Batsmen scoring a century and a half century including twin centuries against Australia

Batsmen scoring a century and a half century including twin centuries against Australia

CA Pujara of India scored 123 and 71 against Australia in the ongoing test at Adelaide to provide the 100th occasion of a batsman scoring a century and a half-century including twin centuries in a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 G Ulyett 149 64 Eng Aus Melbourne 10 Mar 1882
2 A Shrewsbury snr 106 81 Eng Aus Lord’s 17 Jul 1893
3 A Ward 75 117 Eng Aus Sydney 14 Dec 1894
4 KS Ranjitsinhji 62 154* Eng Aus Manchester 16 Jul 1896
5 AC MacLaren 109 50* Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1897
6 G Gunn 119 74 Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1907
7 GA Faulkner 56 115 SAF Aus Adelaide 07 Jan 1911
8 CAG Russell 135* 59 Eng Aus Adelaide 14 Jan 1921
9 JWH Makepeace 117 54 Eng Aus Melbourne 11 Feb 1921
10 AW Nourse 64 111 SAF Aus Johannesburg 12 Nov 1921
11 JB Hobbs 115 57 Eng Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
12 H Sutcliffe 59 115 Eng Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
13 H Sutcliffe 176 127 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
14 H Sutcliffe 76 161 Eng Aus The Oval 14 Aug 1926
15 H Sutcliffe 58 135 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1928
16 WR Hammond 119* 177 Eng Aus Adelaide 01 Feb 1929
17 JB Hobbs 142 65 Eng Aus Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
18 M Leyland 137 53* Eng Aus Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
19 H Sutcliffe 161 54 Eng Aus The Oval 16 Aug 1930
20 WR Hammond 101 75* Eng Aus Sydney 23 Feb 1933
21 WJ Edrich 71 119 Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1946
22 C Washbrook 62 112 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1947
23 DCS Compton 147 103* Eng Aus Adelaide 31 Jan 1947
24 VS Hazare 116 145 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
25 C Washbrook 143 65 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1948
26 WJ Edrich 111 54 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1948
27 AD Nourse 65 114 SAF Aus Cape Town 31 Dec 1949
28 ED Weekes 139 87* Win Aus Port of Spain 11 Apr 1955
29 CL Walcott 126 110 Win Aus Port of Spain 11 Apr 1955
30 CL Walcott 155 110 Win Aus Kingston 11 Jun 1955
31 JHB Waite 115 59 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957
32 Hanif Mohammad 51 101* Pak Aus Karachi 04 Dec 1959
33 RB Kanhai 117 115 Win Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
34 R Subba Row 59 112 Eng Aus Birmingham 08 Jun 1961
35 MC Cowdrey 113 58* Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
36 KF Barrington 63 132* Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1963
37 KF Barrington 101 94 Eng Aus Sydney 15 Feb 1963
38 EJ Barlow 109 54 SAF Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1964
39 Hanif Mohammad 104 93 Pak Aus Melbourne 04 Dec 1964
40 KF Barrington 60 102 Eng Aus Adelaide 28 Jan 1966
41 DT Lindsay 69 182 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
42 ML Jaisimha 74 101 Ind Aus Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
43 GS Sobers 110 52 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
44 BF Butcher 52 118 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
45 BA Richards 81 126 SAF Aus Port Elizabeth 05 Mar 1970
46 G Boycott 77 142* Eng Aus Sydney 09 Jan 1971
47 G Boycott 58 119* Eng Aus Adelaide 29 Jan 1971
48 GM Turner 101 110* NZl Aus Christchurch 08 Mar 1974
49 Zaheer Abbas 85 101 Pak Aus Adelaide 24 Dec 1976
50 RA Woolmer 79 120 Eng Aus Lord’s 16 Jun 1977
51 G Boycott 107 80* Eng Aus Nottingham 28 Jul 1977
52 M Amarnath 90 100 Ind Aus Perth 16 Dec 1977
53 G Boycott 62 128* Eng Aus Lord’s 28 Aug 1980
54 IT Botham 50 149* Eng Aus Leeds 16 Jul 1981
55 DW Randall 78 115 Eng Aus Perth 12 Nov 1982
56 DI Gower 60 114 Eng Aus Adelaide 10 Dec 1982
57 DL Haynes 60 103* Win Aus Georgetown 2 Mar 1984
58 HA Gomes 60 120* Win Aus Adelaide 07 Dec 1984
59 AH Jones 150 64 NZl Aus Adelaide 11 Dec 1987
60 DL Haynes 75 143 Win Aus Sydney 26 Jan 1989
61 DI Gower 57 106 Eng Aus Lord’s 22 Jun 1989
62 MJ Greatbatch 76 146* NZl Aus Perth 24 Nov 1989
63 Wasim Akram 52 123 Pak Aus Adelaide 19 Jan 1990
64 GA Gooch 87 117 Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
65 KR Rutherford 57 102 NZl Aus Christchurch 25 Feb 1993
66 GA Gooch 65 133 Eng Aus Manchester 03 Jun 1993
67 Saleem Malik 75 143 Pak Aus Lahore 01 Nov 1994
68 G Kirsten 77 108* SAF Aus Adelaide 30 Jan 1998
69 AJ Stewart 107 52 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
70 Saeed Anwar 61 119 Pak Aus Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
71 SR Tendulkar 116 52 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
72 CL Cairns 109 69 NZl Aus Wellington 24 Mar 2000
73 VVS Laxman 59 281 Ind Aus Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
74 L Vincent 104 54 NZl Aus Perth 30 Nov 2001
75 HH Gibbs 51 104 SAF Aus Durban 15 Mar 2002
76 BC Lara 91 122 Win Aus Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
77 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
78 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
79 JH Kallis 111 50* SAF Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2006
80 KC Sangakkara 57 192 Srl Aus Hobart 16 Nov 2007
81 V Sehwag 63 151 Ind Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 2008
82 RR Sarwan 65 128 Win Aus North Sound 30 May 2008
83 S Chanderpaul 107* 77* Win Aus North Sound 30 May 2008
84 G Gambhir 67 104 Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
85 VVS Laxman 200* 59* Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
86 AB de Villiers 63 106* SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
87 SR Tendulkar 214 53* Ind Aus Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
88 AN Cook 67 235* Eng Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
89 F du Plessis 78 110* SAF Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
90 IR Bell 109 74 Eng Aus Lord’s 18 Jul 2013
91 Younis Khan 106 103* Pak Aus Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2014
92 Azhar Ali 109 100* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
93 Misbah-ul-Haq 101 101* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
94 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
95 V Kohli 169 54 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
96 JE Root 134 60 Eng Aus Cardiff 08 Jul 2015
97 KS Williamson 140 59 NZl Aus Brisbane 05 Nov 2015
98 DM de Silva 129 65* Srl Aus Colombo (SSC) 13 Aug 2016
99 DJ Malan 140 54 Eng Aus Perth 14 Dec 2017
100 CA Pujara 123 71 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018

