Captain opener’s century in a test innings in losing cause

Captain opener’s century in a test innings in losing cause

Shan Masood of Pakistan scored 145 against South Africa at Cape Town in the just concluded test which went in vain to provide the 21st occasion of a captain opener’s century going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first occasion of Pakistan captain opener suffering from such an ignominy,

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1HW Taylor1091South Africav EnglandDurban13 Dec 1913
2A Melville1172South Africav EnglandLord’s21 Jun 1947
3JB Stollmeyer1044West Indiesv AustraliaSydney25 Jan 1952
4GO Rabone1072New Zealandv South AfricaDurban11 Dec 1953
5WM Lawry1352Australiav EnglandThe Oval22 Aug 1968
6WM Lawry1052Australiav West IndiesBrisbane06 Dec 1968
7SM Gavaskar127*3Indiav PakistanFaisalabad03 Jan 1983
8DL Haynes1171West Indiesv PakistanKarachi15 Nov 1990
9GA Gooch1334Englandv AustraliaManchester03 Jun 1993
10MA Atherton1441Englandv West IndiesGeorgetown17 Mar 1994
11RB Richardson1001West Indiesv AustraliaKingston29 Apr 1995
12MA Taylor1293Australiav EnglandBirmingham05 Jun 1997
13SP Fleming1171New Zealandv EnglandNottingham10 Jun 2004
14ME Trescothick1932Englandv PakistanMultan12 Nov 2005
15CH Gayle1022West Indiesv AustraliaW.A.C.A16 Dec 2009
16AN Cook1763Englandv IndiaAhmedabad15 Nov 2012
17AN Cook1051Englandv West IndiesBridgetown01 May 2015
18FDM Karunaratne1033Sri Lankav South AfricaJohannesburg03 Jan 2021
19FDM Karunaratne1074Sri Lankav IndiaBengaluru12 Mar 2022
10KC Brathwaite1104West Indiesv AustraliaPerth30 Nov 2022
21Shan Masood1453Pakistanv South AfricaCape Town03 Jan 2025

Shan Masood of Pakistan scored 145 against South Africa at Cape Town in the just concluded test which went in vain to provide the third occasion of a captain opener’s century going in vain in the annals of test cricket against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1GO Rabone1072New Zealandv South AfricaDurban11 Dec 1953
2FDM Karunaratne1033Sri Lankav South AfricaJohannesburg03 Jan 2021
3Shan Masood1453Pakistanv South AfricaCape Town03 Jan 2025
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