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David Warner and others with records related to hundreds in consecutive Test innings

David Warner scored 133 runs in the first innings of the Dubai Test match against Pakistan.

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David Warner has made 1066 runs in eight Tests at an average of 71 in the 2013/14 season © Getty Images
David Warner has made 1,066 runs in eight Tests at an average of 71 in the 2013/14 season © Getty Images

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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