[4] The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932–33.
[1] The fastest Test triple-century by number of balls faced, where that figure is recorded, is Virender Sehwag's 278-ball triple century for India against South Africa in the first Test of the Future Cup in Chennai in 2008.
Sehwag also scored 293 off 254 balls in the third Test between Sri Lanka and India in December 2009.
Simpson, Gooch, Taylor, Lara (2004), Jayawardene, Khan, Clarke and McCullum are the only batsmen to score triple centuries as captain.
[5] On 10 October 2024, Harry Brook joined the list, becoming the first England player since Graham Gooch did so in 1990 to score 300+.