D Elgar of South Africa carried his through the completed innings in South Africa’s first innings against Australia in the ongoing test at Cape Town to provide the 54^th occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
4	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
5	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
6	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
7	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
8	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
9	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
10	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
11	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
12	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
13	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pak	v Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
14	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
15	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
16	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
17	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
18	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
19	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
20	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
21	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
22	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
23	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
24	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
25	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
26	S Wettimuny	63*	144	2	Srl	v NZl	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983
27	DC Boon	58*	103	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
28	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
29	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
30	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
31	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	Eng	v Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
32	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
33	MH Dekker	68*	187	4	Zim	v Pak	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993
34	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	Eng	v NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
35	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
36	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Aus	v SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
37	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
38	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pak	v Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
39	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
40	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Srl	v Zim	Harare	04 Dec 1999
41	Javed Omar	85*	168†	3	Ban	v Zim	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
42	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
43	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
44	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
45	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pak	v NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
46	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
47	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
48	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Aus	v NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
49	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
50	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
51	KC Brathwaite	142*	337	2	Win	v Pak	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
52	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
53	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
54	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar’s feat provides the eighth occasion of a South African batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
3	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
4	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
5	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
6	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
7	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
8	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar’s feat provides the eighth occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
2	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
3	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
4	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
5	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
6	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
7	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
8	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar became  the second South  African batsman to carrying the bat through in a completed innings against Australia. TL Goddard was the other batsman to  perform  such a feat against Australia. Both the batsmen’s feat was performed at the  same ground Cape Town – after 61 years

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
2	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar emulated DL Haynes in carrying the bat through the completed innings on three occasions. Their performance is listed  below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
2	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
3	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
1	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
2	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
3	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993

GM Turner, L Hutton, WM Lawry and WM Woodfull are the four batsmen who have carried the bat through in a completed innings on two occasions

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
2	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
1	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
2	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
1	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
2	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
1	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
2	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933