Southpaws scoring double centuries in a test innings

Southpaws scoring double centuries in a test innings

In the month of February 2024, two left handers – YBK Jaiswal of India and R Ravindra of New Zealand – scored double centuries. YBK Jaiswal scored 209 against England at Vizag, while R Ravindra scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui. As a result of these two centuries, the Test Cricket has witnessed 108 centuries by left hand batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1E Paynter216*01Englandv AustraliaNottingham10 Jun 1938
2E Paynter24301Englandv South AfricaDurban20 Jan 1939
3MP Donnelly20602New Zealandv EnglandLord’s25 Jun 1949
4AR Morris20601Australiav EnglandAdelaide02 Feb 1951
5RN Harvey20501Australiav South AfricaMelbourne06 Feb 1953
6RN Harvey20402Australiav West IndiesKingston11 Jun 1955
7B Sutcliffe230*01New Zealandv IndiaDelhi16 Dec 1955
8GS Sobers365*02West Indiesv PakistanKingston26 Feb 1958
9GS Sobers22602West Indiesv EnglandBridgetown06 Jan 1960
10WM Lawry21001Australiav West IndiesBridgetown05 May 1965
11JH Edrich310*01Englandv New ZealandLeeds08 Jul 1965
12RM Cowper30702Australiav EnglandMelbourne11 Feb 1966
13RG Pollock20902South Africav AustraliaCape Town31 Dec 1966
14WM Lawry20502Australiav West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 1968
15RG Pollock27401South Africav AustraliaDurban05 Feb 1970
16D Lloyd214*02Englandv IndiaBirmingham04 Jul 1974
17CH Lloyd242*01West Indiesv IndiaWankhede23 Jan 1975
18DI Gower200*01Englandv IndiaBirmingham12 Jul 1979
19GN Yallop26802Australiav PakistanMelbourne26 Dec 1983
20G Fowler20102Englandv IndiaChennai13 Jan 1985
21DI Gower21502Englandv AustraliaBirmingham15 Aug 1985
22AR Border20502Australiav New ZealandAdelaide11 Dec 1987
23MA Taylor21901Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Aug 1989
24Aamer Sohail20501Pakistanv EnglandManchester02 Jul 1992
25BC Lara27702West Indiesv AustraliaSydney02 Jan 1993
26VG Kambli22402Indiav EnglandWankhede19 Feb 1993
27VG Kambli22701Indiav ZimbabweDelhi13 Mar 1993
28AR Border200*01Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1993
29BC Lara37501West Indiesv EnglandSt John’s16 Apr 1994
30JC Adams208*01West Indiesv New ZealandSt John’s27 Apr 1996
31Wasim Akram257*02Pakistanv ZimbabweSheikhupura17 Oct 1996
32ST Jayasuriya34002Sri Lankav IndiaColombo (RPS)02 Aug 1997
33G Kirsten21001South Africav EnglandManchester02 Jul 1998
34ST Jayasuriya21302Sri Lankav EnglandThe Oval27 Aug 1998
35MA Taylor334*01Australiav PakistanPeshawar15 Oct 1998
36BC Lara21302West Indiesv AustraliaKingston13 Mar 1999
37G Kirsten27503South Africav EnglandDurban26 Dec 1999
38JL Langer22302Australiav IndiaSydney02 Jan 2000
39A Flower232*03Zimbabwev IndiaNagpur25 Nov 2000
40ML Hayden20301Australiav IndiaChennai18 Mar 2001
41G Kirsten22001South Africav ZimbabweHarare07 Sep 2001
42BC Lara22101West Indiesv Sri LankaColombo (SSC)29 Nov 2001
43HP Tillakaratne204*02Sri Lankav West IndiesColombo (SSC)29 Nov 2001
44AC Gilchrist204*01Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg22 Feb 2002
45KC Sangakkara23002Sri Lankav PakistanLahore06 Mar 2002
46GP Thorpe200*03Englandv New ZealandChristchurch13 Mar 2002
47CH Gayle20402West Indiesv New ZealandSt George’s28 Jun 2002
48GC Smith20001South Africav BangladeshEast London18 Oct 2002
49JL Langer25001Australiav EnglandMelbourne26 Dec 2002
50JA Rudolph222*02South Africav BangladeshChattogram24 Apr 2003
51SP Fleming274*01New Zealandv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)25 Apr 2003
