Batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket

Batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket

DM de Silva and PHKD Mendis scored centuries in both innings in the test against Bangladesh at Sylhet to provide the 93rd and 94th occasion of batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1W Bardsley136130Australiav EnglandThe Oval09 Aug 1909
2CAG Russell140111Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Feb 1923
3H Sutcliffe176127Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1925
4WR Hammond119*177Englandv AustraliaAdelaide01 Feb 1929
5H Sutcliffe104109*Englandv South AfricaThe Oval17 Aug 1929
6GA Headley114112West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown21 Feb 1930
7E Paynter117100Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1938
8GA Headley106107West Indiesv EnglandLord’s24 Jun 1939
9DCS Compton147103*Englandv AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947
10AR Morris122124*Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947
11A Melville189104*South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947
12B Mitchell120189*South Africav EnglandThe Oval16 Aug 1947
13DG Bradman132127*Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948
14VS Hazare116145Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948
15ED Weekes162101West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948
16J Moroney118101*Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg10 Feb 1950
17CL Walcott126110West Indiesv AustraliaPort of Spain11 Apr 1955
18CL Walcott155110West Indiesv AustraliaKingston11 Jun 1955
19GS Sobers125109*West Indiesv PakistanGeorgetown13 Mar 1958
20RB Kanhai117115West Indiesv AustraliaAdelaide27 Jan 1961
21Hanif Mohammad111104Pakistanv EnglandDhaka19 Jan 1962
22RB Simpson153115Australiav PakistanKarachi24 Oct 1964
23KD Walters242103Australiav West IndiesSydney14 Feb 1969
24SM Gavaskar124220Indiav West IndiesPort of Spain13 Apr 1971
25LG Rowe214100*West Indiesv New ZealandKingston16 Feb 1972
26IM Chappell145121Australiav New ZealandWellington01 Mar 1974
27GS Chappell247*133Australiav New ZealandWellington01 Mar 1974
28GM Turner101110*New Zealandv AustraliaChristchurch08 Mar 1974
29GS Chappell123109*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane28 Nov 1975
30CG Greenidge134101West Indiesv EnglandManchester08 Jul 1976
31GP Howarth122102New Zealandv EnglandAuckland04 Mar 1978
32SM Gavaskar111137Indiav PakistanKarachi14 Nov 1978
33SM Gavaskar107182*Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens29 Dec 1978
34AR Border150*153Australiav PakistanLahore18 Mar 1980
35LRD Mendis105105Sri Lankav IndiaChennai17 Sep 1982
36Javed Miandad104103*Pakistanv New ZealandHyderabad-Sind25 Nov 1984
37AR Border140114*Australiav New ZealandChristchurch28 Feb 1986
38DM Jones116121*Australiav PakistanAdelaide19 Jan 1990
39GA Gooch333123Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
40AP Gurusinha119102Sri Lankav New ZealandHamilton22 Feb 1991
41AH Jones122100*New Zealandv Sri LankaHamilton22 Feb 1991
42AJ Stewart118143Englandv West IndiesBridgetown08 Apr 1994
43G Kirsten102133South Africav IndiaEden Gardens27 Nov 1996
