Fourth innings centuries by batsmen in a test innings in winning cause
KS Williamaon’s 133 not out in the fourth innings of the test fetched a win for New Zealand against South Africa at Hamilton in the just concluded test. It provides the 83rd occasion of a batsman’s fourth innings century in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | JT Brown | 140 | 4 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Mar 1895 |
| 2 | J Darling | 160 | 4 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 26 Feb 1898 |
| 3 | GL Jessop | 104 | 4 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 4 | JB Hobbs | 126* | 4 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1911 |
| 5 | H Sutcliffe | 135 | 4 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 |
| 6 | AR Morris | 182 | 4 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 |
| 7 | DG Bradman | 173* | 4 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 |
| 8 | RN Harvey | 151* | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 |
| 9 | AL Hassett | 102 | 4 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 |
| 10 | CC Hunte | 114 | 4 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 13 Mar 1958 |
| 11 | GS Sobers | 109* | 4 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 13 Mar 1958 |
| 12 | Rev.DS Sheppard | 113 | 4 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1962 |
| 13 | CC Hunte | 108* | 4 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 22 Aug 1963 |
| 14 | Mohammad Ilyas | 126 | 4 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 09 Apr 1965 |
| 15 | SM Nurse | 168 | 4 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Auckland | 27 Feb 1969 |
| 16 | GM Turner | 110* | 4 | New Zealand | v Australia | Christchurch | 08 Mar 1974 |
| 17 | GS Chappell | 109* | 4 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 |
| 18 | SM Gavaskar | 102 | 4 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 07 Apr 1976 |
| 19 | GR Viswanath | 112 | 4 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 07 Apr 1976 |
| 20 | AL Mann | 105 | 4 | Australia | v India | Perth | 16 Dec 1977 |
| 21 | GM Wood | 126 | 4 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 31 Mar 1978 |
| 22 | CS Serjeant | 124 | 4 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 31 Mar 1978 |
| 23 | CG Greenidge | 214* | 4 | West Indies | v England | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1984 |
| 24 | Mudassar Nazar | 106 | 4 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Hyd-Pak | 25 Nov 1984 |
| 25 | Javed Miandad | 103* | 4 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Hyd-Pak | 25 Nov 1984 |
| 26 | JV Coney | 111* | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 09 Feb 1985 |
| 27 | IVA Richards | 109* | 4 | West Indies | v India | Delhi | 25 Nov 1987 |
| 28 | DL Haynes | 112* | 4 | West Indies | v India | Bridgetown | 07 Apr 1989 |
| 29 | JG Wright | 117* | 4 | New Zealand | v Australia | Wellington | 15 Mar 1990 |
| 30 | BA Young | 120 | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1994 |
| 31 | SA Thomson | 120* | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1994 |
| 32 | MA Atherton | 118 | 4 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 14 Feb 1997 |
| 33 | ME Waugh | 116 | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 |
| 34 | PA de Silva | 143* | 4 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Col-SSC | 14 Jan 1998 |
| 35 | MA Taylor | 102* | 4 | Australia | v India | Bengaluru | 25 Mar 1998 |
| 36 | BC Lara | 153* | 4 | West Indies | v Australia | Bridgetown | 26 Mar 1999 |
| 37 | JL Langer | 127 | 4 | Australia | v Pakistan | Hobart | 18 Nov 1999 |
| 38 | AC Gilchrist | 149* | 4 | Australia | v Pakistan | Hobart | 18 Nov 1999 |
| 39 | JL Langer | 122* | 4 | Australia | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 31 Mar 2000 |
| 40 | MA Butcher | 173* | 4 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 16 Aug 2001 |
| 41 | RT Ponting | 100* | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 08 Mar 2002 |
| 42 | HH Gibbs | 104 | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 15 Mar 2002 |
| 43 | RR Sarwan | 105 | 4 | West Indies | v Australia | St John’s | 09 May 2003 |
| 44 | S Chanderpaul | 104 | 4 | West Indies | v Australia | St John’s | 09 May 2003 |
| 45 | Yasir Hameed | 105 | 4 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Karachi | 20 Aug 2003 |
| 46 | Mohammad Hafeez | 102* | 4 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Peshawar | 27 Aug 2003 |
| 47 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 138* | 4 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Multan | 03 Sep 2003 |
| 48 | ML Hayden | 101* | 4 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | Sydney | 17 Oct 2003 |
| 49 | GC Smith | 125* | 4 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 26 Mar 2004 |
| 50 | N Hussain | 103* | 4 | England | v New Zealand | Lord’s | 20 May 2004 |
| 51 | GP Thorpe | 104* | 4 | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 10 Jun 2004 |
| 52 | RT Ponting | 143* | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 |
| 53 | DR Martyn | 101 | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 |
| 54 | RT Ponting | 118* | 4 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | o9 Apr 2006 |
| 55 | M Jayawardene | 123 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Col-PSS | 04 Aug 2006 |
| 56 | RR Sarwan | 102 | 4 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Port of Spain | 03 Apr 2008 |
| 57 | AJ Strauss | 106 | 4 | England | v New Zealand | Manchester | 23 May 2008 |
| 58 | GC Smith | 154* | 4 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 30 Jul 2008 |
| 59 | SR Tendulkar | 103* | 4 | India | v England | Chennai | 11 Dec 2008 |
| 60 | GC Smith | 108 | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 |
| 61 | AB de Villiers | 106* | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 |
| 62 | AN Cook | 109* | 4 | England | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 20 Mar 2010 |
| 63 | VVS Laxman | 103* | 4 | India | v Sri Lanka | Col-PSS | 03 Aug 2010 |
| 64 | GC Smith | 101* | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 |
| 65 | HM Amla | 112 | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 |
| 66 | CJL Rogers | 116 | 4 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2013 |
| 67 | Azhar Ali | 103 | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 16 Jan 2014 |
