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 |