# List of cricketers who have carried the bat in international cricket

In cricket, the phrase "carrying the bat" refers to a situation in which an opening batter remains not out at the end of an innings where all the 10 wickets have fallen; the other 10 players in the team have all been dismissed. It may also be used in situations where one or more of these players are unable to bat due to retiring out or causes like injury or illness, and the remaining players are dismissed. It is not used, however, in any other situation where the innings closes before all 10 wickets have fallen, such as when it is declared closed, or when the team successfully chases a set run target to win the match. A rare feat, this has happened only 72 times in international cricket spanning all three formats—Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
In Tests, South African Bernard Tancred was the first cricketer to carry the bat; he made 26 runs in his team's total of 47 against England in 1889. The following year, Jack Barrett of Australia became the first player to carry the bat on debut. In the 1892 tour of Australia, England's Bobby Abel scored 132 and became the first player to score a century while carrying the bat. In 1933, Bill Woodfull of Australia set a new record by becoming the first player to perform this feat twice in Tests; he scored 73 not out during the third test of England's 1933 tour. Apart from Woodfull, five other cricketers have performed this feat more than once in their Test careers—while Bill Lawry (Australia), Glenn Turner (New Zealand) and Len Hutton (England) have done it twice, Dean Elgar (South Africa) and Desmond Haynes (West Indies) have performed the feat on three occasions. As of January 2024, New Zealand's Tom Latham's 264, against Sri Lanka in December 2018, is the highest score in Test cricket by a player while carrying the bat. The Australian players have performed this feat more than any other, followed by England. In all, 49 players have carried their bats on 57 occasions in Test cricket.
In ODIs, there have been only 13 instances of a player carrying their bat. The first occasion was when Grant Flower made 84—in Zimbabwe's total of 205—against England in December 1994. The following year, Saeed Anwar became the first player to score an ODI century while carrying his bat; he made 103 against Zimbabwe in Harare. England's Nick Knight surpassed Anwar's score and went on to make 125 against Pakistan in 1996. As of September 2023, this remains a record in the ODI format. Australia's Damien Martyn and England's Alec Stewart are the only other players to score a century while performing this feat in ODIs. Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga became the first cricketer from his team to carry the bat when he made 112 against Pakistan in October 2017.
In T20Is, Chris Gayle was the first player to carry his bat, doing so against Sri Lanka during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, scoring 63 runs in West Indies' total of 101. As of now, only 3 players have achieved the feat in T20Is.
Flower became the first player to achieve this feat in two different international formats when he carried his bat in a Test match against Pakistan at Bulawayo in 1998. Since then, Anwar, Stewart, Javed Omar (Bangladesh), Gayle, Latham and Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) have also managed this feat.

## Key

Key :
| Symbol | Meaning |
| Runs | Number of runs scored by the batsman |
| Total | Number of runs scored by the team |
| † | Not all 10 wickets fell in the innings |
| Inn | Innings in which the bat was carried |
| Date | Day on which the match was held |
| Result | Result for the team for which the bat was carried |

