DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the 24th occasion of a captain opener scoring a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	92	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1902
2	HW Taylor	93	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
3	HW Taylor	91	2	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923
4	RK Nunes	92	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
5	NJ Contractor	92	1	Ind	Pak	Delhi	08 Feb 1961
6	TL Goddard	93	2	SAF	Aus	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
7	RB Simpson	94	3	Aus	SAF	Durban	20 Jan 1967
8	JG Wright	98	2	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jun 1990
9	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
10	KC Wessels	92	2	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
11	MA Atherton	99	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
12	MA Taylor	90	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
13	MA Atherton	95	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
14	MA Taylor	96	2	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
15	MA Atherton	94*	2	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997
16	MA Taylor	92	3	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	ST Jayasuriya	92	1	Srl	Zim	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
18	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
19	GC Smith	90	3	SAF	Win	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010
20	TM Dilshan	92	1	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011
21	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	S’hampton	27 Jul 2014
22	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
23	KC Brathwaite	97	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	12 Aug 2021
24	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the eighth occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	93	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
2	HW Taylor	91	2	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923
3	TL Goddard	93	2	SAF	Aus	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
4	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
5	KC Wessels	92	2	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
6	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
7	GC Smith	90	3	SAF	Win	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010
8	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the third occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a ninety against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
3	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the fourth occasion of a captain opener scoring a ninety against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
3	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	S’hampton	27 Jul 2014
4	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

MA Atherton of England {03}, MA Taylor of Australia {03}, AN Cook of England {02}, GC Smith of South Africa {02}, HW Taylor of South Africa and KC Wessels of South Africa are the six captain openers who have scored nineties on two or more occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Atherton	99	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
2	MA Atherton	95	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
3	MA Atherton	94*	2	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997
1	MA Taylor	90	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
2	MA Taylor	96	2	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
3	MA Taylor	92	3	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
1	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	S’hampton	27 Jul 2014
2	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
1	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
2	GC Smith	90	3	SAF	Win	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010
1	HW Taylor	93	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
2	HW Taylor	91	2	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923
1	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	KC Wessels	92	2	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993

AN Cook is the only captain opening batsman to score a ninety at Lord’s. He scored 96 against Australia at Lord’s in Jul 2015.