Batsmen’s double centuries in a test innings in a losing cause

Batsmen’s double centuries in a test innings in a losing cause

Pakistan’s Azhar Ali scored 205 not out in the just concluded test between Australia and Pakistan at Melbourne and Pakistan lost the test by an innings and 18 runs to provide the 17th occasion of a batsman’s double century going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SE Gregory 201 1 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1894
2 GA Faulkner 204 2 SAF Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1910
3 VT Trumper 214* 2 Aus SAF Adelaide 07 Jan 1911
4 L Hutton 202* 2 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1950
5 RN Harvey 205 1 Aus SAF Melbourne 06 Feb 1953
6 RG Pollock 209 2 SAF Aus Cape Town 31 Dec 1966
7 DL Amiss 203 2 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1976
8 ML Hayden 203 1 Aus Ind Chennai 18 Mar 2001
9 BC Lara 221 1 Win Srl Colombo (SSC) 29 Nov 2001
10 NJ Astle 222 4 NZl Eng Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
11 RT Ponting 242 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
12 BC Lara 202 2 Win SAF Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
13 V Sehwag 201 2 Ind Pak Bangalore 24 Mar 2005
14 BC Lara 226 1 Win Aus Adelaide 25 Nov 2005
15 PD Collingwood 206 1 Eng Aus Adelaide 01 Dec 2006
16 KC Sangakkara 203 2 Srl NZl Wellington 03 Jan 2015
17 Azhar Ali 205* 1 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016

Pakistan’s Azhar Ali scored 205 not out in the just concluded test between Australia and Pakistan at Melbourne and Pakistan lost the test by an innings and 18 runs to provide the fifth occasion of an opening  batsman’s double century going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 L Hutton 202* 2 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1950
2 DL Amiss 203 2 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1976
3 ML Hayden 203 1 Aus Ind Chennai 18 Mar 2001
4 V Sehwag 201 2 Ind Pak Bangalore 24 Mar 2005
5 Azhar Ali 205* 1 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016

VT Trumper of Australia, L Hutton of England and Azhar Ali of Pakistan are the three batsmen who have witnessed their unbeaten double centuries going in vain. The performance of these three batsmen are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 VT Trumper 214* 2 Aus SAF Adelaide 07 Jan 1911
2 L Hutton 202* 2 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1950
3 Azhar Ali 205* 1 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016

BC Lara of West Indies remains the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to witness three of his double centuries in a losing cause. All the three occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BC Lara 221 1 Win Srl Colombo (SSC) 29 Nov 2001
2 BC Lara 202 2 Win SAF Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
3 BC Lara 226 1 Win Aus Adelaide 25 Nov 2005
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