Joe Root once again wreaked havoc in the second match of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka. He created history by scoring a century in the second innings on Saturday. He became the batsman scoring the most centuries in Test cricket for England. Earlier, he had scored a century in the first innings of the same match. This is the 95th occasion in Test cricket when a team has scored a century in both innings of a match. So let us know the complete list of batsmen who scored centuries in both innings of the test match.
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| # | Player | Country | 1st | 2nd | Match | Versus | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W Bardsley | Australia | 136 | 130 | 09/08/1909 | England | Kennington Oval |
| 2 | CAG Russell | England | 140 | 111 | 16/02/1923 | South Africa | Kingsmead |
| 3 | H Sutcliffe | England | 176 | 127 | 01/01/1925 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| 4 | W R Hammond | England | 119* | 177 | 01/02/1929 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| 5 | H Sutcliffe | England | 104 | 109* | 17/08/1929 | South Africa | Kennington Oval |
| 6 | G A Headley | West Indies | 114 | 112 | 21/02/1930 | England | Bourda |
| 7 | E Paynter | England | 117 | 100 | 24/12/1938 | South Africa | Old Wanderers |
| 8 | G A Headley | West Indies | 106 | 107 | 24/06/1939 | England | Lord's |
| 9 | AR Morris | Australia | 122 | 124* | 31/01/1947 | England | Adelaide Oval |
| 10 | DCS Compton | England | 147 | 103* | 31/01/1947 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| 11 | A Melville | South Africa | 189 | 104* | 07/06/1947 | England | Trent Bridge |
| 12 | B Mitchell | South Africa | 120 | 189* | 16/08/1947 | England | Kennington Oval |
| 13 | D G Bradman | Australia | 132 | 127 | 01/01/1948 | India | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| 14 | VS Hazare | India | 116 | 145 | 23/01/1948 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| 15 | EDC Weekes | West Indies | 162 | 101 | 31/12/1948 | India | Eden Gardens |
| 16 | JAR Moroney | Australia | 118 | 101 | 10/02/1950 | South Africa | Ellis Park |
| 17 | CL Walcott | West Indies | 126 | 110 | 11/04/1955 | Australia | Queen's Park Oval |
| 18 | CL Walcott | West Indies | 155 | 110 | 11/06/1955 | Australia | Sabina Park |
| 19 | GSA Sobers | West Indies | 125 | 109 | 13/03/1958 | Pakistan | Bourda |
| 20 | RB Kanhai | West Indies | 117 | 115 | 27/01/1961 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| 21 | Hanif Mohammad | Pakistan | 111 | 104 | 19/01/1962 | England | Bangabandhu National Stadium |
| 22 | RB Simpson | Australia | 153 | 115 | 24/10/1964 | Pakistan | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| 23 | KD Walters | Australia | 242 | 103 | 14/02/1969 | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| 24 | S M Gavaskar | India | 124 | 220 | 13/04/1971 | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval |
| 25 | LG Rowe | West Indies | 214 | 100* | 16/02/1972 | New Zealand | Sabina Park |
| 26 | GS Chappell | Australia | 247 | 133 | 01/03/1974 | New Zealand | Basin Reserve |
| 27 | IM Chappell | Australia | 145 | 121 | 01/03/1974 | New Zealand | Basin Reserve |
| 28 | G M Turner | New Zealand | 101 | 110* | 08/03/1974 | Australia | AMI Stadium |
| 29 | GS Chappell | Australia | 123 | 109 | 28/11/1975 | West Indies | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| 30 | C G Greenidge | West Indies | 134 | 101 | 08/07/1976 | England | Old Trafford |
| 31 | G P Howarth | New Zealand | 122 | 102 | 04/03/1978 | England | Eden Park |
| 32 | S M Gavaskar | India | 111 | 137 | 14/11/1978 | Pakistan | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| 33 | S M Gavaskar | India | 150* | 182* | 18/12/1978 | West Indies | Eden Gardens |
| 34 | A R Border | Australia | 107 | 153 | 29/03/1980 | Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium |
| 35 | LRD Mendis | Sri Lanka | 105 | 105 | 17/09/1982 | India | MA Chidambaram Stadium |
| 36 | Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 104 | 103* | 25/11/1984 | New Zealand | Niaz Stadium |
| 37 | A R Border | Australia | 140 | 114* | 28/02/1986 | New Zealand | AMI Stadium |
| 38 | D M Jones | Australia | 116 | 121* | 18/01/1990 | Pakistan | Adelaide Oval |
| 39 | GA Gooch | England | 333 | 123 | 26/07/1990 | India | Lord's |
| 40 | A P Gurusinha | Sri Lanka | 119 | 102 | 22/02/1991 | New Zealand | Seddon Park |
| 41 | A H Jones | New Zealand | 122 | 100* | 22/02/1991 | Sri Lanka | Seddon Park |
| 42 | AJ Stewart | England | 118 | 143 | 08/04/1994 | West Indies | Kensington Oval |
| 43 | G Kirsten | South Africa | 102 | 133 | 27/11/1996 | India | Eden Gardens |
| 44 | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka | 138* | 103* | 26/04/1997 | Pakistan | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| 45 | SR Waugh | Australia | 108 | 116 | 03/07/1997 | England | Old Trafford |
| 46 | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka | 146 | 120 | 09/08/1997 | India | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| 47 | GW Flower | Zimbabwe | 104 | 151 | 18/09/1997 | New Zealand | Harare Sports Club |
