Chris Gayle rewrote the record books on the fourth day of the fourth and final Test in St. John's, Antigua on Tuesday. The lanky West Indian opener became the first batsman in Test cricket history to score a triple century against South Africa.

Before Gayle, Australia's Don Bradman, who scored an unbeaten 299 at Adelaide in 1931-32, held the record of playing the highest individual innings against South Africa.

A total of 20 triple centuries (including a quadruple) have now been scored in Test cricket by 18 batsmen. The country-wise break-up: 6 for Australia, 5 each for England [Images] and West Indies [Images], 2 for Pakistan and one each for Sri Lanka [Images] and India. Don Bradman and Brian Lara [Images] are the only batsmen to have done so twice.

Seven triple tons have been scored in the Caribbeans followed by England (6), Pakistan (3), Australia (2), New Zealand [Images] (1) and Sri Lanka (1).

St. John's is now at level with Leeds as the ground where most triple centuries (3) have been scored. Bridgetown and Kingston [Images] have seen two triple centuries apiece.

Highest individual scores in Test cricket:

Score	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Season
400*	BC Lara	WI	Eng	St.John's	2003-04
380	ML Hayden	Aus	Zim	Perth	2003-04
375	BC Lara	WI	Eng	St.John's	1993-94
365*	GStA Sobers	WI	Pak	Kingston	1957-58
364	L Hutton	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1938
340	ST Jayasuriya	SL	Ind	Colombo RPS	1997-98
337	Hanif Mohammad	Pak	WI	Bridgetown	1957-58
336*	WR Hammond	Eng	NZ	Auckland	1932-33
334*	MA Taylor	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	1998-99
334	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1930
333	GA Gooch	Eng	Ind	Lord's	1990
329	Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images]	Pak	NZ	Lahore [Images]	2001-02
325	A Sandham	Eng	WI	Kingston	1929-30
317	CH Gayle	WI	SA	St.John's	2004-05
311	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	Manchester	1964
310*	JH Edrich	Eng	NZ	Leeds	1965
309	V Sehwag	Ind	Pak	Multan	2003-04
307	RM Cowper	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1965-66
304	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
302	LG Rowe	WI	Eng	Bridgetown	1973-74

Highest individual scores against each Test nation:

Against	Score	Batsman	For	Venue	Season
Australia	364	L Hutton	Eng	The Oval	1938
England	400*	BC Lara	WI	St.John's	2003-04
South Africa	317	CH Gayle	WI	St.John's	2004-05
West Indies	337	Hanif Mohammad	Pak	Bridgetown	1957-58
New Zealand	336*	WR Hammond	Eng	Auckland	1932-33
India	340	ST Jayasuriya	SL	Colombo RPS	1997-98
Pakistan	365*	GStA Sobers	WI	Kingston	1957-58
Sri Lanka	299	MD Crowe	NZ	Wellington	1990-91
Zimbabwe	380	ML Hayden	Aus	Perth	2003-04
Bangladesh	261*	RR Sarwan	WI	Kingston	2004