Captains scoring a half century and a century including twin centuries in a test

Captains scoring a half century and a century including twin centuries in a test

T Bavuma of South Africa scored 70 and 113 in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Durban to provide the 94th occasion of a captain scoring a half century and a century including twin centuries in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1AC MacLaren10950*Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1897
2HL Collins11460Australiav EnglandSydney19 Dec 1924
3DG Bradman51144*Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Jun 1938
4A Melville78103South Africav EnglandDurban03 Mar 1939
5A Melville189104*South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947
6DG Bradman132127*Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948
7AD Nourse65114South Africav AustraliaCape Town31 Dec 1949
8GO Rabone10768New Zealandv South AfricaDurban11 Dec 1953
9JR Reid60142New Zealandv South AfricaJohannesburg02 Feb 1962
0JR Reid74100New Zealandv EnglandChristchurch15 Mar 1963
1RB Simpson153115Australiav PakistanKarachi24 Oct 1964
2Hanif Mohammad10493Pakistanv AustraliaMelbourne04 Dec 1964
3TL Goddard60112South Africav EnglandJohannesburg22 Jan 1965
4JR Reid12876New Zealandv PakistanKarachi09 Apr 1965
5MAK Pataudi64148Indiav EnglandLeeds08 Jun 1967
6RB Simpson55103Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Dec 1967
7MC Cowdrey14871Englandv West IndiesPort of Spain14 Mar 1968
8GS Sobers15295*West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown28 Mar 1968
9GS Sobers11052West Indiesv AustraliaAdelaide24 Jan 1969
10IM Chappell72106*Australiav West IndiesBridgetown09 Mar 1973
11IM Chappell145121Australiav New ZealandWellington01 Mar 1974
12GS Chappell123109*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane28 Nov 1975
13AW Greig11676*Englandv West IndiesLeeds22 Jul 1976
14Mushtaq Mohammad10767*Pakistanv New ZealandKarachi30 Oct 1976
15GS Chappell12167Australiav PakistanMelbourne01 Jan 1977
16Mushtaq Mohammad12156Pakistanv West IndiesPort of Spain01 Apr 1977
17RB Simpson10051Australiav IndiaAdelaide28 Jan 1978
18SM Gavaskar20573Indiav West IndiesWankhede01 Dec 1978
19SM Gavaskar107182*Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens29 Dec 1978
20GS Chappell74124Australiav West IndiesBrisbane01 Dec 1979
21CH Lloyd10066West Indiesv EnglandBridgetown13 Mar 1981
22LRD Mendis11194Sri Lankav EnglandLord’s23 Aug 1984
23LRD Mendis53124Sri Lankav IndiaKandy14 Sep 1985
24AR Border140114*Australiav New ZealandChristchurch28 Feb 1986
25AR Border70100*Australiav EnglandAdelaide12 Dec 1986
26MW Gatting61150*Englandv PakistanThe Oval06 Aug 1987
27DI Gower57106Englandv AustraliaLord’s22 Jun 1989
28GA Gooch333123Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
29GA Gooch87117Englandv AustraliaAdelaide25 Jan 1991
30AR Border10678Australiav Sri LankaMoratuwa08 Sep 1992
31MD Crowe14061New Zealandv ZimbabweHarare07 Nov 1992
32GA Gooch65133Englandv AustraliaManchester03 Jun 1993
33Saleem Malik75143Pakistanv AustraliaLahore01 Nov 1994
34MA Atherton94*118Englandv New ZealandChristchurch14 Feb 1997
35SP Fleming78174*New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (RPS)27 May 1998
36WJ Cronje12667South Africav EnglandNottingham23 Jul 1998
37AJ Stewart10752Englandv AustraliaMelbourne26 Dec 1998
38A Flower74129Zimbabwev Sri LankaHarare26 Nov 1999
39SR Tendulkar11652Indiav AustraliaMelbourne26 Dec 1999
40BC Lara91122West Indiesv AustraliaPort of Spain19 Apr 2003
