Batting Most Runs Innings

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GS Sobers	365*	614	-	38	0	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
Hanif Mohammad	337	970	-	24	0	0.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
PBH May	285*	600	-	25	2	0.00	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
DCS Compton	278	287	-	34	1	0.00	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
FMM Worrell	261	335	-	35	2	0.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
CC Hunte	260	-	-	28	1	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	0	0.00	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
RB Kanhai	256	400	-	42	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
DJ McGlew	255*	534	-	19	0	0.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
FMM Worrell	237	570	-	35	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
EAB Rowan	236	550	-	28	0	0.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
MH Mankad	231	525	-	21	0	0.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
B Sutcliffe	230*	540	-	30	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
PR Umrigar	223	503	-	26	0	0.00	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
MH Mankad	223	470	-	22	0	0.00	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955	Test # 417
CL Walcott	220	390	-	28	1	0.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
DS Atkinson	219	351	-	29	1	0.00	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
RB Kanhai	217	420	-	32	0	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
Imtiaz Ahmed	209	380	-	28	0	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	0	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
ED Weekes	207	445	-	20	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
AR Morris	206	462	-	23	0	0.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951	Test # 330
ED Weekes	206	360	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
RN Harvey	205	295	-	19	0	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953	Test # 365
L Hutton	205	532	-	24	1	0.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
RN Harvey	204	410	-	24	1	0.00	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
L Hutton	202*	470	-	22	0	0.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
GS Sobers	198	340	-	28	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
ED Weekes	197	-	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
FMM Worrell	191*	575	-	26	0	0.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
RN Harvey	190	361	-	21	0	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
Waqar Hasan	189	430	-	30	0	0.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
JW Burke	189	578	-	15	0	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
Wazir Mohammad	189	405	-	22	0	0.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
MH Mankad	184	270	-	19	1	0.00	India	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
VL Manjrekar	177	555	-	20	0	0.00	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
TW Graveney	175	495	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
P Roy	173	472	-	12	0	0.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
CC McDonald	170	487	315	12	0	53.96	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
L Hutton	169	460	-	24	1	0.00	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
CL Walcott	168*	-	-	24	0	0.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
OG Smith	168	416	-	10	3	0.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
AL Hassett	167	-	-	14	1	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
FMM Worrell	167	435	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
RN Harvey	167	370	325	16	0	51.38	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
JKC Holt	166	-	-	25	1	0.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
Saeed Ahmed	166	-	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480
VS Hazare	164*	515	-	-	0	0.00	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
TW Graveney	164	325	-	17	0	0.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
ML Apte	163*	-	-	-	0	0.00	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
AL Hassett	163	359	-	15	0	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
WR Endean	162*	452	-	9	0	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
RN Harvey	162	380	-	17	0	0.00	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
ED Weekes	161	335	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
JW Burke	161	504	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
OG Smith	161	341	-	19	1	0.00	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
MC Cowdrey	160	280	-	14	4	0.00	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
DCS Compton	158	336	-	22	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Manchester	07 Jul 1955	Test # 410
AR Morris	157	-	-	15	1	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
L Hutton	156*	370	-	11	0	0.00	England	v Australia	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951	Test # 330
RT Simpson	156*	338	-	12	0	0.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
ED Weekes	156	211	-	19	0	0.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
VS Hazare	155	300	-	19	0	0.00	India	v England	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
CL Walcott	155	294	-	23	0	0.00	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
VM Merchant	154	450	-	-	0	0.00	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
CC McDonald	154	315	-	16	1	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
MC Cowdrey	154	500	-	16	0	0.00	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
AR Morris	153	419	-	18	2	0.00	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
JB Stollmeyer	152	324	-	14	0	0.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Feb 1952	Test # 350
MC Cowdrey	152	352	-	14	0	0.00	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
RN Harvey	151*	328	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
L Hutton	150	317	-	20	0	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
P Roy	150	-	-	-	0	0.00	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
Saeed Ahmed	150	-	-	16	0	0.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
KR Miller	147	346	-	15	0	0.00	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
VS Hazare	146*	285	-	-	0	0.00	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
KR Miller	145*	354	-	6	1	0.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	05 Jan 1951	Test # 329
L Hutton	145	315	-	16	0	0.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
CL Walcott	145	-	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
EAB Rowan	143	-	-	-	0	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
GS Sobers	142*	-	-	8	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
Hanif Mohammad	142	-	-	17	1	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955	Test # 395
RA McLean	142	213	-	21	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
CC Hunte	142	300	-	17	0	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
BF Butcher	142	335	-	10	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
ER Dexter	141	237	292	24	0	48.28	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
P Roy	140	330	-	20	0	0.00	India	v England	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
RN Harvey	140	244	-	17	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
ED Weekes	139	210	-	24	1	0.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
FMM Worrell	138	305	-	17	0	0.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
PBH May	138	380	-	-	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
AJ Watkins	137*	540	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
B Sutcliffe	137*	300	-	15	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
RT Simpson	137	270	-	21	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
KR Miller	137	243	-	22	0	0.00	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
JR Reid	135	196	-	18	2	0.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
PBH May	135	-	-	-	0	0.00	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
TE Bailey	134*	379	-	13	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	17 Mar 1951	Test # 332
JHB Waite	134	510	-	-	0	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
NCL O'Neill	134	220	-	19	0	0.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]