November 2nd, 2014 will go down
as one of the days where lots of records have been rewritten in the 137 year
old test cricket history. Misbah scored the fastest fifty (in terms of balls
faced and time batted) and went on to score the joint fastest hundred (balls
faced) along with the great Vivian Richards. Not a bad company at all to join!!!
The last time Pakistan beat Australia in a test series was way back in Nov 1994
(1-0). That was Mark Taylor’s first series as captain. In the 21 tests since
then and the beginning of this series Pakistan won just 2 (one being a dead
rubber) and lost 16 tests against Australia. But things began to turn around
rapidly after the first 19 balls of the ongoing series. They won the first test
by 221 runs and are well placed to win the second one too.
As mentioned at the start November
2nd will go down as a special date etched in the stats book.Misah ul
Haq and Azhar Ali became just the second pair of batsmen to score hundreds on
both innings of the same test after the Chappell brothers, Ian and Greg. In the last 53 years only Glen Turner of New
Zealand was able to score hundreds on both innings of the same test against
Australia. It took just 10 days for 3 Pakistanis to achieve that “impossible”. Misbah
also became the oldest player to achieve the feat at 40 years & 158 days. So
now let us go through some of the records when players scored hundreds on both
innings of the same test.
Overall aggregate of teams when
same batsmen scoring hundreds on both innings of a test
Team
|
For
|
Players
|
Against
|
Home
|
Away
|
Neutral
|
Aus
|
20
|
15
|
11
|
9
|
11
|
0
|
Eng
|
11
|
10
|
13
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
Ind
|
6
|
3
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
NZ
|
4
|
4
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
Pak
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
SA
|
6
|
5
|
9
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
SL
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
WI
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
Zimb
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
* No player from
Bangladesh has yet scored hundreds on both innings of the same test. The
closest effort came unsurprisingly from Shakib al Hasan (87 & 100) vs NZ at
Hamilton in 2010.
* 6 times it was
achieved against Bangladesh.
First, last and most
Team
|
Most
|
First
|
Last
|
Aus
|
R Ponting (3)
|
W Bardsley (136 & 130
vs Eng, Oval, 1909)
|
D Warner (135 & 145 vs
SA, Cape Town, 2014)
|
Eng
|
H Sutcliffe (2)
|
CAG Russell (140 & 101
vs SA, Durban, 1923)
|
A Strauss (123 & 108
vs Ind, Chennai, 2008)
|
Ind
|
S Gavaskar (3)
|
V Hazare (116 & 145 vs
Aus, Adelaide, 1948)
|
R Dravid (110 & 135 vs
Pak, Kolkata, 2005)
|
NZ
|
1 each by 4
|
G Turner (101 & 110*
vs Aus,Christchurch,1974)
|
P Fulton (136 & 110 vs
Eng, Auckland, 2013)
|
Pak
|
1 each by 9
|
H Mohammad (111 & 104
vs Eng, Dhaka, 1962)
|
Misbah (101 & 101*)
& Azhar Ali (109 & 100*) vs Aus, Abu Dhabi, 2014
|
SA
|
J Kallis (2)
|
A Melville (189 & 104*
vs Eng, Nottingham, 1947)
|
J Kallis (161 & 109*
vs Ind, Cape Town, 2011)
|
SL
|
A de Silva & K
Sangakkara (2 each)
|
D Mendis (105 & 105 vs
Ind, Madras, 1982)
|
K Sangakkara (319 &
105 vs Bang, Chittagong, 2014)
|
WI
|
G Headley & C Walcott
(2 each)
|
G Headley (114 & 112
vs Eng, Georgetown)
|
K Powell (117 & 110 vs
Bang, Dhaka, 2012)
|
Zimb
|
1 each by 3
|
G Flower (104 & 151 vs
NZ, Harare, 1997)
|
B Taylor (171 & 102*
vs Bang, Harare, 2013)
|
* Hanif Mohammad twin
tons came in Dhaka which was a part of Pakistan when the record was achieved.
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| Ponting celebrated his 100th test with twin tons |
Occasions of same players scoring
hundreds on both innings of a test
Player 1
|
Scores
|
Team
|
Player 2
|
Scores
|
Team
|
Venue
|
Year
|
D Compton
|
147 & 103*
|
Eng
|
A Morris
|
122 & 124*
|
Aus
|
Adelaide
|
1947
|
I Chappell
|
145 & 121
|
Aus
|
G Chappell
|
247* & 133
|
Aus
|
Wellington
|
1974
|
A Gurusinha
|
119 & 102
|
SL
|
A Jones
|
122 & 100*
|
NZ
|
Hamilton
|
1991
|
Azhar Ali
|
109 & 101*
|
Pak
|
Misbah
|
101 & 101*
|
Pak
|
Abu Dhabi
|
2014
|
Most occasions in the same series
Player 1
|
Player 2
|
Player 3
|
Team(s)
|
Country
|
Year
|
D Compton
|
A Morris
|
Eng & Aus
|
Aus
|
1946/47
|
|
A Melville
|
B Mitchell
|
SA
|
Eng
|
1947
|
|
D Bradman
|
V Hazare
|
Aus & Ind
|
Ind
|
1947/48
|
|
C Walcott (2)
|
WI
|
WI
|
1955
|
||
Ian Chappell
|
Greg Chappell
|
Aus
|
NZ
|
1974
|
|
A Gurusinha
|
A Jones
|
SL & NZ
|
NZ
|
1991
|
|
M Vaughn
|
M Trescothick
|
Eng
|
Eng
|
2004
|
|
Younis Khan
|
Misbah
|
Azhar Ali
|
Pak
|
UAE
|
2014
|
* Clyde Walcott is the
only one to do it twice in the same series. He scored 126 & 110 in the second
test at Port of Spain and 155 & 110 in the final test at Kinston against
Australia.
