Captains scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test

Captains scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the 83rd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All  such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AC MacLaren 109 50* Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1897
2 HL Collins 114 60 Aus Eng Sydney 19 Dec 1924
3 DG Bradman 51 144* Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
4 A Melville 78 103 SAF Eng Durban 03 Mar 1939
5 A Melville 189 104* SAF Eng Nottingham 07 Jun 1947
6 DG Bradman 132 127* Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
7 AD Nourse 65 114 SAF Aus Cape Town 31 Dec 1949
8 GO Rabone 107 68 NZl SAF Durban 11 Dec 1953
9 JR Reid 60 142 NZl SAF Johannesburg 02 Feb 1962
10 JR Reid 74 100 NZl Eng Christchurch 15 Mar 1963
11 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
12 Hanif Mohammad 104 93 Pak Aus Melbourne 04 Dec 1964
13 TL Goddard 60 112 SAF Eng Johannesburg 22 Jan 1965
14 JR Reid 128 76 NZl Pak Karachi 09 Apr 1965
15 MAK Pataudi 64 148 Ind Eng Leeds 08 Jun 1967
16 RB Simpson 55 103 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Dec 1967
17 MC Cowdrey 148 71 Eng Win Port of Spain 14 Mar 1968
18 GS Sobers 152 95* Win Eng Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
19 GS Sobers 110 52 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
20 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
21 IM Chappell 145 121 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
22 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
23 AW Greig 116 76* Eng Win Leeds 22 Jul 1976
24 Mushtaq Mohammad 107 67* Pak NZl Karachi 30 Oct 1976
25 GS Chappell 121 67 Aus Pak Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
26 Mushtaq Mohammad 121 56 Pak Win Port of Spain 01 Apr 1977
27 RB Simpson 100 51 Aus Ind Adelaide 28 Jan 1978
28 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
29 SM Gavaskar 107 182* Ind Win Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
30 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
31 CH Lloyd 100 66 Win Eng Bridgetown 13 Mar 1981
32 LRD Mendis 111 94 Srl Eng Lord’s 23 Aug 1984
33 LRD Mendis 53 124 Srl Ind Kandy 14 Sep 1985
34 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
35 AR Border 70 100* Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
36 MW Gatting 61 150* Eng Pak The Oval 06 Aug 1987
37 DI Gower 57 106 Eng Aus Lord’s 22 Jun 1989
38 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
39 GA Gooch 87 117 Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
40 AR Border 106 78 Aus Srl Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
41 MD Crowe 140 61 NZl Zim Harare 07 Nov 1992
42 Saleem Malik 75 143 Pak Aus Lahore 01 Nov 1994
43 MA Atherton 94* 118 Eng NZl Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
44 SP Fleming 78 174* NZl Srl Colombo (RPS) 27 May 1998
45 WJ Cronje 126 67 SAF Eng Nottingham 23 Jul 1998
46 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
47 AJ Stewart 107 52 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
48 A Flower 74 129 Zim Srl Harare 26 Nov 1999
49 SR Tendulkar 116 52 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
50 BC Lara 91 122 Win Aus Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
51 SP Fleming 274* 69* NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003
52 GC Smith 277 85 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
53 MP Vaughan 52 105 Eng Srl Kandy 10 Dec 2003
54 BC Lara 115 86 Win SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
55 MP Vaughan 103 101* Eng Win Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
56 T Taibu 85* 153 Zim Ban Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
57 RT Ponting 105 86* Aus NZl Auckland 26 Mar 2005
58 GC Smith 126 50* SAF Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005
59 S Chanderpaul 92 153* Win Pak Bridgetown 26 May 2005
60 Inzamam-ul-Haq 50 117* Pak Win Kingston 03 Jun 2005
61 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
62 Inzamam-ul-Haq 109 100* Pak Eng Faisalabad 20 Nov 2005
63 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
64 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
65 DPMD Jayawardene 61 119 Srl Eng Lord’s 11 May 2006
66 BC Lara 61 122 Win Pak Lahore 11 Nov 2006
67 RT Ponting 196 60* Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
68 RR Sarwan 65 128 Win Aus North Sound 30 May 2008
69 RT Ponting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
70 KC Sangakkara 50 109 Srl NZl Colombo (SSC) 26 Aug 2009
71 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
72 Shakib Al Hasan 87 100 Ban NZl Hamilton 15 Feb 2010
73 BRM Taylor 71 105* Zim Ban Harare 04 Aug 2011
74 BRM Taylor 50 117 Zim NZl Bulawayo 01 Nov 2011
75 DPMD Jayawardene 105 64 Srl Eng Colombo (PSS) 03 Apr 2012
76 LRPL Taylor 142 74 NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Nov 2012
77 BRM Taylor 171 102* Zim Ban Harare 17 Apr 2013
78 AD Mathews 91 157* Srl Pak Abu Dhabi 31 Dec 2013
79 Misbah-ul-Haq 101 101* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
80 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
81 SPD Smith 117 71 Ind Ind Sydney 06 Jan 2015
82 Misbah-ul-Haq 102 87 Pak Eng Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2015
83 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the 23rd occasion of an Australian captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 HL Collins 114 60 Aus Eng Sydney 19 Dec 1924
2 DG Bradman 51 144* Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
3 DG Bradman 132 127* Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
4 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
5 RB Simpson 55 103 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Dec 1967
6 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
7 IM Chappell 145 121 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
8 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
9 GS Chappell 121 67 Aus Pak Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
10 RB Simpson 100 51 Aus Ind Adelaide 28 Jan 1978
11 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
12 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
13 AR Border 70 100* Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
14 AR Border 106 78 Aus Srl Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
15 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
16 RT Ponting 105 86* Aus NZl Auckland 26 Mar 2005
17 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
18 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
19 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
20 RT Ponting 196 60* Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
21 RT Ponting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
22 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
23 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the 83rd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match against West Indies. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MC Cowdrey 148 71 Eng Win Port of Spain 14 Mar 1968
2 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
3 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
4 AW Greig 116 76* Eng Win Leeds 22 Jul 1976
5 Mushtaq Mohammad 121 56 Pak Win Port of Spain 01 Apr 1977
6 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
7 SM Gavaskar 107 182* Ind Win Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
8 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
9 MP Vaughan 103 101* Eng Win Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
10 GC Smith 126 50* SAF Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005
11 Inzamam-ul-Haq 50 117* Pak Win Kingston 03 Jun 2005
12 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
13 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the fifth occasion of an Australian captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match against West Indies. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
2 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
3 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
4 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
5 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

