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Occasions involving an England batsman when rival batsmen scored double hundreds in a test

Occasions involving an England batsman when rival batsmen scored double hundreds in a test

BA Stokes scored 258 and HM Amla scored 201 in the ongoing third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town to provide the eighth occasion of involving an England batsman when rival batsmen scored double hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 A Sandham 325 1 Eng Win Kingston 03 Apr 1930
  2 GA Headley 223 4 Win Eng Kingston 03 Apr 1930
                 
2 1 E Paynter 216* 1 Eng Aus Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
  2 SJ McCabe 232 2 Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
                 
3 1 WR Hammond 240 1 Eng Aus Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
  2 WA Brown 206* 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
                 
4 1 RB Simpson 311 1 Aus Eng Manchester 23 Jul 1964
  2 KF Barrington 256 2 Eng Aus Manchester 23 Jul 1964
                 
5 1 IVA Richards 291 1 Win Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1976
  2 DL Amiss 203 2 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1976
                 
6 1 GP Thorpe 200* 3 Eng NZl Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
  2 NJ Astle 222 4 NZl Eng Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
                 
7 1 Shoaib Malik 245 1 Pak Eng Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
  2 AN Cook 263 2 Eng Pak Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
                 
8 1 BA Stokes 258 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
  2 HM Amla 201 2 SAF Eng Cape Town 02 Jan 2015

BA Stokes scored 258 and HM Amla scored 201 in the ongoing third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town to provide the first occasion of involving an South African batsman when rival batsmen scored double hundreds in a test.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 BA Stokes 258 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
  2 HM Amla 201 2 SAF Eng Cape Town 02 Jan 2015

 

Test Cricket witnesses the 25th occasion of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test

Test Cricket witnesses the 25th occasion of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test

BA Stokes scored 258 and HM Amla scored 201 in the ongoing third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town to provide the 25th occasion of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 A Sandham 325 1 Eng Win Kingston 03 Apr 1930
  2 GA Headley 223 4 Win Eng Kingston 03 Apr 1930
                 
2 1 E Paynter 216* 1 Eng Aus Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
  2 SJ McCabe 232 2 Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
                 
3 1 WR Hammond 240 1 Eng Aus Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
  2 WA Brown 206* 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
                 
4 1 RB Simpson 311 1 Aus Eng Manchester 23 Jul 1964
  2 KF Barrington 256 2 Eng Aus Manchester 23 Jul 1964
                 
5 1 WM Lawry 210 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
  2 RB Simpson 201 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
  3 SM Nurse 201 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 05 May 1965
                 
6 1 LG Rowe 214 1 Win NZl Kingston 16 Feb 1972
  2 GM Turner 223* 2 NZl Win Kingston 16 Feb 1972
                 
7 1 IVA Richards 291 1 Win Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1976
  2 DL Amiss 203 2 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1976
                 
8 1 GS Chappell 235 1 Aus Pak Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
  2 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
                 
9 1 SV Manjrekar 218 1 Ind Pak Lahore 01 Dec 1989
  2 Shoaib Mohammad 203* 2 Pak Ind Lahore 01 Dec 1989
                 
10 1 PA de Silva 267 2 Srl NZl Wellington 31 Jan 1991
  2 MD Crowe 299 3 NZl Srl Wellington 31 Jan 1991
                 
11 1 SR Tendulkar 201* 1 Ind Zim Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
  2 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
                 
12 1 MS Sinclair 204* 1 NZl Pak Christchurch 15 Mar 2001
  2 Mohammad Yousuf 203 2 Pak NZl Christchurch 15 Mar 2001
                 
13 1 BC Lara 221 1 Win Srl Col-SSC 29 Nov 2001
  2 HP Tillakaratne 204* 2 Srl Win Col-SSC 29 Nov 2001
                 
14 1 GP Thorpe 200* 3 Eng NZl Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
  2 NJ Astle 222 4 NZl Eng Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
                 
15 1 RT Ponting 242 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
  2 R Dravid 233 2 Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
                 
16 1 Younis Khan 267 1 Pak Ind Bangalore 24 Mar 2005
  2 V Sehwag 201 2 Ind Pak Bangalore 24 Mar 2005
                 
17 1 DPMD Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
  2 TT Samaraweera 231 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
  3 Younis Khan 313 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009
                 
18 1 KC Sangakkara 219 1 Srl Ind Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
  2 SR Tendulkar 203 2 Ind Srl Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
                 
19 1 Taufeeq Umar 236 2 Pak Srl Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011
  2 KC Sangakkara 211 3 Srl Pak Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011
                 
20 1 LRPL Taylor 217* 1 NZl Win Dunedin 03 Dec 2013
  2 DM Bravo 218 3 Win NZl Dunedin 03 Dec 2013
                 
21 1 KC Sangakkara 203 2 Srl NZl Wellington 03 Jan 2015
  2 KS Williamson 242* 3 NZl Srl Wellington 03 Jan 2015
                 
22 1 Mohammad Hafeez 224 2 Pak Ban Khulna 28 Apr 2015
  2 Tamim Iqbal 206 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
                 
23 1 Shoaib Malik 245 1 Pak Eng Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
  2 AN Cook 263 2 Eng Pak Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
                 
24 1 DA Warner 253 1 Aus NZl Perth 14 Nov 2015
  2 LRPL Taylor 290 2 NZl Aus Perth 14 Nov 2015
                 
25 1 BA Stokes 258 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
  2 HM Amla 201 2 SAF Eng Cape Town 02 Jan 2015

Apart from the captioned 25 occasions, there are 15 occasion of two batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test innings which are listed below. This list is a part of this article under the criteria to two batsmen scoring hundreds in a test match.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 WH Ponsford 266 1 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
  2 DG Bradman 244 1 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
                 
