HM Amla of South Afirca scored 201 in the just concluded Cape Town test between South Africa and England to provide the 69^th occasion of a captain scoring a double century in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WL Murdoch	211	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
2	HL Collins	203	1	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
3	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
4	DG Bradman	212	3	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
5	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
6	DG Bradman	234	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
7	DG Bradman	201	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
8	AD Nourse	208	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
9	L Hutton	205	2	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
10	DS Atkinson	219	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
11	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
12	ER Dexter	205	2	Eng	Pak	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
13	MAK Pataudi	203*	3	Ind	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
14	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
15	Hanif Mohammad	203*	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	02 Apr 1965
16	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
17	RB Simpson	225	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
18	GT Dowling	239	1	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968
19	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
20	CH Lloyd	242*	1	Win	Ind	Mumbai	23 Jan 1975
21	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
22	GS Chappell	235	1	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
23	GS Chappell	204	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 1981
24	GS Chappell	201	2	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981
25	DI Gower	215	2	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985
26	Javed Miandad	203*	2	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985
27	AR Border	205	2	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987
28	Javed Miandad	211	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	15 Sep 1988
29	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
30	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
31	AR Border	200*	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
32	Saleem Malik	237	3	Pak	Aus	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
33	Wasim Akram	257*	2	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
34	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
35	BC Lara	213	2	Win	Aus	Kingston	13 Mar 1999
36	SR Tendulkar	217	1	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999
37	CL Hooper	233	1	Win	Ind	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002
38	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003
39	BC Lara	209	2	Win	Srl	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003
40	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
41	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
42	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003
43	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
44	MS Atapattu	249	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
45	SP Fleming	202	1	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	26 Oct 2004
46	RT Ponting	207	2	Aus	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
47	S Chanderpaul	203*	1	Win	SAF	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
48	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
49	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006
50	BC Lara	216	2	Win	Pak	Multan	19 Nov 2006
51	M Jayawardene	213*	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	18 Dec 2007
52	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	29 Feb 2008
53	M Jayawardene	240	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
54	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
55	RT Ponting	209	1	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
56	KC Sangakkara	219	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010
57	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
58	MJ Clarke	210	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
59	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
60	MJ Clarke	230	1	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
61	MS Dhoni	224	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
62	Mushfiqur Rahim	200	2	Ban	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2013
63	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
64	BB McCullum	224	1	NZl	Ind	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
65	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
66	BB McCullum	202	2	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
67	HM Amla	208	1	SAF	Win	Centurion	17 Dec 2014
68	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
69	HM Amla	201	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016

HM Amla’s 201 also provide the seventh occasion of a South African captain scoring double century in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	208	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
2	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
3	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
4	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	29 Feb 2008
5	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
6	HM Amla	208	1	SAF	Win	Centurion	17 Dec 2014
7	HM Amla	201	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016

HM Amla’s 201 also provide the fourth occasion of a South African captain scoring double century in a test innings against England.  HM Amla became the third South African captain to perform such a feat, All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	208	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
2	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
3	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
4	HM Amla	201	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016

HM Amla’s 201 also provide the 14th occasion of a captain scoring double century in a test innings against England.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WL Murdoch	211	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
2	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
3	DG Bradman	212	3	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
4	DG Bradman	234	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
5	AD Nourse	208	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
6	MAK Pataudi	203*	3	Ind	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
7	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	RB Simpson	225	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
9	AR Border	200*	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
10	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
11	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
12	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
13	M Jayawardene	213*	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	18 Dec 2007
14	HM Amla	201	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016

BC Lara with five double centuries to his credit holds the record for most double centuries by a aaptain in the annals of test cricket. DG Bradman of England, GC Smith of South Africa and MJ Clarke of Australia are the three captains to score four double centuries. The performance of these four captains are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BC Lara	213	2	Win	Aus	Kingston	13 Mar 1999
2	BC Lara	209	2	Win	Srl	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003
3	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003
4	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
5	BC Lara	216	2	Win	Pak	Multan	19 Nov 2006
1	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
2	DG Bradman	212	3	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
3	DG Bradman	234	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
4	DG Bradman	201	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
3	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	29 Feb 2008
4	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
1	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
2	MJ Clarke	210	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
3	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
4	MJ Clarke	230	1	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012

BC Laras’ fifth double century – 216 against Pakistan at Multan in Nov 2006 earned him two records. It was the double century with which he earned the record for most double centuries as captain surpassing DG Bradman’s four double centuries. It was also the 50^th double century by a captain in the annals of test cricket.

HM Amla stepped down as captain after the Cape Town test which gave him another record. He became the first and the only captain as on date to score a double century on his farewell test as captain