41SP Fleming274*69*New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)25 Apr 2003
42GC Smith27785South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
43MP Vaughan52105Englandv Sri LankaKandy10 Dec 2003
44BC Lara11586West Indiesv South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2004
45MP Vaughan103101*Englandv West IndiesLord’s22 Jul 2004
46T Taibu85*153Zimbabwev BangladeshDhaka14 Jan 2005
47RT Ponting10586*Australiav New ZealandAuckland26 Mar 2005
48GC Smith12650*South Africav West IndiesSt John’s29 Apr 2005
49S Chanderpaul92153*West Indiesv PakistanBridgetown26 May 2005
50Inzamam-ul-Haq50117*Pakistanv West IndiesKingston03 Jun 2005
51RT Ponting149104*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane03 Nov 2005
52Inzamam-ul-Haq109100*Pakistanv EnglandFaisalabad20 Nov 2005
53RT Ponting120143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
54RT Ponting103116Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006
55DPMD Jayawardene61119Sri Lankav EnglandLord’s11 May 2006
56BC Lara61122West Indiesv PakistanLahore11 Nov 2006
57RT Ponting19660*Australiav EnglandBrisbane23 Nov 2006
58RR Sarwan65128West Indiesv AustraliaNorth Sound30 May 2008
59RT Ponting10199Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2008
60KC Sangakkara50109Sri Lankav New ZealandColombo (SSC)26 Aug 2009
61RT Ponting20989Australiav PakistanHobart14 Jan 2010
62Shakib Al Hasan87100Bangladeshv New ZealandHamilton15 Feb 2010
63BRM Taylor71105*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare04 Aug 2011
64BRM Taylor50117Zimbabwev New ZealandBulawayo01 Nov 2011
65GC Smith53115South Africav New ZealandDunedin07 Mar 2012
66DPMD Jayawardene10564Sri Lankav EnglandColombo (PSS)03 Apr 2012
67LRPL Taylor14274New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)25 Nov 2012
68BRM Taylor171102*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare17 Apr 2013
69AD Mathews91157*Sri Lankav PakistanAbu Dhabi31 Dec 2013
70Misbah-ul-Haq101101*Pakistanv AustraliaAbu Dhabi30 Oct 2014
71V Kohli115141Indiav AustraliaAdelaide09 Dec 2014
72SPD Smith11771Australiav IndiaSydney06 Jan 2015
73Misbah-ul-Haq10287Pakistanv EnglandDubai (DICS)22 Oct 2015
74SPD Smith134*70*Australiav West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 2015
75SPD Smith13853*Australiav New ZealandChristchurch20 Feb 2016
76AN Cook10576*Englandv PakistanManchester22 Jul 2016
77KS Williamson11368*New Zealandv ZimbabweBulawayo06 Aug 2016
78V Kohli16781Indiav EnglandVisakhapatnam17 Nov 2016
79SPD Smith13063Australiav PakistanBrisbane15 Dec 2016
80KS Williamson53104*New Zealandv BangladeshWellington12 Jan 2017
81V Kohli24350Indiav Sri LankaDelhi02 Dec 2017
82V Kohli14951Indiav EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2018
83V Kohli97103Indiav EnglandNottingham18 Aug 2018
84KS Williamson89139New Zealandv PakistanAbu Dhabi03 Dec 2018
85SC Williams10753*Zimbawev Sri LankaHarare27 Jan 2020
86KC Brathwaite12685West Indiesv Sri LankaNorth Sound29 Mar 2021
87FDM Karunaratne11866Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021
88JE Root64109Englandv IndiaNottingham04 Aug 2021
89FDM Karunaratne14783Sri Lankav West IndiesGalle21 Nov 2021
90KC Brathwaite16056*West Indiesv EnglandBridgetown16 Mar 2022
91Babar Azam11955Pakistanv Sri LankaGalle16 Jul 2022
92KC Brathwaite64110West Indiesv AustraliaPerth30 Nov 2022
93DM de Silva102108Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024
94T Bavuma70113South Africav Sri LankaDurban27 Nov 2024

