England batsmen batting at number three, four, five and six scored fifties in an innings against Pakistan in the just concluded test at Leeds to provide the 54th occasion of such a feat by batsmen in the annals of test cricket. England batsmen who performed such a feat are Jordan Cox {73] batting at number three, Joe Root {66} batting at number four. Harry Brook {91} batting at number five and Dan Lawrence {51} batting at number six. It also provides the fourth such instance by batsmen against Pakistan
It also provides the ninth such occasion by England batsmen in the annals of test cricket and the first such occasion by England batsmen against Pakistan
Bowlers conceding 175 plus runs in an innings on their test debut
K Nuwan of Sri Lanka conceded 175 runs for his three wickets in the just concluded test against India to provide the ninth occasion of a bowler conceding 175 plus runs in an innings on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
O
N
R
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date“
1
NM Kulkarni
70.0
12
195
1
2
Ind
Srl
Colombo (RPS)
02 Aug 1997
2
UDU Chandana
47.5
7
179
6
2
Srl
Pak
Dhaka
12 Mar 1999
3
OAC Banks
40.0
2
204
3
1
Win
Aus
Bridgetown
01 May 2003
4
JJ Krejza
43.5
1
215
8
1
Aus
Ind
Nagpur
06 Nov 2008
5
S Randiv
73.0
16
222
2
2
Srl
Ind
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
6
MS Crane
48.0
3
193
1
2
Eng
Aus
Sydney
04 Jan 2018
7
Zahid Mahmood
33.0
1
235
4
1
Pak
Eng
Rawalpindi
01 Dec 2022
8
KTH Ratnayake
49.2
3
196
3
1
Srl
Ban
Galle
17 Jun 2025
9
K Nuwan
39.0
1
175
3
1
Srl
Ind
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 175 plus runs in an innings on his test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
O
N
R
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date“
1
UDU Chandana
47.5
7
179
6
2
Srl
Pak
Dhaka
12 Mar 1999
2
S Randiv
73.0
16
222
2
2
Srl
Ind
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
3
KTH Ratnayake
49.2
3
196
3
1
Srl
Ban
Galle
17 Jun 2025
4
K Nuwan
39.0
1
175
3
1
Srl
Ind
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the third occasion of a bowler conceding 175 plus runs in an innings against India on his test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
O
N
R
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date“
1
JJ Krejza
43.5
1
215
8
1
Aus
Ind
Nagpur
06 Nov 2008
2
S Randiv
73.0
16
222
2
2
Srl
Ind
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
3
K Nuwan
39.0
1
175
3
1
Srl
Ind
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 175 plus runs in an innings on his test debut against India. Both such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
O
N
R
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date“
1
S Randiv
73.0
16
222
2
2
Srl
Ind
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
2
K Nuwan
39.0
1
175
3
1
Srl
Ind
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 175 plus runs in an innings on his test debut at Galle. Both such occasions are tabulated below. Galle is the only ground to witness two such occasions
No
Player
O
N
R
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date“
1
KTH Ratnayake
49.2
3
196
3
1
Srl
Ban
Galle
17 Jun 2025
2
K Nuwan
39.0
1
175
3
1
Srl
Ind
Galle
15 Aug 2026
The following four bowlers have conceded 200 plus runs in an innings on their test debut. S Randiv of Sri Lanka has conceded a double Nelson – 222 – and owns the record of conceding most runs in an innings on test debut
OE Robinson {5/51} and J Tongue {5/46} of England shared the wickets equally in the first innings of the test against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Leeds to provide the 56th occasion of two bowlers sharing the wickets equally in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Bowler-1
W/R
Bowler-2
W/R
Team
I
Opp
Ground
Date
1
J J Ferris
5/71
C T B Turner
5/41
Aus
1
Eng
Sydney
25/02/1887
2
G A Lohmann
5/17
R Peel
5/18
Eng
1
Aus
Sydney
10/02/1888
3
C T B Turner
5/36
J J Ferris
5/26
Aus
2
Eng
Lord’s
16/07/1888
4
T Richardson
5/134
J T Hearne
5/76
Eng
2
Aus
Lord’s
22/06/1896
5
M A Noble
5/54
J V Saunders
5/43
Aus
2
Eng
Sydney
14/02/1902
6
J V Saunders
5/50
M A Noble
5/51
Aus
1
Eng
Bramall Lane
03/07/1902
7
J V Saunders
5/65
JDA O’Connor
5/40
Aus
2
Eng
Adelaide
10/01/1908
8
G H Hirst
5/58
C Blythe
5/58
Eng
2
Aus
Edgbaston
27/05/1909
9
S F Barnes
5/56
C Blythe
5/63
Eng
1
Aus
Old Trafford
26/07/1909
10
A E E Vogler
5/87
G A Faulkner
5/120
SAF
1
Eng
Johannesburg
01/01/1910
11
F R Foster
5/16