It also provides the 14th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century and a half-century including twin centuries in a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 116 145 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 ML Jaisimha 74 101 Ind Aus Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
3 M Amarnath 90 100 Ind Aus Perth 16 Dec 1977
4 SR Tendulkar 116 52 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
5 VVS Laxman 59 281 Ind Aus Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
6 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
7 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
8 V Sehwag 63 151 Ind Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 2008
9 G Gambhir 67 104 Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
10 VVS Laxman 200* 59* Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
11 SR Tendulkar 214 53* Ind Aus Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
12 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
13 V Kohli 169 54 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
14 CA Pujara 123 71 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018

It also provides the 58th occasion of a batsman scoring a century and a half-century including twin centuries in a test against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 G Ulyett 149 64 Eng Aus Melbourne 10 Mar 1882
2 A Ward 75 117 Eng Aus Sydney 14 Dec 1894
3 AC MacLaren 109 50* Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1897
4 G Gunn 119 74 Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1907
5 GA Faulkner 56 115 SAF Aus Adelaide 07 Jan 1911
6 CAG Russell 135* 59 Eng Aus Adelaide 14 Jan 1921
7 JWH Makepeace 117 54 Eng Aus Melbourne 11 Feb 1921
8 JB Hobbs 115 57 Eng Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
9 H Sutcliffe 59 115 Eng Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
10 H Sutcliffe 176 127 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
11 H Sutcliffe 58 135 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1928
12 WR Hammond 119* 177 Eng Aus Adelaide 01 Feb 1929
13 JB Hobbs 142 65 Eng Aus Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
14 M Leyland 137 53* Eng Aus Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
15 WR Hammond 101 75* Eng Aus Sydney 23 Feb 1933
16 WJ Edrich 71 119 Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1946
17 C Washbrook 62 112 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1947
18 DCS Compton 147 103* Eng Aus Adelaide 31 Jan 1947
19 VS Hazare 116 145 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
20 RB Kanhai 117 115 Win Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
21 MC Cowdrey 113 58* Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
22 KF Barrington 63 132* Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1963
23 KF Barrington 101 94 Eng Aus Sydney 15 Feb 1963
24 EJ Barlow 109 54 SAF Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1964
25 Hanif Mohammad 104 93 Pak Aus Melbourne 04 Dec 1964
26 KF Barrington 60 102 Eng Aus Adelaide 28 Jan 1966
27 ML Jaisimha 74 101 Ind Aus Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
28 GS Sobers 110 52 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
29 BF Butcher 52 118 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
30 G Boycott 77 142* Eng Aus Sydney 09 Jan 1971
31 G Boycott 58 119* Eng Aus Adelaide 29 Jan 1971
32 Zaheer Abbas 85 101 Pak Aus Adelaide 24 Dec 1976
33 M Amarnath 90 100 Ind Aus Perth 16 Dec 1977
34 DW Randall 78 115 Eng Aus Perth 12 Nov 1982
35 DI Gower 60 114 Eng Aus Adelaide 10 Dec 1982
36 HA Gomes 60 120* Win Aus Adelaide 07 Dec 1984
37 AH Jones 150 64 NZl Aus Adelaide 11 Dec 1987
38 DL Haynes 75 143 Win Aus Sydney 26 Jan 1989
39 MJ Greatbatch 76 146* NZl Aus Perth 24 Nov 1989
40 Wasim Akram 52 123 Pak Aus Adelaide 19 Jan 1990
41 GA Gooch 87 117 Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
42 G Kirsten 77 108* SAF Aus Adelaide 30 Jan 1998
43 AJ Stewart 107 52 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
44 Saeed Anwar 61 119 Pak Aus Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
45 SR Tendulkar 116 52 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
46 L Vincent 104 54 NZl Aus Perth 30 Nov 2001
47 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
48 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
49 JH Kallis 111 50* SAF Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2006
50 V Sehwag 63 151 Ind Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 2008
51 AB de Villiers 63 106* SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
52 AN Cook 67 235* Eng Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
53 F du Plessis 78 110* SAF Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
54 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
55 V Kohli 169 54 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
56 KS Williamson 140 59 NZl Aus Brisbane 05 Nov 2015
57 DJ Malan 140 54 Eng Aus Perth 14 Dec 2017
58 CA Pujara 123 71 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018

