Centuries by a batsman batting at number eight in Test innings.

Centuries by a batsman batting at number eight in Test innings.

MJ Santner of New Zealand scored 126 against England in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 86th occasion of a batsman scoring a century while batting at number eight in Test innings. It also provides the 14th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century while batting at number eight in Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 8 BR Taylor 105 1 NZl Ind Kolkata 5 Mar 1965
2 8 BR Taylor 124 1 NZl Win Auckland 27 Feb 1969
3 8 RJ Hadlee 103 2 NZl Win Christchurch 22 Feb 1980
4 8 IDS Smith 113* 1 NZl Eng Auckland 10 Feb 1984
5 8 JG Bracewell 110 2 NZl Eng Nottingham 07 Aug 1986
6 8 SB Styris 107 1 NZl Win St George’s 28 Jun 2002
7 8 DL Vettori 127 1 NZl Zim Harare 07 Aug 2005
8 8 DL Vettori 118 1 NZl Ind Hamilton 18 Mar 2009
9 8 DL Vettori 140 4 NZl Srl Colombo (SSC) 26 Aug 2009
10 8 DL Vettori 110 1 NZl Pak Wellington 15 Jan 2011
11 8 BJ Watling 103 1 NZl Ban Chattogram 09 Oct 2013
12 8 JDS Neesham 137* 3 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
13 8 TA Blundell 107* 2 NZl Win Wellington 01 Dec 2017
14 8 MJ Santner 126 2 NZl Eng Mt Maunganui 21 Nov 2019

It also provides the 20th occasion of a batsman scoring a century while batting at number eight in Test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 8 GJ Bonnor 128 2 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Mar 1885
2 8 MJ Hartigan 116 3 Aus Eng Adelaide 10 Jan 1908
3 8 JM Taylor 108 3 Aus Eng Sydney 19 Dec 1924
4 8 EL Dalton 117 1 SAF Eng The Oval 17 Aug 1935
5 8 EL Dalton 102 2 SAF Eng Johannesburg 24 Dec 1938
6 8 PL Winslow 108 2 SAF Eng Manchester 07 Jul 1955
7 8 BD Julien 121 1 Win Eng Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
8 8 N Kapil Dev 116 2 Ind Eng Kanpur 30 Jan 1982
9 8 IDS Smith 113* 1 NZl Eng Auckland 10 Feb 1984
10 8 SMH Kirmani 102 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 28 Nov 1984
11 8 JG Bracewell 110 2 NZl Eng Nottingham 07 Aug 1986
12 8 N Kapil Dev 110 1 Ind Eng The Oval 23 Aug 1990
13 8 Moin Khan 105 1 Pak Eng Leeds 08 Aug 1996
14 8 AB Agarkar 109* 4 Ind Eng Lord’s 25 Jul 2002
15 8 Kamran Akmal 154 2 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
16 8 A Kumble 110* 1 Ind Eng The Oval 09 Aug 2007
17 8 DJG Sammy 106 1 Win Eng Nottingham 25 May 2012
18 8 JO Holder 103* 4 Win Eng North Sound 13 Apr 2015
19 8 JO Holder 202* 3 Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019
20 8 MJ Santner 126 2 NZl Eng M’t Maunganui 21 Nov 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century while batting at number eight in Test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the highest individual innings by a New Zealand batsman batting at number eight in a Test innings against England.

No Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 8 IDS Smith 113* 1 NZl Eng Auckland 10 Feb 1984
2 8 JG Bracewell 110 2 NZl Eng Nottingham 07 Aug 1986
3 8 MJ Santner 126 2 NZl Eng Mt Maunganui 21 Nov 2019
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