Australian AJ Finch’s 106 at Brisbane on 19.01.18 against England was in a losing cause to provide the 410^th occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain in the annals of one  day games. It also provides the 33^rd occasion of an Australian batsman’s century in a losing cause in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GS Chappell	108	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Feb 1982
2	GM Wood	104*	1	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1985
3	GM Wood	114*	1	v England	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
4	GR Marsh	104	1	v India	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
5	DC Boon	111	1	v India	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
6	DM Jones	104	2	v England	Perth	01 Jan 1987
7	DM Jones	121	1	v Pakistan	Perth	02 Jan 1987
8	DC Boon	100	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1992
9	ME Waugh	108	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 1993
10	ME Waugh	121*	1	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	22 Oct 1994
11	RT Ponting	123	1	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	09 Jan 1996
12	SR Waugh	102*	1	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	16 Jan 1996
13	RT Ponting	102	1	v West Indies	Jaipur	04 Mar 1996
14	MA Taylor	105	1	v India	Bengaluru	21 Oct 1996
15	ME Waugh	102	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	05 Jan 1997
16	MG Bevan	108*	1	v England	The Oval	24 May 1997
17	RT Ponting	100	1	v New Zealand	Melbourne	21 Jan 1998
18	DR Martyn	116*	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	03 Mar 2000
19	DS Lehmann	107	1	v West Indies	St George’s	01 Jun 2003
20	ML Hayden	109	2	v India	Brisbane	18 Jan 2004
21	RT Ponting	164	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006
22	MEK Hussey	109*	1	v West Indies	Kuala Lumpur	18 Sep 2006
23	MEK Hussey	105	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	18 Feb 2007
24	ML Hayden	181*	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	20 Feb 2007
25	SR Watson	116*	1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	03 May 2009
26	MJ Clarke	111*	1	v India	Visakhapatnam	20 Oct 2010
27	RT Ponting	104	1	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Mar 2011
28	PJ Forrest	104	1	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	24 Feb 2012
29	DA Warner	100	1	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	06 Mar 2012
30	MJ Clarke	117	1	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	06 Mar 2012
31	SR Watson	102	1	v India	Nagpur	30 Oct 2013
32	GJ Bailey	156	1	v India	Nagpur	30 Oct 2013
33	JP Faulkner	116	2	v India	Bengaluru	02 Nov 2013
34	AJ Finch	108	2	v England	Perth	24 Jan 2014
35	AJ Finch	102	1	v South Africa	Harare	27 Aug 2014
36	DA Warner	122	1	v India	Sydney	23 Jan 2016
37	MR Marsh	102*	1	v India	Sydney	23 Jan 2016
38	DA Warner	117	1	v South Africa	Durban	05 Oct 2016
39	SPD Smith	108	1	v South Africa	Durban	05 Oct 2016
40	DA Warner	173	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	12 Oct 2016
41	MP Stoinis	146*	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 2017
42	AJ Finch	124	1	v India	Indore	24 Sep 2017
43	AJ Finch	107	1	v England	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018
44	AJ Finch	106	1	v England	Brisbane	19 Jan 2018

It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian batsman’s century going in vain against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GM Wood	114*	1	v England	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
2	DM Jones	104	2	v England	Perth	01 Jan 1987
3	MG Bevan	108*	1	v England	The Oval	24 May 1997
4	AJ Finch	108	2	v England	Perth	24 Jan 2014
5	AJ Finch	107	1	v England	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018
6	AJ Finch	106	1	v England	Brisbane	19 Jan 2018

AJ Finch became  the second Australian batsman to witness five  of his centuries in a losing cause after RT Ponting. The following table lists the centuries scored by these two batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100
1	AJ Finch	Aus	5	5	0	547	124	109.40	5
2	RT Ponting	Aus	5	5	0	593	164	118.60	5

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	108	2	v England	Perth	24 Jan 2014
2	AJ Finch	102	1	v South Africa	Harare	27 Aug 2014
3	AJ Finch	124	1	v India	Indore	24 Sep 2017
4	AJ Finch	107	1	v England	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018
5	AJ Finch	106	1	v England	Brisbane	19 Jan 2018
1	RT Ponting	123	1	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	09 Jan 1996
2	RT Ponting	102	1	v West Indies	Jaipur	04 Mar 1996
3	RT Ponting	100	1	v New Zealand	Melbourne	21 Jan 1998
4	RT Ponting	164	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006
5	RT Ponting	104	1	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Mar 2011

The following table lists the twelve batsmen who have witnessed five or centuries going in vain. The list is headed by SR Tendulkar who has seen fourteen of his hundreds going in vain.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	14	14	1	1743	175	134.07	14
2	CH Gayle	Win	9	9	1	1142	152*	142.75	9
3	KC Sangakkara	Srl	7	7	2	809	138*	161.80	7
4	BRM Taylor	Zim	7	7	4	863	145*	287.66	7
5	LRPL Taylor	NZl	7	7	4	781	128*	260.33	7
6	ME Trescothick	Eng	6	6	0	722	137	120.33	6
7	ADR Campbell	Zim	5	5	1	542	124	135.50	5
8	AJ Finch	Aus	5	5	0	547	124	109.40	5
9	HH Gibbs	RSA	5	5	1	572	143	143.00	5
10	V Kohli	Ind	5	5	0	574	123	114.80	5
11	RT Ponting	Aus	5	5	0	593	164	118.60	5
12	RG Sharma	Ind	5	5	1	697	171*	174.25	5