Most hundreds and five-fors in a row

Travis Basevi

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - Tests
Player Inns OppositionScorecard Scorecard List
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 9 v England May 31, 2001 Jul 13, 2006 114, 85, 53, 72, 109, 100*, 97, 69, 56*
CH Lloyd (WI) 8 v England Jun 19, 1980 Jun 14, 1984 56, 101, 64, 100, 66, 58, 95, 71
JH Kallis (SA) 8 v Pakistan Jan 26, 2007 Nov 20, 2010 51, 155, 100*, 59, 107*, 73, 135*, 105
GS Sobers (WI) 7 v India Apr 13, 1962 Jan 13, 1967 104, 50, 50, 53*, 70, 95, 74*
KD Walters (Aus) 7 v West Indies Dec 26, 1968 Feb 16, 1973 76, 118, 110, 50, 242, 103, 72
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 7 v West Indies Feb 7, 2002 Nov 27, 2006 60, 52*, 192, 56, 191, 102, 124
EH Hendren (Eng) 6 v West Indies Feb 1, 1930 Apr 3, 1930 77, 205*, 56, 123, 61, 55
GA Headley (WI) 6 v England Jan 24, 1935 Jul 22, 1939 93, 53, 270*, 106, 107, 51
A Melville (SA) 6 v England Feb 18, 1939 Jun 21, 1947 67, 78, 103, 189, 104*, 117
ED Weekes (WI) 6 v India Nov 10, 1948 Feb 4, 1949 128, 194, 162, 101, 90, 56
RN Harvey (Aus) 6 v South Africa Jan 20, 1950 Dec 5, 1952 151*, 56*, 100, 116, 109, 52
GS Sobers (WI) 6 v Pakistan Jan 17, 1958 Mar 13, 1958 52, 52, 80, 365*, 125, 109*
A Flower (Zim) 6 v India Nov 18, 2000 Jun 7, 2001 183*, 70, 55, 232*, 51, 83
S Chanderpaul (WI) 6 v India Apr 19, 2002 Oct 9, 2002 67*, 101*, 136*, 58, 59, 54
Taufeeq Umar (Pak) 6 v South Africa Jan 2, 2003 Oct 24, 2003 135, 67, 111, 63, 68, 71
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 6 v New Zealand Nov 30, 2001 Mar 26, 2005 83*, 126, 50, 121, 162, 60*
MEK Hussey (Aus) 6 v England Aug 20, 2009 Dec 16, 2010 121, 195, 93, 52, 61, 116

