There have been many great batsmen in the sport of cricket who have made various records across all formats of cricket and every format has his uniqueness and specialty but test format has a different value. Every player dreams to be a part of the test team of his/her country. Test is not just the oldest format of cricket but a very exciting and competitive format of the game; it is because both the teams get equal chances to make a comeback in a test match. There have been many batsmen who made lots of runs in their test career but making a highest individual score for your country in tests has a different kind of feeling. Today we are going to look at the top 10 Australian batsmen with highest individual scores in tests.
10. Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is an Australian cricketer and one of the best batsmen the game has ever seen. His career test batting average is of 91.85. He was born on 19th December, 1947. He is a right-handed batsman. He has played a total of 168 matches.
Venue:- Melbourne
Date:- 12 December, 2003Runs Scored:- 242
Balls:- 352
4s:- 22
6s:- 0
9. Dean Jones
Dean Jones was an Australian cricketer and one of the best batsmen the game has ever seen. He was born on 24th March, 1961. He was a right-handed batsman. He faced a total of 7427 balls in his career. He died on 24th September, 2020.
Match:- Australia v West Indies
Venue:- Adelaide
Date:- 3rd February, 1989
Runs Scored:- 216
Balls:- 396
4s:- 23
6s:- 0
8. Justin Langer
Justin Langer has a tremendous record as a batsman, He is an Australian cricketer. He was born on 21st November, 1970. Currently he is 51 years old. He has played a total of 105 matches and is one of the best player that Australia has ever seen.
Match:- Australia v New Zealand
Venue:- Leeds
Date:- 26th November, 2004
Runs Scored:- 215
Balls:- 368
4s:- 43
6s:- 2
7. Robert Cowper
Robert Cowper also known as “Bob Cowper” is a former Australian Cricketer. He was a decent all-rounder. Robert scored the first ever triple hundred on the Australian soil. Robert was a left-handed batsman and a right arm off-break bowler. He was born on 5 October 1940. He played cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968. He played 27 tests for Australia with an average of 46.84. He scored five centuries and ten half-centuries in his career span of 4 years.
Match:- Australia v England
Venue:- Melbourne
Date:- 11 February 1966
Runs Scored:- 307
Balls:- 727
4s:- 20
6s:- 0
6. Robert Simpson
Robert Simpson nicknamed “Simmo” is a former Australian cricketer who was a right-handed batsman. He was born on 3 February 1936. He made his test debut against South Africa on 23 December 1957. During his 21 year old long test career he played 62 tests and scored 4869 test runs at an average of 46.81. He scored ten centuries and twenty seven half-centuries in his test career. He also had a highly successful run as a coach of the Australian team from 1986 to 1996.
Match:- Australia v England
Venue:- Manchester
Date:- 23 July 1964
Runs Scored:- 311
Balls:- 743
4s:- 23
6s:- 1
5. Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke is a former Australian cricketer. He also captained the Australian team from 2011 to 2015 in both tests and one-day internationals. He also led his team to victory in 2015 cricket world cup. He also captained Australia in t20 internationals between 2007 and 2010. He was born on 2 April 1981. He made his test debut on 6 October 2004 against India. During his 11 year long test career he played 115 tests and scored 8643 runs at an average of 49.1. He scored 28 centuries and 27 half-centuries in his test career.
Match:- Australia v India
Venue:- Sydney
Date:- 3 January 2012
Runs Scored:- 329*
Balls:- 468
4s:- 39
6s:- 1
4. Sir Don Bradman
When we talk about the best batsmen of all time in world cricket it’s impossible to not talk about Sir Don Bradman. He used to prefer the cross batted shots like cut, hook & pull to counter the bounce in the pitches as well as the bodyline bowling against him. He also used the crease perfectly to execute his shots. When he was in the peak of his career he had developed an ability to switch between a defensive position and an attacking position in the same delivery according to the situation. He played 52 tests in his career and scored 6996 runs with 29 centuries and 13 half centuries at an staggering average of 99.94.
Match:- Australia v England
Venue:- Leeds
Date:- 11 July 1930
Runs Scored:- 334
Balls:- 448
4s:- 46
6s:- 0
3. Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor is a former Australian left – handed batsman. He was an opening batsman and also captained the Australian side from 1994 to 1999 after Allan Border. He made his test debut on 26 January 1989 against West Indies. During his 10 year - long test career he scored 7525 runs in 104 tests at an average of 43.49 with 19 centuries and 40 half centuries. He was also an excellent fielder at slip and made a test record of most catches taken at first slip with 157 catches at that time.
Match:- Australia v Pakistan
Venue:- Peshawar
Date:- 15 October 1998
Runs Scored:- 334*
Balls:- 564
4s:- 32
6s:- 1
2. David Warner
David Warner is an Australian left – handed batsman who was also a former captain of his national side. He bats in the opening position and is known for his explosive and aggressive style of batting. He made his test debut on 1 December 2011 against New Zealand. Interestingly he is the first batsman in 132 years to make the debut for his national side without any first class cricket playing experience. So far he has played 89 test matches and scored 7551 runs at an average of 48.40 with 24 centuries and 32 half centuries.
Match:- Australia v Pakistan
Venue:- Adelaide
Date:- 29 November 2019
Runs Scored:- 335*
Balls:- 418
4s:- 39
6s:- 1
1. Matthew Hayden
Matthew Hayden nicknamed “Haydos” is a former Australian cricketer. He was a left – handed opening batsman who was known for his powerful and aggressive way of batting. He made his test debut on 4 March 1994 against South Africa. He served Australian cricket for 15 years. In his fifteen year long career he played 103 tests and scored 8625 runs at an average of 50.73 with 30 centuries and 29 half centuries. He holds the record for the highest individual score by an Australian in tests.
Match:- Australia v Zimbabwe
Venue:- Perth
Date:- 9 October 2003
Runs Scored:- 380
Balls:- 437
4s:- 38
6s:- 11
