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SPD Smith’s 111 at Dharamsala in the ongoing test between India and Australia represents  his third hundred in the series. He  had scored 104 at Pune and 178 not out at Ranchi. His three hundreds as captain in this series provide the 23^rd occasion of a captain scoring three or more hundreds in a series. The complete list  is furnished below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	WW Armstrong	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1920-21
2	HW Taylor	3	SAF	Eng	SAF	1922-23
3	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
4	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
5	WR Hammond	3	Eng	Eng	SAF	1938-39
6	A Melville	3	SAF	Eng	Eng	1947
7	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
8	GS Sobers	3	Win	Eng	Eng	1966
9	WM Lawry	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1968-69
10	GS Sobers	3	Win	Ind	Win	1970-71
11	GS Chappell	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1975-76
12	SM Gavaskar	4	Ind	Win	Ind	1978-79
13	DI Gower	3	Eng	Aus	Eng	1985
14	GA Gooch	3	Eng	Ind	Eng	1990
15	BC Lara	3	Win	Aus	Win	1998-99
16	CL Hooper	3	Win	Ind	Win	2002
17	GC Smith	3	SAF	Win	Win	2005
18	RT Ponting	3	Aus	SAF	Aus	2005-06
19	AJ Strauss	3	Eng	Win	Win	2008-09
29	AN Cook	3	Eng	Ind	Ind	2012-13
21	V Kohli	3	Ind	Aus	Aus	2014-15
22	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
23	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith’s three hundreds in the ongoing series provide the ninth occasion of an Australian captain scoring three centuries in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	WW Armstrong	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1920-21
2	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
3	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
4	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
5	WM Lawry	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1968-69
6	GS Chappell	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1975-76
7	RT Ponting	3	Aus	SAF	Aus	2005-06
8	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
8	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith became the second Australian captain to score three or more  test hundreds in two or more series. DG Bradman had accomplished such a feat in three series. The performance of these two captains are furnished below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
2	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
3	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
1	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith’s three hundreds in the ongoing test series provide the seventh occasion of a captain scoring three hundreds in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
2	GS Sobers	3	Win	Ind	Win	1970-71
3	GA Gooch	3	Eng	Ind	Eng	1990
4	CL Hooper	3	Win	Ind	Win	2002
5	AN Cook	3	Eng	Ind	Ind	2012-13
6	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
7	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith’s three hundreds in the ongoing test series provide the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring three hundreds in a test series against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
3	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

 SPD Smith became the  first captain to score  three hundreds in two separate series against India. Apart from the present series,  he had scored three hundred in 2014-15 series

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith became the third captain to score three or more test hundreds in two or more series. Others are DG Bradman – in three series} and GS Sobers {02 series}. The performances of these three captains are furnished below. It is interesting to note that these three captains have score three or more hundreds in at least one series against India

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
2	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
3	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
1	GS Sobers	3	Win	Eng	Eng	1966
2	GS Sobers	3	Win	Ind	Win	1970-71
1	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

 

Dharamsala test would become the 50^th test  between India  and Australia at home.  Dharamsala would become would become the 27^th ground in India to host a test and  also would become 111^th ground in the annals of test cricket to host a test.

 

Incase V Kohli does not play at Dharamsala, who ever leads India, he would become the 33^rd captain to  lead India in tests and also the 17^th captain to lead India in tests against Australia. He also would become the 13^th captain to lead India in tests against Australia on home soil. He also would become the 27^th captain to lead India in a test on home soil.

 

RA Jadeja has an aggregate of 988 runs in tests prior to the start of the test. He needs 12 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets it, he would then become the 65^th Indian batsman to  score 1000 plus runs  in tests.

 

WP Saha has an aggregate of 982 runs in tests prior to the start of the test. He needs 18 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets it, he would then become the 66^th Indian batsman to  score 1000 plus runs  in tests.

WP Saha has an aggregate of 946 runs in tests prior to the start of the test. He needs 54 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets it, he would then become the sixth Indian wicket keeper batsman to score 1000 plus runs in tests. Others are – MS Dhoni {4876}, SMH Kirmani {2759}, FM Engineer {2611}, NR Mongia {1442} and KS More {1285}

SPD Smith has scored 39 fifties  prior to the  start of this test. One more  fifty would fetch him  his 40^th  fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the 19^th Australian batsman to score 40 plus fifties

SPD Smith has scored nine fifties against India prior to the start of this test. One more fifty would fetch him his tenth fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the sixth Australian batsman to score ten or more fifties against India. Others are – RT Ponting {20}, ML Hayden {14}, AR Border {13}, MJ Clarker {13} and RB Simpson {10}.

