Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores in 1997 in Tests

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
ST Jayasuriya	340	799	578	36	2	58.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
BA Young	267*	605	422	37	-	63.27	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	1	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RS Mahanama	225	753	561	27	-	40.10	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
GS Blewett	214	519	421	33	-	50.83	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
N Hussain	207	437	337	38	-	61.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
GJ Whittall	203*	453	359	22	2	56.54	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	1	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
NS Sidhu	201	673	491	19	1	40.93	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	2	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
MTG Elliott	199	450	351	26	3	56.69	Australia	v England	Leeds	2	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
ST Jayasuriya	199	425	226	21	2	88.05	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	3	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
Inzamam-ul-Haq	177	443	320	19	2	55.31	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	2	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
AJ Stewart	173	362	277	23	1	62.45	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	2	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
SC Ganguly	173	516	361	25	2	47.92	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	1	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
SR Tendulkar	169	329	254	26	-	66.53	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
PA de Silva	168	508	383	14	1	43.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	3	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
SR Waugh	160	501	366	22	-	43.71	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
Aamer Sohail	160	441	297	17	1	53.87	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	2	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
Aamer Sohail	160	354	255	21	-	62.74	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	2	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
Saleem Malik	155	338	240	26	-	64.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	4	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
GW Flower	151	335	240	12	3	62.91	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	3	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
Ijaz Ahmed	151	485	337	15	1	44.80	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	2	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
R Dravid	148	541	362	21	-	40.88	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
SR Tendulkar	148	320	244	20	3	60.65	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	1	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
SC Ganguly	147	427	312	19	2	47.11	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
PA de Silva	146	363	226	20	-	64.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	1	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
SR Tendulkar	143	292	247	20	-	57.89	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
SR Tendulkar	139	397	266	16	-	52.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
PA de Silva	138*	273	208	19	-	66.34	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	1	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
GP Thorpe	138	290	245	19	-	56.32	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
S Chanderpaul	137*	446	284	12	-	48.23	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	1	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
MJ Horne	133	327	259	9	2	51.35	New Zealand	v Australia	Hobart	2	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
BC Lara	132	223	183	22	1	72.13	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
NS Sidhu	131	476	372	14	2	35.21	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	2	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
SP Fleming	129	368	254	18	1	50.78	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	1	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
CL Hooper	129	275	212	17	-	60.84	West Indies	v India	Kingston	1	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
MA Taylor	129	396	296	11	1	43.58	Australia	v England	Birmingham	3	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
Azhar Mahmood	128*	350	267	11	1	47.94	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	1	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
SC Williams	128	452	299	11	1	42.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	3	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
RT Ponting	127	261	202	16	1	62.87	Australia	v England	Leeds	2	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
PA de Silva	126	293	211	16	-	59.71	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
M Azharuddin	126	290	199	11	-	63.31	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
ML Hayden	125	354	226	15	1	55.30	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	2	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
GS Blewett	125	300	228	19	1	54.82	Australia	v England	Birmingham	3	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
DJ Cullinan	122*	261	200	15	1	61.00	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	4	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
PA de Silva	120	268	198	13	-	60.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	3	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
GP Thorpe	119	341	245	17	-	48.57	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	2	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
MA Atherton	118	398	311	11	-	37.94	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	4	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
ME Waugh	116	323	228	17	1	50.87	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	4	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
SR Waugh	116	383	271	10	-	42.80	Australia	v England	Manchester	3	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
M Azharuddin	115	174	110	19	1	104.54	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
BC Lara	115	266	207	11	1	55.55	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	3	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
Ali Naqvi	115	352	270	14	-	42.59	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	1	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
MTG Elliott	114	335	265	8	-	43.01	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	1	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
Ijaz Ahmed	113	324	245	11	-	46.12	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
ST Jayasuriya	113	290	212	9	1	53.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	3	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
MTG Elliott	112	240	180	20	-	62.22	Australia	v England	Lord's	2	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
MA Taylor	112	313	258	10	-	43.41	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	1	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
NS Sidhu	111	250	200	13	2	55.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
PA de Silva	110*	377	263	15	1	41.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	3	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
SC Ganguly	109	325	240	10	2	45.41	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	2	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
M Azharuddin	108*	207	174	14	-	62.06	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	4	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
GP Thorpe	108	329	249	12	-	43.37	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
SR Waugh	108	241	174	13	-	62.06	Australia	v England	Manchester	1	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
MS Atapattu	108	341	244	14	-	44.26	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	1	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
CL Hooper	106	135	90	14	3	117.77	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	3	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
N Hussain	105	250	181	14	-	58.01	England	v Australia	Leeds	3	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
RT Ponting	105	269	208	14	-	50.48	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
GW Flower	104	345	288	10	-	36.11	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	1	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
BM McMillan	103*	345	233	9	-	44.20	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
PA de Silva	103*	169	99	11	1	104.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	3	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
G Kirsten	103	290	204	15	-	50.49	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
RS Kaluwitharana	103	134	103	13	2	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
BC Lara	103	217	178	11	1	57.86	West Indies	v India	St John's	1	4 Apr 1997	Test # 1364
HP Tillakaratne	103	349	228	10	-	45.17	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	1	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
L Klusener	102*	141	100	13	1	102.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
NJ Astle	102*	279	214	13	-	47.66	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	3	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
JH Kallis	101	357	279	6	-	36.20	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	4	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
G Kirsten	100*	298	208	15	-	48.07	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
GS Blewett	99	215	154	9	-	64.28	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	2	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
SC Ganguly	99	309	188	13	-	52.65	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	1	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
GS Blewett	99	260	210	15	-	47.14	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	1	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
Moin Khan	98	175	109	9	3	89.90	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
G Kirsten	98	425	344	7	-	28.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
MS Atapattu	98	403	273	15	-	35.89	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	2	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
AM Bacher	96	444	322	10	1	29.81	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	2	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
A Jadeja	96	253	212	7	2	45.28	India	v West Indies	St John's	2	4 Apr 1997	Test # 1364
NJ Astle	96	218	176	13	2	54.54	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
AM Bacher	96	236	191	12	1	50.26	South Africa	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	1	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
Inzamam-ul-Haq	96	225	169	15	1	56.80	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	2	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
SR Waugh	96	213	161	10	-	59.62	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	2	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
SR Waugh	96	264	188	9	-	51.06	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
S Chanderpaul	95	267	154	13	-	61.68	West Indies	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	1	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
MA Atherton	94*	346	235	10	-	40.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
R Dravid	93	302	219	14	-	42.46	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	1	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
Inzamam-ul-Haq	92*	273	191	9	2	48.16	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	2	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
SR Tendulkar	92	222	147	14	1	62.58	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	2	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
R Dravid	92	380	295	8	1	31.18	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	1	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
R Dravid	92	330	221	10	1	41.62	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	1	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
RIC Holder	91	293	238	7	-	38.23	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	1	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
SP Fleming	91	282	229	13	-	39.73	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	2	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
GS Blewett	91	262	203	12	-	44.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	3	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383

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Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Australia vs South Africa at Melbourne, South Africa tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1997 [Test # 1392]

West Indies vs Pakistan at Karachi, West Indies tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 6-9, 1997 [Test # 1391]

India vs Sri Lanka at Wankhede, Sri Lanka tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 3-7, 1997 [Test # 1390]