D Elgar of South Africa carried his bat through the completed innings against England at Durban in the ongoing Boxing Day test to provide the 51^st occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. The 50^th such occasion befell on India’s CA Pujara who carried his bat through the completed innings against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Aug 2015. All the fifty one occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
4	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
5	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
6	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
7	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
8	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
9	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
10	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
11	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
12	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
13	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pak	v Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
14	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
15	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
16	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
17	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
18	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
19	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
20	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
21	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
22	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
23	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
24	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
25	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
26	S Wettimuny	63*	144	2	Srl	v NZl	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983
27	DC Boon	58*	103	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
28	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
29	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
30	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
31	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	Eng	v Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
32	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
34	MH Dekker	68*	187	4	Zim	v Pak	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993
35	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	Eng	v NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
36	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
37	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Aus	v SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
38	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
39	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pak	v Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
40	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
41	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Srl	v Zim	Harare	04 Dec 1999
42	Javed Omar	85*	168†	3	Ban	v Zim	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
43	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
44	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
45	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
46	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pak	v NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
47	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
48	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
49	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Aus	v NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
50	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
51	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015

The following table furnishes the list six South African batsmen who have accomplished the feat. D Elgar became the sixth South African batsman to perform the feat. All the six occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
3	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
4	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
5	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
6	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015

D Elgar’s feat provides the 13^th occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
4	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
5	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
6	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
7	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
8	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
9	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
10	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
11	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
12	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
13	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015

D Elgar became the third South African batsman to perform the feat against England after AB Tancred and JW Zulch. The following table lists the performance of all the three batsman. It took 105 years for a South African batsman to carry the bat through the completed innings against England. The previous occasion of such a feat was by Zulch at Cape Town in Mar 1910

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
3	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015

D Elgar of South Africa carried his bat through the completed innings against England at Durban in the ongoing Boxing Day test while scoring 118 not out to provide the 31^st occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket with a hundred to his credit. All the thirty one occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
2	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
3	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
4	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
5	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
6	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
7	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
8	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pak	v Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
9	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
10	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
11	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
12	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
13	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
14	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
15	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
16	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
17	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
18	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Aus	v SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
19	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
20	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pak	v Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
21	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
22	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Srl	v Zim	Harare	04 Dec 1999
23	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
24	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
25	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
26	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pak	v NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
37	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
28	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
29	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Aus	v NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
30	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
31	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015

WA Brown of Australia, L Hutton of England, GM Turner of New Zealand, MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka and V Sehwag of India are the five batsmen who have carried the bat through the completed innings while scoring 200 plus runs. All such occasions are listed below with the performance of the batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
2	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
3	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
4	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
5	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008

GM Turner’s 223 not out is the highest individual score by a batsman while carrying the bat through the completed innings and Sri Lanka’s 428 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo is the highest team total when the batsman has carried the bat through the completed innings. MS Atapattu remained not out in 216 in Sri Lanka’s innings in this test