KS Willliamson {238}, HM Nichhols {157} and DJ Mitchell {102 not out} of New Zealand scored centuries against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Ch’Church to provide the 62^nd  occasion of three or more batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings of which at least one is a double century in the annals of test cricket.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	I	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Yr	C	HS
1	Aus	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1884	3	211
2	Eng	2	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 24	3	211
3	Eng	1	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 38	4	216*
4	Eng	1	Aus	The Oval	Aug 38	3	364
5	Eng	4	SAF	Durban	Mar 39	3	219
6	Aus	1	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 48	3	201
7	Win	2	Ind	Kingston	Mar 53	3	237
8	Win	1	Eng	Trinidad	Mar 54	3	206
9	Aus	2	Win	Kingston	Jun 55	5	204
10	Ind	1	NZl	Hyd-LBS	Nov 55	3	223
11	Eng	1	Win	Nottingham	Jul 57	3	258
12	Win	1	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 58	3	256
13	Aus	1	Win	Bridgetown	May 65	3	210
14	Pak	1	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 71	3	274
15	Pak	1	NZl	Karachi	Oct 76	3	206
16	Pak	2	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 84	3	210
17	Eng	2	Aus	Birmingham	Aug 85	3	215
18	Aus	1	Ind	Chennai	Sep 86	3	210
19	Pak	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 87	3	260
20	Pak	2	Ind	Lahore	Dec 89	3	203*
21	Eng	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 90	3	333
22	Aus	1	Eng	Leeds	Jul 93	3	200*
23	Zim	1	Pak	Harare	Jan 95	3	201*
24	Srl	2	Ind	Col-RPS	Aug 97	3	340
25	Ind	1	NZl	Ahmedabad	Oct 99	3	217
26	Ind	1	Zim	Nagpur	Nov 00	3	201*
27	Pak	2	NZl	Ch’Church	Mar 01	3	203
28	SAF	1	Zim	Harare	Sep 01	3	220
29	Aus	1	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 02	3	204*
30	Aus	1	Win	Trinidad	Apr 03	3	206
31	Srl	2	Zim	Bulawayo	May 04	3	270
32	Win	2	Ban	Kingston	Jun 04	3	261*
33	Eng	1	Win	Lord’s	Jul 04	3	221
34	Win	2	SAF	St John’s	Apr 05	4	317
35	Ind	1	Pak	Kolkata	Nov 07	3	202
36	Ind	1	Pak	Bangalore	Dec 07	3	239
37	Srl	1	Pak	Lahore	Mar 09	3	214
38	NZl	1	Ind	Napier	Mar 09	3	201
39	Srl	2	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 09	3	275
40	Srl	1	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 10	3	219
41	Eng	3	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 10	3	235*
42	SAF	2	Ind	Centurion	Dec 10	3	201*
43	Eng	2	Srl	Cardiff	May 11	3	203
44	Pak	2	Ban	Chittagong	Dec 11	3	200*
45	Aus	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 12	3	329*
46	SAF	1	Srl	Cape Town	Jan 12	3	224
47	SAF	2	Eng	The Oval	Jul 12	3	311*
48	Aus	2	SAF	Brisbane	Nov 12	3	259*
49	Win	1	Ban	Dhaka	Nov 12	3	203*
50	Win	2	Ban	Khulna	Nov 12	3	260
51	Aus	1	SAF	Adelaide	Nov 12	3	230
52	Ban	2	Srl	Galle	Mar 13	3	200
53	Srl	2	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 14	3	203*
54	NZl	3	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14	3	302
55	Pak	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	Oct 14	3	213
56	SAF	1	Win	Centurion	Dec 14	3	208
57	Pak	1	Ban	Dhaka	May 15	3	226
58	Ind	2	Eng	Mumbai	Dec 16	3	235
59	Ind	1	Ban	Hyd-RGS	Feb 17	3	204
60	Ind	1	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 17	4	213
61	NZl	2	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 19	3	200*
62	NZl	2	Pak	Ch’Church	Jan 21	1	238

It also provides the fourth such occasion by New Zealand batsmen. All the four occasions are listed below.

No	Team	I	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Yr	C	HS
1	NZl	1	Ind	Napier	Mar 09	3	201
2	NZl	3	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14	3	302
3	NZl	2	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 19	3	200*
4	NZl	2	Pak	Ch’Church	Jan 21	1	238

It also provides the fifth such occasion against Pakistan and also the first such occasion by New Zealand batsmen against Pakistan. All the five occasions are listed below.

No	Team	I	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Yr	C	HS
1	Zim	1	Pak	Harare	Jan 95	3	201*
2	Ind	1	Pak	Kolkata	Nov 07	3	202
3	Ind	1	Pak	Bangalore	Dec 07	3	239
4	Srl	1	Pak	Lahore	Mar 09	3	214
5	NZl	2	Pak	Ch’Church	Jan 21	1	238

Test cricket has witnessed an occasion of five batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings of which at least one is a double century by Australian batsmen against West Indies at Kingston in Jun 1955. There are also three occasions of four batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings of which at least one is a double century. The following table lists all the four occasions.

No	Team	I	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Yr	C	HS
1	Aus	2	Win	Kingston	Jun 55	5	204
1	Eng	1	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 38	4	216*
2	Win	2	SAF	St John’s	Apr 05	4	317
3	Ind	1	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 17	4	213