Openers scoring a hundred and a ninety in the same innings of a one-day international

Openers scoring a hundred and a ninety in the same innings of a one-day international

Australian openers AJ Finch and UT Khawaja scored 93 and 100 respectively against India at Ranchi on 08.03.19 to provide the sixteenth occasion of openers scoring a hundred and a ninety in the same innings of a one-day game in the annals of one-day games. All such occasions are listed below.

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus NZl Melbourne 1 1 13.02.83 GM Wood 91 SB Smith 117
2 Ind Eng Cuttack 1 1 27.12.84 K Srikkanth 99 RJ Shastri 102
3 Eng NZl Manchester 1 1 18.07.86 GA Gooch 91 CWJ Athey 142
4 Aus Ind Adelaide 1 1 26.01.00 AC Gilchrist 92 ME Waugh 116
5 Aus Win Brisbane 1 1 14.01.01 AC Gilchrist 98 ME Waugh 112
6 NZl Zim Bulawayo 1 1 24.08.05 L Vincent 172 SP Fleming 93
7 RSA Zim Harare 1 1 25.08.07 GC Smith 96 HH Gibbs 111
8 Aus Ind Hyd-RGS 1 1 05.11.09 SR Watson 93 SE Marsh 112
9 Ind Aus Jaipur 1 1 16.10.13 RG Sharma 141 S Dhawan 95
10 Zim Afg Bulawayo 1 1 20.07.14 H Masakadza 93 S Raza 141
11 Ind Eng Birmingham 1 1 02.09.14 AM Rahane 107 S Dhawan 97*
12 Aus Ind Canberra 1 1 20.01.16 DA Warner 93 AJ Finch 107
13 Aus Ind Bengaluru 1 1 28.09.17 AJ Finch 94 DA Warner 124
14 Eng Win Southampton 1 1 29.09.17 JJ Roy 96 BM Bairstow 141*
15 Ire UAE Harare 1 1 12.03.18 WTS Porterfield 92 PJ Sterling 126
16 Aus Ind Ranchi 1 1 08.03.19 AJ Finch 93 UT Khawaja 104

It also provides the seventh occasion of Australian openers performing such a feat in a one-day international. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus NZl Melbourne 1 1 13.02.83 GM Wood 91 SB Smith 117
2 Aus Ind Adelaide 1 1 26.01.00 AC Gilchrist 92 ME Waugh 116
3 Aus Win Brisbane 1 1 14.01.01 AC Gilchrist 98 ME Waugh 112
4 Aus Ind Hyd-RGS 1 1 05.11.09 SR Watson 93 SE Marsh 112
5 Aus Ind Canberra 1 1 20.01.16 DA Warner 93 AJ Finch 107
6 Aus Ind Bengaluru 1 1 28.09.17 AJ Finch 94 DA Warner 124
7 Aus Ind Ranchi 1 1 08.03.19 AJ Finch 93 UT Khawaja 104

It also provides the fifth occasion of openers performing such a feat in a one-day international against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. Interestingly enough, on all the five  occasions, it  was the Australian openers performing such a feat

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus Ind Adelaide 1 1 26.01.00 AC Gilchrist 92 ME Waugh 116
2 Aus Ind Hyd-RGS 1 1 05.11.09 SR Watson 93 SE Marsh 112
3 Aus Ind Canberra 1 1 20.01.16 DA Warner 93 AJ Finch 107
4 Aus Ind Bengaluru 1 1 28.09.17 AJ Finch 94 DA Warner 124
5 Aus Ind Ranchi 1 1 08.03.19 AJ Finch 93 UT Khawaja 104

AC Gilchrist and ME Waugh are the only pair of openers to perform this feat on two occasions – once against India at Adelaide on 26.01.00 and against West Indies at Brisbane on 14.01.01. AC Gilchrist scores ninety on both occasions, while ME Waugh scored hundreds – a unique feat in this category of statistics.

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Start Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus Ind Adelaide 1 1 26.01.00 AC Gilchrist 92 ME Waugh 116
2 Aus Win Brisbane 1 1 14.01.01 AC Gilchrist 98 ME Waugh 112

DA Warner and AJ Finch are the two opening batsmen in this category of statistics to score ninety and century and a century and ninety. Their performance is detailed below.

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus Ind Canberra 1 1 20.01.16 DA Warner 93 AJ Finch 107
2 Aus Ind Bengaluru 1 1 28.09.17 AJ Finch 94 DA Warner 124

AJ Finch of Australia appears on three occasions in this category of statistics which includes today’s game at Ranchi. His performance is tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus Ind Canberra 1 1 20.01.16 DA Warner 93 AJ Finch 107
2 Aus Ind Bengaluru 1 1 28.09.17 AJ Finch 94 DA Warner 124
3 Aus Ind Ranchi 1 1 08.03.19 AJ Finch 93 UT Khawaja 104
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