David Warner has scored 135, 145 and 133 in three consecutive Test innings. Since 1948, he is only the second Australian to do so. Bharath Seervi lists down some stats on consecutive Test 100s.
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David Warner scored 133 runs in the first innings of the Dubai Test match against Pakistan. This is his third century in as many Test innings. He had scored 135 and 145 in the Cape Town Test in the last series against South Africa. In the process he became the seventh Australian player to score centuries in three or more consecutive Test innings and he is only the second Aussie in the last 65 years — in other words, since Don Bradman’s retirement in 1948.
Bradman did the same in 1948 and since then Adam Gilchrist (in 2005) is the only batsman from Australia to score three consecutive Test 100s. Australia has produced many batting legends, but this feat has remained elusive. Below is the list of Aussies with three or more consecutive Test 100s.
Centuries in 3 or more consecutive Test innings by Australians
Four consecutive 100s:
Jack Fingleton is the only Australian batsman to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
Batsman
Innings 1
Innings 2
Innings 3
Innings 4
Jack Fingleton
112 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 1936
108 vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 1936
118 vs South Africa, Durban, 1936
100 vs England, Brisbane, 1936
Three consecutive 100s:
Before Bradman, three other Australians scored three centuries in three consecutive Test innings — Warren Bardsley, Charles Macartney and Arthur Morris.
Batsman
Innings 1
Innings 2
Innings 3
Warren Bardsley
136 vs England, The Oval, 1909
130 vs England, The Oval, 109
132 vs South Africa, Sydney, 1910
Charles Macartney
133* vs England, Lord’s, 1926
151 vs England, Leeds, 1926
109 vs England, Manchester, 1926
Arthur Morris
155 vs England, Melbourne, 1947
122 vs England, Adelaide, 1947
124* vs England, Adelaide, 1947
Don Bradman
132 vs India, Melbourne, 1948
127* vs India, Melbourne, 1948
201 vs India, Adelaide, 1948
Adam Gilchrist
113 vs Pakistan, Sydney, 2005
121 vs New Zealand, Christchurch, 2005
162 vs New Zealand, Wellington, 2005
David Warner
135 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2014
145 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2014
133 vs Pakistan, Dubai, 2014
125+ in three or more consecutive Test innings
Mahela Jayawardene is the only other batsman to score 125+ in three consecutive innings in this century.
Batsman
Innings 1
Innings 2
Innings 3
Warren Bardsley (Aus)
136 vs England, The Oval, 1909
130 vs England, The Oval, 109
132 vs South Africa, Sydney, 1910
Don Bradman (Aus)
132 vs India, Melbourne, 1948
127* vs India, Melbourne, 1948
201 vs India, Adelaide, 1948
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)
215 vs India, Lahore, 1982
186 vs India, Karachi, 1982
168 vs India, Faisalabad, 1983
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)
231 vs India, Hyderabad (Sind), 1983
152* vs India, Lahore, 1983
152 vs India, Karachi, 1983
Vinod Kambli (Ind)
224 vs England, Mumbai, 1993
227 vs Zimbabwe, Delhi, 1993
125 vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (SSC), 1993
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
195 vs Sri Lanka, England, Colombo (SSC)
213* vs England, Galle, 2007
136 vs West Indies, Providence, 2008
David Warner (Aus)
135 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2014
145 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2014
133 vs Pakistan, Dubai, 2014
Three or more consecutive Test centuries in this century:
David Warner’s occasion is the 36th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in three consecutive Test innings, but only the tenth such occasion in this century (since 2000).
Four consecutive 100s:
In this century, Rahul Dravid is the only batsman to have scored tons in four consecutive Test innings. He did in 2002.
Batsman
Innings 1
Innings 2
Innings 3
Innings 4
Rahul Dravid (Ind)
115 vs England, Nottingham, 2002
148 vs England, Leeds, 2002
217 vs England, The Oval, 2002
100* vs West Indies, Mumbai, 2002
Three consecutive 100s:
There have been nine occasions of three consecutive Test 100s including Warner’s. Kumar Sangakkara is the only one to do it more than once; he did it thrice and all of them in this decade. In fact, Sangakkara is the only batsman in the history of Test cricket to have scored three or more centuries in three consecutive Test innings thrice in his career.
Batsman
Innings 1
Innings 2
Innings 3
Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
113 vs Pakistan, Sydney, 2005
121 vs New Zealand, Christchurch, 2005
162 vs New Zealand, Wellington, 2005
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
191 vs West Indies, Multan, 2006
102 vs West Indies, Karachi, 2006
124 vs West Indies, Karachi, 2006
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
195 vs Sri Lanka, England, Colombo (SSC)
213* vs England, Galle, 2007
136 vs West Indies, Providence, 2008
Ravi Bopara (Eng)
104 vs West Indies, Bridgetown, 2009
143 vs West Indies, Lord’s, 2009
108 vs West Indies, Chester-le-Street, 2009
Hashim Amla (SA)
253* vs India, Nagpur, 2010
114 vs India, Kolkata, 2010
123* vs India, Kolkata, 2010
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
137 vs India, Mumbai (BS), 2009
103 vs India, Galle, 2010
219 vs India, Colombo (SSC), 2010
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
142 vs Bangladesh, Galle, 2013
105 vs Bangladesh, Galle, 2013
139 vs Bangladesh, Colombo (RPS), 2013
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
319 vs Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2014
105 vs Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2014
147 vs England, Lord’s, 2014
David Warner (Aus)
135 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2014
145 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2014
133 vs Pakistan, Dubai, 2014
(Bharath Seervi is a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)
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