Australia vs Pakistan Test series : Hundred and a ninety in a test match : SR Watson joins the select band

Australia vs Pakistan Test series : Hundred and a ninety in a test match : SR Watson joins the select band

SR Watson scored 93 and 120 not out at Melbourne against Pakistan in the ongoing first test providing the 42nd occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred and a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All the 42 occasions are listed below

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 PA Gibb 93 106 Eng SAF Jo’burg Dec 1938
2 PGVvanderBijl 125 97 SAF Eng Durban Mar 1939
3 CG Borde 109 96 Ind Win Delhi Feb 1959
4 MC Cowdrey 114 97 Eng Win Kingston Feb 1960
5 KF Barrington 101 94 Eng Aus Sydney Feb 1963
6 HanifMohammad 104 93 Pak Aus Melbourne Dec 1964
7 RM Cowper 92 108 Aus Ind Adelaide Dec 1967
8 GS Sobers 152 95* Win Eng Georgetown Mar 1968
9 SM Nurse 95 168 Win NZl Auckland Feb 1969
10 APE Knott 101 96 Eng NZl Auckland Mar 1971
11 G Boycott 99 112 Eng Win Trinidad Mar 1974
12 CG Greenidge 93 107 Win Ind Bangalore Nov 1974
13 M Amarnath 90 100 Ind Aus Perth Dec 1977
14 PM Toohey 122 97 Aus Win Kingston Apr 1978
15 Zaheer Abbas 176 96 Pak Ind Faisalabad Oct 1978
16 Mohsin Khan 94 101* Pak Ind Lahore Dec 1982
17 AR Border 98* 100* Aus Win Trinidad Mar 1984
18 LRD Mendis 111 94 Srl Eng Lord’s Aug 1984
19 PA de Silva 96 123 Srl NZl Auckland Mar 1991
20 Saeed Anwar 94 136 Pak Srl Col-PSS Aug 1994
21 MA Atherton 94* 118 Eng NZl Christchurch Feb 1997
22 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar Oct 1998
23 Younis Khan 91 149* Pak NZl Auckland Mar 2001
24 BC Lara 91 122 Win Aus Trinidad Apr 2003
25 JH Kallis 92 150* SAF NZl Hamilton Mar 2004
26 MH Richardson 93 101 NZl Eng Lord’s May 2004
27 S Chanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s Jul 2004
28 DR Martyn 114 97 Aus Ind Nagpur Oct 2004
29 JL Langer 191 97 Aus Pak Perth Dec 2004
30 AJ Strauss 126 94* Eng SAF P Elizabeth Dec 2004
31 HH Gibbs 161 98 SAF Eng Jo’burg Jan 2005
32 AB de Villiers 92 109 SAF Eng Centurion Jan 2005
33 S Chanderpaul 92 153* Win Pak Bridgetown May 2005
34 KC Sangakkara 92 152 Srl Eng Kandy Dec 2007
35 SC Ganguly 239 91 Ind Pak Bangalore Dec 2007
36 ND McKenzie 94 155* SAF Ind Chennai Mar 2008
37 G Gambhir 179 97 Ind Eng Mohali Dec 2008
38 RT Ponting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne Dec 2008
39 RR Sarwan 94 106 Win Eng St John’s Feb 2009
40 AN Cook 94 139* Eng Win Bridgetown Feb 2009
41 TM Dilshan 92 123* Srl NZl Galle Aug 2009
42 SR Watson 93 120* Aus Pak Melbourne Dec 2009

SR Watson became the eighth Australian batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring a hundred and a ninety in a test match. All the eight occasions are furnished below

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 RMCowper 92 108 Aus Ind Adelaide Dec 1967
2 PMToohey 122 97 Aus Win Kingston Apr 1978
3 ARBorder 98* 100* Aus Win Trinidad Mar 1984
4 MATaylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar Oct 1998
5 DRMartyn 114 97 Aus Ind Nagpur Oct 2004
6 JLLanger 191 97 Aus Pak Perth Dec 2004
7 RTPonting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne Dec 2008
8 SRWatson 93 120* Aus Pak Melbourne Dec 2009

SR Watson became the sixth batsman to score a hundred and a ninety in a test match against Pakistan, after MA Taylor of Australia, JL Langer of Australia, S Chanderpaul of West Indies and SC Ganguly of India. The performance of these six batsmen are enumerated below

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar Oct 1998
2 JL Langer 191 97 Aus Pak Perth Dec 2004
3 SChanderpaul 92 153* Win Pak Bridgetown May 2005
4 SC Ganguly 239 91 Ind Pak Bangalore Dec 2007
5 SR Watson 93 120* Aus Pak Melbourne Dec 2009

SR Watson with his 93 and 120* became the 19th opening batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a ninety and a hundred in a test match. All the 19 instances are detailed in the following table.

