DA Warner of Australia scored 200 in the just concluded test against South Africa at Melbourne to provide the 69^th occasion of a batsman batting at number one scoring a double century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	203	01	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
2	JB Hobbs	211	02	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
3	CA Roach	209	01	Win	Eng	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
4	L Hutton	364	01	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
5	SG Barnes	234	02	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
6	L Hutton	206	02	Eng	NZl	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
7	L Hutton	202*	02	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
8	EAB Rowan	236	01	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
9	DJ McGlew	255*	01	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
10	L Hutton	205	02	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
11	MH Mankad	223	01	Ind	NZl	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955
12	MH Mankad	231	01	Ind	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
13	Hanif Mohammad	337	03	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
14	CC Hunte	260	02	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
15	DN Sardesai	200*	03	Ind	NZl	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965
16	WM Lawry	210	01	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
17	RB Simpson	225	02	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
18	GM Turner	259	02	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
19	SM Gavaskar	205	01	Ind	Win	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978
20	SM Gavaskar	221	04	Ind	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
21	Taslim Arif	210*	02	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
22	Mohsin Khan	200	01	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 1982
23	CG Greenidge	214*	04	Win	Eng	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
24	CG Greenidge	223	01	Win	Eng	Manchester	26 Jul 1984
25	G Fowler	201	02	Eng	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
26	CG Greenidge	213	01	Win	NZl	Auckland	27 Feb 1987
27	GA Gooch	333	01	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
28	CG Greenidge	226	03	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
29	RJ Shastri	206	02	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
30	Aamer Sohail	205	01	Pak	Eng	Manchester	02 Jul 1992
31	MJ Slater	219	02	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
32	SL Campbell	208	02	Win	NZl	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996
33	BA Young	267*	01	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
34	ST Jayasuriya	340	02	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
35	G Kirsten	210	01	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
36	ST Jayasuriya	213	02	Srl	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
37	MA Taylor	334*	01	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
38	MS Atapattu	216*	02	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
39	G Kirsten	275	03	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
40	MS Atapattu	207*	01	Srl	Pak	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
41	MS Atapattu	201*	01	Srl	Eng	Galle	22 Feb 2001
42	MS Atapattu	201	02	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	06 Sep 2001
43	CH Gayle	204	02	Win	NZl	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
44	GC Smith	200	01	SAF	Ban	East London	18 Oct 2002
45	JL Langer	250	01	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
46	GC Smith	277	01	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
47	GC Smith	259	02	SAG	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
48	ME Trescothick	219	02	Eng	SAF	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
49	MS Atapattu	249	02	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
50	JL Langer	215	01	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
51	WW Hinds	213	01	Win	SAF	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
52	CH Gayle	317	02	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
53	V Sehwag	254	02	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
54	W Jaffer	212	03	Ind	Win	St John’s	02 Jun 2006
55	W Jaffer	202	01	Ind	Pak	Eden Gardens	30 Nov 2007
56	ND McKenzie	226	01	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
57	G Gambhir	206	01	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
58	CH Gayle	333	01	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
59	Mohd Hafeez	224	02	Pak	Ban	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
60	Tamim Iqbal	206	03	Ban	Pak	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
61	AN Cook	263	02	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
62	AN Cook	243	01	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
63	AN Cook	244*	02	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
64	MA Agarwal	215	01	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
65	MA Agarwal	243	02	Ind	Ban	Indore	14 Nov 2019
66	DA Warner	335*	01	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
67	FDM Karunaratne	244	02	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
68	TWM Latham	252	01	NZl	Ban	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
69	DA Warner	200	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

It also provide the tenth occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number one scoring a double century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	203	01	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
2	SG Barnes	234	02	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
3	WM Lawry	210	01	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
4	RB Simpson	225	02	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
5	MJ Slater	219	02	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
6	MA Taylor	334*	01	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
7	JL Langer	250	01	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
8	JL Langer	215	01	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
9	DA Warner	335*	01	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
10	DA Warner	200	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman batting at number one scoring a double century in a test innings against South Africa. Both such occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note the interval between these two centuries in 101 years and one month. Prior to DA Warner, HL Collins had scored 203 against South Africa at Johannesburg in Nov 1921.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	203	01	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
2	DA Warner	200	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of a batsman batting at number one scoring a double century in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	203	01	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
2	JB Hobbs	211	02	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
3	ME Trescothick	219	02	Eng	SAF	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
4	WW Hinds	213	01	Win	SAF	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
5	CH Gayle	317	02	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
6	MA Agarwal	215	01	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
7	DA Warner	200	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022

MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka owns the record in this category of statistics with five double centuries.  CG Greenidge and  L Hutton  follow him with four double centuries.  AN Cook, CH Gayle and GC Smith have scored three double centuries, while DAWarner,  G Kirsten,  JL  Langer,  MA Agarwal, MH Mankad,  SM Gavaskar, ST Jayasuriya and W Jaffer have scored two double centuries

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu	216*	02	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
2	MS Atapattu	207*	01	Srl	Pak	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
3	MS Atapattu	201*	01	Srl	Eng	Galle	22 Feb 2001
4	MS Atapattu	201	02	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	06 Sep 2001
5	MS Atapattu	249	02	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CG Greenidge	214*	04	Win	Eng	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
2	CG Greenidge	223	01	Win	Eng	Manchester	26 Jul 1984
3	CG Greenidge	213	01	Win	NZl	Auckland	27 Feb 1987
4	CG Greenidge	226	03	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
1	L Hutton	364	01	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
2	L Hutton	206	02	Eng	NZl	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
3	L Hutton	202*	02	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
4	L Hutton	205	02	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	263	02	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
2	AN Cook	243	01	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
3	AN Cook	244*	02	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
1	CH Gayle	204	02	Win	NZl	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
2	CH Gayle	317	02	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
3	CH Gayle	333	01	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
1	GC Smith	200	01	SAF	Ban	East London	18 Oct 2002
2	GC Smith	277	01	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
3	GC Smith	259	02	SAG	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DA Warner	335*	01	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
2	DA Warner	200	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022
1	G Kirsten	210	01	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
2	G Kirsten	275	03	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
1	JL Langer	250	01	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
2	JL Langer	215	01	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
1	MA Agarwal	215	01	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
2	MA Agarwal	243	02	Ind	Ban	Indore	14 Nov 2019
1	MH Mankad	223	01	Ind	NZl	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955
2	MH Mankad	231	01	Ind	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
1	SM Gavaskar	205	01	Ind	Win	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978
2	SM Gavaskar	221	04	Ind	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
1	ST Jayasuriya	340	02	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
2	ST Jayasuriya	213	02	Srl	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
1	W Jaffer	212	03	Ind	Win	St John’s	02 Jun 2006
2	W Jaffer	202	01	Ind	Pak	Eden Gardens	30 Nov 2007

CH Gayle is the only batsman to score two triple centuries in his feat. L Hutton has a triple century in his feat. DA Warner and ST Jayasuriya have scored a triple century in their feat,

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	364	01	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
2	L Hutton	206	02	Eng	NZl	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
3	L Hutton	202*	02	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
4	L Hutton	205	02	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	204	02	Win	NZl	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
2	CH Gayle	317	02	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
3	CH Gayle	333	01	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DA Warner	335*	01	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
2	DA Warner	200	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022
1	ST Jayasuriya	340	02	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
2	ST Jayasuriya	213	02	Srl	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998

The following table lists the occasions of a batsman scoring a triple century while batting at number one. CH Gayle is the only batsman to score two triple centuries

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	364	01	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
2	ST Jayasuriya	340	02	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
3	Hanif Mohammad	337	03	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
4	DA Warner	335*	01	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
5	MA Taylor	334*	01	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
6	GA Gooch	333	01	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
7	CH Gayle	333	01	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
8	CH Gayle	317	02	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005

DA Warner became the fourth batsman in this category of statistics to score exact 200 runs.  The following table lists these batsmen.  He also became the third batsman to be dismissed for exact 200 runs

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DN Sardesai	200*	03	Ind	NZl	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965
2	Mohsin Khan	200	01	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 1982
3	GC Smith	200	01	SAF	Ban	East London	18 Oct 2002
4	DA Warner	200	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022