Players scoring 175+ in consecutive innings at a particular venue in Test Cricket

Joe Root scored 180 against Australia in 2013 and 200* vs Sri Lanka in 2014 in two consecutive test innings at Lord's. He became the first player in the history of test cricket to score 175+ in consecutive test innings at Lord's, Meeca of Cricket.

First player to score 175+ in consecutive test innings at Lord's.

Before Joe Root, there are 13 occasions of a batsman scoring 175+ in consecutive test innings at a particular venue. Sir Donald Bradman is the only player to do so at more than one venue, he did at three venues. Complete detail is provided in the table below.

Players scoring 175+ in consecutive innings at a particular venue in Test Cricket

Batsman	Venue	1st	2nd
Sir Don Bradman	Leeds, England **	334 vs Eng, 1930	304 vs Eng, 1934
Sir Don Bradman	The Oval, England	232 vs Eng, 1930	244 vs Eng, 1934
George Headley	Kingston, West Indies	223 vs Eng, 1930	270* vs Eng, 1935
Sir Don Bradman	Brisbane, Australia	187 vs Eng, 1946	185 vs Ind, 1947
Sir Len Hutton	The Oval, England	206 vs NZ, 1949	202* vs WI, 1950
Sir Frank Worrell	Nottingham, England **	261 vs Eng, 1950	191* vs Eng, 1957
Dennis Amiss	The Oval, England	183 vs Pak, 1974	203 vs WI, 1976
Qasim Umar	Faisalabad, Pakistan	210 vs Ind, 1984	206 vs SL, 1985
Richie Richardson	Georgetown, West Indies	194 vs Ind, 1989	182 vs Aus, 1991
Gary Kirsten	Durban, South Africa	275 vs Eng, 1999	180 vs SL, 2000
Sachin Tendulkar	Nagpur, India	201* vs Zim, 2000	176 vs Zim, 2002
Marvan Atapattu	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe **	216* vs Zim, 1999	249 vs Zim, 2004
Kumar Sangakkara	Colombo (SSC), Sri Lanka	185 vs Pak, 2006	287 vs SA, 2006
Joe Root	Lord's, England	180 vs Aus, 2013	200* vs SL, 2014

** denotes that the player achieve the feat in an away ground

No batsman scored 3 consecutive 175+ scores at any venue. Mohammad Yousuf was very near to do so at Lahore in Pakistan. He scored 223 vs Eng, 173 vs Ind and 192 vs WI from 2005 to 2006. 

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Players scoring 2 centuries in career's first 2 Test matches

Jimmy Neesham, 23 year old all-rounder, from New Zealand has done something which none other Kiwi player has done that before. First he scored a match saving 137* vs India at Wellington in February 2014 on his debut and then in his second test in the Caribbean scored 107 in the first inning. This made him the first player from New Zealand to achieve this unique feat in Test Cricket.

Neesham smashed 2 centuries in his Test career's first 2 Tests

Before Neesham, seven other players scored a century in each of their first two test matches of their career. First to achieve this was Bill Ponsford for Australia in 1924/1925 and the last to do this was Rohit Sharma from India in 2013. Below is the complete list.

Players scoring a century in each of their first two Test matches

Batsman	Team	First Test	Second Test	Year
Bill Ponsford	Australia	110 & 27 vs Eng	128 & 4 vs Eng	1924-1925
Doug Walters	Australia	155 vs Eng	22 & 115 vs Eng	1965
Alvin Kallicharran	West Indies	100* vs NZ	101 & 18 vs NZ	1972
Mohammad Azharuddin	India	110 vs Eng	48 & 105 vs Eng	1984-1985
Greg Blewett	Australia	102* & 12 vs Eng	20 & 115 vs Eng	1995
Sourav Ganguly	India	131 vs Eng	136 & 48 vs Eng	1996
Rohit Sharma	India	177 vs WI	111* vs WI	2013
Jimmy Neesham	New Zealand	33 & 137* vs Ind	107 vs WI	2014

Other than Neesham, all the previous seven batsmen had scored a century in their debut test inning.

Neesham is the only player to achieve the feat against 2 different teams.

Mohammad Azharuddin had scored a century in his third test as well making him the only player so far to score 3 centuries in each of the first 3 test matches.

Apart from the above eight cricketers there are four more cricketers who had scored 2 centuries in their career’s first 2 test matches, but in a different fashion. Two players scored two centuries in their debut test match and other two players scored two centuries in their second test match. Below is the table listing them.

