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
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | AC MacLaren | 109 | 50* | England | v Australia | Sydney | 13 Dec 1897 |
2 | HL Collins | 114 | 60 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 |
3 | DG Bradman | 51 | 144* | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1938 |
4 | A Melville | 78 | 103 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 03 Mar 1939 |
5 | A Melville | 189 | 104* | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1947 |
6 | DG Bradman | 132 | 127* | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1948 |
7 | AD Nourse | 65 | 114 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 |
8 | GO Rabone | 107 | 68 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 |
9 | JR Reid | 60 | 142 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 02 Feb 1962 |
0 | JR Reid | 74 | 100 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 15 Mar 1963 |
1 | RB Simpson | 153 | 115 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
2 | Hanif Mohammad | 104 | 93 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 04 Dec 1964 |
3 | TL Goddard | 60 | 112 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 |
4 | JR Reid | 128 | 76 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Karachi | 09 Apr 1965 |
5 | MAK Pataudi | 64 | 148 | India | v England | Leeds | 08 Jun 1967 |
6 | RB Simpson | 55 | 103 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 |
7 | MC Cowdrey | 148 | 71 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 14 Mar 1968 |
8 | GS Sobers | 152 | 95* | West Indies | v England | Georgetown | 28 Mar 1968 |
9 | GS Sobers | 110 | 52 | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1969 |
10 | IM Chappell | 72 | 106* | Australia | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 09 Mar 1973 |
11 | IM Chappell | 145 | 121 | Australia | v New Zealand | Wellington | 01 Mar 1974 |
12 | GS Chappell | 123 | 109* | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 |
13 | AW Greig | 116 | 76* | England | v West Indies | Leeds | 22 Jul 1976 |
14 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 107 | 67* | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 30 Oct 1976 |
15 | GS Chappell | 121 | 67 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1977 |
16 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 121 | 56 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 01 Apr 1977 |
17 | RB Simpson | 100 | 51 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1978 |
18 | SM Gavaskar | 205 | 73 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 01 Dec 1978 |
19 | SM Gavaskar | 107 | 182* | India | v West Indies | Eden Gardens | 29 Dec 1978 |
20 | GS Chappell | 74 | 124 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1979 |
21 | CH Lloyd | 100 | 66 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 13 Mar 1981 |
22 | LRD Mendis | 111 | 94 | Sri Lanka | v England | Lord’s | 23 Aug 1984 |
23 | LRD Mendis | 53 | 124 | Sri Lanka | v India | Kandy | 14 Sep 1985 |
24 | AR Border | 140 | 114* | Australia | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
25 | AR Border | 70 | 100* | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 |
26 | MW Gatting | 61 | 150* | England | v Pakistan | The Oval | 06 Aug 1987 |
27 | DI Gower | 57 | 106 | England | v Australia | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1989 |
28 | GA Gooch | 333 | 123 | England | v India | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
29 | GA Gooch | 87 | 117 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1991 |
30 | AR Border | 106 | 78 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 08 Sep 1992 |
31 | MD Crowe | 140 | 61 | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 Nov 1992 |
32 | GA Gooch | 65 | 133 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 03 Jun 1993 |
33 | Saleem Malik | 75 | 143 | Pakistan | v Australia | Lahore | 01 Nov 1994 |
34 | MA Atherton | 94* | 118 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 14 Feb 1997 |
35 | SP Fleming | 78 | 174* | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 27 May 1998 |
36 | WJ Cronje | 126 | 67 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 23 Jul 1998 |
37 | AJ Stewart | 107 | 52 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1998 |
38 | A Flower | 74 | 129 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 |
39 | SR Tendulkar | 116 | 52 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1999 |
40 | BC Lara | 91 | 122 | West Indies | v Australia | Port of Spain | 19 Apr 2003 |
41 | SP Fleming | 274* | 69* | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Apr 2003 |
42 | GC Smith | 277 | 85 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
