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Australia, the team, which has been, so far, contributed majorly in the context of Test double tons, have 74 double centuries scored from 37 of their batsmen.
The first-ever double hundred in Tests is scored by an Australian too. Billy Murdoch scored the first double century in test cricket, making 211 against England at the Oval, on 11 & 12 August 1884.
| PLAYERS | 200S | INNINGS |
|---|---|---|
| DON BRADMAN | 12 | 80 |
| RICKY PONTING | 6 | 287 |
| GREG CHAPPELL | 4 | 151 |
| MICHAEL CLARKE | 4 | 198 |
| BOB SIMPSON | 3 | 111 |
| STEVE SMITH | 3 | 139 |
| JUSTIN LANGER | 3 | 182 |
David Warner, who scored the decade-high score of 335 in 2019 against Pakistan, has 2 to his name.
The latest entrant to the Test 200 club from the Aussies is Marnus Labuschagne, who scored his maiden double ton against New Zealand in January 2020 in Sydney, breaking multiple records.
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A surprise entry in the Test 200 club is Jason Gillespie, who scored the highest score by a nightwatchman to date in Test cricket. Here’s the list of top 5 innings played by the nightwatchman players.
3 of Don Bradman’s 12 double tons came in a single series (1930 Australia’s tour to England), the highest number of 200+ scores in a single Test series. Bradman had also scored 2 200s in a single Test series 3 times in his career. Such a legend!
All 4 Michael Clarke double century came in 2012, which leads him to create this never-before record in Test history.
Read the same records for other countries here.
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