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Captains scoring 150 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test

16/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 196 in the fourth innings of the Karachi test against Australia to become the seventh captain in the annals of test cricket to score 150 plus runs in the fourth innings of the test. He also became the first Pakistan captain to achieve the feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DG Bradman	173*	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
2	BE Congdon	176	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1973
3	MA Atherton	185*	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1995
4	BC Lara	153*	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
5	RT Ponting	156	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Aug 2005
6	GC Smith	154*	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2008
7	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Babar Azam’s 196 in the fourth innings of the Karachi test between Pakistan and Australia represent the highest individual innings by a captain in the fourth innings of a test. Previous best was MA Atherton’s 185 not out in the test between England and South Africa at Johannesburg in Nov 1995

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
2	MA Atherton	185*	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1995

Two or more batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test

16/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the 25^th occasion of two or more batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	H Sutcliffe	115	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
	FE Woolley	123	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924

2	PA Gibb	120	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
	WJ Edrich	219	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
	Hammond	140	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939

3	AR Morris	182	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
	DG Bradman	173*	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948

4	CC Hunte	114	Win	Pak	Guyana	Mar 1958
	GS Sobers	109*	Win	Pak	Guyana	Mar 1958

5	AA Baig	112	Ind	Eng	Man’ter	Jul 1959
	PR Umrigar	118	Ind	Eng	Man’ter	Jul 1959

6	GS Sobers	113	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969
	SM Nurse	137	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969

7	KR Stackpole	136	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1971
	IM Chappell	104	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1971

8	BE Congdon	176	NZl	Eng	Not’ham	Jun 1973
	V Pollard	116	NZl	Eng	Not’ham	Jun 1973

9	SM Gavaskar	102	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Apr 1976
	GR Viswanath	112	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Apr 1976

10	GM Wood	126	Aus	Win	Guyana	Mar 1978
	CS Serjeant	124	Aus	Win	Guyana	Mar 1978

11	GN Yallop	114	Aus	Eng	Man’ter	Aug 1981
	AR Border	123*	Aus	Eng	Man’ter	Aug 1981

12	CG Greenidge	120*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
	DL Haynes	103*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984

13	M Nazar	106	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
	J Miandad	103*	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984

14	RL Dias	106	Srl	Ind	Kandy	Sep 1985
	LRD Mendis	124	Srl	Ind	Kandy	Sep 1985

15	BA Young	120	NZl	Pak	Ch’church	Feb 1994
	SA Thomson	120*	NZl	Pak	Ch’church	Feb 1994

16	MA Taylor	113	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1995
	MJ Slater	103	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1995

17	R Dravid	103*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	Jan 1999
	SC Ganguly	101*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	Jan 1999

18	JL Langer	127	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Nov 1999
	AC Gilchrist	149*	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Nov 1999

19	RR Sarwan	105	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003
	Chanderpaul	104	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003

20	GC Smith	108	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008
	de Villiers	106*	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008

21	GC Smith	101*	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011
	HM Amla	112	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011

22	F du Plessis	134	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	Dec 2013
	de Villiers	103	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	Dec 2013

23	S Masood	125	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
	Younis Khan	171*	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015

24	KL Rahul	149	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
	RR Pant	114	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018

25	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	104*	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the third occasion of two Pakistan batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	M Nazar	106	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
	J Miandad	103*	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984

2	S Masood	125	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
	Younis Khan	171*	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015

3	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	104*	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the seventh occasion of two batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	H Sutcliffe	115	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
	FE Woolley	123	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924

2	GS Sobers	113	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969
	SM Nurse	137	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969

3	CG Greenidge	120*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
	DL Haynes	103*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984

4	RR Sarwan	105	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003
	Chanderpaul	104	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003

5	GC Smith	108	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008
	de Villiers	106*	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008

6	GC Smith	101*	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011
	HM Amla	112	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011

7	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	104*	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test

16/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the 253^rd and 254^th occasion of batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test.

