Highest Individual Scores in Team’s 2nd Test Innings
| Player | Score (Balls) | 4s/6s | Against | Venue | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanif Mohammad (PAK) | 337 (NA) | 24/0 | West Indies | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 |
| Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 302 (559) | 32/4 | India | Wellington | 14 Feb 2014 |
| Martin Crowe (NZ) | 299 (523) | 29/3 | Sri Lanka | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| Peter May (ENG) | 285* (NA) | 25/2 | West Indies | Birmingham | 30 May 1957 |
| VVS Laxman (IND) | 281 (452) | 44/0 | Australia | Eden Gardens | 11 March 2001 |
| Gary Kirsten (SA) | 275 (642) | 26/0 | England | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 |
| Don Bradman (AUS) | 270 (375) | 22/0 | England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1937 |
| Dennis Amiss (ENG) | 262* (563) | 40/1 | West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1974 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 253 (348) | 33/4 | Pakistan | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 |
| Kane Williamson (NZ) | 242* (438) | 18/0 | Sri Lanka | Wellington | 3 Jan 2015 |
Key Insights
Hanif Mohammad has registered the highest individual score in a team’s second Test innings. He scored a 337-run knock for Pakistan against the West Indies. Mohammad’s knock helped Pakistan draw the 1958 Barbados Test after a follow-on.
Mohammad’s knock lasted for 970 minutes, the longest by a batter in red-ball cricket. No other batter has stayed on the crease for more than 900 minutes. Know more about the innings here.
Brendon McCullum’s remarkable 302 against India stands out as the highest score ever by a captain in a team’s second Test innings. This monumental knock is also one of only nine triple centuries scored by a captain in Test history.
Martin Crowe is the lone batter to lose his wicket on the individual score of 299 in Test cricket. The former New Zealand skipper edged a catch to the wicketkeeper off the bowling of his Sri Lankan counterpart Arjuna Ranatunga in the 1991 Wellington Test. Here you can find the batters who have the most number of 290 scores in Test cricket.
VVS Laxman’s 281 is the highest score registered in a team’s second innings to end up in a Test win. His marathon knock in the third innings helped India win the Kolkata Test against Australia after following on – the third such instance in the longer format.
Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar, Gordon Greenidge, and McCullum are the four batters to score two double hundreds each in their team’s second Test innings.
Alastair Cook, meanwhile, has smashed the most Test hundreds in a team’s second innings. He aggregated 15 centuries for England across the third and fourth innings combined. Overall, 14 batters have scored 10 or more hundreds in a team’s second innings.
Joe Root, who doesn’t feature on this list, recently became the first batter in Test history to score over 5000 runs in second innings alone.
