Batsmen batting at number seven and eight scoring centuries in a test innings

Batsmen batting at number seven and eight scoring centuries in a test innings

C de Grandhomme {105} and TA Blundell {107*} of New Zealand scored centuries against West Indies in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the eleventh occasion of batsmen batting at number seven and eight scoring centuries  in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 7 ED Weekes 128 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
  2 8 RJ Christiani 107 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
                   
2 1 7 DS Atkinson 219 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
  2 8 CC Depeiaza 122 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
                   
3 1 7 JHB Waite 113 2 SAF Eng Manchester 07 Jul 1955
  2 8 PL Winslow 108 2 SAF Eng Manchester 07 Jul 1955
                   
4 1 7 PJL Dujon 110 2 Win Ind St John’s 28 Apr 1983
  2 8 CH Lloyd 106 2 Win Ind St John’s 28 Apr 1983
                   
5 1 7 HP Tillakaratne 136* 2 Srl Ind Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001
  2 8 TT Samaraweera 103* 2 Srl Ind Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001
                   
6 1 7 SM Katich 118 2 Aus NZl Christchurch 10 Mar 2005
  2 8 AC Gilchrist 121 2 Aus NZl Christchurch 10 Mar 2005
                   
7 1 7 BB McCullum 111 1 NZl Zim Harare 07 Aug 2005
  2 8 DL Vettori 127 1 NZl Zim Harare 07 Aug 2005
                   
8 1 7 P Jayawardene 120* 2 Srl Ban Col-SSC 25 Jun 2007
  2 8 WPUJC Vaas 100* 2 Srl Ban Col-SSC 25 Jun 2007
                   
9 1 7 IR Bell 115 2 Eng Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2011
  2 8 MJ Prior 118 2 Eng Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2011
                   
10 1 7 BJ Watling 124 3 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
  2 8 JDS Neesham 137* 3 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
                   
11 1 7 C de Grandhomme 105 2 NZl Win Wellington 01 Dec 2017
  2 8 TA Blundell 107* 2 NZl Win Wellington 01 Dec 2017

C de Grandhomme {105} and TA Blundell {107*} of New Zealand scored centuries against West Indies in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the third occasion of New Zealand batsmen batting at number seven and eight scoring centuries  in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 7 BB McCullum 111 1 NZl Zim Harare 07 Aug 2005
  2 8 DL Vettori 127 1 NZl Zim Harare 07 Aug 2005
                   
2 1 7 BJ Watling 124 3 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
  2 8 JDS Neesham 137* 3 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
                   
3 1 7 C de Grandhomme 105 2 NZl Win Wellington 01 Dec 2017
  2 8 TA Blundell 107* 2 NZl Win Wellington 01 Dec 2017

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