T Bavuma of South Africa scored 70 and 113 in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Durban to provide the ninth occasion of a South African captain scoring a half century and a century including twin centuries in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1A Melville78103South Africav EnglandDurban03 Mar 1939
2A Melville189104*South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947
3AD Nourse65114South Africav AustraliaCape Town31 Dec 1949
4TL Goddard60112South Africav EnglandJohannesburg22 Jan 1965
5WJ Cronje12667South Africav EnglandNottingham23 Jul 1998
6GC Smith27785South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
7GC Smith12650*South Africav West IndiesSt John’s29 Apr 2005
8GC Smith53115South Africav New ZealandDunedin07 Mar 2012
9T Bavuma70113South Africav Sri LankaDurban27 Nov 2024

T Bavuma of South Africa scored 70 and 113 in the on-going test against Sri Lanka at Durban to provide the eleventh occasion of a captain scoring a half century and a century including twin centuries in a test against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1AR Border10678Australiav Sri LankaMoratuwa08 Sep 1992
2SP Fleming78174*New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (RPS)27 May 1998
3A Flower74129Zimbabwev Sri LankaHarare26 Nov 1999
4SP Fleming274*69*New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)25 Apr 2003
5MP Vaughan52105Englandv Sri LankaKandy10 Dec 2003
6LRPL Taylor14274New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)25 Nov 2012
7V Kohli24350Indiav Sri LankaDelhi02 Dec 2017
8SC Williams10753*Zimbawev Sri LankaHarare27 Jan 2020
9KC Brathwaite12685West Indiesv Sri LankaNorth Sound29 Mar 2021
10Babar Azam11955Pakistanv Sri LankaGalle16 Jul 2022
11T Bavuma70113South Africav Sri LankaDurban27 Nov 2024

The following six captains have scored 200 plus runs and a fifty including twin centuries in a test in the annals of test cricket.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1SM Gavaskar20573Indiav West IndiesWankhede01 Dec 1978
2GA Gooch333123Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
3SP Fleming274*69*New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)25 Apr 2003
4GC Smith27785South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
5RT Ponting20989Australiav PakistanHobart14 Jan 2010
6V Kohli24350Indiav Sri LankaDelhi02 Dec 2017

The following table lists the sixteen captains who have scored centuries in both innings of a test match in the annals of test cricket.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1A Melville189104*South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947
2DG Bradman132127*Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948
3RB Simpson153115Australiav PakistanKarachi24 Oct 1964
4IM Chappell145121Australiav New ZealandWellington01 Mar 1974
5GS Chappell123109*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane28 Nov 1975
6SM Gavaskar107182*Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens29 Dec 1978
7AR Border140114*Australiav New ZealandChristchurch28 Feb 1986
8GA Gooch333123Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
9MP Vaughan103101*Englandv West IndiesLord’s22 Jul 2004
10RT Ponting149104*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane03 Nov 2005
11Inzamam-ul-Haq109100*Pakistanv EnglandFaisalabad20 Nov 2005
12RT Ponting120143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
13RT Ponting103116Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006
14BRM Taylor171102*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare17 Apr 2013
15Misbah-ul-Haq101101*Pakistanv AustraliaAbu Dhabi30 Oct 2014
16DM de Silva102108Sri Lankav BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024

The following table lists the thirteen captains who have performed the captioned feat on three or more occasions. RT Ponting leads the table with seven occasions followed by V Kohli who has performed the feat on five occasions

NoNoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
11RT Ponting10586*Australiav New ZealandAuckland26 Mar 2005
 2RT Ponting103116Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006
 3RT Ponting149104*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane03 Nov 2005
 4RT Ponting120143*Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2006
 5RT Ponting19660*Australiav EnglandBrisbane23 Nov 2006
 6RT Ponting10199Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2008
 7RT Ponting20989Australiav PakistanHobart14 Jan 2010
         
