List Of Batters with Most 150s Score in Test Cricket

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Snatching a 150s score in Test cricket is no easy feat, but many talented batters have beat this milestone multiple times in recent years. Top swingers like Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Virender Sehwag and others have smashed 150+ runs in Tests on multiple occasions.

Let’s check out some of the top batters with the most 150s, double centuries, centuries, and more runs in innings than other players throughout history.

Top Batters with Most 150s Score in Test Cricket

	Test Batter	Number of 150s Score in Test Cricket
1	Brian Lara	19
2	Kumar Sangakkara	19
3	Don Bradman	18
4	Mahela Jayawardene	16
5	Ricky Ponting	15
6	Joe Root	15
7	Jacques Kallis	14
8	Virender Sehwag	14
9	Steve Waugh	14
10	Younis Khan	13
11	Sunil Gavaskar	12
12	Alastair Cook	11
13	Rahul Dravid	11
14	Virat Kohli	11
15	Garry Sobers	11
16	Michael Clarke	10
17	Wally Hammond	10
18	Leonard Hutton	10
19	Javed Miandad	10
20	Kevin Pietersen	10

Top Batters with the Most 150s Score in Test Cricket as Captain

Virat Kohli – Nine 150+ Scores as Test Captain

Kohli has not been India’s Test squad captain for some time, but he holds the record for most 150s as a team skipper. The veteran swinger has managed a 150+ score in Test cricket on nine (9) separate occasions.

Kohli has been a part of 91 Tests so far while featuring in 153 innings throughout the format. The skilled cricketer has also bagged 7490 runs (52.37) throughout appearances as a Test player for Team India.

No other cricketer has been able to replicate his nine 150s knock as Test skipper.

Don Bradman – Eight 150+ Scores as Test Captain

Bradman’s career inspired many cricketers of the modern era and he is one of this sport’s all-time greats. He ranks second among batters with most 150+ scores as skipper for achieving this feat on 8 separate occasions.

Michael Clarke and Brian Lara – Seven 150+ Scores as Test Captain

All-time cricket legends Michael Clarke and Brian Lara both registered seven 150+ scores as Test captains for their respective countries (Australia and the West Indies).

Top 10 Most Runs in an Innings (Test)

Brian Lara’s 400-run innings has not been broken yet. The veteran batter smashed home this total against England to register his two-decade long, potentially-unassailable record.

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Match	Ground	Match Date
BC Lara	400	778	582	43	4	West Indies v England	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
ML Hayden	380	622	437	38	11	Australia v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003
BC Lara	375	766	538	45	–	West Indies v England	St John’s	16 Apr 1994
DPMD Jayawardene	374	752	572	43	1	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006
GS Sobers	365	614	–	38	–	West Indies v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
L Hutton	364	797	847	35	–	England v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
ST Jayasuriya	340	799	578	36	2	Sri Lanka v India	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
Hanif Mohammad	337	970	–	24	–	Pakistan v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
WR Hammond	336	318	–	34	10	England v New Zealand	Auckland	31 Mar 1933
DA Warner	335	554	418	39	1	Australia v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019

Top Test Batters with the Most Fifties and Hundreds

India’s Sachin Tendulkar leads the line among cricketers with more fifties and hundreds in Test cricket. The skilled batsman managed a combined total of 119 separate scores of at least a half-century throughout his career. He also holds the record for most runs scored in Test cricket history.

	Player	Country	Matches	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	100s	50s	50+	Avg
1	SR Tendulkar	India	200	329	33	15921	248	51	68	119	53.79
2	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	164	280	49	11867	203	30	66	96	51.37
3	JE Root	England	147	268	22	12664	262	35	64	99	51.48
4	AR Border	Australia	156	265	44	11174	205	27	63	90	50.56
5	R Dravid	India	164	286	32	13288	270	36	63	99	52.31
6	RT Ponting	Australia	168	287	29	13378	257	41	62	103	51.85
7	JH Kallis	South Africa	166	280	40	13289	224	45	58	103	55.37
8	AN Cook	England	161	291	16	12472	294	33	57	90	45.35
9	VVS Laxman	India	134	225	34	8781	281	17	56	73	45.97
10	KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	134	233	17	12400	319	38	52	90	57.41