44PA de Silva138*103*Sri Lankav PakistanCol-SSC26 Apr 1997
45SR Waugh108116Australiav EnglandManchester03 Jul 1997
46PA de Silva146120Sri Lankav IndiaCol-SSC09 Aug 1997
47GW Flower104151Zimbabwev New ZealandHarare18 Sep 1997
48R Dravid190103*Indiav New ZealandHamilton02 Jan 1999
49Wajahatullah Wasti133121*Pakistanv Sri LankaLahore04 Mar 1999
50A Flower142199*Zimbabwev South AfricaHarare07 Sep 2001
51BC Lara221130West Indiesv Sri LankaCol-SSC29 Nov 2001
52ML Hayden197103Australiav EnglandBrisbane07 Nov 2002
53Yasir Hameed170105Pakistanv BangladeshKarachi20 Aug 2003
54ML Hayden117132Australiav Sri LankaCairns09 Jul 2004
55MP Vaughan103101*Englandv West IndiesLord’s22 Jul 2004
56ME Trescothick105107Englandv West IndiesBirmingham29 Jul 2004
57R Dravid110135Indiav PakistanEden Gardens16 Mar 2005
58RT Ponting149104*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane03 Nov 2005
59Inzamam-ul-Haq109100*Pakistanv EnglandFaisalabad20 Nov 2005
60RT Ponting120143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
61RT Ponting103116Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006
62Mohammad Yousuf102124Pakistanv West IndiesKarachi27 Nov 2006
63JH Kallis155100*South Africav PakistanKarachi01 Oct 2007
64AJ Strauss123108Englandv IndiaChennai11 Dec 2008
65TM Dilshan162143Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram03 Jan 2009
66PJ Hughes115160Australiav South AfricaDurban06 Mar 2009
67HM Amla114123*South Africav IndiaEden Gardens14 Feb 2010
68JH Kallis161109*South Africav IndiaCape Town02 Jan 2011
69KOA Powell117110West Indiesv BangladeshMirpur13 Nov 2012
70KC Sangakkara142105Sri Lankav BangladeshGalle08 Mar 2013
71PG Fulton136110New Zealandv EnglandAuckland22 Mar 2013
72BRM Taylor171102*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare17 Apr 2013
73KC Sangakkara319105Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
74DA Warner135145Australiav South AfricaCape Town01 Mar 2014
75Younis Khan106103*Pakistanv AustraliaDub-DICS22 Oct 2014
76Azhar Ali109100*Pakistanv AustraliaAbu Dhabi30 Oct 2014
77Misbah-ul-Haq101101*Pakistanv AustraliaAbu Dhabi30 Oct 2014
78DA Warner145102Australiav IndiaAdelaide09 Dec 2014
79V Kohli115141Indiav AustraliaAdelaide09 Dec 2014
80DA Warner163116Australiav New ZealandBrisbane05 Nov 2015
81AM Rahane127100*Indiav South AfricaDelhi03 Dec 2015
82SD Hope147118*West Indiesv EnglandLeeds25 Aug 2017
83Mominul Haque176105Bangladeshv Sri LankaChattogram31 Jan 2018
84BRM Taylor110106*Zimbabwev BangladeshMirpur11 Nov 2018
85SPD Smith144142Australiav EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2019
86RG Sharma176127Indiav South AfricaVisakhapatnam02 Oct 2019
87UT Khawaja137101*Australiav EnglandSydney05 Jan 2022
88Imam-ul-Haq157111*Pakistanv AustraliaRawalpindi04 Mar 2022
89JM Bairstow106114*Englandv IndiaBirmingham01 Jul 2022
90M Labuschagne204104*Australiav West IndiesPerth30 Nov 2022
91Najmul Hossain Shanto146124Bangladeshv AfghanistanMirpur14 Jun 2023
92KS Williamson118109New Zealandv South AfricaMount Maunganui04 Feb 2024
93DM de Silva102108Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024
94PHKD Mendis102164Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024