2 1 SG Barnes 234 2 Aus Eng Sydney 13 Dec 1946
  2 DG Bradman 234 2 Aus Eng Sydney 13 Dec 1946
                 
3 1 CC Hunte 260 2 Win Pak Kingston 26 Feb 1958
  2 GS Sobers 365* 2 Win Pak Kingston 26 Feb 1958
                 
4 1 WM Lawry 210 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
  2 RB Simpson 201 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
                 
5 1 Mudassar Nazar 231 1 Pak Ind Hyd-Pak 14 Jan 1983
  2 Javed Miandad 280* 1 Pak Ind Hyd-Pak 14 Jan 1983
                 
6 1 G Fowler 201 2 Eng Ind Chennai 13 Jan 1985
  2 MW Gatting 207 2 Eng Ind Chennai 13 Jan 1985
                 
7 1 Qasim Umar 206 2 Pak Srl Faisalabad 16 Oct 1985
  2 Javed Miandad 203* 2 Pak Srl Faisalabad 16 Oct 1985
                 
8 1 ST Jayasuriya 340 2 Srl Ind Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
  2 RS Mahanama 225 2 Srl Ind Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
                 
9 1 Ijaz Ahmed 211 2 Pak Srl Dhaka 12 Mar 1999
  2 Inzamam-ul-Haq 200* 2 Pak Srl Dhaka 12 Mar 1999
                 
10 1 MS Atapattu 249 2 Srl Zim Bulawayo 14 May 2004
  2 KC Sangakkara 270 2 Srl Zim Bulawayo 14 May 2004
                 
11 1 WW Hinds 213 1 Win SAF Georgetown 31 Mar 2005
  2 S Chanderpaul 203* 1 Win SAF Georgetown 31 Mar 2005
                 
12 1 KC Sangakkara 287 2 Srl SAF Col-SSC 27 Jul 2006
  2 DPMD Jayawardene 374 2 Srl SAF Col-SSC 27 Jul 2006
                 
13 1 ND McKenzie 226 1 SAF Ban Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
  2 GC Smith 232 1 SAF Ban Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
                 
14 1 G Gambhir 206 1 Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
  2 VVS Laxman 200* 1 Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
                 
15 1 DPMD Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
  2 TT Samaraweera 231 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
                 

Apart from the captioned 25 occasions of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test and 15 occasions of two batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test innings, there are two occasions of three batsmen scoring hundreds in a test which are listed below. This list is a part of this article under the criteria to two or more batsmen scoring hundreds in a test match.

This list contains two occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds in a test innings, which are included in the list of 15 occasions.

This list contains two occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds in a test innings and also a rival batsmen scoring hundred in the same test which are included in the list of 23 occasions.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 WM Lawry 210 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
  2 RB Simpson 201 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
  3 SM Nurse 201 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 05 May 1965
                 
2 1 DPMD Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
  2 TT Samaraweera 231 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
  3 Younis Khan 313 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009

 

