Tuesday 29 December 2015

First two hundreds of the career in consecutive tests and similar




First 4 hundreds of career in consecutive tests

Player
Tests
Score 1
Score 2
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
Jack Fingleton
4
112

Aus
SA
Cape Town
Jan 1936


108

SA
Johannesburg
Feb 1936


118

SA
Durban
Feb 1936


100
0
Eng
Brisbane
Dec 1936
Everton Weekes
4
141
DNB
WI
Eng
Kingston
Mar 1948


128

Ind
Delhi
Nov 1948


194

Ind
Mumbai (BS)
Dec 1948


162
101
Ind
Kolkata
Dec 1948

# Fingleton’s first four hundreds came in 4 consecutive innings as well.

# Weekes’ first five hundreds came in 5 consecutive innings – the only instance of a batsman scoring hundreds in 5 consecutive innings.

# Weekes nearly scored a sixth hundred in six tests before getting run out for 90.



First 3 hundreds of career in consecutive tests

Player
Tests
Score 1
Score 2
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
Wally Hammond
3
251
DNB
Eng
Aus
SCG
Dec 1928


200
32
Aus
MCG
Dec 1928


119*
177
Aus
Adelaide
Feb 1929
Alan Melville
3
78
103
SA
Eng
Durban
Mar 1939


189
104*
Eng
Tentbridge
Jun 1947


117
8
Eng
Lord's
Jun 1947
Sunil Gavaskar
3
116
64*
Ind
WI
Georgetown
Mar 1971


1
117*
WI
Bridgetown
Apr 1971


124
220
WI
Port of Spain
Apr 1971
Mark Burgess
3
59
119*
NZ
Pak
Dhaka
Nov 1969


104
DNB
Eng
Auckland
Mar 1971


15
101
WI
Kingston
Feb 1972
M Azharuddin
3
110
DNB
Ind
Eng
Kolkata
Dec 1984


48
105
Eng
Chennai
Jan 1985


122
54*
Eng
Kanpur
Jan 1985
Chris Broad
3
162
16
Eng
Aus
WACA
Nov 1986


116
15*
Aus
Adelaide
Dec 1986


112

Aus
MCG
Dec 1986
Ravi Bopara
3
104
DNB
Eng
WI
Bridgetown
Feb 2009


143
DNB
WI
Lord's
May 2009


108

WI
Chester-le-Street
May 2009
Usman Khawaja
3
174
9*
Aus
NZ
Brisbane
Nov 2015


121

NZ
WACA
Nov 2015


144

WI
MCG
Dec 2015


# Azharuddin’s effort came in the first 3 tests of his career – the only player to do so.

# Charles Macartney, Shoaib Mohammed and Matthew Hayden scored the last 3 hundreds of their career in consecutive tests.

# Ken Barrington scored the last 4 hundreds of their career in consecutive tests.

# Gautam Gambhir’s last 5 test hundreds came in consecutive tests – test #24 to test #28. In the next 28 tests of his career, he didn’t score a single century.

# Alan Melville scored 4 hundreds in 3 tests. These were his 4 hundreds in his entire career. The first & second instances of the above table came on either side of WW II.

# Sunil Gavaskar’s first 4 test hundreds came in 3 consecutive tests – this came in his debut series.

# Mark Burgess in the only one to score 3 hundreds all against separate oppositions. Also his efforts came in 3 separate calender years.

# These remains the only three hundreds of their career of Ravi Bopara and Usman Khawaja though both are still active players.


Usman Khawaja: Can the juggernaut continue?


First 2 hundreds of career in consecutive tests

Player
Tests
Score 1
Score 2
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
Nip Pellew
2
116