43 | MP Vaughan | 52 | 105 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 10 Dec 2003 |
44 | BC Lara | 115 | 86 | West Indies | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2004 |
45 | MP Vaughan | 103 | 101* | England | v West Indies | Lord’s | 22 Jul 2004 |
46 | T Taibu | 85* | 153 | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 14 Jan 2005 |
47 | RT Ponting | 105 | 86* | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 26 Mar 2005 |
48 | GC Smith | 126 | 50* | South Africa | v West Indies | St John’s | 29 Apr 2005 |
49 | S Chanderpaul | 92 | 153* | West Indies | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 26 May 2005 |
50 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 50 | 117* | Pakistan | v West Indies | Kingston | 03 Jun 2005 |
51 | RT Ponting | 149 | 104* | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 03 Nov 2005 |
52 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 109 | 100* | Pakistan | v England | Faisalabad | 20 Nov 2005 |
53 | RT Ponting | 120 | 143* | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 |
54 | RT Ponting | 103 | 116 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 |
55 | DPMD Jayawardene | 61 | 119 | Sri Lanka | v England | Lord’s | 11 May 2006 |
56 | BC Lara | 61 | 122 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Lahore | 11 Nov 2006 |
57 | RT Ponting | 196 | 60* | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 |
58 | RR Sarwan | 65 | 128 | West Indies | v Australia | North Sound | 30 May 2008 |
59 | RT Ponting | 101 | 99 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2008 |
60 | KC Sangakkara | 50 | 109 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Aug 2009 |
61 | RT Ponting | 209 | 89 | Australia | v Pakistan | Hobart | 14 Jan 2010 |
62 | Shakib Al Hasan | 87 | 100 | Bangladesh | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 15 Feb 2010 |
63 | BRM Taylor | 71 | 105* | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Harare | 04 Aug 2011 |
64 | BRM Taylor | 50 | 117 | Zimbabwe | v New Zealand | Bulawayo | 01 Nov 2011 |
65 | GC Smith | 53 | 115 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 07 Mar 2012 |
66 | DPMD Jayawardene | 105 | 64 | Sri Lanka | v England | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Apr 2012 |
67 | LRPL Taylor | 142 | 74 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 |
68 | BRM Taylor | 171 | 102* | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Harare | 17 Apr 2013 |
69 | AD Mathews | 91 | 157* | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 31 Dec 2013 |
70 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 101 | 101* | Pakistan | v Australia | Abu Dhabi | 30 Oct 2014 |
71 | V Kohli | 115 | 141 | India | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
72 | SPD Smith | 117 | 71 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
73 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 102 | 87 | Pakistan | v England | Dubai (DICS) | 22 Oct 2015 |
74 | SPD Smith | 134* | 70* | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2015 |
75 | SPD Smith | 138 | 53* | Australia | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 20 Feb 2016 |
76 | AN Cook | 105 | 76* | England | v Pakistan | Manchester | 22 Jul 2016 |
77 | KS Williamson | 113 | 68* | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 06 Aug 2016 |
78 | V Kohli | 167 | 81 | India | v England | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 |
79 | SPD Smith | 130 | 63 | Australia | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 15 Dec 2016 |
80 | KS Williamson | 53 | 104* | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 |
81 | V Kohli | 243 | 50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
82 | V Kohli | 149 | 51 | India | v England | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |
83 | V Kohli | 97 | 103 | India | v England | Nottingham | 18 Aug 2018 |
84 | KS Williamson | 89 | 139 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 03 Dec 2018 |
85 | SC Williams | 107 | 53* | Zimbawe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 |
86 | KC Brathwaite | 126 | 85 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | North Sound | 29 Mar 2021 |
87 | FDM Karunaratne | 118 | 66 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 29 Apr 2021 |
88 | JE Root | 64 | 109 | England | v India | Nottingham | 04 Aug 2021 |
89 | FDM Karunaratne | 147 | 83 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Galle | 21 Nov 2021 |
90 | KC Brathwaite | 160 | 56* | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 16 Mar 2022 |
91 | Babar Azam | 119 | 55 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2022 |
92 | KC Brathwaite | 64 | 110 | West Indies | v Australia | Perth | 30 Nov 2022 |
93 | DM de Silva | 102 | 108 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Sylhet | 22 Mar 2024 |