S F Barnes
5/25
Eng
1
SAF
Lord’s
10/06/1912
12
S F Barnes
5/28
F E Woolley
5/41
Eng
1
SAF
The Oval
12/08/1912
13
S F Barnes
5/30
F E Woolley
5/29
Eng
1
Aus
The Oval
19/08/1912
14
G Geary
5/60
W R Hammond
5/36
Eng
2
SAF
Johannesburg
24/12/1927
15
W E Bowes
5/55
E W Clark
5/98
Eng
2
AuS
The Oval
18/08/1934
16
L Amarnath
5/96
M H Mankad
5/101
Ind
1
Eng
Old Trafford
20/07/1946
17
J Cowie
5/127
T B Burtt
5/97
NZl
1
Eng
Leeds
11/06/1949
18
A V Bedser
5/46
F R Brown
5/49
Eng
1
Aus
Melbourne
23/02/1951
19
A V Bedser
5/41
F S Trueman
5/48
Eng
1
Ind
The Oval
14/08/1952
20
S P Gupte
5/180
M H Mankad
5/228
Ind
1
Win
Kingston
28/03/1953
21
Khan Mohd
5/73
Fazal Mahmood
5/48
Pak
1
Ind
Karachi
26/02/1955
22
T L Goddard
5/69
H J Tayfield
5/94
SAF
2
Eng
Leeds
21/07/1955
23
A K Davidson
5/38
R Benaud
3/26
Aus
2
SAF
P Elizabeth
28/02/1958
24
B S Bedi
5/37
E A S Prasanna
5/42
Ind
2
Aus
Delhi
28/11/1969
25
N Gifford
5/55
J Birkenshaw
5/57
Eng
2
Pak
Karachi
24/03/1973
26
M H N Walker
5/75
T J Jenner
5/90
Aus
1
Win
Trinidad
21/04/1973
27
D K Lillee
5/15
M H N Walker
5/48
Aus
1
Eng
Edgbaston
10/07/1975
28
D K Lillee
5/63
G J Gilmour
5/34
Aus
1
Win
Melbourne
31/01/1976
29
Sikander Bakht
5/56
Ehteshamuddin
5/47
Pak
1
Ind
Kanpur
25/12/1979
30
Kapil Dev
5/97
K D Ghavri
5/107
Ind
1
Aus
Sydney
02/01/1981
31
D K Lillee
5/46
T M Alderman
5/63
Aus
2
Eng
Trent Bridge
18/06/1981
32
Kapil Dev
5/70
S Madan Lal
5/23
Ind
2
Eng
Mum-WS
27/11/1981
33
G F Lawson
5/87
J R Thomson
5/73
Aus
2
Eng
Brisbane
26/11/1982
34
R J Hadlee
5/73
E J Chatfield
5/63
NZl
1
Srl
Col-CCC
24/03/1984
35
G R J Matthews
5/146
R J Bright
5/94
Aus
1
Ind
Chepauk
18/09/1986
36
G C Small
5/48
I T Botham
5/41
Eng
1
Aus
Melbourne
26/12/1986
37
Iqbal Qasim
5/48
Tausif Ahmed
5/34
Pak
1
Ind
Bengaluru
13/03/1987
38
C E L Ambrose
5/35
I R Bishop
5/41
Win
1
Pak
Lahore
06/12/1990
39
Wasim Akram
5/45
Waqar Younis
5/22
Pak
2
NZl
Hamilton
02/01/1993
40
T B A May
5/89
S K Warne
5/82
Aus
2
Eng
Edgbaston
05/08/1993
41
W P U J C Vaas
5/43
M Muralitharan
5/64
Srl
2
NZl
Napier
11/03/1995
42
A R Caddick
5/67
A R C Fraser
5/40
Eng
1
Win
Trinidad
13/02/1998
43
S M Pollock
5/53
A A Donald
5/71
SAF
2
Eng
Leeds
06/08/1998
44
J N Gillespie
5/89
C R Miller
5/81
Aus
1
Win
Adelaide
15/12/2000
45
C R D Fernando
5/98
M Muralitharan
5/122
Srl
1
SAF
Durban
26/12/2000
46
M Muralitharan
5/67
S T Jayasuriya
5/43
Srl
1
Zim
Galle
12/01/2002
47
Shoaib Akhtar
5/109
D Kaneria
5/125
Pak
1
Aus
Melbourne
26/12/2004
48
M Ntini
5/51
D W Steyn
5/47
SAF
2
NZl
Centurion
15/04/2006
49
S J Harmison
5/57
M S Panesar
5/72
Eng
2
Pak
Old Trafford
27/07/2006
50
Shahadat Hossain
5/71
Shakib Al Hasan
5/62
Ban
1
Ind
Chittagong
17/01/2010
51
Hasan Ali
5/45
Yasir Shah
5/110
Pak
2
NZl
Abu Dhabi
16/11/2018
52
T G Southee
5/32
K A Jamieson
5/34
NZl
1
Win
Wellington
11/12/2020
53
A R Patel
5/48
R Ashwin
5/52
Ind
2
Eng
Ahmedabad
04/03/2021
54
SS Afridi
5/52
Nauman Ali
5/86
Pak
2
Zim
Harare
07/05/2021
55
L Embuldeniya
5/35
Ramesh Mendis
5/66
Srl
2
Win
Galle
29/11/2021
56
OE Robinson
5/51
J Tongue
5/46
Eng
1
Pak
Leeds
19.08/2026
It also provides the 16th occasion of England bowlers performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Bowler-1
W/R
Bowler-2
W/R
Team
I
Opp
Ground
Date
1
G A Lohmann
5/17
R Peel
5/18
Eng
1
Aus
Sydney
10/02/1888
2
T Richardson
5/134
J T Hearne
5/76
Eng
2
Aus
Lord’s
22/06/1896
3
G H Hirst
5/58
C Blythe
5/58
Eng
2
Aus
Edgbaston
27/05/1909
4
S F Barnes
5/56
C Blythe
5/63
Eng
1
Aus
Old Trafford
26/07/1909
5
F R Foster
5/16
S F Barnes
5/25
Eng
1
SAF
Lord’s
10/06/1912
6
S F Barnes
5/28
F E Woolley
5/41
Eng
1
SAF
The Oval
12/08/1912
7
S F Barnes
5/30
F E Woolley
5/29
Eng
1
Aus
The Oval
19/08/19h12
8
G Geary
5/60
W R Hammond
5/36
Eng
2
SAF
Johannesburg
24/12/1927
9
W E Bowes
5/55
E W Clark
5/98
Eng
2
AuS
The Oval
18/08/1934
10
A V Bedser
5/46
F R Brown
5/49
Eng
1
Aus
Melbourne
23/02/1951
11
A V Bedser
5/41
F S Trueman
5/48
Eng
1
Ind
The Oval
14/08/1952
12
N Gifford
5/55
J Birkenshaw
5/57
Eng
2
Pak
Karachi
24/03/1973
13
G C Small
5/48
I T Botham
5/41
Eng
1
Aus
Melbourne
26/12/1986
14
A R Caddick
5/67
A R C Fraser
5/40
Eng
1
Win
Trinidad
13/02/1998
15
S J Harmison
5/57
M S Panesar
5/72
Eng
2
Pak
Old Trafford
27/07/2006
16
OE Robinson
5/51
J Tongue
5/46
Eng
1
Pak
Leeds
19/08/2026
It also provides the fourth occasion of bowlers performing such a feat against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the third occasion of England bowlers performing such a feat agaainst Pakistan.
