AK Markram of South Africa scored 96 against West Indies in the ongoing test at Johannesburg to provide the 35^th occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	LJ Tancred	97	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
2	HW Taylor	93	3	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914
3	HW Taylor	91	2	v England	Durban	18 Jan 1923
4	RH Catterall	98	4	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929
5	B Mitchell	95	3	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
6	PGV van der Bijl	97	3	v England	Durban	03 Mar 1939
7	B Mitchell	99	1	v England	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1949
8	TL Goddard	90	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
9	TL Goddard	99	2	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
10	TL Goddard	93	2	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
11	EJ Barlow	92	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964
12	EJ Barlow	96	1	v England	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965
13	KC Wessels	95*	4	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992
14	AC Hudson	90	2	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993
15	KC Wessels	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
16	AC Hudson	90	2	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994
17	AM Bacher	96	2	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997
18	G Kirsten	98	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997
19	AM Bacher	96	1	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997
20	HH Gibbs	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
21	HH Gibbs	98	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003
22	HH Gibbs	98	4	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
23	AB de Villiers	92	1	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005
24	AB de Villiers	98	2	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005
25	JA Rudolph	90	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
26	HH Gibbs	92	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
27	GC Smith	94	2	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
28	ND McKenzie	94	1	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
29	GC Smith	90	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
30	AK Markram	97	1	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
31	AK Markram	94	1	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
32	AK Markram	90	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019
33	D Elgar	95	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020
34	D Elgar	96*	4	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022
35	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023

It also provides the second occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	90	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
2	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023

AK Markran and HH Gibbs share the record for most nineties by a South African opening batsman in a test innings. Both batsmen have scored nineties on four occasions. The following table lists the  nineties scored by these two batsmen

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AK Markram	97	1	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
2	AK Markram	94	1	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
3	AK Markram	90	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019
4	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023
1	HH Gibbs	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
2	HH Gibbs	98	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003
3	HH Gibbs	98	4	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
4	HH Gibbs	92	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006