Babar Azam scored 196 in this test to provide the 25^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fourth innings century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	J Darling	160	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1898
2	GA Headley	223	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1930
3	SJ McCabe	189*	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 1935
4	WJ Edrich	219	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
5	B Mitchell	189*	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1947
6	AR Morris	182	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
7	DG Bradman	173*	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
8	RN Harvey	151*	Aus	SAF	Durban	Jan 1950
9	SM Nurse	168	Win	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1969
10	BE Congdon	176	NZl	Eng	Not’ham	Jun 1973
11	DW Randall	174	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1977
12	SM Gavaskar	221	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
13	CG Greenidge	214*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1984
14	MA Atherton	185*	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1995
15	Saleem Malik	155	Pak	Srl	Col-SSC	Apr 1997
16	BC Lara	153*	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
17	MA Butcher	173*	Eng	Aus	Leeds	Aug 2001
18	NJ Astle	222	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	Mar 2002
19	RT Ponting	156	Aus	Eng	Man’ter	Aug 2005
20	Sangakkara	192	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 2007
21	GC Smith	154*	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2008
22	Younis Khan	171*	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
23	MDKJ Perera	153*	Srl	SAF	Durban	Feb 2019
24	KR Mayers	210*	Win	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 2021
25	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test. Pakistan batsmen better a 127 year old record against Australia

16/03/2022 hrg

Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam of Pakistan posted 228 runs partnership for the third wicket in the ongoing test against Australia to provide the 19th occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JT Brown, A Ward	3	210	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	GA Headley, RK Nunes	2	227	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1930
3	WJ Edrich, PA Gibb	2	280	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
4	Bradman, Morris	2	301	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
5	IM Chappell, Stackpole	2	202	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1971
6	CS Serjeant, GM Wood	4	251	Aus	Win	Guyana	Mar 1978
7	CPS Chauhan, Gavaskar	1	213	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
8	Greenidge, Haynes	1	250*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
9	HA Gomes, Greenidge	2	287*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1984
10	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
11	RL Dias, LRD Mendis	4	216	Srl	Ind	Kandy	Sep 1985
12	Atherton, Gooch	1	203	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1991
13	Slater, MA Taylor	1	208	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1995
14	Gilchrist, JL Langer	6	238	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Nov 1999
15	de Villiers, du Plessis	5	205	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	Dec 2013
16	S Masood, Y Khan	3	242	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
17	RR Pant, KL Rahul	6	204	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
18	Bonner, Mayers	4	216	Win	Ban	Ch’gram	Feb 2021
19	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JT Brown, A Ward	3	210	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	Greenidge, Haynes	1	250*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
3	Atherton, Gooch	1	203	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1991
4	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the third occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below. Interestingly enough, all these three partnerships are for the third wicket. These are the only three 200 plus partnerships posted for the third wicket in the fourth innings of a test.

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
2	S Masood, Y Khan	3	242	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
3	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test against Australia for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below. 228 runs partnership between Abdullah Shafique-Babar Azam for the third wicket in the ongoing test against Australia represent the highest partnership posted by batsmen for the third wicket in the fourth innings of against Australia. It is interesting to note that the Pakistan batsmen bettered the 127 year old record against Australia

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JT Brown, A Ward	3	210	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings

16/03/2022 hrg

Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam of Pakistan posted 228 runs partnership for the third wicket in the ongoing test against Australia to provide the 63^rd occasion of Pakistan batsmen positng 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Imtiaz Ahmed, W Hasan	7	308	2	NZl	Lahore	26.10.55
2	Hanif Mohd, Saeed Ahmed	2	246	1	Ind	Brabourne	02.12.60
3	Abdul Kadir, K Ibadulla	1	249	1	Aus	Karachi	24.10.64
4	Hanif Mohd, Majid Khan	6	217	1	NZl	Lahore	02.04.65
5	Mushtaq Mohd, Z Abbas	2	291	1	Eng	Birmingham	03.06.71
6	Asif Iqbal, Mushtaq Mohd	4	350	1	NZl	Dunedin	07.02.73
7	Asif Iqbal, J Miandad	5	281	1	NZl	Lahore	09.10.76
8	J Miandad, Mushtaq Mohd	4	252	1	NZl	Karachi	30.10.76
9	J Miandad, Z Abbas	4	255	1	Ind	Faisalabad	16.10.78
10	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
11	M Nazar, Z Abbas	5	213	2	Ind	Karachi	23.12.82
12	J Miandad, Z Abbas	4	287	2	Ind	Faisalabad	03.01.83
13	Imran Khan, Saleem Malik	6	207	2	Ind	Faisalabad	03.01.83
14	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	451	1	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14.01.83
15	Mohsin Khan, Qasim Umar	2	233	2	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.83
16	M Nazar, Qasim Umar	2	250	2	Ind	Faisalabad	24.10.84
17	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	4	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
18	J Miandad, Qasim Umar	3	397	2	Srl	Faisalabad	16.10.85
19	J Miandad, Saleem Malik	4	234	1	Eng	The Oval	06.08.87
20	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	220	2	NZl	Wellington	10.02.89
21	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	248	1	NZl	Auckland	24.02.89
22	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	4	246	2	Ind	Lahore	01.12.89
23	J Miandad, Saleem Malik	4	322	1	Eng	Birmingham	04.06.92
24	Inzamam, Saleem Malik	5	258	2	NZl	Wellington	17.02.94
25	S Mushtaq, Wasim Akram	8	313	2	Zim	Sheikhupura	17.10.96
26	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	2	262	2	NZl	Rawalpindi	28.11.96
27	Aamer Sohail, Inzamam	3	323	2	Win	Rawalpindi	29.11.97
28	Aamer Sohail, Ijaz Ahmed	1	298	2	Win	Karachi	06.12.97
29	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	2	211	2	Aus	Peshawar	15.10.98
30	Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam	3	352*	2	Srl	Dhaka	12.03.99
31	Abdul Razzaq, Inzamam	6	206	1	Win	Georgetown	05.05.00
32	Imran Nazir, M Wasim	1	219	3	Win	Bridgetown	18.05.00
33	Inzamam, M Yousuf	4	259	1	Eng	Karachi	7.12.00
34	M Yousuf, S Mushtaq	7	248	2	NZl	Christchurch	15.03.01
35	M Yousuf, Rashid Latif	6	204	1	Win	Sharjah	31.01.02
36	Imran Nazir, Inzamam	3	204	1	NZl	Lahore	01.05.02
37	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	211	2	Ind	Kolkata	16.03.05
38	Inzamam, Y Khan	3	324	1	Ind	Bengaluru	24.03.05
39	K Akmal, M Yousuf	6	269	2	Eng	Lahore	29.11.05
40	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	319	1	Ind	Lahore	13.01.06
41	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	242	3	Ind	Faisalabad	21.01.06
42	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	363	2	Eng	Leeds	04.08.06
43	K Akmal, Misbah	6	207	2	Ind	Kolkata	30.11.07
44	Fawad Alam, Y Khan	2	200	3	Srl	Col-PSS	12.07.09
45	Asad Shafiq, Y Khan	5	259	2	Ban	Chattogram	09.12.11
46	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	216	3	Eng	Dub-DSC	03.02.12
47	Azhar Ali, M Hafeez	2	287	1	Srl	Col-SSC	30.06.12
48	A Shafiq, Y Khan	5	219	1	SAF	Cape Town	14.02.13
49	Misbah, Y Khan	4	218	2	Srl	Abu Dhabi	31.12.13
50	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
51	Azhar Ali, M Hafeez	2	227	2	Ban	Khulna	28.04.15
52	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	250	1	Ban	Mirpur	06.05.15
53	Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali	5	207	1	Ban	Mirpur	06.05.15
54	Shan Masood, Y Khan	3	242	4	Srl	Pallekele	03.07.15
55	A Shafiq, Shoaib Malik	5	248	1	Eng	Abu Dhabi	13.10.15
56	Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam	1	215	1	Win	Dub-DSC	13.10.16
57	Imam, M Hafeez	1	205	1	Aus	Dub-DSC	07.10.18
58	A Shafiq, Azhar Ali	4	201	2	NZl	Abu Dhabi	03.12.18
59	Abid Ali, Shan Masood	1	278	3	Srl	Karachi	19.12.19
60	Abid Ali, Azhar Ali	2	236	1	Zim	Harare	07.05.21
61	Azhar Ali, Imam	2	208	1	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
62	A Shafique, Imam	1	252*	3	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
63	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the ninth occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Abdul Kadir, K Ibadulla	1	249	1	Aus	Karachi	24.10.64
2	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
3	Mohsin Khan, Qasim Umar	2	233	2	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.83
4	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	2	211	2	Aus	Peshawar	15.10.98
5	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
6	Imam, M Hafeez	1	205	1	Aus	Dub-DSC	07.10.18
7	Azhar Ali, Imam	2	208	1	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
8	A Shafique, Imam	1	252*	3	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
9	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the ninth occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
2	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	451	1	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14.01.83
3	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	4	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
4	J Miandad, Qasim Umar	3	397	2	Srl	Faisalabad	16.10.85
5	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	220	2	NZl	Wellington	10.02.89
6	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	248	1	NZl	Auckland	24.02.89
7	Aamer Sohail, Inzamam	3	323	2	Win	Rawalpindi	29.11.97
8	Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam	3	352*	2	Srl	Dhaka	12.03.99
9	Imran Nazir, Inzamam	3	204	1	NZl	Lahore	01.05.02
10	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	211	2	Ind	Kolkata	16.03.05
11	Inzamam, Y Khan	3	324	1	Ind	Bengaluru	24.03.05
12	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	319	1	Ind	Lahore	13.01.06
13	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	242	3	Ind	Faisalabad	21.01.06
14	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	363	2	Eng	Leeds	04.08.06
15	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	216	3	Eng	Dub-DSC	03.02.12
16	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
17	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	250	1	Ban	Mirpur	06.05.15
18	Shan Masood, Y Khan	3	242	4	Srl	Pallekele	03.07.15
19	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the third occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings against Australia for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
2	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
3	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the third occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below. Interestingly enough, all these three partnerships are for the third wicket

