Rival captains scoring a duck and a century in the same test

Rival captains scoring a duck and a century in the same test

SPD Smith of Australia scored 165 not out and Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan scored a duck in the just concluded Melbourne test to provide the 60th  occasion of rival captains scoring a century and duck in the same test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below in the reverse order with the captain’s duck shown first – in the order of  recent happenings first

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 0 3 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
  SPD Smith 165* 2 Aus Pak Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
               
2 BB McCullum 0 4 NZl Eng Lord’s 21 May 2015
  AN Cook 162 3 Eng NZl Lord’s 21 May 2015
               
3 MS Dhoni 0 3 Ind Aus Brisbane 17 Dec 2014
  SPD Smith 133 2 Aus Ind Brisbane 17 Dec 2014
               
4 AN Cook 0 4 Eng Aus Manchester 01 Aug 2013
  MJ Clarke 187 1 Aus Eng Manchester 01 Aug 2013
               
5 MS Dhoni 0 3 Ind Eng Kolkata 05 Dec 2012
  AN Cook 190 2 Eng Ind Kolkata 05 Dec 2012
               
6 GC Smith 0 4 SAF Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
  MJ Clarke 230 1 Aus SAF Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
               
7 AJ Strauss 0 1 Eng SAF The Oval 19 Jul 2012
  GC Smith 131 2 SAF Eng The Oval 19 Jul 2012
               
8 AJ Strauss 0 4 Eng Srl Colombo (PSS) 03 Apr 2012
  M Jayawardene 105 1 Srl Eng Colombo (PSS) 03 Apr 2012
               
9 LRPL Taylor 0 3 NZl Aus Brisbane 01 Dec 2011
  MJ Clarke 139 2 Aus NZl Brisbane 01 Dec 2011
               
10 AJ Strauss 0 3 Eng Srl Lord’s 03 Jun 2011
  TM Dilshan 193 2 Srl Eng Lord’s 03 Jun 2011
               
11 AJ Strauss 0 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
  GC Smith 105 2 SAF Eng Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
               
12 RT Ponting 0 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 19 Mar 2009
  JH Kallis 102 2 SAF Aus Cape Town 19 Mar 2009
               
13 RT Ponting 0 1 Aus SAF Perth 17 Dec 2008
  GC Smith 108 4 SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
               
14 CH Gayle 0 2 Win Srl Providence 22 Mar 2008
  M Jayawardene 136 1 Srl Win Providence 22 Mar 2008
               
15 Mohd Ashraful 0 2 Ban SAF Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
  GC Smith 232 1 SAF Ban Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
               
16 A Flintoff 0 2 Eng Aus Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
  RT Ponting 196 1 Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
               
17 Inzamam-ul-Haq 0 2 Pak Win Lahore 11 Nov 2006
  BC Lara 122 3 Win Pak Lahore 11 Nov 2006
               
18 GC Smith 0 2 SAF Aus Durban 24 Mar 2006
  RT Ponting 103 1 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
  RT Ponting 116 3 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
               
19 S Chanderpaul 0 4 Win Pak Kingston 03 Jun 2005
  Inzamam-ul-Haq 117* 3 Pak Win Kingston 03 Jun 2005
               
20 Younis Khan 0 4 Pak Win Bridgetown 26 May 2005
  S Chanderpaul 153* 3 Win Pak Bridgetown 26 May 2005
               
21 T Taibu 0 3 Zim Srl Bulawayo 14 May 2004
  MS Atapattu 249 2 Srl Zim Bulawayo 14 May 2004
               
22 T Taibu 0 3 Zim Srl Harare 06 May 2004
  MS Atapattu 170 2 Srl Zim Harare 06 May 2004
               
23 R Dravid 0 3 Ind Pak Lahore 05 Apr 2004
  Inzamam-ul-Haq 118 2 Pak Ind Lahore 05 Apr 2004
               
24 SR Waugh 0 1 Aus Ind Brisbane 04 Dec 2003
  SC Ganguly 144 2 Ind Aus Brisbane 04 Dec 2003
               
25 Khaled Mahmud 0 1 Ban Aus Cairns 25 Jul 2003
  SR Waugh 156* 2 Aus Ban Cairns 25 Jul 2003
               
26 SC Ganguly 0 4 Ind Eng Lord’s 25 Jul 2002
  N Hussain 155 1 Eng Ind Lord’s 25 Jul 2002
               
27 SV Carlisle 0 1 Zim Ind Delhi 28 Feb 2002
  SC Ganguly 136 2 Ind Zim Delhi 28 Feb 2002
               
28 ST Jayasuriya 0 3 Srl Eng Kandy 07 Mar 2001
  N Hussain 109 2 Eng Srl Kandy 07 Mar 2001
               
29 SR Tendulkar 0 4 Ind Aus Adelaide 10 Dec 1999
  SR Waugh 150 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 10 Dec 1999
               
