AN Cook of England became the second cricketer in the annals of test cricket to score a century on debut, a century on first captaincy assignment and a century in a farewell test. GS Chappell of Australia is the other cricketer to achieve such a feat.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Test
3	GS Chappell	108	Aus	Eng	Perth	11 Dec 1970	Debut Test
	GS Chappell	123 + 109*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	Debut as captain
	GS Chappell	182	Aus	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Farewell Test
5	AN Cook	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Debut Test
	AN Cook	173	Eng	Ban	Chittagong	12 Mar 2010	Debut as captain
	AN Cook	147	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018	Farewell Test