Centuries in both innings of a test by opening batsmen
Imam-ul-Haq of Pakistan scored 157 and 111 not out against Australia at Rawalpindi in the just concluded test to provide the 31st occasion of an opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | W Bardsley | 136 | 130 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 09.08.09 |
| 2 | H Sutcliffe | 176 | 127 | Eng | Aus | Mel’one | 01.01.25 |
| 3 | H Sutcliffe | 104 | 109* | Eng | SAF | The Oval | 17.08.29 |
| 4 | AR Morris | 122 | 124* | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 31.01.47 |
| 5 | A Melville | 189 | 104* | SAF | Eng | Not’ham | 07.06.47 |
| 6 | B Mitchell | 120 | 189* | SAF | Eng | The Oval | 16.08.47 |
| 7 | J Moroney | 118 | 101* | Aus | SAF | Jo’burg | 10.02.50 |
| 8 | Hanif Mohd | 111 | 104 | Pak | Eng | Dhaka | 19.01.62 |
| 9 | RB Simpson | 153 | 115 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | 24.10.64 |
| 10 | SM Gavaskar | 124 | 220 | Ind | Win | Trinidad | 13.04.71 |
| 11 | GM Turner | 101 | 110* | NZl | Aus | Ch’church | 08.03.74 |
| 12 | Greenidge | 134 | 101 | Win | Eng | Man’ter | 08.07.76 |
| 13 | SM Gavaskar | 111 | 137 | Ind | Pak | Karachi | 14.11.78 |
| 14 | SM Gavaskar | 107 | 182* | Ind | Win | Kolkata | 29.12.78 |
| 15 | GA Gooch | 333 | 123 | Eng | Ind | Lord’s | 26.07.90 |
| 16 | AJ Stewa | 118 | 143 | Eng | Win | Barbados | 08.04.94 |
| 17 | G Kirsten | 102 | 133 | SAF | Ind | Kolkata | 27.11.96 |
| 18 | GW Flower | 104 | 151 | Zim | NZl | Harare | 18.09.97 |
| 19 | W Wasti | 133 | 121* | Pak | Srl | Lahore | 04.03.99 |
| 20 | ML Hayden | 197 | 103 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 07.11.02 |
| 21 | ML Hayden | 117 | 132 | Aus | Srl | Cairns | 09.07.04 |
| 22 | Trescothick | 105 | 107 | Eng | Win | Bir’ham | 29.07.04 |
| 23 | AJ Strauss | 123 | 108 | Eng | Ind | Chennai | 11.12.08 |
| 24 | PJ Hughes | 115 | 160 | Aus | SAF | Durban | 06.03.09 |
| 25 | KOA Powell | 117 | 110 | Win | Ban | Mirpur | 13.11.12 |
| 26 | PG Fulton | 136 | 110 | NZl | Eng | Auckland | 22.03.13 |
| 27 | DA Warner | 135 | 145 | Aus | SAF | C Town | 01.03.14 |
| 28 | DA Warner | 145 | 102 | Aus | Ind | Adelaide | 09.12.14 |
| 29 | DA Warner | 163 | 116 | Aus | NZl | Brisbane | 05.11.15 |
| 30 | RG Sharma | 176 | 127 | Ind | SAF | Vizag | 02.10.19 |
| 31 | Imam | 157 | 111* | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Hanif Mohd | 111 | 104 | Pak | Eng | Dhaka | 19.01.62 |
| 2 | W Wasti | 133 | 121* | Pak | Srl | Lahore | 04.03.99 |
| 3 | Imam | 157 | 111* | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
It also provides the third occasion of an opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | H Sutcliffe | 176 | 127 | Eng | Aus | Mel’one | 01.01.25 |
| 2 | GM Turner | 101 | 110* | NZl | Aus | Ch’church | 08.03.74 |
| 3 | Imam | 157 | 111* | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
It also provides the first occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Australia.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Imam | 157 | 111* | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
The following table lists the eleven opening batsmen who have scored centuries in both innings of test of which one is 150 plus score
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | H Sutcliffe | 176 | 127 | Eng | Aus | Mel’one | 01.01.25 |
| 2 | A Melville | 189 | 104* | SAF | Eng | Not’ham | 07.06.47 |
| 3 | RB Simpson | 153 | 115 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | 24.10.64 |
| 4 | SM Gavaskar | 124 | 220 | Ind | Win | Trinidad | 13.04.71 |
| 5 | GA Gooch | 333 | 123 | Eng | Ind | Lord’s | 26.07.90 |
| 6 | GW Flower | 104 | 151 | Zim | NZl | Harare | 18.09.97 |
| 7 | ML Hayden | 197 | 103 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 07.11.02 |
| 8 | PJ Hughes | 115 | 160 | Aus | SAF | Durban | 06.03.09 |
| 9 | DA Warner | 163 | 116 | Aus | NZl | Brisbane | 05.11.15 |
| 10 | RG Sharma | 176 | 127 | Ind | SAF | Vizag | 02.10.19 |
| 11 | Imam | 157 | 111* | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
DA Warner and SM Gavskar are the two opening batsmen to score centuries in both innings of a test on three occasions, while H Sutcliffe and ML Hayden are the two opening batsmen to perform such a feat on two occasions
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | DA Warner | 135 | 145 | Aus | SAF | C Town | 01.03.14 |
| 2 | DA Warner | 145 | 102 | Aus | Ind | Adelaide | 09.12.14 |
| 3 | DA Warner | 163 | 116 | Aus | NZl | Brisbane | 05.11.15 |
| 1 | SM Gavaskar | 124 | 220 | Ind | Win | Trinidad | 13.04.71 |
| 2 | SM Gavaskar | 111 | 137 | Ind | Pak | Karachi | 14.11.78 |
| 3 | SM Gavaskar | 107 | 182* | Ind | Win | Kolkata | 29.12.78 |
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | H Sutcliffe | 176 | 127 | Eng | Aus | Mel’one | 01.01.25 |
| 2 | H Sutcliffe | 104 | 109* | Eng | SAF | The Oval | 17.08.29 |
| 1 | ML Hayden | 197 | 103 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 07.11.02 |
| 2 | ML Hayden | 117 | 132 | Aus | Srl | Cairns | 09.07.04 |