30 SP Fleming 0 4 NZl Aus Brisbane 07 Nov 1997
  MA Taylor 112 1 Aus NZl Brisbane 07 Nov 1997
               
31 LK Germon 0 3 NZl Pak Rawalpindi 28 Nov 1996
  Saeed Anwar 149 2 Pak NZl Rawalpindi 28 Nov 1996
               
32 AR Border 0 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 25 Jan 1992
  M Azharuddin 106 4 Ind Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1992
               
33 Imran Khan 0 1 Pak Eng Birmingham 23 Jul 1987
  MW Gatting 124 2 Eng Pak Birmingham 23 Jul 1987
               
34 MW Gatting 0 4 Eng Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
  AR Border 100* 3 Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
               
35 N Kapil Dev 0 1 Ind Srl Kandy 14 Sep 1985
  LRD Mendis 124 4 Srl Ind Kandy 14 Sep 1985
               
36 N Kapil Dev 0 3 Ind Win Kolkata 10 Dec 1983
  CH Lloyd 161* 2 Win Ind Kolkata 10 Dec 1983
               
37 N Kapil Dev 0 3 Ind Win Delhi 29 Oct 1983
  CH Lloyd 103 2 Win Ind Delhi 29 Oct 1983
               
38 RGD Willis 0 3 Eng Aus Perth 12 Nov 1982
  GS Chappell 117 2 Aus Eng Perth 12 Nov 1982
               
39 SM Gavaskar 0 1 Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 1981
  GS Chappell 204 2 Aus Ind Sydney 02 Jan 1981
               
40 GS Chappell 0 2 Aus Win Adelaide 26 Jan 1980
  CH Lloyd 121 1 Win Aus Adelaide 26 Jan 1980
               
41 Mushtaq Mohd 0 1 Pak Win Bridgetown 18 Feb 1977
  CH Lloyd 157 2 Win Pak Bridgetown 18 Feb 1977
               
42 BS Bedi 0 1 Ind Win Bridgetown 10 Mar 1976
  CH Lloyd 102 2 Win Ind Bridgetown 10 Mar 1976
               
43 CH Lloyd 0 3 Win Aus Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
  GS Chappell 123 2 Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
               
44 R Illingworth 0 2 Eng Win Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
  RB Kanhai 157 1 Win Eng Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
               
45 R Illingworth 0 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
  IM Chappell 118 2 Aus Eng The Oval 10 Aug 1972
               
46 GS Sobers 0 2 Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
  MC Cowdrey 101 1 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
               
47 MC Cowdrey 0 4 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
  GS Sobers 113* 3 Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
               
48 Imtiaz Ahmed 0 1 Pak Eng Karachi 02 Feb 1962
  ER Dexter 205 2 Eng Pak Karachi 02 Feb 1962
               
49 R Benaud 0 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 31 Dec 1958
  PBH May 113 1 Eng Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1958
               
50 IWG Johnson 0 2 Aus Eng Leeds 12 Jul 1956
  PBH May 101 1 Eng Aus Leeds 12 Jul 1956
               
51 JDC Goddard 0 3 Win Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1951
  AL Hassett 102 4 Aus Win Melbourne 31 Dec 1951
               
52 AD Nourse 0 2 SAF Aus Johannesburg 24 Dec 1949
  AL Hassett 112 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1949
               
53 L Amarnath 0 3 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 201 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
               
54 L Amarnath 0 2 Ind Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 132 1 Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 127* 3 Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
               
55 WR Hammond 0 3 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1938
  DG Bradman 103 2 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1938
               
56 GOB Allen 0 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Feb 1937
  DG Bradman 169 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 26 Feb 1937
               
57 PW Sherwell 0 4 SAF Aus Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
  C Hill 100 3 Aus SAF Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
               
58 J Darling 0 3 Aus Eng Manchester 24 Jul 1905
  Hon.FS Jackson 113 1 Eng Aus Manchester 24 Jul 1905
               
59 PF Warner 0 2 Eng Aus Sydney 11 Dec 1903
  MA Noble 133 1 Aus Eng Sydney 11 Dec 1903
               
60 TP Horan 0 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 21 Mar 1885
  A Shrewsbury snr 105* 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 21 Mar 1885
               

The following table lists the occasions of an Australian captain scoring a century when the rival skipper has failed to score in the same test. There are 22 such occasions

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 0 3 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
  SPD Smith 165* 2 Aus Pak Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
               
2 MS Dhoni 0 3 Ind Aus Brisbane 17 Dec 2014
  SPD Smith 133 2 Aus Ind Brisbane 17 Dec 2014
               
3 AN Cook 0 4 Eng Aus Manchester 01 Aug 2013
  MJ Clarke 187 1 Aus Eng Manchester 01 Aug 2013
               
4 GC Smith 0 4 SAF Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
  MJ Clarke 230 1 Aus SAF Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
               
