Honours for Rival Skippers at Col-SSC
Kumar Sangakkara and Daniel Vettori notched centuries at Col-SSC, the second test of the Sri Lanka-New Zealand test series which was won by Sri Lanka 96 runs. Kumar Sangakkara scored 106 in Sri Lanka’s second innings while Daniel Vettori came up with 140 in New Zealand’s second innings. Kumar Sangakkara’s 106 and Daniel Vettori’s 140 provide the 38th occasion of rival skipppers registering hundreds. The following table enlists all the 38 instances.
No | Captains |
Runs |
Inns |
Team | Vs | Opp | Ground | Date |
1 | HW Taylor |
109 |
1 |
SAF | Vs | Eng | Durban | Dec 1913 |
JWHT Douglas |
119 |
2 |
Eng | Vs | SAF | Durban | Dec 1913 | |
2 | WM Woodfull |
155 |
2 |
Aus | Vs | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1930 |
APF Chapman |
121 |
3 |
Eng | Vs | Aus | Lord’s | Jun 1930 | |
3 | WR Hammond |
240 |
1 |
Eng | Vs | Aus | Lord’s | Jun 1938 |
DG Bradman |
*102 |
4 |
Aus | Vs | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1938 | |
4 | A Melville |
103 |
3 |
SAF | Vs | Eng | Durban | Mar 1939 |
WR Hammond |
140 |
4 |
Eng | Vs | SAF | Durban | Mar 1939 | |
5 | AL Hassett |
104 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1953 |
L Hutton |
145 |
2 |
Eng | Vs | Aus | Lord’s | Jun 1953 | |
6 | DJ McGlew |
104 |
2 |
SAF | Vs | Eng | Manchester | Jul 1955 |
PBH May |
117 |
3 |
Eng | Vs | SAF | Manchester | Jul 1955 | |
7 | DJ McGlew |
120 |
2 |
SAF | Vs | NZl | Johannesburg | Feb 1962 |
JR Reid |
142 |
3 |
NZl | Vs | SAF | Johannesburg | Feb 1962 | |
8 | RB Simpson |
311 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | Eng | Manchester | Jul 1964 |
ER Dexter |
174 |
2 |
Eng | Vs | Aus | Manchester | Jul 1964 | |
9 | MC Cowdrey |
101 |
1 |
Eng | Vs | Win | Kingston | Feb 1968 |
GS Sobers |
*113 |
3 |
Win | Vs | Eng | Kingston | Feb 1968 | |
10 | WM Lawry |
151 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | Win | Sydney | Feb 1969 |
GS Sobers |
113 |
4 |
Win | Vs | Aus | Sydney | Feb 1969 | |
11 | BE Congdon |
126 |
2 |
NZl | Vs | Win | Bridgetown | Mar 1972 |
GS Sobers |
142 |
3 |
Win | Vs | NZl | Bridgetown | Mar 1972 | |
12 | RB Kanhai |
105 |
2 |
Win | Vs | Aus | Bridgetown | Mar 1973 |
IM Chappell |
*106 |
3 |
Aus | Vs | Win | Bridgetown | Mar 1973 | |
13 | IM Chappell |
145 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | NZl | Wellington | Mar 1974 |
BE Congdon |
132 |
2 |
NZl | Vs | Aus | Wellington | Mar 1974 | |
IM Chappell |
121 |
3 |
Aus | Vs | NZl | Wellington | Mar 1974 | |
14 | SM Gavaskar |
205 |
1 |
Ind | Vs | Win | Mumbai | Dec 1978 |
AI Kallicharran |
187 |
2 |
Win | Vs | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 1978 | |
15 | GS Chappell |
235 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | Pak | Faisalabad | Mar 1980 |
Javed Miandad |
*106 |
2 |
Pak | Vs | Aus | Faisalabad | Mar 1980 | |
16 | Imran Khan |
117 |
2 |
Pak | Vs | Ind | Faisalabad | Jan 1983 |
SM Gavaskar |
*127 |
3 |
Ind | Vs | Pak | Faisalabad | Jan 1983 | |
17 | CH Lloyd |
143 |
2 |
Win | Vs | Ind | Port of Spain | Mar 1983 |