Most consecutive hundreds against the same opposition - Tests
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
A Melville (SA) 4 v England Mar 3, 1939 Jun 21, 1947 103, 189, 104*, 117
ED Weekes (WI) 4 v India Nov 10, 1948 Dec 31, 1948
128, 194, 162, 101
Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) 4
v New Zealand Feb 10, 1989 Oct 18, 1990 163, 112, 203*, 105
HM Amla (SA) 4 v India Feb 6, 2010 Dec 16, 2010 253*, 114, 123*, 140
H Sutcliffe (Eng) 3
v Australia Dec 19, 1924 Jan 1, 1925 115, 176, 127
CG Macartney (Aus) 3 v England Jun 26, 1926 Jul 24, 1926 133*, 151, 109
JHW Fingleton (Aus) 3
v South Africa Jan 1, 1936 Feb 28, 1936 112, 108, 118
WR Hammond (Eng) 3 v New Zealand Mar 24, 1933 Jun 26, 1937 227, 336*, 140
GA Headley (WI) 3
v England Mar 14, 1935 Jun 24, 1939 270*, 106, 107
AR Morris (Aus) 3 v England Jan 1, 1947 Jan 31, 1947 155, 122, 124*
DCS Compton (Eng) 3
v South Africa Jun 7, 1947 Jul 5, 1947 163, 208, 115
DG Bradman (Aus) 3 v India Jan 1, 1948 Jan 23, 1948 132, 127*, 201
RN Harvey (Aus) 3
v South Africa Feb 10, 1950 Dec 5, 1952 100, 116, 109
ED Weekes (WI) 3 v New Zealand Feb 3, 1956 Mar 3, 1956 123, 103, 156
GS Sobers (WI) 3
v Pakistan Feb 26, 1958 Mar 13, 1958 365*, 125, 109*
SM Gavaskar (India) 3 v West Indies Apr 1, 1971 Apr 13, 1971 117*, 124, 220
CG Greenidge (WI) 3
v England Jul 8, 1976 Jul 22, 1976 134, 101, 115
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 3 v India Dec 10, 1982 Jan 3, 1983 215, 186, 168
Mudassar Nazar (Pak) 3
v India Jan 14, 1983 Jan 30, 1983 231, 152*, 152
GA Gooch (Eng) 3 v India Jul 26, 1990 Aug 9, 1990 333, 123, 116
AH Jones (NZ) 3
v Sri Lanka Jan 31, 1991 Feb 22, 1991 186, 122, 100*
SR Waugh (Aus) 3 v Sri Lanka Dec 16, 1989 Jan 25, 1996 134*, 131*, 170
PA de Silva (SL) 3
v Pakistan Apr 19, 1997 Apr 26, 1997 168, 138*, 103*
M Azharuddin (India) 3 v Sri Lanka Jan 26, 1994 Aug 2, 1997 108, 152, 126
PA de Silva (SL) 3
v India Aug 2, 1997 Aug 9, 1997 126, 146, 120
R Dravid (India) 3 v England Aug 8, 2002 Sep 5, 2002 115, 148, 217
BC Lara (WI) 3
v Sri Lanka Nov 29, 2001 Jun 20, 2003 221, 130, 209
MS Atapattu (SL) 3 v Zimbabwe Jan 12, 2002 May 14, 2004 100*, 170, 249
MP Vaughan (Eng) 3
v West Indies Apr 10, 2004 Jul 22, 2004 140, 103, 101*
RT Ponting (Aus) 3 v West Indies May 1, 2003 Nov 3, 2005 113, 149, 104*
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 3
v West Indies Nov 19, 2006 Nov 27, 2006 191, 102, 124
V Sehwag (India) 3 v Sri Lanka Nov 24, 2009 Jul 18, 2010 131, 293, 109
KC Sangakkara (SL) 3
v India Dec 2, 2009 Jul 26, 2010 137, 103, 219

Most consecutive four-wickets against the same opposition - Tests
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
SF Barnes (Eng) 10 v South Africa Jun 10, 1912
Dec 26, 1913 5/25, 6/85, 6/52, 4/63, 5/28, 8/29, 5/57, 5/48, 8/56, 9/103
CTB Turner (Aus) 8
v England Feb 25, 1887 Aug 30, 1888 5/41, 4/52, 5/44, 7/43, 5/27, 5/36, 6/112, 5/86
M Muralitharan (SL) 8 v Pakistan Apr 19, 1997 Jun 14, 2000
6/98, 4/45, 4/127, 4/77, 6/71, 4/89, 4/107, 5/115
H Trumble (Aus) 7
v England Jul 3, 1902 Jan 1, 1904 4/49, 4/75, 6/53, 8/65, 4/108, 4/107, 5/34
M Muralitharan (SL) 7 v Zimbabwe Dec 27, 2001 May 6, 2004 4/53, 4/35, 9/51, 4/64, 5/67, 4/24, 6/45
J Briggs (Eng) 6
v Australia Jan 29, 1892 Aug 24, 1893 4/69, 6/49, 6/87, 5/34, 5/114, 4/81
Waqar Younis (Pak) 6 v New Zealand Oct 18, 1990 Feb 10, 1994 7/86, 7/76, 5/54, 4/59, 5/22, 4/46
JJ Ferris (Aus) 5
v England Jan 28, 1887 Feb 10, 1888 4/27, 5/76, 5/71, 4/69, 4/60
T Richardson (Eng) 5 v Australia Mar 1, 1895 Jul 16, 1896 6/104, 6/39, 5/134, 7/168, 6/76
AV Bedser (Eng) 5
v Australia Feb 23, 1951 Jun 25, 1953 5/46, 5/59, 7/55, 7/44, 5/105
JC Laker (Eng) 5 v Australia Jul 12, 1956 Aug 23, 1956 5/58, 6/55, 9/37, 10/53, 4/80
R Benaud (Aus) 5
v South Africa Dec 31, 1957 Feb 7, 1958 4/95, 5/49, 5/114, 4/70, 5/84
R Benaud (Aus) 5 v England Jan 9, 1959 Feb 13, 1959 5/83, 4/94, 5/91, 4/82, 4/43
FS Trueman (Eng) 5
v West Indies Jun 20, 1963 Jul 25, 1963 6/100, 5/52, 5/75, 7/44, 4/117
DL Underwood (Eng) 5 v New Zealand Aug 21, 1969 Mar 5, 1971 6/41, 6/60, 6/12, 6/85, 5/108
GF Lawson (Aus) 5
v England Nov 12, 1982 Dec 10, 1982 5/108, 6/47, 5/87, 4/56, 5/66
Imran Khan (Pak) 5 v West Indies Nov 20, 1986 Apr 14, 1988 6/46, 7/80, 4/41, 4/38, 5/115
Waqar Younis (Pak) 5
v Zimbabwe Dec 1, 1993 Dec 16, 1993 7/91, 6/44, 5/88, 4/50, 5/100
CEL Ambrose (WI) 5 v England Mar 17, 1994 Apr 8, 1994 4/58, 4/37, 5/60, 6/24, 4/86
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 5
v Australia Nov 1, 1994 Nov 30, 1995 4/121, 5/115, 4/83, 5/95, 4/91
M Muralitharan (SL) 5 v West Indies Jun 20, 1997 Nov 21, 2001 5/113, 6/126, 5/44, 4/54, 6/81
SK Warne (Aus) 5
v Pakistan Oct 3, 2002 Oct 19, 2002 7/94, 4/94, 4/11, 4/13, 5/74
M Muralitharan (SL) 5 v Australia Mar 8, 2004 Mar 24, 2004 6/59, 5/153, 4/48, 5/173, 5/123

