SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the 25^th occasion of a batsman scoring two unbeaten fifties in a test match. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Grant	53*	71*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
2	FCM Alexander	63*	87*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961
3	KF Barrington	151*	52*	Eng	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	11 Nov 1961
4	RG Nadkarni	52*	122*	Ind	Eng	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964
5	CA Davis	71*	74*	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971
6	Javed Miandad	88*	61*	Pak	Eng	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978
7	AR Border	98*	100*	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984
8	RA Smith	121*	61*	Eng	Ind	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
9	Saleem Malik	82*	84*	Pak	Eng	Leeds	23 Jul 1992
10	JC Adams	174*	78*	Win	Ind	Mohali	10 Dec 1994
11	BM McMillan	103*	59*	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
12	PA de Silva	138*	103*	Srl	Pak	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997
13	Azhar Mahmood	128*	50*	Pak	SAF	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997
14	R Dravid	200*	70*	Ind	Zim	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
15	MS Sinclair	204*	50*	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
16	SP Fleming	274*	69*	NZl	Srl	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003
17	VVS Laxman	104*	67*	Ind	NZl	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
18	SR Tendulkar	241*	60*	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
19	S Chanderpaul	128*	97*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
20	S Chanderpaul	65*	70*	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008
21	S Chanderpaul	107*	77*	Win	Aus	North Sound	30 May 2008
22	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
23	S Chanderpaul	84*	101*	Win	Ban	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014
24	SPD Smith	162*	52*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
25	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the third^h occasion of an Australian batsman scoring two unbeaten fifties in a test match. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Border	98*	100*	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984
2	SPD Smith	162*	52*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
3	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015

Only two batsman have scored unbeaten fifties in a test against West Indies – AR Border and SPD Smith. By a coincidence these are the two Australian batsmen to have performed the feat against West Indies. Their performance is listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Border	98*	100*	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984
2	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to score unbeaten fifties on two occasions. Others are – S Chanderpaul of West Indies who has performed the feat on a record four occasions and VVS Laxman of India who has two such occasions to his credit. The following table tabulates the performance of these three batsmen.

No	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	S Chanderpaul	128*	97*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
2	S Chanderpaul	65*	70*	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008
3	S Chanderpaul	107*	77*	Win	Aus	North Sound	30 May 2008
4	S Chanderpaul	84*	101*	Win	Ban	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014
1	SPD Smith	162*	52*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
2	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
1	VVS Laxman	104*	67*	Ind	NZl	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
2	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008