No
Bowler-1
W/R
Bowler-2
W/R
Team
I
Opp
Ground
Date
1
N Gifford
5/55
J Birkenshaw
5/57
Eng
2
Pak
Karachi
24/03/1973
2
C E L Ambrose
5/35
I R Bishop
5/41
Win
1
Pak
Lahore
06/12/1990
3
S J Harmison
5/57
M S Panesar
5/72
Eng
2
Pak
Old Trafford
27/07/2006
4
OE Robinson
5/51
J Tongue
5/46
Eng
1
Pak
Leeds
19.08/2026
Batsmen dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket
Azan Awais of Pakistan was dismissed by the first ball of the match in the ongoing test against England at Leeds to provide the 129th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 23rd occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test against England.
Azan Awais of Pakistan was dismissed by the first ball of the match in the ongoing test against England at Leeds to provide the ninth occasion of a Pakistan batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Pakistan batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test against England.
Indian bowlers capturing ten or more wickets in a test
MJ Suthar of India captured 10 for 131 against India in the just concluded test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the 57th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
MH Mankad
69.4
24
108
12
v England
Chennai
06 Feb 1952
2
MH Mankad
71.2
30
131
13
v Pakistan
Delhi
16 Oct 1952
3
Ghulam Ahmed
49.3
11
130
10
v Australia
Eden Gardens
02 Nov 1956
4
SP Gupte
57.3
13
223
10
v West Indies
Kanpur
12 Dec 1958
5
JM Patel
61.3
23
124
14
v Australia
Kanpur
19 Dec 1959
6
SA Durani
70.0
21
177
10
v England
Chennai
10 Jan 1962
7
RG Nadkarni
72.4
27
122
11
v Australia
Chennai
02 Oct 1964
8
S Venkataraghavan
112.3
56
152
12
v New Zealand
Delhi
19 Mar 1965
9
BS Chandrasekhar
92.5
24
235
11
v West Indies
Brabourne
13 Dec 1966
10
EAS Prasanna
71.0
27
174
10
v Australia
Chennai
24 Dec 1969
11
EAS Prasanna
47.0
10
140
11
v New Zealand
Auckland
24 Jan 1976
12
BS Bedi
61.2
12
194
10
v Australia
W.A.C.A
16 Dec 1977
13
BS Chandrasekhar
34.1
5
104
12
v Australia
Melbourne
30 Dec 1977
14
N Kapil Dev
42.4
12
146
11
v Pakistan
Chennai
15 Jan 1980
15
N Kapil Dev
57.3
15
135
10
v West Indies
Ahmedabad
12 Nov 1983
16
L Sivaramakrishnan
77.2
20
181
12
v England
Wankhede
28 Nov 1984
17
C Sharma
53.3
6
188
10
v England
Birmingham
03 Jul 1986
18
Maninder Singh
37.4
10
107
10
v Sri Lanka
Nagpur
27 Dec 1986
19
Maninder Singh
62.1
16
126
10
v Pakistan
Bengaluru
13 Mar 1987
20
ND Hirwani
33.5
6
136
16
v West Indies
Chennai
11 Jan 1988
21
A Kumble
64.3
19
128
11
v Sri Lanka
Lucknow
18 Jan 1994
22
SLV Raju
56.2
16
125
11
v Sri Lanka
Ahmedabad
08 Feb 1994
23
BKV Prasad
44.0
10
153
10
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
24
A Kumble
51.0
13
149
14
v Pakistan
Delhi
04 Feb 1999
25
J Srinath
46.0
10
132
13
v Pakistan
Eden Gardens
16 Feb 1999
26
A Kumble
59.4
17
134
10
v New Zealand
Kanpur
22 Oct 1999
27
Harbhajan Singh
68.2
15
196
13
v Australia
Eden Gardens
11 Mar 2001
28
Harbhajan Singh
80.1
26
217
15
v Australia
Chennai
18 Mar 2001
29
A Kumble
89.0
18
233
10
v England
Ahmedabad
11 Dec 2001
30
A Kumble
88.5
15
279
12
v Australia
Sydney
02 Jan 2004
31
Harbhajan Singh
71.1
12
224
11
v Australia
Bengaluru
06 Oct 2004
32
A Kumble
64.3
12
181
13
v Australia
Chennai
14 Oct 2004
33
IK Pathan
31.0
10
96
11
v Bangladesh
Dhaka
10 Dec 2004
34
A Kumble
75.1
27
161
10
v Pakistan
Eden Gardens
16 Mar 2005
35
IK Pathan
34.2
7
126
12
v Zimbabwe
Harare
20 Sep 2005
36
A Kumble
64.0
13
157
10
v Sri Lanka
Delhi
10 Dec 2005
37
Harbhajan Singh
53.2
10
141
10
v Sri Lanka
Ahmedabad
18 Dec 2005
38
Harbhajan Singh
54.3
9
153
10
v Sri Lanka
Galle
31 Jul 2008
39
Z Khan
39.3
5
149
10
v Bangladesh
Mirpur
24 Jan 2010
40
I Sharma
41.2
11
108
10
v West Indies
Bridgetown
28 Jun 2011
41
R Ashwin
43.2
14
85
12
v New Zealand
Hyderabad
23 Aug 2012
42
R Ashwin
74.0
18
198
12
v Australia
Chennai
22 Feb 2013
43
PP Ojha
29.2
8
89
10
v West Indies
Wankhede
14 Nov 2013
44
R Ashwin
42.0
8
160
10
v Sri Lanka
Galle
12 Aug 2015
45
R Ashwin
46.0
13
98
12
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
46
R Ashwin
66.2
12
225
10
v New Zealand
Kanpur
22 Sep 2016
47
R Ashwin
41.1
7
140
13
v New Zealand
Indore
08 Oct 2016
48
R Ashwin
64.3
7
167
12
v England
Wankhede
08 Dec 2016
49
RA Jadeja
70.0
14
154
10
v England
Chennai
16 Dec 2016
50
UT Yadav
38.5
6
133
10
v West Indies
Hyderabad
12 Oct 2018
51
AR Patel
36.4
6
70
11
v England
Ahmedabad
24 Feb 2021
52
RA Jadeja
33.1
3
110
10
v Australia
Delhi
17 Feb 2023
53
R Ashwin
46.0
13
131
12
v West Indies
Roseau
12 Jul 2023
54
Washington Sundar
42.1
4
115
11
v New Zealand
Pune
24 Oct 2024
55
RA Jadeja
35.5
4
120
10
v New Zealand
Wankhede
01 Nov 2024
56
Akash Deep
41.1
4
187
10
v England
Birmingham
02 Jul 2025
57
MJ Suthar
45.2
3
131