## Tests

Tests :
| No. | Name | Runs | Total | Inn. | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Result |
| 1 | Bernard Tancred | 26* | 47 | 2 | South Africa | England | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa | 25 March 1889 | Lost |
| 2 | Jack Barrett | 67* | 176 | 3 | Australia | England | Lord's, London, England | 21 July 1890 | Lost |
| 3 | Bobby Abel | 132* | 307 | 2 | England | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia | 29 January 1892 | Lost |
| 4 | Plum Warner | 132* | 237 | 3 | England | South Africa | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa | 14 February 1899 | Won |
| 5 | Warwick Armstrong | 159* | 309 | 3 | Australia | South Africa | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa | 18 October 1902 | Won |
| 6 | Billy Zulch | 43* | 1031 | 2 | South Africa | England | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa | 11 March 1910 | Lost |
| 7 | Warren Bardsley | 193* | 383 | 1 | Australia | England | Lord's, London, England | 26 June 1926 | Drawn |
| 8 | Bill Woodfull (1/2) | 30* | 66 † | 4 | Australia | England | Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia | 30 November 1928 | Lost |
| 9 | Bill Woodfull (2/2) | 73* | 193 † | 4 | Australia | England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | 13 January 1933 | Lost |
| 10 | Bill Brown | 206* | 422 | 2 | Australia | England | Lord's, London, England | 24 June 1938 | Drawn |
| 11 | Len Hutton (1/2) | 202* | 344 | 2 | England | West Indies | The Oval, London, England | 12 August 1950 | Lost |
| 12 | Len Hutton (2/2) | 156* | 272 | 2 | England | Australia | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | 2 February 1951 | Lost |
| 13 | Nazar Mohammad | 124* | 331 | 2 | Pakistan | India | University Ground, Lucknow, India | 23 October 1952 | Won |
| 14 | Frank Worrell | 191* | 372 | 2 | West Indies | England | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 4 July 1957 | Drawn |
| 15 | Trevor Goddard | 56* | 99 | 3 | South Africa | Australia | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa | 31 December 1957 | Lost |
| 16 | Jackie McGlew | 127* | 292 | 1 | South Africa | New Zealand | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa | 8 December 1961 | Won |
| 17 | Conrad Hunte | 60* | 131 | 3 | West Indies | Australia | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 14 May 1965 | Lost |
| 18 | Glenn Turner (1/2) | 43* | 131 | 4 | New Zealand | England | Lord's, London, England | 24 July 1969 | Lost |
| 19 | Bill Lawry (1/2) | 49* | 107 | 3 | Australia | India | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India | 28 November 1969 | Lost |
| 20 | Bill Lawry (2/2) | 60* | 116 † | 4 | Australia | England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia | 9 January 1971 | Lost |
| 21 | Glenn Turner (2/2) | 223* | 386 | 2 | New Zealand | West Indies | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica | 16 February 1972 | Drawn |
| 22 | Ian Redpath | 159* | 346 | 3 | Australia | New Zealand | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | 22 March 1974 | Won |
| 23 | Geoffrey Boycott | 99* | 215 | 4 | England | Australia | WACA Ground, Perth, Australia | 14 December 1979 | Lost |
| 24 | Sunil Gavaskar | 127* | 286 | 3 | India | Pakistan | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan | 3 January 1983 | Lost |
| 25 | Mudassar Nazar | 152* | 323 | 1 | Pakistan | India | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan | 23 January 1983 | Drawn |
| 26 | Sidath Wettimuny | 63* | 144 | 2 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand | 4 March 1983 | Lost |
| 27 | David Boon | 58* | 103 | 3 | Australia | New Zealand | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | 13 March 1986 | Lost |
| 28 | Desmond Haynes (1/3) | 88* | 211 | 3 | West Indies | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan | 20 November 1986 | Drawn |
| 29 | Graham Gooch | 154* | 252 | 3 | England | West Indies | Headingley, Leeds, England | 6 June 1991 | Won |
| 30 | Desmond Haynes (2/3) | 75* | 176 | 2 | West Indies | England | The Oval, London, England | 8 August 1991 | Lost |
| 31 | Alec Stewart | 69* | 175 | 3 | England | Pakistan | Lord's, London, England | 18 June 1992 | Lost |
| 32 | Desmond Haynes (3/3) | 143* | 382 | 3 | West Indies | Pakistan | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 16 April 1993 | Won |
| 33 | Mark Dekker | 68* | 187 | 4 | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 9 December 1993 | Lost |
| 34 | Michael Atherton | 94* | 228 | 2 | England | New Zealand | Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand | 14 February 1997 | Won |
| 35 | Gary Kirsten | 100* | 239 | 1 | South Africa | Pakistan | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan | 24 October 1997 | Won |
| 36 | Mark Taylor | 169* | 350 | 2 | Australia | South Africa | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | 30 January 1998 | Drawn |
| 37 | Grant Flower | 156* | 321 | 1 | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 14 March 1998 | Drawn |
| 38 | Saeed Anwar | 188* | 316 | 3 | Pakistan | India | Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India | 16 February 1999 | Won |
| 39 | Marvan Atapattu | 216* | 428 | 2 | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 18 November 1999 | Drawn |
| 40 | Russel Arnold | 104* | 231 | 2 | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe | 4 December 1999 | Drawn |
| 41 | Javed Omar | 85* | 168 † | 3 | Bangladesh | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 19 April 2001 | Lost |
| 42 | Virender Sehwag | 201* | 329 | 1 | India | Sri Lanka | Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka | 31 July 2008 | Won |
| 43 | Simon Katich | 131* | 268 | 3 | Australia | New Zealand | The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia | 20 November 2008 | Won |
| 44 | Chris Gayle | 165* | 317 | 3 | West Indies | Australia | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | 4 December 2009 | Drawn |
| 45 | Imran Farhat | 117* | 223 | 1 | Pakistan | New Zealand | McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand | 11 December 2009 | Drawn |
| 46 | Rahul Dravid | 146* | 300 | 2 | India | England | The Oval, London, England | 18 August 2011 | Lost |
| 47 | Tino Mawoyo | 163* | 412 | 1 | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 1 September 2011 | Lost |
| 48 | David Warner | 123* | 233 | 4 | Australia | New Zealand | Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia | 9 December 2011 | Lost |
| 49 | Cheteshwar Pujara | 145* | 312 | 1 | India | Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 28 August 2015 | Won |
| 50 | Dean Elgar (1/3) | 118* | 214 | 2 | South Africa | England | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa | 26 December 2015 | Lost |
| 51 | Kraigg Brathwaite | 142* | 337 | 2 | West Indies | Pakistan | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | 30 October 2016 | Won |
| 52 | Alastair Cook | 244* | 491 | 2 | England | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | 26 December 2017 | Drawn |
| 53 | Dean Elgar (2/3) | 86* | 177 | 4 | South Africa | India | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | 24 January 2018 | Lost |
| 54 | Dean Elgar (3/3) | 141* | 311 | 1 | South Africa | Australia | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa | 23 March 2018 | Won |
| 55 | Dimuth Karunaratne | 158* | 287 | 1 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka | 12 July 2018 | Won |
| 56 | Tom Latham | 264* | 578 | 2 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand | 17 December 2018 | Drawn |
| 57 | Steve Smith | 91* | 207 | 4 | Australia | West Indies | The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia | 25 January 2024 | Lost |

