Yes, it's esoteric cricket records and factoids time again. Is that in tribute to the climactic stages of the 2023 Cricket World Cup? Eh, no, not really, but, on the other hand, yeah, OK, whatever, if you like. This list is sort-of-related to the previous one in that it relates to century-scoring feats and in particular scoring a century in each innings of a Test match, something that's only been done 91 times in the 2500+ Test matches that have been played since the 1870s.
A lot of famous names on that list, you might say, some of them appearing multiple times - Sunil Gavaskar, Ricky Ponting and David Warner are the only people to have done it on three separate occasions. But also a few lesser-known names - I wonder if there are any players who only ever scored two Test hundreds, and both of them were in the same match? Well, hold that thought, as I've looked into it and the answer is yes. This is another one of those records where the list has expanded quite a bit recently - the only entry on the list before 1999 was Jack Moroney of Australia, both of whose Test hundreds came in a single match against South Africa in Johannesburg in February 1950. If my research is correct he has since been joined by four other batsmen, as follows:
Batsman | Country | 1st inns |
2nd inns |
Against | Venue | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Moroney | Australia | 118 | 101* | South Africa | Jo'burg | Feb 1950 |
Wajahatullah Wasti | Pakistan | 133 | 121* | Sri Lanka | Lahore | Mar 1999 |
Yasir Hameed | Pakistan | 170 | 105 | Bangladesh | Karachi | Aug 2003 |
Peter Fulton | New Zealand | 136 | 110 | England | Auckland | Mar 2013 |
Shai Hope | West Indies | 147 | 118* | England | Leeds | Aug 2017 |
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