Aus
Eng
MCG
Dec 1920


35
104
Eng
Adelaide
Jan 1921
Jack Ryder
2
142
DNB
Aus
SA
Cape Town
Nov 1921


201*
88
Eng
Adelaide
Jan 1925
Bob Caterall
2
0
120
SA
Eng
Edgbaston
Jun 1924


120
45
Eng
Lord's
Jun 1924
Pasty Hendren
2
132
DNB
Eng
SA
Leeds
Jul 1924


142

SA
The Oval
Aug 1924
Bill Ponsford
2
110
27
Aus
Eng
SCG
Dec 1924


128
4
Eng
MCG
Jan 1925
Bill Woodfull
2
141

Aus
Eng
Leeds
Jul 1926


117

Eng
Old Trafford
Jul 1926
Vijay Merchant
2
128

Ind
Eng
The Oval
Aug 1946


154

Eng
Delhi
Nov 1951
Arthur Morris
2
21
155
Aus
Eng
MCG
Jan 1947


122
124*
Eng
Adelaide
Jan 1947
Neil Harvey
2
153

Aus
Ind
MCG
Feb 1948


112
4*
Eng
Leeds
Jul 1948
Gary Sobers
2
365*

WI
Pak
Kingston
Feb 1958


125
109*
Pak
Georgetown
Mar 1958
Basil Butcher
2
103

WI
Ind
Kolkata
Dec 1958


142
16
Ind
Chennai
Jan 1959
Ken Barrington
2
128

Eng
WI
Bridgetown
Jan 1960


121
49
WI
Port of Spain
Jan 1960
Javed Burki
2
138
15
Pak
Eng
Lahore
Oct 1961


140
0
Eng
Dhaka
Jan 1962
Peter Parfitt
2
111

Eng
Pak
Karachi
Feb 1962


101*

Pak
Edgbaston
May 1962
Brian Booth
2
112
19*
Aus
Eng
Brisbane
Nov 1962


27
103
Eng
MCG
Dec 1962
Eddie Barlow
2
114
0
SA
Aus
Brisbane
Dec 1963


109
54
Aus
MCG
Jan 1964
Graeme Pollock
2
122
42
SA
Aus
SCG
Jan 1964


175

Aus
Adelaide
Jan 1964
Dilip Sardesai
2
4
200*
Ind
NZ
Mumbai (BS)
Mar 1965


106
28*
NZ
Delhi
Mar 1965
Doug Walters
2
155

Aus
Eng
Brisbane
Dec 1965


22
115
Eng
MCG
Dec 1965
Alan Knott
2
101
96
Eng
NZ
Auckland
Mar 1971


116
48
Pak
Edgbaston
Jun 1971
Alwyn Kallicharan
2
100*
DNB
WI
NZ
Georgetown
Apr 1972


101
18
NZ
Port of Spain
Apr 1972
Vic Pollard
2
16*
116
NZ
Eng
Trent bridge
Jun 1973


105*

Eng
Lord's
Jun 1973
Dennis Amiss
2
112
16
Eng
Pak
Lahore
Mar 1973


158
0
Pak
Hyderabad (Sind)
Mar 1973
Mike Denness
2
118

Eng
Ind
Lord's
Jun 1974


100

Ind
Edgbaston
Jun 1974
Bob Woolmer
2
79
120
Eng
Aus
Lord's
Jun 1977


137
0*
Aus
Old Trafford
Jun 1977
Haroon Rasheed
2
122
45*
Pak
Eng
Lahore
Dec 1977


108
35
Eng
Hyderabad (Sind)
Jan 1978
Clive Radley
2
158

Eng
NZ
Auckland
Mar 1978


106

Pak
Edgbaston
Jun 1978
Desmond Haynes
2
55
105
WI
NZ
Dunedin
Feb 1980


0
122
NZ
Christchurch
Feb 1980
Richie Richardson
2
131*
DNB
WI
Aus
Bridgetown
Mar 1984


