| Player | Instances of 50+ Score in Both Test Innings |
|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 15 |
| Jacques Kallis (SA) | 14 |
| Alastair Cook (ENG) | 14 |
| Allan Border (AUS) | 13 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 12 |
| Steven Smith (AUS) | 12 |
| Joe Root (ENG) | 12 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) | 11 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) | 11 |
| Greg Chappell (AUS) | 10 |
| Rahul Dravid (IND) | 10 |
| Kane Williamson (NZ) | 10 |
Key Insights
Ricky Ponting has recorded the most instances of 50-plus scores in both innings of a Test match, with 15 instances.
Nine of Ponting’s 15 instances came as Australia’s captain, the most by a skipper in Tests.
Find out here where Ponting stands in the list of Test captains with most runs in the format.
Andy Flower knocked 50-plus scores in both innings in seven Tests, the most by a wicketkeeper in the format.
Alastair Cook had 14 instances of twin 50-plus scores, the most by an opener in Test cricket. Explore openers with most Test runs here.
Two of Cook’s instances came in his debut and final career Tests. He scored 60 and 104 not out against India on debut in 2006 and ended his career with 71 and 147 against the same opposition in 2018.
South Africa’s Bruce Mitchell was the first to achieve this double. He scored 88 and 61 not out against England on debut in 1929 and ended his career with 99 and 46 against the same team in 1949.
Kumar Sangakkara, Patsy Hendren, and Greg Chappell each had scores of 50 or more in both innings in three consecutive Tests.
Sunil Gavaskar, Ponting, and David Warner are the three batters to score twin centuries in three Tests, which is the joint-most in this format.
All three of Ponting’s instances came as captain, while Gavaskar and Warner achieved the feat as openers.
