Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne become 17th pair to score double hundreds in same innings

Perth, December 1: Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne on Thursday (December 1) became 17th pair and the first since a decade to score double hundreds in a single innings of a Test match.

Smith and Labuschagne smashed double hundreds in the first innings on day 2 of the first Test against West Indies at the Perth Stadium in Perth, where the pair also shared a 251-run stand for the third wicket. This was Smith's fourth double ton and, Labuschagne's second in red ball game.

The 33-year-old Smith remained unbeaten on 200, while Labuschagne scored 204 to take Australia to 598 for 4 declared in the first innings, which also saw Travis Head fall one short of a century on 99 and Uman Khawaja also contribute 65 runs.

Steve Smith goes level with legendary Sir Donald Bradman for Test hundreds Steve Smith goes level with legendary Sir Donald Bradman for Test hundreds

With the double hundreds, Smith and Labuschagne became the first pair after fellow Australian pair Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke in 2012 to achieve the rare feat, which has also been achieved by Indian pair VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir.

Bradman, Javed Miandad, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara have achieved the feat twice with two different players in their Test careers. Here is the list of occasions when two players scored double hundreds in the same innings of a Test match:

Players	Team	Total	Versus	Venue	Date
William Ponsford (266) & Donald Bradman (244)	Australia	701	England	Kennington Oval	18/08/1934
Donald Bradman (234) & Sidney Barnes (234)	Australia	659/8 dec	England	Sydney Cricket Ground	13/12/1946
Garry Sobers (365*) & Conrad Hunte (260)	West Indies	790/3 dec	Pakistan	Sabina Park	26/02/1958
Bill Lawry (210) & Bob Simpson (201)	Australia	650/6 dec	West Indies	Kensington Oval	05/05/1965
Javed Miandad (280*) & Mudassar Nazar (231)	Pakistan	581/3 dec	India	Niaz Stadium	14/01/1983
Mike Gatting (207) & Graeme Fowler (201)	England	652/7 dec	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	13/01/1985
Qasim Omar (206) & Javed Miandad (203*)	Pakistan	555/3	Sri Lanka	Iqbal Stadium	16/10/1985
Sanath Jayasuriya (340) & Roshan Mahanama (225)	Sri Lanka	952/6 dec	India	R Premadasa Stadium	02/08/1997
Ijaz Ahmed (211) & Inzamam-ul-Haq (200*)	Pakistan	594	Sri Lanka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	12/03/1999
Kumar Sangakkara (270) & Marvan Atapattu (249)	Sri Lanka	713/3 dec	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	14/05/2004
W W Hinds (213) & Shivnarine Chanderpaul (203*)	West Indies	543/5 dec	South Africa	Bourda	31/03/2005
Mahela Jayawardene (374) & Kumar Sangakkara (287)	Sri Lanka	756/5 dec	South Africa	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	27/07/2006
Graeme Smith (232) & Neil McKenzie (226)	South Africa	583/7 dec	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	29/02/2008
Gautam Gambhir (206) & VVS Laxman (200*)	India	613/7 dec	Australia	Arun Jaitley Stadium	29/10/2008
Mahela Jayawardene (240) & Thilan Samaraweera (231)	Sri Lanka	644/7 dec	Pakistan	National Stadium (Karachi)	21/02/2009
Ricky Ponting (221) & Michael Clarke (210)	Australia	604/7 dec	India	Adelaide Oval	24/01/2012
Steve Smith (200*) & Marnus Labuschagne (204)	Australia	598/4 dec	West Indies	Perth Stadium	01/12/2022

Earlier in the day, Smith also equalled legendary Sir Donald Bradman's record of 29 Test hundreds. Smith reached the landmark playing his 88th Test match, while the great Don scored his 29th Test century in his 51st Test against England at Leeds in July 1948.

Only Ricky Ponting (41), Steve Waugh (32) and Matthew Hayden (30) have scored more hundreds than Smith for Australia. David Warner, his teammate currently in the Australian set up, follows with 24 Test hundreds.

The Australian run-machine is now also on top for most hundreds in Test cricket for active cricketers. Smith's close rivals Joe Root, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson are currently on 28, 27 and 24 Test centuries respectively.