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Which cricketers have obtained a new highest score the most times?

Flem274*

123/5
nah, because i don't love Ross for his numbers, unlike you agribusiness types and kane.

now go try wind me up in the domestic thread and not off topic in here.:p
 

Flametree

International 12th Man
Sunny Gavaskar has an interesting history in this regard. Despite starting with a 65, he managed to post 6 new top scores in his first 8 innings. Took him 8 years to better that 8th inning 220 (I can't be arsed trying to count tests sorry), then by just one run, and another four before he posted his highest score of 236*.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Yes, Lara's 375 was in 1994 and Hayden's 380 came near the end of 2003.

No, no, I meant his own individual highest score, which is what this thread is about. Lara got the 375 in 1994 and then made his 400 in 2004. So he had 10 years with the same highest score which has to be up there for actual specialist batsmen who went the longest with the same highest score.
 

AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
No, no, I meant his own individual highest score, which is what this thread is about. Lara got the 375 in 1994 and then made his 400 in 2004. So he had 10 years with the same highest score which has to be up there for actual specialist batsmen who went the longest with the same highest score.
For the longest gap in time rather than by number of Tests, you have to check a whole new set of players; e.g. Hobbs scored 187 in 1910, and didn't improve on that until 1924. Freddie Brown (74 in March 1933; 79 in January 1951) might have the overall record.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
For the longest gap in time rather than by number of Tests, you have to check a whole new set of players; e.g. Hobbs scored 187 in 1910, and didn't improve on that until 1924. Freddie Brown (74 in March 1933; 79 in January 1951) might have the overall record.

What about guys whose career was interrupted by WWII?
 

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I was just looking for someone who could match Lara but it's tricky. People who had great starts and ends to their careers with lean middle periods... but not that lean as they still had to play for man years.

Carl Hooper got 134 in 1990 and 233 in 2002, and not much in between, but there was that cheeky little 178* in '93 ruining my fun
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
does it hurt knowing Taylor isn't going to hold any NZ batting records?
I mean that just isn't true at all.

I doubt the partnership record of Taylor and Williamson will ever be beaten, Taylor and Ryder for the 4th wicket, highest score for NZ away and he has the most consecutive innings before his first duck record for NZ pretty comfortably.

He has a realistic chance at finishing with more ODI runs and ODI tons than Kane depending on how the future schedules work.

Between Williamson, McCullum and Taylor they'll probably wipe out the majority of our batting records.
 

Flametree

International 12th Man
John Traicos held his top score of 5* from his debut innings in Feb 1970 all the way through his career, which ended in March 1993....
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
Chameera doing a decent job so far:

2 on debut
4 in his second Test
14 vs. NZ in the first innings
14* vs. NZ in the second innings (he better get that 15th run!)
 

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