Top 10 highest scores by batsmen in Tests

#9 WALTER HAMMOND (336*)

Walter Hammond hit a total of 10 sixes during his monumental knock

Led by Curly Page, New Zealand chose to bat first, but could only assemble 158 runs on the board. In reply, Walter Hammond scored an unbeaten 336, the then highest Test score. He also hit a record 10 sixes, cutting, driving, hooking and pulling everything that was there for offer, taking a mere 47 minutes to jump from 200 to 300.

Apart from 10 sixes, he also hit 34 fours, and ended the series with an average of 563, a record that still remains undefeated.