Captains scoring a duck and century in the same test – V Kohli joins the list

Captains scoring a duck and century in the same test – V Kohli joins the list

V Kohli scored zero and 104 not out in the just concluded test at Kolkata against Sri Lanka to provide the 20th occasion of a captain scoring a duck and century in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WL Murdoch 0 153* Aus Eng The Oval 06 Sep 1880
2 GHS Trott 0 143 Aus Eng Lord’s 22 Jun 1896
3 DG Bradman 138 0 Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1948
4 PBH May 0 112 Eng SAF Lord’s 23 Jun 1955
5 MC Cowdrey 119 0 Eng Win Port of Spain 25 Mar 1960
6 GS Sobers 0 113* Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
7 MC Cowdrey 101 0 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
8 GS Sobers 132 0 Win Ind Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
9 MW Gatting 100 0 Eng Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
10 A Ranatunga 127 0 Srl Aus Col-SSC 17 Aug 1992
11 MD Crowe 0 107 NZl Srl Col-SSC 06 Dec 1992
12 MA Atherton 144 0 Eng Win Georgetown 17 Mar 1994
13 SP Fleming 192 0 NZl Pak Hamilton 19 Dec 2003
14 Mohd Ashraful 0 129* Ban Srl Col-PSS 03 Jul 2007
15 M Jayawardene 104 0 Srl Aus Hobart 16 Nov 2007
16 AJ Strauss 0 110 Eng Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
17 GC Smith 122 0 SAF Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
18 MJ Clarke 161* 0 Aus SAF Cape Town 01 Mar 2014
19 Misbah-ul-Haq 114 0 Pak Eng Lord’s 14 Jul 2016
20 V Kohli 0 104* Ind Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017

V Kohli scored zero and 104 not out in the just concluded test at Kolkata against Sri Lanka to provide the third occasion of a captain scoring a duck and century in a test against Sri Lanka in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. V Kohli became the first Indian captain to accomplish such a feat

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MD Crowe 0 107 NZl Srl Col-SSC 06 Dec 1992
2 Mohd Ashraful 0 129* Ban Srl Col-PSS 03 Jul 2007
3 V Kohli 0 104* Ind Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017

GS Sobers of West Indies and MC Cowdrey of England are the two captains to accomplish the feat on two occasions. MC Cowdrey’s both the feats were against West Indies. It is also interesting to note that both these captains have chosen Kingston and  Port of Spain as  grounds  for their performance

No Player Bat1 Bat2 Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GS Sobers 0 113* Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
2 GS Sobers 132 0 Win Ind Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
               
1 MC Cowdrey 119 0 Eng Win Port of Spain 25 Mar 1960
2 MC Cowdrey 101 0 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968

GS Sobers of West Indies and MC Cowdrey of England have accomplished the feat as rival captains at Kingston in Feb 1968. This is the only occasion in the annals of test cricket when rival captains have scored a duck and a century in the same test.

No Player Bat1 Bat2 Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GS Sobers 0 113* Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
2 MC Cowdrey 101 0 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968

 

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