Captains scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test

Captains scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the 83rd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All  such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AC MacLaren 109 50* Eng Aus Sydney 13 Dec 1897
2 HL Collins 114 60 Aus Eng Sydney 19 Dec 1924
3 DG Bradman 51 144* Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
4 A Melville 78 103 SAF Eng Durban 03 Mar 1939
5 A Melville 189 104* SAF Eng Nottingham 07 Jun 1947
6 DG Bradman 132 127* Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
7 AD Nourse 65 114 SAF Aus Cape Town 31 Dec 1949
8 GO Rabone 107 68 NZl SAF Durban 11 Dec 1953
9 JR Reid 60 142 NZl SAF Johannesburg 02 Feb 1962
10 JR Reid 74 100 NZl Eng Christchurch 15 Mar 1963
11 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
12 Hanif Mohammad 104 93 Pak Aus Melbourne 04 Dec 1964
13 TL Goddard 60 112 SAF Eng Johannesburg 22 Jan 1965
14 JR Reid 128 76 NZl Pak Karachi 09 Apr 1965
15 MAK Pataudi 64 148 Ind Eng Leeds 08 Jun 1967
16 RB Simpson 55 103 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Dec 1967
17 MC Cowdrey 148 71 Eng Win Port of Spain 14 Mar 1968
18 GS Sobers 152 95* Win Eng Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
19 GS Sobers 110 52 Win Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
20 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
21 IM Chappell 145 121 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
22 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
23 AW Greig 116 76* Eng Win Leeds 22 Jul 1976
24 Mushtaq Mohammad 107 67* Pak NZl Karachi 30 Oct 1976
25 GS Chappell 121 67 Aus Pak Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
26 Mushtaq Mohammad 121 56 Pak Win Port of Spain 01 Apr 1977
27 RB Simpson 100 51 Aus Ind Adelaide 28 Jan 1978
28 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
29 SM Gavaskar 107 182* Ind Win Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
30 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
31 CH Lloyd 100 66 Win Eng Bridgetown 13 Mar 1981
32 LRD Mendis 111 94 Srl Eng Lord’s 23 Aug 1984
33 LRD Mendis 53 124 Srl Ind Kandy 14 Sep 1985
34 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
35 AR Border 70 100* Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
36 MW Gatting 61 150* Eng Pak The Oval 06 Aug 1987
37 DI Gower 57 106 Eng Aus Lord’s 22 Jun 1989
38 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
39 GA Gooch 87 117 Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
40 AR Border 106 78 Aus Srl Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
41 MD Crowe 140 61 NZl Zim Harare 07 Nov 1992
42 Saleem Malik 75 143 Pak Aus Lahore 01 Nov 1994
43 MA Atherton 94* 118 Eng NZl Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
44 SP Fleming 78 174* NZl Srl Colombo (RPS) 27 May 1998
45 WJ Cronje 126 67 SAF Eng Nottingham 23 Jul 1998
46 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
47 AJ Stewart 107 52 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
48 A Flower 74 129 Zim Srl Harare 26 Nov 1999
49 SR Tendulkar 116 52 Ind Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
50 BC Lara 91 122 Win Aus Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
51 SP Fleming 274* 69* NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003
52 GC Smith 277 85 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
53 MP Vaughan 52 105 Eng Srl Kandy 10 Dec 2003
54 BC Lara 115 86 Win SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
55 MP Vaughan 103 101* Eng Win Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
56 T Taibu 85* 153 Zim Ban Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
57 RT Ponting 105 86* Aus NZl Auckland 26 Mar 2005
58 GC Smith 126 50* SAF Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005
59 S Chanderpaul 92 153* Win Pak Bridgetown 26 May 2005
60 Inzamam-ul-Haq 50 117* Pak Win Kingston 03 Jun 2005
61 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
62 Inzamam-ul-Haq 109 100* Pak Eng Faisalabad 20 Nov 2005
63 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
64 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
65 DPMD Jayawardene 61 119 Srl Eng Lord’s 11 May 2006
66 BC Lara 61 122 Win Pak Lahore 11 Nov 2006
67 RT Ponting 196 60* Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
68 RR Sarwan 65 128 Win Aus North Sound 30 May 2008
69 RT Ponting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
70 KC Sangakkara 50 109 Srl NZl Colombo (SSC) 26 Aug 2009
71 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
72 Shakib Al Hasan 87 100 Ban NZl Hamilton 15 Feb 2010
73 BRM Taylor 71 105* Zim Ban Harare 04 Aug 2011
74 BRM Taylor 50 117 Zim NZl Bulawayo 01 Nov 2011
75 DPMD Jayawardene 105 64 Srl Eng Colombo (PSS) 03 Apr 2012
76 LRPL Taylor 142 74 NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Nov 2012
77 BRM Taylor 171 102* Zim Ban Harare 17 Apr 2013
78 AD Mathews 91 157* Srl Pak Abu Dhabi 31 Dec 2013
79 Misbah-ul-Haq 101 101* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
80 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
81 SPD Smith 117 71 Ind Ind Sydney 06 Jan 2015
82 Misbah-ul-Haq 102 87 Pak Eng Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2015
83 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the 23rd occasion of an Australian captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 HL Collins 114 60 Aus Eng Sydney 19 Dec 1924
2 DG Bradman 51 144* Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
3 DG Bradman 132 127* Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
4 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
5 RB Simpson 55 103 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Dec 1967
6 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
7 IM Chappell 145 121 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
8 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
9 GS Chappell 121 67 Aus Pak Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
10 RB Simpson 100 51 Aus Ind Adelaide 28 Jan 1978
11 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
12 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
13 AR Border 70 100* Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
14 AR Border 106 78 Aus Srl Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
15 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
16 RT Ponting 105 86* Aus NZl Auckland 26 Mar 2005
17 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
18 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
19 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
20 RT Ponting 196 60* Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
21 RT Ponting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
22 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
23 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the 83rd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match against West Indies. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MC Cowdrey 148 71 Eng Win Port of Spain 14 Mar 1968
2 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
3 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
4 AW Greig 116 76* Eng Win Leeds 22 Jul 1976
5 Mushtaq Mohammad 121 56 Pak Win Port of Spain 01 Apr 1977
6 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
7 SM Gavaskar 107 182* Ind Win Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
8 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
9 MP Vaughan 103 101* Eng Win Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
10 GC Smith 126 50* SAF Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005
11 Inzamam-ul-Haq 50 117* Pak Win Kingston 03 Jun 2005
12 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
13 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing Day test against West Indies to provide the fifth occasion of an Australian captain scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match against West Indies. The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 IM Chappell 72 106* Aus Win Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
2 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
3 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
4 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
5 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

The following list tabulates the captains who have scored 100 and 50 in a test on three or more occasions.  The list also includes captains scoring twin hundreds in a test. RT Ponting of Australia leads the table with a record seven such occasions

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RT Ponting 105 86* Aus NZl Auckland 26 Mar 2005
2 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
3 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
4 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
5 RT Ponting 196 60* Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
6 RT Ponting 101 99 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
7 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
               
1 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
2 AR Border 70 100* Aus Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
3 AR Border 106 78 Aus Srl Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
               
1 BC Lara 91 122 Win Aus Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
2 BC Lara 115 86 Win SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
3 BC Lara 61 122 Win Pak Lahore 11 Nov 2006
               
1 BRM Taylor 71 105* Zim Ban Harare 04 Aug 2011
2 BRM Taylor 50 117 Zim NZl Bulawayo 01 Nov 2011
3 BRM Taylor 171 102* Zim Ban Harare 17 Apr 2013
               
1 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
2 GS Chappell 121 67 Aus Pak Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
3 GS Chappell 74 124 Aus Win Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
               
1 JR Reid 60 142 NZl SAF Johannesburg 02 Feb 1962
2 JR Reid 74 100 NZl Eng Christchurch 15 Mar 1963
3 JR Reid 128 76 NZl Pak Karachi 09 Apr 1965
               
1 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
2 RB Simpson 55 103 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Dec 1967
3 RB Simpson 100 51 Aus Ind Adelaide 28 Jan 1978

SM Gavaskar, RT Ponting, SP Fleming and GC Smith are the four captains who have scored double hundred and a fifty in a test, while GA Gooch and MA Taylor are the two captains to score a triple hundred and a fifty in a test.  GA Gooch remains the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score a triple hundred and a hundred in a test. The performances of these six captains are furnished below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
2 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
3 SP Fleming 274* 69* NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003
4 GC Smith 277 85 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
5 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
6 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998

