DA Warner  and TM Head scored hundreds against Pakistan on 26.01.17 at Adelaide

DA Warner {179} and TM Head {128} scored hundreds representing  Australia against Pakistan on 26.01.17 at Adelaide  to provide the 33rd occasion of both the openers scoring hundreds in the history of one day games. All such occasions are listed below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	GR Marsh	104	1	Aus	Ind	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
	2	DC Boon	111	1	Aus	Ind	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
2	1	Rameez Raja	107*	1	Pak	Srl	Adelaide	17 Feb 1990
	2	Saeed Anwar	126	1	Pak	Srl	Adelaide	17 Feb 1990
3	1	Saeed Anwar	110	1	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	04 Feb 1993
	2	Rameez Raja	109*	1	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	04 Feb 1993
4	1	Saeed Anwar	107	1	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	30 Oct 1993
	2	Asif Mujtaba	113*	1	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	30 Oct 1993
5	1	DN Chudasama	122	1	Ken	Ban	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 1997
	2	KO Otieno	144	1	Ken	Ban	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 1997
6	1	SC Ganguly	109	1	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	07 Jul 1998
	2	SR Tendulkar	128	1	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	07 Jul 1998
7	1	G Kirsten	115	1	RSA	Ind	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
	2	HH Gibbs	111	1	RSA	Ind	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
8	1	SC Ganguly	127	1	Ind	RSA	Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001
	2	SR Tendulkar	101	1	Ind	RSA	Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001
9	1	SC Ganguly	111	1	Ind	Ken	Paarl	24 Oct 2001
	2	SR Tendulkar	146	1	Ind	Ken	Paarl	24 Oct 2001
10	1	V Sehwag	126	2	Ind	Eng	Col-RPS	22 Sep 2002
	2	SC Ganguly	117*	2	Ind	Eng	Col-RPS	22 Sep 2002
11	1	MS Atapattu	101	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 2003
	2	ST Jayasuriya	122	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 2003
12	1	ME Trescothick	114*	2	Eng	RSA	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
	2	VS Solanki	106	2	Eng	RSA	The Oval	28 Jun 2003
13	1	V Sehwag	130	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	15 Nov 2003
	2	SR Tendulkar	102	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	15 Nov 2003
14	1	Yasir Hameed	127*	1	Pak	NZl	Rawalpindi	07 Dec 2003
	2	Imran Farhat	107	1	Pak	NZl	Rawalpindi	07 Dec 2003
15	1	AC Gilchrist	122	2	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	14 Feb 2006
	2	SM Katich	107*	2	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	14 Feb 2006
16	1	WU Tharanga	109	2	Srl	Eng	Leeds	01 Jul 2006
	2	ST Jayasuriya	152	2	Srl	Eng	Leeds	01 Jul 2006
17	1	Salman Butt	132	1	Pak	Ban	Lahore	13 Apr 2008
	2	Kamran Akmal	100	1	Pak	Ban	Lahore	13 Apr 2008
18	1	ST Jayasuriya	130	1	Srl	Ban	Karachi	30 Jun 2008
	2	KC Sangakkara	121	1	Srl	Ban	Karachi	30 Jun 2008
19	1	JAH Marshall	161	1	NZl	Ire	Aberdeen	01 Jul 2008
	2	BB McCullum	166	1	NZl	Ire	Aberdeen	01 Jul 2008
20	1	GA Hamilton	119	1	Sco	Can	Aberdeen	07 Jul 2009
	2	DF Watts	101	1	Sco	Can	Aberdeen	07 Jul 2009
21	1	WU Tharanga	118*	2	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Jan 2010
	2	DPMD Jayawardene	108	2	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Jan 2010
22	1	WU Tharanga	133	1	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
	2	TM Dilshan	144	1	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
23	1	WU Tharanga	102*	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
	2	TM Dilshan	108*	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
24	1	Mohd Hafeez	105	1	Pak	Ind	Mirpur	18 Mar 2012
	2	Nasir Jamshed	112	1	Pak	Ind	Mirpur	18 Mar 2012
25	1	WU Tharanga	174*	1	Srl	Ind	Kingston	02 Jul 2013
	2	DPMD Jayawardene	107	1	Srl	Ind	Kingston	02 Jul 2013
26	1	AJ Finch	148	1	Aus	Sco	Edinburgh	03 Sep 2013
	2	SE Marsh	151	1	Aus	Sco	Edinburgh	03 Sep 2013
27	1	Q de Kock	106	1	RSA	Ind	Durban	08 Dec 2013
	2	HM Amla	100	1	RSA	Ind	Durban	08 Dec 2013
28	1	AM Rahane	111	1	Ind	Srl	Cuttack	02 Nov 2014
	2	S Dhawan	113	1	Ind	Srl	Cuttack	02 Nov 2014
29	1	HM Amla	153*	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	18 Jan 2015
	2	RR Rossouw	128	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	18 Jan 2015
30	1	MJ Guptill	116*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	04 Aug 2015
	2	TWM Latham	110*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	04 Aug 2015
31	1	Q de Kock	135	2	RSA	Eng	Centurion	09 Feb 2016
	2	HM Amla	127	2	RSA	Eng	Centurion	09 Feb 2016
32	1	JJ Roy	112*	2	Eng	Srl	Birmingham	24 Jun 2016
	2	AD Hales	133*	2	Eng	Srl	Birmingham	24 Jun 2016
33	1	DA Warner	179	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017
	2	TM Head	128	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017

