Top 10 Highest Individual Scores in First-Class Cricket

Brian Lara – 400* (1994, West Indies vs. Warwickshire)

Larry’s marathon knocked the roof off the record books. Two days, two blazers, a hurricane of drives that left bowlers shaking. He turned a quiet county ground into a cathedral of cricket, and the scoreboard never looked back.

Hanif Mohammad – 337* (1959, Pakistan vs. West Indies)

Imagine a desert sunrise, patient, relentless. That was Mohammad’s innings, a stoic wall that withstood a ferocious West Indian attack. He stitched a 12‑hour saga, each stroke a grain of sand building an empire.

Sir Len Hutton – 364 (1938, England vs. Australia)

Hutton’s epic turned the Oval into a battlefield of elegance. He paced the chase like a chess grandmaster, never rattling, always recalculating. The Aussie bowlers were left wondering if the ball would ever hit the stumps.

Sir Jack Hobbs – 311 (1925, England vs. South Africa)

Hobbs, the Master, forged a century of steel. Each boundary was a hammer strike, each defence a weld. The South African attack crumbled under his relentless pressure, leaving only dust and admiration.

Sir Donald Bradman – 334 (1930, Australia vs. England)

Bradman set the bar so high that even his own shadow struggled to reach it. He scored at a pace that made the Ashes feel like a warm-up match. The English bowlers were left speechless, watching history unfold.

Graham Gooch – 333* (1990, England vs. Natal)

Gooch turned a Southern African pitch into his personal gallery. He painted each run with a brush of power, a splash of patience. The innings lasted 13 hours, a marathon that still haunts the opposition.

Sir Richard Hadlee – 327 (1984, New Zealand vs. Pakistan)

Hadlee, famed for his bowling, showed his batting could carve the same canyon. He unleashed a flood of strokes, a tidal wave that overwhelmed the Pakistani field. The innings was a revelation, a dual‑skill masterpiece.

Don Bradman – 304* (1934, Australia vs. England)

Bradman again, because one is never enough. This time he stitched a night‑time tapestry of runs, each one a thread of brilliance. The England side tried to unravel it, but the knot held firm.

Victor Trumper – 304 (1914, Australia vs. England)

Trumper’s classic was poetry in motion, a sonnet written with a leather ball. He danced across the crease, his bat a conductor’s baton, orchestrating a symphony that silenced the English attack.

Sir Garfield Sobers – 365* (1958, West Indies vs. New Zealand)

Sobers took the game to a rooftop party and invited everyone. His knock was a cocktail of power, finesse, and sheer audacity. The New Zealand bowlers watched as each shot lifted the party higher.

Look: these innings aren’t just numbers; they’re legends in the making, each a benchmark for any aspiring batsman. Want to chase a record? Start with relentless practice, grind every session, and never forget the mental fortitude that powered Lara, Hutton and the greats. Grab a bat, book a ticket, and watch the next marathon innings.