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