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Hussain's rare honour

May 29, 2004 18:34 IST
Nasser Hussain's decision of calling it a day has left him with a very rare honour, that is, scoring a hundred on last appearance in a Test match. His 103 not out was instrumental in England winning the Lord's Test against New Zealand.

Hussain thus joined the select band of players who have scored a hundred in their last Test innings. He is also the eighth Englishman and first since Colin Milburn (in 1968-69) to do so.

West Indian Seymour Nurse and Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva are the only batsmen to have scored a double hundred in their last Test innings. England's CAG Russell is the only one to have scored in both innings of his last Test.

Australia's Greg Chappell and India's Mohammad Azharuddin are the only players to have scored a hundred in their first and last Test innings. West Indies' AG Ganteaume's hundred was in the first and only innings of his Test career.

The following table does not include the contemporary batsmen who have scored a hundred in their last Test innings and are expected to play further Test cricket. Vandort, Love and Carlisle are included as they are not currently playing for their respective sides.

Batsman Runs For Vs Venue Series
H Wood 134* Eng SA Cape Town 1891-92
AJL Hill 124 Eng SA Cape Town 1895-96
RA Duff 146 Aus Eng The Oval 1905
CAG Russell 111 Eng SA Durban 1922-23
M Leyland 187 Eng Aus The Oval 1938
KH Weekes 137 WI Eng The Oval 1939
AG Ganteaume 112 WI Eng Port-of-Spain 1947-48
W Place 107 Eng WI Kingston 1947-48
VM Merchant 154 Ind Eng Delhi 1951-52
R Subba Row 137 Eng Aus The Oval 1961
VL Manjrekar 102* Ind NZ Madras (Corp.) 1964-65
C Milburn 139 Eng Pak Karachi 1968-69
SM Nurse 258 WI NZ Christchurch 1968-69
BL Irvine 102 SA Aus Port Elizabeth 1969-70
BA Richards 126 SA Aus Port Elizabeth 1969-70
GS Chappell 182 Aus Pak Sydney 1983-84
M Azharuddin 102 Ind SA Bangalore 1999-00
Saeed Anwar 101 Pak BD Multan (CS) 2001-02
PA de Silva 206 SL BD Colombo (PSS) 2002-03
MG Vandort 140 SL BD Colombo (SSC) 2002-03
ML Love 100* Aus BD Cairns 2003
SV Carlisle 103* Zim BD Bulawayo (QSC) 2003-04
N Hussain 103* Eng NZ Lord's 2004

Rajneesh Gupta