SD Hope  of West Indies scored 147 and 118 not out in  the just concluded test against England at Leeds to  provide the 82^nd occasion of a batsman scoring centuries  in each innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below. It also provides the first such instance in a test at Leeds.

 

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	W Bardsley	136	130	Australia	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
2	CAG Russell	140	111	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	H Sutcliffe	176	127	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
4	WR Hammond	119*	177	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
5	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	England	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
6	GA Headley	114	112	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
7	E Paynter	117	100	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938
8	GA Headley	106	107	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
9	DCS Compton	147	103*	England	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
10	AR Morris	122	124*	Australia	v England	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
11	A Melville	189	104*	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
12	B Mitchell	120	189*	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947
13	DG Bradman	132	127*	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
14	VS Hazare	116	145	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
15	ED Weekes	162	101	West Indies	v India	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
16	J Moroney	118	101*	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
17	CL Walcott	126	110	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
18	CL Walcott	155	110	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
19	GS Sobers	125	109*	West Indies	v Pakistan	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
20	RB Kanhai	117	115	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961
21	Hanif Mohammad	111	104	Pakistan	v England	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
22	RB Simpson	153	115	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
23	KD Walters	242	103	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
24	SM Gavaskar	124	220	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
25	LG Rowe	214	100*	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
26	GS Chappell	247*	133	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
27	IM Chappell	145	121	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
28	GM Turner	101	110*	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974
29	GS Chappell	123	109*	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
30	CG Greenidge	134	101	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
31	GP Howarth	122	102	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978
32	SM Gavaskar	111	137	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
33	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	India	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
34	AR Border	150*	153	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980
35	LRD Mendis	105	105	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
36	Javed Miandad	104	103*	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hyd-Pak	25 Nov 1984
37	AR Border	140	114*	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986
38	DM Jones	116	121*	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	19 Jan 1990
39	GA Gooch	333	123	England	v India	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
40	AP Gurusinha	119	102	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991
41	AH Jones	122	100*	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991
42	AJ Stewart	118	143	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	08 Apr 1994
43	G Kirsten	102	133	South Africa	v India	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
44	PA de Silva	138*	103*	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997
45	SR Waugh	108	116	Australia	v England	Manchester	03 Jul 1997
46	PA de Silva	146	120	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997
47	GW Flower	104	151	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997
48	R Dravid	190	103*	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
49	W Wasti	133	121*	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	04 Mar 1999
50	A Flower	142	199*	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	07 Sep 2001
51	BC Lara	221	130	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001
52	ML Hayden	197	103	Australia	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
53	Yasir Hameed	170	105	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003
54	ML Hayden	117	132	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
55	MP Vaughan	103	101*	England	v West Indies	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
56	ME Trescothick	105	107	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004
57	R Dravid	110	135	India	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
58	RT Ponting	149	104*	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
59	Inzamam-ul-Haq	109	100*	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
60	RT Ponting	120	143*	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
61	RT Ponting	103	116	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
62	Mohammad Yousuf	102	124	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	27 Nov 2006
63	JH Kallis	155	100*	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Oct 2007
64	AJ Strauss	123	108	England	v India	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
65	TM Dilshan	162	143	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	03 Jan 2009
66	PJ Hughes	115	160	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
67	HM Amla	114	123*	South Africa	v India	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
68	JH Kallis	161	109*	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
79	KOA Powell	117	110	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	13 Nov 2012
70	KC Sangakkara	142	105	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
71	PG Fulton	136	110	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
72	BRM Taylor	171	102*	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	17 Apr 2013
73	KC Sangakkara	319	105	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
74	DA Warner	135	145	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
75	Younis Khan	106	103*	Pakistan	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2014
76	Azhar Ali	109	100*	Pakistan	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
77	Misbah-ul-Haq	101	101*	Pakistan	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
78	V Kohli	115	141	India	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
79	DA Warner	145	102	Australia	v India	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
80	DA Warner	163	116	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
81	AM Rahane	127	100*	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
82	SD Hope	147	118*	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Aug 2017

 

SD Hope’s feat of scoring twin centuries in a test provides the twelfth   occasion of a West Indian batsman accomplishing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulate d below.

 

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	GA Headley	114	112	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
2	GA Headley	106	107	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
3	ED Weekes	162	101	West Indies	v India	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
4	CL Walcott	126	110	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
5	CL Walcott	155	110	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
6	GS Sobers	125	109*	West Indies	v Pakistan	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
7	RB Kanhai	117	115	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961
8	LG Rowe	214	100*	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
9	CG Greenidge	134	101	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
10	BC Lara	221	130	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001
11	KOA Powell	117	110	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	13 Nov 2012
12	SD Hope	147	118*	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Aug 2017

 

SD Hope became the second West Indian bastman to score twin centuries in a test against  England and his feat provides the third such occasion. The last occasion when a West Indian batsman performed the feat of scoring centuries in both innings of a test  against England was GA Headley in Jun 1939. He had scored 106 and 107 at Lord’s. Thus it took 78 years for another West Indian batsman to score twin centuries  in a test against England

 

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	GA Headley	114	112	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
2	GA Headley	106	107	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
3	SD Hope	147	118*	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Aug 2017

 

SD Hope became the second West Indian bastman to score twin centuries in a test against England in England . The first such  occasion  when a West Indian batsman performed the feat of scoring centuries in both innings of a test against England in England was GA Headley in Jun 1939. He had scored 106 and 107 at Lord’s.

 

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	GA Headley	106	107	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
2	SD Hope	147	118*	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Aug 2017

 

 

SD Hope’s feat of  scoring twin centuries  in a test provides the 14^th occasion of a batsman performing  such a feat against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	W Bardsley	136	130	Australia	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
2	GA Headley	114	112	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
3	GA Headley	106	107	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
4	AR Morris	122	124*	Australia	v England	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
5	A Melville	189	104*	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
6	B Mitchell	120	189*	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947
7	Hanif Mohammad	111	104	Pakistan	v England	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
8	CG Greenidge	134	101	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
9	GP Howarth	122	102	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978
10	SR Waugh	108	116	Australia	v England	Manchester	03 Jul 1997
11	ML Hayden	197	103	Australia	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
12	Inzamam-ul-Haq	109	100*	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
13	PG Fulton	136	110	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
14	SD Hope	147	118*	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Aug 2017

 

The following table list the seven batsmen who have scored a double century and a century in a test. There are seven such occasions which includes two occasions of a batsman scoring a treble century and a century in a test – GA Gooch and  KS Sangakkara. The list includes the Indian legend SM Gavaskar who had scored 124 and 220 against West Indies at Port of Spain in Apr 1971. It is interesting to note that SM Gavaskar is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century in the first innings and a double century in the second innings of a test.

 

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	KD Walters	242	103	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
2	SM Gavaskar	124	220	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
3	LG Rowe	214	100*	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
4	GS Chappell	247*	133	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
5	GA Gooch	333	123	England	v India	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
6	BC Lara	221	130	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001
7	KC Sangakkara	319	105	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014