Most consecutive five-wickets against the same opposition - Tests
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
CTB Turner (Aus) 6 v England Feb 10, 1888 Aug 30, 1888 5/44, 7/43, 5/27, 5/36, 6/112, 5/86
SF Barnes (Eng) 6 v South Africa Aug 12, 1912 Dec 26, 1913
5/28, 8/29, 5/57, 5/48, 8/56, 9/103
T Richardson (Eng) 5
v Australia Mar 1, 1895 Jul 16, 1896 6/104, 6/39, 5/134, 7/168, 6/76
AV Bedser (Eng) 5 v Australia Feb 23, 1951 Jun 25, 1953 5/46, 5/59, 7/55, 7/44, 5/105
DL Underwood (Eng) 5
v New Zealand Aug 21, 1969 Mar 5, 1971 6/41, 6/60, 6/12, 6/85, 5/108
J Briggs (Eng) 4 v Australia Mar 24, 1892 Aug 14, 1893 6/49, 6/87, 5/34, 5/114
JC Laker (Eng) 4
v Australia Jul 12, 1956 Jul 26, 1956 5/58, 6/55, 9/37, 10/53
FS Trueman (Eng) 4 v West Indies Jun 20, 1963 Jul 4, 1963 6/100, 5/52, 5/75, 7/44
RM Hogg (Aus) 4
v England Dec 15, 1978 Dec 29, 1978 5/65, 5/57, 5/30, 5/36
Imran Khan (Pak) 4 v India Dec 23, 1982 Jan 14, 1983 8/60, 6/98, 5/82, 6/35
MD Marshall (WI) 4
v Australia Nov 23, 1984 Dec 22, 1984 5/82, 5/69, 5/38, 5/86
RJ Hadlee (NZ) 4 v Australia Dec 11, 1987 Mar 15, 1990 5/68, 5/109, 5/67, 5/39
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 4
v India Jan 28, 1999 Feb 4, 1999 5/94, 5/93, 5/94, 5/122
Harbhajan Singh (India) 4 v Australia Mar 11, 2001 Mar 18, 2001 7/123, 6/73, 7/133, 8/84
M Muralitharan (SL) 4
v Bangladesh Sep 6, 2001 Jul 21, 2002 5/13, 5/98, 5/39, 5/59
SK Warne (Aus) 4 v Sri Lanka Mar 8, 2004 Mar 16, 2004 5/116, 5/43, 5/65, 5/90
SCG MacGill (Aus) 4
v Bangladesh Jul 18, 2003 Apr 9, 2006 5/65, 5/77, 5/56, 8/108