It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century and a half-century including twin centuries in a test against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 116 145 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 ML Jaisimha 74 101 Ind Aus Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
3 M Amarnath 90 100 Ind Aus Perth 16 Dec 1977
4 SR Tendulkar 116 52 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
5 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
6 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
7 V Sehwag 63 151 Ind Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 2008
8 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
9 V Kohli 169 54 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
10 CA Pujara 123 71 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018

It also provides the 23rd occasion of a batsman scoring a century and a half-century including twin centuries in a test against Australia at Adelaide. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 GA Faulkner 56 115 SAF Aus Adelaide 07 Jan 1911
2 CAG Russell 135* 59 Eng Aus Adelaide 14 Jan 1921
3 WR Hammond 119* 177 Eng Aus Adelaide 01 Feb 1929
4 DCS Compton 147 103* Eng Aus Adelaide 31 Jan 1947
5 VS Hazare 116 145 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
6 RB Kanhai 117 115 Win Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
7 KF Barrington 63 132* Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1963
8 KF Barrington 60 102 Eng Aus Adelaide 28 Jan 1966
9 GS Sobers 110 52 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
10 BF Butcher 52 118 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
11 G Boycott 58 119* Eng Aus Adelaide 29 Jan 1971
12 Zaheer Abbas 85 101 Pak Aus Adelaide 24 Dec 1976
13 DI Gower 60 114 Eng Aus Adelaide 10 Dec 1982
14 HA Gomes 60 120* Win Aus Adelaide 07 Dec 1984
15 AH Jones 150 64 NZl Aus Adelaide 11 Dec 1987
16 Wasim Akram 52 123 Pak Aus Adelaide 19 Jan 1990
17 GA Gooch 87 117 Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
18 G Kirsten 77 108* SAF Aus Adelaide 30 Jan 1998
19 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
20 V Sehwag 63 151 Ind Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 2008
21 F du Plessis 78 110* SAF Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
22 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
23 CA Pujara 123 71 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018

It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century and a half-century including twin centuries in a test against Australia at Adelaide. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 116 145 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
3 V Sehwag 63 151 Ind Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 2008
4 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
5 CA Pujara 123 71 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018

The following table lists the six occasions of batsmen scoring 200 plus runs and a half-century in a test against Australia. It is interesting to note that of the six occasions in which a batsman has scored 200 plus runs and a half-century in a test against Australia, five such occasions are performed by Indian batsmen

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 VVS Laxman 59 281 Ind Aus Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
2 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
3 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
4 VVS Laxman 200* 59* Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
5 SR Tendulkar 214 53* Ind Aus Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
6 AN Cook 67 235* Eng Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010

The following table lists the occasions of batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Australia. VS Haare and V Kohli are the two Indian batsmen to perform such a feat against Australia. Both the batsmen performing  the feat in a test at Adelaide

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 H Sutcliffe 176 127 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
2 WR Hammond 119* 177 Eng Aus Adelaide 01 Feb 1929
3 DCS Compton 147 103* Eng Aus Adelaide 31 Jan 1947
4 VS Hazare 116 145 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
5 CL Walcott 126 110 Win Aus Port of Spain 11 Apr 1955
6 CL Walcott 155 110 Win Aus Kingston 11 Jun 1955
7 RB Kanhai 117 115 Win Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
8 GM Turner 101 110* NZl Aus Christchurch 08 Mar 1974
9 Younis Khan 106 103* Pak Aus Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2014
10 Misbah-ul-Haq 101 101* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
11 Azhar Ali 109 100* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
12 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014

 

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