Saud Shakeek of Pakistan scored 97 in the just concluded test against England at Lord’s to provide the 104th occasion of Pakistan batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	96	03	v India	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952
2	Waqar Hasan	97	03	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952
3	Maqsood Ahmed	99	01	v India	Lahore	29 Jan 1955
4	AH Kardar	93	03	v India	Karachi	26 Feb 1955
5	Imtiaz Ahmed	91	03	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
6	Wazir Mohammad	97*	03	v West Indies	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
7	Saeed Ahmed	97	02	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958
8	Saeed Ahmed	91	01	v Australia	Karachi	04 Dec 1959
9	Imtiaz Ahmed	98	03	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1962
10	Abdul Kadir	95	01	v Australia	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
11	Hanif Mohammad	93	03	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
12	Shafqat Rana	95	03	v New Zealand	Lahore	30 Oct 1969
13	Asif Iqbal	92	02	v New Zealand	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969
14	Sadiq Mohammad	91	04	v England	Leeds	08 Jul 1971
15	Majid Khan	99	01	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973
16	Mushtaq Mohammad	99	01	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973
17	Majid Khan	98	01	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974
18	Sadiq Mohammad	98*	03	v West Indies	Karachi	01 Mar 1975
19	Majid Khan	98	01	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	23 Oct 1976
20	Zaheer Abbas	90	02	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
21	Majid Khan	92	01	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977
22	Sadiq Mohammad	97	01	v England	Leeds	29 Jun 1978
23	Zaheer Abbas	96	03	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978
24	Wasim Raja	97	01	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979
25	Wasim Raja	94*	02	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979
26	Taslim Arif	90	02	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980
27	Mudassar Nazar	95	01	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981
28	Zaheer Abbas	90	01	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981
29	Javed Miandad	92	03	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	05 Mar 1982
30	Zaheer Abbas	91	02	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982
31	Mohsin Khan	94	01	v India	Lahore	10 Dec 1982
32	Mohsin Khan	91	02	v India	Karachi	30 Jan 1983
33	Javed Miandad	99	02	v India	Bengaluru	14 Sep 1983
34	Sarfraz Nawaz	90	02	v England	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
35	Qasim Umar	96	01	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985
36	Javed Miandad	94	01	v India	Chennai	03 Feb 1987
37	Saleem Malik	99	02	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987
38	Saleem Yousuf	91*	01	v England	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
39	Aamer Malik	98*	02	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987
40	Shoaib Mohammad	94	01	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988
41	Shoaib Mohammad	95	03	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
42	Ramiz Raja	98	02	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	12 Dec 1991
43	Imran Khan	93*	02	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	12 Dec 1991
44	Javed Miandad	92	01	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
45	Basit Ali	92*	02	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Apr 1993
46	Saeed Anwar	94	01	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994
47	Saleem Malik	99	02	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
48	Inzamam-ul-Haq	95	04	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
49	Inzamam-ul-Haq	95	01	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	08 Sep 1995
50	Aamer Sohail	99	03	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 1995
51	Moin Khan	98	02	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997
52	Inzamam-ul-Haq	96	02	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
53	Inzamam-ul-Haq	92*	02	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997
54	Moin Khan	97	04	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
55	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	02	v Australia	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
56	Mohammad Yousuf	95	01	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
57	Mohammad Wasim	91	01	v Australia	Hobart	18 Nov 1999
58	Younis Khan	91	01	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001
59	Rashid Latif	94	02	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	09 Jan 2002
60	Inzamam-ul-Haq	99	03	v Sri Lanka	Lavhore	0v6 Mar 2002
61	Asim Kamal	99	02	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003
62	Yasir Hameed	91	02	v India	Multan	28 Mar 2004
63	Asim Kamal	91	01	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005
64	Shahid Afridi	92	01	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
65	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	02	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
66	Mohammad Yousuf	97	03	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
67	Abdul Razzaq	90	03	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
68	Mohammad Hafeez	95	02	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
69	Imran Farhat	91	02	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
70	Inzamam-ul-Haq	92*	02	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007
71	Khurram Manzoor	93	01	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009
72	Mohammad Yousuf	90	01	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009
73	Salman Butt	92	04	v Australia	Lord’s	13 Jul 2010
74	Azhar Ali	92*	02	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 2010
75	Azhar Ali	90	02	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
76	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	02	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Jan 2011
77	Misbah-ul-Haq	97	03	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	08 Jan 2014
78	Mohammad Hafeez	96	01	v New Zealand	Abu Dhabi	09 Nov 2014
79	Sarfaraz Ahmed	96	02	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015
80	Mohammad Hafeez	98	01	v England	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
81	Sami Aslam	90	01	v West Indies	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016
82	Misbah-ul-Haq	96	01	v West Indies	Abu Dhabi	21 Oct 2016
83	Azhar Ali	91	03	v West Indies	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
84	Babar Azam	90*	02	v New Zealand	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016
85	Sami Aslam	91	04	v New Zealand	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016
86	Misbah-ul-Haq	99*	02	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Apr 2017
87	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	02	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
88	Fakhar Zaman	94	01	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
89	Sarfaraz Ahmed	94	01	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
90	Babar Azam	99	03	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
91	Mohammad Rizwan	95	03	v Australia	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019
92	Babar Azam	97	02	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
93	Faheem Ashraf	91	02	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020
94	Azhar Ali	93	01	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021
95	Imran Butt	91	02	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021
96	Noman Ali	97	01	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021
97	Abid Ali	91	04	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021
98	Abdullah Shafique	96	04	v Australia	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
99	Saud Shakeel	94	04	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022
100	Imam-ul-Haq	96	03	v New Zealand	Karachi	26 Dec 2022
101	Imam-ul-Haq	93	01	v South Africa	Lahore	12 Oct 2025
102	Salman Agha	93	01	v South Africa	Lahore	12 Oct 2025
103	Mohammad Rizwan	94	04	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	16 May 2026
104	Saud Shakeel	97	04	v England	Lord’s	27 Aug 2026

