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In this quiz<\/a><\/strong>, you have to name every captain to score 500 or more runs in a Test series.<\/p>\n In Test cricket, captains can often be praised for their tactics or thinking, perhaps at times leaving their genuine cricketing skill to one side. However, none of the players on this list can claim to have that problem \u2013 these captains are prolific run-scorers.<\/p>\n Also try: From Kennington to Kensington, how well do you know the Ovals that have hosted international cricket?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n On 53 different occasions, a Test captain has managed to score over 500 runs in a single bilateral series. Many of these, of course, are repeat achievements by the same player \u2013 so this list does not have 53 different players.<\/p>\n Quiz! Match the batter to their highest Test score<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The most recent captain to notch over 500 runs in a series came in July-August 2025, as an Indian batter did so in England. In fact, he came close to breaking the world record of 810 runs. Eight captains in all (nine occasions) have scored over 700 runs in a single Test series. <\/p>\n More: How well do you know these one-Test wonders?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Here, you need to enter every player’s name (the surname will suffice). Any repeat entries will be automatically filled in, once you get them right. You have ten minutes’ time. All the best! <\/p>\n Last updated on August 2, 2025.<\/p>\n Can you name every captain with 500-plus runs in a Test series? <\/p>\n Please refresh the page if the quiz does not load properly.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Follow Wisden for all cricket updates, including <\/strong>live scores<\/a><\/strong>, match stats, <\/strong>quizzes<\/a><\/strong> and more. Stay up to date with the <\/strong>latest cricket news<\/a><\/strong>, player updates, team <\/strong>standings,<\/a><\/strong> match highlights, <\/strong>video analysis<\/a><\/strong> and <\/strong>live match odds<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this quiz, you have to name every captain to score 500 or more runs in a Test…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-312621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114960704762960771","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}