The following list tabulates the captains who have scored 100 and 50 in a test on three or more occasions.  The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. RT Ponting of Australia leads the table with a record seven such occasions

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RT Ponting 105 86* Aus NZl Auckland 26 Mar 2005
2 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
3 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
4 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
5 RT Ponting 196 60* Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
6 RT Ponting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
7 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
               
1 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
2 AR Border 70 100* Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
3 AR Border 106 78 Aus Srl Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
               
1 BC Lara 91 122 Win Aus Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
2 BC Lara 115 86 Win SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
3 BC Lara 61 122 Win Pak Lahore 11 Nov 2006
               
1 BRM Taylor 71 105* Zim Ban Harare 04 Aug 2011
2 BRM Taylor 50 117 Zim NZl Bulawayo 01 Nov 2011
3 BRM Taylor 171 102* Zim Ban Harare 17 Apr 2013
               
1 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
2 GS Chappell 121 67 Aus Pak Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
3 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
               
1 JR Reid 60 142 NZl SAF Johannesburg 02 Feb 1962
2 JR Reid 74 100 NZl Eng Christchurch 15 Mar 1963
3 JR Reid 128 76 NZl Pak Karachi 09 Apr 1965
               
1 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
2 RB Simpson 55 103 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Dec 1967
3 RB Simpson 100 51 Aus Ind Adelaide 28 Jan 1978

SM Gavaskar, RT Ponting, SP Fleming and GC Smith are the four captains who have scored double hundred and a fifty in a test, while GA Gooch and MA Taylor are the two captains to score a triple hundred and a fifty in a test.  GA Gooch remains the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score a triple hundred and a hundred in a test. The performances of these six captains are furnished below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
2 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
3 SP Fleming 274* 69* NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003
4 GC Smith 277 85 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
5 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
6 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998

The following list tabulated the sixteen occasions of captain scoring hundreds in both innings of a test. A Gooch remains the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score a triple hundred and a hundred in a test.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 A Melville 189 104* SAF Eng Nottingham 07 Jun 1947
2 DG Bradman 132 127* Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
3 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
4 IM Chappell 145 121 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
5 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
6 SM Gavaskar 107 182* Ind Win Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
7 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
8 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
9 MP Vaughan 103 101* Eng Win Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
10 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
11 Inzamam-ul-Haq 109 100* Pak Eng Faisalabad 20 Nov 2005
12 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
13 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
14 BRM Taylor 171 102* Zim Ban Harare 17 Apr 2013
15 Misbah-ul-Haq 101 101* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
16 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014

 

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