On October 29, 2026, Day 3 at Newlands marked a historic occasion in Australian cricket. Josh Inglis, a wicketkeeper-batsman, became the first Australian to score more than a century in all three international formats when he hit 102 runs against South Africa in the third Test in Cape Town. After facing 132 balls and hitting 11 fours and two sixes, he reached the milestone with a reverse sweep against Simon Harmer.
Cameron Green had just left for 65 when Josh Inglis arrived, leaving Australia at 184-3. Before the total moved to 185 for 4, he and Alex Carey exchanged 185 runs for the fifth wicket. By the time Harmer caught Inglis for 102, Australia had a comfortable lead over South Africa’s 329 in the first innings.
Australia’s starting lineup changed four times for this game, adding Josh Inglis, Cooper Connolly, Nathan Lyon, and Cameron Green. Josh Inglis hadn’t played a Test in nearly a year, during the 2025 Ashes series. He missed the first two Tests of the current series owing to a fractured finger incurred during the ODI series against South Africa, making his century on return all the more impressive.
What distinguishes Josh Inglis from the other Australians in this century?
Josh Inglis now has multiple hundreds in T20 Internationals, One-Day Internationals, and Test cricket, a feat that no other Australian batsman has ever achieved. In addition to his two Test centuries, he has two ODI and two T20I hundreds, completing the set across formats.
Aaron Finch earned 17 ODI hundreds and two T20I hundreds during his long international career, but he never reached three figures in Tests. Glenn Maxwell, in addition to Finch, is a well-known character who came close to success but failed. Maxwell has scored four ODI hundreds and five T20I hundreds. He was only able to achieve one century in Test cricket, however.
What led to Josh Inglis’ second Test century?
In 2025, Josh Inglis scored his first Test century against Sri Lanka in Galle. In only his third Test match against South Africa, he received his second knock.
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After recovering from injury to play in a third Test against South Africa, Inglis has achieved something neither Maxwell nor Finch could do throughout their careers.
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