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - ODIs
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
Javed Miandad (Pak) 7 v England Mar 26, 1985
May 25, 1987 71, 59, 77*, 60, 113, 71*, 68
G Boycott (Eng) 6
v Australia Dec 8, 1979 Jun 4, 1981 68, 105, 86*, 99, 78, 75*
BC Lara (WI) 6 v Australia Jan 16, 1993 Mar 4, 1996
67, 60, 55, 62, 139, 60
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 6
v West Indies Sep 19, 1999 Apr 19, 2000 55*, 71, 61, 51*, 69, 66
MS Atapattu (SL) 6 v Pakistan Feb 13, 2000 Jul 5, 2000 119*, 57, 77, 62, 100, 62
GC Smith (SA) 6
v Zimbabwe Jul 5, 2003 Aug 25, 2007 58, 69, 50, 117, 50, 96
Salman Butt (Pak) 6 v Bangladesh Apr 11, 2008 Jul 4, 2008 76, 132, 74, 136, 70, 56*
CG Greenidge (WI) 5
v England Dec 23, 1979 May 28, 1980 85*, 50, 80, 98*, 78
AH Jones (NZ) 5 v Pakistan Feb 6, 1989 Mar 14, 1989 55*, 62*, 67, 82, 63*
DM Jones (Aus) 5
v New Zealand Jan 22, 1988 Mar 11, 1990 58*, 53*, 107, 59, 102*
DM Jones (Aus) 5 v Sri Lanka Oct 25, 1989 May 2, 1990 85, 85*, 69, 80*, 117*
NS Sidhu (India) 5
v Sri Lanka Oct 29, 1988 Dec 1, 1990 50, 76, 80, 64, 52
M Azharuddin (India) 5 v Sri Lanka Jan 4, 1991 Nov 7, 1993 54*, 53, 62, 85, 75*
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 5
v Sri Lanka Feb 2, 1993 Aug 3, 1994 55, 110, 107, 111, 70*
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 5 v Pakistan Oct 30, 1993 Aug 7, 1994 58, 65, 77, 54, 50
SR Tendulkar (India) 5
v West Indies Nov 5, 1994 Feb 21, 1996 66, 54, 88, 105, 70
PA de Silva (SL) 5 v Zimbabwe Nov 5, 1994 Apr 3, 1997 97*, 107*, 91, 127*, 60
Yasir Hameed (Pak) 5
v New Zealand Nov 29, 2003 Dec 7, 2003 52, 53, 63, 61, 127*
RT Ponting (Aus) 5 v New Zealand Jan 28, 2007 Dec 20, 2007 111, 104, 66, 107*, 134*
Yuvraj Singh (India) 5
v Pakistan Nov 11, 2007 Jun 14, 2008 77, 53*, 50, 55, 56

Most consecutive hundreds against the same opposition - ODIs
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 3 v India Dec 17, 1982
Jan 21, 1983 118, 105, 113
DL Haynes (WI) 3
v Australia Apr 19, 1984 Jan 6, 1985 102*, 104*, 123*
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 3 v Sri Lanka Feb 4, 1993 Nov 2, 1993
110, 107, 111
SR Tendulkar (India) 3
v Australia Apr 22, 1998 Oct 28, 1998 143, 134, 141
SC Ganguly (India) 3 v Kenya Oct 24, 2001 Mar 20, 2003 111, 107*, 111*

