It had all started from the red-ball cricket (Test Cricket) to play this game of highly professional players at the international arena. Way after long years of test cricket when many great players like Don Bradman had already retired the limited-overs cricket has been brought into this cricket with way different rules from Test cricket. With the passage of time and into the early 2000s era another form of cricket called as T20l or T10l or Hong Kong Sixes Cricket has been started as a source of entertainment only but it's been turned into a routine of a cricket player who only wants to play such T20l leagues and avoid playing 5-days long test cricket anymore.
But Test cricket remains the format for the ideal test of any cricketer throughout his career. No matter how successful a player is in the limited-overs cricket his numbers in the test cricket separate him from the others in the league. Scoring a double hundred is another aspect of test cricket requires patience and some high level of concentration, dedication and grit from the player to adapt to different conditions. Having said that, let us take a look at the five cricketers with most double hundreds in test cricket.
Don Bradman (Australia) –
Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 50s | 100s | 200s | 300s |
52 | 80 | 6996 | 99.94 | 334* | 13 | 29 | 12 | 2 |
One of the greatest cricketers of all-time. Probably the best version of a captain and a batsman and the most complete cricketer to have ever graced this game of cricket was without a doubt Don Bradman. Many of his records are still unbreakable like his test average, undefeated captaincy record and the most double hundreds in test cricket.
Although Bradman cricket career was affected during world War 2 otherwise his records could've been more terrifying. The first double hundred from Don Bradman bat came in 1930 against England. Out of his 12 double hundreds Bradman had eight double centuries against England and one each against South Africa, West Indies and India.
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Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) –
Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 50s | 100s | 200s | 300s |
134 | 233 | 12400 | 57.41 | 319* | 52 | 38 | 11 | 1 |
If cricket is ever called a gentleman's game then here is the big alignment behind that known as Kumar Sangakkara. One of the cleanest stroke-makers of the ball in his era was Kumar Sangakkara. The former Sri Lanka captain and wicket-keeper batsman was one of the most important pillars in their history during the golden era of the Sri Lanka Cricket team.
Sangarkara holds the record of most double hundred after Don Bradman which easily defined his batting strengths and abilities to score massive runs. Sangakkara has three double hundreds each against Pakistan and Bangladesh. Two against South Africa and one each against Zimbabwe, New Zealand and India.
Sangarkara holds the record of most double hundred after Don Bradman which can easily define his batting strengths and abilities to score massive runs in red-ball Cricket. Sangakkara has three double hundreds each against Pakistan and Bangladesh. Two double hundreds against South Africa and one double hundred each against Zimbabwe, India and New Zealand. Here a look at the Best Test Innings Of Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara (West Indies) –
Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 50s | 100s | 200s | 300s |
131 | 232 | 11953 | 52.89 | 400 | 48 | 34 | 9 | 2 |
The former West Indies Captain Brain Lara was one of the most stylish cricketers to have ever grace this game of cricket. The last best batsman the West Indies have ever produced who in his prime made his batting to watch on the loop every time.
If there will be the ever debate over the modern-era greats the name of this great cricketer Brian Lara will be mentioned in the special column alongside Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting. Leading from the front was one of the biggest qualities of Brian Lara and many great bowlers were at the back foot when Brian Lara start intimated the opposition teams with his flamboyant batting.
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Wally Hammond (England) –
Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 50s | 100s | 200s | 300s |
85 | 140 | 7249 | 58.46 | 336 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 1 |
(634 first-class matches 50,551 runs 56.10 average 167 centuries 185 half-centuries). His tally of first-class cricket runs is the seventh highest run-score by the batsman in the history. One of the most brilliant middle-order batsmen for England in the early 1930s. His test cricket runs were the highest until in 1970s Colin Cowdrey became the highest run-scorer in test cricket. 22 test centuries of Wally Hammond was the record for more than six decades before Alastair cook in 2012 registered his name as most centuries in test cricket for England.
Wally Hammond was the first cricketer to score 905 runs in 5-test match series against Australia in 1928-29. This record was later surpassed by Don Bradman with most runs 974 in the series which is still a record. Wally Hammond had scored four double hundreds against Australia and two double hundreds against India. While one double hundred against New Zealand.
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) –
Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 50s | 100s | 200s | 300s |
149 | 252 | 11874 | 49.85 | 374* | 50 | 34 | 7 | 1 |
The second best batsman in Sri Lanka Cricket history after Kumar Sangakkara. Mahela Jayawardene was the part of the golden era of Sri Lanka Cricket alongside Kumar Sangakkara and Muthaih Muralitharan. The dependable middle-order batsman who was quite brilliant against A-list teams in terms of scoring runs and helping his side to win games easily.
Jayawardene has two double hundreds each against South Africa, England, India and Pakistan. While one double hundred against Bangladesh. For more than one decade, Mahela Jayawardene was the most prolific run-scorer for Sri Lanka across the formats and never made it felt of former Sri Lanka greats absence.
