Three Batsman With All Test Centuries In Winning Causes

Test cricket is the ultimate form of the game. That is because no other format of the game challenges a cricketer like the five-day game.

And, so if you are a batsman, your ultimate dream is to somehow score a Test hundred in your career and somehow ensure that it contributes to the teams’ victory.

Here’s a look at Three Test batsman with all Test centuries in winning causes (Min. 5 centuries):

Darren Lehmann-5

Former Australian coach Darren Lehmann may have played just 27 Tests for Australia but he still holds a unique distinction of being one of the three batsmen to have scored all of their Test hundreds in a winning cause.

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After having made his Test debut in 1998, Lehmann came into his own five years later, when he plundered a total of 670 runs in 7 Tests with the help of three hundred and two half-centuries.

Lehmann scored his maiden hundred against the West Indies courtesy a sparkling 160 in the second 2nd match of the 2003 series at Port of Spain; a match that Australia by a whopping margin of 118 runs. Lehmann missed out on an opportunity of scoring hundreds in back-to-back games after he was dismissed on 96 in Barbados.

Lehmann continued with his imperious form in the home summer as he plundered two more hundreds [110 & 177] against Bangladesh. Australia won both games by a margin of an innings & 132 and 98 runs respectively.

The former Australian coach’s final two hundred came during a 3-0 clean sweep of the Sri Lankans on their own turf in 2004 before his career came to and following Michael Clarke’s debut hundred against India in Bangalore.

Warwick Armstrong- 6

One of the finest captains that Australia has ever produced, Warwick Armstrong’s career was marred with World War 01 [1912-1920]. Armstrong made his maiden century against South Africa in 1902 but he had to wait for another six years for his second ton, this time against Ashes foes England.

Armstrong ended his career with six hundred in 50 games, and each of those three-figure scores contributed towards a win for the Aussies.

Rohit Sharma- 7

Rohit Sharma got off to a blockbuster start to his Test career as he racked up hundreds in back-to-back five-day games against the West Indies in what was Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell series in 2013.

Since then, Sharma has gone on to score six more hundreds – 1 vs Sri Lanka, 3 vs South Africa and 2 vs England in the longest format of the game, and just like his first two tons, each of the succeeding ones have also contributed towards an Indian win.

Also Read: Five Batsmen Who Have Scored The Most Number Of Runs Since Virat Kohli’s Debut

(All Stats Updated Till 6th September, 2021)