The captioned list contains three occasions of both the openers scoring unbeaten hundreds in the history of one day games. All such occasions are listed below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	WU Tharanga	102*	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
	2	TM Dilshan	108*	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
2	1	MJ Guptill	116*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	04 Aug 2015
	2	TWM Latham	110*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	04 Aug 2015
3	1	JJ Roy	112*	2	Eng	Srl	Birmingham	24 Jun 2016
	2	AD Hales	133*	2	Eng	Srl	Birmingham	24 Jun 2016

The following list shows the four occasions of both the Australian opening batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings.  It was the second such occasion on Australian soil – the first being at Brisbane on 14.02.06.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	GR Marsh	104	1	Aus	Ind	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
	2	DC Boon	111	1	Aus	Ind	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
2	1	AC Gilchrist	122	2	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	14 Feb 2006
	2	SM Katich	107*	2	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	14 Feb 2006
3	1	AJ Finch	148	1	Aus	Sco	Edinburgh	03 Sep 2013
	2	SE Marsh	151	1	Aus	Sco	Edinburgh	03 Sep 2013
4	1	DA Warner	179	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017
	2	TM Head	128	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017

It is interesting to note that the feat of DA Warner and TM Head provides the first ever occasion both the opening batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings of an one day game was against Pakistan in the annals of one  day games

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	DA Warner	179	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017
	2	TM Head	128	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017

Adelaide has witnessed two such occasions – by Pakistan batsmen against Sri Lanka on 17.02.90 and by Australian batsmen against Pakistan on 26.01.17. Both the occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	Rameez Raja	107*	1	Pak	Srl	Adelaide	17 Feb 1990
	2	Saeed Anwar	126	1	Pak	Srl	Adelaide	17 Feb 1990
2	1	DA Warner	179	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017
	2	TM Head	128	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017

The following are the four occasions of both the opening batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings on Australian soil – at Adelaide on two occasions, at Sydney and at Brisbane {once each}

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	Rameez Raja	107*	1	Pak	Srl	Adelaide	17 Feb 1990
	2	Saeed Anwar	126	1	Pak	Srl	Adelaide	17 Feb 1990
2	1	MS Atapattu	101	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 2003
	2	ST Jayasuriya	122	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 2003
3	1	AC Gilchrist	122	2	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	14 Feb 2006
	2	SM Katich	107*	2	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	14 Feb 2006
4	1	DA Warner	179	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017
	2	TM Head	128	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2017