How often do we see a batsman get out on 99 and score a hundred in his next innings in Test cricket?
Murali Vijay is only the eighth batsman (on the ninth occasion) to do so. Rajneesh Gupta provides the details.
Murali Vijay carried his sublime form into the Brisbane Test. He was unfortunate to miss out on a well-deserved hundred at Adelaide, falling short by just one run. He, however, made amends by reaching the three-figure mark on the opening day of the second Test against Australia at the Gabba on Wednesday.
How often do we see a batsman get out on 99 and score a hundred in his next innings in Test cricket?
India opener Vijay is only the eighth batsman (on the ninth occasion) to do so.
Interestingly, four of the eight batsmen are Indians, Sourav Ganguly being the only one to do so more than once.
The details:
Batsmen getting out on 99 and scoring a hundred in next innings
Batsman |
Score |
Opponent |
Venue |
Year |
Geoff Boycott (Eng) |
99 |
West Indies |
Port-of-Spain |
1974 |
112 |
West Indies |
Port-of-Spain |
1974 |
|
Richie Richardson (WI) |
99 |
India |
Port-of-Spain |
1989 |
156 |
India |
Kingston |
1989 |
|
Michael Slater (Aus) |
99 |
New Zealand |
Perth |
1993 |
168 |
New Zealand |
Hobart |
1993 |
|
Sourav Ganguly (Ind) |
99 |
Sri Lanka |
Nagpur |
1997 |
173 |
Sri Lanka |
Mumbai WS |
1997 |
|
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) |
99 |
Sri Lanka |
Lahore |
2002 |
329 |
New Zealand |
Lahore |
2002 |
|
Sourav Ganguly (Ind) |
99 |
England |
Nottingham |
2002 |
128 |
England |
Leeds |
2002 |
|
Virender Sehwag (Ind) |
99 |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo SSC |
2010 |
109 |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo PSS |
2010 |
|
MS Dhoni (Ind) |
99 |
England |
Nagpur |
2012 |
224 |
Australia |
Chennai |
2013 |
|
Murali Vijay (Ind) |
99 |
Australia |
Adelaide |
2014 |
144 |
Australia |
Brisbane |
2014 |
Note: Ganguly had a sequence of 109, 99 and 173 in 1997.
Inzamam did so against different opponents at the same ground.
Boycott remains the only batsman to score a hundred after a 99 in the same Test.
Vijay is the first opening batsman from a visiting side to score a hundred on the first day of a Test at Brisbane.
The previous best was a paltry 83 by West Indian Joey Carew in 1968.
His 144 is now the fourth highest by a visiting opening batsman on the first day of any Test in Australia.
Former teammate Virender Sehwag tops the list.
The details:
Most runs by an opening batsman on first day of a Test vs Australia in Australia
Runs |
Batsman |
For |
Venue |
Season |
195 |
Virender Sehwag |
Ind |
Melbourne |
2003-04 |
185 |
’Bill’ Barber |
Eng |
Sydney |
1965-66 |
177 |
Michael Vaughan |
Eng |
Adelaide |
2002-03 |
144 |
Murali Vijay |
Ind |
Brisbane |
2014-15 |
141 |
Herbert Sutcliffe |
Eng |
Melbourne |
1924-25 |
Vijay is only the sixth Indian batsman to score a hundred on the opening day of a Test in Australia. The complete list:
Most runs by an Indian batsman on opening day of a Test in Australia
Runs |
Batsman |
Venue |
Season |
195 |
Virender Sehwag |
Melbourne |
2003-04 |
144 |
Murali Vijay |
Brisbane |
2014-15 |
132 |
Sunil Gavaskar |
Sydney |
1985-86 |
124 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
Adelaide |
2007-08 |
116 |
Krish Srikkanth |
Sydney |
1985-86 |
114 |
Gundappa Viswanath |
Melbourne |
1980-81 |
-RAJNEESH GUPTA