* The ongoing series
in the only time when 3 batsmen did in the same series.
 |
| Younis Khan - 1st to do it against Aus in over 40 years |
 |
| Misbah & Azhar Ali - walking back after the record |
Getting outscored in both innings
despite scoring tons in both
Player
|
Team
|
vs
|
Inngs 1
|
Top scorer
|
Inngs 2
|
Top scorer
|
Venue
|
Year
|
Gary Sobers
|
WI
|
Pak
|
125
|
C Walcott (145)
|
109*
|
C Hunte (114)
|
Georgetown
|
1958
|
Ian Chappell
|
Aus
|
NZ
|
145
|
Greg Chappell (247*)
|
121
|
Greg Chappell (133)
|
Wellington
|
1974
|
Gary Kirsten
|
SA
|
Ind
|
102
|
A Hudson (146)
|
133
|
D Cullinan (153*)
|
Calcutta
|
1996
|
Kumar Sangakkara
|
SL
|
Bang
|
142
|
L Thirimanne (155*)
|
105
|
T Dilshan (126*)
|
Galle
|
2013
|
Younis Khan
|
Pak
|
Aus
|
106
|
S Ahmed (109)
|
103*
|
A Shehzad (131)
|
Dubai
|
2014
|
Azhar Ali
|
Pak
|
Aus
|
109
|
Younis Khan (213)
|
100
|
Misbah (101*)
|
Abu Dhabi
|
2014
|
Highest identical scores in both
innings of a test
Player
|
Inngs 1
|
Inngs 2
|
Team
|
Vs
|
Venue
|
Year
|
Duleep Mendis
|
105
|
105
|
SL
|
Ind
|
Madras
|
1982
|
Misbah
ul Haq
|
101
|
101*
|
Pak
|
Aus
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
2014
|
A Kallicharan
|
80
|
80
|
WI
|
Eng
|
Oval
|
1973
|
Majid Khan
|
79
|
79
|
Pak
|
NZ
|
Wellington
|
1973
|
Ross Taylor
|
76
|
76
|
NZ
|
Zimb
|
Bulawayo
|
2011
|
Mark Dekker
|
68
|
68*
|
Zimb
|
Pak
|
Rawalpindi
|
1993
|
Frank Worrell
|
65
|
65
|
WI
|
Aus
|
Brisbane
|
1960
|
T Dilshan
|
65
|
65
|
SL
|
Ind
|
Ahmedabad
|
2005
|
Everton Weekes
|
63
|
63
|
WI
|
Eng
|
Lord's
|
1950
|
BJ Watling
|
63
|
63
|
NZ
|
SA
|
Port Elizabeth
|
2013
|
A Mathews
|
63
|
63*
|
SL
|
SA
|
Colomo (SSC)
|
2014
|
Intreresting facts -
* There have been 77
occasions of batsman scoring hundreds on both innings of the same test. 30 of those efforts came in wins, 9 in losses
and 36 in draws (all excluding the 2 in the current test).
* Warren Bardsley of
Australia was the first player to achieve it (136 & 130 vs Eng, Oval,
1909).
* Pakistan is the only
team to do it in a neutral venue which they did thrice in the ongoing series.
* No batsmen from Pakistan,
New Zealand & Zimbabwe have done it in the home of opposition while
Australians did it the most number of times (11).
* 13 captains had done
it with Ricky Ponting the only one to do it more than once. He did it thrice,
all in the 6 month period between Nov 2005 and April 2006.
* The only WK to do it
was Andy Flower (142 & 199*) vs SA at Harare in 2001.
* Misbah is the oldest
to achieve it (40y & 158d) while Philip Hughes was the youngest (20y 98d).
* Graham Gooch had the
highest aggregate in a match (454 runs) and Misbah the lowest (202 runs).
* John Moroney, Wajhtullah
Wasti,Yasir Hameed and Peter Fulton haven’t scored another ton apart from the
two scored in the same test.
* Brian Lara’s aggregate
of 351 runs (221 & 130) is the highest in a lost test.
* Lawrence Rowe (214
& 100 vs NZ, Kingston, 1972) and Yasir Hameed (170 & 105 vs Bang, Karachi
2003) did it on their debut while CAG Russell of England (140 & 111 vs SA,
Durban, 1923) did it on his last test.
* Gooch and Sangakkara
scored a triple century and a century in the same test while Walters, Rowe, Gavaskar,
Greag Chappell and Lara scored a double century and a century in the same test.
* Ricky Ponting is the
only player to do it in his 100th test.
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| Andy Flower reverse sweeping during his 199* to add to his 142 in the 1st innings |
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