Both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings

Both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings

Z Crawley and BM Duckett scored 122 and 107 respectively for England against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Rawalpindi to provide the 79th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman-1ScoreBatsman-2ScoreTeamOppIGroundMatch Date
1Jackson FS118          Hayward TW137          EngAus1The Oval14.08.1899
2Hobbs JB178          Rhodes W179          EngAus1Melbourne09.02.1912
3Hobbs JB211           Sutcliffe H122          EngSAF1Lord’s28.06.1924
4Hobbs JB154          Sutcliffe H176          EngAus1Melbourne01.01.1925
5Hobbs JB100          Sutcliffe H161          EngAus2The Oval14.08.1926
6Dempster CS136           Mills JE117          NZlEng1Wellington24.01.1930
7Mitchell B123          Siedle IJ141          SAFEng1CapeTown01.01.1931
8Christy JAJ103          Mitchell B113          SAFNZl1Christchurch27.02.1932
9Brown WA121           Fingleton JH112          AusSAF1CapeTown01.01.1936
10Merchant VM114          MushtaqAli S112          IndEng2Manchester25.07.1936
11Barnett CJ126          Hutton L100          EngAus1Nottingham10.06.1938
12Carew GM107          Ganteaume AG112          WinEng1Port of Spain11.02.1948
13Hutton L158          Washbrook C195          EngSAF1Jo’burg27.12.1948
14Rae AF109          Stollmeyer JB160          WinInd1Chennai27.01.1949
15Morris AR111          MoroneyJ AR118          AusSAF1Jo’burg10.02.1950
16McDonald CC110          Morris AR111          AusWin1Port of Spain11.04.1955
17Mankad MH231          Roy P173          IndNZl1Chennai06.01.1956
18Pullar G175          Cowdrey MC155          EngSAF2The Oval18.08.1960
19Lawry WM106          Simpson RB311          AusEng1Manchester23.07.1964
20Lawry WM210          Simpson RB201          AusWin1Bridgetown05.05.1965
21Simpson RB225          Lawry WM119          AusEng1Adelaide28.01.1966
22Simpson RB109          Lawry WM100          AusInd1Melbourne30.12.1967
23Turner GM259          Jarvis TW182          NZlWin1Georgetown06.04.1972
24Fredericks RC109          Greenidge CG115          WinEng1Leeds22.07.1976
25Greenidge CG154*          Haynes DL136          WinInd1StJohn’s28.04.1983
26Fowler G105          Tavare CJ109          EngNZl2The Oval14.07.1983
27Greenidge CG120*          Haynes DL103*          WinAus2Georgetown02.03.1984
28Gavaskar SM172          Srikkanth K116          IndAus1Sydney02.01.1986
29Marsh GR138          Taylor MA219          AusEng1Nottingham10.08.1989
30Greenidge CG149          Haynes DL167          WinEng1StJohn’s12.04.1990
31Gooch GA116          Atherton MA131          EngInd1Manchester09.08.1990
32Taylor MA111          Slater MJ152          AusEng1Lord’s17.06.1993
33Taylor MA113          Slater MJ103          AusEng2Sydney01.01.1995
34Hudson AC146          Kirsten G102          SAFInd1Kolkata27.11.1996
35Aamir Sohail160          Ijaz Ahmed151          PakWin1Karachi06.12.1997
36Griffith AFG114          Campbell SL170          WinNZl1Hamilton16.12.1999
37Atapattu MS207*          Jayasuriya ST188          SrlPak1Kandy28.06.2000
38Richardson MH106          Bell MD105          NZlPak1Hamilton27.03.2001
39Saeed Anwar101          Taufeeq Umar104          PakBan1Multan29.08.2001
40Gibbs HH147          Kirsten G220          SAFZim1Harare07.09.2001
41Langer JL104          Hayden ML136          AusNZl1Brisbane08.11.2001
42Langer JL126          Hayden ML105          AusSAF1Sydney02.01.2002
43Langer JL250          Hayden ML102          AusEng1Melbourne26.12.2002
44Smith GC151          Gibbs HH228          SAFPak1CapeTown02.01.2003
45Langer JL111          Hayden ML177          AusWin2St John’s09.05.2003
46Smith GC277          Gibbs HH179          SAFEng1Birmingham24.07.2003
47Richardson MH145          Vincent L106          NZlInd1Mohali16.10.2003
48Smith GC139          Gibbs HH192          SAFWin1Centurion16.01.2004
49Atapattu MS170          Jayasuriya ST157          SrlZim1Harare06.05.2004
50Langer JL162          Hayden ML117          AusSrl1Cairns09.07.2004
51Trescothick ME132          Strauss AJ136          EngSAF2Durban26.12.2004
52Smith GC104          deVilliers AB178          SAFWin1Bridgetown21.04.2005
53deVilliers AB114          Smith GC126          SAFWin1St John’s29.04.2005
54Langer JL105          Hayden ML138          AusEng1The Oval08.09.2005
55Hayden ML110          Hussey MEK137          AusWin1Hobart17.11.2005
56Sehwag V254          Dravid R128*          IndPak1Lahore13.01.2006
57Karthik KD129          Jaffer W138*          IndBan1Dhaka25.05.2007
58McKenzie ND226          Smith GC232          SAFBan1Chattogram29.02.2008
59Jaques PA108          Katich SM157          AusWin2Bridgetown12.06.2008
60Smith GC107           McKenzie ND138          SAFEng2Lord’s10.07.2008
61Hughes PJ115          Katich SM108          AusSAF1Durban06.03.2009
62Gambhir G167          Sehwag V131          IndSrl1Kanpur24.11.2009
63Strauss AJ110           Cook AN235*          EngAus2Brisbane25.11.2010
64Gayle CH150          Powell KOA134          WinNZl1NorthSou25.07.2012
65Cook AN116          Compton NRD117          EngNZl2Dunedin06.03.2013
66Vijay M153          Dhawan S187          IndAus1Mohali14.03.2013
67Tamim Iqbal109          Imrul Kayes130          BanZim1Chattogram12.11.2014
68Tamim Iqbal206          Imrul Kayes150          BanPak2Khulna28.04.2015
69Vijay M150          Dhawan S173          IndBan1Fatullah10.06.2015
70Burns JA129          Warner DA116          AusNZl2Brisbane05.11.2015
71Renshaw MT184          Warner DA113          AusPak1Sydney02.01.2017
72Elgar D113          Markram AK143           SAFBan1Bloemfontein06.10.2017
73Vijay M105          Dhawan S107          IndAfg1Bengaluru14.06.2018
74Raval JA132          Latham TWM161          NZlBan1Hamilton28.02.2019
75Agarwal MA215          Sharma RG176           IndSAF1Vizag02.10.2019
76Shan Masood135          Abid Ali174          PakSrl2Karachi19.12.2019
77D Karunaratne116HDRLThirimanne140SrlBan1Pallekkele29.04.2021
78Abul Shafiquq136*Imam-ul-Haq111*PakAus2Rawalpindi04.03.2022
79Z Crawley122BM Duckett107EngPak1Rawalpindi01.12.2002

