Stats: Players with highest Test scores in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings

Every cricket player’s dream is to represent his country at Test level. After this achievement, every player’s dream is to make a century for his country in the longest format of the game and first Test century is always special.

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* or Matthew Hayden’s 380. Every die-hard cricket fan will know about Don Bradman and Virender Sehwag’s two triple centuries in Tests or Mahela Jayawardena’s 374 against South Africa in Tests.

But do you know the highest score made by a player had come in which innings of that Test match. Even if you are a cricket fanatic, some of the record holders will certainly surprise you. While some legends like Don Bradman, Brian Lara are on this list, there are some you would least suspect of holding the record.

While you might assume that it is obvious that Sachin Tendulkar is the leader in all four innings (Because he had made most centuries in Test cricket), you might be surprised to find out that that is not the case. In fact, he is not present in any of the innings.

Finding it hard to believe? Here, we have presented tables for all four innings with top five players with highest Test scores in that particular Test innings.

Here is a table that includes players with highest Test scores in 1st innings.

In the 2^nd innings. Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardena leads the table with a Test score of 374. Here is a table that includes players with highest Test scores in 2nd innings.

While in the 3^rd innings, Pakistan’s Hanif Mohammad is at the top with a score of 337. Here is a table that includes players with highest Test scores in 3rd innings.

It is a fourth different batsman who tops the list for highest Test score in each innings. In the fourth innings, the batsman who leads the table is West Indies’ George Headley.