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 |