360
GA Gooch	210	413	317	29	-	66.24	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	2	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
G Kirsten	210	650	525	24	1	40.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	1	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
BF Butcher	209*	461	416	22	-	50.24	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	3	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
Saud Shakeel	208*	491	361	19	-	57.61	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
DCS Compton	208	354	-	20	-	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	-	-	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	1	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	1	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
MS Atapattu	207*	649	457	19	1	45.29	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	1	28 Jun 2000	Test # 1502
N Hussain	207	437	337	38	-	61.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	05 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
WA Brown	206*	369	370	22	-	55.67	Australia	v England	Lord's	2	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
LD Chandimal	206*	545	326	16	5	63.19	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	2	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
MP Donnelly	206	355	-	26	-	-	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	2	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
L Hutton	206	300	-	25	-	-	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	2	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
PA de Silva	206	318	234	28	1	88.03	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	2	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
J Hardstaff	205*	315	-	16	-	-	England	v India	Lord's	2	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
Aamer Sohail	205	343	284	32	-	72.18	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	1	02 Jul 1992	Test # 1191
KNM Fernando	205	-	339	22	1	60.47	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	2	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
OJ Pope	205	282	208	22	3	98.55	England	v Ireland	Lord's	2	01 Jun 2023	Test # 2504
HP Tillakaratne	204*	542	343	23	-	59.47	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	2	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
DL Amiss	203	443	320	28	-	63.43	England	v West Indies	The Oval	2	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
SR Tendulkar	203	516	347	23	1	58.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
IJL Trott	203	517	409	17	-	49.63	England	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	2	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
L Hutton	202*	470	-	22	-	-	England	v West Indies	The Oval	2	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
KP Pietersen	202*	494	326	21	1	61.96	England	v India	Lord's	1	21 Jul 2011	Test # 2000
Mohammad Yousuf	202	468	330	26	1	61.21	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	2	13 Jul 2006	Test # 1809
DSBP Kuruppu	201*	777	548	24	-	36.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	1	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
MS Atapattu	201*	684	536	18	-	37.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	1	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
V Sehwag	201*	348	231	22	4	87.01	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	1	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
MS Atapattu	201	320	259	27	-	77.60	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	2	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561

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Sri Lanka Women vs Pakistan Women at Colombo (Colts), Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka Only Test, Apr 17-20, 1998 [Women Test # 106]