The most difficult job is to score run and retain the wickets in the test match. Some cricket teams have players that destroyed the bowling line-ups. Brain Lara, Matthew Hayden two players have set records of most runs in the match. They manage to pull more than 350+ runs in a single match. Lara leads the list of the Batsman with most runs in test match.
Brian Lara | West Indies | Lara is the former West Indian international test cricketer. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and hold several cricketing records, including the record of highest individual score in a test match upto 400 runs against England in 2003. He is inducted in the ICC cricket hall of fame alongside legend cricketers.
Matthew Hayden | Australia | Hayden is one of the destructive opening batsman alongside Adam Gilchrist. After Brain Lara, he set the record highest score in test match upto 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. He is currently working as professional cricket analyst, team coach and commentator in different T20 leagues.
Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | Jayawardene might retired from the cricket, but his record of scoring 374 runs against South Africa still hold the third place. He is the only Sri Lanka cricketer to score more than 375 runs in a match. The successful cricketer career brings him in the spotlight IPL, PSL and other T20 league franchises looking forward to sign him as mentor, or cricket coach. In November 2021 he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
| Player | Score | Opponent | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Lara | 400 | England | St. John’s |
| Matthew Hayden | 380 | Zimbabwe | Perth |
| Brian Lara | 375 | England | St. John’s |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 374 | South Africa | Colombo |
| Garfield Sobers | 365 | Pakistan | Kingston |
Once, any other player set the record of the most runs in a test match in upcoming year details updated. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Steve Smith and Babar Azam top contenders to do it but still any player can surprise with his batting skills in the modern day cricket.