10
v Sri Lanka
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
Maninder Singh
37.4
10
107
10
v Sri Lanka
Nagpur
27 Dec 1986
2
A Kumble
64.3
19
128
11
v Sri Lanka
Lucknow
18 Jan 1994
3
SLV Raju
56.2
16
125
11
v Sri Lanka
Ahmedabad
08 Feb 1994
4
A Kumble
64.0
13
157
10
v Sri Lanka
Delhi
10 Dec 2005
5
Harbhajan Singh
53.2
10
141
10
v Sri Lanka
Ahmedabad
18 Dec 2005
6
Harbhajan Singh
54.3
9
153
10
v Sri Lanka
Galle
31 Jul 2008
7
R Ashwin
42.0
8
160
10
v Sri Lanka
Galle
12 Aug 2015
8
MJ Suthar
45.2
3
131
10
v Sri Lanka
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the third occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets against Sri Lanka at Galle. It represents the best bowling effort by an Indian bowler against Sri Lanka at Galle. The previous best was Harbhajan Singh’s 10 for 153 in Jul 2006
It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian spin bowler capturing ten or more wickets against Sri Lanka and also the fourth such occasion against Sri Lanka at Galle. It represents the best bowling effort by an Indian spin bowler against Sri Lanka at Galle. The previous best was Harbhajan Singh’s 10 for 153 in Jul 2006
It also represents the third occasion of an Indian left arm spin bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test against Sri Lanka.
It also represents the 17th occasion of an Indian left arm bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test and also represents the 14th occasion of an Indian left arm spin bowler performing such a feat in a test.
Sri Lankan batsmen scoring a century in one innings and a half century in another including centuries in both innings of a test
GS Dinusha of Sri Lanka scored 100 and 84 against India in the just concluded test against India at Galle to provide the 90th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a half century in one innings and a century in another innings including centuries in both innings of a test, All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Bat1
Bat2
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
RL Dias
60
97
v India
Chennai
17 Sep 1982
2
LRD Mendis
105
105
v India
Chennai
17 Sep 1982
3
LRD Mendis
111
94
v England
Lord’s
23 Aug 1984
4
RL Dias
95
60*
v India
Colombo (PSS)
06 Sep 1985
5
LRD Mendis
53
124
v India
Kandy
14 Sep 1985
6
A Ranatunga
53
135*
v Pakistan
Colombo (PSS)
22 Mar 1986
7
PA de Silva
75
72
v Australia
Hobart
16 Dec 1989
8
AP Gurusinha
119
102
v New Zealand
Hamilton
22 Feb 1991
9
PA de Silva
96
123
v New Zealand
Auckland
01 Mar 1991
10
HP Tillakaratne
51
86
v India
Colombo (PSS)
04 Aug 1993
11
S Ranatunga
60
65
v Australia
Adelaide
25 Jan 1996
12
HP Tillakaratne
103
54
v Pakistan
Colombo (RPS)
19 Apr 1997
13
PA de Silva
138*
103*
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
26 Apr 1997
14
ST Jayasuriya
72
113
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
26 Apr 1997
15
PA de Silva
146
120
v India
Colombo (SSC)
09 Aug 1997
16
A Ranatunga
52
87*
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
14 Jan 1998
17
MS Atapattu
60
71
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 1998
18
M Jayawardene
52
54
v New Zealand
Colombo (RPS)
27 May 1998
19
RP Arnold
123
56*
v Pakistan
Lahore
04 Mar 1999
20
A Ranatunga
51
65
v Pakistan
Galle
21 Jun 2000
21
A Ranatunga
54
88
v South Africa
Kandy
30 Jul 2000
22
MS Atapattu
50
100*
v Zimbabwe
Galle
12 Jan 2002
23
RP Arnold
62
109
v England
Manchester
13 Jun 2002
24
MG Vandort
61
140
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
28 Jul 2002
25
MS Atapattu
118
50*
v West Indies
Gros Islet
20 Jun 2003
26
TM Dilshan
63
100
v England
Kandy
10 Dec 2003
27
ST Jayasuriya
71
51
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
24 Mar 2004
28
KC Sangakkara
74
66
v Australia
Cairns
09 Jul 2004
29
KC Sangakkara
232
64
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
11 Aug 2004
30
MS Atapattu
88
67
v India
Delhi
10 Dec 2005
31
M Jayawardene
60
67
v India
Delhi
10 Dec 2005
32
TM Dilshan
65
65
v India
Ahmedabad
18 Dec 2005
33
WU Tharanga
165
71*
v Bangladesh
Bogra
08 Mar 2006
34
M Jayawardene
61
119
v England
Lord’s
11 May 2006
35
LPC Silva
61
152*
v New Zealand
Wellington
15 Dec 2006
36
KC Sangakkara
57
192
v Australia
Hobart
16 Nov 2007
37
KC Sangakkara
92
152
v England
Kandy
01 Dec 2007
38
SM Warnapura
120
62
v West Indies
Providence
22 Mar 2008
39
TT Samaraweera
90
62
v Bangladesh
Mirpur
26 Dec 2008
40
TM Dilshan
162
143
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
03 Jan 2009
41
CK Kapugedera
96
59*
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
03 Jan 2009
42
KC Sangakkara
70
65
v Pakistan
Karachi
21 Feb 2009
43
TM Dilshan
92
123*
v New Zealand
Galle
18 Aug 2009
44
M Jayawardene
92
