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Hussey, Clarke and Gilchrist.
Any other examples?

Gavaskar, Srikkanth and Mohinder Amarnath in Sydney, D1, 1985-6.  I am sure
there would be others.

SP

Incorrect, Amarnath was 72* at stumps on Day 1. Surely it's happened
before, but I can't find it. My guess is it's never happened with all
three batsmen beginning their innings.

Closest I can find is Test # 154, England v South Africa, 1924, 2nd
Test, Lord's, where Hobbs and Sutcliffe began Day 2 both on 12*, went
on to score hundreds, as did the #3, Wolley. While 2 of the 3 batsmen
didn't begin on 0, they each did score 100 or more runs in a single day.

Right.

Note to self: stick to cricket politics and don't try to be an Aslam.

SP

Another one that's close, but doesn't quite fit the criteria:

Test # 1560, Asian Test Championship, 2001-02, 1st Match, Pakistan v
Bangladesh, Multan

Inzy started Day 2 on 25* and went on to retire hurt on 105*. Yousuf
and Razzaq also scored unbeaten centuries.

Go Aslam!  He is the king of stats.
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The first example was at The Oval on 11 Aug 1884. Australia closed the day
on 2/363. McDonnell had been dismissed for 102 and Murdoch and Scott were
both not out at the close (145* & 101*). On the following day Billy Murdoch
went on to 211 - the first double century in a Test.

I'll draw up a list later.

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Same Team/Same Inns

11 Aug 1884  Aus vs. Eng  The Oval       McDonnell, Murdoch, Scott
30 Jun 1924  Eng vs. RSA  Lord's         Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Woolley
02 Jan 1939  Eng vs. RSA  Cape Town      Hammond, Ames, Valentine
11 Nov 1948  WI  vs. Ind  Delhi          Gomez, Weekes, Christiani
14 Apr 1955  Aus vs. WI   P of Spain     McDonald, Morris, Harvey
15 Jun 1955  Aus vs. WI   Kingston       Miller, Archer, Benaud
27 Feb 1980  WI  vs. NZ   Christchurch   Haynes, Rowe, King
05 Jan 1983  Pak vs. Ind  Faisalabad     Miandad, S Malik, Imran
19 Aug 1992  SL  vs. Aus  Colombo (SSC)  Gurusinha, Ranatunga, Kaluwitharana
01 Feb 1995  Zim vs. Pak  Harare         G Flower, A Flower, Whittall
30 Aug 2001  Pak vs. Ban  Multan         Taufeeq, Inzamam, Yousuf, Razzaq    [FOUR]
31 Aug 2001  SL  vs. Ind  Colombo (SSC)  Jayawardene, Tillakaratne, Samaraweera
25 Oct 2002  RSA vs. Ban  Potchefstroom  Gibbs, Kirsten, Kallis
14 Jan 2006  Pak vs. Ind  Lahore         Yousuf, Afridi, Kamran
16 Dec 2006  Aus vs. Eng  Perth          Hussey, Clarke, Gilchrist

Both Teams

23 Jun 1934  Lord's       Eng  Leyland, Ames    Aus  Brown
06 Jan 1999  Hamilton     NZ   Cairns           Ind  Ganguly, Dravid

Less rare when concurrent Tests are considered - approx. 42 instances so far.
These were the most notable:

Five on same day

30 Aug 2001  Colombo (SSC)  SL   Atapattu
             Multan         Pak  Taufeeq, Inzamam, Yousuf, Razzaq

Four on same day

08 Feb 1973  Bombay         Eng  Fletcher, Greig
             Dunedin        Pak  Mushtaq, Asif
04 Jan 2000  Sydney         Aus  Ponting                Ind  Laxman
             Cape Town      RSA  Kallis, Cullinan
07 Sep 2001  Colombo (SSC)  SL   Atapattu, Jayawardene
             Harare         RSA  Kirsten, Gibbs
16 Nov 2001  Galle          SL   Tillakaratne
             Chittagong     Zim  A Flower, Wishart
             P Elizabeth    RSA  Gibbs
18 Oct 2003  Mohali         NZ   McMillan               Ind  Sehwag
             Sydney         Aus  Ponting
             Lahore         Pak  Taufeeq
12 Dec 2003  Adelaide       Aus  Ponting                Ind  Dravid, Laxman
             Johannesburg   RSA  Smith
03 Jan 2004  Sydney         Ind  Tendulkar, Laxman
             Cape Town      RSA  Boucher                WI   Gayle
11 Mar 2004  Galle          Aus  Martyn, Lehmann
             Hamilton       RSA  Kirsten
             Kingston       WI   DS Smith
12 Mar 2005  Mohali         Pak  Kamran
             Christchurch   Aus  Gilchrist, Katich
             Centurion      RSA  Prince
28 Jul 2006  Colombo (SSC)  SL   Sangakarra, Jayawardene
             Manchester     Eng  Cook, Bell

Additions and corrections welcome.

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