94 | T Bavuma | 70 | 113 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 27 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
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | A Melville | 78 | 103 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 03 Mar 1939 |
2 | A Melville | 189 | 104* | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1947 |
3 | AD Nourse | 65 | 114 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 |
4 | TL Goddard | 60 | 112 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 |
5 | WJ Cronje | 126 | 67 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 23 Jul 1998 |
6 | GC Smith | 277 | 85 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
7 | GC Smith | 126 | 50* | South Africa | v West Indies | St John’s | 29 Apr 2005 |
8 | GC Smith | 53 | 115 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 07 Mar 2012 |
9 | T Bavuma | 70 | 113 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 27 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
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | AR Border | 106 | 78 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 08 Sep 1992 |
2 | SP Fleming | 78 | 174* | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 27 May 1998 |
3 | A Flower | 74 | 129 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 |
4 | SP Fleming | 274* | 69* | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Apr 2003 |
5 | MP Vaughan | 52 | 105 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 10 Dec 2003 |
6 | LRPL Taylor | 142 | 74 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 |
7 | V Kohli | 243 | 50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
8 | SC Williams | 107 | 53* | Zimbawe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 |
9 | KC Brathwaite | 126 | 85 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | North Sound | 29 Mar 2021 |
10 | Babar Azam | 119 | 55 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2022 |
11 | T Bavuma | 70 | 113 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 27 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.
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | SM Gavaskar | 205 | 73 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 01 Dec 1978 |
2 | GA Gooch | 333 | 123 | England | v India | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
3 | SP Fleming | 274* | 69* | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Apr 2003 |
4 | GC Smith | 277 | 85 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
5 | RT Ponting | 209 | 89 | Australia | v Pakistan | Hobart | 14 Jan 2010 |
6 | V Kohli | 243 | 50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 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.
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | A Melville | 189 | 104* | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1947 |
2 | DG Bradman | 132 | 127* | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1948 |
3 | RB Simpson | 153 | 115 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
4 | IM Chappell | 145 | 121 | Australia | v New Zealand | Wellington | 01 Mar 1974 |
5 | GS Chappell | 123 | 109* | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 |
6 | SM Gavaskar | 107 | 182* | India | v West Indies | Eden Gardens | 29 Dec 1978 |
7 | AR Border | 140 | 114* | Australia | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
8 | GA Gooch | 333 | 123 | England | v India | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
9 | MP Vaughan | 103 | 101* | England | v West Indies | Lord’s | 22 Jul 2004 |
10 | RT Ponting | 149 | 104* | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 03 Nov 2005 |
11 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 109 | 100* | Pakistan | v England | Faisalabad | 20 Nov 2005 |
12 | RT Ponting | 120 | 143* | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 |
13 | RT Ponting | 103 | 116 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 |
14 | BRM Taylor | 171 | 102* | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Harare | 17 Apr 2013 |
15 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 101 | 101* | Pakistan | v Australia | Abu Dhabi | 30 Oct 2014 |
16 | DM de Silva | 102 | 108 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Sylhet | 22 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
No | No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 1 | RT Ponting | 105 | 86* | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 26 Mar 2005 |
2 | RT Ponting | 103 | 116 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 | |
3 | RT Ponting | 149 | 104* | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 03 Nov 2005 | |
4 | RT Ponting | 120 | 143* | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 | |