It also provides the 18th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a ninety against England and also provides the first occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a ninety against England at Lotd’s – Mecca of cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Imtiaz Ahmed	98	03	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1962
2	Sadiq Mohammad	91	04	v England	Leeds	08 Jul 1971
3	Majid Khan	99	01	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973
4	Mushtaq Mohammad	99	01	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973
5	Majid Khan	98	01	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974
6	Sadiq Mohammad	97	01	v England	Leeds	29 Jun 1978
7	Sarfraz Nawaz	90	02	v England	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
8	Saleem Malik	99	02	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987
9	Saleem Yousuf	91*	01	v England	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
10	Aamer Malik	98*	02	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987
11	Shahid Afridi	92	01	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
12	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	02	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
13	Mohammad Hafeez	95	02	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
14	Imran Farhat	91	02	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
15	Azhar Ali	92*	02	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 2010
16	Mohammad Hafeez	98	01	v England	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
17	Saud Shakeel	94	04	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022
18	Saud Shakeel	97	04	v England	Lord’s	27 Aug 2026

Saud Shakeel became the second Paksitan batsman to score a ninety at Lord’s. Prior to this Salman Butt had scored 92 against Australia at Lord’s in Jul 2010 when Pakistan-Australia Test series was played at a neutral venuse. This Pakistan-Australia test series has been named as MCC Spirit of Cricket Test series. Two tests were played in this series. The series result was 1-1.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Salman Butt	92	04	v Australia	Lord’s	13 Jul 2010
2	Saud Shakeel	97	04	v England	Lord’s	27 Aug 2026

Saud Shakeel’s 97 in this test provides the tenth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a ninety in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Sadiq Mohammad	91	04	v England	Leeds	08 Jul 1971
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	95	04	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
3	Moin Khan	97	04	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
4	Salman Butt	92	04	v Australia	Lord’s	13 Jul 2010
5	Sami Aslam	91	04	v New Zealand	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016
6	Abid Ali	91	04	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021
7	Abdullah Shafique	96	04	v Australia	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
8	Saud Shakeel	94	04	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022
9	Mohammad Rizwan	94	04	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	16 May 2026
10	Saud Shakeel	97	04	v England	Lord’s	27 Aug 2026