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	4	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
2	Shan Masood, Y Khan	3	242	4	Srl	Pallekele	03.07.15
3	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

Teams setting a target of 500 plus runs to win a test

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Australia set a target of 506 runs to win against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Karachi to provide the 81^st occasion of a team setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	England	836	West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	England	742	Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
3	Australia	735	West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
4	Australia	708	England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
5	Australia	702	South Africa	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
6	South Africa	696	England	Durban	03 Mar 1939
7	Australia	689	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
8	New Zealand	660	Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018
9	Australia	659	England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
10	Australia	648	England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
11	South Africa	632	Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012
12	West Indies	628	England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019
13	Sri Lanka	624	Bangladesh	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009
14	West Indies	617	England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
15	India	617	New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
16	South Africa	612	Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018
17	Pakistan	607	India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
18	Australia	605	England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
19	Pakistan	603	Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
20	West Indies	601	England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1950
21	Australia	596	England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1948
22	England	583	Australia	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
23	West Indies	574	Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980
24	West Indies	573	Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
25	South Africa	570	Australia	P Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
26	South Africa	569	West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
27	England	568	India	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
28	England	565	Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
29	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
30	Australia	561	England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
31	Australia	557	England	Perth	14 Dec 2006
32	England	553	New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008
33	West Indies	552	England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
34	West Indies	552	Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
35	Australia	551	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
36	England	550	New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
37	Pakistan	550	Bangladesh	Mirpur	06 May 2015
38	India	550	Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
39	England	548	India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
40	Australia	546	South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
41	England	546	Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
42	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
43	Australia	543	India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004
44	India	540	New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021
45	South Africa	539	Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016
46	Pakistan	538	Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
47	England	532	Australia	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
48	South Africa	531	New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007
49	Australia	531	England	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
50	Australia	526	England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
51	West Indies	523	England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981
52	Australia	522	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
53	England	522	Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
54	Sri Lanka	521	Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008
55	India	521	England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
56	India	516	Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
57	Australia	516	Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
58	England	513	Bangladesh	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
59	Australia	512	England	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
60	England	511	New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983
61	Australia	511	South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
62	Sri Lanka	510	Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012
63	Australia	509	West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
64	India	509	Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
65	Australia	509	England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
66	Australia	508	England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
67	West Indies	508	Bangladesh	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011
68	Australia	507	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
69	South Africa	507	Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017
70	England	506	Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
71	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
72	Sri Lanka	504	New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
73	Australia	504	England	Perth	13 Dec 2013
74	Australia	504	New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
75	Australia	503	England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
76	England	503	West Indies	St John’s	15 Feb 2009
77	England	501	West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960
78	South Africa	501	England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005
79	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
80	India	500	England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
81	Australia	500	India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012