The following list tabulated the sixteen occasions of captain scoring hundreds in both innings of a test. A Gooch remains the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score a triple hundred and a hundred in a test.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 A Melville 189 104* SAF Eng Nottingham 07 Jun 1947
2 DG Bradman 132 127* Aus Ind Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
3 RB Simpson 153 115 Aus Pak Karachi 24 Oct 1964
4 IM Chappell 145 121 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
5 GS Chappell 123 109* Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
6 SM Gavaskar 107 182* Ind Win Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
7 AR Border 140 114* Aus NZl Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
8 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
9 MP Vaughan 103 101* Eng Win Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
10 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
11 Inzamam-ul-Haq 109 100* Pak Eng Faisalabad 20 Nov 2005
12 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
13 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
14 BRM Taylor 171 102* Zim Ban Harare 17 Apr 2013
15 Misbah-ul-Haq 101 101* Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 30 Oct 2014
16 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014

 

Australian test wins by a margin of 175 plus runs

Australian test wins by a margin of 175 plus runs

Australia won the just concluded Boxing day test against West Indies by 177 runs to provide the 68th occasion of Australia winning a test by a margin of 175 plus runs. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 562 runs v England The Oval 18 Aug 1934
2 Australia won 530 runs v South Africa Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
3 Australia won 491 runs v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004
4 Australia won 409 runs v England Lord’s 24 Jun 1948
5 Australia won 405 runs v England Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
6 Australia won 384 runs v England Brisbane 07 Nov 2002
7 Australia won 382 runs v West Indies Sydney 14 Feb 1969
8 Australia won 382 runs v England Adelaide 11 Jan 1895
9 Australia won 381 runs v England Brisbane 21 Nov 2013
10 Australia won 379 runs v West Indies Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
11 Australia won 377 runs v England Sydney 17 Dec 1920
12 Australia won 365 runs v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1937
13 Australia won 352 runs v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2000
14 Australia won 348 runs v Pakistan Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
15 Australia won 342 runs v India Nagpur 26 Oct 2004
16 Australia won 337 runs v India Melbourne 26 Dec 2007
17 Australia won 329 runs v England Perth 03 Feb 1995
18 Australia won 312 runs v West Indies Port of Spain 05 Mar 1999
19 Australia won 308 runs v England Melbourne 07 Feb 1908
20 Australia won 307 runs v England Sydney 27 Feb 1925
21 Australia won 300 runs v India Perth 01 Feb 1992
22 Australia won 298 runs v India Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
23 Australia won 297 runs v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 1974
24 Australia won 295 runs v England Melbourne 24 Dec 1994
25 Australia won 286 runs v Pakistan Perth 13 Nov 1981
26 Australia won 285 runs v India Adelaide 10 Dec 1999
27 Australia won 281 runs v England Sydney 03 Jan 2014
28 Australia won 281 runs v South Africa Centurion 12 Feb 2014
29 Australia won 277 runs v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
30 Australia won 277 runs v West Indies Kingston 11 Jun 2015
31 Australia won 274 runs v England Adelaide 02 Feb 1951
32 Australia won 268 runs v England Manchester 03 Jul 1997
33 Australia won 267 runs v England Perth 16 Dec 2010
34 Australia won 264 runs v England Nottingham 07 Aug 1997
35 Australia won 246 runs v South Africa Adelaide 14 Dec 2001
36 Australia won 245 runs v England Adelaide 10 Jan 1908
37 Australia won 245 runs v South Africa Cape Town 01 Mar 2014
38 Australia won 239 runs v England Lord’s 21 Jul 2005
39 Australia won 238 runs v England Nottingham 08 Jun 1934
40 Australia won 233 runs v India Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
41 Australia won 231 runs v Pakistan Hobart 14 Jan 2010
42 Australia won 229 runs v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1902
43 Australia won 219 runs v England Leeds 02 Jul 1921
44 Australia won 218 runs v England Melbourne 05 Mar 1904
45 Australia won 218 runs v England Adelaide 05 Dec 2013
46 Australia won 217 runs v India Bangalore 06 Oct 2004
47 Australia won 216 runs v England Adelaide 15 Jan 1904
48 Australia won 213 runs v New Zealand Adelaide 26 Nov 2004
49 Australia won 210 runs v ICC World XI Sydney 14 Oct 2005
50 Australia won 210 runs v England Leeds 08 Jun 1989
51 Australia won 208 runs v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015
52 Australia won 206 runs v England Perth 14 Dec 2006
53 Australia won 205 runs v England Adelaide 11 Dec 1998
54 Australia won 202 runs v West Indies Sydney 25 Jan 1952
55 Australia won 197 runs v Sri Lanka Galle 08 Mar 2004
56 Australia won 193 runs v England Sydney 19 Dec 1924
57 Australia won 191 runs v South Africa Adelaide 28 Jan 1994
58 Australia won 190 runs v West Indies Adelaide 23 Jan 1976
59 Australia won 186 runs v New Zealand Brisbane 07 Nov 1997
60 Australia won 185 runs v England Lord’s 21 Jun 1956
61 Australia won 184 runs v England Brisbane 25 Nov 1994
62 Australia won 184 runs v South Africa Melbourne 26 Dec 2005
63 Australia won 180 runs v India Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
64 Australia won 179 runs v England Manchester 03 Jun 1993
65 Australia won 177 runs v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
66 Australia won 176 runs v New Zealand Hamilton 27 Mar 2010
67 Australia won 176 runs v West Indies St John’s 03 Apr 1999
68 Australia won 175 runs v South Africa Durban 06 Mar 2009

