List of first-class cricket quadruple centuries

MacLaren opened the batting for his side at the County Ground, Taunton, and struck 1 six and 64 fours during his innings, which lasted well into the second day of the three-day match.

[2][a] MacLaren's score of 424 remained the only quadruple century for over 25 years, until Bill Ponsford accumulated 429 runs in his third first-class match.

[4][5][b] Ponsford improved on his own record four years later, reaching 437 runs;[c] both of his quadruple centuries were scored at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

In an innings which Vic Marks described as "clinical rather than charismatic",[16] Hick reached 405 not out from 469 deliveries: his first 300 runs came from 411 balls, and the last hundred were scored off 58 more.

[16][i] England was once again the host nation for the next quadruple century—which became a quintuple century—when Brian Lara made the record high score in first-class cricket, hitting 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994.

[j] In contrast to Hick's patient innings, Lara's total was one of only two quadruple centuries that were scored at faster than a run a minute.

In a match that had been ruined as a contest by rain,[20] Lara asked his captain not to declare their innings so he could try to surpass Hanif Mohammad's total.

[k] When he passed Matthew Hayden's Test record score of 380, play was delayed as Baldwin Spencer, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, came onto the field to offer his congratulations.