96
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
26 Aug 2009
45
KC Sangakkara
50
109
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
26 Aug 2009
46
NT Paranavitana
53
54
v India
Brabourne
02 Dec 2009
47
TT Samaraweera
137*
83
v India
Colombo (PSS)
03 Aug 2010
48
M Jayawardene
59
58
v West Indies
Galle
15 Nov 2010
49
KC Sangakkara
144
51
v Pakistan
Sharjah
03 Nov 2011
50
LD Chandimal
58
54
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2011
51
M Jayawardene
105
64
v England
Colombo (PSS)
03 Apr 2012
52
TM Dilshan
101
56
v Pakistan
Galle
22 Jun 2012
53
M Jayawardene
72
60
v Australia
Sydney
03 Jan 2013
54
TM Dilshan
54
126
v Bangladesh
Galle
08 Mar 2013
55
KC Sangakkara
142
105
v Bangladesh
Galle
08 Mar 2013
56
KC Sangakkara
139
55
v Bangladesh
Colombo (RPS)
16 Mar 2013
57
AD Mathews
91
157*
v Pakistan
Abu Dhabi
31 Dec 2013
58
JK Silva
95
58
v Pakistan
Dubai (DICS)
08 Jan 2014
59
KC Sangakkara
319
105
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
04 Feb 2014
60
KC Sangakkara
147
61
v England
Lord’s
12 Jun 2014
61
JK Silva
63
57
v England
Lord’s
12 Jun 2014
62
KC Sangakkara
79
55
v England
Leeds
20 Jun 2014
63
AD Mathews
63
63*
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
24 Jul 2014
64
AD Mathews
50
66
v New Zealand
Christchurch
26 Dec 2014
65
LD Chandimal
59
162*
v India
Galle
12 Aug 2015
66
MDKJ Perera
55
70
v India
Colombo (SSC)
28 Aug 2015
67
LD Chandimal
83
58
v New Zealand
Dunedin
10 Dec 2015
68
DM de Silva
129
65*
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
13 Aug 2016
69
FDM Karunaratne
56
110
v Zimbabwe
Harare
29 Oct 2016
70
LD Chandimal
57
61
v India
Nagpur
24 Nov 2017
71
ARS Silva
56
70*
v Bangladesh
Mirpur
08 Feb 2018
72
FDM Karunaratne
158*
60
v South Africa
Galle
12 Jul 2018
73
MD Gunathilaka
57
61
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
20 Jul 2018
74
FDM Karunaratne
53
85
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
20 Jul 2018
75
AD Mathews
52
53
v England
Galle
06 Nov 2018
76
FDM Karunaratne
63
57
v England
Pallekele
14 Nov 2018
77
AD Mathews
83
120*
v New Zealand
Wellington
15 Dec 2018
78
MDKJ Perera
51
153*
v South Africa
Durban
13 Feb 2019
79
HDRL Thirimanne
70
76
v West Indies
North Sound
21 Mar 2021
80
FDM Karunaratne
118
66
v Bangladesh
Pallekele
29 Apr 2021
81
FDM Karunaratne
147
83
v West Indies
Galle
21 Nov 2021
82
P Nissanka
73
66
v West Indies
Galle
29 Nov 2021
83
LD Chandimal
76
94*
v Pakistan
Galle
16 Jul 2022
84
FDM Karunaratne
89
51
v New Zealand
Wellington
17 Mar 2023
85
DM de Silva
122
82
v Pakistan
Galle
16 Jul 2023
86
DM de Silva
102
108
v Bangladesh
Sylhet
22 Mar 2024
87
PHKD Mendis
102
164
v Bangladesh
Sylhet
22 Mar 2024
88
P Nissanka
64
127*
v England
The Oval
06 Sep 2024
89
BKG Mendis
85*
50
v Australia
Galle
06 Feb 2025
90
GS Dinusha
100
84
v India
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the 15th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsmen performing such a feat against India.All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Bat1
Bat2
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
RL Dias
60
97
v India
Chennai
17 Sep 1982
2
LRD Mendis
105
105
v India
Chennai
17 Sep 1982
3
RL Dias
95
60*
v India
Colombo (PSS)
06 Sep 1985
4
LRD Mendis
53
124
v India
Kandy
14 Sep 1985
5
HP Tillakaratne
51
86
v India
Colombo (PSS)
04 Aug 1993
6
PA de Silva
146
120
v India
Colombo (SSC)
09 Aug 1997
7
MS Atapattu
88
67
v India
Delhi
10 Dec 2005
8
M Jayawardene
60
67
v India
Delhi
10 Dec 2005
9
TM Dilshan
65
65
v India
Ahmedabad
18 Dec 2005
10
NT Paranavitana
53
54
v India
Brabourne
02 Dec 2009
111
TT Samaraweera
137*
83
v India
Colombo (PSS)
03 Aug 2010
12
LD Chandimal
59
162*
v India
Galle
12 Aug 2015
13
MDKJ Perera
55
70
v India
Colombo (SSC)
28 Aug 2015
14
LD Chandimal
57
61
v India
Nagpur
24 Nov 2017
15
GS Dinusha
100
84
v India
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the 16th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsmen performing such a feat in a test at Galle. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Bat1
Bat2
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
A Ranatunga
51
65
v Pakistan
Galle
21 Jun 2000
2
MS Atapattu
50
100*
v Zimbabwe
Galle
12 Jan 2002
3
TM Dilshan
92
123*
v New Zealand
Galle
18 Aug 2009
4
M Jayawardene
59
58
v West Indies
Galle
15 Nov 2010
5
TM Dilshan
101
56
v Pakistan
Galle
22 Jun 2012
6
TM Dilshan
54
126
v Bangladesh
Galle
08 Mar 2013
7
KC Sangakkara
142
105
v Bangladesh
Galle
08 Mar 2013
8
LD Chandimal
59
162*
v India
Galle
12 Aug 2015
9
FDM Karunaratne
158*
60
v South Africa
Galle
12 Jul 2018
10
AD Mathews
52
53
v England
Galle
06 Nov 2018
11
FDM Karunaratne
147
83
v West Indies
Galle
21 Nov 2021
12
P Nissanka
73
66
