Captain’s 150 plus score in a test innings in losing cause
SC Williams of Zimbabwe scored 151 not out against Afghanistan in the just concluded test at Abu Dhabi. His knock was in a losing cause to provide the 12th occasion of a captain’s 150 plus score going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | WL Murdoch | 153* | 3 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 06.09.1880 |
| 2 | BE Congdon | 176 | 4 | NZl | Eng | Not’ham | 09.06.73 |
| 3 | AR Border | 152* | 3 | Aus | NZl | Brisbane | 08.11.85 |
| 4 | Tendulkar | 169 | 2 | Ind | SAF | C’Town | 02.01.97 |
| 5 | SR Waugh | 199 | 1 | Aus | Win | B’town | 26.03.99 |
| 6 | BC Lara | 202 | 2 | Win | SAF | Jo’burg | 12.12.03 |
| 7 | Trescothick | 193 | 2 | Eng | Pak | Multan | 12.11.05 |
| 8 | MJ Clarke | 151 | 1 | Aus | SAF | C’Town | 09.11.11 |
| 9 | AN Cook | 176 | 3 | Eng | Ind | Ahm’bad | 15.11.12 |
| 10 | M Rahim | 159 | 1 | Ban | NZl | Wel’ton | 12.01.17 |
| 11 | V Kohli | 153 | 2 | Ind | SAF | Centurion | 13.01.18 |
| 12 | SC Williams | 151* | 3 | Zim | Afg | A Dhabi | 10.03.11 |