New Delhi. It is a special achievement for any batsman to score a century in his first Test. Many batsmen around the world have achieved this feat, but so far only five batsmen have achieved the feat of scoring a century on debut and the last Test of their career, surprisingly including three Australian batsmen. Greg Chappell of Australia), Reginald Duff and William Ponsford A special achievement has been achieved.
Apart from these three batsmen, England’s Alastair Cook and India’s Mohammad Azharuddin have also achieved this feat. This was the last time Cook did this in Test cricket. Interestingly, he played his first and last Test against India and scored centuries on both occasions.
Azhar scored a century on his debut against England and scored a century in the last Test of his career against South Africa. Mohammad Azharuddin/Instagram
Former England captain and opener Cook made his Test debut against India in Nagpur in 2006 and scored an unbeaten 104 in the second innings of the match. He played his last Test against India at the Oval in 2018 and scored 147. Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin made his debut in Kolkata in 1984. Scored a century (110 runs) in the Test. He played the last Test of his career in 2000 against South Africa in Bengaluru and in this match too he scored 102 runs. Unfortunately, Azhar played only 99 Tests and missed out on scoring a ‘Test century’ by a margin of one match. .
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Greg Chappell scored a century in the first and last Test for Australia. Greig, who made his Test debut in Perth in December 1970, scored 108 runs in his debut Test, while in 1984, in the last Test of his career, he scored 182 runs against Pakistan in Sydney. Greg has also taken charge of the Indian team coach.
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Australia’s Ponsford scored 110 runs in his first Test in 1924 and 266 in his last Test in 1934. Reginald Duff was the first batsman to score a century on debut and last match in Test cricket. In the year 1902, Duff scored 104 in his first Test against England. He played his last Test against England in 1905 and also scored a century (146).
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Tags: Alastair Cook, Greg Chappell, Mohammad Azharuddin
First published: December 28, 2023, 06:01 IST