Top 5 Batsmen Who Scored Most Runs In A Test Series: The first ever Test match was played in 1877 between the old guards England and Australia in Melbourne. The game was limited to only a few nations in the 20th century, with England, Australia, and the West Indies being the powerhouses.
However, in the 21st century, the power base has shifted to India, while nations like South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand also have had their moments in the sun.
Fans have witnessed a spate of great batsmen who had iconic series; batsmen have gone on to have such successful Test series that they are remembered and defined by those.
There have been nine instances of a batsman scoring more than 800 runs in a Test series and only two instances of a batsman scoring more than 900 runs in a Test series.
Let us see who the five most prolific individual Test series are for a batsman.
Top 5 Batsmen Who Scored Most Runs In A Test Series:
5. Viv Richards – 829 runs vs England, 1976
In the Wisden Trophy 1976, when the West Indies toured England for a five-match Test series, Sir Viv Richards piled up 829 runs in four Test matches at an average of 118.
Richard clobbered three centuries, including two double centuries, and two fifties. This is still the most runs scored by a West Indian batsman in a Test series. The West Indies won the series 3-0.
4. Neil Harvey – 834 runs vs South Africa, 1952/53
Australian batsman Neil Harvey had a memorable series against South Africa in 1952/53, where in five Tests he amassed 834 runs at an average of 92.
Harvey registered four centuries, one of them a double hundred, and three fifties in nine innings. The tightly contested Test series ended in a 2-2 draw.
3. Mark Taylor – 839 runs vs England, 1989
Mark Taylor had a highly prolific Ashes 1989 series in England. The former Australian opener plundered 839 runs in six Tests at an average of 83. Taylor notched up two centuries, including a double century, and five half-centuries in that Test series, which Australia won 4-0.
2. Wally Hammond – 905 runs vs Australia, 1928/29
With 905 runs in the 1928/29 Ashes in Australia, Wally Hammond has the record for the most runs by an England batsman in a Test series.
In 5 Tests in the 1928/29 Ashes, Hammond racked up four centuries, of which two were double hundreds, to finish with 905 runs at an average of 113. England won the series 4-1.
1. Don Bradman – 974 runs vs England, 1930
Former Australia captain Don Bradman holds the record for the most runs in a Test series, for scoring 974 runs at an average of 139 in the 1930 Ashes against England.
Although that was a five-match Test series, Bradman got to bat only 7 times. He hit four centuries, and those were not just centuries; they were daddy hundreds: his four centuries were scores of 131, 254, 334, and 232. That is, one century, two double centuries, and one triple century—all in a space of only 7 innings in a single Test series. Phew.
Australia lost the first Test but won two of the next four and drew the other two to clinch the series 2-1.
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