Australian openers SR Watson and SM Katich scored 93 and 98 respectively in the first innings of the first test against Pakistan at Melbourne providing the fourth occasion of both the openers registering nineties in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

The other three occasions are as under

First occasion – SM Gavaskar {97} and CPS Chauhan {93} – Indian openers in the second innings of the test match between India and Pakistan at Lahore in 1978-79

Second occasion – VVS Laxman {95} and NS Sidhu {97} – Indian openers in the first innings of the test match between India and Australia at Kolkata in 1997-98

Third occasion – Mohammad Hafeez {95} and Imran Farhat {91} – Pakistan openers in the first innings of the test match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s in 2006