 

SPD Smith has scored six fifties while leading Australia against India. One more fifty would fetch him his seventh fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the fourth Australian captain to score seven or  more fifties against India. Others are – RB Simpson {10}, AR Border {07} and RT Ponting {07}

WP Saha has effected eight stumping dismissals prior to the start of the Ranchi Test. He needs two more stumping dismissals for his ten such dismissals. If he effects them, then he would become the eighth Indian wicket keeper to effect ten or more stumping dismissals. Others are – MS Dhoni {38}, SMH Kirmani {38}, KS More {20}, FM Engineer {16}, NS Tamhane {16}, PK Sen {11} and PA Patel {10}

 

NM Lyon has an aggregate of 243 wickets prior to the start of the Ranchi test. He needs eight more wickets for his 250 wickets. If he gets them, he would then become the eighth Australian bowler to capture 250 plus wickets. Others are – SK Warne {708}, GD McGrath {563}, DK Lillee {355}, MG Johnson {313}, B Lee {310}, CJ McDermott {291} and R Gillespie {259}

 

NM Lyon has an aggregate of 59 wickets against India. He needs one  more wicket for his 60 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the 14th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 60 plus wickets against India. The following table list all such bowlers which includes NM Lyon with his 59 wickets

 

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	22	32	7020	3425	105	8/87	11/110	32.61	7	2
2	Imran Khan	Pak	23	38	5078	2260	94	8/60	11/79	24.04	6	2
3	JM Anderson	Eng	22	42	4935	2423	86	5/42	7/77	28.17	3	0
4	MD Marshall	Win	17	30	3507	1671	76	6/37	11/89	21.98	6	1
5	AME Roberts	Win	14	25	3030	1454	67	7/64	12/121	21.70	4	1
6	RJ Hadlee	NZl	14	24	3106	1493	65	7/23	11/58	22.96	4	2
7	WW Hall	Win	13	26	2774	1221	65	6/49	11/126	18.78	4	1
8	CA Walsh	Win	15	25	3124	1316	65	6/62	10/101	20.24	4	1
9	LR Gibbs	Win	15	30	4793	1467	63	8/38	9/63	23.28	4	0
10	DW Steyn	SAF	13	22	2616	1349	63	7/51	10/108	21.41	5	1
11	DL Underwood	Eng	20	36	4995	1699	62	5/84	9/173	27.40	1	0
12	RGD Willis	Eng	17	30	2941	1441	62	6/53	9/142	23.24	3	0
13	MA Holding	Win	15	26	3142	1543	61	6/65	7/117	25.29	2	0
14	NM Lyon	Aus	13	25	3429	2021	59	8/50	12/286	34.25	4	1

 

NM Lyon has an aggregate of 59 wickets against India. He needs two more wickets for his 60 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first Australian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets against India. NM Lyon would go past IT Botham and GS Sobers who have captured 59 wickets against India

 

NM Lyon has captured five or more wickets in an innings on four occasions against India. One more five wicket innings haul would give him five such occasions. If he gets them, then he would become the   bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five or more five wicket innings haul against India. Others are – M Muralitharan {07}, IT Botham {06}, Imran Khan {06}, MD Marshall {06}, R Benaud {05} and DW Steyn {05}

 

NM Lyon has captured five or more wickets in an innings on four occasions against India. One more five wicket innings haul would give him five such occasions. If he gets them, then he would become the   second Australain bowler to capture five or more five wicket innings haul against India after R Benaud. R Benaud has captured five or more wickets in an innings on five occasions against India.

 

R Aswhin and Harbhajan Singh share the second the joint second place with 25 five wicket hauls each in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most five wicket hauls. A Kumble leads the table with 35 such hauls. One more five wicket  haul  for R Ashwin  would place him the  second in the list with 26 five wicket hauls.

