Abhimanyu Easwaran joins WG Grace, Jack Hobbs, Ricky Ponting, other legends

By Abhishek Mukherjee Last Updated on - December 11, 2017 5:27 PM IST

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Bengal refused to declare their second innings in the quarter-final of the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy against Gujarat. The innings featured the second hundred in the match (114) for Abhimanyu Easwaran: he had earlier scored 129 in the first innings.

Easwaran had been there, done that before. In the previous season he had scored 171 and 102* against Uttar Pradesh at the same ground (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur). This is a rare feat: of Indians, only Pravanjan Mullick has achieved this, at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.

The list is headed by Jack Hobbs, who had scored two hundreds in four separate First-Class matches at The Oval. It was expected to be an Englishman, of course, given the amount of domestic cricket they have played over years. With 199 First-Class hundreds, Hobbs was the most obvious candidate — at his home ground, The Oval.

Twin tons at the same ground four times
Inn 1	Inn 2	Player	City	Ground	Team	Against	Season
104	143*	Jack Hobbs	London	The Oval	Surrey	Cambridge	1925
112	104				Surrey	Hampshire	1927
137	111*				Surrey	Glamorgan	1930
113	119*				Surrey	Essex	1932

Seven others have scored three twin-tons at the same ground. Unsurprisingly, the list is dominated by Englishmen and Australians, with Roy Fredericks making an entry.

Twin tons at the same ground thrice
Inn 1	Inn 2	Player	City	Ground	Team	Against	Season
108	123*	CB Fry	Hove	County Ground	Sussex	Middlesex	1898
125	229				Sussex	Surrey	1900
138	101*				Sussex	Kent	1903
132	109*	George Gunn	Nottingham	Trent Bridge	Nottinghamshire	Yorkshire	1913
169	185*				Nottinghamshire	Surrey	1919
100	110				Nottinghamshire	Warwickshire	1927
127	115	Roy Fredericks	Georgetown	Bourda	Guyana	Barbados	1966-67
158	118				Guyana	Australians	1972-73
112	105*				Guyana	MCC	1973-74
129	156*	Greg Chappell	Brisbane	The Gabba	South Australia	Queensland	1969-70
180	101				Queensland	Victoria	1973-74
123	109*				Australia	West Indies	1975-76
185	105	David Hookes	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	South Australia	Queensland	1976-77
135	156				South Australia	New South Wales	1976-77
137	107				South Australia	Victoria	1982-83
107	100*	Ricky Ponting	Hobart	Bellerive Oval	Tasmania	Western Australia	1992-93
118*	100*				Tasmania	Queensland	1995-96
126	145*				Tasmania	South Australia	1996-97
130	100*	Mark Ramprakash	London	The Oval	Surrey	Worcestershire	2004
196	130*				Surrey	Lancashire	2007
223	103*				Surrey	Middlesex	2010

Apart from the eight instances mentioned above, there are 41 other player-ground combinations featuring two twin-tons. Easwaran is the latest entry on the list.

