West Indian captains scoring centuries in a test innings

West Indian captains scoring centuries in a test innings

West Indies captain JO Holder scored 202 not out against England at Bridgetown in the just concluded teat to provide the  72nd occasion of a West Indies  captain scoring a test hundred. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 JB Stollmeyer 104 4 v Australia Sydney 25 Jan 1952
2 JB Stollmeyer 104* 4 v India Port of Spain 19 Feb 1953
3 DS Atkinson 219 2 v Australia Bridgetown 14 May 1955
4 GS Sobers 161 1 v England Manchester 02 Jun 1966
5 GS Sobers 163* 3 v England Lord’s 16 Jun 1966
6 GS Sobers 174 1 v England Leeds 04 Aug 1966
7 GS Sobers 113* 3 v England Kingston 08 Feb 1968
8 GS Sobers 152 1 v England Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
9 GS Sobers 110 1 v Australia Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
10 GS Sobers 113 4 v Australia Sydney 14 Feb 1969
11 GS Sobers 108* 3 v India Georgetown 19 Mar 1971
12 GS Sobers 178* 1 v India Bridgetown 01 Apr 1971
13 GS Sobers 132 2 v India Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
14 GS Sobers 142 3 v New Zealand Bridgetown 23 Mar 1972
15 RB Kanhai 105 2 v Australia Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
16 RB Kanhai 157 1 v England Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
17 CH Lloyd 163 3 v India Bengaluru 22 Nov 1974
18 CH Lloyd 242* 1 v India Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
19 CH Lloyd 149 2 v Australia Perth 12 Dec 1975
20 CH Lloyd 102 3 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1975
21 CH Lloyd 102 2 v India Bridgetown 10 Mar 1976
22 CH Lloyd 157 2 v Pakistan Bridgetown 18 Feb 1977
23 AI Kallicharran 126 4 v Australia Kingston 28 Apr 1978
24 AI Kallicharran 187 2 v India Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
25 CH Lloyd 121 1 v Australia Adelaide 26 Jan 1980
26 CH Lloyd 101 2 v England Manchester 10 Jul 1980
27 CH Lloyd 100 1 v England Bridgetown 13 Mar 1981
28 CH Lloyd 143 2 v India Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983
29 CH Lloyd 106 2 v India St John’s 28 Apr 1983
30 CH Lloyd 103 2 v India Delhi 29 Oct 1983
31 CH Lloyd 161* 2 v India Kolkata 10 Dec 1983
32 CH Lloyd 114 2 v Australia Brisbane 23 Nov 1984
33 IVA Richards 105 2 v New Zealand Bridgetown 26 Apr 1985
34 IVA Richards 110* 3 v England St John’s 11 Apr 1986
35 IVA Richards 109* 4 v India Delhi 25 Nov 1987
36 IVA Richards 123 3 v Pakistan Port of Spain 14 Apr 1988
37 IVA Richards 146 1 v Australia Perth 02 Dec 1988
38 IVA Richards 110 2 v India Kingston 28 Apr 1989
39 DL Haynes 117 1 v Pakistan Karachi 15 Nov 1990
40 RB Richardson 109 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 1993
41 RB Richardson 100 1 v Australia Kingston 29 Apr 1995
42 BC Lara 213 2 v Australia Kingston 13 Mar 1999
43 BC Lara 153* 4 v Australia Bridgetown 26 Mar 1999
44 BC Lara 100 2 v Australia St John’s 03 Apr 1999
45 JC Adams 101* 2 v Zimbabwe Kingston 24 Mar 2000
46 CL Hooper 149 2 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 19 Jul 2001
47 CL Hooper 233 1 v India Georgetown 11 Apr 2002
48 CL Hooper 115 2 v India Bridgetown 02 May 2002
49 CL Hooper 136 2 v India St John’s 10 May 2002
50 BC Lara 110 3 v Australia Georgetown 10 Apr 2003
51 BC Lara 122 4 v Australia Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
52 BC Lara 209 2 v Sri Lanka Gros Islet 20 Jun 2003
53 BC Lara 191 1 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 12 Nov 2003
54 BC Lara 202 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
55 BC Lara 115 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
56 BC Lara 400* 1 v England St John’s 10 Apr 2004
57 BC Lara 120 2 v Bangladesh Kingston 04 Jun 2004
58 S Chanderpaul 203* 1 v South Africa Georgetown 31 Mar 2005
59 S Chanderpaul 127 2 v South Africa St John’s 29 Apr 2005
60 S Chanderpaul 153* 3 v Pakistan Bridgetown 26 May 2005
61 BC Lara 120 3 v India Gros Islet 10 Jun 2006
62 BC Lara 122 3 v Pakistan Lahore 11 Nov 2006
63 BC Lara 216 2 v Pakistan Multan 19 Nov 2006
64 RR Sarwan 128 4 v Australia North Sound 30 May 2008
65 CH Gayle 197 3 v New Zealand Napier 19 Dec 2008
65 CH Gayle 104 2 v England Kingston 04 Feb 2009
67 CH Gayle 102 2 v England Port of Spain 06 Mar 2009
68 CH Gayle 165* 3 v Australia Adelaide 04 Dec 2009
69 CH Gayle 102 2 v Australia Perth 16 Dec 2009
70 DJG Sammy 106 1 v England Nottingham 25 May 2012
71 JO Holder 110 2 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 29 Oct 2017
72 JO Holder 202* 3 v England Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