## ODIs

ODIs :
| No | Name | Runs | Total | Inn. | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Result |
| 1 | Grant Flower | 84* | 205 | 1 | Zimbabwe | England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia | 15 December 1994 | Won |
| 2 | Saeed Anwar | 103* | 219 | 2 | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe | 22 February 1995 | Tied |
| 3 | Nick Knight | 125* | 246 | 1 | England | Pakistan | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 1 September 1996 | Lost |
| 4 | Ridley Jacobs | 49* | 110 | 1 | West Indies | Australia | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England | 30 May 1999 | Lost |
| 5 | Damien Martyn | 116* | 191 | 1 | Australia | New Zealand | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | 3 March 2000 | Lost |
| 6 | Herschelle Gibbs | 59* | 101 † | 2 | South Africa | Pakistan | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | 28 March 2000 | Lost |
| 7 | Alec Stewart | 100* | 192 | 2 | England | West Indies | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 20 July 2000 | Lost |
| 8 | Javed Omar | 33* | 103 | 2 | Bangladesh | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe | 8 April 2001 | Lost |
| 9 | Azhar Ali | 81* | 199 | 2 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 16 June 2012 | Lost |
| 10 | Tom Latham | 79* | 190 | 1 | New Zealand | India | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala, India | 16 October 2016 | Lost |
| 11 | Upul Tharanga | 112* | 187 | 2 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 16 October 2017 | Lost |
| 12 | Dimuth Karunaratne | 52* | 136 | 1 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales | 1 June 2019 | Lost |
| 13 | Temba Bavuma | 114* | 222 | 1 | South Africa | Australia | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa | 7 September 2023 | Lost |

## T20Is

T20Is :
| No | Name | Runs | Total | Inn. | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Result |
| 1 | Chris Gayle | 63* | 101 | 2 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | The Oval, London, England | 19 June 2009 | Lost |
| 2 | Richmond Baaleri | 56* | 115 | 2 | Ghana | Botswana | Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa | 11 December 2023 | Lost |
| 3 | Litton Das | 54* | 105 | 2 | Bangladesh | Afghanistan | Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24 June 2024 | Lost |