Australia won the just concluded Boxing day test against West Indies by 177 runs to provide the ninth occasion of Australia winning a test against West Indies by a margin of 175 plus runs. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 382 runs v West Indies Sydney 14 Feb 1969
2 Australia won 379 runs v West Indies Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
3 Australia won 352 runs v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2000
4 Australia won 312 runs v West Indies Port of Spain 05 Mar 1999
5 Australia won 277 runs v West Indies Kingston 11 Jun 2015
6 Australia won 202 runs v West Indies Sydney 25 Jan 1952
7 Australia won 190 runs v West Indies Adelaide 23 Jan 1976
8 Australia won 177 runs v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
9 Australia won 176 runs v West Indies St John’s 03 Apr 1999

 

SPD Smith’s distinction – becomes the first Australian captain to score two unbeaten fifties in a test match

SPD Smith’s distinction – becomes the first Australian captain to score two unbeaten fifties in a test match

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the third occasion of a captain scoring two unbeaten fifties in a test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

The first captain to accomplish such a feat was GC Grant of West Indies. He scored 53 not out and 71 not out against Adelaide in Dec 1930. SP Fleming of New Zealand was the next to perform the feat in Apr 2003 after 73 years of test cricket. He made 274 not out and 69 not out against Sri Lanka at Colombo-PSS in Apr 2003. SPD Smith of Australia was the next batsman to emulate GC Grant and SP Fleming.  SPD Smith is  the only captain to score two unbeaten fifties in a test match on home soil. GC Grant and SP Fleming had accomplished the feat on away soil. SPD Smith earned the distinction of becoming the first Australian captain to score twin unbeaten fifties in a test. He also became the first captain ever to accomplish such a feat on the Boxing Day test

 

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Grant 53* 71* Win Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1930
2 SP Fleming 274* 69* NZl Srl Col-PSS 25 Apr 2003
3 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

 

Australian batsmen scoring a century and a half century on five or more occasions – SPD Smith joins the list

Australian batsmen scoring a century and a half century on five or more occasions – SPD Smith joins the list

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the fifth occasion of his scoring a century and a half century in a test. He became the seventh Australian batsman to score a century and a half century in a test on five occasions. All such occasions are listed below. RT Ponting leads the list with ten such occasions and he is followed by AR Border who has performed the feat on nine occasions.

No No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 RT Ponting 144 72 v England Leeds 16 Aug 2001
  2 RT Ponting 169 53* v Zimbabwe Sydney 17 Oct 2003
  3 RT Ponting 105 86* v New Zealand Auckland 26 Mar 2005
  4 RT Ponting 149 104* v West Indies Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
  5 RT Ponting 120 143* v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2006
  6 RT Ponting 103 116 v South Africa Durban 24 Mar 2006
  7 RT Ponting 196 60* v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
  8 RT Ponting 101 99 v South Africa Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
  9 RT Ponting 209 89 v Pakistan Hobart 14 Jan 2010
  10 RT Ponting 221 60* v India Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
               
2 1 AR Border 162 50 v India Chennai 11 Sep 1979
  2 AR Border 150* 153 v Pakistan Lahore 18 Mar 1980
  3 AR Border 106* 84 v England The Oval 27 Aug 1981
  4 AR Border 78 126 v West Indies Adelaide 30 Jan 1982
  5 AR Border 117* 66 v Pakistan Adelaide 09 Dec 1983
  6 AR Border 98* 100* v West Indies Port of Spain 16 Mar 1984
  7 AR Border 140 114* v New Zealand Christchurch 28 Feb 1986
  8 AR Border 70 100* v England Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
  9 AR Border 106 78 v Sri Lanka Moratuwa 08 Sep 1992
               
3 1 GS Chappell 116* 62 v Pakistan Melbourne 29 Dec 1972
  2 GS Chappell 247* 133 v New Zealand Wellington 01 Mar 1974
  3 GS Chappell 84 144 v England Sydney 04 Jan 1975
  4 GS Chappell 123 109* v West Indies Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
  5 GS Chappell 121 67 v Pakistan Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
  6 GS Chappell 74 124 v West Indies Brisbane 01 Dec 1979
               
4 1 JL Langer 179* 52 v England Adelaide 11 Dec 1998
  2 JL Langer 51 127 v West Indies St John’s 03 Apr 1999
  3 JL Langer 59 127 v Pakistan Hobart 18 Nov 1999
  4 JL Langer 146 78* v West Indies Georgetown 10 Apr 2003
  5 JL Langer 191 97 v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004
  6 JL Langer 82 100* v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
               
5 1 MA Taylor 136 60 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1989
  2 MA Taylor 52 101 v Pakistan Melbourne 12 Jan 1990
  3 MA Taylor 59 144 v West Indies St John’s 27 Apr 1991
  4 MA Taylor 64 142* v New Zealand Perth 12 Nov 1993
  5 MA Taylor 334* 92 v Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
               
6 1 ML Hayden 197 103 v England Brisbane 07 Nov 2002
  2 ML Hayden 136 53* v India Melbourne 26 Dec 2003
  3 ML Hayden 117 132 v Sri Lanka Cairns 09 Jul 2004
  4 ML Hayden 111 77 v ICC World XI Sydney 14 Oct 2005
  5 ML Hayden 65 137 v South Africa Melbourne 26 Dec 2005
               
7 1 SPD Smith 162* 52* v India Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
  2 SPD Smith 117 71 v India Sydney 06 Jan 2015
  3 SPD Smith 199 54* v West Indies Kingston 11 Jun 2015
  4 SPD Smith 215 58 v England Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
  5 SPD Smith 134* 70* v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

 

 

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the 25th occasion of a batsman scoring two unbeaten fifties in a test match.

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the 25th occasion of a batsman scoring two unbeaten fifties in a test match.

