Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Jacques Kallis scored Test centuries all round the world, but not one between them at Lord’s.
In fact not one of the world’s top three Test run-getters in history have managed a half-century at the home of cricket.
Tendulkar made nine visits for a total of 195, with a top score of 37. Ponting in eight digs scored 135, with a top score of 42, while Kallis batted five times for 54, with a top score of 31.
Collectively they scored 384 runs at a lowly average of 17.05.
Of the 11 batsmen who have scored over 10,000 Test runs, Brian Lara and Sunil Gavaskar are two more who never became centurions at Lord’s.
Lara batted six times for 126, top scoring with 54, while Gavaskar was more successful with 376 runs in 10 visits, with a top score of 78.
The six centurions were Rahul Dravid (103*), Kumar Sangakkara (147), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (128*), Mahela Jayawardene (119), Allan Border (196), and Steve Waugh (152*) with just one century apiece.
The top score honour belongs to Graham Gooch, the only triple centurion with 333. Gooch shares the most number of Lord’s Test tons, six, with another England captain, Michael Vaughan.
Next best on five are current protagonists Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen.
Since the first Test was played at Lord’s in 1884, there have been 231 Test tons scored at the hallowed ground – 31 by Australians.
In chronological order:
Harry Graham 107 in 1893.
Harry Trott 143 in 1896.
Syd Gregory 103 in 1896.
Clem Hill 135 in 1899.
Victor Trumper 135* in 1899.
Vernon Ransford 143* 1909.
Charles Kelleway 102 in 1912.
Warren Bardsley 164 in 1912, and 193* in 1926.
Charles Macartney 133* in 1926.
Bill Woodfull 155 in 1930.
Don Bradman 254 in 1930, and 102* in 1938.
Bill Brown 105 in 1934 and 206 in 1938.
Arthur Morris 105 in 1948.
Sid Barnes 141 in 1948.
Lindsay Hassett 104 in 1953.
Keith Miller 109 in 1953.
Bill Lawry 130 in 1961.
Greg Chappell 131 in 1972.
Graeme Wood 112 in 1980.
Kim Hughes 117 in 1980.
Allan Border 196 in 1985.
Steve Waugh 152* in 1989.
Mark Taylor 111 in 1993.
Michael Slater 152 n 1993.
David Boon 164* in 1993.
Matthew Elliott 112 in 1997.
Mark Waugh 108 in 2001.
Michael Clarke 136 in 2009.
Seven champion Australian batsmen didn’t crack three figures at Lord’s.
Matt Hayden played four digs for 0, 6*, 12, and 34.
His opening batting partner, Justin Langer, played only one Test at Lords for 40 and 6.
Mike Hussey batted four times for 51, 27, 56*, and a duck.
Neil Harvey batted six times for 59, 21, 0, 10, 27, and 4.
Adam Gilchrist played two Tests for 90, 26 and 10.
Doug Walters batted six times for 26, 0, 1, 2, 53, and 10.
And Ian Chappell also batted six times for 7, 12*, 56, 6, 2, and 86.
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