21V Kohli115141Indiav AustraliaAdelaide09 Dec 2014
 2V Kohli16781Indiav EnglandVisakhapatnam17 Nov 2016
 3V Kohli24350Indiav Sri LankaDelhi02 Dec 2017
 4V Kohli14951Indiav EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2018
 5V Kohli97103Indiav EnglandNottingham18 Aug 2018
         
31SPD Smith11771Australiav IndiaSydney06 Jan 2015
 2SPD Smith134*70*Australiav West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 2015
 3SPD Smith13853*Australiav New ZealandChristchurch20 Feb 2016
 4SPD Smith13063Australiav PakistanBrisbane15 Dec 2016
         
41AR Border140114*Australiav New ZealandChristchurch28 Feb 1986
 2AR Border70100*Australiav EnglandAdelaide12 Dec 1986
 3AR Border10678Australiav Sri LankaMoratuwa08 Sep 1992
         
51BC Lara11586West Indiesv South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2004
 2BC Lara91122West Indiesv AustraliaPort of Spain19 Apr 2003
 3BC Lara61122West Indiesv PakistanLahore11 Nov 2006
         
61BRM Taylor71105*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare04 Aug 2011
 2BRM Taylor50117Zimbabwev New ZealandBulawayo01 Nov 2011
 3BRM Taylor171102*Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare17 Apr 2013
         
71GA Gooch333123Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
 2GA Gooch87117Englandv AustraliaAdelaide25 Jan 1991
 3GA Gooch65133Englandv AustraliaManchester03 Jun 1993
         
81GC Smith27785South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
 2GC Smith12650*South Africav West IndiesSt John’s29 Apr 2005
 3GC Smith53115South Africav New ZealandDunedin07 Mar 2012
         
91GS Chappell123109*Australiav West IndiesBrisbane28 Nov 1975
 2GS Chappell12167Australiav PakistanMelbourne01 Jan 1977
 3GS Chappell74124Australiav West IndiesBrisbane01 Dec 1979
         
101JR Reid60142New Zealandv South AfricaJohannesburg02 Feb 1962
 2JR Reid74100New Zealandv EnglandChristchurch15 Mar 1963
 3JR Reid12876New Zealandv PakistanKarachi09 Apr 1965
         
111KC Brathwaite12685West Indiesv Sri LankaNorth Sound29 Mar 2021
 2KC Brathwaite16056*West Indiesv EnglandBridgetown16 Mar 2022
 3KC Brathwaite64110West Indiesv AustraliaPerth30 Nov 2022
         
121KS Williamson11368*New Zealandv ZimbabweBulawayo06 Aug 2016
 2KS Williamson53104*New Zealandv BangladeshWellington12 Jan 2017
 3KS Williamson89139New Zealandv PakistanAbu Dhabi03 Dec 2018
         
131RB Simpson153115Australiav PakistanKarachi24 Oct 1964
 2RB Simpson55103Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Dec 1967
 3RB Simpson10051Australiav IndiaAdelaide28 Jan 1978

The following nine captains have scored a ninety and a century in the annals of test cricket. RT Ponting is the only captain to score a century and a ninety nine in a test

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1Hanif Mohammad10493Pakistanv AustraliaMelbourne04 Dec 1964
2GS Sobers15295*West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown28 Mar 1968
3LRD Mendis11194Sri Lankav EnglandLord’s23 Aug 1984
4MA Atherton94*118Englandv New ZealandChristchurch14 Feb 1997
5BC Lara91122West Indiesv AustraliaPort of Spain19 Apr 2003
6S Chanderpaul92153*West Indiesv PakistanBridgetown26 May 2005
7RT Ponting10199Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2008
8AD Mathews91157*Sri Lankav PakistanAbu Dhabi31 Dec 2013
9V Kohli97103Indiav EnglandNottingham18 Aug 2018
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