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the 25th occasion of a batsman scoring two unbeaten fifties in a test match. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Grant 53* 71* Win Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1930
2 FCM Alexander 63* 87* Win Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
3 KF Barrington 151* 52* Eng Ind Mumbai (BS) 11 Nov 1961
4 RG Nadkarni 52* 122* Ind Eng Kanpur 15 Feb 1964
5 CA Davis 71* 74* Win Ind Port of Spain 06 Mar 1971
6 Javed Miandad 88* 61* Pak Eng Hyderabad (Sind) 02 Jan 1978
7 AR Border 98* 100* Aus Win Port of Spain 16 Mar 1984
8 RA Smith 121* 61* Eng Ind Manchester 09 Aug 1990
9 Saleem Malik 82* 84* Pak Eng Leeds 23 Jul 1992
10 JC Adams 174* 78* Win Ind Mohali 10 Dec 1994
11 BM McMillan 103* 59* SAF Ind Cape Town 02 Jan 1997
12 PA de Silva 138* 103* Srl Pak Colombo (SSC) 26 Apr 1997
13 Azhar Mahmood 128* 50* Pak SAF Rawalpindi 06 Oct 1997
14 R Dravid 200* 70* Ind Zim Delhi 18 Nov 2000
15 MS Sinclair 204* 50* NZl Pak Christchurch 15 Mar 2001
16 SP Fleming 274* 69* NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003
17 VVS Laxman 104* 67* Ind NZl Mohali 16 Oct 2003
18 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
19 S Chanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
20 S Chanderpaul 65* 70* Win SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2008
21 S Chanderpaul 107* 77* Win Aus North Sound 30 May 2008
22 VVS Laxman 200* 59* Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
23 S Chanderpaul 84* 101* Win Ban Gros Islet 13 Sep 2014
24 SPD Smith 162* 52* Aus Ind Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
25 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith of Australia scored 134 not out and 70 not out in the just concluded Boxing day test at Melbourne to provide the thirdh occasion of an Australian batsman scoring two unbeaten fifties in a test match. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AR Border 98* 100* Aus Win Port of Spain 16 Mar 1984
2 SPD Smith 162* 52* Aus Ind Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
3 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

Only two batsman have scored unbeaten fifties in a test against West Indies – AR Border and SPD Smith. By a coincidence these are the two Australian batsmen to have performed the feat against West Indies. Their performance is listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AR Border 98* 100* Aus Win Port of Spain 16 Mar 1984
2 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015

SPD Smith became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to score unbeaten fifties on two occasions. Others are – S Chanderpaul of West Indies who has performed the feat on a record four occasions and VVS Laxman of India who has two such occasions to his credit. The following table tabulates the performance of these three batsmen.

No Player Bat1 Bat2 Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 S Chanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
2 S Chanderpaul 65* 70* Win SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2008
3 S Chanderpaul 107* 77* Win Aus North Sound 30 May 2008
4 S Chanderpaul 84* 101* Win Ban Gros Islet 13 Sep 2014
               
1 SPD Smith 162* 52* Aus Ind Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
2 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
               
1 VVS Laxman 104* 67* Ind NZl Mohali 16 Oct 2003
2 VVS Laxman 200* 59* Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008

 

Opening batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in a test – D Elgar of South Africa is the new entrant to the list

Opening batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in a test – D Elgar of South Africa is the new entrant to the list

D Elgar of South Africa carried his bat through the completed innings against England at Durban in the ongoing Boxing Day test to provide the 51st occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. The 50th such occasion befell on India’s CA Pujara who carried his bat through the completed innings against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Aug 2015. All the fifty one occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Total Inns Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 AB Tancred 26* 47 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
2 JE Barrett 67* 176 3 Aus v Eng Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
3 R Abel 132* 307 2 Eng v Aus Sydney 29 Jan 1892
4 PF Warner 132* 237 3 Eng v SAF Johannesburg 14 Feb 1899
5 WW Armstrong 159* 309 3 Aus v SAF Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902
6 JW Zulch 43* 103 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
7 W Bardsley 193* 383 1 Aus v Eng Lord’s 26 Jun 1926
8 WM Woodfull 30* 66† 4 Aus v Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
9 WM Woodfull 73* 193† 4 Aus v Eng Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
10 WA Brown 206* 422 2 Aus v Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
11 L Hutton 202* 344 2 Eng v Win The Oval 12 Aug 1950
12 L Hutton 156* 272 2 Eng v Aus Adelaide 02 Feb 1951
13 Nazar Mohammad 124* 331 2 Pak v Ind Lucknow 23 Oct 1952
14 FMM Worrell 191* 372 2 Win v Eng Nottingham 04 Jul 1957
15 TL Goddard 56* 99 3 SAF v Aus Cape Town 31 Dec 1957
16 DJ McGlew 127* 292 1 SAF v NZl Durban 08 Dec 1961
17 CC Hunte 60* 131 3 Win v Aus Port of Spain 14 May 1965
18 GM Turner 43* 131 4 NZl v Eng Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
19 WM Lawry 49* 107 3 Aus v Ind Delhi 28 Nov 1969
20 WM Lawry 60* 116† 4 Aus v Eng Sydney 09 Jan 1971
21 GM Turner 223* 386 2 NZl v Win Kingston 16 Feb 1972
22 IR Redpath 159* 346 3 Aus v NZl Auckland 22 Mar 1974
23 G Boycott 99* 215 4 Eng v Aus Perth 14 Dec 1979
24 SM Gavaskar 127* 286 3 Ind v Pak Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
25 Mudassar Nazar 152* 323 1 Pak v Ind Lahore 23 Jan 1983
26 S Wettimuny 63* 144 2 Srl v NZl Christchurch 04 Mar 1983
27 DC Boon 58* 103 3 Aus v NZl Auckland 13 Mar 1986
28 DL Haynes 88* 211 3 Win v Pak Karachi 20 Nov 1986
29 GA Gooch 154* 252 3 Eng v Win Leeds 06 Jun 1991
30 DL Haynes 75* 176 2 Win v Eng The Oval 08 Aug 1991
31 AJ Stewart 69* 175 3 Eng v Pak Lord’s 18 Jun 1992
32 DL Haynes 143* 382 3 Win v Pak Port of Spain 16 Apr 1993
34 MH Dekker 68* 187 4 Zim v Pak Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
35 MA Atherton 94* 228 2 Eng v NZl Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
36 G Kirsten 100* 239 1 SAF v Pak Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997
37 MA Taylor 169* 350 2 Aus v SAF Adelaide 30 Jan 1998
38 GW Flower 156* 321 1 Zim v Pak Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
39 Saeed Anwar 188* 316 3 Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Feb 1999
40 MS Atapattu 216* 428 2 Srl v Zim Bulawayo 18 Nov 1999
41 RP Arnold 104* 231 2 Srl v Zim Harare 04 Dec 1999
42 Javed Omar 85* 168† 3 Ban v Zim Bulawayo 19 Apr 2001
43 V Sehwag 201* 329 1 Ind v Srl Galle 31 Jul 2008
44 SM Katich 131* 268 3 Aus v NZl Brisbane 20 Nov 2008
45 CH Gayle 165* 317 3 Win v Aus Adelaide 04 Dec 2009
46 Imran Farhat 117* 223 1 Pak v NZl Napier 11 Dec 2009
47 R Dravid 146* 300 2 Ind v Eng The Oval 18 Aug 2011
48 TMK Mawoyo 163* 412 1 Zim v Pak Bulawayo 01 Sep 2011
49 DA Warner 123* 233 4 Aus v NZl Hobart 09 Dec 2011
50 CA Pujara 145* 312 1 Ind v Srl Col-SSC 28 Aug 2015
51 D Elgar 118* 214 2 SAF v Eng Durban 26 Dec 2015

