AC Voges becomes the second Australian batsman to score 250 plus runs in a test innings while batting at number four after 49 years

AC Voges becomes the second Australian batsman to score 250 plus runs in a test innings while batting at number four after 49 years

AC Voges of Australia scored 269 not out against West Indies in the ongoing test at Hobart to provide the 20th occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs while batting at number four in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 M Jayawardene 374 2 Srl SAF Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006
2 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 1 Pak NZl Lahore 01 May 2002
3 RM Cowper 307 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 11 Feb 1966
4 MD Crowe 299 3 NZl Srl Wellington 31 Jan 1991
5 LRPL Taylor 290 2 NZl Aus Perth 13 Nov 2015
6 PBH May 285* 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957
7 Javed Miandad 280* 1 Pak Ind Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983
8 DCS Compton 278 2 Eng Pak Nottingham 01 Jul 1954
9 BC Lara 277 2 Win Aus Sydney 02 Jan 1993
10 DJ Cullinan 275* 1 SAF NZl Auckland 27 Feb 1999
11 M Jayawardene 275 2 Srl Ind Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
12 RG Pollock 274 1 SAF Aus Durban 05 Feb 1970
13 Javed Miandad 271 1 Pak NZl Auckland 24 Feb 1989
14 AC Voges 269* 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
15 PA de Silva 267 2 Srl NZl Wellington 31 Jan 1991
16 DL Houghton 266 1 Zim Srk Bulawayo 20 Oct 1994
17 FMM Worrell 261 2 Win Eng Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
18 Javed Miandad 260 1 Pak Eng The Oval 06 Aug 1987
19 MN Samuels 260 2 Win Ban Khulna 21 Nov 2012
20 KF Barrington 256 2 Eng Aus Manchester 23 Jul 1964

AC Voges became the second Australian batsman to score 250 plus while batting at number four after RM Cowper. RM Cowper had scored 307 against England at Melbourne in Feb 1966

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RM Cowper 307 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 11 Feb 1966
2 AC Voges 269* 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015

AC Voges became the second batsman to score 250 plus runs while batting at number against West Indies after PBH May of England. PBH May had scored 285 not out against West Indies at Birmingham in May 1957

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 PBH May 285* 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957
2 AC Voges 269* 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015

Jsved Miandad of Pakistan {03} and DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka {02} are the two batsmen who have scored 250 plus runs while batting at number four on two or more occasions. The feats of these two batsmen are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Javed Miandad 280* 1 Pak Ind Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983
2 Javed Miandad 271 1 Pak NZl Auckland 24 Feb 1989
3 Javed Miandad 260 1 Pak Eng The Oval 06 Aug 1987
               
1 M Jayawardene 374 2 Srl SAF Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006
2 M Jayawardene 275 2 Srl Ind Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
  RM Cowper 307 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 11 Feb 1966

 

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