Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 119 and 55 against Sri Lanka in the just concluded test at Galle to provide the 85^th occasion of a captain scoring a half century and century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list does not include the captains who have scored centuries in both innings of test.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	109	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
2	HL Collins	114	60	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
3	DG Bradman	51	144*	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
4	A Melville	78	103	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
5	AD Nourse	65	114	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
6	GO Rabone	107	68	NZl	SAF	Durban	11 Dec 1953
7	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Jo’burg	02 Feb 1962
8	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	15 Mar 1963
9	Hanif Mohd	104	93	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
10	TL Goddard	60	112	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	22 Jan 1965
11	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
12	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
13	RB Simpson	55	103	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
14	MC Cowdrey	148	71	Eng	Win	Trinidad	14 Mar 1968
15	GS Sobers	152	95*	Eng	Eng	Guyana	28 Mar 1968
16	GS Sobers	110	52	Win	Aus	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969
17	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
18	Mushtaq Mohd	107	67*	Pak	NZl	Karachi	30 Oct 1976
19	GS Chappell	121	67	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
20	Mushtaq Mohd	121	56	Pak	Win	Trinidad	01 Apr 1977
21	RB Simpson	100	51	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
22	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978
23	GS Chappell	74	124	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
24	CH Lloyd	100	66	Win	Eng	Barbados	13 Mar 1981
25	LRD Mendis	111	94	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	23 Aug 1984
26	LRD Mendis	53	124	Srl	Ind	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
27	AR Border	70	100*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
28	MW Gatting	61	150*	Eng	Pak	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
29	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
30	GA Gooch	87	117	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
31	AR Border	106	78	Aus	Srl	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992
32	MD Crowe	140	61	NZl	Zim	Harare	07 Nov 1992
33	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
34	Saleem Malik	75	143	Pak	Aus	Lahore	01 Nov 1994
35	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997
36	SP Fleming	78	174*	NZl	Srl	Col-RPS	27 May 1998
37	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
38	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
39	AJ Stewart	107	52	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998
40	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
41	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
42	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
43	SP Fleming	274*	69*	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
44	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
45	MP Vaughan	52	105	Eng	Srl	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
46	BC Lara	115	86	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
47	T Taibu	85*	153	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005
48	RT Ponting	105	86*	Aus	NZl	Auckland	26 Mar 2005
59	GC Smith	126	50*	SAF	Win	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
50	S Chanderpaul	92	153*	Win	Pak	Barbados	26 May 2005
51	Inzamam-ul-Haq	50	117*	Pak	Win	Kingston	03 Jun 2005
52	M Jayawardene	61	119	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	11 May 2006
53	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
54	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
55	RR Sarwan	65	128	Win	Aus	N Sound	30 May 2008
56	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
57	KC Sangakkara	50	109	Srl	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
58	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
59	BRM Taylor	71	105*	Zim	Ban	Harare	04 Aug 2011
60	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
61	GC Smith	53	115	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012
62	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
63	LRPL Taylor	142	74	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
64	AD Mathews	91	157*	Srl	Pak	A Dhabi	31 Dec 2013
65	SPD Smith	117	71	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
66	Misbah-ul-Haq	102	87	Pak	Eng	Dub-DSC	22 Oct 2015
67	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
68	SPD Smith	138	53*	Aus	NZl	Ch’church	20 Feb 2016
69	AN Cook	105	76*	Eng	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
70	KS Williamson	113	68*	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	06 Aug 2016
71	V Kohli	167	81	Ind	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
72	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
73	KS Williamson	53	104*	NZl	Ban	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
74	V Kohli	243	50	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
75	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
76	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
77	V Kohli	97	103	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
78	KS Williamson	89	139	NZl	Pak	A Dhabi	03 Dec 2018
79	SC Williams	107	53*	Zim	Srl	Harare	27 Jan 2020
80	KC Brathwaite	126	85	Win	Srl	N Sound	29 Mar 2021
81	F Karunaratne	118	66	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
82	JE Root	64	109	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021
83	F Karunaratne	147	83	Srl	Win	Galle	21 Nov 2021
84	KC Brathwaite	160	56*	Win	Eng	Barbados	16 Mar 2022
85	Babar Azam	119	55	Pak	Srl	Galle	16 Jul 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a half century and century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohd	104	93	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
2	Mushtaq Mohd	107	67*	Pak	NZl	Karachi	30 Oct 1976
3	Mushtaq Mohd	121	56	Pak	Win	Trinidad	01 Apr 1977
4	Saleem Malik	75	143	Pak	Aus	Lahore	01 Nov 1994
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	50	117*	Pak	Win	Kingston	03 Jun 2005
6	Misbah-ul-Haq	102	87	Pak	Eng	Dub-DSC	22 Oct 2015
7	Babar Azam	119	55	Pak	Srl	Galle	16 Jul 2022

It also provides the tenth occasion of a captain scoring a half century and century in a test against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Border	106	78	Aus	Srl	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992
2	SP Fleming	78	174*	NZl	Srl	Col-RPS	27 May 1998
3	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
4	SP Fleming	274*	69*	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
5	MP Vaughan	52	105	Eng	Srl	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
6	LRPL Taylor	142	74	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
7	V Kohli	243	50	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
8	SC Williams	107	53*	Zim	Srl	Harare	27 Jan 2020
9	KC Brathwaite	126	85	Win	Srl	N Sound	29 Mar 2021
10	Babar Azam	119	55	Pak	Srl	Galle	16 Jul 2022

SPD Smith {05},  RT Ponting {04},  V Kohli {04}, BC Lara {03}, GC Smith {03}, JR Reid {03} and KS Williamson {03} are the captains who have scored a half century and century in a test on three or more occasions. SPD Smith holds the record in this category of statistics by performing the feat on five occasions. He is closely followed by RT Ponting and V Kohli have performed the feat on four occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	117	71	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
2	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
3	SPD Smith	138	53*	Aus	NZl	Ch’church	20 Feb 2016
4	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
5	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
1	RT Ponting	105	86*	Aus	NZl	Auckland	26 Mar 2005
2	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
3	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
4	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
1	V Kohli	167	81	Ind	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
2	V Kohli	243	50	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
3	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
4	V Kohli	97	103	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
1	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
2	BC Lara	115	86	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
3	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
1	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	126	50*	SAF	Win	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
3	GC Smith	53	115	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012
1	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Jo’burg	02 Feb 1962
2	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	15 Mar 1963
3	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
1	KS Williamson	113	68*	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	06 Aug 2016
2	KS Williamson	53	104*	NZl	Ban	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
3	KS Williamson	89	139	NZl	Pak	A Dhabi	03 Dec 2018

The following captains have scored a double century and a half century in a test. MA Taylor is the only captain to score a tiple century couples with a half century in a test.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
2	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
3	SP Fleming	274*	69*	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
4	V Kohli	243	50	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
5	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
6	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978