Captain openers scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings

Captain openers scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings

Tom Latham of New Zealand scored 151 against England at Nottingham in the ongoing test to provide the 58th occasion of a captain opener scoring 150 plus in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1HL Collins2031Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg12 Nov 1921
2WM Woodfull1552Australiav EnglandLord’s27 Jun 1930
3WM Woodfull1613Australiav South AfricaMelbourne31 Dec 1931
4A Melville1891Englandv EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947
5L Hutton1502Englandv IndiaLord’s19 Jun 1952
6L Hutton1691Englandv West IndiesGeorgetown24 Feb 1954
7L Hutton2052Englandv West IndiesKingston30 Mar 1954
8MC Cowdrey1553Englandv South AfricaThe Oval18 Aug 1960
9RB Simpson3111Australiav EnglandManchester23 Jul 1964
10RB Simpson1532Australiav PakistanKarachi24 Oct 1964
11RB Simpson2011Australiav West IndiesBridgetown05 May 1965
12RB Simpson2252Australiav EnglandAdelaide28 Jan 1966
13RB Simpson1531Australiav South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1966
14GT Dowling2391New Zealandv IndiaChristchurch22 Feb 1968
15WM Lawry2052Australiav West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 1968
16WM Lawry1511Australiav West IndiesSydney14 Feb 1969
17SM Gavaskar2051Indiav West IndiesWankhede01 Dec 1978
18SM Gavaskar182*3Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens29 Dec 1978
19SM Gavaskar1662Indiav PakistanChennai15 Jan 1980
20SM Gavaskar1722Indiav EnglandBengaluvru09 Dec 1981
21SM Gavaskar1552Indiav Sri LankaChennai17 Sep 1982
22JG Wright1851New Zealandv IndiaChristchurch02 Feb 1990
23GA Gooch1541Englandv New ZealandBirmingham05 Jul 1990
24GA Gooch3331Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
25GA Gooch154*3Englandv West IndiesLeeds06 Jun 1991
26GA Gooch1743Englandv Sri LankaLord’s22 Aug 1991
27MA Atherton185*4Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg30 Nov 1995
28MA Atherton1602Englandv IndiaNottingham04 Jul 1996
29MA Taylor169*2Australiav South AfricaAdelaide30 Jan 1998
30MA Taylor334*1Australiav PakistanPeshawar15 Oct 1998
31ST Jayasuriya1881Sri Lankav PakistanKandy28 Jun 2000
32GC Smith2771South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
33GC Smith2592South Africav EnglandLord’s31 Jul 2003
34MS Atapattu1702Sri Lankav ZimbabweHarare06 May 2004
35MS Atapattu2492Sri Lankav ZimbabweBulawayo14 May 2004
36ME Trescothick1932Englsndv PakistanMultan12 Nov 2005
37GC Smith2321South Africav BangladeshChattogram29 Feb 2008
38GC Smith154*4South Africav EnglandBirmingham30 Jul 2008
39GC Smith1571South Africav BangladeshBloemfontein19 Nov 2008
40CH Gayle1973West Indiesv New ZealandNapier19 Dec 2008
41AJ Strauss1691Englandv West IndiesSt John’s15 Feb 2009
42AJ Strauss1611Englandv AustraliaLord’s16 Jul 2009
43CH Gayle165*3West Indiesv AustraliaAdelaide04 Dec 2009
44GC Smith1833West Indiesv EnglandCape Town03 Jan 2010
45AN Cook1731Englandv BangladeshChattogram12 Mar 2010
46TM Dilshan1932Sri Lankav EnglandLord’s03 Jun 2011
47AN Cook1763Englandv IndiaAhmedabad15 Nov 2012
48AN Cook1902Englandv IndiaEden Gardens05 Dec 2012
49GC Smith2342South Africav PakistanDubai DICS23 Oct c2013
50BB McCullum2022New Zealandv PakistanSharjah26 Nov 2014
51AN Cook1623Englandv New ZealandLord’s21 May 2015
52AN Cook2632Englandv PakistanAbu Dhabi13 Oct 2015
53FDM Karunaratne2442Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021
54TWM Latham2521Indiav BangladeshChristchurch09 Jan 2022
55KC Brathwaite1602West Indiesv EnglandBridgetown16 Mar 2022
56KC Brathwaite1821West Indiesv ZimbabweBulawayo04 Feb 2023
57FDM Karunaratne1791Sri Lankav IrelandGalle16 Apr 2023
58TWM Latham1511New Zealandv EnglandNottingham25 Jun 2026

It also provides the fourth occasion of a New Zealand Captain opener scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1GT Dowling2391New Zealandv IndiaChristchurch22 Feb 1968
2JG Wright1851New Zealandv IndiaChristchurch02 Feb 1990
3BB McCullum2022New Zealandv PakistanSharjah26 Nov 2014
4TWM Latham1511New Zealandv EnglandNottingham25 Jun 2026

The following table lists the captain openers scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings in the chronological order

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1HL Collins2031Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg12 Nov 1921
2L Hutton2052Englandv West IndiesKingston30 Mar 1954
3RB Simpson3111Australiav EnglandManchester23 Jul 1964
4RB Simpson2011Australiav West IndiesBridgetown05 May 1965
5RB Simpson2252Australiav EnglandAdelaide28 Jan 1966
6GT Dowling2391New Zealandv IndiaChristchurch22 Feb 1968
7WM Lawry2052Australiav West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 1968
8SM Gavaskar2051Indiav West IndiesWankhede01 Dec 1978
9GA Gooch3331Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
10MA Taylor334*1Australiav PakistanPeshawar15 Oct 1998
11GC Smith2771South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
12GC Smith2592South Africav EnglandLord’s31 Jul 2003
13MS Atapattu2492Sri Lankav ZimbabweBulawayo14 May 2004
14GC Smith2321South Africav BangladeshChattogram29 Feb 2008
15BB McCullum2022New Zealandv PakistanSharjah26 Nov 2014
16AN Cook2632Englandv PakistanAbu Dhabi13 Oct 2015
17FDM Karunaratne2442Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021
18TWM Latham2521Indiav BangladeshChristchurch09 Jan 2022
19GC Smith2342South Africav PakistanDubai DICS23 Oct c2013

The following table lists the captain openers scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings in the ascending order of runs scored

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1RB Simpson2011Australiav West IndiesBridgetown05 May 1965
2BB McCullum2022New Zealandv PakistanSharjah26 Nov 2014
3HL Collins2031Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg12 Nov 1921
4L Hutton2052Englandv West IndiesKingston30 Mar 1954
5WM Lawry2052Australiav West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 1968
6SM Gavaskar2051Indiav West IndiesWankhede01 Dec 1978
7RB Simpson2252Australiav EnglandAdelaide28 Jan 1966
8GC Smith2321South Africav BangladeshChattogram29 Feb 2008
9GC Smith2342South Africav PakistanDubai DICS23 Oct c2013
10GT Dowling2391New Zealandv IndiaChristchurch22 Feb 1968
11FDM Karunaratne2442Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021
12MS Atapattu2492Sri Lankav ZimbabweBulawayo14 May 2004
13TWM Latham2521Indiav BangladeshChristchurch09 Jan 2022
14GC Smith2592South Africav EnglandLord’s31 Jul 2003
15AN Cook2632Englandv PakistanAbu Dhabi13 Oct 2015
16GC Smith2771South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
17RB Simpson3111Australiav EnglandManchester23 Jul 1964
18GA Gooch3331Englandv IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
19MA Taylor334*1Australiav PakistanPeshawar15 Oct 1998
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