It also provides the 31^st occasion of a Australia setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	735	West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
2	Australia	708	England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	Australia	702	South Africa	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
4	Australia	689	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
5	Australia	659	England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
6	Australia	648	England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
7	Australia	605	England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
8	Australia	596	England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1948
9	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
10	Australia	561	England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
11	Australia	557	England	Perth	14 Dec 2006
12	Australia	551	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
13	Australia	546	South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
14	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
15	Australia	543	India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004
16	Australia	531	England	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
17	Australia	526	England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
18	Australia	522	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
19	Australia	516	Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
20	Australia	512	England	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
21	Australia	511	South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
22	Australia	509	West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
23	Australia	509	England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
24	Australia	508	England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
25	Australia	507	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
26	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
27	Australia	504	England	Perth	13 Dec 2013
28	Australia	504	New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
29	Australia	503	England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
30	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
31	Australia	500	India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012

It also provides the seventh occasion of a team setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	West Indies	573	Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
2	England	565	Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
3	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
4	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
5	Sri Lanka	510	Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012
6	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
7	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977

It also provides the fourth occasion of a Australia setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
2	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
3	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
4	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977

The top five highest targets set in the history of test cricket

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1) West Indies vs England, 1930:

In 1930, England toured West Indies and set the highest target in test cricket – 836 in front of the hosts. England, in the first innings, score 849 runs and bundled out West Indies for 286. In the 2nd innings, England declared their innings at 272/9. The match ended in a draw as West Indies scored 408/5 before the stumps were called.

2) West Indies vs Australia, 1969:

West Indies toured Australia in 1969. In the 5th test, Australia gave a target of 735 for the West Indies to chase. The hosts had earlier scored 619 runs in the first innings and bowled West Indies out for 279. In the 2nd innings, Australia declared at 394/8. While chasing a mammoth 735, West Indies got all out for 352 and Australia won the test match.

3) England vs South Africa, 1939:

In England’s tour of South Africa back in 1939, host South Africa set the highest target in test cricket – 696. South Africa had made 530 runs in the first innings then bowled out England for 316. In the 2nd innings, they again score 481 runs to set a target of 696. The match ended in a draw as England scored 654/5 before the stumps were called.

4) England vs Australia, 2006:

During the 1st test of the Ashes 2006, Australia set the target of 648 runs against England. They had scored 602/9D in the first innings and bowled England out for just 157. In the 2nd innings, Australia smashed 202/1D to set up a target of 648. England, in reply, got all out for 370.

5) Australia vs England, 1924:

In the 1st test of the Ashes 1924, Australia set England a target of 605 runs against England. In the first innings, Australia had hit 450 and bundled out England for 298. They again hit 452 to set a total of 605. England could only 411 before getting all out.

