Most Fours in Test
At the forefront of the list for most fours in Test cricket stands Sachin Tendulkar , who has notched up 2058 fours across 200 matches. In pursuit, Rahul Dravid follows with an admirable tally of 1654 fours, closely pursued by Brian Lara with 1559 fours.
Here is the list of batsmen with most fours in Test cricket format.
Sr. | Player | Team | Mat | Inn | 4s | 6s | Runs | HS | Avg | 100s | 50s |
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1 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 200 | 329 | 2058 | 69 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 |
2 | Rahul Dravid | India | 164 | 286 | 1654 | 21 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 |
3 | Brian Lara | West Indies | 131 | 232 | 1559 | 88 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 |
4 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 168 | 287 | 1509 | 73 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 |
5 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 134 | 233 | 1491 | 51 | 12400 | 319 | 57.40 | 38 | 52 |
6 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 166 | 280 | 1488 | 97 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 |
7 | Sir Alastair Cook | England | 161 | 291 | 1442 | 11 | 12472 | 294 | 45.35 | 33 | 57 |
8 | Joe Root | England | 152 | 278 | 1394 | 45 | 12972 | 262 | 50.87 | 36 | 65 |
9 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 149 | 252 | 1387 | 61 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 |
10 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 164 | 280 | 1285 | 36 | 11867 | 203* | 51.37 | 30 | 66 |
11 | Virender Sehwag | India | 104 | 180 | 1233 | 91 | 8586 | 319 | 49.34 | 23 | 32 |
12 | Steve Waugh | Australia | 168 | 260 | 1175 | 20 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32 | 50 |
13 | Hashim Amla | South Africa | 124 | 215 | 1170 | 14 | 9282 | 311* | 46.64 | 28 | 41 |
14 | Graeme Smith | South Africa | 117 | 205 | 1165 | 24 | 9265 | 277 | 48.25 | 27 | 38 |
15 | Allan Border | Australia | 156 | 265 | 1161 | 28 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27 | 63 |