It also provides the eighth and ninth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1LRD Mendis105105Sri Lankav IndiaChennai17 Sep 1982
2AP Gurusinha119102Sri Lankav New ZealandHamilton22 Feb 1991
3PA de Silva138*103*Sri Lankav PakistanCol-SSC26 Apr 1997
4PA de Silva146120Sri Lankav IndiaCol-SSC09 Aug 1997
5TM Dilshan162143Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram03 Jan 2009
6KC Sangakkara142105Sri Lankav BangladeshGalle08 Mar 2013
7KC Sangakkara319105Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
8DM de Silva102108Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024
9PHKD Mendis102164Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024

It also provides the eighth and ninth occasion of batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Bangladesh in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1Yasir Hameed170105Pakistanv BangladeshKarachi20 Aug 2003
2TM Dilshan162143Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram03 Jan 2009
3KOA Powell117110West Indiesv BangladeshMirpur13 Nov 2012
4KC Sangakkara142105Sri Lankav BangladeshGalle08 Mar 2013
5BRM Taylor171102*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare17 Apr 2013
6KC Sangakkara319105Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
7BRM Taylor110106*Zimbabwev BangladeshMirpur11 Nov 2018
8DM de Silva102108Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024
9PHKD Mendis102164Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024

It also provides the fourth and fitth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Bangladesh in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1TM Dilshan162143Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram03 Jan 2009
2KC Sangakkara142105Sri Lankav BangladeshGalle08 Mar 2013
3KC Sangakkara319105Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
4DM de Silva102108Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024
5PHKD Mendis102164Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024

The following batsmen have scored centuries in both innings of a test on two occasions.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1AR Border150*153Australiav PakistanLahore18 Mar 1980
2AR Border140114*Australiav New ZealandChristchurch28 Feb 1986
        
1BRM Taylor171102*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare17 Apr 2013
2BRM Taylor110106*Zimbabwev BangladeshMirpur11 Nov 2018
        
1CL Walcott126110West Indiesv AustraliaPort of Spain11 Apr 1955
2CL Walcott155110West Indiesv AustraliaKingston11 Jun 1955
        
1GA Headley114112West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown21 Feb 1930
2GA Headley106107West Indiesv EnglandLord’s24 Jun 1939
        
1GS Chappell247*133Australiav New ZealandWellington01 Mar 1974
2GS Chappell123109*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane28 Nov 1975
        
1H Sutcliffe176127Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1925
2H Sutcliffe104109*Englandv South AfricaThe Oval17 Aug 1929
        
1JH Kallis155100*South Africav PakistanKarachi01 Oct 2007
2JH Kallis161109*South Africav IndiaCape Town02 Jan 2011
        
1KC Sangakkara142105Sri Lankav BangladeshGalle08 Mar 2013
2KC Sangakkara319105Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
        
1ML Hayden197103Australiav EnglandBrisbane07 Nov 2002
2ML Hayden117132Australiav Sri LankaCairns09 Jul 2004
        
1PA de Silva138*103*Sri Lankav PakistanCol-SSC26 Apr 1997
2PA de Silva146120Sri Lankav IndiaCol-SSC09 Aug 1997
        
1R Dravid190103*Indiav New ZealandHamilton02 Jan 1999
2R Dravid110135Indiav PakistanEden Gardens16 Mar 2005

DA Warner, RT Ponting and SM Gavaskar are the three batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score centuries in both innings of a test on three occasions.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1DA Warner135145Australiav South AfricaCape Town01 Mar 2014
2DA Warner145102Australiav IndiaAdelaide09 Dec 2014
3DA Warner163116Australiav New ZealandBrisbane05 Nov 2015
        
1RT Ponting149104*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane03 Nov 2005
2RT Ponting120143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
3RT Ponting103116Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006
        
1SM Gavaskar124220Indiav West IndiesPort of Spain13 Apr 1971
2SM Gavaskar111137Indiav PakistanKarachi14 Nov 1978
3SM Gavaskar107182*Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens29 Dec 1978

The following table lists the eight batsmen who have scored a double century and a century in a test. SM Gavaskar is the only batsman to score a double century in the second innings of a test.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1KD Walters242103Australiav West IndiesSydney14 Feb 1969
2SM Gavaskar124220Indiav West IndiesPort of Spain13 Apr 1971
3LG Rowe214100*West Indiesv New ZealandKingston16 Feb 1972
4GS Chappell247*133Australiav New ZealandWellington01 Mar 1974
5GA Gooch333123Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
6BC Lara221130West Indiesv Sri LankaCol-SSC29 Nov 2001
7KC Sangakkara319105Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
8M Labuschagne204104*Australiav West IndiesPerth30 Nov 2022

GA Gooch of England and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka are the two batsmen who have scored a triple century and a century in a test

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
1GA Gooch333123Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
2KC Sangakkara319105Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
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