3 batsmen who scored more than 300 runs in their first test century, top score of their career, Indian player included

New Delhi. There have been some occasions in international cricket when a batsman played a ‘long’ innings during his first Test century. He made such a big score that he could never cross this ‘Himalaya’ of runs in his entire career. This was his top score in his Test career. In the 147-year history of Test cricket, till now 3 batsmen have achieved the feat of scoring more than 300 runs during their first Test century. These include India’s Karun Nair, who played an unbeaten inning of 303 runs against England in Bengaluru in December 2016. Nair scored a triple century in the third match of his Test career and only 6 Tests are registered in his account. After unbeaten 303 runs, his second highest score in test is 26 runs.

Apart from Karun Nair, Sir Garry Sobers of West Indies and Robert Bedale Simpson alias Bob Simpson of Australia also scored more than 300 runs in their first Test century. Unlike Karun, both these players played as all-rounders and also made important contributions to the team through bowling. Sobers, who is counted among the best all-rounder in Test, has 8032 runs and 235 wickets in his name with the help of 26 centuries.

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Sobers scored 365* against Pakistan in 1958

versatile talent gary sobers Used to bat with left hand. Apart from left arm medium pace bowling, he was also proficient in finger and wrist spin bowling. In first class cricket, he was the first to achieve the feat of hitting six consecutive sixes in six balls of an over. Born in Barbados, Sobers made his Test debut in Kingston in 1954 at the age of 18. In this test, he could not do anything special in batting but he took 4 wickets for 75 runs in England’s only innings. He had to wait for 16 tests to score his first test century.

In February 1958, in the 17th Test of his career in Kingston, Sobers surprised by batting for 614 minutes against Pakistan. In response to Pakistan’s 328 runs in the first innings, West Indies made a huge score of 790 runs (innings declared) for three wickets, which included Sobers’ unbeaten 365 (38 fours) and Conrad Hunte’s 260 runs. During this period, Sobers and Hunte had made a partnership of 446 runs for the second wicket. After this, Sobers scored 25 more centuries in his 93 Test career but could never cross the score of his first Test century. His second highest test score of 226 runs against England. His 26 Test centuries included one triple and one double century.

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Simpson’s first century also crossed 300 runs

Bob Simpson played 62 Tests from 1957 to 1978 as a right-handed batsman and leg break bowler. Simpson, who scored a half-century in his debut Test in December 1957, had to wait till the 29th match for his first century. Even before this century, he had got a chance to reach triple figures on a few occasions but on two occasions he was out in nervous nineties (92 and 91) and once on 85 runs. However, he ended this wait by playing a ‘giant’ inning of 311 runs against England in the 30th Test. In the Manchester Test of July 1964, Simpson faced 743 balls and scored 311 runs, which included 23 fours and one six. In response to Australia’s score of 656/8 (innings declared) in the Test, England scored 611 runs in the first innings and the match was a dull draw. Simpson scored 10 centuries in his Test career, of which 311 runs in Manchester was his highest score. Apart from a triple century, he also scored two double centuries. Simpson also has 71 wickets in his name in Test cricket.

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Nair could play only 3 tests after scoring triple century
Karun Nair was such an unlucky batsman that despite scoring a triple century in the third Test of his career, he has been able to play only 6 Tests so far. After being out of the Test team, he is still waiting for his comeback but with the passing of time, his chances are diminishing. Nair, who made his Test debut against England in Mohali in November 2016, was run out after scoring 4 runs in the first innings while did not get a chance to bat in the second innings. After losing the wicket for 13 runs in the only innings of the second Test in Mumbai, in the third Test held in Chennai, he took on the England bowlers fiercely and after spending 565 minutes on the wicket, he scored an unbeaten 303 off 381 balls with the help of 32 fours and four sixes. Scored runs. If a batsman scores a triple century in only his third Test, then there is a need to save his talent, but after scoring 23 and 5 runs in the next two Tests, Nair was discarded by the selectors and he never played for India again. Could.

In six Tests, he could play only seven innings in which he remained unbeaten once and scored 374 runs at an average of 62.33 with a top score of 303*. After scoring 690 runs in 10 matches for Vidarbha in Ranji season 2023-24 and 249 runs in three matches for Northamptonshire in the English county, Nair is hopeful of returning to Team India’s redball team but considering the current team combination. Their path is very difficult.

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Apart from these three batsmen, Reginald Foster (287), Brian Lara (277), Zaheer Abbas (274), Jack Crawley (267), Rohan Kanhai (256), Derrick McGlough (255*), Wally Hammond (251) and Fouad Bekas. (250) has also played an innings of 250 runs or more while scoring his first Test century. Apart from Lara and Hammond, this was the highest score for Faster, Zaheer Abbas, Kohli (still playing Test cricket), Kanhai, McGlough and Backus.

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