DA Warner of Australia scored 253 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Perth against New Zealand to provide the 31^st occasion of an opening batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
4	DJ McGlew	255*	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
5	Hanif Mohammad	337	3	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
6	CC Hunte	260	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
7	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	JH Edrich	310*	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
9	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
10	DL Amiss	262*	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
11	LG Rowe	302	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
12	SFAF Bacchus	250	2	Win	Ind	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979
13	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
14	BA Young	267*	1	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
15	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
16	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	G Kirsten	275	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
18	JL Langer	250	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
19	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
20	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
21	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
22	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
23	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
24	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
25	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
26	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
27	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
28	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
29	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
30	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
31	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015

DA Warner of Australia scored 253 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Perth against New Zealand to provide the sixth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
2	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
3	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	JL Langer	250	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
5	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
6	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015

DA Warner of Australia scored 253 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Perth against New Zealand to provide the third occasion of an opening batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DJ McGlew	255*	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
2	JH Edrich	310*	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
3	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015

AN Cook {02}, CH Gayle {02}, GC Smith {02}, ST Jayasuriya {02} and V Sehwag {04} are the five opening batsmen who have scored 250 plus runs on two or more occasions. V Sehwag remains the only opening batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 250 plus runs on four occasions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
2	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
1	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
2	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
1	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
2	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
1	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
2	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
3	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
4	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009