v West Indies
Galle
29 Nov 2021
13
LD Chandimal
76
94*
v Pakistan
Galle
16 Jul 2022
14
DM de Silva
122
82
v Pakistan
Galle
16 Jul 2023
15
BKG Mendis
85*
50
v Australia
Galle
06 Feb 2025
16
GS Dinusha
100
84
v India
Galle
15 Aug 2026
Indian left arm spinners captuing six or more wickets in a test innings in the annals of test cricket
MJ Suthar of India captured six for 55 in the fourth innings of the just concluded Galle Test against Sri Lanka to provide the 192nd occasion of a left arm spin bowler capturing six plus wickets in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 27th occasion of an Indian left arm spin bowler accounting for six plus wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
O
M
R
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
MH Mankad
38.5
15
55
8
1
v England
Chennai
06 Feb 1952
2
MH Mankad
47.0
27
52
8
2
v Pakistan
Delhi
16 Oct 1952
3
RG Nadkarni
51.0
11
105
6
2
v Australia
Brabourne
01 Jan 1960
4
SA Durani
36.0
9
105
6
2
v England
Chennai
10 Jan 1962
5
RG Nadkarni
54.4
21
91
6
3
v Australia
Chennai
02 Oct 1964
6
SA Durani
28.0
11
73
6
1
v Australia
Eden Gardens
17 Oct 1964
7
BS Bedi
47.3
11
127
6
1
v New Zealand
Christchurch
22 Feb 1968
8
RG Nadkarni
30.0
12
43
6
3
v New Zealand
Wellington
29 Feb 1968
9
BS Bedi
30.5
16
42
6
4
v New Zealand
Brabourne
25 Sep 1969
10
BS Bedi
50.0
19
98
7
2
v Australia
Eden Gardens
12 Dec 1969
21
BS Bedi
64.2
8
226
6
1
v England
Lord’s
20 Jun 1974
12
BS Bedi
21.3
4
71
6
4
v England
Bengaluru
28 Jan 1977
13
DR Doshi
43.0
10
103
6
1
v Australia
Chennai
11 Sep 1979
14
DR Doshi
47.1
17
102
6
1
v England
Manchester
24 Jun 1982
15
Maninder Singh
17.4
4
51
7
3
v Sri Lanka
Nagpur
27 Dec 1986
16
Maninder Singh
18.2
8
27
7
1
v Pakistan
Bengaluru
13 Mar 1987
17
SLV Raju
17.5
13
12
6
2
v Sri Lanka
Chandigarh
23 Nov 1990
18
SLV Raju
32.3
9
87
6
3
v Sri Lanka
Ahmedabad
08 Feb 1994
19
PP Ojha
34.2
9
72
6
1
v West Indies
Delhi
06 Nov 2011
20
PP Ojha
27.0
5
47
6
3
v West Indies
Wankhede
22 Nov 2011
21
RA Jadeja
58.2
15
138
6
2
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
22
RA Jadeja
25.0
5
48
7
3
v England
Chennai
16 Dec 2016
23
RA Jadeja
21.4
1
63
6
2
v Australia
Bengaluru
04 Mar 2017
24
AR Patel
21.4
6
38
6
1
v England
Ahmedabad
24 Feb 2021
25
RA Jadeja
12.1
1
42
7
3
v Australia
Delhi
17 Feb 2023
26
MJ Suthar
22.0
10
33
6
2
v Afghanistan
New Chandigarh
06 Jun 2026
27
MJ Suthar
23.4
2
55
6
4
v Sri Lanka
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian left arm spin bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
O
M
R
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
Maninder Singh
17.4
4
51
7
3
v Sri Lanka
Nagpur
27 Dec 1986
2
SLV Raju
17.5
13
12
6
2
v Sri Lanka
Chandigarh
23 Nov 1990
3
SLV Raju
32.3
9
87
6
3
v Sri Lanka
Ahmedabad
08 Feb 1994
4
MJ Suthar
23.4
2
55
6
4
v Sri Lanka
Galle
15 Aug 2026
It also provides the third occasion of an Indian left arm spin bowler capturing six or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
O
M
R
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
BS Bedi
30.5
16
42
6
4
v New Zealand
Brabourne
25 Sep 1969
2
BS Bedi
21.3
4
71
6
4
v England
Bengaluru
28 Jan 1977
3
MJ Suthar
23.4
2
55
6
4
v Sri Lanka
Galle
15 Aug 2026
Batsmen collecting the first ball duck on test debut
P Sooriyabandara of Sri Lanka collected the first ball duck on his test debut to provide the 118th occasion of a batsman dismissed first ball for a duck on test debut. It also provides the 14th occasion of a batsman dismissed in such a manner against India in a test innings on debut
P Sooriyabandara of Sri Lanka collected the first ball duck on his test debut to provide the 13th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed first ball for a duck on test debut. It also provides the first occasion of a batsman dismissed in such a manner against India in a test innings on debut. All such 13 occasions are tabulated below.
No
Player
Runs
BF
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
LWS Kaluperuma
0
1
3
v England
Colombo (PSS)
17 Feb 1982
2
ERNS Fernando
0
1
2
v New Zealand
Christchurch
04 Mar 1983
3
SAR Silva
0
1
3
v New Zealand
Wellington
11 Mar 1983
4
RAP Nissanka
0
1
2
v New Zealand
Colombo (PSS)
25 Apr 2003
5
SL Malinga
0
1
4
v Australia
Darwin
01 Jul 2004
6
CK Kapugedera
0
1
2
v England
Lord’s
11 May 2006
7
SM Warnapura
0
1
2
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
25 Jun 2007
8
NT Paranavitana
0
1
1
v Pakistan
Karachi
21 Feb 2009
9
MD Shanaka
0
1
2
v England
Leeds
19 May 2016
10
MVT Fernando
0
1
3
v Australia
Galle
04 Aug 2016
11
CBRLS Kumara
0
1
1
v Zimbabwe
Harare
29 Oct 2016
12
A Dananjaya
0
1
3
v Bangladesh
Mirpur
08 Feb 2018
13
P Sooriyabandara
0
1
4
v India
Galle
15 Aug 2026
.
