The Wisden Trophy – Rival captains scoring hundreds in the same test – DJ Sammy and AJ Strauss join the list at Nottingham

The Wisden Trophy – Rival captains scoring hundreds in the same test – DJ Sammy and AJ Strauss join the list at Nottingham

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DJG Sammy of West Indies and AJ Strauss of England scored 106 and 141 respectively in the second test betweenEnglandand West Indies atNottinghamin May 2012 providing the 42nd occasion of rival captains scoring hundreds in the same test in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all such occasions.

No Captains Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Date
1 HW Taylor 109 1 SAF Eng Durban Dec 1913
JWHTDouglas 119 2 Eng SAF Durban Dec 1913
2 WM Woodfull 155 2 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1930
APF Chapman 121 3 Eng Aus Lord’s Jun 1930
3 WR Hammond 240 1 Eng Aus Lord’s Jun 1938
DG Bradman 102* 4 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1938
4 A Melville 103 3 SAF Eng Durban Mar 1939
WR Hammond 140 4 Eng SAF Durban Mar 1939
AL Hassett 104 1 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1953
L Hutton 145 2 Eng Aus Lord’s Jun 1953
6 DJ McGlew 104 2 SAF Eng Manchester Jul 1955
PBH May 117 3 Eng SAF Manchester Jul 1955
7 DJ McGlew 120 2 SAF NZl Johannesburg Feb 1962
JR Reid 142 3 NZl SAF Johannesburg Feb 1962
8 RB Simpson 311 1 Aus Eng Manchester Jul 1964
ER Dexter 174 2 Eng Aus Manchester Jul 1964
9 MC Cowdrey 101 1 Eng Win Kingston Feb 1968
GS Sobers 113* 3 Win Eng Kingston Feb 1968
10 WM Lawry 151 1 Aus Win Sydney Feb 1969
GS Sobers 113 4 Win Aus Sydney Feb 1969
11 BE Congdon 126 2 NZl Win Bridgetown Mar 1972
GS Sobers 142 3 Win NZl Bridgetown Mar 1972
12 RB Kanhai 105 2 Win Aus Bridgetown Mar 1973
IM Chappell 106* 3 Aus Win Bridgetown Mar 1973
13 IM Chappell 145 1 Aus NZl Wellington Mar 1974
BE Congdon 132 2 NZl Aus Wellington Mar 1974
IM Chappell 121 3 Aus NZl Wellington Mar 1974
14 SM Gavaskar 205 1 Ind Win Mumbai Dec 1978
AI Kallicharran 187 2 Win Ind Mumbai Dec 1978
15 GS Chappell 235 1 Aus Pak Faisalabad Mar 1980
Javed Miandad 106* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad Mar 1980
16 Imran Khan 117 2 Pak Ind Faisalabad Jan 1983
SM Gavaskar 127* 3 Ind Pak Faisalabad Jan 1983
17 CH Lloyd 143 2 Win Ind Port of Spain Mar 1983
N Kapil Dev 100* 3 Ind Win Port of Spain Mar 1983
18 AR Border 106 1 Aus Ind Chennai Sep 1986
N Kapil Dev 119 2 Ind Aus Chennai Sep 1986
19 MW Gatting 100 2 Eng Aus Adelaide Dec 1986
AR Border 100* 3 Aus Eng Adelaide Dec 1986
20 Imran Khan 118 1 Pak Eng The Oval Aug 1987
MW Gatting 150* 3 Eng Pak The Oval Aug 1987
21 DB Vengsarkar 102 3 Ind Win Delhi Nov 1987
IVA Richards 109* 4 Win Ind Delhi Nov 1987
22 Javed Miandad 107 1 Pak Aus Faisalabad Sep 1988
AR Border 113* 2 Aus Pak Faisalabad Sep 1988
23 GA Gooch 333 1 Eng Ind Lord’s Jul 1990
M Azharuddin 121 2 Ind Eng Lord’s Jul 1990
GA Gooch 123 3 Eng Ind Lord’s Jul 1990
24 GA Gooch 116 1 Eng Ind Manchester Aug 1990
M Azharuddin 179 2 Ind Eng Manchester Aug 1990
25 SR Waugh 100 1 Aus Win Kingston Mar 1999
BC Lara 213 2 Win Aus Kingston Mar 1999
26 SR Waugh 199 1 Aus Win Bridgetown Mar 1999
BC Lara 153* 4 Win Aus Bridgetown Mar 1999
27 SC Ganguly 128 1 Ind Eng Leeds Aug 2002
N Hussain 110 3 Eng Ind Leeds Aug 2002
28 SP Fleming 274* 1 NZl Srl Colombo(PSS) Apr 2003
HP Tillakaratne 144 2 Srl NZl Colombo(PSS) Apr 2003
29 GC Smith 132 1 SAF Win Johannesburg Dec 2003
BC Lara 202 2 Win SAF Johannesburg Dec 2003
30 BC Lara 400* 1 Win Eng St John’s Apr 2004
MP Vaughan 140 3 Eng Win St John’s Apr 2004
31 GC Smith 126 1 SAF Win St John’s Apr 2005
S Chanderpaul 127 2 Win SAF St John’s Apr 2005
32 MP Vaughan 166 1 Eng Aus Manchester Aug 2005
RT Ponting 156 4 Aus Eng Manchester Aug 2005
33 Inzamam-ul-Haq 119 1 Pak Ind Faisalabad Jan 2006
R Dravid 103 2 Ind Pak Faisalabad Jan 2006
34 R Dravid 146 1 Ind Win Gros Islet Jun 2006
BC Lara 120 3 Win Ind Gros Islet Jun 2006
35 M Jayawardene 166 3 Srl Ban Dhaka(SBNS) Dec 2008
Mohammad Ashraful 101 4 Ban Srl Dhaka(SBNS) Dec 2008
36 M Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi Feb 2009
Younis Khan 313 2 Pak Srl Karachi Feb 2009
37 AJ Strauss 142 1 Eng Win Port of Spain Mar 2009
CH Gayle 107 2 Win Eng Port of Spain Mar 2009
38 KC Sangakkara 106 3 Srl NZl Col-SSC Aug 2009
DL Vettori 140 4 NZl Srl Col-SSC Aug 2009
39 MS Dhoni 100* 2 Ind Srl Mum-BS Dec 2009
KC Sangakkara 137 4 Srl Ind Mum-BS Dec 2009
40 MJ Clarke 151 1 Aus SAF Cape Town Nov 2011
GC Smith 101* 4 SAF Aus Cape Town Nov 2011
41 DJG Sammy 106 1 Win Eng Nottingham May 2012
AJ Strauss 141 2 Eng Win Nottingham May 2012