Twin tons at the same ground twice
Inn 1	Inn 2	Player	City	Ground	Team	Against	Season
101	103*	WG Grace	Clifton	College Close Ground	Gloucestershire	Kent	1887
148	153	WG Grace	Clifton	College Close Ground	Gloucestershire	Yorkshire	1888
136	139	Bernard Bosanquet	London	Lord’s	Middlesex	Leicestershire	1900
103	100*	Bernard Bosanquet	London	Lord’s	Middlesex	Sussex	1905
170	102*	Peter Perrin	Nottingham	Trent Bridge	Essex	Nottinghamshire	1903
112	100*	Peter Perrin	Nottingham	Trent Bridge	Essex	Nottinghamshire	1911
100	167*	Dodger Whysall	Nottingham	Trent Bridge	Nottinghamshire	Gloucestershire	1926
117	101*	Dodger Whysall	Nottingham	Trent Bridge	Nottinghamshire	Hampshire	1930
119*	177	Wally Hammond	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	England	Australia	1928-29
104	136	Wally Hammond	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	MCC	South Australia	1936-37
116	102*	KS Duleepsinhji	London	Lord’s	Sussex	Middlesex	1930
125	103*	KS Duleepsinhji	London	Lord’s	Gentlemen	Players	1930
101	101	Patsy Hendren	London	Lord’s	Middlesex	Kent	1933
104	101	Patsy Hendren	London	Lord’s	Middlesex	Surrey	1936
131*	100*	Laurie Fishlock	London	The Oval	Surrey	Sussex	1936
113	105	Laurie Fishlock	London	The Oval	Surrey	Yorkshire	1937
197	128	Bert Sutcliffe	Dunedin	Carisbrook	Otago	MCC	1946-47
118	125	Bert Sutcliffe	Dunedin	Carisbrook	Otago	Canterbury	1947-48
115	127*	Harold Gimblett	Taunton	County Ground	Somerset	Hampshire	1949
146	116	Harold Gimblett	Taunton	County Ground	Somerset	Derbyshire	1952
210*	157	Mark Hallam	Leicester	Grace Road	Leicestershire	Glamorgan	1959
107*	149*	Mark Hallam	Leicester	Grace Road	Leicestershire	Worcestershire	1965
130	104*	Barry Richards	Northampton	County Ground	Hampshire	Northamptonshire	1968
159	108	Barry Richards	Northampton	County Ground	Hampshire	Kent	1976
111	124	John Edrich	London	The Oval	Surrey	Warwickshire	1971
140	115	John Edrich	London	The Oval	Surrey	Kent	1977
138	136*	Rick McCosker	Sydney	SCG	New South Wales	Western Australia	1974-75
123*	118*	Rick McCosker	Sydney	SCG	New South Wales	Victoria	1981-82
163*	150	Sadiq Mohammad	Bristol	County Ground	Gloucestershire	Derbyshire	1976
171	103	Sadiq Mohammad	Bristol	County Ground	Gloucestershire	Glamorgan	1979
173*	103	Peter Kirsten	Cape Town	Newlands	Western Province	Eastern Province	1976-77
173	105*	Peter Kirsten	Cape Town	Newlands	South Africa	Australian XI	1986-87
100	118	Javed Miandad	Lahore	Gaddafi Stadium	Habib Bank	PIA	1977-78
107	123	Javed Miandad	Lahore	Gaddafi Stadium	Habib Bank	NBP	1980-81
152	118*	Alvin Kallicharran	Birmingham	Edgbaston	Warwickshire	Sussex	1983
200*	117*	Alvin Kallicharran	Birmingham	Edgbaston	Warwickshire	Northamptonshire	1984
176	102*	Ali Zia	Lahore	Gaddafi Stadium	United Bank	PAC	1984-85
112	103	Ali Zia	Lahore	Gaddafi Stadium	United Bank	Railways	1987-88
103	130*	Tim Robinson	Swansea	St Helen’s	Nottinghamshire	Glamorgan	1985
119	139*	Tim Robinson	Swansea	St Helen’s	Nottinghamshire	Glamorgan	1993
135	105*	Kepler Wessels	Port Elizabeth	St George’s Park	Australian XI	South Africa	1986-87
115	147*	Kepler Wessels	Port Elizabeth	St George’s Park	Eastern Province	Orange Free State	1991-92
175	102	Jamie Cox	Hobart	Bellerive Oval	Tasmania	New South Wales	1989-90
106	128*	Jamie Cox	Hobart	Bellerive Oval	Tasmania	New South Wales	2000-01
129	126	Matthew Maynard	Cheltenham	College Ground	Glamorgan	Gloucestershire	1991
140	118*	Matthew Maynard	Cheltenham	College Ground	Glamorgan	Gloucestershire	2002
126	155	Matthew Hayden	Brisbane	The Gabba	Queensland	Victoria	1993-94
197	103	Matthew Hayden	Brisbane	The Gabba	Australia	England	2002-03
158	111*	Mark Ramprakash	Uxbridge	Uxbridge CC Ground	Middlesex	Leicestershire	1995
122	108	Mark Ramprakash	Uxbridge	Uxbridge CC Ground	Middlesex	Worcestershire	1998
138*	103*	Aravinda de Silva	Colombo	SSC	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1996-97
146	120	Aravinda de Silva	Colombo	SSC	Sri Lanka	India	1997
104	132	Graeme Hick	Worcester	New Road	Worcestershire	Sussex	1998
104	105*	Graeme Hick	Worcester	New Road	Worcestershire	Essex	2006
113	100*	Pravanjan Mullick	Cuttack	Barabati Stadium	Orissa	Delhi	1998-99
108	111*	Pravanjan Mullick	Cuttack	Barabati Stadium	Orissa	Bengal	1999-00
108	103*	Matthew Elliott	Melbourne	MCG	Victoria	New South Wales	1998-99
166	102*	Matthew Elliott	Melbourne	MCG	Victoria	Tasmania	2003-04
142	199*	Andy Flower	Harare	Harare SC	Zimbabwe	South Africa	2001-02
114	156*	Andy Flower	Harare	Harare SC	Mashonaland	Mashonaland A	2001-02
126	154	Ricky Ponting	Sydney	SCG	Tasmania	New South Wales	2001-02
120	143*	Ricky Ponting	Sydney	SCG	Australia	South Africa	2005-06
101*	102*	Chris Rogers	Perth	WACA	Western Australia	South Australia	2001-02
115	147*	Chris Rogers	Perth	WACA	Victoria	Western Australia	2008-09
157	100*	Matthew Walker	Canterbury	St Lawrence Ground	Kent	Sussex	2004
142	157	Matthew Walker	Canterbury	St Lawrence Ground	Kent	Lancashire	2007
105	107	Marcus Trescothick	Birmingham	Edgbaston	England	West Indies	2004
108	107*	Marcus Trescothick	Birmingham	Edgbaston	Somerset	Warwickshire	2009
106	100	Michael Bevan	Hobart	Bellerive Oval	Tasmania	South Australia	2004-05
190	114*	Michael Bevan	Hobart	Bellerive Oval	Tasmania	Western Australia	2004-05
110	143*	Marcus North	Perth	WACA	Western Australia	South Australia	2005-06
103	141	Marcus North	Perth	WACA	Western Australia	Victoria	2008-09
172*	102*	Jason Arnberger	Melbourne	MCG	Victoria	Tasmania	2002-03
103	126	Jason Arnberger	Melbourne	MCG	Victoria	Queensland	2004-05
128	106*	Faisal Athar	Hyderabad (Pakistan)	Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	Karachi Whites	2004-05
171	158	Faisal Athar	Hyderabad (Pakistan)	Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	Lahore Ravi	2005-06
131	120	Alviro Petersen	Johannesburg	New Wanderers	Lions	Warriors	2008-09
129	105*	Alviro Petersen	Johannesburg	New Wanderers	Lions	Titans	2008-09
171	102*	Brendan Taylor	Harare	Harare SC	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2013
102	150*	Brendan Taylor	Harare	Harare SC	Mid West Rhinos	Mashonaland Eagles	2013-14
142	110*	Abhimanyu Easwaran	Jaipur	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Bengal	Uttar Pradesh	2016-17
129	114	Abhimanyu Easwaran	Jaipur	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Bengal	Gujarat	2017-18