RR Pant of India becomes the fourth batsman and second wicket keeper batsman to score 100 plus boundary sixes in the annals of test cricket
RR Pant of India became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 100 boundary sixes. His two boundary sixes in his second innings knock of 66 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Galle fetched him the landmark. Others who have scored 100 plus boundary sixes are – BA Stokes {138}, BB McCullum {107), AC Gilchrist (100}
RR Pant also became the second wicket keeper batsman to score 100 boundary sixes in the annals of test cricket after AC Gilchrist of Australia. AC Gilchrist has scored 100 boundary sixes.
Batsmen dismissed for an exact hundred in a test innings
GS Dinusha of Sri Lanka was dismissed for an exact hundred in the ongoing test against India at Galle to provide the 106th occasion of a batsman dismissed for an exact hundred in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
JT Tyldesley
100
03
England
v Australia
Leeds
03 Jul 1905
2
C Hill
100
03
Australia
v South Africa
Melbourne
17 Feb 1911
3
JM Gregory
100
01
Australia
v England
Melbourne
31 Dec 1920
4
AJ Richardson
100
01
Australia
v England
Leeds
10 Jul 1926
5
JB Hobbs
100
03
England
v Australia
The Oval
14 Aug 1926
6
GE Tyldesley
100
01
England
v South Africa
Durban
04 Feb 1928
7
AF Kippax
100
01
Australia
v England
Melbourne
29 Dec 1928
8
H Sutcliffe
100
01
England
v South Africa
Lord’s
29 Jun 1929
9
HG Vivian
100
01
New Zealand
v South Africa
Wellington
04 Mar 1932
10
JHW Fingleton
100
02
Australia
v England
Brisbane
04 Dec 1936
11
L Hutton
100
01
England
v New Zealand
Manchester
24 Jul 1937
12
L Hutton
100
01
England
v Australia
Nottingham
10 Jun 1938
13
E Paynter
100
03
England
v South Africa
Johannesburg
24 Dec 1938
14
RR Lindwall
100
03
Australia
v England
Melbourne
01 Jan 1947
15
L Hutton
100
02
England
v South Africa
Leeds
26 Jul 1947
16
WJ Edrich
100
02
England
v New Zealand
The Oval
13 Aug 1949
17
RN Harvey
100
03
Australia
v South Africa
Johannesburg
10 Feb 1950
18
L Hutton
100
02
England
v South Africa
Leeds
26 Jul 1951
19
FMM Worrell
100
01
West Indies
v New Zealand
Auckland
15 Feb 1952
20
P Roy
100
03
India
v New Zealand
Eden Gardens
28 Dec 1955
21
RA McLean
100
02
South Africa
v England
Durban
25 Jan 1957
22
R Benaud
100
01
Australia
v South Africa
Johannesburg
07 Feb 1958
23
PE Richardson
100
03
England
v New Zealand
Birmingham
05 Jun 1958
24
OG Smith
100
02
West Indies
v India
Delhi
06 Feb 1959
25
MJK Smith
100
01
England
v India
Manchester
23 Jul 1959
26
R Subba Row
100
03
England
v West Indies
Georgetown
09 Mar 1960
27
NCL O’Neill
100
01
Australia
v England
Adelaide
25 Jan 1963
28
JR Reid
100
03
New Zealand
v England
Christchurch
15 Mar 1963
29
BK Kunderan
100
03
India
v England
Delhi
08 Feb 1964
30
WM Lawry
100
02
Australia
v India
Melbourne
30 Dec 1967
31
MC Cowdrey
100
01
England
v Pakistan
Lahore
21 Feb 1969
32
BL D’Oliveira
100
02
England
v New Zealand
Christchurch
25 Feb 1971
33
Mushtaq Mohammad
100
01
Pakistan
v England
Birmingham
03 Jun 1971
34
MH Denness
100
02
England
v India
Birmingham
04 Jul 1974
35
RC Fredericks
100
02
West Indies
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Dec 1974
36
Majid Khan
100
01
Pakistan
v West Indies
Karachi
01 Mar 1975
37
CG Greenidge
100
01
West Indies
v Pakistan
Kingston
15 Apr 1977
38
M Amarnath
100
03
India
v Australia
W.A.C.A
16 Dec 1977
39
RB Simpson
100
01
Australia
v India
Adelaide
28 Jan 1978
40
AB Williams
100
03
West Indies
v Australia
Georgetown
31 Mar 1978
41
IT Botham
100
02
England
v Pakistan
Birmingham
01 Jun 1978
42
Javed Miandad
100
02
Pakistan
v India
Karachi
14 Nov 1978
43
GM Wood
100
01
Australia
v England
Melbourne
29 Dec 1978
44
KJ Hughes
100
01
Australia
v India
Chennai
11 Sep 1979
45
LG Rowe
100
03
West Indies
v New Zealand
Christchurch
22 Feb 1980
46
CH Lloyd
100
01
West Indies
v England
Bridgetown
13 Mar 1981
47
GM Wood
100
02
Australia
v Pakistan
Melbourne
11 Dec 1981
48
GM Wood
100
03
Australia
v New Zealand
Auckland
12 Mar 1982
49
DB Vengsarkar
100
01
India
v West Indies
Wankhede
24 Nov 1983
50
MD Crowe
100
03
England
v England
Wellington
20 Jan 1984
51
AJ Lamb
100
01
England
v West Indies
Leeds
12 Jul 1984
52
CG Greenidge
100
01
West Indies
v New Zealand
Port of Spain
29 Mar 1985
53
MW Gatting
100
02
England
v Australia
Adelaide
12 Dec 1986
54
DL Haynes
100
03
West Indies
v Australia
W.A.C.A
02 Dec 1988
55
RJ Shastri
100
02
India
v England
Lord’s
26 Jul 1990
56
DI Gower
100
01
England
v Australia
Melbourne
26 Dec 1990
57
MA Taylor
100
03
Australia
v India
Adelaide
25 Jan 1992
58
SR Waugh
100
01
Australia
v West Indies
Sydney
02 Jan 1993
59
RB Richardson
100
01
West Indies
v Australia
Kingston
29 Apr 1995
60
ME Waugh
100
02
Australia
v South Africa
Sydney
02 Jan 1998
61
MV Boucher
100
01
South Africa
v West Indies
Centurion
15 Jan 1999
62
RS Kaluwitharana
100
02
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Lahore
04 Mar 1999
63
SR Waugh
100
01
Australia
v West Indies
Kingston
13 Mar 1999
64
BC Lara
100
02
West Indies
v Australia
St John’s
03 Apr 1999
65
MJ Horne
100