 

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 94 wickets as a spin bowler while opening the bowling. Six more wickets would fetch him a century of wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture one hundred wickets as a spin bowler while opening the bowling

 

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 67 wickets against Australia. Three more wickets would fetch him 70 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the fourth Indian bowler to capture 70 plus wickets against Australia. Others are – A Kumble {111}, Harbhajan Singh {95} and N Kapil Dev {79}

 

R Ashwin and RA Jadeja hav an aggregate of 46 and 45 wickets against Australia at home. They need four and three more wickets for thier 50 wickets. If they get it, then they would become the third and fourth Indian bowlers to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. Other two are – Harbhajan Singh {86} and A Kumble {62}

 

R Ashwin and RA Jadeja hav an aggregate of 46 and 45 wickets against Australia at home. They need four and three more wickets for thier 50 wickets. If they get it, then they would become the 17^th  and 18th bowlers in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. The following table lists all the eighteen bowlers

 

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	Ave	5	10
1	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	14	28	4672	2187	86	25.43	7	3
2	IT Botham	Eng	18	32	4251	2130	79	26.96	6	1
3	W Rhodes	Eng	21	32	3190	1405	67	20.97	3	0
4	JC Laker	Eng	11	21	2988	1126	64	17.59	4	2
5	CA Walsh	Win	13	24	3217	1400	63	22.22	2	0
6	A Kumble	Ind	10	20	3312	1517	62	24.46	6	1
7	SCJ Broad	Eng	15	27	2901	1587	61	26.01	5	1
8	AV Bedser	Eng	10	19	3238	1370	57	24.03	5	1
9	RGD Willis	Eng	11	21	2516	1200	56	21.42	4	0
10	DL Underwood	Eng	15	26	3810	1196	55	21.74	3	1
11	HMRKB Herath	Srl	08	14	2327	1087	54	20.12	5	1
12	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	11	20	2726	1301	53	24.54	4	0
13	JA Snow	Eng	14	27	3268	1418	52	27.26	2	0
14	J Briggs	Eng	10	17	1915	0695	51	13.62	5	2
15	CEL Ambrose	Win	13	23	2941	1174	50	23.48	2	0
16	FS Trueman	Eng	11	20	2398	1202	50	24.04	4	1
17	R Ashwin	Ind	07	14	2579	1075	46	23.36	5	1
18	RA Jadeja	Ind	07	14	2241	0802	45	17.82	3	0

 

CA Pujara has an aggregate of 843 runs against Australia at home prior to the start of this test. He needs 157 runs for his 1000 runs.  If he gets it, he would then become the fourth Indian batsman to amass 1000 plus runs against Australia at home. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1821}, VVS Laxman {1198} and R Dravid {1000}

 

M Vijay has scored 24 fifties while opening the batting for India. He needs one more fifty for his 25 fifties. If he gets it, he would then become the fourth Indian batsman to score 25 or more fifties. Other are – SM Gavaskar {75}, V Sehwag {51} and G Gambhir {31}

 

M Vijay has scored five fifties against Australia at home while opening the batting for India. He needs one more fifty for his sixth fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the third Indian batsman to score six fifties against Australia at home. Other are – SM Gavaskar (06} and V Sehwag {06}.

 

RW Price of Zimbabwe

SNJ O’Keefe

SNJ O’Keefe of Australia returned with figures of 3 for 199 in the just concluded Ranchi test against India. He emulated RW Price of Zimbabwe who  had figures  of 5 for 199 against West Indies at Bulawayo in Nov 2003. It  is  interesting to note that RW Price and SNJ O’Keefe are the only two bowlers to concede exact 199 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. The performance of these two bowlers are furnished below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RW Price	43.0	01	199	5	1	Zim	Win	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003
2	SNJ O’Keefe	77.0	17	199	3	2	Aus	Ind	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

Four Australian bowlers – JR Hazzlewood {1-103}, PJ Cummins {4-106}, SNJ O’Keefe {3-199} and NM Lyon {1-163} – conceded 100 plus  runs in India’s first innings in the just concluded test at Ranchi to provide the 13^th occasion of Four Australian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings. All  such occasions are  listed below

 