| 68 | Shan Masood | 125 | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 03 Jul 2015 |
| 69 | Younis Khan | 171* | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 03 Jul 2015 |
| 70 | KS Williamson | 108* | 4 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2015 |
| 71 | KS Williamson | 104* | 4 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 |
| 72 | SD Hope | 118* | 4 | West Indies | v England | Leeds | 25 Aug 2017 |
| 73 | MDKJ Perera | 153* | 4 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Feb 2019 |
| 74 | FDM Karunaratne | 122 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Galle | 14 Aug 2019 |
| 75 | BA Stokes | 135* | 4 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 22 Aug 2019 |
| 76 | KR Mayers | 210* | 4 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 03 Feb 2021 |
| 77 | JE Root | 115* | 4 | England | v New Zealand | Lord’s | 02 Jun 2022 |
| 78 | JM Bairstow | 136 | 4 | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 10 Jun 2022 |
| 79 | JE Root | 142* | 4 | England | v India | Birmingham | 01 Jul 2022 |
| 80 | JM Bairstow | 114* | 4 | England | v India | Birmingham | 01 Jul 2022 |
| 81 | Abdullah Shafique | 160* | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2022 |
| 82 | KS Williamson | 121* | 4 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 09 Mar 2023 |
| 83 | KS Williamson | 133* | 4 | New Zealanthd | v South Africa | Hamilton | 13 Feb 2024 |
It provides the ninth occasion of a New Zealand batsman’s fourth innings century in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GM Turner | 110* | 4 | New Zealand | v Australia | Christchurch | 08 Mar 1974 |
| 2 | JV Coney | 111* | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 09 Feb 1985 |
| 3 | JG Wright | 117* | 4 | New Zealand | v Australia | Wellington | 15 Mar 1990 |
| 4 | BA Young | 120 | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1994 |
| 5 | SA Thomson | 120* | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1994 |
| 6 | KS Williamson | 108* | 4 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2015 |
| 7 | KS Williamson | 104* | 4 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 |
| 8 | KS Williamson | 121* | 4 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 09 Mar 2023 |
| 9 | KS Williamson | 133* | 4 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Hamilton | 13 Feb 2024 |
It provides the eighth occasion of a batsman’s fourth innings century in a winning cause against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RN Harvey | 151* | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 |
| 2 | ME Waugh | 116 | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 |
| 3 | RT Ponting | 100* | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 08 Mar 2002 |
| 4 | RT Ponting | 143* | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 |
| 5 | DR Martyn | 101 | 4 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 |
| 6 | M Jayawardene | 123 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Col-PSS | 04 Aug 2006 |
| 7 | MDKJ Perera | 153* | 4 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Feb 2019 |
| 8 | KS Williamson | 133* | 4 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Hamilton | 13 Feb 2024 |
GC Smith of New Zealand and KS Williamson of New Zealand are the two batsmen in the annals of test cricket who have scored fourth innings centuries in a winning cause on four occasions.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GC Smith | 125* | 4 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 26 Mar 2004 |
| 2 | GC Smith | 154* | 4 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 30 Jul 2008 |
| 3 | GC Smith | 108 | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 |
| 4 | GC Smith | 101* | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 |
| 1 | KS Williamson | 108* | 4 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2015 |
| 2 | KS Williamson | 104* | 4 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 |
| 3 | KS Williamson | 121* | 4 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 09 Mar 2023 |
| 4 | KS Williamson | 133* | 4 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Hamilton | 13 Feb 2024 |
The following table lists the eleven occasions of two batsmen scoring fourth innings centuries in a winning cause
| No | No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 1 | CC Hunte | 114 | 4 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 13 Mar 1958 |
| 2 | GS Sobers | 109* | 4 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 13 Mar 1958 | |
| 2 | 1 | SM Gavaskar | 102 | 4 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 07 Apr 1976 |
| 2 | GR Viswanath | 112 | 4 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 07 Apr 1976 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM Wood | 126 | 4 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 31 Mar 1978 |
| 2 | CS Serjeant | 124 | 4 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 31 Mar 1978 | |
| 4 | 1 | Mudassar Nazar | 106 | 4 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Hyd-Pak | 25 Nov 1984 |
| 2 | Javed Miandad | 103* | 4 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Hyd-Pak | 25 Nov 1984 | |
| 5 | 1 | BA Young | 120 | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1994 |
| 2 | SA Thomson | 120* | 4 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1994 | |
| 6 | 1 | JL Langer | 127 | 4 | Australia | v Pakistan | Hobart | 18 Nov 1999 |
| 2 | AC Gilchrist | 149* | 4 | Australia | v Pakistan | Hobart | 18 Nov 1999 | |
| 7 | 1 | RR Sarwan | 105 | 4 | West Indies | v Australia | St John’s | 09 May 2003 |
| 2 | S Chanderpaul | 104 | 4 | West Indies | v Australia | St John’s | 09 May 2003 | |
| 8 | 1 | GC Smith | 108 | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 |
| 2 | AB de Villiers | 106* | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 | |
| 9 | 1 | GC Smith | 101* | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 |
| 2 | HM Amla | 112 | 4 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 | |
| 10 | 1 | Shan Masood | 125 | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 03 Jul 2015 |
| 2 | Younis Khan | 171* | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 03 Jul 2015 | |
| 11 | 1 | JE Root | 142* | 4 | England | v India | Birmingham | 01 Jul 2022 |
| 2 | JM Bairstow | 114* | 4 | England | v India | Birmingham | 01 Jul 2022 |