All About Double Hundred in Test Cricket (Thread):

First Double Hundred:

Australian right handed batsman Billy Murdoch scored first double century in test cricket, making 211 against England at the Oval, on 12 August 1884.

He is also the First Captain.

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Australia got their first double-century in their 16th Test, but for England it came in their 75th Test (that too by a debutant)- a record for most matches before first 200 for a team until Bangladesh took 76 Tests for the same. 

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First 200s by Indian:
Polly Umrigar scored first double century in 1952 against New Zealand for india.

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First Woman:
New Zealand’s Kirsty Flavell was the first woman to score a double century in Test cricket. Flavell scored a magnificent 204 in the second innings against England at North Marine Road, Scarborough, in 1996. 

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First Indian Woman:
Mitali Raj is the first Indian to score a double century on 17 August 2002, at the age of 19, in just her third Test. She scored 214 against England in the second and final Test at County Ground, Taunton. 

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Highest by Women:
Pakistan’s Kiran Baluch scored 242 runs in the first innings against West Indies at National Stadium, Karachi, in 2004 to become the highest scorer in Women’s Test cricket surpassing India’s Mithali Raj (214). 

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First in ODI:
13 years before the master blaster reached this landmark, there was a lady, Belinda Clark is the first cricketer scored ODI double hundred. On 16th December 1997, she had smashed an unbeaten 229 off just 155 balls against Denmark in the ICC Women’s CWC match.

Belinda Clark is also the first Woman Captain to hit a double hundred. She is also first Player to hit in World Cup.

Others Women:
Michelle Goszko (Test)
Joanne Broadbent (Test)
Karen Rolton (Test)
Ellyse Perry (Test)
Amelia Kerr (ODI)

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Fastest to hit 200s in Test Cricket:

Balls
153 - Nathan Astle
163 - Ben Stokes
168 - Virender Sehwag
182 - Virender Sehwag
186 - Brendon McCullum
194 - Virender Sehwag

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Sachin Tendulkar

In men's ODI cricket, the first player to score a double century was India's Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 200 not out against South Africa at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, on 24 February 2010.

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Most Double Hundred (Men's ODI):

3 - Rohit Sharma
1 - Sachin Tendulkar / Virender Sehwag / Chris Gayle / Guptill / Fakhar Zaman

Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest score in ODI with 264 runs.

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Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma are the only Captain to hit double hundred in ODIs (Men).

Chris Gayle is the first man also he is the fastest to hit double hundred in ODIs.

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The first triple century in Test match was scored by Andy Sandham (England) against the West Indies in 1930. As of now 31 triple centuries in the test matches have been scored by the cricketers.

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Virendra Sehwag on March 29th in 2004 in Multan against our arch rival Paksitan scored the first triple century by an Indian. The best part is that he was the first one to bring up his 300 by hitting a six. He hit a six on the onside off Saqlain Mushtaq when he was on 295.

Most 300s:
Brian Lara and Chris Gayle (West Indies), Donald Bradman (Australia) and Virender Sehwag (India) are the only batsmen to scored 300 plus score more than once in the test matches.

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Highest Score:
The highest score (400) in the test match is scored by the great Brian Lara against England. He was also the Captain. Lara is also the only player who had scored 350 plus two times.

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The quickest Test triple-century in terms of time (4 hours 48 minutes) was scored by the Wally Hammond in 1932–33. 

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Fastest 300s:
The fastest triple century in terms of balls (278-balls) was scored by the Virender Sehwag against South Africa in Chennai in 2008. The most triple centuries from one country is seven, by Australia.

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Country Wise 300s:
There are 8 triple centuries are scored by the Australian players while 6 by the West Indies players and 5 by the England and wales players. There are 2 Indian players have scored 3 triple test centuries so far.

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Most Test Double Hundred:

12 - Don Bradman
11 - Sangakkara
9 - Brian Lara
7 - Virat Kohli / Jayawardena / Hammond

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Most Test double hundred as a Captain:

7 - Virat Kohli
5 - Brian Lara
4 - M Clarke / Grame Smith / Don Bradman
3 - Fleming / Jayawardena / Gregg Chappell / McCullum / Simpson

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Most Test 200s in a Winning Cause:

Don Bradman - 10
Kumar Sangakkara - 7
Virat Kohli - 6
Ricky Ponting - 5
Younis Khan - 5

Virat Kohli is the only player to score four double centuries in four consecutive series.

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Most Test 200s in away from home including nutral venue:

5 - Don Bradman / Sangakkara /Younis Khan / Brian Lara / Hammond

Younis Khan is the only player who have all 5 double hundred (away & neutral) in a winning cause.

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Most Double Hundred in 4th innings of a Test Match:

1 - Headly / Astle / Gavaskar / Edrich / Greenidge

Greenidge is the only player have double hundred in a 4th inning in a winning cause.

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