Triple Hundreds in Tests - Some Trivias

• Andy Sandham, an English cricketer, was the first batsman to score a triple hundred in a Test match. He 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.
• Pakistani legend Hanif Mohammad's 16-hour effort of 337 against the Caribbeans is the only triple century scored in any team's second innings, in the history of test cricket. With this marathon effort, he saved the test for his team, after his team was skittled out for 106 in the first innings, conceding a 473-run lead to the West Indies.
• Mark Taylor equalled Bradman’s highest score by an Australian in 1998 by scoring 334, but chose to declare the Australian innings closed rather than overtake ‘The Don’s’ score.
• Brian Lara scored 375 against England to achieve the world record for the highest Individual score in a test match at the Antigua Recreation Ground in 1994. 10 years later, he reclaimed the world record against the same opposition at the same venue in the year 2004 by smashing an unbeaten 400.