Australian opening batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings
UT Khawaja of Australia scored 160 in first innings of the ongoing test against Pakistan at Karachi to provide the 81st occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | C Bannerman | 165* | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 |
| 2 | J Darling | 178 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1898 |
| 3 | J Darling | 160 | 4 | v England | Sydney | 26 Feb 1898 |
| 4 | WW Armstrong | 159* | 3 | v South Africa | Jo’burg | 18 Oct 1902 |
| 5 | VT Trumper | 159 | 3 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1910 |
| 6 | HL Collins | 162 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1921 |
| 7 | HL Collins | 203 | 1 | v South Africa | Jo’burg | 12 Nov 1921 |
| 8 | W Bardsley | 193* | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 26 Jun 1926 |
| 9 | A Jackson | 164 | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 |
| 10 | WM Woodfull | 155 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1930 |
| 11 | WH Ponsford | 183 | 1 | v West Indies | Sydney | 01 Jan 1931 |
| 12 | WM Woodfull | 161 | 3 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1931 |
| 13 | WH Ponsford | 181 | 2 | v England | Leeds | 20 Jul 1934 |
| 14 | WH Ponsford | 266 | 1 | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 |
| 15 | WA Brown | 206* | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1938 |
| 16 | SG Barnes | 234 | 2 | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 |
| 17 | AR Morris | 155 | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1947 |
| 18 | AR Morris | 182 | 4 | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 |
| 19 | AR Morris | 196 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 14 Aug 1948 |
| 20 | AR Morris | 157 | 1 | v South Africa | P Elizabeth | 03 Mar 1950 |
| 21 | AR Morris | 206 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 2 Feb 1951 |
| 22 | CC McDonald | 154 | 1 | v South Africa | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 |
| 23 | AR Morris | 153 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1954 |
| 24 | JW Burke | 161 | 2 | v India | Brabourne | 26 Oct 1956 |
| 25 | JW Burke | 189 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 |
| 26 | CC McDonald | 170 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1959 |
| 27 | WM Lawry | 157 | 2 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1964 |
| 28 | RB Simpson | 311 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 29 | RB Simpson | 153 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
| 30 | WM Lawry | 210 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 31 | RB Simpson | 201 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 32 | WM Lawry | 166 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 10 Dec 1965 |
| 33 | RB Simpson | 225 | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1966 |
| 34 | RB Simpson | 153 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1966 |
| 35 | RM Cowper | 165 | 3 | v India | Sydney | 26 Jan 1968 |
| 36 | WM Lawry | 205 | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1968 |
| 37 | WM Lawry | 151 | 1 | v West Indies | Sydney | 14 Feb 1969 |
| 38 | KR Stackpole | 207 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1970 |
| 39 | R Edwards | 170* | 3 | v England | Nottingham | 13 Jul 1972 |
| 40 | IR Redpath | 159* | 3 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 |
| 41 | GN Yallop | 167 | 1 | v India | Kolkata | 26 Oct 1979 |
| 42 | KC Wessels | 162 | 2 | v England | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1982 |
| 43 | WB Phillips | 159 | 1 | v Pakistan | Perth | 11 Nov 1983 |
| 44 | KC Wessels | 179 | 1 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 09 Dec 1983 |
| 45 | GM Wood | 172 | 2 | v England | Nottingham | 11 Jul 1985 |
| 46 | DC Boon | 184* | 3 | v England | Sydney | 29 Jan 1988 |
| 47 | MA Taylor | 219 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1989 |
| 48 | DC Boon | 200 | 1 | v New Zealand | Perth | 24 Nov 1989 |
| 49 | MA Taylor | 164 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Dec 1989 |
| 50 | MJ Slater | 152 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 17 Jun 1993 |
| 51 | MJ Slater | 168 | 1 | v New Zealand | Hobart | 26 Nov 1993 |
| 52 | MA Taylor | 170 | 1 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1993 |
| 53 | MJ Slater | 176 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 25 Nov 1994 |
| 54 | MJ Slater | 219 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Perth | 08 Dec 1995 |
| 55 | MTG Elliott | 199 | 2 | v England | Leeds | 24 Jul 1997 |
| 56 | MA Taylor | 169* | 2 | v South Africa | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1998 |
| 57 | MA Taylor | 334* | 1 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 58 | MJ Slater | 169 | 2 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 05 Nov 1999 |
| 59 | ML Hayden | 203 | 1 | v India | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
| 60 | ML Hayden | 197 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 07 Nov 2002 |
| 61 | JL Langer | 250 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2002 |
| 62 | ML Hayden | 177 | 3 | v West Indies | St John’s | 09 May 2003 |
| 63 | ML Hayden | 380 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Perth | 09 Oct 2003 |
| 64 | JL Langer | 166 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Col-SSC | 24 Mar 2004 |
| 65 | JL Langer | 162 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Cairns | 09 Jul 2004 |
| 66 | JL Langer | 215 | 1 | v New Zealand | Adelaide | 26 Nov 2004 |
| 67 | JL Langer | 191 | 1 | v Pakistan | Perth | 16 Dec 2004 |
| 68 | ML Hayden | 153 | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2006 |
| 69 | PA Jaques | 150 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 16 Nov 2007 |
| 70 | SM Katich | 157 | 3 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 12 Jun 2008 |
| 71 | PJ Hughes | 160 | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 06 Mar 2009 |
| 72 | DA Warner | 180 | 2 | v India | Perth | 13 Jan 2012 |
| 73 | CJL Rogers | 173 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 16 Jul 2015 |
| 74 | DA Warner | 163 | 1 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 75 | DA Warner | 253 | 1 | v New Zealand | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 76 | JA Burns | 170 | 2 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 20 Feb 2016 |
| 77 | MT Renshaw | 184 | 1 | v Pakistan | Sydney | 03 Jan 2017 |
| 78 | JA Burns | 180 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Canberra | 01 Feb 2019 |
| 79 | DA Warner | 154 | 2 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 21 Nov 2019 |
| 80 | DA Warner | 335* | 1 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 81 | UT Khawaja | 160 | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 12 Mar 2022 |
It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RB Simpson | 153 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
| 2 | WB Phillips | 159 | 1 | v Pakistan | Perth | 11 Nov 1983 |
| 3 | KC Wessels | 179 | 1 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 09 Dec 1983 |
| 4 | MA Taylor | 334* | 1 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 5 | MJ Slater | 169 | 2 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 05 Nov 1999 |
| 6 | JL Langer | 191 | 1 | v Pakistan | Perth | 16 Dec 2004 |
| 7 | MT Renshaw | 184 | 1 | v Pakistan | Sydney | 03 Jan 2017 |
| 8 | DA Warner | 154 | 2 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 21 Nov 2019 |
| 9 | DA Warner | 335* | 1 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 10 | UT Khawaja | 160 | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 12 Mar 2022 |
It also provides the second occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan at Karachi. Both such occasions are tabulated below. UT Khawaja’s 160 represent the highest individual innings by an Australian opening batsman against Pakistan at Karachi.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RB Simpson | 153 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
| 2 | UT Khawaja | 160 | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 12 Mar 2022 |