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A double century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings. Bradman holds the Test record for the most double centuries scored with twelve, one ahead of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara who finished his career with eleven. In third is Brian Lara of the West Indies with nine.
In 1984, Viv Richards of the West Indies further bettered the record with an unbeaten 189 runs against England at Old Trafford. [12] [13] Kerr, the youngest player to score a double century, is the highest individual scorer in WODI history with a score of 232. Until December 1997, no player had achieved a score of 200 in ODIs.
A century or a double century is regarded as a landmark score for batsmen and a player's number of centuries or double centuries are generally recorded in their career statistics. [3] Test cricket , the longest version of the game, involves two innings per side in a match and scheduled to last for up to five days. [ 4 ]
Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier. [16] Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of the fastest Test half century, scoring 50 runs from 21 balls. The record for the fastest Test century is held by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, who scored 100 runs from 54 balls in his final Test match.
Joe Root has scored 52 centuries for England. Joe Root is an English cricketer and former captain of the England Test team. [1] [2] [3] Described by his compatriots Eoin Morgan and Alastair Cook as the "most complete batsman" England has ever produced, [4] [5] Root has played 151 Tests, 171 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 32 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), scoring 36 Test centuries (100 or ...
A double century is regarded as a landmark score for batsmen and a player's number of double centuries are generally recorded in their career statistics. [3] First-class cricket, the longest version of the game after Test cricket, involves two innings per side in a match and scheduled to last for up to three or more days. [4] An individual ...
Opener Usman Khawaja’s maiden double century powered Australia to a commanding 475 for three at lunch on Day 2 of the first cricket test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Resuming on 147 overnight ...
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