It also provides the 14th occasion of both the England openers scoring centuries in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman-1ScoreBatsman-2ScoreTeamOppIGroundMatch Date
1Jackson FS118          Hayward TW137          EngAus1The Oval14.08.1899
2Hobbs JB178          Rhodes W179          EngAus1Melbourne09.02.1912
3Hobbs JB211          Sutcliffe H122          EngSAF1Lord’s28.06.1924
4Hobbs JB154          Sutcliffe H176          EngAus1Melbourne01.01.1925
5Hobbs JB100          Sutcliffe H161          EngAus2The Oval14.08.1926
6Barnett CJ126          Hutton L100          EngAus1Nottingham10.06.1938
7Hutton L158          Washbrook C195          EngSAF1Jo’burg27.12.1948
8Pullar G175          Cowdrey MC155          EngSAF2The Oval18.08.1960
9Fowler G105          Tavare CJ109          EngNZl2The Oval14.07.1983
10Gooch GA116          Atherton MA131          EngInd1Manchester09.08.1990
11Trescothick ME132          Strauss AJ136          EngSAF2Durban26.12.2004
12Strauss AJ110          Cook AN235*          EngAus2Brisbane25.11.2010
13Cook AN116          Compton NRD117          EngNZl2Dunedin06.03.2013
14Z Crawley122BM Duckett107EngPak1Rawalpindi01.12.2002

It also provides the fourth occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings against Pakistsn. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman-1ScoreBatsman-2ScoreTeamOppIGroundMatch Date
1Smith GC151          Gibbs HH228          SAFPak1CapeTown02.01.2003
2Sehwag V254          Dravid R128*          IndPak1Lahore13.01.2006
3Tamim Iqbal206          Imrul Kayes150          BanPak2Khulna28.04.2015
4Renshaw MT184          Warner DA113          AusPak1Sydney02.01.2017
5Z Crawley122BM Duckett107EngPak1Rawalpindi01.12.2002

It also provides the first occasion of both the England openers scoring centuries in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the first occasion of both the openers scoring centuries against Pakistan in  a test innings.

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