Australian batsmen scoring a century and a half century on five or more occasions – SPD Smith joins the list
SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the fifth occasion of his scoring a century and a half century in a test. He became the seventh Australian batsman to score a century and a half century in a test on five occasions. All such occasions are listed below. RT Ponting leads the list with ten such occasions and he is followed by AR Border who has performed the feat on nine occasions.
| No | No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 1 | RT Ponting | 144 | 72 | v England | Leeds | 16 Aug 2001 |
| 2 | RT Ponting | 169 | 53* | v Zimbabwe | Sydney | 17 Oct 2003 | |
| 3 | RT Ponting | 105 | 86* | v New Zealand | Auckland | 26 Mar 2005 | |
| 4 | RT Ponting | 149 | 104* | v West Indies | Brisbane | 03 Nov 2005 | |
| 5 | RT Ponting | 120 | 143* | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 | |
| 6 | RT Ponting | 103 | 116 | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 | |
| 7 | RT Ponting | 196 | 60* | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 | |
| 8 | RT Ponting | 101 | 99 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2008 | |
| 9 | RT Ponting | 209 | 89 | v Pakistan | Hobart | 14 Jan 2010 | |
| 10 | RT Ponting | 221 | 60* | v India | Adelaide | 24 Jan 2012 | |
| 2 | 1 | AR Border | 162 | 50 | v India | Chennai | 11 Sep 1979 |
| 2 | AR Border | 150* | 153 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 18 Mar 1980 | |
| 3 | AR Border | 106* | 84 | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1981 | |
| 4 | AR Border | 78 | 126 | v West Indies | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1982 | |
| 5 | AR Border | 117* | 66 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 09 Dec 1983 | |
| 6 | AR Border | 98* | 100* | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 16 Mar 1984 | |
| 7 | AR Border | 140 | 114* | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 | |
| 8 | AR Border | 70 | 100* | v England | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 | |
| 9 | AR Border | 106 | 78 | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 08 Sep 1992 | |
| 3 | 1 | GS Chappell | 116* | 62 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1972 |
| 2 | GS Chappell | 247* | 133 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 01 Mar 1974 | |
| 3 | GS Chappell | 84 | 144 | v England | Sydney | 04 Jan 1975 | |
| 4 | GS Chappell | 123 | 109* | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 | |
| 5 | GS Chappell | 121 | 67 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1977 | |
| 6 | GS Chappell | 74 | 124 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1979 | |
| 4 | 1 | JL Langer | 179* | 52 | v England | Adelaide | 11 Dec 1998 |
| 2 | JL Langer | 51 | 127 | v West Indies | St John’s | 03 Apr 1999 | |
| 3 | JL Langer | 59 | 127 | v Pakistan | Hobart | 18 Nov 1999 | |
| 4 | JL Langer | 146 | 78* | v West Indies | Georgetown | 10 Apr 2003 | |
| 5 | JL Langer | 191 | 97 | v Pakistan | Perth | 16 Dec 2004 | |
| 6 | JL Langer | 82 | 100* | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 | |
| 5 | 1 | MA Taylor | 136 | 60 | v England | Leeds | 08 Jun 1989 |
| 2 | MA Taylor | 52 | 101 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 12 Jan 1990 | |
| 3 | MA Taylor | 59 | 144 | v West Indies | St John’s | 27 Apr 1991 | |
| 4 | MA Taylor | 64 | 142* | v New Zealand | Perth | 12 Nov 1993 | |
| 5 | MA Taylor | 334* | 92 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 | |
| 6 | 1 | ML Hayden | 197 | 103 | v England | Brisbane | 07 Nov 2002 |
| 2 | ML Hayden | 136 | 53* | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2003 | |
| 3 | ML Hayden | 117 | 132 | v Sri Lanka | Cairns | 09 Jul 2004 | |
| 4 | ML Hayden | 111 | 77 | v ICC World XI | Sydney | 14 Oct 2005 | |
| 5 | ML Hayden | 65 | 137 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2005 | |
| 7 | 1 | SPD Smith | 162* | 52* | v India | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 2 | SPD Smith | 117 | 71 | v India | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 | |
| 3 | SPD Smith | 199 | 54* | v West Indies | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 | |
| 4 | SPD Smith | 215 | 58 | v England | Lord’s | 16 Jul 2015 | |
| 5 | SPD Smith | 134* | 70* | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2015 |