Australia vs Pakistan Test Series : Two batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings : Australian batsmen does it for the 25th occasion
RT Ponting {209} and MJ Clarke {166} scored 150 plus runs against Pakistan in the third test at Hobart providing the 103rd occasion of two or more batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket.
As far as Australia is concerned, the feat of RT Ponting and MJ Clarke provide the 25th occasion of two batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All the twenty five occasions are listed below
| No | Aus {inns} vOpp | Ground | Season | ||
| Batsman1 | Score | Batsman2 | Score | ||
| 1 | Aus (inns 1) v Eng | Sydney | 1894/95 | ||
| G Giffen | 161 | SE Gregrory | 201 | ||
| 2 | Aus (inns 2) v Eng | Lord’s | 1930 | ||
| WMWoodull | 155 | DGBradman | 254 | ||
| 3 | Aus (inns 3) vSAF | Melbourne | 1931/32 | ||
| WMWoodull | 161 | DGBradman | 167 | ||
| 4 | Aus (inns 2) v Eng | Leeds | 1934 | ||
| WHPonsford | 181 | DGBradman | 304 | ||
| 5 | Aus (inns 1) v Eng | The Oval | 1934 | ||
| WHPonsford | 266 | DGBradman | 244 | ||
| 6 | Aus (inns 2) v Eng | Sydney | 1946/47 | ||
| WM Lawry | 166 | DGBradman | 234 | ||
| 7 | Aus (inns 1) v Ind | Adelaide | 1947/48 | ||
| AL Hassett | 198 | DGBradman | 204 | ||
| 8 | Aus (inns 4) v Eng | Leeds | 1948 | ||
| AR Morris | 181 | DGBradman | 173 | ||
| 9 | Aus (inns 1) vSAF | PElizabeth | 1949/50 | ||
| WM Lawry | 166 | AL Hassett | 167 | ||
| 10 | Aus (inns 1) vSAF | Adelaide | 1952/53 | ||
| CCMcDonald | 154 | AL Hassett | 163 | ||
| 11 | Aus (inns 1) v Eng | Brisbane | 1954/55 | ||
| AR Morris | 153 | RN Harvey | 162 | ||
| 12 | Aus (inns 1) v Win | Bridgetown | 1964/65 | ||
| WM Lawry | 210 | RB Simpson | 201 | ||
| 13 | Aus (inns 1) v Eng | Brisbane | 1965/66 | ||
| WM Lawry | 166 | KD Walters | 155 | ||
| 14 | Aus (inns 2) v Win | Melbourne | 1968/69 | ||
| WM Lawry | 205 | IM Chappell | 165 | ||
| 15 | Aus (inns 1) v Win | Sydney | 1968/69 | ||
| WM Lawry | 151 | KD Walters | 242 | ||
| 16 | Aus (inns 1) v Pak | Faisalabad | 1979/80 | ||
| GSChappell | 235 | GN Yallop | 172 | ||
| 17 | Aus (inns 1) v Eng | Lord’s | 1993 | ||
| MJ Slater | 152 | DC Boon | 164 | ||
| 18 | Aus (inns 1) v Eng | Leeds | 1993 | ||
| AR Border | 200* | SR Waugh | 157* | ||
| 19 | Aus (inns 2) vSAF | Jo’burg | 1996/97 | ||
| SR Waugh | 160 | GS Blewett | 214 | ||
| 20 | Aus (inns 1) v Win | Trinidad | 2002/03 | ||
| RT Ponting | 206 | DSLehmann | 150 | ||
| 21 | Aus (inns 2) v Ban | Cairns | 2003 | ||
| DSLehmann | 177 | SR Waugh | 156* | ||
| 22 | Aus (inns 1) v NZl | Wellington | 2004/05 | ||
| DR Martyn | 165 | ACGilchrist | 162 | ||
| 23 | Aus (inns 2) v Ban | Chittagong | 2005/06 | ||
| JNGillespie | 201 | MEKHussey | 182 | ||
| 24 | Aus (inns 2) v Eng | Melbourne | 2006/07 | ||
| ML Hayden | 153 | ASymonds | 156 | ||
| 25 | Aus (inns 1) v Pak | Hobart | 2009/10 | ||
| RT Ponting | 209 | MJ Clarke | 166 |