Visiting batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs against South Africa in South Africa

Visiting batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs against South Africa in South Africa

V Kohli’s 153 against South Africa in the ongoing test at Centurion provides the 35th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring 150 plus runs against South Africa in South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. V Kohli earned the distinction of becoming the first visiting batsman to score 150 plus runs against South Africa at Centurion.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WW Armstrong 159* 3 Aus SAF Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902
2 JB Hobbs 187 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
3 W Rhodes 152 2 Eng SAF Johannesburg 26 Dec 1913
4 HL Collins 203 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 12 Nov 1921
5 CP Mead 181 1 Eng SAF Durban 18 Jan 1923
6 SJ McCabe 189* 4 Aus SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935
7 WR Hammond 181 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 31 Dec 1938
8 E Paynter 243 1 Eng SAF Durban 20 Jan 1939
9 WJ Edrich 219 4 Eng SAF Durban 03 Mar 1939
10 L Hutton 158 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
11 C Washbrook 195 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
12 RN Harvey 178 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 31 Dec 1949
13 RN Harvey 151* 4 Aus SAF Durban 20 Jan 1950
14 AR Morris 157 1 Aus SAF Port Elizabeth 03 Mar 1950
15 AL Hassett 167 1 Aus SAF Port Elizabeth 03 Mar 1950
16 JW Burke 189 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 31 Dec 1957
17 ER Dexter 172 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 23 Dec 1964
18 RB Simpson 153 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 31 Dec 1966
19 MA Atherton 185* 4 Eng SAF Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995
20 SR Tendulkar 169 2 Ind SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 1997
21 SR Waugh 160 2 Aus SAF Johannesburg 28 Feb 1997
22 GS Blewett 214 2 Aus SAF Johannesburg 28 Feb 1997
23 MS Sinclair 150 1 NZl SAF Port Elizabeth 30 Nov 2000
24 SR Tendulkar 155 1 Ind SAF Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001
25 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
26 BC Lara 202 2 Win SAF Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
27 ME Trescothick 180 3 Eng SAF Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
28 SP Fleming 262 1 NZl SAF Cape Town 27 Apr 2006
29 PJ Hughes 160 3 Aus SAF Durban 06 Mar 2009
30 MJ Clarke 151 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
31 CA Pujara 153 3 Ind SAF Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
32 MJ Clarke 161* 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 01 Mar 2014
33 BA Stokes 258 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
34 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
35 V Kohli 153 2 Ind SAF Centurion 13 Jan 2018

It provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat and V Kohli became the third batsman to accomplish the feat. All the four occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SR Tendulkar 169 2 Ind SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 1997
2 SR Tendulkar 155 1 Ind SAF Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001
3 CA Pujara 153 3 Ind SAF Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
4 V Kohli 153 2 Ind SAF Centurion 13 Jan 2018

MJ Clarke, RN Harvey and SR Tendulkar are the three batsmen to score 150 plus runs against South Africa in South Africe. The feats of these three batsmen are furnished below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MJ Clarke 151 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
2 MJ Clarke 161* 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 01 Mar 2014
               
1 RN Harvey 178 1 Aus SAF Cape Town 31 Dec 1949
2 RN Harvey 151* 4 Aus SAF Durban 20 Jan 1950
               
1 SR Tendulkar 169 2 Ind SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 1997
2 SR Tendulkar 155 1 Ind SAF Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001

The following are the four occasions of two visiting batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in the same innings against South Africa in South Africa.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 L Hutton 158 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
2 C Washbrook 195 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
               
1 AR Morris 157 1 Aus SAF Port Elizabeth 03 Mar 1950
2 AL Hassett 167 1 Aus SAF Port Elizabeth 03 Mar 1950
               
1 SR Waugh 160 2 Aus SAF Johannesburg 28 Feb 1997
2 GS Blewett 214 2 Aus SAF Johannesburg 28 Feb 1997
               
1 BA Stokes 258 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
2 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
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