Batsmen scoring 200 plus runs as their first test century – R Ravindra of New Zealand joins the elite list

Batsmen scoring 200 plus runs as their first test century – R Ravindra of New Zealand joins the elite list

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the 44th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundDate
1SE Gregory201AustraliaEnglandSydney14.12.1894
2RE Foster287EnglandAustraliaSydney11.12.1903
3WR Hammond251EnglandAustraliaSydney14.12.1928
4AD Nourse231South AfricaAustraliaJohannesburg24.12.1935
5E Paynter216*EnglandAustraliaTrent Bridge10.06.1938
6WJ Edrich219EnglandSouth AfricaDurban03.03.1939
7SG Barnes234AustraliaEnglandSydney13.12.1946
8MP Donnelly206New ZealandEnglandLord’s25.06.1949
9DJ McGlew255*South AfricaNew ZealandWellington06.03.1953
10DSE Atkinson219West IndiesAustraliaBridgetown14.05.1955
11Imtiaz Ahmed209PakistanNew ZealandLahore26.10.1955
12GSA Sobers365*West IndiesPakistanKingston26.02.1958
13RB Kanhai256West IndiesIndiaEden Gardens31.12.1958
14RB Simpson311AustraliaEnglandOld Trafford23.07.1964
15DN Sardesai200*IndiaNew ZealandBrabourne12.03.1965
16SM Nurse201West IndiesAustraliaBridgetown05.05.1965
17Zaheer Abbas274PakistanEnglandEdgbaston03.06.1971
18LG Rowe214West IndiesNew ZealandKingston16.02.1972
19D Lloyd214*EnglandIndiaEdgbaston04.07.1974
20SFA Bacchus250West IndiesIndiaKanpur02.02.1979
21Taslim Arif210*PakistanAustraliaFaisalabad06.03.1980
22DM Jones210AustraliaIndiaChepauk18.09.1986
23DSB Kuruppu201*Sri LankaNew ZealandCol-CCC16.04.1987
24Aamir Sohail205PakistanEnglandOld Trafford02.07.1992
25BC Lara277West IndiesAustraliaSydney02.01.1993
26VG Kambli224IndiaEnglandWankhede19.02.1993
27GW Flower201*ZimbabwePakistanHarare01.02.1995
28SL Campbell208West IndiesNew ZealandBridgetown19.04.1996
29HH Gibbs211*South AfricaNew ZealandAMI Stadium11.03.1999
30MS Sinclair214New ZealandWest IndiesWellington26.12.1999
31GC Smith200South AfricaBangladeshEast London18.10.2002
32JA Rudolph222*South AfricaBangladeshChittagong24.04.2003
33RWT Key221EnglandWest IndiesLord’s22.07.2004
34BJ Hodge203*AustraliaSouth AfricaPerth16.12.2005
35JN Gillespie201*AustraliaBangladeshChittagong16.04.2006
36KK Nair303*IndiaEnglandChepauk16.12.2016
37MA Agarwal215IndiaSouth AfricaVizag02.10.2019
38ZCrawley267EnglandPakistanSouthampton21.08.2020
39KR Mayers210*West IndiesBangladeshChittagong03.02.2021
40H Shahidi200*AfghanistanZimbabweAbu Dhabi10.03.2021
41DP Conway200New ZealandEnglandLord’s02.06.2021
42T Chanderpaul207*West IndiesZimbabweBulawayo04.02.2023
43N Madushka205Sri LankaIrelandGalle24.04.2023
44R Ravindra240New ZealandSouth AfricaMt Maunganui04.02.2024

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the fourth New Zealand batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundDate
1MP Donnelly206New ZealandEnglandLord’s25.06.1949
2MS Sinclair214New ZealandWest IndiesWellington26.12.1999
3DP Conway200New ZealandEnglandLord’s02.06.2021
4R Ravindra240New ZealandSouth AfricaMt Maunganui04.02.2024

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundDate
1BJ Hodge203*AustraliaSouth AfricaPerth16.12.2005
2WJ Edrich219EnglandSouth AfricaDurban03.03.1939
3MA Agarwal215IndiaSouth AfricaVizag02.10.2019
4R Ravindra240New ZealandSouth AfricaMt Maunganui04.02.2024
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