Batsman	Team	First Test	Second Test	Year
Lawrence Rowe	West Indies	214 & 100* vs NZ	22 & 1 vs NZ	1972
Yasir Hameed	Pakistan	170 & 105 vs Ban	23 & 18* vs Ban	2003
Wajahatullah Wasti	Pakistan	6 & 9 vs Ind	133 & 121* vs SL	1999
Phillip Hughes	Australia	0 & 75 vs SA	115 & 160 vs SA	2009

Youngest cricketers to score 2000 runs in Test Cricket

On the opening day of the test series between New Zealand and West Indies in the Caribbean, New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson reached 2000 runs in his Test career. He got there in his 32^nd test and 57^th inning when he reached 36. Though he is the 25^th Kiwi to complete 2000 Test runs, he is the youngest of all of them. He got to the milestone at age of 23 years and 10 months. He overcame Martin Crowe who had reached the milestone at age of 24 years, 5 months, 10 days in March 1987.

Kane Williamson is the youngest from New Zealand and 10th youngest cricketer to score 2000 Test runs

Williamson, though being the youngest batsman from New Zealand to reach 2000 Test runs, is the 10^th youngest overall to score 2000 Test Runs. Youngest batsman to reach 2000 Test runs is Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar managed to score 2000 runs at age of 20 years, 10 months, 24 days.

Youngest batsman to complete 2000 Test Runs

Age	Batsman	Team	Date
20y, 10m, 24d	Sachin Tendulkar	India	20-Mar-1994
22y, 05m, 24d	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies	28-Mar-1968
22y, 06m, 08d	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	20-Dec-1979
22y, 10m, 19d	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	12-May-2003
23y, 01m, 26d	Graeme Smith	South Africa	27-Mar-2004
23y, 02m, 17d	Alastair Cook	England	13-Mar-2008
23y, 03m, 00d	Sir Donald Bradman	Australia	27-Nov-1931
23y, 09m, 11d	Dilip Vengsarkar	India	16-Jan-1980
23y, 09m, 17d	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	15-Mar-2001
23y, 10m, 00d	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	08-Jun-2014

Youngest New Zealand batsman to complete 2000 Test Runs

Age	Batsman	Milestone Date
23y, 10m, 00d	Kane Williamson	08-Jun-2014
24y, 05m, 10d	Martin Crowe	03-Mar-1987
24y, 06m, 18d	Craig McMillan	30-Mar-2001
25y, 01m, 27d	Stephen Fleming	27-May-1998
26y, 09m, 15d	Glenn Turner	12-Mar-1974

With Kane Williamson becoming the youngest New Zealand batsman to score 2000 Test runs, let us look at the youngest 2000 test run getters from each team.

Youngest batsman to complete 2000 Test runs from each team

Team	Batsman	Age	Milestone Date
Australia	Sir Donald Bradman	23y, 03m, 00d	27-Nov-1931
Bangladesh	Tamim Iqbal	23y, 11m, 06d	25-Apr-2013
England	Alastair Cook	23y, 02m, 17d	13-Mar-2008
India	Sachin Tendulkar	20y, 10m, 24d	20-Mar-1994
New Zealand	Kane Williamson	23y, 10m, 00d	08-Jun-2014
Pakistan	Javed Miandad	22y, 06m, 08d	20-Dec-1979
Sri Lanka	Mahela Jayawardene	23y, 09m, 17d	15-Mar-2001
South Africa	Graeme Smith	23y, 01m, 26d	27-Mar-2004
West Indies	Sir Garfield Sobers	22y, 05m, 24d	28-Mar-1968
Zimbabwe	Alistair Campbell	28y, 01m, 27d	18-Nov-2000

The youngest New Zealand batsman to complete 2000 Test runs, Kane Williamson, took 57 innings to reach the landmark. But seven Kiwi cricketers completed 2000 Test runs in fewer innings than Williamson. Below is the list showing the fewest number of innings played to score 2000 Test runs by New Zealand batsman.

Fewest innings to score 2000 Test runs by New Zealand batsman

Innings	Batsman	Match Date
44	Andrew Jones	01-Nov-1992
44	Mark Richardson	16-Oct-2003
46	Bert Sutcliffe	06-Jan-1956
47	Glenn Turner	08-Mar-1974
48	Ross Taylor	12-Nov-2010
52	Craig McMillan	27-Mar-2001
56	Martin Crowe	27-Feb-1987
57	Kane Williamson	08-Jun-2014
60	Stephen Fleming	27-May-1998
60	Nathan Astle	26-Dec-1999

All figures are updated till June 8, 2014