Test matches

1997 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

High scores

Rank	Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	ST Jayasuriya	340	799	578	36	2	58.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
🥈 2	BA Young	267*	605	422	37	-	63.27	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	1	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
🥉 3	RS Mahanama	225	753	561	27	-	40.10	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
4	GS Blewett	214	519	421	33	-	50.83	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
5	N Hussain	207	437	337	38	-	61.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
6	GJ Whittall	203*	453	359	22	2	56.54	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	1	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
7	NS Sidhu	201	673	491	19	1	40.93	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	2	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
8	MTG Elliott	199	450	351	26	3	56.69	Australia	v England	Leeds	2	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
8	ST Jayasuriya	199	425	226	21	2	88.05	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	3	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	177	443	320	19	2	55.31	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	2	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
11	AJ Stewart	173	362	277	23	1	62.45	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	2	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
11	SC Ganguly	173	516	361	25	2	47.92	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	1	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
13	SR Tendulkar	169	329	254	26	-	66.53	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
14	PA de Silva	168	508	383	14	1	43.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	3	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
15	SR Waugh	160	501	366	22	-	43.71	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
15	Aamer Sohail	160	441	297	17	1	53.87	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	2	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
15	Aamer Sohail	160	354	255	21	-	62.74	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	2	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
18	Saleem Malik	155	338	240	26	-	64.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	4	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
19	GW Flower	151	335	240	12	3	62.91	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	3	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
19	Ijaz Ahmed	151	485	337	15	1	44.80	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	2	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
21	R Dravid	148	541	362	21	-	40.88	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
21	SR Tendulkar	148	320	244	20	3	60.65	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	1	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
23	SC Ganguly	147	427	312	19	2	47.11	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
24	PA de Silva	146	363	226	20	-	64.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	1	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
25	SR Tendulkar	143	292	247	20	-	57.89	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
26	SR Tendulkar	139	397	266	16	-	52.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
27	PA de Silva	138*	273	208	19	-	66.34	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	1	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
28	GP Thorpe	138	290	245	19	-	56.32	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
29	S Chanderpaul	137*	446	284	12	-	48.23	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	1	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
30	MJ Horne	133	327	259	9	2	51.35	New Zealand	v Australia	Hobart	2	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
31	BC Lara	132	223	183	22	1	72.13	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
32	NS Sidhu	131	476	372	14	2	35.21	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	2	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
33	SP Fleming	129	368	254	18	1	50.78	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	1	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
33	CL Hooper	129	275	212	17	-	60.84	West Indies	v India	Kingston	1	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
33	MA Taylor	129	396	296	11	1	43.58	Australia	v England	Birmingham	3	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
36	Azhar Mahmood	128*	350	267	11	1	47.94	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	1	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
37	SC Williams	128	452	299	11	1	42.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	3	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
38	RT Ponting	127	261	202	16	1	62.87	Australia	v England	Leeds	2	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
39	PA de Silva	126	293	211	16	-	59.71	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
39	M Azharuddin	126	290	199	11	-	63.31	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
41	ML Hayden	125	354	226	15	1	55.30	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	2	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
41	GS Blewett	125	300	228	19	1	54.82	Australia	v England	Birmingham	3	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
43	DJ Cullinan	122*	261	200	15	1	61.00	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	4	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
44	PA de Silva	120	268	198	13	-	60.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	3	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
45	GP Thorpe	119	341	245	17	-	48.57	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	2	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
46	MA Atherton	118	398	311	11	-	37.94	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	4	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
47	ME Waugh	116	323	228	17	1	50.87	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	4	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
47	SR Waugh	116	383	271	10	-	42.80	Australia	v England	Manchester	3	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
49	M Azharuddin	115	174	110	19	1	104.54	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
49	BC Lara	115	266	207	11	1	55.55	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	3	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
49	Ali Naqvi	115	352	270	14	-	42.59	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	1	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
52	MTG Elliott	114	335	265	8	-	43.01	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	1	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
53	Ijaz Ahmed	113	324	245	11	-	46.12	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
53	ST Jayasuriya	113	290	212	9	1	53.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	3	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
55	MTG Elliott	112	240	180	20	-	62.22	Australia	v England	Lord's	2	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
55	MA Taylor	112	313	258	10	-	43.41	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	1	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
57	NS Sidhu	111	250	200	13	2	55.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
58	PA de Silva	110*	377	263	15	1	41.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	3	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
59	SC Ganguly	109	325	240	10	2	45.41	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	2	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
60	M Azharuddin	108*	207	174	14	-	62.06	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	4	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
61	GP Thorpe	108	329	249	12	-	43.37	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
61	SR Waugh	108	241	174	13	-	62.06	Australia	v England	Manchester	1	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
61	MS Atapattu	108	341	244	14	-	44.26	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	1	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
64	CL Hooper	106	135	90	14	3	117.77	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	3	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
65	N Hussain	105	250	181	14	-	58.01	England	v Australia	Leeds	3	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
65	RT Ponting	105	269	208	14	-	50.48	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
67	GW Flower	104	345	288	10	-	36.11	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	1	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
68	BM McMillan	103*	345	233	9	-	44.20	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
68	PA de Silva	103*	169	99	11	1	104.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	3	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
70	G Kirsten	103	290	204	15	-	50.49	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
70	RS Kaluwitharana	103	134	103	13	2	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
70	BC Lara	103	217	178	11	1	57.86	West Indies	v India	St John's	1	4 Apr 1997	Test # 1364
70	HP Tillakaratne	103	349	228	10	-	45.17	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	1	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
74	L Klusener	102*	141	100	13	1	102.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
74	NJ Astle	102*	279	214	13	-	47.66	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	3	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
76	JH Kallis	101	357	279	6	-	36.20	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	4	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
77	G Kirsten	100*	298	208	15	-	48.07	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
78	GS Blewett	99	215	154	9	-	64.28	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	2	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
78	SC Ganguly	99	309	188	13	-	52.65	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	1	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
78	GS Blewett	99	260	210	15	-	47.14	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	1	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
81	Moin Khan	98	175	109	9	3	89.90	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
81	G Kirsten	98	425	344	7	-	28.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
81	MS Atapattu	98	403	273	15	-	35.89	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	2	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
84	AM Bacher	96	444	322	10	1	29.81	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	2	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
84	A Jadeja	96	253	212	7	2	45.28	India	v West Indies	St John's	2	4 Apr 1997	Test # 1364
84	NJ Astle	96	218	176	13	2	54.54	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
84	AM Bacher	96	236	191	12	1	50.26	South Africa	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	1	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
84	Inzamam-ul-Haq	96	225	169	15	1	56.80	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	2	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
84	SR Waugh	96	213	161	10	-	59.62	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	2	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
84	SR Waugh	96	264	188	9	-	51.06	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
91	S Chanderpaul	95	267	154	13	-	61.68	West Indies	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	1	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
92	MA Atherton	94*	346	235	10	-	40.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
93	R Dravid	93	302	219	14	-	42.46	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	1	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
94	Inzamam-ul-Haq	92*	273	191	9	2	48.16	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	2	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
95	SR Tendulkar	92	222	147	14	1	62.58	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	2	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
95	R Dravid	92	380	295	8	1	31.18	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	1	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
95	R Dravid	92	330	221	10	1	41.62	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	1	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
98	RIC Holder	91	293	238	7	-	38.23	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	1	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
98	SP Fleming	91	282	229	13	-	39.73	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	2	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
98	GS Blewett	91	262	203	12	-	44.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	3	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383

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