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Test cricket gives batsmen enough time to bat comfortably and sensibly. Batting is also played full time in Test cricket. Every batsman wants to score a triple century in Test cricket, but achieving this feat is not so easy. But today we are going to tell you about the batsman who scored the first triple century in Test cricket.
Andy Sandham scored the first triple century
Many batsmen of the world have now achieved the feat of scoring a triple century in Test cricket. Apart from this, there are 4 players who have scored 2 triple centuries in their career. These include the names of former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag, Australia's Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle. England's Andy Sandham scored the first triple century in Test cricket. A Test match was played between England and West Indies in the year 1930. In this match, Andy Sandham batted for 600 minutes and faced 640 balls. After which he scored 325 runs in the match.
England scored 849 runs
England scored 849 runs in the first innings of this match which lasted for 7 days. Apart from Andy Sandham, Liz Ames also batted well and scored 149 runs. After which the West Indies team was all out for 286 runs in the second innings. After this, England declared the second innings after scoring 272 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. In the second innings, West Indies batted brilliantly and got the match drawn.
2 triple centuries for India
Only Virender Sehwag has achieved the feat of scoring two triple centuries in Test cricket for India. Sehwag first scored a triple century against Pakistan in 2004 and then against South Africa in 2008.