Scoring a double ton in Test cricket has always been a greater achievement for any batter. Gracing the feat with a century in other innings of the same Test match will only make it more special.
Only 8 batsmen in the entire history of Test cricket have ed scores of 200 and 100 in the same Test match. Let’s look at them.
200 & 100 in a Same Test Match
S.NO | PLAYER | 1st INNS | 2nd INNS | OPPONENT | VENUE | YEAR |
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1 | Greg Chappell (AUS) | 247* | 133 | New Zealand | Wellington | 1974 |
2 | Sunil Gavaskar (IND) | 124 | 220 | West Indies | Port of Spain | 1971 |
3 | Graham Gooch (ENG) | 333 | 123 | India | Lord’s | 1990 |
4 | Marnus Labuschagne (AUS) | 204 | 104* | West Indies | Perth | 2022 |
5 | Brian Lara (WI) | 221 | 130 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 2001 |
6 | Lawrence Rowe (WI) | 214 | 100* | New Zealand | Kingston | 1972 |
7 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 319 | 105 | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 2014 |
8 | Doug Walters (AUS) | 242 | 103 | West Indies | Sydney | 1969 |
Key Stats
Major contributions to this list are from the Australian batters – Greg Chappell and Doug Walters, who represented Australia from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, and Marnus Labuschagne, the recent entrant to the list.
Graham Gooch and Kumar Sangakkara are the only two players with a triple century and a century in the same Test match.