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 PA Gibb 93 106 Eng SAF Jo’burg Dec 1938
2 PGVvanderBijl 125 97 SAF Eng Durban Mar 1939
3 MC Cowdrey 114 97 Eng Win Kingston Feb 1960
4 G Boycott 99 112 Eng Win Trinidad Mar 1974
5 CG Greenidge 93 107 Win Ind Bangalore Nov 1974
6 Mohsin Khan 94 101* Pak Ind Lahore Dec 1982
7 Saeed Anwar 94 136 Pak Srl Col-PSS Aug 1994
8 MA Atherton 94* 118 Eng NZl Christchurch Feb 1997
9 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar Oct 1998
10 MHRichardson 93 101 NZl Eng Lord’s May 2004
11 JL Langer 191 97 Aus Pak Perth Dec 2004
12 AJ Strauss 126 94* Eng SAF P Elizabeth Dec 2004
13 HH Gibbs 161 98 SAF Eng Jo’burg Jan 2005
14 ABdeVilliers 92 109 SAF Eng Centurion Jan 2005
15 ND McKenzie 94 155* SAF Ind Chennai Mar 2008
16 G Gambhir 179 97 Ind Eng Mohali Dec 2008
17 AN Cook 94 139* Eng Win Bridgetown Feb 2009
18 TM Dilshan 92 123* Srl NZl Galle Aug 2009
19 SR Watson 93 120* Aus Pak Melbourne Dec 2009

SR Watson is the third Aussie opening batsman to register a hundred and a ninety against Pakistan after MA Taylor and JL Langer. Interesting enough, these are the only three opening batsmen to have scored a hundred and a ninety in a test against Pakistan

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 MATaylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar Oct 1998
2 JLLanger 191 97 Aus Pak Perth Dec 2004
3 SRWatson 93 120* Aus Pak Melbourne Dec 2009

S Chanderpaul of West Indies remains the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to have scored a ninety and a hundred on two occasions.

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 SChanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s Jul 2004
2 SChanderpaul 92 153* Win Pak Bridgetown May 2005

AR Border of Australia and S Chanderpaul of West Indies are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to register unbeaten hundred and a unbeaten ninety in a test match

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 AR Border 98* 100* Aus Win Trinidad Mar 1984
2 SChanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s Jul 2004

MA Taylor of Australia and SC Ganguly of India are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to have scored 200 plus runs and a ninety in a test match. Both these batsmen chose Pakistan as their opposition is another interesting fact

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 MATaylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar Oct 1998
2 SCGanguly 239 91 Ind Pak Bangalore Dec 2007

The following is the list of batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs and and a ninety in a test match. The first batsman to achieve this feat was none other than Garfield Sobers who scored 152 and 95 not out against England at Georgetown in Mar 1968. MA Taylor of Australia remains the only batsman in this elite list to score a triple hundred and a ninety – 334* and 92 against Pakistan at Peshawar in Oct 98.

No Batsmen FI SI Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 GS Sobers 152 95* Win Eng Georgetown Mar 1968
2 SM Nurse 95 168 Win NZl Auckland Feb 1969
3 ZaheerAbbas 176 96 Pak Ind Faisalabad Oct 1978
4 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar Oct 1998
5 JH Kallis 92 150* SAF NZl Hamilton Mar 2004
6 JL Langer 191 97 Aus Pak Perth Dec 2004
7 HH Gibbs 161 98 SAF Eng Jo’burg Jan 2005
8 SChanderpaul 92 153* Win Pak Bridgetown May 2005
9 SC Ganguly 239 91 Ind Pak Bangalore Dec 2007
10 KCSangakkara 92 152 Srl Eng Kandy Dec 2007
11 ND McKenzie 94 155* SAF Ind Chennai Mar 2008
12 G Gambhir 179 97 Ind Eng Mohali Dec 2008

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