Batsman scoring a double century as his first century in the annals of test cricket
T Chanderpaul of West Indies scored 207 not out against Zimbabwe in the just concluded test at Queens Sports Club to provide the 42nd occasion of a batsman scoring a double century as his first century in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Score | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match |
| 1 | S E Gregory | 201 | Australia | England | Sydney Cricket Ground | 14.12.1894 |
| 2 | R E Foster | 287 | England | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 11.12.1903 |
| 3 | W R Hammond | 251 | England | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 14.12.1928 |
| 4 | A D Nourse | 231 | South Africa | Australia | Old Wanderers | 24.12.1935 |
| 5 | E Paynter | 216* | England | Australia | Trent Bridge | 10.06.1938 |
| 6 | W J Edrich | 219 | England | South Africa | Kingsmead | 03.03.1939 |
| 7 | S G Barnes | 234 | Australia | England | Sydney Cricket Ground | 13.12.1946 |
| 8 | M P Donnelly | 206 | New Zealand | England | Lord’s | 25.06.1949 |
| 9 | D J McGlew | 255* | South Africa | New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 06.03.1953 |
| 10 | D S E Atkinson | 219 | West Indies | Australia | Kensington Oval | 14.05.1955 |
| 11 | Imtiaz Ahmed | 209 | Pakistan | New Zealand | Bagh-e-Jinnah | 26.10.1955 |
| 12 | G S A Sobers | 365* | West Indies | Pakistan | Sabina Park | 26.02.1958 |
| 13 | R B Kanhai | 256 | West Indies | India | Eden Gardens | 31.12.1958 |
| 14 | R B Simpson | 311 | Australia | England | Old Trafford | 23.07.1964 |
| 15 | D N Sardesai | 200* | India | New Zealand | Brabourne Stadium | 12.03.1965 |
| 16 | S M Nurse | 201 | West Indies | Australia | Kensington Oval | 05.05.1965 |
| 17 | Zaheer Abbas | 274 | Pakistan | England | Edgbaston | 03.06.1971 |
| 18 | L G Rowe | 214 | West Indies | New Zealand | Sabina Park | 16.02.1972 |
| 19 | D Lloyd | 214* | England | India | Edgbaston | 04.07.1974 |
| 20 | S F A Bacchus | 250 | West Indies | India | Green Park | 02.02.1979 |
| 21 | Taslim Arif | 210* | Pakistan | Australia | Iqbal Stadium | 06.03.1980 |
| 22 | D M Jones | 210 | Australia | India | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 18.09.1986 |
| 23 | D S B Kuruppu | 201* | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Colombo Cricket Club Ground | 16.04.1987 |
| 24 | Aamir Sohail | 205 | Pakistan | England | Old Trafford | 02.07.1992 |
| 25 | B C Lara | 277 | West Indies | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 02.01.1993 |
| 26 | V G Kambli | 224 | India | England | Wankhede Stadium | 19.02.1993 |
| 27 | G W Flower | 201* | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | Harare Sports Club | 01.02.1995 |
| 28 | S L Campbell | 208 | West Indies | New Zealand | Kensington Oval | 19.04.1996 |
| 29 | H H Gibbs | 211* | South Africa | New Zealand | AMI Stadium | 11.03.1999 |
| 30 | M S Sinclair | 214 | New Zealand | West Indies | Basin Reserve | 26.12.1999 |
| 31 | G C Smith | 200 | South Africa | Bangladesh | Buffalo Park | 18.10.2002 |
| 32 | J A Rudolph | 222* | South Africa | Bangladesh | MA Aziz Stadium | 24.04.2003 |
| 33 | R W T Key | 221 | England | West Indies | Lord’s | 22.07.2004 |
| 34 | B J Hodge | 203* | Australia | South Africa | WACA Ground | 16.12.2005 |
| 35 | J N Gillespie | 201* | Australia | Bangladesh | ZAhmed Chowdhury Stadium | 16.04.2006 |
| 36 | K K Nair | 303* | India | England | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 16.12.2016 |
| 37 | M A Agarwal | 215 | India | South Africa | Vizag | 02.10.2019 |
| 38 | Z Crawley | 267 | England | Pakistan | The Rose Bowl | 21.08.2020 |
| 39 | K R Mayers | 210* | West Indies | Bangladesh | ZA Chowdhury Stadium | 03.02.2021 |
| 40 | H Shahidi | 200* | Afghanistan | Zimbabwe | Sheikh Zayed Stadium | 10.03.2021 |
| 41 | D P Conway | 200 | New Zealand | England | Lord’s | 02.06.2021 |
| 42 | T Chanderpaul | 207* | West Indies | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 04.02.2023 |
It also provides the tenth occasion of a West Indies batsman performing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match |
| 1 | D S E Atkinson | 219 | West Indies | Australia | Kensington Oval | 14.05.1955 |
| 2 | G S A Sobers | 365* | West Indies | Pakistan | Sabina Park | 26.02.1958 |
| 3 | R B Kanhai | 256 | West Indies | India | Eden Gardens | 31.12.1958 |
| 4 | S M Nurse | 201 | West Indies | Australia | Kensington Oval | 05.05.1965 |
| 5 | L G Rowe | 214 | West Indies | New Zealand | Sabina Park | 16.02.1972 |
| 6 | S F A Bacchus | 250 | West Indies | India | Green Park | 02.02.1979 |
| 7 | B C Lara | 277 | West Indies | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 02.01.1993 |
| 8 | S L Campbell | 208 | West Indies | New Zealand | Kensington Oval | 19.04.1996 |
| 9 | K R Mayers | 210* | West Indies | Bangladesh | ZA Chowdhury Stadium | 03.02.2021 |
| 10 | T Chanderpaul | 207* | West Indies | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 04.02.2023 |
It also provides the second occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against Zimbabwe in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match |
| 1 | H Shahidi | 200* | Afghanistan | Zimbabwe | Sheikh Zayed Stadium | 10.03.2021 |
| 2 | T Chanderpaul | 207* | West Indies | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 04.02.2023 |