Several batters have scored test centuries versus England but it is something quite different, arduous and brilliant to have batters scoring hundreds in back to back innings of a Test match versus the English.
Over the years, their bowlers actually made it quite difficult for some of the world's best in the world to score prolifically given how dominant Anderson, Broad, Woakes were and before them, Hoggard, Jones, Harmison and the likes.
But then there've been quite a few who managed to topple the English to come up to speed with great run-scoring. Let's take a look at some among the many illustrious names who've handled England to the extent of smashing centuries in both innings of a Test match.
Rishabh Pant: 134 and 118 at Headingely in June's ongoing Test 2025
Making 252 runs on the whole, Pant, the bouyant left-hander and one heck of an irrepressible character has achieved something so rare and distinct that it puts him into a league to which only he belongs, not even the great Wall Dravid and the maestro Sachin: that of scoring back to back centuries at Headingley.
While Dravid has, as a matter of fact scored consecutive tons in England, even the great techincally-correct batter hasn't scored in the space of one single test. Pant's ebullience and fearlessness has really earned him a new wave of fans. May he keep scoring for India.
Hanif Mohammad : 111 and 104 v at Dhaka in 1962
The great man from Pakistan struck twin hundreds in the space of a single test, one in each inning in a remarkable test match that took place, now if you think about it, 63 years back in the day, and that too, in Bangladesh.
It was a classic case of a batter playing a patient inning and the match ending in a draw, the great batsman was a legend of the game and will always be considered as one.
Gordon Greenidge: 134 and 101 at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1976
The domineering West Indian batter, one who formed a huge and highly respected partnership stand along with his good friend, Desmond Haynes scored back in the day twin dominant hundreds - 134 and 101 in the same match at Manchester.
What must be noted here is that the test, ultimately won by the visting West Indies side, was aced by a massive, colossal margin of 425 runs.
Interestingly, when Greenidge made 134 in that innings, the next-best score was 32 by Collis King.
Steve Waugh: 108 and 116 at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1997
The iceman of cricket, the man with cool nerves and a mindframe of steel, the great former Australian captain, back in the late nineties, when he was operating at his peak scored two famous hundreds, consecutive tons in a single Test match in England and that too, on the then hard surface that assisted English bowlers: Manchester.
The famous Ashes centuries by Waugh are still deeply touched upon when underlining his great talent and legend.
Matthew Hayden: 197 and 103 at The Gabba in 2002
A giant of a batter, literally speaking, and one who wanted to rule his opponents by an instinct of domination, Hayden scored versus England twin and important hundreds at one of his famous grounds where he hit lots of vital runs: The Gabba.
His inning back in 2002 was full of a wide array of strokes around the luscious ground and indicated Australia being in the top of their league
The greatness of this knock was that "Haydos" ruled against a noted bowling trinity including Jones, Caddick and Hoggard. Even Ponting made a great ton in the Aussies' first inning back then.
Shai Hope: 147 and 118* at Leeds, Headingley in 2017
When Shai Hope solidered on for the West Indies back in 2017's Headingely Test, the very venue where a batter who plays in nearly the same mould as he, KL Rahul, his efforts brought West Indies great joy and a mega Test match win in England. Something the tourists weren't really accustomed at bagging and it was a rare moment under Jason Holder's great leadership.
Hope's classy and dogged centuries at Leeds saw him command English bowlers including Anderson, Broad and Woakes by aligning focus and grit in equal measure.