No	Team	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Bowlers	Start Date
1	Aus	2	Eng	Sydney	4	02 Dec 1932
2	Aus	1	Eng	Nottingham	4	10 Jun 1938
3	Aus	2	SAF	Adelaide	4	24 Jan 1964
4	Aus	2	Win	Perth	4	12 Dec 1975
5	Aus	2	Pak	Adelaide	4	09 Dec 1983
6	Aus	2	NZl	Brisbane	4	08 Nov 1985
7	Aus	1	Eng	Perth	4	28 Nov 1986
8	Aus	3	Ind	Kolkata	4	11 Mar 2001
9	Aus	2	SAF	Cape Town	4	19 Mar 2009
10	Aus	2	Eng	Sydney	4	03 Jan 2011
11	Aus	3	SAF	Perth	4	30 Nov 2012
12	Aus	2	NZl	Perth	4	13 Nov 2015
13	Aus	2	Ind	Ranchi	4	16 Mar 2017

 

Four Australian bowlers – JR Hazzlewood {1-103}, PJ Cummins {4-106}, SNJ O’Keefe {3-199} and NM Lyon {1-163} – conceded 100 plus  runs in India’s first innings in the  just concluded test at Ranchi to provide the second occasion of Four Australian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against India. Both  the  occasions are  listed below

 

No	Team	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Bowlers	Start Date
1	Aus	3	Ind	Kolkata	4	11 Mar 2001
2	Aus	2	Ind	Ranchi	4	16 Mar 2017

 

RA Jadeja scored 54 not out and captured nine wickets conceding 178 runs in the just concluded test between India and Australia at Ranchi to provide the 45^th occasion of a cricketer scoring 50 plus runs in an innings and capturing nine or more wickets in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below.

 

No	Player	FI	SI	W	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	W Bates	55	–	14	102	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883
2	W Barnes	58	–	09	081	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
3	JH Sinclair	106	–	09	089	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899
4	H Trumble	–	62*	09	198	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	17 Jan 1902
5	H Trumble	64*	–	12	173	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1902
6	CB Llewellyn	90	–	09	216	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
7	FE Woolley	62	–	10	049	Eng	Aus	The Oval	19 Aug 1912
8	KR Miller	79	–	09	077	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
9	R Benaud	100	–	09	154	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958
10	AK Davidson	–	80	11	222	Aus	Win	Brisbane	09 Dec 1960
11	WW Hall	50	–	09	203	Win	Aus	Brisbane	09 Dec 1960
12	KD Boyce	72	–	11	147	Win	Eng	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
13	JK Lever	53	–	10	070	Eng	Ind	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
14	N Kapil Dev	84	–	11	146	Ind	Pak	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
15	RJ Hadlee	51	–	11	102	NZl	Win	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980
16	IT Botham	114	–	13	106	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
17	Imran Khan	–	65	09	136	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
18	IT Botham	57	–	09	144	Eng	Pak	Leeds	26 Aug 1982
19	Imran Khan	117	–	11	180	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
20	MD Marshall	54	–	09	102	Win	Ind	Kolkata	10 Dec 1983
21	MD Marshall	63	–	11	120	Win	NZl	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985
22	RJ Hadlee	54	–	15	123	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985
23	RJ Hadlee	68	–	10	140	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986
24	Abdul Qadir	61	–	10	186	Pak	Eng	Karachi	16 Dec 1987
25	AR Border	75	–	11	096	Aus	Win	Sydney	26 Jan 1989
26	PAJ DeFreitas	51*	–	09	165	Eng	NZl	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994
27	DJ Nash	56	–	11	169	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jun 1994
28	PS de Villiers	66*	–	10	108	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
29	MG Bevan	85*	–	10	113	Aus	Win	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997
30	Saqlain Mushtaq	58	–	09	226	Pak	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997
31	SK Warne	–	53	09	111	Aus	Eng	Manchester	03 Jul 1997
32	CL Cairns	72	–	10	100	NZl	Win	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
33	IK Pathan	52	–	09	111	Ind	Zim	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
34	DL Vettori	–	51	10	183	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
35	Shakib Al Hasan	–	71	09	115	Ban	NZl	Chittagong	17 Oct 2008
36	DL Vettori	55*	76	09	133	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	17 Oct 2008
37	DW Steyn	76	–	10	154	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
38	MG Johnson	62	–	09	082	Aus	Eng	Perth	16 Dec 2010
39	R Ashwin	103	–	09	190	Ind	Win	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
40	MG Johnson	64	–	09	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
41	Shakib Al Hasan	137	–	10	124	Ban	Zim	Khulna	03 Nov 2014
42	MD Craig	65	–	10	203	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
43	MDK Perera	–	64	10	099	Srl	Aus	Galle	04 Aug 2016
44	RA Jadeja	51	–	10	154	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
45	RA Jadeja	54*	–	09	178	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

RA Jadeja scored 54 not out and captured nine wickets conceding 178 runs in the just concluded test between India and Australia at Ranchi to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian cricketer scoring 50 plus runs in an innings and capturing nine or more wickets in a test. All such occasions are listed below. RA Jadeja is the only Indian cricketer to accomplish the feat on two occasions.