Australia posting a team total of 550 plus runs in a test innings

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Australia posted a total of 556 for 9 declared in its first innings against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Karachi to provide the 83^rd occasion of Australia posting a team total of 550 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	551	1	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
2	Aus	586	1	Eng	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
3	Aus	573	1	Eng	Adelaide	14 Jan 1898
4	Aus	578	3	SAF	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
5	Aus	581	3	Eng	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
6	Aus	582	3	Eng	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921
7	Aus	600	1	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
8	Aus	729/6d	2	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
9	Aus	566	1	Eng	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
10	Aus	695	2	Eng	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
11	Aus	558	1	Win	Brisbane	16 Jan 1931
12	Aus	554	3	SAF	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931
13	Aus	584	2	Eng	Leeds	20 Jul 1934
14	Aus	701	1	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
15	Aus	564	3	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
16	Aus	604	1	Eng	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
17	Aus	645	1	Eng	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
18	Aus	659/8d	2	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
19	Aus	674	1	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
20	Aus	575/8d	1	Ind	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
21	Aus	601/8d	1	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954
22	Aus	600/9d	2	Win	Trinidad	11 Apr 1955
23	Aus	668	1	Win	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
24	Aus	758/8d	2	Win	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
25	Aus	656/8d	1	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
26	Aus	650/6d	1	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
27	Aus	619	1	Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
28	Aus	585	2	Pak	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972
29	Aus	552	1	NZl	Ch’church	18 Feb 1977
30	Aus	617	1	Pak	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
31	Aus	555	2	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
32	Aus	574/7d	1	Ind	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
33	Aus	601/7d	1	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1989
34	Aus	602/6d	1	Eng	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
35	Aus	632/4d	1	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
36	Aus	653/4d	1	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
37	Aus	607/6d	2	NZl	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993
38	Aus	617/5d	2	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
39	Aus	628/8d	2	SAF	Jo’burg	28 Feb 1997
40	Aus	599/4d	1	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
41	Aus	575	2	Pak	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
42	Aus	552/5d	2	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 2000
43	Aus	576	2	Eng	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001
44	Aus	641/4d	1	Eng	The Oval	23 Aug 2001
45	Aus	558/8d	1	NZl	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
46	Aus	554	1	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
47	Aus	652/7d	1	SAF	Jo’burg	22 Feb 2002
48	Aus	552/9d	2	Eng	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002
49	Aus	551/6d	1	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
50	Aus	576/4d	1	Win	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
51	Aus	605/9d	1	Win	Bridgetown	01 May 2003
52	Aus	556/4d	2	Ban	Cairns	25 Jul 2003
53	Aus	735/6d	1	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
54	Aus	556	1	Ind	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
55	Aus	558	2	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
56	Aus	585	2	NZl	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004
57	Aus	575/8d	1	NZl	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
58	Aus	568	2	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
59	Aus	570/8d	1	NZl	Wellington	18 Mar 2005
60	Aus	581/4d	2	Ban	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006
61	Aus	602/9d	1	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
62	Aus	551/4d	1	Srl	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
63	Aus	563	2	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
64	Aus	577	2	Ind	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
65	Aus	674/6d	2	Eng	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009
66	Aus	659/4d	2	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
67	Aus	604/7d	1	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
68	Aus	565/5d	2	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
69	Aus	550	1	SAF	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
70	Aus	570/9d	1	Eng	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
71	Aus	572/7d	1	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
72	Aus	566/8d	1	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
73	Aus	556/4d	1	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
74	Aus	559/9d	1	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015
75	Aus	583/4d	1	Win	Hobart	10 Dec 2015
76	Aus	551/3d	1	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
77	Aus	562	2	NZl	Wellington	12 Feb 2016
78	Aus	624/8d	2	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
79	Aus	662/9d	2	Eng	Perth	14 Dec 2017
80	Aus	649/7d	2	Eng	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
81	Aus	580	2	Pak	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019
82	Aus	589/3d	1	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
83	Aus	556/9d	1	Pak	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the tenth occasion of Australia posting a team total of 550 plus runs in an innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	585	2	Pak	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972
2	Aus	617	1	Pak	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
3	Aus	555	2	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
4	Aus	599/4d	1	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
5	Aus	575	2	Pak	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
6	Aus	568	2	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
7	Aus	624/8d	2	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
8	Aus	580	2	Pak	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019
9	Aus	589/3d	1	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
0	Aus	556/9d	1	Pak	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

Australia posted a total of 556 for 9 declared in its first innings against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Karachi to provide the 48th occasion of Australia posting a team total of 550 plus runs an declared its innings closed. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	729/6d	2	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	Aus	659/8d	2	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
3	Aus	575/8d	1	Ind	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
4	Aus	601/8d	1	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954
5	Aus	600/9d	2	Win	Trinidad	11 Apr 1955
6	Aus	758/8d	2	Win	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
7	Aus	656/8d	1	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	Aus	650/6d	1	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
9	Aus	574/7d	1	Ind	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
10	Aus	601/7d	1	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1989
11	Aus	602/6d	1	Eng	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
12	Aus	632/4d	1	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
13	Aus	653/4d	1	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
14	Aus	607/6d	2	NZl	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993
15	Aus	617/5d	2	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
16	Aus	628/8d	2	SAF	Jo’burg	28 Feb 1997
17	Aus	599/4d	1	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
18	Aus	552/5d	2	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 2000
19	Aus	641/4d	1	Eng	The Oval	23 Aug 2001
20	Aus	558/8d	1	NZl	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
21	Aus	652/7d	1	SAF	Jo’burg	22 Feb 2002
22	Aus	552/9d	2	Eng	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002
23	Aus	551/6d	1	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
24	Aus	576/4d	1	Win	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
25	Aus	605/9d	1	Win	Bridgetown	01 May 2003
26	Aus	556/4d	2	Ban	Cairns	25 Jul 2003
27	Aus	735/6d	1	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
28	Aus	575/8d	1	NZl	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
29	Aus	570/8d	1	NZl	Wellington	18 Mar 2005
30	Aus	581/4d	2	Ban	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006
31	Aus	602/9d	1	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
32	Aus	551/4d	1	Srl	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
33	Aus	674/6d	2	Eng	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009
34	Aus	659/4d	2	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
35	Aus	604/7d	1	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
36	Aus	565/5d	2	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
37	Aus	570/9d	1	Eng	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
38	Aus	572/7d	1	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
39	Aus	566/8d	1	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
40	Aus	556/4d	1	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
41	Aus	559/9d	1	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015
42	Aus	583/4d	1	Win	Hobart	10 Dec 2015
43	Aus	551/3d	1	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
44	Aus	624/8d	2	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
45	Aus	662/9d	2	Eng	Perth	14 Dec 2017
46	Aus	649/7d	2	Eng	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
47	Aus	589/3d	1	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
48	Aus	556/9d	1	Pak	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of Australia posting a team total of 550 plus runs an declared its innings closed against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	599/4d	1	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
2	Aus	624/8d	2	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
3	Aus	589/3d	1	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
4	Aus	556/9d	1	Pak	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