The following table furnishes the list six South African batsmen who have accomplished the feat. D Elgar became the sixth South African batsman to perform the feat. All the six occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Total Inns Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 AB Tancred 26* 47 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
2 JW Zulch 43* 103 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
3 TL Goddard 56* 99 3 SAF v Aus Cape Town 31 Dec 1957
4 DJ McGlew 127* 292 1 SAF v NZl Durban 08 Dec 1961
5 G Kirsten 100* 239 1 SAF v Pak Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997
6 D Elgar 118* 214 2 SAF v Eng Durban 26 Dec 2015

D Elgar’s feat provides the 13th occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs Total Inns Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 AB Tancred 26* 47 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
2 JE Barrett 67* 176 3 Aus v Eng Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
3 JW Zulch 43* 103 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
4 W Bardsley 193* 383 1 Aus v Eng Lord’s 26 Jun 1926
5 WM Woodfull 30* 66† 4 Aus v Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1928
6 WM Woodfull 73* 193† 4 Aus v Eng Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
7 WA Brown 206* 422 2 Aus v Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
8 FMM Worrell 191* 372 2 Win v Eng Nottingham 04 Jul 1957
9 GM Turner 43* 131 4 NZl v Eng Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
10 WM Lawry 60* 116† 4 Aus v Eng Sydney 09 Jan 1971
11 DL Haynes 75* 176 2 Win v Eng The Oval 08 Aug 1991
12 R Dravid 146* 300 2 Ind v Eng The Oval 18 Aug 2011
13 D Elgar 118* 214 2 SAF v Eng Durban 26 Dec 2015

D Elgar became the third South African batsman to perform the feat against England after AB Tancred and JW Zulch. The following table lists the performance of all the three batsman. It took 105 years for a South African batsman to carry the bat through the completed innings against England. The previous occasion of such a feat was by Zulch at Cape Town in Mar 1910

No Player Runs Total Inns Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 AB Tancred 26* 47 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
2 JW Zulch 43* 103 2 SAF v Eng Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
3 D Elgar 118* 214 2 SAF v Eng Durban 26 Dec 2015

D Elgar of South Africa carried his bat through the completed innings against England at Durban in the ongoing Boxing Day test while scoring 118 not out to provide the 31st occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket with a hundred to his credit. All the thirty one occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Total Inns Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 R Abel 132* 307 2 Eng v Aus Sydney 29 Jan 1892
2 PF Warner 132* 237 3 Eng v SAF Johannesburg 14 Feb 1899
3 WW Armstrong 159* 309 3 Aus v SAF Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902
4 W Bardsley 193* 383 1 Aus v Eng Lord’s 26 Jun 1926
5 WA Brown 206* 422 2 Aus v Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
6 L Hutton 202* 344 2 Eng v Win The Oval 12 Aug 1950
7 L Hutton 156* 272 2 Eng v Aus Adelaide 02 Feb 1951
8 Nazar Mohammad 124* 331 2 Pak v Ind Lucknow 23 Oct 1952
9 FMM Worrell 191* 372 2 Win v Eng Nottingham 04 Jul 1957
10 DJ McGlew 127* 292 1 SAF v NZl Durban 08 Dec 1961
11 GM Turner 223* 386 2 NZl v Win Kingston 16 Feb 1972
12 IR Redpath 159* 346 3 Aus v NZl Auckland 22 Mar 1974
13 SM Gavaskar 127* 286 3 Ind v Pak Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
14 Mudassar Nazar 152* 323 1 Pak v Ind Lahore 23 Jan 1983
15 GA Gooch 154* 252 3 Eng v Win Leeds 06 Jun 1991
16 DL Haynes 143* 382 3 Win v Pak Port of Spain 16 Apr 1993
17 G Kirsten 100* 239 1 SAF v Pak Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997
18 MA Taylor 169* 350 2 Aus v SAF Adelaide 30 Jan 1998
19 GW Flower 156* 321 1 Zim v Pak Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
20 Saeed Anwar 188* 316 3 Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Feb 1999
21 MS Atapattu 216* 428 2 Srl v Zim Bulawayo 18 Nov 1999
22 RP Arnold 104* 231 2 Srl v Zim Harare 04 Dec 1999
23 V Sehwag 201* 329 1 Ind v Srl Galle 31 Jul 2008
24 SM Katich 131* 268 3 Aus v NZl Brisbane 20 Nov 2008
25 CH Gayle 165* 317 3 Win v Aus Adelaide 04 Dec 2009
26 Imran Farhat 117* 223 1 Pak v NZl Napier 11 Dec 2009
37 R Dravid 146* 300 2 Ind v Eng The Oval 18 Aug 2011
28 TMK Mawoyo 163* 412 1 Zim v Pak Bulawayo 01 Sep 2011
29 DA Warner 123* 233 4 Aus v NZl Hobart 09 Dec 2011
30 CA Pujara 145* 312 1 Ind v Srl Colombo (SSC) 28 Aug 2015
31 D Elgar 118* 214 2 SAF v Eng Durban 26 Dec 2015