 

 

No	Player	FI	SI	W	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	84	–	11	146	Ind	Pak	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
2	IK Pathan	52	–	09	111	Ind	Zim	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
3	R Ashwin	103	–	09	190	Ind	Win	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
4	RA Jadeja	51	–	10	154	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
5	RA Jadeja	54*	–	09	178	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

RA Jadeja scored 54 not out and captured nine wickets conceding 178 runs in the just concluded test between India and Australia at Ranchi to provide the ninth occasion of a cricketer scoring 50 plus runs in an innings and capturing nine or more wickets in a test against Australia. All such occasions are listed below.

 

No	Player	FI	SI	W	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	W Bates	55	–	14	102	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883
2	W Barnes	58	–	09	081	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
3	CB Llewellyn	90	–	09	216	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
4	FE Woolley	62	–	10	049	Eng	Aus	The Oval	19 Aug 1912
5	WW Hall	50	–	09	203	Win	Aus	Brisbane	09 Dec 1960
6	RJ Hadlee	54	–	15	123	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985
7	DW Steyn	76	–	10	154	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
8	MDK Perera	–	64	10	099	Srl	Aus	Galle	04 Aug 2016
9	RA Jadeja	54*	–	09	178	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

RJ Hadlee {03}, DL Vettori {02}, H Trumble {02}, Imran Khan {02}, IT Botham {02}, MD Marshall {02}, MG Johnson {02}, RA Jadeja {02} and Shakib Al Hasan {02} are the nine cricketers who have accomplished the feat on two or more occasions. RA Jadeja joined the elite club with his performance at Ranchi. The performance of these nine cricketers are furnished below

 

No	No	Player	FI	SI	W	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	RJ Hadlee	51	–	11	102	NZl	Win	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980
	2	RJ Hadlee	54	–	15	123	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985
	3	RJ Hadlee	68	–	10	140	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986
2	1	DL Vettori	–	51	10	183	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
	2	DL Vettori	55*	76	09	133	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	17 Oct 2008
3	1	H Trumble	–	62*	09	198	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	17 Jan 1902
	2	H Trumble	64*	–	12	173	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1902
4	1	Imran Khan	–	65	09	136	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
	2	Imran Khan	117	–	11	180	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
5	1	IT Botham	114	–	13	106	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
	2	IT Botham	57	–	09	144	Eng	Pak	Leeds	26 Aug 1982
6	1	MD Marshall	54	–	09	102	Win	Ind	Kolkata	10 Dec 1983
	2	MD Marshall	63	–	11	120	Win	NZl	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985
7	1	MG Johnson	62	–	09	082	Aus	Eng	Perth	16 Dec 2010
	2	MG Johnson	64	–	09	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
8	1	RA Jadeja	51	–	10	154	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
	2	RA Jadeja	54*	–	09	178	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
9	1	Shakib Al Hasan	–	71	09	115	Ban	NZl	Chittagong	17 Oct 2008
	2	Shakib Al Hasan	137	–	10	124	Ban	Zim	Khulna	03 Nov 2014

 

 