Captains scoring centuries in the fourth innings of test

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Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 102 not out at the end of the fourth day of the ongoing Karachi test against Australia to provide the 49^th occasion of a captain scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	101	4	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	09 Feb 1923
2	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	DG Bradman	102*	4	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
4	WR Hammond	140	4	Eng	SAF	Durban	03 Mar 1939
5	A Melville	104*	4	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
6	DG Bradman	173*	4	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
7	AL Hassett	102	4	Aus	Win	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
8	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
9	JB Stollmeyer	104*	4	Win	Ind	Trinidad	19 Feb 1953
10	RB Simpson	115	4	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
11	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
12	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
13	GS Chappell	109*	4	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
14	Kallicharran	126	4	Win	Aus	Kingston	28 Apr 1978
15	LRD Mendis	124	4	Srl	Ind	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
16	IVA Richards	109*	4	Win	Ind	Delhi	25 Nov 1987
17	JG Wright	117*	4	NZl	Aus	Wellington	15 Mar 1990
18	GA Gooch	117	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
19	Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
20	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
21	MA Taylor	113	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
22	MA Atherton	185*	4	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	30 Nov 1995
23	MA Atherton	118	4	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997
24	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
25	BC Lara	153*	4	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
26	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
27	MP Vaughan	105	4	Eng	Srl	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
28	GC Smith	125*	4	SAF	NZl	Wellington	26 Mar 2004
29	RT Ponting	156	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	11 Aug 2005
30	RT Ponting	143*	4	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
31	RT Ponting	118*	4	Aus	Ban	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006
32	M Jayawardene	123	4	Srl	SAF	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
33	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
34	RR Sarwan	128	4	Win	Aus	N Sound	30 May 2008
35	GC Smith	154*	4	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008
36	GC Smith	108	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
37	M Ashraful	101	4	Ban	Srl	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008
38	Sangakkara	130*	4	Srl	Pak	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2009
39	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
40	S Al Hasan	100	4	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
41	AN Cook	109*	4	Eng	Ban	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010
42	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
43	GC Smith	101*	4	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
44	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
45	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
46	Williamson	104*	4	NZl	Ban	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
47	D Karunaratne	122	4	Srl	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
48	D Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
49	Babar Azam	102*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
2	Babar Azam	102*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the 14th occasion of a captain scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
2	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
3	Kallicharran	126	4	Win	Aus	Kingston	28 Apr 1978
4	JG Wright	117*	4	NZl	Aus	Wellington	15 Mar 1990
5	GA Gooch	117	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
6	Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
7	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
8	BC Lara	153*	4	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
9	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
10	RR Sarwan	128	4	Win	Aus	N Sound	30 May 2008
11	GC Smith	108	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
12	GC Smith	101*	4	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
13	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
14	Babar Azam	102*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

The following table lists the captains who have scored centuries in the fourth innings of a test on two or more occasions. GC Smith of South Africa owns the record for most centuries by a captain in the fourth innings of test on four occasions. He is closely followed by RT Ponting of Australia who has scored centuries in the fourth innings of a test on three occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	125*	4	SAF	NZl	Wellington	26 Mar 2004
2	GC Smith	154*	4	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008
3	GC Smith	108	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
4	GC Smith	101*	4	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011

