New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum now holds the record the fastest double century by a captain in Test cricket after he reached the milestone in only 186 deliveries against Pakistan in the ongoing Test match at Sharjah; he broke Michael Clarke’s record of 226-ball double against South Africa at Adelaide in 2012.
It is also the record for the fastest Test double hundred by a Kiwi player ever. Before his dismissal in the same over that he registered his double, he had put on a 297-run partnership with Kane Willamson off 317 balls, which is now the fastest 250-run partnership for any wicket in the longer format of the game.
This is the 33-year-old’s third double hundred as a captain, all coming in the same year; only Brian Lara (5), Sir Don Bradman (4), Graeme Smith (4) and Michael Clarke (4) have more.
Into Day 3 of the third and final Test match between the two sides, the visitors are on 388/2, in reply to Pakistan’s first innings score of 351, at the time of writing this article.
Given below is the list of fastest double centurions in Test cricket:
| Player | Country | Balls |
| Nathan Astle | New Zealand | 153 |
| Virender Sehwag | India | 168 |
| Virender Sehwag | India | 182 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 186 |
| Virender Sehwag | India | 194 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 211 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 212 |
| Ian Botham | England | 220 |
| Virender Sehwag | India | 222 |
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