Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores Held in South Africa for Tests

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
BC Lara	400*	778	582	43	4	68.72	West Indies	v England	St John's	1	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
BC Lara	375	766	538	45	-	69.70	West Indies	v England	St John's	1	16 Apr 1994	Test # 1259
GS Sobers	365*	614	-	38	-	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	2	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
Hanif Mohammad	337	970	-	24	-	-	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	3	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
A Sandham	325	600	640	28	-	50.78	England	v West Indies	Kingston	1	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	65.63	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	2	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
LG Rowe	302	612	430	36	1	70.23	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
RR Sarwan	291	698	452	30	2	64.38	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
G Kirsten	275	878	642	26	-	42.83	South Africa	v England	Durban	3	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	-	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
GA Headley	270*	495	-	30	-	-	West Indies	v England	Kingston	1	14 Mar 1935	Test # 241
DL Amiss	262*	570	563	40	1	46.53	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
SP Fleming	262	576	423	31	2	61.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
RR Sarwan	261*	573	402	32	-	64.92	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	2	4 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
CC Hunte	260	-	-	28	1	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	2	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
GM Turner	259	704	759	22	-	34.12	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	2	6 Apr 1972	Test # 696
RD Rickelton	259	607	343	29	3	75.51	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
BA Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
E Paynter	243	334	-	24	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
FMM Worrell	237	570	-	35	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kingston	2	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
CL Hooper	233	630	402	29	3	57.96	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	1	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
AD Nourse	231	289	-	36	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	3	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
HH Gibbs	228	383	240	29	6	95.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
GS Sobers	226	647	-	24	-	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	6 Jan 1960	Test # 485
CG Greenidge	226	677	480	32	-	47.08	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	3	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
JH Kallis	224	434	325	31	1	68.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	1	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
GM Turner	223*	572	-	26	-	-	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	2	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
GA Headley	223	390	385	28	-	57.92	West Indies	v England	Kingston	4	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CL Walcott	220	390	-	28	1	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
SM Gavaskar	220	529	-	22	-	-	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
DS Atkinson	219	351	-	29	1	-	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	2	14 May 1955	Test # 406
LG Rowe	214	427	-	19	1	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	1	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
GS Blewett	214	519	421	33	-	50.83	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
BC Lara	213	468	344	29	3	61.91	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	2	13 Mar 1999	Test # 1451
WW Hinds	213	455	297	34	2	71.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	1	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
DN Sardesai	212	470	-	17	1	-	India	v West Indies	Kingston	1	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
W Jaffer	212	503	399	24	1	53.13	India	v West Indies	St John's	3	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
KC Brathwaite	212	554	447	14	-	47.42	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingstown	1	5 Sep 2014	Test # 2138
WM Lawry	210	-	-	-	3	-	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1	5 May 1965	Test # 589
CA Roach	209	295	-	22	3	-	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	1	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
RG Pollock	209	350	-	30	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	2	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
BC Lara	209	452	360	24	1	58.05	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	2	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
JC Adams	208*	435	333	31	1	62.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	St John's	1	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
SL Campbell	208	675	470	30	-	44.25	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	2	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
HM Amla	208	475	371	22	-	56.06	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
ED Weekes	207	445	-	20	-	-	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	2	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
ED Weekes	206	360	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
RT Ponting	206	491	362	24	1	56.90	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
EH Hendren	205*	-	-	29	-	-	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
L Hutton	205	532	-	24	1	-	England	v West Indies	Kingston	2	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
AC Gilchrist	204*	293	213	19	8	95.77	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
RN Harvey	204	410	-	24	1	-	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	2	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
CH Gayle	204	482	332	29	2	61.44	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	2	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
S Chanderpaul	203*	541	370	23	-	54.86	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	1	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
HL Collins	203	267	-	26	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
JO Holder	202*	284	229	23	8	88.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	3	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
BC Lara	202	439	274	32	2	73.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
JH Kallis	201*	389	270	15	5	74.44	South Africa	v India	Centurion	2	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
RB Simpson	201	-	-	-	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1	5 May 1965	Test # 589
SM Nurse	201	-	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	2	5 May 1965	Test # 589
NS Sidhu	201	673	491	19	1	40.93	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	2	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
HM Amla	201	707	477	27	-	42.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
SR Waugh	200	555	425	17	1	47.05	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	2	29 Apr 1995	Test # 1297
GC Smith	200	338	287	25	-	69.68	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	1	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
V Kohli	200	375	283	24	-	70.67	India	v West Indies	North Sound	1	21 Jul 2016	Test # 2207
SR Waugh	199	509	376	20	1	52.92	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1	26 Mar 1999	Test # 1453
SPD Smith	199	513	361	21	2	55.12	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	1	11 Jun 2015	Test # 2166
D Elgar	199	553	388	15	3	51.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	1	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
F du Plessis	199	412	276	24	-	72.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	2	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
FMM Worrell	197*	682	-	17	2	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	6 Jan 1960	Test # 485
ED Weekes	197	-	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	1	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
HH Gibbs	196	442	354	25	1	55.36	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	1	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
BC Lara	196	430	286	25	-	68.53	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	1	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
C Washbrook	195	295	-	18	-	-	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
RB Richardson	194	459	367	20	-	52.86	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	1	25 Mar 1989	Test # 1117
HH Gibbs	192	474	335	24	3	57.31	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
SJ McCabe	189*	-	-	-	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
JW Burke	189	578	-	15	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
Wazir Mohammad	189	405	-	22	-	-	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	2	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
MD Crowe	188	571	462	22	1	40.69	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	2	6 Apr 1985	Test # 1014
JB Hobbs	187	-	-	-	-	-	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
JH Kallis	186	383	262	25	3	70.99	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	3	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
MA Atherton	185*	643	492	29	-	37.60	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
RB Richardson	185	455	346	26	-	53.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	1	6 Apr 1985	Test # 1014
D Elgar	185	425	287	28	-	64.45	South Africa	v India	Centurion	2	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
CA Davis	183	602	-	21	-	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	3	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
GC Smith	183	391	273	25	-	67.03	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
IVA Richards	182*	383	256	23	2	71.09	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	3	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
JE Root	182*	333	229	17	4	79.47	England	v West Indies	St George's	2	21 Apr 2015	Test # 2158
DT Lindsay	182	273	227	25	5	80.17	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
TW Jarvis	182	540	555	19	-	32.79	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	2	6 Apr 1972	Test # 696
RB Richardson	182	343	260	26	2	70.00	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	2	23 Mar 1991	Test # 1167
CP Mead	181	454	-	-	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
WR Hammond	181	336	-	16	-	-	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
G Kirsten	180	558	461	20	-	39.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	1	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
ME Trescothick	180	367	248	24	4	72.58	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
V Sehwag	180	287	190	20	2	94.73	India	v West Indies	Gros Islet	1	10 Jun 2006	Test # 1806
GS Sobers	178*	340	-	19	1	-	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	1	1 Apr 1971	Test # 685
CL Hooper	178*	293	247	19	4	72.06	West Indies	v Pakistan	St John's	1	1 May 1993	Test # 1222

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]

Australia vs West Indies at St George's, Australia in West Indies 2nd Test, Jul 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2592]

Australia vs West Indies at Bridgetown, Australia in West Indies 1st Test, Jun 25-27, 2025 [Test # 2589]