52BC Lara20902West Indiesv Sri LankaGros Islet20 Jun 2003
53GC Smith27701South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003
54GC Smith25902South Africav EnglandLord’s31 Jul 2003
55ME Trescothick21902Englandv South AfricaThe Oval04 Sep 2003
56ML Hayden38001Australiav ZimbabwePerth09 Oct 2003
57BC Lara20202West Indiesv South AfricaJohannesburg12 Dec 2003
58BC Lara400*01West Indiesv EnglandSt John’s10 Apr 2004
59KC Sangakkara27002Sri Lankav ZimbabweBulawayo14 May 2004
60KC Sangakkara23201Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)11 Aug 2004
61ST Jayasuriya25303Sri Lankav PakistanFaisalabad20 Oct 2004
62SP Fleming20201New Zealandv BangladeshChattogram26 Oct 2004
63JL Langer21501Australiav New ZealandAdelaide26 Nov 2004
64WW Hinds21301West Indiesv South AfricaGeorgetown31 Mar 2005
65S Chanderpaul203*01West Indiesv South AfricaGeorgetown31 Mar 2005
66CH Gayle31702West Indiesv South AfricaSt John’s29 Apr 2005
67BC Lara22601West Indiesv AustraliaAdelaide25 Nov 2005
68SP Fleming26201New Zealandv South AfricaCape Town27 Apr 2006
69KC Sangakkara28702Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)27 Jul 2006
70BC Lara21602West Indiesv PakistanMultan19 Nov 2006
71KC Sangakkara200*02Sri Lankav BangladeshColombo (PSS)03 Jul 2007
72KC Sangakkara222*02Sri Lankav BangladeshKandy11 Jul 2007
73SC Ganguly23901Indiav PakistanBengaluru08 Dec 2007
74GC Smith23201South Africav BangladeshChattogram29 Feb 2008
75G Gambhir20601Indiav AustraliaDelhi29 Oct 2008
76JD Ryder20101New Zealandv IndiaNapier26 Mar 2009
77KC Sangakkara21901Sri Lankav IndiaColombo (SSC)26 Jul 2010
78CH Gayle33301West Indiesv Sri LankaGalle15 Nov 2010
79AN Cook235*03Englandv AustraliaBrisbane25 Nov 2010
80AN Cook29402Englandv IndiaBirmingham10 Aug 2011
81Taufeeq Umar23602Pakistanv Sri LankaAbu Dhabi18 Oct 2011
82KC Sangakkara21103Sri Lankav PakistanAbu Dhabi18 Oct 2011
83S Chanderpaul203*01West Indiesv BangladeshMirpur13 Nov 2012
84GC Smith23402South Africav PakistanDubai (DSC)23 Oct 2013
85DM Bravo21803West Indiesv New ZealandDunedin03 Dec 2013
86KC Sangakkara31901Sri Lankav BangladeshChattogram04 Feb 2014
87KC Sangakkara22102Sri Lankav PakistanGalle06 Aug 2014
88KC Sangakkara20302Sri Lankav New ZealandWellington03 Jan 2015
89Tamim Iqbal20603Bangladeshv PakistanKhulna28 Apr 2015
90AN Cook26302Englandv PakistanAbu Dhabi13 Oct 2015
91DA Warner25301Australiav New ZealandPerth13 Nov 2015
92BA Stokes25801Englandv South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2016
93Shakib Al Hasan21701Bangladeshv New ZealandWellington12 Jan 2017
94AN Cook24301Englandv West IndiesBirmingham17 Aug 2017
95AN Cook244*02Englandv AustraliaMelbourne26 Dec 2017
96TWM Latham264*02New Zealandv Sri LankaWellington15 Dec 2018
97DA Warner335*01Australiav PakistanAdelaide29 Nov 2019
98KR Mayers210*04West Indiesv BangladeshChattogram03 Feb 2021
99Hashmatullah Shahidi200*01Afghanistanv ZimbabweAbu Dhabi10 Mar 2021
100FDM Karunaratne24402Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021
101DP Conway20001New Zealandv EnglandLord’s02 Jun 2021
102TWM Latham25201New Zealandv BangladeshChristchurch09 Jan 2022
103DA Warner20002Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2022
104T Chanderpaul207*01West Indiesv ZimbabweBulawayo04 Feb 2023
105HM Nicholls200*01New Zealandv Sri LankaWellington17 Mar 2023
106Saud Shakeel208*02Pakistanv Sri LankaGalle16 Jul 2023
107YBK Jaiswal20901Indiav EnglandVisakhapatnam02 Feb 2024
108R Ravindra24001New Zealandv South AfricaMount Maunganui04 Feb 2024
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