Most consecutive four-wickets against the same opposition - ODIs
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
IR Bishop (WI) 3 v Pakistan Jan 9, 1993 Feb 19, 1993 5/25, 4/25, 4/32
VC Drakes (WI) 3 v Bangladesh Nov 29, 2002 Dec 3, 2002
4/26, 4/18, 4/33
AME Roberts (WI) 2
v England Aug 26, 1976 Aug 28, 1976 4/32, 4/27
DK Lillee (Aus) 2 v England Jan 14, 1980 Aug 20, 1980 4/12, 4/35
LS Pascoe (Aus) 2
v New Zealand Nov 25, 1980 Dec 7, 1980 5/30, 4/37
RM Hogg (Aus) 2 v Pakistan Jan 21, 1984 Jan 25, 1984 4/33, 4/37
GR Dilley (Eng) 2
v West Indies Jan 3, 1987 Jan 17, 1987 4/46, 4/23
CEL Ambrose (WI) 2 v Pakistan Mar 12, 1988 Mar 15, 1988 4/39, 4/35
ND Hirwani (India) 2
v New Zealand Mar 27, 1988 Apr 1, 1988 4/43, 4/46
IR Bishop (WI) 2 v India Mar 11, 1989 Mar 18, 1989 4/33, 4/46
Waqar Younis (Pak) 2
v New Zealand Nov 4, 1990 Nov 6, 1990 5/11, 5/16
Waqar Younis (Pak) 2 v West Indies Oct 17, 1991 Oct 21, 1991 4/48, 4/39
Wasim Akram (Pak) 2
v Sri Lanka Feb 2, 1993 Feb 4, 1993 4/24, 4/24
SK Warne (Aus) 2 v New Zealand Dec 12, 1993 Dec 16, 1993 4/25, 4/19
Waqar Younis (Pak) 2
v New Zealand Dec 13, 1994 Dec 19, 1994 4/32, 4/33
OD Gibson (WI) 2 v Sri Lanka Oct 20, 1995 Jan 3, 1996 4/35, 5/42
AJ Hollioake (Eng) 2
v Pakistan Aug 31, 1996 Sep 1, 1996 4/23, 4/45
SK Warne (Aus) 2 v Pakistan Dec 15, 1996 Jan 1, 1997 4/52, 4/37
SE Bond (NZ) 2
v Australia Jan 26, 2002 Jan 29, 2002 5/25, 4/38
Z Khan (India) 2 v Zimbabwe Jun 27, 2001 Mar 7, 2002 4/42, 4/47
B Lee (Aus) 2
v South Africa Mar 27, 2002 Mar 30, 2002 4/45, 4/63
BA Williams (Aus) 2 v New Zealand Oct 29, 2003 Nov 3, 2003 4/22, 5/53
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 2
v Zimbabwe Apr 22, 2004 Apr 25, 2004 4/38, 4/11
M Muralitharan (SL) 2 v Zimbabwe Apr 22, 2004 Apr 29, 2004 4/32, 5/23
Manjural Islam Rana (Ban) 2
v Zimbabwe Jan 26, 2005 Jan 29, 2005 4/34, 4/36
IK Pathan (India) 2 v Zimbabwe Feb 3, 2004 Aug 29, 2005 4/24, 5/27
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 2
v New Zealand Jan 6, 2006 Jan 8, 2006 5/39, 4/48
B Lee (Aus) 2 v South Africa Jan 20, 2006 Feb 3, 2006 5/22, 4/30
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 2
v Bangladesh Jul 23, 2007 Jul 25, 2007 4/31, 4/14
AC Botha (Ire) 2 v Kenya Feb 2, 2007 Aug 24, 2008 4/42, 4/19
E Schiferli (Neth) 2
v Kenya Apr 1, 2009 Apr 19, 2009 4/49, 4/23
RJ Harris (Aus) 2 v Pakistan Jan 26, 2010 Jan 29, 2010 5/43, 5/19

Most consecutive five-wickets against the same opposition - ODIs
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
Waqar Younis (Pak) 2 v New Zealand Nov 4, 1990 Nov 6, 1990 5/11, 5/16
RJ Harris (Aus) 2 v Pakistan Jan 26, 2010 Jan 29, 2010
5/43, 5/19

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - T20Is
Player Inns Opposition Scorecard Scorecard List
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 2 v New Zealand Dec 22, 2006 Sep 15, 2007 51*, 61
BB McCullum (NZ) 2 v India Feb 25, 2009 Feb 27, 2009
56*, 69*
TM Dilshan (SL) 2
v West Indies Jun 10, 2009 Jun 19, 2009 74, 96*
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 2 v Sri Lanka Jun 21, 2009 Aug 12, 2009 54*, 50
Imran Nazir (Pak) 2
v New Zealand Sep 22, 2007 Nov 12, 2009 59, 58
LE Bosman (SA) 2 v England Nov 13, 2009 Nov 15, 2009 58, 94
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2
v India Dec 9, 2009 Dec 12, 2009 78, 59
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 2 v Australia May 7, 2009 Feb 5, 2010 59*, 64
KP Pietersen (Eng) 2
v Pakistan Feb 20, 2010 May 6, 2010 62, 73*

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1985: South Africa v India at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2010
• ODI # 3078: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, 5th ODI, Dec 12, 2010
• T20I # 193: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 1st T20I, Dec 26, 2010


Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites