Batsmen scoring a century in his 100th test

Batsmen scoring a century in his 100th test

DA Warner of Australia scored a century – 200 – in his 100th test to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring a century in his 100th test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. DA Warner is the tenth batsman to perform such a feat.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1MC Cowdrey104Englandv AustraliaBirmingham11 Jul 1968
2Javed Miandad145Pakistanv IndiaLahore01 Dec 1989
3CG Greenidge149West Indiesv EnglandSt John’s12 Apr 1990
4AJ Stewart105Englandv West IndiesManchester03 Aug 2000
5Inzamam-ul-Haq184Pakistanv IndiaBengaluru24 Mar 2005
6RT Ponting120Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
7RT Ponting143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
8GC Smith131South Africav EnglandThe Oval19 Jul 2012
9HM Amla134South Africav Sri LankaJohannesburg12 Jan 2017
10JE Root218Englandv IndiaChennai05 Feb 2021
11DA Warner200Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2022

It also provides the third occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in his 100th test in the annals of test cricket.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1RT Ponting120Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
2RT Ponting143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
3DA Warner200Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2022

It also provides the third occasion of a batsman scoring a century in his 100th test in the annals of test cricket against South Africa. By a strange coincidence all these three occasions  are by Australian batsmen

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1RT Ponting120Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
2RT Ponting143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
3DA Warner200Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2022

DA Warner became the second batsman to score a double century in his 100th test. JE Root had scored 218 against India at Chennai in Feb 2021 in his 100th test.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1JE Root218Englandv IndiaChennai05 Feb 2021
2DA Warner200Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2022
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