Rare Feats: 300 Runs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Andy Sandham

Andy scored 325 against the West Indies in April 1930. It had taken 53 years and 193 Test matches for cricket to witness a triple century at the highest level of the game. Remarkably, the second triple hundred was scored only three Test matches later.

Answer: Wally Hammond

In the first 132 years of Test cricket, no batsman had managed to compile a score in excess of three hundred runs on more than two occasions. The best that anyone had managed was the late Sir Donald Bradman who, with two triple centuries to his name, was left stranded on 299 runs when his last batting partner was dismissed.

Answer: Hanif Mohammad

Mohammad's innings of 337 was a feat of great endurance and concentration. In this marathon effort, he'd batted for a little over 16 hours (which set a record for the longest innings in a Test match) and saved the game for his country.

Answer: Graham Gooch

Gooch scored 333 and 123 runs during the first Test at Lords against India in 1990. In the process, he set a new standard for the highest aggregate score by an individual in a Test match. Mark Taylor narrowly missed matching Gooch's effort, scoring 334 not out in his first innings, and then was dismissed for 92 in his second, during a Test against Pakistan in 1998.

Answer: True

There does appear to be a sense of deja vu surrounding Brian Lara's two major innings. His first triple hundred, 375 runs, was scored against England in April of 1994. In the process, he claimed the world record for the highest individual score in a Test match.

His second major innings, 400 runs not out, came 10 years later once again in April. It was against England, and he reclaimed his world record.

Answer: Don Bradman

Jayawardene, Gooch, Taylor, and Brian Lara were batsmen to score a Test match triple century whilst captaining their countries. Lara was skipper of the West Indies when he scored 400 not out in 2004.

Answer: It remained for over 75 years of the highest score in Test cricket by an Australian batsman

Matthew Hayden surpassed Donald Bradman as Australia's highest scorer in a Test innings when he made 380 runs against Zimbabwe in 2003. Mark Taylor did equal Bradman's score in 1998, but chose to declare the Australian innings closed rather than overtake 'The Don's' score. Whilst Bradman did hit 46 boundaries during his innings, he did not clear the fence for a six. Bradman only managed to hit six sixes in his Test career despite being one of the games most prolific batsmen.

Answer: They all did

Conrad Hunte (260 runs) assisted Garfield Sobers (365) to compile 446 runs for the second wicket in their 1958 Test match against Pakistan. Sangakkara (287) and Mahela Jayawardene (374) created a new world record for all wickets of 624 runs, and Roshan Mahanama (225) joined with Sanath Jayasuriya (340) in a memorable partnership against India in 1997.

Answer: Ken Barrington

Ken Barrington responded to Bob Simpson's innings of 311 runs at Manchester in 1964 with a score of 256. Ken was also in opposition to Australia when Bob Cowper scored his 307 runs in Melbourne in 1966. On that occasion, Ken replied with an innings of 115 but it was sufficient to ensure that England survived the match with a draw.

Answer: Yes

The unfortunate batsman was New Zealand's Martin Crowe against Sri Lanka in Wellington in 1991. The irony is that he was dismissed by a part-time bowler, Sri Lanka's Arjuna Ranatunga who took only 16 wickets in the course of his Test career. Donald Bradman managed a score of 299 against South Africa, however, he remained undefeated on that total.