Record for Most Runs in an Innings in Test Cricket

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Test match cricket provides the ultimate challenge for character, skill and patience in cricketers. If someone can claim that he had all those qualities, then it would certainly be Brian Lara. Lara currently holds the record for most runs in a test match innings. Lara is the only player to have touched the milestone of 400 runs in an innings. The West Indian also has a score of 375. Interestingly, his top two scores had come while playing against England.

The following is the list of players with scores of 350+ in test match innings:

1. Brian Lara, West Indies - 400 not out
2. Mathew Hayden, Australia - 380
3. Brian Lara, West Indies - 375
4. Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka - 374
5. Gary Sobers, West Indies - 365 not out
6. Sir Leonard Hutton, England - 364

(Updated on: 12April 2009)

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Record for Most Runs in Test Match Cricket

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Sachin Tendulkar, the little master from India, holds the record for most runs in test match cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has accumulated more than 12,000 runs in a career spanning for two decades. Sachin Tendulkar recently surpassed the record held by Brian Lara of West Indies. The close competitor to Sachin Tendulkar is Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who is closing in on 11,000 runs in test cricket.

The list of leading run scorers in test match cricket, who have collected at least 10,000 runs is given below

1. Sachin Tendulkar, India - 12,773 runs
2. Brian Lara, West Indies - 11,953 runs
3. Allan Border, Australia - 11,174 runs
4. Ricky Ponting, Australia- 10,960 runs
5. Steve Waugh, Australia - 10,927 runs
6. Rahul Dravid, India - 10,823 runs
7. Jacques Kallis, South Africa - 10,277 runs
8. Sunil Gavaskar, India - 10,122 runs

(Updated on: 11 April 2009)

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