Ind vs Aus – 2010 : Second Test : Double hundreds against Australia

Ind vs Aus – 2010 : Second Test : Double hundreds against Australia

SR Tendulkar’s 214 against Australia at Bangalore in the second test of the ongoing series represent the 33rd occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred against Australia. All the 33 hundreds are listed below

No

Batsmen

Runs

Inns

Team

Opp

Ground

Mon/Year

1

RE Foster

287

2

Eng

Aus

Sydney

Dec 1903

2

GA Faulkner

204

2

SAF

Aus

Melbourne

Dec 1910

3

WR Hammond

251

2

Eng

Aus

Sydney

Dec 1928

4

WR Hammond

200

2

Eng

Aus

Melbourne

Dec 1928

5

AD Nourse

231

3

SAF

Aus

Johannesburg

Dec 1935

6

WR Hammond

231*

1

Eng

Aus

Sydney

Dec 1936

7

E Paynter

216*

1

Eng

Aus

Nottingham

Jun 1938

8

WR Hammond

240

1

Eng

Aus

Lord’s

Jun 1938

9

L Hutton

364

1

Eng

Aus

The Oval

Aug 1938

10

DS Atkinson

219

2

Win

Aus

Bridgetown

May 1955

11

EJ Barlow

201

2

SAF

Aus

Adelaide

Jan 1964

12

KF Barrington

256

2

Eng

Aus

Manchester

Jul 1964

13

SM Nurse

201

2

Win

Aus

Bridgetown

May 1965

14

RG Pollock

209

2

SAF

Aus

Cape Town

Dec 1966

15

RG Pollock

274

1

SAF

Aus

Durban

Feb 1970

16

Taslim Arif

210*

2

Pak

Aus

Faisalabad

Mar 1980

17

IVA Richards

208

1

Win

Aus

Melbourne

Dec 1984

18

DI Gower

215

2

Eng

Aus

Birmingham

Aug 1985

1

Javed Miandad

211

1

Pak

Aus

Karachi

Sep 1988

20

CG Greenidge

226

3

Win

Aus

Bridgetown

Apr 1991

21

RJ Shastri

206

2

Ind

Aus

Sydney

Jan 1992

22

BC Lara

277

2

Win

Aus

Sydney

Jan 1993

23

Saleem Malik

237

3

Pak

Aus

Rawalpindi

Oct 1994

24

N Hussain

207

2

Eng

Aus

Birmingham

Jun 1997

25

BC Lara

213

2

Win

Aus

Kingston

Mar 1999

26

VVS Laxman

281

3

Ind

Aus

Kolkata

Mar 2001

27

R Dravid

233

2

Ind

Aus

Adelaide

Dec 2003

28

SR Tendulkar

241*

1

Ind

Aus

Sydney

Jan 2004

29

BC Lara

226

1

Win

Aus

Adelaide

Nov 2005

30

PD Collingwood

206

1

Eng

Aus

Adelaide

Dec 2006

31

G Gambhir

206

1

Ind

Aus

Delhi

Oct 2008

32

VVS Laxman

200*

1

Ind

Aus

Delhi

Oct 2008

33

SR Tendulkar

214

2

Ind

Aus

Bangalore

Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar has scored two double hundreds against Australia. He is the fifth batsman to score two or more double hundreds against Australia. Others are – WR Hammond {04} : BC Lara {03} : RG Pollock {02} and VVS Laxman {02}. The exploits of these five batsmen are tabulated below

No

Batsmen

Runs

Inns

Team

Opp

Ground

Mon/Year

1

WR Hammond

251

2

Eng

Aus

Sydney

Dec 1928

2

WR Hammond

200

2

Eng

Aus

Melbourne

Dec 1928

3

WR Hammond

231*

1

Eng

Aus

Sydney

Dec 1936

4

WR Hammond

240

1

Eng

Aus

Lord’s

Jun 1938

1

BC Lara

277

2

Win

Aus

Sydney

Jan 1993

2

BC Lara

213

2

Win

Aus

Kingston

Mar 1999

3

BC Lara

226

1

Win

Aus

Adelaide

Nov 2005

1

RG Pollock

209

2

SAF

Aus

Cape Town

Dec 1966

2

RG Pollock

274

1

SAF

Aus

Durban

Feb 1970

1

SR Tendulkar

241*

1

Ind

Aus

Sydney

Jan 2004

2

SR Tendulkar

214

2

Ind

Aus

Bangalore

Oct 2010

1

VVS Laxman

281

3

Ind

Aus

Kolkata

Mar 2001

2

VVS Laxman

200*

1

Ind

Aus

Delhi

Oct 2008

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