02
New Zealand
v England
Lord’s
22 Jul 1999
66
ME Waugh
100
02
Australia
v Pakistan
Brisbane
05 Nov 1999
67
Wasim Akram
100
02
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Galle
21 Jun 2000
68
HH Dippenaar
100
02
South Africa
v New Zealand
Johannesburg
08 Dec 2000
69
D Dasgupta
100
02
India
v England
Mohali
03 Dec 2001
70
MP Vaughan
100
03
England
v India
Lord’s
25 Jul 2002
71
WW Hinds
100
02
West Indies
v India
Eden Gardens
30 Oct 2002
72
S Chanderpaul
100
01
West Indies
v Australia
Georgetown
10 Apr 2003
73
TM Dilshan
100
03
Sri Lanka
v England
Kandy
10 Dec 2003
74
GO Jones
100
02
England
v New Zealand
Leeds
03 Jun 2004
75
TT Samaraweera
100
01
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Faisalabad
20 Oct 2004
76
KP Pietersen
100
02
England
v Pakistan
Faisalabad
20 Nov 2005
77
W Jaffer
100
04
India
v England
Nagpur
01 Mar 2006
78
VVS Laxman
100
02
India
v West Indies
Basseterre
22 Jun 2006
79
SC Ganguly
100
01
India
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
18 May 2007
80
PA Jaques
100
01
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Brisbane
08 Nov 2007
81
KP Pietersen
100
02
England
v South Africa
The Oval
07 Aug 2008
82
RR Sarwan
100
02
West Indies
v England
Chester-le-Street
14 May 2009
83
HM Amla
100
03
South Africa
v England
Centurion
16 Dec 2009
84
SM Katich
100
03
Australia
v Pakistan
Hobart
14 Jan 2010
85
SR Tendulkar
100
03
India
v South Africa
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
86
AN Petersen
100
01
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
87
Shakib Al Hasan
100
04
Bangladesh
v New Zealand
Hamilton
15 Feb 2010
88
NT Paranavitana
100
01
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
89
GC Smith
100
01
South Africa
v Pakistan
Dubai (DICS)
12 Nov 2010
90
Azhar Ali
100
02
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Dubai (DICS)
26 Oct 2011
91
MEK Hussey
100
02
Australia
v South Africa
Brisbane
09 Nov 2012
92
Nasir Hossain
100
02
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Galle
08 Mar 2013
93
NRD Compton
100
01
England
v New Zealand
Wellington
14 Mar 2013
94
Misbah-ul-Haq
100
02
Pakistan
v South Africa
Abu Dhabi
14 Oct 2013
95
SPD Smith
100
01
Australia
v South Africa
Centurion
12 Feb 2014
96
BA Stokes
100
01
England
v West Indies
Leeds
25 Aug 2017
97
Shan Masood
100
02
Pakistan
v Bangladesh
Rawalpindi
07 Feb 2020
98
Zakir Hasan
100
04
Bangladesh
v India
Chattogram
14 Dec 2022
99
K Verreynne
100
01
South Africa
v Pakistan
Cape Town
03 Jan 2025
100
KL Rahul
100
02
India
v England
Lord’s
10 Jul 2025
101
KL Rahul
100
02
India
v West Indies
Ahmedabad
02 Oct 2025
102
NH Shanto
100
02
Bangladesh
v Ireland
Sylhet
11 Nov 2025
103
DP Conway
100
03
New Zealand
v West Indies
Mount Maunganui
18 Dec 2025
104
KL Rahul
100
01
India
v Afghanistan
New Chandigarh
06 Jun 2026
105
GD Phillips
100
01
New Zealand
v England
The Oval
17 Jun 2026
106
GS Dinusha
100
02
Sri Lanka
v India
Galle
15 Aug 2026
GS Dinusha of Sri Lanka was dismissed for an exact hundred in the ongoing test against India at Galle to provide the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed for an exact hundred in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
RS Kaluwitharana
100
02
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Lahore
04 Mar 1999
2
TM Dilshan
100
03
Sri Lanka
v England
Kandy
10 Dec 2003
3
TT Samaraweera
100
01
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Faisalabad
20 Oct 2004
4
NT Paranavitana
100
01
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
5
GS Dinusha
100
02
Sri Lanka
v India
Galle
15 Aug 2026
GS Dinusha of Sri Lanka was dismissed for an exact hundred in the ongoing test against India at Galle to provide the 15th occasion of a batsman dismissed for an exact hundred in a test innings against India in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
OG Smith
100
02
West Indies
v India
Delhi
06 Feb 1959
2
MJK Smith
100
01
England
v India
Manchester
23 Jul 1959
3
WM Lawry
100
02
Australia
v India
Melbourne
30 Dec 1967
4
MH Denness
100
02
England
v India
Birmingham
04 Jul 1974
5
RC Fredericks
100
02
West Indies
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Dec 1974
6
RB Simpson
100
01
Australia
v India
Adelaide
28 Jan 1978
7
Javed Miandad
100
02
Pakistan
v India
Karachi
14 Nov 1978
8
KJ Hughes
100
01
Australia
v India
Chennai
11 Sep 1979
9
MA Taylor
100
03
Australia
v India
Adelaide
25 Jan 1992
10
MP Vaughan
100
03
England
v India
Lord’s
25 Jul 2002
11
WW Hinds
100
02
West Indies
v India
Eden Gardens
30 Oct 2002
12
AN Petersen
100
01
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
13
NT Paranavitana
100
01
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
14
Zakir Hasan
100
04
Bangladesh
v India
Chattogram
14 Dec 2022
15
GS Dinusha
100
02
Sri Lanka
v India
Galle
15 Aug 2026
The following batsmen have been dismissed for an exact hundred in a test innings on two or more occasions. L Hutton of England owns the record in this category of statistics with four occasions. The list included “Waugh Twins” – Mark and Steve. They have been dismissed for an exact hundred on two occasions