Ashes LIVE: Usman Khawaja joins Steve Smith, Steve Waugh in elite list with twin hundreds in comeback Test – Usman Khawaja had a dream comeback to the Australian team after the left-hander stamped his authority over the 4th Test in Sydney. After his stellar 137 in the first innings, Khawaja followed it up with a counter-attacking century in the second innings to put Australia in command of the match. The 35-year-old was featured in his 1st Test since 2019 and now finds himself etched in the record books with a scintillating performance. Follow Insidesport.in for all Ashes LIVE Updates.
Ashes LIVE: Usman Khawaja joins Steve Smith, Steve Waugh in elite list with twin hundreds in comeback Test – check all stats
Usman Khawaja joined an elite list on Saturday as he became one of the few cricketers to score twin hundreds in an Ashes test match. Khawaja, making his comeback in the absence of COVID-19 hit Travis Head, blasted his way to centuries in each innings to cause a selection conundrum for Justin Langer and his coaching staff.
Usman Khawaja becomes just the third player to make a century in both innings of a Test match at the SCG!
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Khawaja became the ninth cricketer to score twin hundreds in an Ashes Test, joining fellow teammate Steve Smtih, who was the last to do so almost three years ago. He is the sixth Australian to achieve the record, with Matthew Hayden, Steve Waugh being amongst those to achieve the record.
Twin hundreds in Ashes Tests
| Player | Country | 1st | 2nd | Match | Versus | Ground |
| Bardsley, W | Australia | 136 | 130 | 09/08/1909 | England | Kennington Oval |
| Sutcliffe, H | England | 176 | 127 | 01/01/1925 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Hammond, W R | England | 119* | 177 | 01/02/1929 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| Compton, D C S | England | 147 | 103* | 31/01/1947 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| Morris, A R | Australia | 122 | 124* | 31/01/1947 | England | Adelaide Oval |
| Waugh, S R | Australia | 108 | 116 | 03/07/1997 | England | Old Trafford |
| Hayden, M L | Australia | 197 | 103 | 07/11/2002 | England | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| Smith, S P D | Australia | 144 | 142 | 01/08/2019 | England | Edgbaston |
| Usman Khawaja* | Australia | 137 | 101 | 08/01/2022 | England | Sydney Cricket Ground |
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is one of Khawaja’s favourite hunting grounds, with the left-hander scoring three hundreds against England at the venue. He also became the first to score a twin hundred at the SCG in an Ashes Test. Previously Dough Walters and Ricky Ponting have scored hundreds in each innings of a match at Syndey.
Twin hundreds at the SCG
| Player | Country | 1st | 2nd | Match | Versus | Ground |
| Walters, K D | Australia | 242 | 103 | 14/02/1969 | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Ponting, R T | Australia | 120 | 143* | 02/01/2006 | South Africa | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Usman Khawaja | Australia | 137 | 101 | 08/01/2022 | England | Sydney Cricket Ground |
Ashes LIVE: Usman Khawaja joins Steve Smith, Steve Waugh in elite list with twin hundreds in comeback Test – check all stats
Among Indians, former captains Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid have achieved the feat multiple times. Vijay Hazare was the first to do so in 1948, while Rohit Sharma was the latest when scoring twin tons against South Africa in 2019. Hazare’s record came in Adelaide, so did Virat Kohli’s, when he scored 115 and 141 in 2014.
| Player | Country | 1st | 2nd | Match | Versus | Ground |
| Hazare, V S | India | 116 | 145 | 23/01/1948 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| Gavaskar, S M | India | 124 | 220 | 13/04/1971 | West Indies | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Gavaskar, S M | India | 111 | 137 | 14/11/1978 | Pakistan | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| Gavaskar, S M | India | 107 | 182* | 29/12/1978 | West Indies | Eden Gardens |
| Dravid, R | India | 190 | 103* | 02/01/1999 | New Zealand | Seddon Park |
| Dravid, R | India | 110 | 135 | 16/03/2005 | Pakistan | Eden Gardens |
| Kohli, V* | India | 115 | 141 | 09/12/2014 | Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| Rahane, A M* | India | 127 | 100* | 03/12/2015 | South Africa | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Sharma, R G* | India | 176 | 127 | 02/10/2019 | South Africa | Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium |
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