Australian captains scoring a century and a half century in a test

Australian captains scoring a century and a half century in a test

SPD Smith of Australia scored 130 and 62 in the ongoing test against Pakistan at Brisbane to provide the 26th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a century and a half century in a test against various oppositions. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 HL Collins 114 60 v England Sydney 19 Dec 1924
2 DG Bradman 51 144* v England Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
3 DG Bradman 132 127* v India Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
4 RB Simpson 153 115 v Pakistan Karachi 24 Oct 1964
5 RB Simpson 55 103 v India Adelaide 23 Dec 1967
6 IM Chappell 72 106* v West Indies Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
7 IM Chappell 145 121 v New Zealand Wellington 01 Mar 1974
8 GS Chappell 123 109* v West Indies Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
9 GS Chappell 121 67 v Pakistan Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
10 RB Simpson 100 51 v India Adelaide 28 Jan 1978
11 GS Chappell 74 124 v West Indies Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
12 AR Border 140 114* v New Zealand Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
13 AR Border 70 100* v England Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
14 AR Border 106 78 v Sri Lanka Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
15 MA Taylor 334* 92 v Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
16 RT Ponting 105 86* v New Zealand Auckland 26 Mar 2005
17 RT Ponting 149 104* v West Indies Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
18 RT Ponting 120 143* v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2006
19 RT Ponting 103 116 v South Africa Durban 24 Mar 2006
20 RT Ponting 196 60* v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
21` RT Ponting 101 99 v South Africa Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
22 RT Ponting 209 89 v Pakistan Hobart 14 Jan 2010
23 SPD Smith 117 71 v India Sydney 06 Jan 2015
24 SPD Smith 134* 70* v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
25 SPD Smith 138 53* v New Zealand Christchurch 20 Feb 2016
26 SPD Smith 130 63 v Pakistan Brisbane 15 Dec 2016

SPD Smith’s feat makes him the fifth Australian captain to score a century and a half century against Pakistan in a test. The performance of these five captains are furnished below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RB Simpson 153 115 v Pakistan Karachi 24 Oct 1964
2 GS Chappell 121 67 v Pakistan Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
3 MA Taylor 334* 92 v Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
4 RT Ponting 209 89 v Pakistan Hobart 14 Jan 2010
5 SPD Smith 130 63 v Pakistan Brisbane 15 Dec 2016

The following are the eight occasions of Australian captains scoring centuries in both innings of a test. RT Ponting owns the record for most occasions of captain scoring twin centuries in a test. He has performed the feat on three occasions

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 DG Bradman 132 127* v India Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
2 RB Simpson 153 115 v Pakistan Karachi 24 Oct 1964
3 IM Chappell 145 121 v New Zealand Wellington 01 Mar 1974
4 GS Chappell 123 109* v West Indies Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
5 AR Border 140 114* v New Zealand Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
6 RT Ponting 149 104* v West Indies Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
7 RT Ponting 120 143* v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2006
8 RT Ponting 103 116 v South Africa Durban 24 Mar 2006
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