There are many well-known Test centuries made by players that most of us have heard of. Many of us know about Brian Lara’s 400 runs or Matthew Hayden’s 380 runs. Every die-hard cricket fan has an idea about Sachin Tendulkar’s first century in Tests or Sanath Jayasuriya’s triple hundred against India in Tests.
But do you know the highest score made by a player at each age starting from 14 to 52 in Tests? You might have all read, who holds the records for the respective ages in ODIs, but you may not know the same for Tests.
Even if you are cricket fanatic, some of the record holders, will certainly surprise you. While some legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara are on this list, there are some you would least suspect of holding the record.
So here we have represented a table that includes highest score made by players at each age starting from 14 to 52 in Test cricket till this day.
Age | Player | Country | Runs | Opposition | Venue | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Hasan Raza | Pakistan | 27 | Zimbabwe | Faisalabad | 1996 |
15 | Mohammed Sharif | Bangladesh | 24* | Zimbabwe | Chittagong | 2001 |
16 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 88 | New Zealand | Napier | 1990 |
17 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 119* | England | Manchester | 1990 |
17 | H Masakadza | Zimbabwe | 119 | West Indies | Harare | 2001 |
18 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 148* | Australia | Sydney | 1992 |
19 | Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 206 | New Zealand | Karachi | 1976 |
20 | George Headly | West Indies | 223 | England | Jamaica | 1930 |
21 | Sir Garfield Sobers | West Indies | 365* | Pakistan | Jamaica | 1958 |
22 | Leonard Hutton | England | 364 | Australia | London | 1938 |
23 | Hanif Mohammad | Pakistan | 337 | West Indies | Barbados | 1958 |
24 | Brian Lara | West Indies | 375 | England | Antigua | 1994 |
25 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 317 | South Africa | Antigua | 2005 |
26 | Alastir Cook | England | 294 | India | Birmingham | 2011 |
27 | Peter May | England | 285* | West Indies | Birmingham | 1957 |
28 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 340 | India | Colombo | 1997 |
29 | Mahela Jayawardena | Sri Lanka | 374 | South Africa | Colombo | 2006 |
30 | Michael Clarke | Australia | 329* | India | Sydney | 2012 |
31 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 380 | Zimbabwe | Perth | 2003 |
32 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 329 | New Zealand | Lahore | 2002 |
33 | Mark Taylor | Australia | 334* | Pakistan | Peshawar | 1998 |
34 | Brian Lara | West Indies | 400* | England | Antigua | 2004 |
35 | Seymour Nurse | West Indies | 258 | New Zealand | Christchurch | 1969 |
36 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 319 | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 2014 |
37 | Graham Gooch | England | 333 | India | London | 1990 |
38 | Sir Donald Bradman | Australia | 234 | England | Sydney | 1946 |
39 | Andrew Sandham | England | 325 | West Indies | Jamaica | 1930 |
40 | Graham Gooch | England | 210 | New Zealand | Nottingham | 1994 |
41 | Jack Hobbs | England | 211 | South Africa | London | 1924 |
42 | Eric Rowan | South Africa | 236 | England | Leeds | 1951 |
43 | Warren Bardsley | Australia | 193* | England | London | 1926 |
44 | Frank Woolley | England | 80 | New Zealand | London | 1931 |
45 | Jack Hobbs | England | 159 | West Indies | London | 1928 |
46 | Jack Hobbs | England | 142 | Australia | Melbourne | 1929 |
47 | Jack Hobbs | England | 78 | Australia | Nottingham | 1930 |
48 | Wilfred Rhodes | England | 28 | Australia | London | 1926 |
49 | Bert Ironmonger | Australia | 12 | South Africa | Melbourne | 1931 |
50 | George Gunn | England | 85 | West Indies | Jamaica | 1930 |
52 | Wilfred Rhodes | England | 14* | West Indies | Barbados | 1930 |
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