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In Test cricket, if a batter couldn't get big runs in the first innings, they have a chance to make a comeback and get a big knock in the second innings. However, there have also been a few occasions where the batters continued their great form throughout the Test match and went on to score a hundred in both the innings of a match.There are many batters who have scored centuries in both innings of a single Test match over the years.
However, talking about wicketkeeper batters, not many have been able to achieve the feat in their career. In the following listicle, we will have a look at the list of wicketkeeper batters who have scored a hundred in both the innings of a Test match.
Andy Flower's genius in Harare, 2001
Twenty-four long years have passed since the great Flower's blossoming in Harare against staunch antagonists of Zimbabwe, a familiar opponent in the form of South Africa. It was back in 2001 where the legendary left-hander with the bat truly came into his own shattering record books in scoring consecutive centuries in the same Test.
But while Andrew 'Andy' Flower scored 142 and 199 not out, these weren't the only great achievements of his with the bat, that it came against an iconic bowling line-up comprising names such as - Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Lance Klusener and Jacques Kallis, was in itself a great achievement.
In all, Flower stayed put at the wicket for a gargantuan space of 670 Test deliveries when you combine the number of deliveries the Zimbabwean icon faces to score his great centuries.
And in so doing, he became then the first-ever wicketkeeper batter in all of Test history to score consecutive centuries.
Then to think about the fact that his record stayed untouched for nearly two and a half decades, seldom seeming even threatened by another batter-keeper is something to relish. But back then, despite scoring brilliant runs from the bat, Flower couldn't rescue his team from being beaten by the Proteas.
A strange occasion really, where despite one man's unprecedented genius, the opponents takes over the team and prevails in the end, as did South Africa, and that too, by a huge margin of 9 wickets.
Rishabh Pant takes England by a storm at Headingley, 2025
Criticised for being too risky at times, and on other occasions dubbed brash, perhaps most of those who critique Pant don't quite come to understand that is the way he plays and that's about it.
It's the maximum-risk, maximum-reward sort of gameplan that best suits him. And even fetches his team the rewards in the end.
Nearly four cricketing seasons ago, it fetched Team India one of its grandest victories at The Gabba where India notably 'breached the fortress' as they put it (Pant playing his unbeaten big role in that win).
And now, miles away from the homeland, it is thanks to Pant's twin centuries in the ongoing opening Test in Leeds, that India have come within a fighting chance of maybe securing a win.
But while whether England gets to chase down the ask or not, Pant's flair and heroics with the bat can't be denied.
In scoring first his 134 in the first inning only to score another ton in the second outing, the dogged 118, Pant's combined tally in the Test stands at 252 runs.
Truth be told, there are occasions where Test teams sometimes fail to score 252 as a team total with eleven men contributing with the bat. However, that being told what one ought to focus on is the audaciousness and impactfulness of Pant's batting.
While his first innings strike rate during his 134 was 75, which is excellent given Test cricket standards, the Pant we saw in the latest inning was more solid. He would top the strike rate taking it to 84 in the next inning wherein he hit 118.
108 of his 252 Headingley aggregate runs came by virtue of boundaries alone. How's that for some impact!
