Captains scoring four or more nineties in one day games – KS Williamson of New Zealand joins the elite list

Captains scoring four or more nineties in one day games – KS Williamson of New Zealand joins the elite list

Kane Stuart Williamson

KS Willamson of New Zealand scored 95 not out against Bangladesh at Nelson on 31.12.16 which represents his fourth score of 90 plus runs while leading New Zealand. He became the seventh captain to score four or more nineties in the history of one day internationals.  The following list tabulates all the seven captains with the performances

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 M Azharuddin 93 2 Ind Aus Brisbane 01 Mar 1992
  2 M Azharuddin 95* 2 Ind Eng Gwalior 05 Mar 1993
  3 M Azharuddin 90 1 Ind RSA Kolkata 24 Nov 1993
  4 M Azharuddin 90* 2 Ind Srl Sharjah 14 Apr 1995
  5 M Azharuddin 94 2 Ind Srl Sharjah 06 Nov 1998
                 
2 1 MD Crowe 91 1 NZl Pak Auckland 21 Mar 1992
  2 MD Crowe 94 2 NZl Zim Harare 08 Nov 1992
  3 MD Crowe 91* 1 NZl Aus Wellington 24 Mar 1993
  4 MD Crowe 91 2 NZl Aus Hamilton 27 Mar 1993
                 
3 1 AB de Villiers 96 1 RSA Srl Kimberley 20 Jan 2012
  2 AB de Villiers 95* 2 RSA Pak Benoni 24 Mar 2013
  3 AB de Villiers 91 1 RSA Aus Melbourne 21 Nov 2014
  4 AB de Villiers 99 1 RSA UAE Wellington 12 Mar 2015
                 
4 1 MS Dhoni 94 1 Ind Srl Colombo (RPS) 05 Feb 2009
  2 MS Dhoni 95 1 Ind Win Kingston 28 Jun 2009
  3 MS Dhoni 91* 2 Ind Srl Mumbai 02 Apr 2011
  4 MS Dhoni 92* 1 Ind RSA Indore 14 Oct 2015
                 
5 1 RT Ponting 92 2 Aus RSA Port Elizabeth 06 Apr 2002
  2 RT Ponting 91 2 Aus Zim Harare 25 May 2004
  3 RT Ponting 91 1 Aus RSA Basseterre 24 Mar 2007
  4 RT Ponting 92 1 Aus Eng The Oval 30 Jun 2010
                 
6 1 GC Smith 90 2 RSA Aus Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
  2 GC Smith 91 2 RSA Sco Basseterre 20 Mar 2007
  3 GC Smith 96 2 RSA Zim Harare 25 Aug 2007
  4 GC Smith 92 1 RSA Pak Dubai (DSC) 05 Nov 2010
                 
7 1 KS Williamson 97 1 NZl Pak Abu Dhabi 19 Dec 2014
  2 KS Williamson 97 1 NZl Zim Harare 02 Aug 2015
  3 KS Williamson 90 1 NZl Zim Harare 07 Aug 2015
  4 KS Williamson 95* 2 NZl Ban Nelson 31 Dec 2016

KS Willamson of New Zealand scored 95 not out against Bangladesh at Nelson on 31.12.16 which represents his fourth score of 90 plus runs while leading New Zealand. He became the second New Zealand captain to score four nineties in the history of one day internationals.  The following list tabulates the performance of both these skippers

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 MD Crowe 91 1 NZl Pak Auckland 21 Mar 1992
  2 MD Crowe 94 2 NZl Zim Harare 08 Nov 1992
  3 MD Crowe 91* 1 NZl Aus Wellington 24 Mar 1993
  4 MD Crowe 91 2 NZl Aus Hamilton 27 Mar 1993
                 
2 1 KS Williamson 97 1 NZl Pak Abu Dhabi 19 Dec 2014
  2 KS Williamson 97 1 NZl Zim Harare 02 Aug 2015
  3 KS Williamson 90 1 NZl Zim Harare 07 Aug 2015
  4 KS Williamson 95* 2 NZl Ban Nelson 31 Dec 2016

 

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