Note:

– Ponting (thrice at Bellerive, twice at SCG) and Ramprakash (thrice at The Oval, twice at Uxbridge CC) have done this at two separate grounds.

– Aravinda’s matches at SSC were both Tests, against Pakistan and India.

– Duleep (at Lord’s), Hendren (at Lord’s), Hookes (at Adelaide), Flower (at Harare SC), Bevan (at Bellerive), and Petersen (at New Wanderers) have done it twice in the same season.

Twin tons in the same city (but different grounds) twice
Inn 1	Inn 2	Player	City	Ground	Team	Against	Season
118	109	Agha Zahid	Lahore	Bagh-e-Jinnah	Lahore Blues	Rawalpindi	1973-74
102	119	Agha Zahid	Lahore	Gaddafi Stadium	Habib Bank	Railways	1982-83
107	113	Don Bradman	Brisbane	The Gabba	South Australia	Queensland	1937-38
131	133*	Don Bradman	Brisbane	Exhibition Ground	New South Wales	Queensland	1928-29
113*	175	Rizwan-uz-Zaman	Lahore	Gaddafi Stadium	Karachi Blues	Lahore City Blues	1985-86
139	217*	Rizwan-uz-Zaman	Lahore	Lahore City CA Ground	PIA	PACO	1989-90

These men have scored two hundreds in the same match in the same city twice, but at different grounds.

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