N Kapil Dev |
*100 |
3 |
Ind | Vs | Win | Port of Spain | Mar 1983 | |
18 | AR Border |
106 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | Ind | Chennai | Sep 1986 |
N Kapil Dev |
119 |
2 |
Ind | Vs | Aus | Chennai | Sep 1986 | |
19 | MW Gatting |
100 |
2 |
Eng | Vs | Aus | Adelaide | Dec 1986 |
AR Border |
*100 |
3 |
Aus | Vs | Eng | Adelaide | Dec 1986 | |
20 | Imran Khan |
118 |
1 |
Pak | Vs | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1987 |
MW Gatting |
*150 |
3 |
Eng | Vs | Pak | The Oval | Aug 1987 | |
21 | DB Vengsarkar |
102 |
3 |
Ind | Vs | Win | Delhi | Nov 1987 |
IVA Richards |
*109 |
4 |
Win | Vs | Ind | Delhi | Nov 1987 | |
22 | Javed Miandad |
107 |
1 |
Pak | Vs | Aus | Faisalabad | Sep 1988 |
AR Border |
*113 |
2 |
Aus | Vs | Pak | Faisalabad | Sep 1988 | |
23 | GA Gooch |
333 |
1 |
Eng | Vs | Ind | Lord’s | Jul 1990 |
M Azharuddin |
121 |
2 |
Ind | Vs | Eng | Lord’s | Jul 1990 | |
GA Gooch |
123 |
3 |
Eng | Vs | Ind | Lord’s | Jul 1990 | |
24 | GA Gooch |
116 |
1 |
Eng | Vs | Ind | Manchester | Aug 1990 |
M Azharuddin |
179 |
2 |
Ind | Vs | Eng | Manchester | Aug 1990 | |
25 | SR Waugh |
100 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | Win | Kingston | Mar 1999 |
BC Lara |
213 |
2 |
Win | Vs | Aus | Kingston | Mar 1999 | |
26 | SR Waugh |
199 |
1 |
Aus | Vs | Win | Bridgetown | Mar 1999 |
BC Lara |
*153 |
4 |
Win | Vs | Aus | Bridgetown | Mar 1999 | |
27 | SC Ganguly |
128 |
1 |
Ind | Vs | Eng | Leeds | Aug 2002 |
N Hussain |
110 |
3 |
Eng | Vs | Ind | Leeds | Aug 2002 | |
28 | SP Fleming |
*274 |
1 |
NZl | Vs | Srl | Colombo (PSS) | Apr 2003 |
HP Tillakaratne |
144 |
2 |
Srl | Vs | NZl | Colombo (PSS) | Apr 2003 | |
29 | GC Smith |
132 |
1 |
SAF | Vs | Win | Johannesburg | Dec 2003 |
BC Lara |
202 |
2 |
Win | Vs | SAF | Johannesburg | Dec 2003 | |
30 | BC Lara |
*400 |
1 |
Win | Vs | Eng | St John’s | Apr 2004 |
MP Vaughan |
140 |
3 |
Eng | Vs | Win | St John’s | Apr 2004 | |
31 | GC Smith |
126 |
1 |
SAF | Vs | Win | St John’s | Apr 2005 |
S Chanderpaul |
127 |
2 |
Win | Vs | SAF | St John’s | Apr 2005 | |
32 | MP Vaughan |
166 |
1 |
Eng | Vs | Aus | Manchester | Aug 2005 |
RT Ponting |
156 |
4 |
Aus | Vs | Eng | Manchester | Aug 2005 | |
33 | Inzamam-ul-Haq |
119 |
1 |
Pak | Vs | Ind | Faisalabad | Jan 2006 |
R Dravid |
103 |
2 |
Ind | Vs | Pak | Faisalabad | Jan 2006 | |
34 | R Dravid |
146 |
1 |
Ind | Vs | Win | Gros Islet | Jun 2006 |
BC Lara |
120 |
3 |
Win | Vs | Ind | Gros Islet | Jun 2006 | |
35 | DPMD Jayawardene |
166 |
3 |
Srl | Vs | Ban | Dhaka (SBNS) | Dec 2008 |
Mohd Ashraful |
101 |
4 |
Ban | Vs | Srl | Dhaka (SBNS) | Dec 2008 | |
36 | DPMD Jayawardene |
240 |
1 |
Srl | Vs | Pak | Karachi | Feb 2009 |
Younis Khan |
313 |
2 |
Pak | Vs | Srl | Karachi | Feb 2009 | |
37 | AJ Strauss |
142 |
1 |
Eng | Vs | Win | Port of Spain | Mar 2009 |
CH Gayle |
107 |
2 |
Win | Vs | Eng | Port of Spain | Mar 2009 | |
38 | KC Sangakkara |
106 |
3 |
Srl | Vs | NZl | Col-SSC | Aug 2009 |
DL Vettori |
140 |
4 |
NZl | Vs | Srl | Col-SSC | Aug 2009 |