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,
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | HW Taylor | 109 | 1 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 |
| 2 | A Melville | 117 | 2 | South Africa | v England | Lord’s | 21 Jun 1947 |
| 3 | JB Stollmeyer | 104 | 4 | West Indies | v Australia | Sydney | 25 Jan 1952 |
| 4 | GO Rabone | 107 | 2 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 |
| 5 | WM Lawry | 135 | 2 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 22 Aug 1968 |
| 6 | WM Lawry | 105 | 2 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 06 Dec 1968 |
| 7 | SM Gavaskar | 127* | 3 | India | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 |
| 8 | DL Haynes | 117 | 1 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Karachi | 15 Nov 1990 |
| 9 | GA Gooch | 133 | 4 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 03 Jun 1993 |
| 10 | MA Atherton | 144 | 1 | England | v West Indies | Georgetown | 17 Mar 1994 |
| 11 | RB Richardson | 100 | 1 | West Indies | v Australia | Kingston | 29 Apr 1995 |
| 12 | MA Taylor | 129 | 3 | Australia | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1997 |
| 13 | SP Fleming | 117 | 1 | New Zealand | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 2004 |
| 14 | ME Trescothick | 193 | 2 | England | v Pakistan | Multan | 12 Nov 2005 |
| 15 | CH Gayle | 102 | 2 | West Indies | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 2009 |
| 16 | AN Cook | 176 | 3 | England | v India | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 17 | AN Cook | 105 | 1 | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 01 May 2015 |
| 18 | FDM Karunaratne | 103 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2021 |
| 19 | FDM Karunaratne | 107 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v India | Bengaluru | 12 Mar 2022 |
| 10 | KC Brathwaite | 110 | 4 | West Indies | v Australia | Perth | 30 Nov 2022 |
| 21 | Shan Masood | 145 | 3 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 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.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GO Rabone | 107 | 2 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 |
| 2 | FDM Karunaratne | 103 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2021 |
| 3 | Shan Masood | 145 | 3 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2025 |