WA Brown of Australia, L Hutton of England, GM Turner of New Zealand, MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka and V Sehwag of India are the five batsmen who have carried the bat through the completed innings while scoring 200 plus runs. All such occasions are listed below with the performance of the batsmen

No Player Runs Total Inns Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 WA Brown 206* 422 2 Aus v Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
2 L Hutton 202* 344 2 Eng v Win The Oval 12 Aug 1950
3 GM Turner 223* 386 2 NZl v Win Kingston 16 Feb 1972
4 MS Atapattu 216* 428 2 Srl v Zim Bulawayo 18 Nov 1999
5 V Sehwag 201* 329 1 Ind v Srl Galle 31 Jul 2008

GM Turner’s 223 not out is the highest individual score by a batsman while carrying the bat through the completed innings and Sri Lanka’s 428 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo is the highest team total when the batsman has carried the bat through the completed innings. MS Atapattu remained not out in 216 in Sri Lanka’s innings in this test

JE Root of England becomes the second batsman to score ten or more half centuries in a calendar year after AR Border

JE Root of England becomes the second batsman to score ten or more half centuries in a calendar year after AR Border

JE Root of England with his 73 against South Africa in the ongoing Boxing Day test at Durban became the second batsman in the annals of test cricket to score ten or more half centuries in a calendar year.  His half century – 60 not out – was his tenth half century in 2015.  AR Border of Australia had scored eleven half centuries in 1989.

No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 75 5 2 v West Indies Sydney 26 Jan 1989
2 64 5 1 v West Indies Adelaide 03 Feb 1989
3 66 4 1 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1989
4 60* 4 3 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1989
5 80 4 2 v England Manchester 27 Jul 1989
6 65* 4 1 v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
7 76 4 1 v England The Oval 24 Aug 1989
8 51* 4 3 v England The Oval 24 Aug 1989
9 50 4 1 v New Zealand Perth 24 Nov 1989
10 56 4 1 v Sri Lanka Brisbane 08 Dec 1989
11 85 5 3 v Sri Lanka Hobart 16 Dec 1989
JE Root of England
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 83 5 1 v West Indies North Sound 13 Apr 2015
2 59 5 3 v West Indies North Sound 13 Apr 2015
3 98 5 1 v New Zealand Lord’s 21 May 2015
4 84 5 3 v New Zealand Lord’s 21 May 2015
5 60 5 3 v Australia Cardiff 08 Jul 2015
6 63 4 2 v Australia Birmingham 29 Jul 2015
7 85 5 2 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
8 88 4 2 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2015
8 71 4 4 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2015
10 73 4 3 v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2015

 

JE Root of England emulates V Sehwag to share the world record of most fifties in a calendar year

JE Root of England emulates V Sehwag to share the world record of most fifties in a calendar year

JE Root of England with his 60 not out against South Africa in the ongoing Boxing Day test at Durban equaled the world record of most fifties in a calendar year. It is his 13th fifty in 2015. He emulated V Sehwag of India who had set up the record for most fifties in a calendar year of 2010. The performance of both these batsmen are listed below.

V Sehwag of India
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 52 2 1 v Bangladesh Chittagong 17 Jan 2010
2 56 2 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 24 Jan 2010
3 109 2 2 v South Africa Nagpur 06 Feb 2010
4 165 2 2 v South Africa Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
5 109 2 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 18 Jul 2010
6 99 2 2 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
7 109 2 2 v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
8 59 2 2 v Australia Mohali 01 Oct 2010
9 173 2 1 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 04 Nov 2010
10 96 2 2 v New Zealand Hyd-RGS 12 Nov 2010
11 54* 2 4 v New Zealand Hyd-RGS 12 Nov 2010
12 74 2 2 v New Zealand Nagpur 20 Nov 2010
13 63 2 3 v South Africa Centurion 16 Dec 2010
JE Root of England
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 83 5 1 v West Indies North Sound 13 Apr 2015
2 59 5 3 v West Indies North Sound 13 Apr 2015
3 182* 5 2 v West Indies St George’s 21 Apr 2015
4 98 5 1 v New Zealand Lord’s 21 May 2015
5 84 5 3 v New Zealand Lord’s 21 May 2015
6 134 5 1 v Australia Cardiff 08 Jul 2015
7 60 5 3 v Australia Cardiff 08 Jul 2015
8 63 4 2 v Australia Birmingham 29 Jul 2015
9 130 4 2 v Australia Nottingham 06 Aug 2015
10 85 5 2 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
11 88 4 2 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2015
12 71 4 4 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 22 Oct 2015
13 60* 4 3 v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2015