Quiz! 300s, 400s, 500s and more – how well do you know these massive individual scores?

The first recorded century in any cricket is John Minshull’s 107, back in 1769. Six years later, when John Small went past that with 136 – also the first hundred in first-class cricket – Minshull was playing for the opposition. Two years after that, James Aylward stretched that to 167, which was usurped by Frederick Beauclerk (170) in 1806.

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In 1820, William Ward not only went past Beauclerk’s record but improved it by a colossal margin by hitting 278. Alfred Adams (279) beat that by one run in 1837. The next major leap came in 1868, when Edward Tylecote smashed 404 – and remained unbeaten, to boot. Bill Roe (415 not out in 1881) was next, followed by James Carrick (419 not out in 1885), Andrew Stoddart (485 in 1886), and AEJ Collins (628 not out (628 not out in 1899).

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Collins’ record stood throughout the 20th century and beyond the first decade of the 21st. Then, in 2015/16, Pranav Dhanawade hit 1009 runs in an innings – a record that continues to stand on July 2025.

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