1	RT Ponting	156	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	11 Aug 2005
2	RT Ponting	143*	4	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
3	RT Ponting	118*	4	Aus	Ban	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006

1	BC Lara	153*	4	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
2	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003

1	D Karunaratne	122	4	Srl	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
2	D Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

1	DG Bradman	102*	4	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
2	DG Bradman	173*	4	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1948

1	GA Gooch	117	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
2	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993

1	HW Taylor	101	4	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	09 Feb 1923
2	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923

1	MA Taylor	113	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
2	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998

1	MA Atherton	185*	4	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	30 Nov 1995
2	MA Atherton	118	4	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997

1	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
2	JB Stollmeyer	104*	4	Win	Ind	Trinidad	19 Feb 1953

Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings against Pakistan

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UT Khawaja and SPD Smith of Australia posted 159 runs partnership for the third wicket against Pakistan in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing test at Karachi to provide the 362^nd occasion of Australia posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 37^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs in an innings for various wickets against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Ground	Start Date
1	IM Chappell, R Edwards	4	172	2	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972
2	J Benaud, AP Sheahan	2	233	3	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972
3	GS Chappell, GJ Cosier	5	171	1	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
4	IC Davis, RB McCosker	2	176	3	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
5	AR Border, KJ Hughes	4	177	4	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979
6	GS Chappell, KJ Hughes	3	179	1	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
7	GS Chappell, GN Yallop	4	217	1	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
8	WB Phillips, GN Yallop	2	259	1	Perth	11 Nov 1983
9	AR Border, GS Chappell	5	171	2	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983
10	KJ Hughes, GN Yallop	3	203	2	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
11	GRJ Matthews, GN Yallop	7	185	2	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
12	GS Chappell, KJ Hughes	4	171	2	Sydney	02 Jan 1984
13	AR Border, GS Chappell	5	153	2	Sydney	02 Jan 1984
14	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	176	1	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
15	MJ Slater, SR Waugh	4	198	2	Rawalpindi	01 Oct 1998
16	JL Langer, MA Taylor	2	279	1	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	RT Ponting, MA Taylor	5	168*	1	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
18	GS Blewett, MJ Slater	1	269	2	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
19	AC Gilchrist, JL Langer	6	238	4	Hobart	18 Nov 1999
20	JL Langer, RT Ponting	5	327	2	Perth	26 Nov 1999
21	JL Langer, RT Ponting	2	183	1	Col-PSS	03 Oct 2002
22	ML Hayden, RT Ponting	2	184	1	Sharjah	19 Oct 2002
23	AC Gilchrist, JL Langer	6	152	1	Perth	16 Dec 2004
24	JL Langer, RT Ponting	2	163	3	Perth	16 Dec 2004
25	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	3	174	2	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
26	AC Gilchrist, RT Ponting	5	153	2	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
27	SM Katich, SR Watson	1	182	1	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009
28	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	4	352	1	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
29	SM Katich, RT Ponting	2	191	3	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
30	PSP Handscomb, SPD Smith	4	172	1	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
31	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	2	198	2	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
32	SPD Smith, MA Starc	7	154	2	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
33	MT Renshaw, DA Warner	1	151	1	Sydney	03 Jan 2017
34	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	222	2	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019
35	M Labuschagne, DA Warner	2	361	1	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
36	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	1	156	2	Rawalpindi	04 Mar 2022
37	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	3	159	1	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs in an innings for third wicket against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Ground	Start Date
1	GS Chappell, KJ Hughes	3	179	1	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
2	KJ Hughes, GN Yallop	3	203	2	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
3	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	3	174	2	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
4	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	3	159	1	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the eighth occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs in an innings for various wickets against Pakistan in Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Ground	Start Date
1	GS Chappell, KJ Hughes	3	179	1	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
2	GS Chappell, GN Yallop	4	217	1	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
3	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	176	1	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
4	MJ Slater, SR Waugh	4	198	2	Rawalpindi	01 Oct 1998
5	JL Langer, MA Taylor	2	279	1	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
6	RT Ponting, MA Taylor	5	168*	1	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
7	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	1	156	2	Rawalpindi	04 Mar 2022
8	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	3	159	1	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

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