Centuries by batsmen in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause

Centuries by batsmen in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause

MDJK Perera of Sri Lanka scored 153 not out against South Africa in the just concluded test at Durban to provide the 73rd occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JT Brown 140 4 Eng Aus Melbourne 01 Mar 1895
2 J Darling 160 4 Aus Eng Sydney 26 Feb 1898
3 GL Jessop 104 4 Eng Aus The Oval 11 Aug 1902
4 JB Hobbs 126* 4 Eng Aus Melbourne 30 Dec 1911
5 H Sutcliffe 135 4 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1928
6 AR Morris 182 4 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1948
7 DG Bradman 173* 4 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1948
8 RN Harvey 151* 4 Aus SAF Durban 20 Jan 1950
9 AL Hassett 102 4 Aus Win Melbourne 31 Dec 1951
10 CC Hunte 114 4 Win Pak Georgetown 13 Mar 1958
11 GS Sobers 109* 4 Win Pak Georgetown 13 Mar 1958
12 Rev.DS Sheppard 113 4 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
13 CC Hunte 108* 4 Win Eng The Oval 22 Aug 1963
14 Mohd Ilyas 126 4 Pak NZl Karachi 09 Apr 1965
15 SM Nurse 168 4 Win NZl Auckland 27 Feb 1969
16 GM Turner 110* 4 NZl Aus Christchurch 08 Mar 1974
17 GS Chappell 109* 4 Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
18 SM Gavaskar 102 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
19 GR Viswanath 112 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
20 AL Mann 105 4 Aus Ind Perth 16 Dec 1977
21 GM Wood 126 4 Aus Win Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
22 CS Serjeant 124 4 Aus Win Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
23 CG Greenidge 214* 4 Win Eng Lord’s 28 Jun 1984
24 Mudassar Nazar 106 4 Pak NZl Hyd-Pak 25 Nov 1984
25 Javed Miandad 103* 4 Pak NZl Hyd-Pak 25 Nov 1984
26 JV Coney 111* 4 NZl Pak Dunedin 09 Feb 1985
27 IVA Richards 109* 4 Win Ind Delhi 25 Nov 1987
28 DL Haynes 112* 4 Win Ind Bridgetown 07 Apr 1989
29 JG Wright 117* 4 NZl Aus Wellington 15 Mar 1990
30 BA Young 120 4 NZl Pak Christchurch 24 Feb 1994
31 SA Thomson 120* 4 NZl Pak Christchurch 24 Feb 1994
32 MA Atherton 118 4 Eng NZl Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
33 ME Waugh 116 4 Aus SAF Port Elizabeth 14 Mar 1997
34 PA de Silva 143* 4 Srl Zim Col-SSC 14 Jan 1998
35 MA Taylor 102* 4 Aus Ind Bengaluru 25 Mar 1998
36 BC Lara 153* 4 Win Aus Bridgetown 26 Mar 1999
37 JL Langer 127 4 Aus Pak Hobart 18 Nov 1999
38 AC Gilchrist 149* 4 Aus Pak Hobart 18 Nov 1999
39 JL Langer 122* 4 Aus NZl Hamilton 31 Mar 2000
40 MA Butcher 173* 4 Eng Aus Leeds 16 Aug 2001
41 RT Ponting 100* 4 Aus SAF Cape Town 08 Mar 2002
42 HH Gibbs 104 4 SAF Aus Durban 15 Mar 2002
43 RR Sarwan 105 4 Win Aus St John’s 09 May 2003
44 S Chanderpaul 104 4 Win Aus St John’s 09 May 2003
45 Yasir Hameed 105 4 Pak Ban Karachi 20 Aug 2003
46 Mohd Hafeez 102* 4 Pak Ban Peshawar 27 Aug 2003
47 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* 4 Pak Ban Multan 03 Sep 2003
48 ML Hayden 101* 4 Aus Zim Sydney 17 Oct 2003
49 GC Smith 125* 4 SAF NZl Wellington 26 Mar 2004
50 N Hussain 103* 4 Eng NZl Lord’s 20 May 2004
51 GP Thorpe 104* 4 Eng NZl Nottingham 10 Jun 2004
52 RT Ponting 143* 4 Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
53 DR Martyn 101 4 Aus SAF Johannesburg 31 Mar 2006
54 RT Ponting 118* 4 Aus Ban Fatullah 09 Apr 2006
55 M Jayawardene 123 4 Srl SAF Col-PSS 04 Aug 2006
56 RR Sarwan 102 4 Win Srl Port of Spain 03 Apr 2008
57 AJ Strauss 106 4 Eng NZl Manchester 23 May 2008
58 GC Smith 154* 4 SAF Eng Birmingham 30 Jul 2008
59 SR Tendulkar 103* 4 Ind Eng Chennai 11 Dec 2008
60 GC Smith 108 4 SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
61 AB de Villiers 106* 4 SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
62 AN Cook 109* 4 Eng Ban Dhaka 20 Mar 2010
63 VVS Laxman 103* 4 Ind Srl Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
64 GC Smith 101* 4 SAF Aus Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
65 HM Amla 112 4 SAF Aus Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
66 CJL Rogers 116 4 Aus Eng Melbourne 26 Dec 2013
67 Azhar Ali 103 4 Pak Srl Sharjah 16 Jan 2014
68 Shan Masood 125 4 Pak Srl Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
69 Younis Khan 171* 4 Pak Srl Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
70 KS Williamson 108* 4 NZl Srl Hamilton 18 Dec 2015
71 KS Williamson 104* 4 NZl Ban Wellington 12 Jan 2017
72 SD Hope 118* 4 Win Eng Leeds 25 Aug 2017
73 MDKJ Perera 153* 4 Srl SAF Durban 13 Feb 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred in the fourth innings of test in a winning cause. All the three occasions are listed below. MDKJ Perera’s 153 not out represent the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan batsman in this category of statistics. The previous best was 143 not out by PA de Silva against Zimbabwe at Col-SSC in Jan 1998.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 PA de Silva 143* 4 Srl Zim Col-SSC 14 Jan 1998
2 M Jayawardene 123 4 Srl SAF Col-PSS 04 Aug 2006
3 MDKJ Perera 153* 4 Srl SAF Durban 13 Feb 2019

