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Top 5 youngest batsmen to score Test triple centuries and a 68-year-old record
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News18•18-10-2026, 17:47
Top 5 youngest batsmen to score Test triple centuries and a 68-year-old record
- •Garfield Sobers holds the record as the youngest batsman to score a Test triple century, making an unbeaten 365 against Pakistan in 1958 at the age of 21 years and 213 days.
- •Sir Don Bradman is second on the list, scoring 334 runs against England in 1930 when he was 21 years and 318 days old.
- •England legend Len Hutton scored a marathon 364 runs against Australia in 1938 at the age of 22 years and 58 days.
- •Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad played a historic innings of 337 runs against the West Indies in 1958 at 23 years and 27 days old.
- •West Indies star Brian Lara hit 375 runs against England in 1994 at the age of 24 years and 349 days, completing this elite list.
Key Questions Answered
West Indian all-rounder Garfield Sobers holds the record for scoring a Test triple century at the youngest age, playing an unbeaten knock of 365 runs against Pakistan on February 26, 1958, when he was just 21 years and 213 days old.
Sir Don Bradman was 21 years and 318 days old when he scored a staggering 334 runs against England at Leeds on July 11, 1930.
West Indies' Brian Lara scored a colossal 375 runs against England at St John's on April 16, 1994, at the age of 24 years and 349 days.
