Both the openers scoring centuries in the same innings of a test
A Shafique {136 not out} and Imam-ul-Haq {111 not out} of Pakistan scored centuries against Australia in the just concluded test at Rawalpindi to provide the 78th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in the same innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the tenth occasion of such a feat by openers against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Hon.FS Jackson | 118 | 1 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 14.08.1899 |
| TW Hayward | 137 | 1 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 14.08.1899 | |
| 2 | JB Hobbs | 178 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 09.02.12 |
| W Rhodes | 179 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 09.02.12 | |
| 3 | JB Hobbs | 154 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 01.01.25 |
| H Sutcliffe | 176 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 01.01.25 | |
| 4 | JB Hobbs | 100 | 3 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 14.08.26 |
| H Sutcliffe | 161 | 3 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 14.08.26 | |
| 5 | CJ Barnett | 126 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Not’ham | 10.07.38 |
| L Hutton | 100 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Not’ham | 10.07.38 | |
| 6 | CG Greenidge | 120* | 4 | Win | Aus | Guyana | 02.03.84 |
| DL Haynes | 103* | 4 | Win | Aus | Guyana | 02.03.84 | |
| 7 | SM Gavaskar | 172 | 1 | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 02.01.86 |
| K Srikkanth | 116 | 1 | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 02.01.86 | |
| 8 | AJ Strauss | 110 | 3 | Eng | Aus | Brisbane | 25.11.10 |
| AN Cook | 235* | 3 | Eng | Aus | Brisbane | 25.11.10 | |
| 9 | M Vijay | 153 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Mohali | 14.03.13 |
| S Dhawan | 187 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Mohali | 14.03.13 | |
| 10 | A Shafique | 136* | 3 | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
| Imam-ul-Haq | 111* | 3 | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
It also provides the fourth occasion of such a feat by Pakistan openers and the first such occasion against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Aamer Sohail | 160 | 2 | Pak | Win | Karachi | 06.12.97 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | 151 | 2 | Pak | Win | Karachi | o6.12.97 | |
| 2 | Saeed Anwar | 101 | 2 | Pak | Ban | Multan | 29.08.01 |
| Taufeeq Umar | 104 | 2 | Pak | Ban | Multan | 29.08.01 | |
| 3 | Shan Masood | 135 | 3 | Pak | Srl | Karachi | 19.12.19 |
| Abid Ali | 174 | 3 | Pak | Srl | Karachi | 19.12.19 | |
| 4 | A Shafique | 136* | 3 | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |
| Imam-ul-Haq | 111* | 3 | Pak | Aus | R’pindi | 04.03.22 |