Captain’s fourth innings test hundreds in vain – AD Mathews of Sri Lanka joins the list
AD Mathews of Sri Lanka scored 110 in the fourth innings of the just concluded third and final test against India at Col-SSC. His hundred could not fetch a hundred for Sri Lanka as it lost the test by 117 runs. It provides the 13th occasion of a captain’s fourth innings hundred in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | HW Taylor | 102 | 4 | SAF | Eng | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 |
| 2 | JB Stollmeyer | 104 | 4 | Win | Aus | Sydney | 25 Jan 1952 |
| 3 | GS Sobers | 113 | 4 | Win | Aus | Sydney | 14 Feb 1969 |
| 4 | BE Congdon | 176 | 4 | NZl | Eng | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1973 |
| 5 | M Azharuddin | 106 | 4 | Ind | Aus | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1992 |
| 6 | GA Gooch | 133 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 03 Jun 1993 |
| 7 | BC Lara | 122 | 4 | Win | Aus | Port of Spain | 19 Apr 2003 |
| 8 | Mohd Ashraful | 101 | 4 | Ban | Srk | Dhaka | 26 Dec 2008 |
| 9 | DL Vettori | 140 | 4 | NZl | Srl | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 |
| 10 | Shakib Al Hasan | 100 | 4 | Ban | NZl | Hamilton | 15 Feb 2010 |
| 11 | BRM Taylor | 117 | 4 | Zim | NZl | Bulawayo | 01 Nov 2011 |
| 12 | V Kohli | 141 | 4 | Ind |
Aus |
Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 13 | AD Mathews | 110 | 4 | Srl | Ind | Col-SSC | 28 Aug 2015 |