Hussain thus joined the select band of players who have scored a hundred in their last Test innings. He is also the eighth Englishman and first since Colin Milburn (in 1968-69) to do so.

West Indian Seymour Nurse and Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva are the only batsmen to have scored a double hundred in their last Test innings. England's CAG Russell is the only one to have scored in both innings of his last Test.

Australia's Greg Chappell and India's Mohammad Azharuddin are the only players to have scored a hundred in their first and last Test innings. West Indies' AG Ganteaume's hundred was in the first and only innings of his Test career.

The following table does not include the contemporary batsmen who have scored a hundred in their last Test innings and are expected to play further Test cricket. Vandort, Love and Carlisle are included as they are not currently playing for their respective sides.

Batsman	Runs	For	Vs	Venue	Series
H Wood	134*	Eng	SA	Cape Town	1891-92
AJL Hill	124	Eng	SA	Cape Town	1895-96
RA Duff	146	Aus	Eng	The Oval	1905
CAG Russell	111	Eng	SA	Durban	1922-23
M Leyland	187	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1938
KH Weekes	137	WI	Eng	The Oval	1939
AG Ganteaume	112	WI	Eng	Port-of-Spain	1947-48
W Place	107	Eng	WI	Kingston	1947-48
VM Merchant	154	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1951-52
R Subba Row	137	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1961
VL Manjrekar	102*	Ind	NZ	Madras (Corp.)	1964-65
C Milburn	139	Eng	Pak	Karachi	1968-69
SM Nurse	258	WI	NZ	Christchurch	1968-69
BL Irvine	102	SA	Aus	Port Elizabeth	1969-70
BA Richards	126	SA	Aus	Port Elizabeth	1969-70
GS Chappell	182	Aus	Pak	Sydney	1983-84
M Azharuddin	102	Ind	SA	Bangalore	1999-00
Saeed Anwar	101	Pak	BD	Multan (CS)	2001-02
PA de Silva	206	SL	BD	Colombo (PSS)	2002-03
MG Vandort	140	SL	BD	Colombo (SSC)	2002-03
ML Love	100*	Aus	BD	Cairns	2003
SV Carlisle	103*	Zim	BD	Bulawayo (QSC)	2003-04
N Hussain	103*	Eng	NZ	Lord's	2004