MDKJ Perera’s 153 not out provide the seventh occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the fourth innings of test in a winning cause. All the seven occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RN Harvey 151* 4 Aus SAF Durban 20 Jan 1950
2 ME Waugh 116 4 Aus SAF Port Elizabeth 14 Mar 1997
3 RT Ponting 100* 4 Aus SAF Cape Town 08 Mar 2002
4 RT Ponting 143* 4 Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
5 DR Martyn 101 4 Aus SAF Johannesburg 31 Mar 2006
6 M Jayawardene 123 4 Srl SAF Col-PSS 04 Aug 2006
7 MDKJ Perera 153* 4 Srl SAF Durban 13 Feb 2019

It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred in the fourth innings of test in a winning cause against South Africa. Both the occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 M Jayawardene 123 4 Srl SAF Col-PSS 04 Aug 2006
2 MDKJ Perera 153* 4 Srl SAF Durban 13 Feb 2019

MDKJ Perera’s 153 not out represent the highest individual score by a batsman in this category of statistics against South Africa. The previous best was 151 not out by RN Harvey against South Africa at Durban in Jan 1950

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RN Harvey 151* 4 Aus SAF Durban 20 Jan 1950
2 MDKJ Perera 153* 4 Srl SAF Durban 13 Feb 2019

A Close scrutiny of the long list of batsmen who have scored fourth innings centuries winning cause provides the eleven occasions of two batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test helping their teams to win the test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 AR Morris 182 4 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1948
  2 DG Bradman 173* 4 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1948
                 
2 1 CC Hunte 114 4 Win Pak Georgetown 13 Mar 1958
  2 GS Sobers 109* 4 Win Pak Georgetown 13 Mar 1958
                 
3 1 SM Gavaskar 102 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
  2 GR Viswanath 112 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
                 
4 1 GM Wood 126 4 Aus Win Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
  2 CS Serjeant 124 4 Aus Win Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
                 
5 1 Mudassar Nazar 106 4 Pak NZl Hyd-Pak 25 Nov 1984
  2 Javed Miandad 103* 4 Pak NZl Hyd-Pak 25 Nov 1984
                 
6 1 BA Young 120 4 NZl Pak Christchurch 24 Feb 1994
  2 SA Thomson 120* 4 NZl Pak Christchurch 24 Feb 1994
                 
7 1 JL Langer 127 4 Aus Pak Hobart 18 Nov 1999
  2 AC Gilchrist 149* 4 Aus Pak Hobart 18 Nov 1999
                 
8 1 RR Sarwan 105 4 Win Aus St John’s 09 May 2003
  2 S Chanderpaul 104 4 Win Aus St John’s 09 May 2003
                 
9 1 GC Smith 108 4 SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
  2 AB de Villiers 106* 4 SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
                 
10 1 GC Smith 101* 4 SAF Aus Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
  2 HM Amla 112 4 SAF Aus Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
                 
11 1 Shan Masood 125 4 Pak Srl Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
  2 Younis Khan 171* 4 Pak Srl Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
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