DA Warner of Australia scored 111 not out against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Sydney to provide the 21^st occasion of a left hand opening batsman scoring a “Nelson” in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AW Nourse	111	3	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
2	M Leyland	111*	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
3	AJ Watkins	111	1	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949
4	AR Morris	111	1	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
5	AR Morris	111	2	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
6	PH Parfitt	111	2	Eng	Pak	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
7	DI Gower	111	2	Eng	NZl	The Oval	27 Jul 1978
8	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980
9	A Ranatunga	111	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985
10	SAR Silva	111	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985
11	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	Win	Perth	02 Dec 1988
12	MA Taylor	111	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
13	ST Jayasuriya	111	2	Srl	Ind	Galle	14 Aug 2001
14	Taufeeq Umar	111	3	Pak	Zim	Harare	09 Nov 2002
15	JL Langer	111	3	Aus	Win	St John’s	09 May 2003
16	Taufeeq Umar	111	2	Pak	SAF	Lahore	17 Oct 2003
17	Mohammad Rafique	111	1	Ban	Win	Gros Islet	28 May 2004
18	ML Hayden	111	1	Aus	ICC	Sydney	14 Oct 2005
19	NT Paranavitana	111	1	Srl	Ind	Galle	18 Jul 2010
20	Q de Kock	111	2	SAF	Ind	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
21	DA Warner	111*	3	Aus	NZl	Sydney	03 Jan 2020

DA Warner of Australia scored 111 not out against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Sydney to provide the eighth occasion of a left hand Australian opening batsman scoring a “Nelson” in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Morris	111	1	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
2	AR Morris	111	2	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
3	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980
4	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	Win	Perth	02 Dec 1988
5	MA Taylor	111	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
6	JL Langer	111	3	Aus	Win	St John’s	09 May 2003
7	ML Hayden	111	1	Aus	ICC	Sydney	14 Oct 2005
8	DA Warner	111*	3	Aus	NZl	Sydney	03 Jan 2020

It also provides the second occasion of a left hand Australian opening batsman scoring a “Nelson” against New Zealand in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980
2	DA Warner	111*	3	Aus	NZl	Sydney	03 Jan 2020

It also provides the third occasion of a left hand opening batsman scoring a “Nelson” against New Zealand in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DI Gower	111	2	Eng	NZl	The Oval	27 Jul 1978
2	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980
3	DA Warner	111*	3	Aus	NZl	Sydney	03 Jan 2020

AR Morris, GM Wood and Taufeeq Umar are the three left hand openers to score a Nelson on two occasions. The performance of these three batsmen are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Morris	111	1	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
2	AR Morris	111	2	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
1	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980
2	GM Wood	111	2	Aus	Win	Perth	02 Dec 1988
1	Taufeeq Umar	111	3	Pak	Zim	Harare	09 Nov 2002
2	Taufeeq Umar	111	2	Pak	SAF	Lahore	17 Oct 2003

M Leyland of England and DA Warner of Australia are the two left hand openers in the annals of test cricket to score 111 not out.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Leyland	111*	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
2	DA Warner	111*	3	Aus	NZl	Sydney	03 Jan 2020