154

Aus
St John's
Apr 1984
Steve Waugh
2
177*

Aus
Eng
Leeds
Jun 1989


152*
21*
Eng
Lord's
Jun 1989
Aameer Malik
2
117

Pak
Ind
Faisalabad
Nov 1989


113

Ind
Lahore
Dec 1989
Roshan Mahanama
2
153

SL
NZ
Moratuwa
Nov 1992


109
29
NZ
Colombo (SSC)
Dec 1992
Robin Smith
2
143

Eng
Aus
Old Trafford
Jul 1989


101
26
Aus
Trent bridge
Aug 1989
Alec Stewart
2
113*
43
Eng
SL
Lord's
Aug 1991


148

NZ
Christchurch
Jan 1992
Vinod Kambli
2
225

Ind
Eng
Mumbai (WS)
Feb 1993


227

Zim
Delhi
Mar 1993
Sanjeeva Ranataunga
2
118

SL
Zim
Harare
Oct 1994


4
100*
Zim
Bulawayo
Oct 1994
Greg Blewett
2
102*
12
Aus
Eng
Adelaide
Jan 1995


20
115
Eng
WACA
Feb 1995
Nathan Astle
2
54
125
NZ
WI
Bridgetown
Apr 1996


103
8
WI
St John's
Apr 1996
Saurov Ganguly
2
131

Ind
Eng
Lord's
Jun 1996


136
48
Eng
Trent bridge
Jul 1996
John Crawley
2
106
19
Eng
Pak
The Oval
Aug 1996


112
7
Zim
Bulawayo
Dec 1996
Herschelle Gibbs
2
211*

SA
NZ
Christchurch
Mar 1999


120
0
NZ
Wellington
Mar 1999
Abdul Razzaq
2
110*

Pak
Ban
Multan
Aug 2001


134

Ban
Dhaka
Jan 2002
Daren Ganga
2
0
113
WI
Aus
Georgetown
Apr 2003


117
2
Aus
Port of Spain
Apr 2003
Michael Hussey
2
137
31*
Aus
WI
Hobart
Nov 2005


133*
30*
WI
Adelaide
Nov 2005
Phil Jacques
2
100

Aus
SL
Brisbane
Nov 2007


150
68
SL
Hobart
Nov 2007
Misbah-ul-Haq
2
161*
6
Pak
Ind
Kolkata
Nov 2007


133*
37
Ind
Bangalore
Dec 2007
Jesse Ryder
2
102
21
NZ
Ind
Hamilton
Mar 2009


201

Ind
Napier
Mar 2009
T Paranavithana
2
111
23*
SL
Ind
Galle
Jul 2010


100
34
Ind
Colombo (SSC)
Jul 2010
Harbhajan Singh
2
69
115
Ind
NZ
Ahmedabad
Nov 2010


111*
DNB
NZ
Hyderabad (Deccan)
Nov 2010
Dinesh Chandimal
2
116*
DNB
SL
Ban
Galle
Mar 2013


102
DNB
Ban
Colombo (RPS)
Mar 2013
Nick Compton
2
0
117
Eng
NZ
Dunedin
Mar 2013


100

NZ
Wellington
Mar 2013
Mominul Haque
2
181
22*
Ban
NZ
Chittagong
Oct 2013


47
126*
NZ
Dhaka
Oct 2013
Rohit Sharma
2
177

Ind
WI
Kolkata
Nov 2013


111*

WI
Mumbai (WS)
Nov 2013
James Neesham
2
33
137*
NZ
Ind
Wellington
Feb 2014


107
20
WI
Kingston
Jun 2014
Sarfraz Ahmed
2
103
55
Pak
SL
Colombo (SSC)
Aug 2014


109
15*
Aus
Dubai
Oct 2014
Tom Latham
2
103
20
NZ
Pak
Abu Dhabi
Nov 2014


137
9
Pak
Dubai
Nov 2014


# Vijay Merchant’s two hundreds came in the last two innings of his career.

# Clive Radley is the only other one to score only two hundreds in their career with both coming in consecutive tests.

# Peter Parfitt scored his first 4 hundreds in 5 innings – the sequence being 111, 101*, 16, 119 and 101*.

# Wally Hammond and Vinod Kambli are the ones to score double centuries as the first two hundreds of their career in consecutive tests.

# The two hundreds of B Ponsford, D Walters, A Kallicharan, G Blewett, S Ganguly, R Sharma and J Neesham came in the first two tests of their career.



First 2 hundreds of career in the same test

Player
Tests
Score 1
Score 2
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
Warren Bardsley
1
136
130
Aus
Eng
The Oval
Aug 1909
Vijay Hazare
1
116
145
Ind
Aus
Adelaide
Jan 1948
Jack Moroney
1
118
101*
Aus
SA
Johannedburg
Feb 1950
Lawrence Rowe
1
214
100*
WI
NZ
Kingston
Feb 1972
Goeff Howarth
1
122
102
NZ
Eng
Auckland
Mar 1978
Duleep Mendis
1
105
105
SL
Ind
Chennai
Sep 1982
Wajahtullah Wasti
1
133
121*
Pak
SL
Lahore
Mar 1999
Yasir Hameed
1
170
105
Pak
Ban
Karachi
Aug 2003
Phillip Hughes
1
115
160
Aus
SA
Durban
Mar 2009
Peter Fulton
1
136
110
NZ
Eng
Auckland
Mar 2013


# The instances of Lawrence Rowe and Yasir Hameed came on debut.

# The hundreds by J Moroney, W Wasti, Y Hameed and P Fulton were the only ones of their career.

# Duleep Mendis’ 105 is the highest identical score by a batsman in both innings of a test match.