Carrying the bat through a completed innings in tests – KC Brathwaite of West Indies joins the list

Carrying the bat through a completed innings in tests – KC Brathwaite of West Indies joins the list

KC Brathwaite of West Indies carried the bat through the completed innings by scoring 142 not out out of West Indies total of 337 against Pakistan at Sharjah in the ongoing third test to provide the 51st occasion of a batsman carrying  the bat through the completed innings In the history of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 AB Tancred 26* 47 South Africa v England Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
2 JE Barrett 67* 176 Australia v England Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
3 R Abel 132* 307 England v Australia Sydney 29 Jan 1892
4 PF Warner 132* 237 England v South Africa Johannesburg 14 Feb 1899
5 WW Armstrong 159* 309 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902
6 JW Zulch 43* 103 South Africa v England Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
7 W Bardsley 193* 383 Australia v England Lord’s 26 Jun 1926
8 WM Woodfull 30* 66† Australia v England Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
9 WM Woodfull 73* 193† Australia v England Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
10 WA Brown 206* 422 Australia v England Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
11 L Hutton 202* 344 England v West Indies The Oval 12 Aug 1950
12 L Hutton 156* 272 England v Australia Adelaide 02 Feb 1951
13 Nazar Mohammad 124* 331 Pakistan v India Lucknow 23 Oct 1952
14 FMM Worrell 191* 372 West Indies v England Nottingham 04 Jul 1957
15 TL Goddard 56* 99 South Africa v Australia Cape Town 31 Dec 1957
16 DJ McGlew 127* 292 South Africa v New Zealand Durban 08 Dec 1961
17 CC Hunte 60* 131 West Indies v Australia Port of Spain 14 May 1965
18 GM Turner 43* 131 New Zealand v England Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
19 WM Lawry 49* 107 Australia v India Delhi 28 Nov 1969
20 WM Lawry 60* 116† Australia v England Sydney 09 Jan 1971
21 GM Turner 223* 386 New Zealand v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1972
22 IR Redpath 159* 346 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 1974
23 G Boycott 99* 215 England v Australia Perth 14 Dec 1979
24 SM Gavaskar 127* 286 India v Pakistan Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
25 Mudassar Nazar 152* 323 Pakistan v India Lahore 23 Jan 1983
26 S Wettimuny 63* 144 Sri Lanka v New Zealand Christchurch 04 Mar 1983
27 DC Boon 58* 103 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 13 Mar 1986
28 DL Haynes 88* 211 West Indies v Pakistan Karachi 20 Nov 1986
29 GA Gooch 154* 252 England v West Indies Leeds 06 Jun 1991
30 DL Haynes 75* 176 West Indies v England The Oval 08 Aug 1991
31 AJ Stewart 69* 175 England v Pakistan Lord’s 18 Jun 1992
32 DL Haynes 143* 382 West Indies v Pakistan Port of Spain 16 Apr 1993
33 MH Dekker 68* 187 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
34 MA Atherton 94* 228 England v New Zealand Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
35 G Kirsten 100* 239 South Africa v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997
36 MA Taylor 169* 350 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 30 Jan 1998
37 GW Flower 156* 321 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
38 Saeed Anwar 188* 316 Pakistan v India Kolkata 16 Feb 1999
39 MS Atapattu 216* 428 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 18 Nov 1999
40 RP Arnold 104* 231 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Harare 04 Dec 1999
41 Javed Omar 85* 168† Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 19 Apr 2001
42 V Sehwag 201* 329 India v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
43 SM Katich 131* 268 Australia v New Zealand Brisbane 20 Nov 2008
44 CH Gayle 165* 317 West Indies v Australia Adelaide 04 Dec 2009
45 Imran Farhat 117* 223 Pakistan v New Zealand Napier 11 Dec 2009
46 R Dravid 146* 300 India v England The Oval 18 Aug 2011
47 TMK Mawoyo 163* 412 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Bulawayo 01 Sep 2011
48 DA Warner 123* 233 Australia v New Zealand Hobart 09 Dec 2011
49 CA Pujara 145* 312 India v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 28 Aug 2015
50 D Elgar 118* 214 South Africa v England Durban 26 Dec 2015
51 KC Brathwaite 142* 337 West Indies v Pakistan Sharjah 30 Oct 2016
  † indicates that not all 10 wickets fell in the innings

KC Brathwaite’s feat provides the seventh occasion of a West Indies batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings and he became the fifth West Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 FMM Worrell 191* 372 West Indies v England Nottingham 04 Jul 1957
2 CC Hunte 60* 131 West Indies v Australia Port of Spain 14 May 1965
3 DL Haynes 88* 211 West Indies v Pakistan Karachi 20 Nov 1986
4 DL Haynes 75* 176 West Indies v England The Oval 08 Aug 1991
5 DL Haynes 143* 382 West Indies v Pakistan Port of Spain 16 Apr 1993
6 CH Gayle 165* 317 West Indies v Australia Adelaide 04 Dec 2009
7 KC Brathwaite 142* 337 West Indies v Pakistan Sharjah 30 Oct 2016