5 | RT Ponting | 196 | 60* | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 | |
6 | RT Ponting | 101 | 99 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2008 | |
7 | RT Ponting | 209 | 89 | Australia | v Pakistan | Hobart | 14 Jan 2010 | |
2 | 1 | V Kohli | 115 | 141 | India | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
2 | V Kohli | 167 | 81 | India | v England | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 | |
3 | V Kohli | 243 | 50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 | |
4 | V Kohli | 149 | 51 | India | v England | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 | |
5 | V Kohli | 97 | 103 | India | v England | Nottingham | 18 Aug 2018 | |
3 | 1 | SPD Smith | 117 | 71 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
2 | SPD Smith | 134* | 70* | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2015 | |
3 | SPD Smith | 138 | 53* | Australia | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 20 Feb 2016 | |
4 | SPD Smith | 130 | 63 | Australia | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 15 Dec 2016 | |
4 | 1 | AR Border | 140 | 114* | Australia | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
2 | AR Border | 70 | 100* | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 | |
3 | AR Border | 106 | 78 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 08 Sep 1992 | |
5 | 1 | BC Lara | 115 | 86 | West Indies | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2004 |
2 | BC Lara | 91 | 122 | West Indies | v Australia | Port of Spain | 19 Apr 2003 | |
3 | BC Lara | 61 | 122 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Lahore | 11 Nov 2006 | |
6 | 1 | BRM Taylor | 71 | 105* | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Harare | 04 Aug 2011 |
2 | BRM Taylor | 50 | 117 | Zimbabwe | v New Zealand | Bulawayo | 01 Nov 2011 | |
3 | BRM Taylor | 171 | 102* | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Harare | 17 Apr 2013 | |
7 | 1 | GA Gooch | 333 | 123 | England | v India | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
2 | GA Gooch | 87 | 117 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1991 | |
3 | GA Gooch | 65 | 133 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 03 Jun 1993 | |
8 | 1 | GC Smith | 277 | 85 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
2 | GC Smith | 126 | 50* | South Africa | v West Indies | St John’s | 29 Apr 2005 | |
3 | GC Smith | 53 | 115 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 07 Mar 2012 | |
9 | 1 | GS Chappell | 123 | 109* | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 |
2 | GS Chappell | 121 | 67 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1977 | |
3 | GS Chappell | 74 | 124 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1979 | |
10 | 1 | JR Reid | 60 | 142 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 02 Feb 1962 |
2 | JR Reid | 74 | 100 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 15 Mar 1963 | |
3 | JR Reid | 128 | 76 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Karachi | 09 Apr 1965 | |
11 | 1 | KC Brathwaite | 126 | 85 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | North Sound | 29 Mar 2021 |
2 | KC Brathwaite | 160 | 56* | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 16 Mar 2022 | |
3 | KC Brathwaite | 64 | 110 | West Indies | v Australia | Perth | 30 Nov 2022 | |
12 | 1 | KS Williamson | 113 | 68* | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 06 Aug 2016 |
2 | KS Williamson | 53 | 104* | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 | |
3 | KS Williamson | 89 | 139 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 03 Dec 2018 | |
13 | 1 | RB Simpson | 153 | 115 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
2 | RB Simpson | 55 | 103 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 | |
3 | RB Simpson | 100 | 51 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 28 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
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | Hanif Mohammad | 104 | 93 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 04 Dec 1964 |
2 | GS Sobers | 152 | 95* | West Indies | v England | Georgetown | 28 Mar 1968 |
3 | LRD Mendis | 111 | 94 | Sri Lanka | v England | Lord’s | 23 Aug 1984 |
4 | MA Atherton | 94* | 118 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 14 Feb 1997 |
5 | BC Lara | 91 | 122 | West Indies | v Australia | Port of Spain | 19 Apr 2003 |
6 | S Chanderpaul | 92 | 153* | West Indies | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 26 May 2005 |
7 | RT Ponting | 101 | 99 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2008 |
8 | AD Mathews | 91 | 157* | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 31 Dec 2013 |
9 | V Kohli | 97 | 103 | India | v England | Nottingham | 18 Aug 2018 |