It also provides the 14th occasion of a West Indies captain scoring a century against England. All such occasions are tabulated below. JO Holder became the second West Indian captain to score a century against England at Bridgetown after CH Lloyd. CH Lloyd had scored 100 against England at Bridgetown in Mar 1981

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GS Sobers 161 1 v England Manchester 02 Jun 1966
2 GS Sobers 163* 3 v England Lord’s 16 Jun 1966
3 GS Sobers 174 1 v England Leeds 04 Aug 1966
4 GS Sobers 113* 3 v England Kingston 08 Feb 1968
5 GS Sobers 152 1 v England Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
6 RB Kanhai 157 1 v England Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
7 CH Lloyd 101 2 v England Manchester 10 Jul 1980
8 CH Lloyd 100 1 v England Bridgetown 13 Mar 1981
9 IVA Richards 110* 3 v England St John’s 11 Apr 1986
10 BC Lara 400* 1 v England St John’s 10 Apr 2004
11 CH Gayle 104 2 v England Kingston 04 Feb 2009
12 CH Gayle 102 2 v England Port of Spain 06 Mar 2009
13 DJG Sammy 106 1 v England Nottingham 25 May 2012
14 JO Holder 202* 3 v England Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

JO  Holder’s 202 not out in this test provides the tenth occasion of a West Indies captain scoring a double century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. JO Holder became the second West Indian captain to score a double century in a test innings at Bridgetown after DS Atkinson. DS Atkinson had scored 219 against Australia at Bridgetown in May 1955

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 DS Atkinson 219 2 v Australia Bridgetown 14 May 1955
2 CH Lloyd 242* 1 v India Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
3 BC Lara 213 2 v Australia Kingston 13 Mar 1999
4 CL Hooper 233 1 v India Georgetown 11 Apr 2002
5 BC Lara 209 2 v Sri Lanka Gros Islet 20 Jun 2003
6 BC Lara 202 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
7 BC Lara 400* 1 v England St John’s 10 Apr 2004
8 S Chanderpaul 203* 1 v South Africa Georgetown 31 Mar 2005
9 BC Lara 216 2 v Pakistan Multan 19 Nov 2006
10 JO Holder 202* 3 v England Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

JO Holder became the second West Indian captain to score a double century in a test innings against England after BC Lara. BC Lara had scored 400 not out against England at St John’s in Apr 2004.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 BC Lara 400* 1 v England St John’s 10 Apr 2004
2 JO Holder 202* 3 v England Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019
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