Australian opening batsmen scoring nineties in a test innings on home soil

Australian opening batsmen scoring nineties in a test innings on home soil

DA Warner of Australia scored 97 against South Africa in the ongoing Perth test to provide the 39th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against various oppositions at home. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AC Bannerman 94 2 v England Sydney 26 Jan 1883
2 AC Bannerman 91 3 v England Sydney 29 Jan 1892
3 GHS Trott 95 4 v England Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
4 AJ Richardson 98 3 v England Sydney 19 Dec 1924
5 WH Ponsford 92* 4 v West Indies Adelaide 12 Dec 1930
6 WA Brown 99 1 v India Melbourne 06 Feb 1948
7 AR Morris 99 1 v South Africa Melbourne 06 Feb 1953
8 RB Simpson 92 2 v West Indies Brisbane 09 Dec 1960
9 CC McDonald 91 2 v West Indies Melbourne 10 Feb 1961
10 RB Simpson 92 4 v West Indies Melbourne 10 Feb 1961
11 WM Lawry 98 3 v England Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
12 RB Simpson 91 2 v England Sydney 11 Jan 1963
13 IR Redpath 97 2 v South Africa Melbourne 01 Jan 1964
14 WM Darling 91 2 v England Sydney 06 Jan 1979
15 BM Laird 92 1 v West Indies Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
16 GR Marsh 92 2 v India Sydney 02 Jan 1986
17 MA Taylor 94 2 v India Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
18 MJ Slater 99 3 v New Zealand Perth 12 Nov 1993
19 MJ Slater 92 2 v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 1994
20 MA Taylor 90 2 v England Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
21 MA Taylor 96 2 v Sri Lanka Perth 08 Dec 1995
22 MJ Slater 97 2 v Pakistan Hobart 18 Nov 1999
23 MJ Slater 91 1 v India Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
24 MJ Slater 96 2 v West Indies Sydney 02 Jan 2001
25 ML Hayden 91 1 v New Zealand Hobart 22 Nov 2001
26 ML Hayden 99 3 v India Brisbane 04 Dec 2003
27 JL Langer 97 3 v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004
28 JL Langer 99 2 v West Indies Adelaide 25 Nov 2005
29 ML Hayden 90 4 v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2006
30 ML Hayden 92 3 v England Perth 14 Dec 2006
31 SM Katich 92 1 v West Indies Brisbane 26 Nov 2009
32 SR Watson 96 2 v West Indies Adelaide 04 Dec 2009
33 SM Katich 99 1 v West Indies Perth 16 Dec 2009
34 SR Watson 93 1 v Pakistan Melbourne 26 Dec 2009
35 SM Katich 98 1 v Pakistan Melbourne 26 Dec 2009
36 SR Watson 97 3 v Pakistan Sydney 03 Jan 2010
37 SR Watson 95 3 v England Perth 16 Dec 2010
38 CJL Rogers 95 1 v India Sydney 06 Jan 2015
39 DA Warner 97 2 v South Africa Perth 03 Nov 2016

It also provides the fifth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against South Africa at home. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AR Morris 99 1 v South Africa Melbourne 06 Feb 1953
2 IR Redpath 97 2 v South Africa Melbourne 01 Jan 1964
3 MJ Slater 92 2 v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 1994
4 ML Hayden 90 4 v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2006
5 DA Warner 97 2 v South Africa Perth 03 Nov 2016

It also provides the seventh occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against various oppositions in a test at Perth. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MJ Slater 99 3 v New Zealand Perth 12 Nov 1993
2 MA Taylor 96 2 v Sri Lanka Perth 08 Dec 1995
3 JL Langer 97 3 v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004
4 ML Hayden 92 3 v England Perth 14 Dec 2006
5 SM Katich 99 1 v West Indies Perth 16 Dec 2009
6 SR Watson 95 3 v England Perth 16 Dec 2010
7 DA Warner 97 2 v South Africa Perth 03 Nov 2016

 

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