There are five batsmen who have carried the bat through the completed innings with scores of 200 plus runs. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 GM Turner 223* 386 New Zealand v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1972
2 MS Atapattu 216* 428 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 18 Nov 1999
3 WA Brown 206* 422 Australia v England Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
4 L Hutton 202* 344 England v West Indies The Oval 12 Aug 1950
5 V Sehwag 201* 329 India v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008

The following list furnishes the nineteen batsmen who have carried the bat through the completed innings with scores less than 100 runs. All such occasions are listed below. MA Atherton and G Boycott – both of England – are the two batsmen to have accomplished the feat with scores of 90 plus runs. G Boycott is the only batsman to have carried the bat through the completed innings with a score of 99 not out – his feat came against Australia at Perth in Dec 1970

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 AB Tancred 26* 47 South Africa v England Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
2 WM Woodfull 30* 66† Australia v England Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
3 JW Zulch 43* 103 South Africa v England Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
4 GM Turner 43* 131 New Zealand v England Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
5 WM Lawry 49* 107 Australia v India Delhi 28 Nov 1969
6 TL Goddard 56* 99 South Africa v Australia Cape Town 31 Dec 1957
7 DC Boon 58* 103 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 13 Mar 1986
8 CC Hunte 60* 131 West Indies v Australia Port of Spain 14 May 1965
9 WM Lawry 60* 116† Australia v England Sydney 09 Jan 1971
10 S Wettimuny 63* 144 Sri Lanka v New Zealand Christchurch 04 Mar 1983
11 JE Barrett 67* 176 Australia v England Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
12 MH Dekker 68* 187 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
13 AJ Stewart 69* 175 England v Pakistan Lord’s 18 Jun 1992
14 WM Woodfull 73* 193† Australia v England Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
15 DL Haynes 75* 176 West Indies v England The Oval 08 Aug 1991
16 Javed Omar 85* 168† Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 19 Apr 2001
17 DL Haynes 88* 211 West Indies v Pakistan Karachi 20 Nov 1986
18 MA Atherton 94* 228 England v New Zealand Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
19 G Boycott 99* 215 England v Australia Perth 14 Dec 1979
  † indicates that not all 10 wickets fell in the innings

DL Haynes {03}, GM Turner {02}, L Hutton {02]. WM Lawry {02} and WM Woodful {02} are the five batsmen who have accomplished the feat on two or more occasions.

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 DL Haynes 88* 211 West Indies v Pakistan Karachi 20 Nov 1986
2 DL Haynes 75* 176 West Indies v England The Oval 08 Aug 1991
3 DL Haynes 143* 382 West Indies v Pakistan Port of Spain 16 Apr 1993
               
1 GM Turner 43* 131 New Zealand v England Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
2 GM Turner 223* 386 New Zealand v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1972
               
1 L Hutton 202* 344 England v West Indies The Oval 12 Aug 1950
2 L Hutton 156* 272 England v Australia Adelaide 02 Feb 1951
               
1 WM Lawry 49* 107 Australia v India Delhi 28 Nov 1969
2 WM Lawry 60* 116† Australia v England Sydney 09 Jan 1971
               
1 WM Woodfull 30* 66† Australia v England Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
2 WM Woodfull 73* 193† Australia v England Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
† indicates that not all 10 wickets fell in the innings

Nazar Mohammad and Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan are the only Father-Son combination to have carried the bat through the completed innings in the history of test cricket. It is interesting to note that these two have performed the feat against England

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Nazar Mohammad 124* 331 Pakistan v India Lucknow 23 Oct 1952
2 Mudassar Nazar 152* 323 Pakistan v India Lahore 23 Jan 1983

KC Brathwaite’s feat provides the ninth occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 SM Gavaskar 127* 286 India v Pakistan Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
2 DL Haynes 88* 211 West Indies v Pakistan Karachi 20 Nov 1986
3 AJ Stewart 69* 175 England v Pakistan Lord’s 18 Jun 1992
4 DL Haynes 143* 382 West Indies v Pakistan Port of Spain 16 Apr 1993
5 MH Dekker 68* 187 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
6 G Kirsten 100* 239 South Africa v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997
7 GW Flower 156* 321 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
8 TMK Mawoyo 163* 412 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Bulawayo 01 Sep 2011
9 KC Brathwaite 142* 337 West Indies v Pakistan Sharjah 30 Oct 2016

DL Haynes of West Indies and WM Woodfull of Australia are the only two batsmen to have accomplished the feat of carrying the bat through the completed innings on two occasions against a specific opposition. DL Haynes’ feat came against Pakistan  while WM Woodfull’s feat was against England

No Player Runs Total Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 DL Haynes 88* 211 West Indies v Pakistan Karachi 20 Nov 1986
2 DL Haynes 143* 382 West Indies v Pakistan Port of Spain 16 Apr 1993
               
1 WM Woodfull 30* 66† Australia v England Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
2 WM Woodfull 73* 193† Australia v England Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
† indicates that not all 10 wickets fell in the innings

 

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