AN Cook of England became the fifth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score centuries on debut test and also in the farewell test.  He had scored 104 not out against India on his test debut at Nagpur in Mar 2006 and scored 147 in his farewell test  also against India at  The Oval in Sep 2018. RA Duff, WH Ponsford, GS Chappell, and M Azharuddin are the other four batsmen to perform such a rare feat. The performance of these five batsmen is tabulated below.

AN Cook is the third batsman to perform the feat against the same opposition and is also the first England batsman to perform such a feat. RA Duff, WH Ponsford chose Australia as their opposition, while AN Cook chose India as his opposition. GS Chappell scored his debut century against England and scored his farewell test century against Pakistan. M Azaruddin’s debut test century came against England while his farewell test century was against South Africa.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Test
1	RA Duff	104	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Debut
	RA Duff	146	2	Aus	Eng	The Oval	14 Aug 1905	Farewell
2	WH Ponsford	110	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Debut
	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Farewell
3	GS Chappell	108	2	Aus	Eng	Perth	11 Dec 1970	Debut
	GS Chappell	182	2	Aus	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Farewell
4	M Azharuddin	110	1	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	31 Dec 1984	Debut
	M Azharuddin	102	3	Ind	SAF	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Farewell
5	AN Cook	104*	3	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Debut
	AN Cook	147	3	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018	Farewell