5 LRPL Taylor 0 3 NZl Aus Brisbane 01 Dec 2011
  MJ Clarke 139 2 Aus NZl Brisbane 01 Dec 2011
               
6 A Flintoff 0 2 Eng Aus Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
  RT Ponting 196 1 Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
               
7 GC Smith 0 2 SAF Aus Durban 24 Mar 2006
  RT Ponting 103 1 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
  RT Ponting 116 3 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
               
8 Khaled Mahmud 0 1 Ban Aus Cairns 25 Jul 2003
  SR Waugh 156* 2 Aus Ban Cairns 25 Jul 2003
               
9 SR Tendulkar 0 4 Ind Aus Adelaide 10 Dec 1999
  SR Waugh 150 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 10 Dec 1999
               
10 SP Fleming 0 4 NZl Aus Brisbane 07 Nov 1997
  MA Taylor 112 1 Aus NZl Brisbane 07 Nov 1997
               
11 MW Gatting 0 4 Eng Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
  AR Border 100* 3 Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
               
12 RGD Willis 0 3 Eng Aus Perth 12 Nov 1982
  GS Chappell 117 2 Aus Eng Perth 12 Nov 1982
               
13 SM Gavaskar 0 1 Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 1981
  GS Chappell 204 2 Aus Ind Sydney 02 Jan 1981
               
14 R Illingworth 0 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
  IM Chappell 118 2 Aus Eng The Oval 10 Aug 1972
               
15 JDC Goddard 0 3 Win Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1951
  AL Hassett 102 4 Aus Win Melbourne 31 Dec 1951
               
16 AD Nourse 0 2 SAF Aus Johannesburg 24 Dec 1949
  AL Hassett 112 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1949
               
17 L Amarnath 0 3 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 201 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
               
18 L Amarnath 0 2 Ind Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 132 1 Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 127* 3 Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
               
19 WR Hammond 0 3 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1938
  DG Bradman 103 2 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1938
               
20 GOB Allen 0 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Feb 1937
  DG Bradman 169 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 26 Feb 1937
               
21 PW Sherwell 0 4 SAF Aus Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
  C Hill 100 3 Aus SAF Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
               
22 PF Warner 0 2 Eng Aus Sydney 11 Dec 1903
  MA Noble 133 1 Aus Eng Sydney 11 Dec 1903

The following table lists the five occasion of Pakistan captain scoring a duck when the rival captain scored a century in the same test.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 0 3 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
  SPD Smith 165* 2 Aus Pak Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
               
2 Inzamam-ul-Haq 0 2 Pak Win Lahore 11 Nov 2006
  BC Lara 122 3 Win Pak Lahore 11 Nov 2006
               
3 Younis Khan 0 4 Pak Win Bridgetown 26 May 2005
  S Chanderpaul 153* 3 Win Pak Bridgetown 26 May 2005
               
4 Imran Khan 0 1 Pak Eng Birmingham 23 Jul 1987
  MW Gatting 124 2 Eng Pak Birmingham 23 Jul 1987
               
5 Mushtaq Mohd 0 1 Pak Win Bridgetown 18 Feb 1977
  CH Lloyd 157 2 Win Pak Bridgetown 18 Feb 1977
               

The following are the six occasions when a captain has scored duck and rival captain has scored a double century in the same test.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 0 4 SAF Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
  MJ Clarke 230 1 Aus SAF Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
               
2 Mohd Ashraful 0 2 Ban SAF Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
  GC Smith 232 1 SAF Ban Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
               
3 T Taibu 0 3 Zim Srl Bulawayo 14 May 2004
  MS Atapattu 249 2 Srl Zim Bulawayo 14 May 2004
               
4 SM Gavaskar 0 1 Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 1981
  GS Chappell 204 2 Aus Ind Sydney 02 Jan 1981
               
5 Imtiaz Ahmed 0 1 Pak Eng Karachi 02 Feb 1962
  ER Dexter 205 2 Eng Pak Karachi 02 Feb 1962
               
6 L Amarnath 0 3 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 201 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Jan 1948

There are two occasions in which a captain has scored a duck and rival captain has come up with centuries in  both innings of the same test.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 0 2 SAF Aus Durban 24 Mar 2006
  RT Ponting 103 1 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
  RT Ponting 116 3 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
               
2 L Amarnath 0 2 Ind Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 132 1 Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
  DG Bradman 127* 3 Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948

The Kingston test between West Indies and England in Feb 1968 has a special significance in this category of statistics. Rival skippers – GS Sobers of West Indies and MC Cowdrey of England – both scored a duck and a century in this test. In the first innings of this test, England captain MC Cowdrey scored 101 and in the second innings of this test, West Indies captain GS Sobers scored a duck. GS Sobers came up with a century – 113 not out in the third innings and MC Cowdrey was dismissed for a duck in the fourth innings. 

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GS Sobers 0 2 Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
  MC Cowdrey 101 1 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
               
2 MC Cowdrey 0 4 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
  GS Sobers 113* 3 Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968

 

 

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