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Hughes' remarkable feat

March 09, 2009 22:01 IST
After scoring a brilliant 115 in the first innings of Durban Test, Philip Hughes went one step further as he scored 160 in the second dig.

Hughes thus became only the 14th Australia [ Images ]n to score centuries in both innings of a Test. He provided 19th such instance for Australia.

The difference is because of the fact that four batsmen - Ricky Ponting [ Images ], Greg Chappell [ Images ], Allan Border [ Images ] and Matthew Hayden [ Images ] - did so more than once.

The following table lists all Australians scoring centuries in both innings of a Test:
Batsman Inns1 Inns2 Opponent Venue Season
W Bardsley 136 130 v England [ Images ] The Oval 1909
AR Morris 122 124* v England Adelaide 1946-47
DG Bradman 132 127* v India [ Images ] Melbourne [ Images ] 1947-48
J Moroney 118 101* v South Africa [ Images ] Johannesburg 1949-50
RB Simpson 153 115 v Pakistan Karachi 1964-65
KD Walters 242 103 v West Indies [ Images ] Sydney [ Images ] 1968-69
GS Chappell (2) 247* 133 v New Zealand [ Images ] Wellington 1973-74
  123 109* v West Indies Brisbane [ Images ] 1975-76
IM Chappell 145 121 v New Zealand Wellington 1973-74
AR Border (2) 150* 153 v Pakistan Lahore [ Images ] 1979-80
  140 114* v New Zealand Christchurch 1985-86
DM Jones 116 121* v Pakistan Adelaide 1989-90
SR Waugh 108 116 v England Manchester 1997
ML Hayden (2) 197 103 v England Brisbane 2002-03
  117 132 v Sri Lanka [ Images ] Cairns 2004
RT Ponting (3) 149 104* v West Indies Brisbane 2005-06
  120 143* v South Africa Sydney 2005-06
  103 116 v South Africa Durban 2005-06
PJ Hughes 115 160 v South Africa Durban 2008-09

More remarkably, Hughes is now the youngest ever to score centuries in both innings of a Test. He took the record from 'Black Bradman' George Headley. The details:
Age Batsman For Vs Venue Season
20 Yrs 98 Days PJ Hughes (115 & 160) Aus SA Durban 2008-09
20 Yrs 271 Days GA Headley (114 &112) WI Eng Georgetown 1929-30
21 Yrs 234 Days GStA Sobers (125 & 109*) WI Pak Georgetown 1957-58
21 Yrs 282 Days SM Gavaskar (124 & 220) Ind WI Port-of-Spain 1970-71
23 Yrs 44 Days LG Rowe (214 & 100*) WI NZ Kingston [ Images ] 1971-72

Rajneesh Gupta