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the 25^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	H Wood	134*	2	8	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892
2	TG Evans	104	1	8	Eng	Win	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
3	CC Depeiaza	122	2	8	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
4	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	2	8	Pak	NZl	Lahore	26 Oct 1955
5	JM Parks	101*	3	8	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1960
6	FCM Alexander	108	3	8	Win	Aus	Sydney	13 Jan 1961
7	IDS Smith	113*	1	8	NZl	Eng	Auckland	10 Feb 1984
8	WB Phillips	120	1	8	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984
9	SMH Kirmani	102	2	8	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
10	DJ Richardson	109	2	8	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995
11	Moin Khan	105	1	8	Pak	Eng	Leeds	08 Aug 1996
12	MV Boucher	100	1	8	SAF	Win	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
13	A Ratra	115*	1	8	Ind	Win	St John’s	10 May 2002
14	MV Boucher	122*	1	8	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
15	Khaled Mashud	103*	3	8	Ban	Win	Gros Islet	28 May 2004
16	Kamran Akmal	109	3	8	Pak	Ind	Mohali	08 Mar 2005
17	AC Gilchrist	121	2	8	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005
18	Kamran Akmal	154	2	8	Pak	Eng	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
19	Kamran Akmal	113	1	8	Pak	Ind	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
20	MS Dhoni	132*	2	8	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
21	MJ Prior	118	2	8	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
22	MS Dhoni	144	1	8	Ind	Win	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
23	MJ Prior	110*	4	8	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
24	BJ Watling	103	1	8	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	09 Oct 2013
25	WP Saha	117	2	8	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the 25^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings against Austalia. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CC Depeiaza	122	2	8	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
2	FCM Alexander	108	3	8	Win	Aus	Sydney	13 Jan 1961
3	MJ Prior	118	2	8	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
4	WP Saha	117	2	8	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the fifth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings. WP Saha became the fourth Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	144	1	8	Ind	Win	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
2	SMH Kirmani	102	2	8	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
3	A Ratra	115*	1	8	Ind	Win	St John’s	10 May 2002
4	MS Dhoni	132*	2	8	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
5	WP Saha	117	2	8	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

Kamran Akmal {03}, MJ Prior (02}, MS Dhoni {02} and MV Boucher {02} are the four wicket keeper batsmen who have scored two or more centuries while batting at number eight in a test innings. The performance of these four wicket keepers are furnished below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Kamran Akmal	109	3	8	Pak	Ind	Mohali	08 Mar 2005
2	Kamran Akmal	154	2	8	Pak	Eng	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
3	Kamran Akmal	113	1	8	Pak	Ind	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
1	MJ Prior	118	2	8	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
2	MJ Prior	110*	4	8	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
1	MS Dhoni	132*	2	8	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
2	MS Dhoni	144	1	8	Ind	Win	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
1	MV Boucher	100	1	8	SAF	Win	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
2	MV Boucher	122*	1	8	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004

 

WP Saha scored 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between Indian and Australia to provide the 28th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	LEG Ames	120	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1934
2	CC Depeiaza	122	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
3	JHB Waite	115	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
4	JHB Waite	134	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Jan 1958
5	FCM Alexander	108	3	Win	Aus	Sydney	13 Jan 1961
6	DT Lindsay	182	3	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966
7	DT Lindsay	137	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	20 Jan 1967
8	DT Lindsay	131	2	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	03 Feb 1967
9	APE Knott	106*	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
10	APE Knott	135	2	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977
11	SMH Kirmani	101*	1	Ind	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
12	Taslim Arif	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
13	PJL Dujon	130	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984
14	PJL Dujon	139	1	Win	Aus	Perth	09 Nov 1984
15	CJ Richards	133	1	Eng	Aus	Perth	28 Nov 1986
16	RC Russell	128*	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	27 Jul 1989
17	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992
18	Moin Khan	115*	1	Pak	Aus	Lahore	01 Nov 1994
19	NR Mongia	152	2	Ind	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
20	AC Parore	110	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
21	BB McCullum	104	3	NZl	Aus	Wellington	19 Mar 2010
22	MJ Prior	118	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
23	AB de Villiers	169	3	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
24	MS Dhoni	224	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
25	AB de Villiers	116	1	SAF	Aus	Port Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
26	Sarfraz Ahmed	109	1	Pak	Aus	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2014
27	Q de Kock	104	2	SAF	Aus	Hobart	12 Nov 2016
28	WP Saha	117	2	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

DT Linday of South Africa {03}, AB de Villiers of South Africa {02}, APE Knott of England {02}, JHB Waite of South Africa {02} and PJL Dujon of West Indies {02} are the five wicket keeper batsmen  who  have scored two or more centuries against Australia. The performance of these five wicket keepers are furnished below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DT Lindsay	182	3	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966
2	DT Lindsay	137	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	20 Jan 1967
3	DT Lindsay	131	2	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	03 Feb 1967
1	AB de Villiers	169	3	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
2	AB de Villiers	116	1	SAF	Aus	Port Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
1	APE Knott	106*	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
2	APE Knott	135	2	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977
1	JHB Waite	115	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
2	JHB Waite	134	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Jan 1958
1	PJL Dujon	130	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984
2	PJL Dujon	139	1	Win	Aus	Perth	09 Nov 1984