| 48 | R Dravid | India | 190 | 103* | 02/01/1999 | New Zealand | Seddon Park |
| 49 | Wajahatullah Wasti | Pakistan | 133 | 121* | 04/03/1999 | Sri Lanka | Gaddafi Stadium |
| 50 | A Flower | Zimbabwe | 142 | 199* | 07/09/2001 | South Africa | Harare Sports Club |
| 51 | B C Lara | West Indies | 221 | 130 | 29/11/2001 | Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| 52 | ML Hayden | Australia | 197 | 103 | 07/11/2002 | England | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| 53 | Yasir Hameed | Pakistan | 170 | 105 | 20/08/2003 | Bangladesh | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| 54 | ML Hayden | Australia | 117 | 132 | 09/07/2004 | Sri Lanka | Cazaly's Stadium |
| 55 | MP Vaughan | England | 103 | 101* | 22/07/2004 | West Indies | Lord's |
| 56 | ME Trescothick | England | 105 | 107 | 29/07/2004 | West Indies | Edgbaston |
| 57 | R Dravid | India | 110 | 135 | 16/03/2005 | Pakistan | Eden Gardens |
| 58 | RT Ponting | Australia | 149 | 104* | 03/11/2005 | West Indies | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| 59 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 109 | 100* | 20/11/2005 | England | Iqbal Stadium |
| 60 | RT Ponting | Australia | 120 | 143* | 02/01/2006 | South Africa | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| 61 | RT Ponting | Australia | 103 | 116 | 24/03/2006 | South Africa | Kingsmead |
| 62 | Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan | 102 | 124 | 27/11/2006 | West Indies | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| 63 | JH Kallis | South Africa | 155 | 100* | 01/10/2007 | Pakistan | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| 64 | AJ Strauss | England | 123 | 108 | 11/12/2008 | India | MA Chidambaram Stadium |
| 65 | TM Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 162 | 143 | 03/01/2009 | Bangladesh | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| 66 | PJ Hughes | Australia | 115 | 160 | 06/03/2009 | South Africa | Kingsmead |
| 67 | HM Amla | South Africa | 114 | 123 | 14/02/2010 | India | Eden Gardens |
| 68 | JH Kallis | South Africa | 161 | 109* | 02/01/2011 | India | Newlands |
| 69 | KO A Powell | West Indies | 117 | 110 | 13/11/2012 | Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium |
| 70 | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 142 | 105 | 08/03/2013 | Bangladesh | Galle International Stadium |
| 71 | PJ Fulton | New Zealand | 136 | 110 | 22/03/2013 | England | Eden Park |
| 72 | BRM Taylor | Zimbabwe | 171 | 102 | 17/04/2013 | Bangladesh | Harare Sports Club |
| 73 | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 319 | 105 | 04/02/2014 | Bangladesh | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| 74 | DA Warner | Australia | 135 | 145 | 01/03/2014 | South Africa | Newlands |
| 75 | Younis Khan | Pakistan | 106 | 103* | 22/10/2014 | Australia | Dubai International Cricket Stadium |
| 76 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 101 | 101* | 30/10/2014 | Australia | Sheikh Zayed Stadium |
| 77 | Azhar Ali | Pakistan | 109 | 100* | 30/10/2014 | Australia | Sheikh Zayed Stadium |
| 78 | DA Warner | Australia | 145 | 102 | 09/12/2014 | India | Adelaide Oval |
| 79 | V Kohli | India | 115 | 141 | 09/12/2014 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| 80 | DA Warner | Australia | 163 | 116 | 05/11/2015 | New Zealand | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| 81 | AM Rahane | India | 127 | 100* | 03/12/2015 | South Africa | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| 82 | SD Hope | West Indies | 147 | 118 | 25/08/2017 | England | Headingley |
| 83 | Mominul Haque | Bangladesh | 176 | 105 | 31/01/2018 | Sri Lanka | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| 84 | BRM Taylor | Zimbabwe | 110 | 106 | 11/11/2018 | Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium |
| 85 | SPD Smith | Australia | 144 | 142 | 01/08/2019 | England | Edgbaston |
| 86 | RG Sharma | India | 176 | 127 | 02/10/2019 | South Africa | Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium |
| 87 | UT Khawaja | Australia | 137 | 101* | 05/01/2022 | England | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| 88 | Imam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 157 | 111 | 04/03/2022 | Australia | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| 89 | JM Bairstow | England | 106 | 114* | 01/07/2022 | India | Edgbaston |
| 90 | M Labuschagne | Australia | 204 | 104* | 30/11/2022 | West Indies | Perth Stadium |
| 91 | Najmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh | 146 | 124 | 14/06/2023 | Afghanistan | Shere Bangla National Stadium |
| 92 | KS Williamson | New Zealand | 118 | 108 | 04/02/2024 | South Africa | Bay Oval |
| 93 | D de Silva | Sri Lanka | 102 | 100 | 22/03/2024 | Bangladesh | Sylhet Stadium |
| 94 | PHKD Mendis | Sri Lanka | 102 | 164 | 22/03/2024 | Bangladesh | Sylhet Stadium |
| 95 | JE Root | England | 143 | 103 | 29/08/2024 | Sri Lanka | Lord's |
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