SPD Smith of Australia scored 215 and 58 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the 41^st occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred and a fifty in a test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Ryder	201*	88	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
2	EH Hendren	77	205*	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
3	A Sandham	325	50	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
4	DG Bradman	244	77	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
5	EAB Rowan	236	60*	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
6	WM Lawry	210	58*	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
7	KD Walters	242	103	Aus	Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
8	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
9	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
10	GS Chappell	247*	133	Aus	NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
11	IVA Richards	232	63	Win	Eng	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976
12	Javed Miandad	206	85	Pak	NZl	Karachi	30 Oct 1976
13	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
14	KJ Hughes	213	53	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981
15	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
16	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	R Dravid	200*	70*	Ind	Zim	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
18	A Flower	55	232*	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
19	VVS Laxman	59	281	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
20	MS Sinclair	204*	50*	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
21	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
22	BC Lara	221	130	Win	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001
23	SP Fleming	274*	69*	NZl	Srl	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003
24	GC Smith	277	85	RSA	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
25	ME Trescothick	219	69*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
26	R Dravid	222	73	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003
27	R Dravid	233	72*	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
28	SR Tendulkar	241*	60*	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
29	KC Sangakkara	232	64	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004
30	Younis Khan	267	84*	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
31	W Jaffer	202	56	Indd	Pak	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
32	SC Ganguly	239	91	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	08 Dec 2007
33	V Sehwag	201*	50	Ind	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
34	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
35	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
36	SR Tendulkar	214	53*	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	09 Oct 2010
37	AN Cook	67	235*	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
38	RT Ponting	221	60*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
39	KC Sangakkara	319	105	Srl	Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
40	KS Williamson	69	242*	NZl	Srl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
41	SPD Smith	215	58	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 215 and 58 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the tenth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double hundred and a fifty in a test match. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Ryder	201*	88	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
2	DG Bradman	244	77	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	WM Lawry	210	58*	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
4	KD Walters	242	103	Aus	Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
5	GS Chappell	247*	133	Aus	NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
6	KJ Hughes	213	53	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981
7	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
8	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
9	RT Ponting	221	60*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
10	SPD Smith	215	58	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 201

SPD Smith of Australia scored 215 and 58 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred and a fifty in a test match against England. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Ryder	201*	88	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
2	DG Bradman	244	77	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	EAB Rowan	236	60*	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
4	IVA Richards	232	63	Win	Eng	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976
5	GC Smith	277	85	RSA	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
6	SPD Smith	215	58	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 215 and 58 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the third occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double hundred and a fifty in a test match against England. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Ryder	201*	88	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
2	DG Bradman	244	77	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	SPD Smith	215	58	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 215 and 58 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the second occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred and a fifty in a test match at Lord’s after GA Gooch of England. Gooch had scored 333 and 123 against India at Lord’s om Jul 1990. Both the occasions are listed below. Thus SPD Smith became the first Australian batsman to score a double hundred and a fifty in a test at Lord’s.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
2	SPD Smith	215	58	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

The following  table lists the batsmen who have scored a double hundred and a fifty in a test on two or more occasions. R Dravid of India holds the record for performing such a feat on most occasions. He has done it  one  three occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid	200*	70*	Ind	Zim	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
2	R Dravid	222	73	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003
3	R Dravid	233	72*	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
1	A Flower	55	232*	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
2	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
1	KC Sangakkara	232	64	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004
2	KC Sangakkara	319	105	Srl	Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
1	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
2	RT Ponting	221	60*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
2	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
1	SR Tendulkar	241*	60*	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
2	SR Tendulkar	214	53*	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	09 Oct 2010
1	VVS Laxman	59	281	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008