Opening batsmen scoring a ninety and a century in a test

Opening batsmen scoring a ninety and a century in a test

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 91 and 104 not out in the ongoing test at Lahore against Pakistan to provide the 24th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and a century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayer1st2ndTeamOppGroundMatch Date
1PA Gibb93106EngSAFJo’burg24 Dec 1938
2PGvan der Bijl12597SAFEngDurban03 Mar 1939
3MC Cowdrey11497EngWinKingston17 Feb 1960
4G Boycott99112EngWinTrinidad30 Mar 1974
5CG Greenidge93107WinIndBengaluru22 Nov 1974
6Mohsin Khan94101*PakIndLahore10 Dec 1982
7Saeed Anwar94136PakSrlCol-PSS09 Aug 1994
8MA Atherton94*118EngNZlCh’church14 Feb 1997
9MA Taulor334*92AusPakPeshwar15 Oct 1998
10MH Richardson93101NZlEngLord’s20 May 2004
11JL Langer19197AusPakPerth16 Dec 2004
12AJ Strauss12694*EngSAFP Elizabeth17 Dec 2004
13HH Gibbs16198SAFEngJo’burg13 Jan 2005
14AB de Villiers92109SAFEngCenturion21 Jan 2005
15ND McKenzie94155*SAFIndChennai26 Mar 2008
16G Gambhir17997IndEngMohali19 Dec 2008
17AN Cook94139*EngWinBarbados26 Feb 2009
18TM Dilshan92123*SrlNZlGalle18 Aug 2009
19SR Watson93120*AuaPakMelbourne26 Dec 2009
20AN Cook96106EngSrlLord’s03 Jun 2011
21Mohd Hafeez96101*PakNZlA Dhabi09 Nov 2014
22KC Brathwaite13495WinEngLeeds25 Aug 2017
23Abid Ali13391PakBanChattogram26 Nov 2021
24UT Khawaja91104*AusPakLahore21 Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety and a century in a test against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayer1st2ndTeamOppGroundMatch Date
1MA Taulor334*92AusPakPeshwar15 Oct 1998
2JL Langer19197AusPakPerth16 Dec 2004
3SR Watson93120*AuaPakMelbourne26 Dec 2009
4UT Khawaja91104*AusPakLahore21 Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a century in a test against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayer1st2ndTeamOppGroundMatch Date
1MA Taulor334*92AusPakPeshwar15 Oct 1998
2JL Langer19197AusPakPerth16 Dec 2004
3SR Watson93120*AuaPakMelbourne26 Dec 2009
4UT Khawaja91104*AusPakLahore21 Mar 2022

AN Cook of England is the only opening batsmen who have scored a ninety and a century in a test on two occasions.

NoPlayer1st2ndTeamOppGroundMatch Date
1AN Cook94139*EngWinBarbados26 Feb 2009
2AN Cook96106EngSrlLord’s03 Jun 2011

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 91 and 104 not out in the ongoing test at Lahore against Pakistan to provide the 15th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety in the first innings and a century in the second innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayer1st2ndTeamOppGroundMatch Date
1PA Gibb93106EngSAFJo’burg24 Dec 1938
2G Boycott99112EngWinTrinidad30 Mar 1974
3CG Greenidge93107WinIndBengaluru22 Nov 1974
4Mohsin Khan94101*PakIndLahore10 Dec 1982
5Saeed Anwar94136PakSrlCol-PSS09 Aug 1994
6MA Atherton94*118EngNZlCh’church14 Feb 1997
7MH Richardson93101NZlEngLord’s20 May 2004
8AB de Villiers92109SAFEngCenturion21 Jan 2005
9ND McKenzie94155*SAFIndChennai26 Mar 2008
10AN Cook94139*EngWinBarbados26 Feb 2009
11TM Dilshan92123*SrlNZlGalle18 Aug 2009
12SR Watson93120*AuaPakMelbourne26 Dec 2009
13AN Cook96106EngSrlLord’s03 Jun 2011
14Mohd Hafeez96101*PakNZlA Dhabi09 Nov 2014
15UT Khawaja91104*AusPakLahore21 Mar 2022
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