Opening batsman scoring a century and a ninety in a test – KG Brathwaite of West Indies joins the list

Opening batsman scoring a century and a ninety in a test – KG Brathwaite of West Indies joins the list

KG Brathwaite of West Indies scored 134 and 95 in the just concluded test against England at Leeds to provide the 22nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and hundred in a test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Player 1st 2nd Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 PA Gibb 93 106 Eng SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1938
2 PGV van der Bijl 125 97 SAF Eng Durban 03 Mar 1939
3 MC Cowdrey 114 97 Eng Win Kingston 17 Feb 1960
4 G Boycott 99 112 Eng Win Port of Spain 30 Mar 1974
5 CG Greenidge 93 107 Win Ind Bengaluru 22 Nov 1974
6 Mohsin Khan 94 101* Pak Ind Lahore 10 Dec 1982
7 Saeed Anwar 94 136 Pak Srl Colombo (PSS) 09 Aug 1994
8 MA Atherton 94* 118 Eng NZl Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
9 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
10 MH Richardson 93 101 NZl Eng Lord’s 20 May 2004
11 JL Langer 191 97 Aus Pak Perth 16 Dec 2004
12 AJ Strauss 126 94* Eng SAF Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004
13 HH Gibbs 161 98 SAF Eng Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
14 AB de Villiers 92 109 SAF Eng Centurion 21 Jan 2005
15 ND McKenzie 94 155* SAF Ind Chennai 26 Mar 2008
16 G Gambhir 179 97 Ind Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008
17 AN Cook 94 139* Eng Win Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009
18 TM Dilshan 92 123* Srl NZl Galle 18 Aug 2009
19 SR Watson 93 120* Aus Pak Melbourne 26 Dec 2009
20 AN Cook 96 106 Eng Srl Lord’s 03 Jun 2011
21 Mohammad Hafeez 96 101* Pak NZl Abu Dhabi 09 Nov 2014
22 KC Brathwaite 134 95 Win Eng Leeds 25 Aug 2017

KG Brathwaite of West Indies scored 134 and 95 in the just concluded test against England at Leeds to provide the second occasion of an West Indies opening batsman scoring a ninety and hundred in a test match in the annals of test cricket. CG Greenidge was the other batsman to accomplish such a feat. He had scored 93 and 107 against India  at Bangalore in Nov 1974. Both such occasions are listed below

No Player 1st 2nd Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CG Greenidge 93 107 Win Ind Bengaluru 22 Nov 1974
2 KC Brathwaite 134 95 Win Eng Leeds 25 Aug 2017

KG Brathwaite of West Indies scored 134 and 95 in the just concluded test against England at Leeds to provide the fifth occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and hundred in a test match against Englan in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Player 1st 2nd Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 PGV van der Bijl 125 97 SAF Eng Durban 03 Mar 1939
2 MH Richardson 93 101 NZl Eng Lord’s 20 May 2004
3 HH Gibbs 161 98 SAF Eng Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
4 AB de Villiers 92 109 SAF Eng Centurion 21 Jan 2005
5 G Gambhir 179 97 Ind Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008
6 KC Brathwaite 134 95 Win Eng Leeds 25 Aug 2017

KG Brathwaite of West Indies scored 134 and 95 in the just concluded test against England at Leeds to provide the second occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and hundred in a test match against England in England in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are listed below

No Player 1st 2nd Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MH Richardson 93 101 NZl Eng Lord’s 20 May 2004
2 KC Brathwaite 134 95 Win Eng Leeds 25 Aug 2017

AN Cook of England is the only opening batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score a ninety and a hundred on two occasions. His performance is listed below

 

No Player 1st 2nd Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 AN Cook 94 139* England v West Indies Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009
2 AN Cook 96 106 England v Sri Lanka Lord’s

03 Jun 2011

 

Comments are closed.