DJG Sammy of West Indies and AJ Strauss ofEnglandscored 106 and 141 respectively in the second test betweenEnglandand West Indies atNottinghamin May 2012 providing the fourht occasion of rival captains scoring hundreds in the same test in England-West Indies test series. The following table lists all such occasions.

No Captains Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Date
1 MC Cowdrey 101 1 Eng Win Kingston Feb 1968
GS Sobers 113* 3 Win Eng Kingston Feb 1968
2 BC Lara 400* 1 Win Eng St John’s Apr 2004
MP Vaughan 140 3 Eng Win St John’s Apr 2004
3 AJ Strauss 142 1 Eng Win Port of Spain Mar 2009
CH Gayle 107 2 Win Eng Port of Spain Mar 2009
4 DJG Sammy 106 1 Win Eng Nottingham May 2012
AJ Strauss 141 2 Eng Win Nottingham May 2012

It is interesting to note that out of these four occasions – theee of them have been on West Indian soil and one on England soil. Nottingham test in May 2012 has witnessed for the first time rival skippers scoring hundreds in West Indies-England test series onEnglandsoil.

MA Azharuddin-GA Gooch and SR Waugh-BC Lara are the only two pairs of captains to have performed the feat of rival skippers scoring hundreds in the same test on two occasions. Their performance is listed below

No Captains Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Date
1 GA Gooch 333 1 Eng Ind Lord’s Jul 1990
M Azharuddin 121 2 Ind Eng Lord’s Jul 1990
GA Gooch 123 3 Eng Ind Lord’s Jul 1990
2 GA Gooch 116 1 Eng Ind Manchester Aug 1990
M Azharuddin 179 2 Ind Eng Manchester Aug 1990
1 SR Waugh 100 1 Aus Win Kingston Mar 1999
BC Lara 213 2 Win Aus Kingston Mar 1999
2 SR Waugh 199 1 Aus Win Bridgetown Mar 1999
BC Lara 153* 4 Win Aus Bridgetown Mar 1999

Feb 2009 Karachi Test  between Pakistan and Sri Lanka  witnessd the first ever test match in which rival skippers  socerd double hundreds

No Captains Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Date
1 M Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi Feb 2009
Younis Khan 313 2 Pak Srl Karachi Feb 2009

There are only two occasions when one of the rival captains ssocred hundreds in each innings  when rival captains scored hundreds in a test match. IM Chappell  ofAustraliascored 145 and 121, while BE Congdon of New Zealand scored 132 atWellingtonin Mar 1974.  GA Gooch of England scored 333 and 121, while MA Azharuddin of India came up with 121 at Lord’s in Jul 1990. The performances of these captains are listed below

No Captains Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Date
1 IM Chappell 145 1 Aus NZl Wellington Mar 1974
BE Congdon 132 2 NZl Aus Wellington Mar 1974
IM Chappell 121 3 Aus NZl Wellington Mar 1974
2 GA Gooch 333 1 Eng Ind Lord’s Jul 1990
M Azharuddin 121 2 Ind Eng Lord’s Jul 1990
GA Gooch 123 3 Eng Ind Lord’s Jul 1990

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