Quiz! Name every batter to score 200 runs in a day of men's Test cricket

Test cricket has been around for nearly 150 years, but a single batter scoring over 200 runs in a single day's play is still quite rare. Often it requires a combination of a good wicket, some not-so-good bowling, some luck, and a game situation that allows it – apart from the batter's own skill.

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This has happened on 51 occasions thus far, most recently during the course of a South African captain's triple-century which ended in a hotly debated declaration. This was another record he could have broken.

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That player did record the seventh instance of a player scoring over 250 runs in a single day. Six different individuals have done it, with an Indian doing so twice. Only once has a batter scored over 300 runs in a day – and that was on this day in 1930.

You have 10 minutes to name these 51 players, with their run tally in the day, as well as the match in which they did it, provided. Good luck!

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Correct as of July 11, 2025.

Name every batter to score 200 runs in one day of men's Test cricket

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