It also provides the thirteenth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring 97 and 97 not out in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Waqar Hasan	97	03	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952
2	Wazir Mohammad	97*	03	v West Indies	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
3	Saeed Ahmed	97	02	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958
4	Sadiq Mohammad	97	01	v England	Leeds	29 Jun 1978
5	Wasim Raja	97	01	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979
6	Moin Khan	97	04	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	02	v Australia	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
8	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	02	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
9	Mohammad Yousuf	97	03	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
10	Misbah-ul-Haq	97	03	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	08 Jan 2014
11	Babar Azam	97	02	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
12	Noman Ali	97	01	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021
13	Saud Shakeel	97	04	v England	Lord’s	27 Aug 2026

While analysing the statistical highlights of the just concluded Sri Lanka and India test at Col-SSC, I stumbled across a world record which reads thus ;

DC Jurel of India {115 not out} and GS Dinusha of Sri Lanka {103} scored centuries in the first and second innings of this test to provide the seventh occasion of rival batsmen batting at number seven scoring centuries in the the first and seconf innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the second such occasion in India-Sri Lanka test series, the first such occasion being witnessed at Ahmedabad in Nov 2009. MS Dhoni of India {110} and Prasanna Jayawardene {154 not out}  of Sri Lanka came up with centuries in the first and second innings of this test, both the rival batsmen batted at number seven in this test. It also provides the only occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in the first and second innings of a test while batting at number seven.

India posted a team total of 503 for 9 declared to provide the 92nd occasion of India posting a team total of 500 plus runs in an innings. It also provides the 17th occasion of India posting a team total of 500 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka

India capped SS Jain for this test. He became the 320th cricketer to represent India in tests. He also became the 17th Indian cricketer to make his test debut against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka capped K Mishara for this test. He became the 174th cricketer to represent Sri Lanka in tests. He also became the 108th Sri Lankan cricketer to make his tests debut against India

D Padikkal scored 117 in India’s first innings to provide the 50th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century on away soil.

Shubman Gill was dismissed for an exact 50 in India’s first innings to provide the  ninth occasion of an Indian captain dismissed for an exact fifty in an innings. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian captain dismissed for an exact fifty in an innings against Sri Lanka.

D Padikkal and Shubman Gill added 120 runs for the third wicket to provide the 113th Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against Sri Lanka.

RR Pant scored 66 in this game which is his 29th fifty while keeping gloves for India. He needs one more fifty to equal the record of most fifties by an Indian wicket keeper. MS Dhoni has scored 30 fifties while keeping wickets for India.

RR Pant and DC Jurel added 112 runs for the seventh wicket to provide the 45th Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the seventh wicket in a test innings. It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the seventh wicket in a test innings against Sri Lanka.

DC Jurel scored 115 not out in India’s innings while batting at number seven to provide the 22nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century while batting at number seven. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century while batting at number seven in a test innings against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka was dismissed for 290 and was asked to follow on. Sri Lanka’s innings was propped up by P Sooriyabandara’s 80 and GS Dinusha’s 103. Debutant SS Jain captured two wickets conceding 69 runs. His first test wicket was that of the Centurion GS Dinusha whom he had caught by KL Rahul for 103

Following on Sri Lanka posted 429 for 9 declared to provide the 33rd occasion of a team posting 400 plus runs in an innings. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lanka posting a total of 400 plus runs in an innings after being asked to follow on and the first such occasion by Sri Lanka against India.   

P Sooriyabandara scored 92 in Sri Lanka’s second innings to provide the 60th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring 90 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring 90 plus runs in a test innings against India.   

P Sooriyabandara scored 92 in Sri Lanka’s second innings after following on to provide the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring 90 plus runs in a test innings after following on. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring 90 plus runs in a test innings against India after following on                                     

P Sooriyabandars scored 80 and 92 in this test to provide the 21st occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the fifth occasion of Sri Lankan batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against India.

GS Dinusha scored 133 not out in Sri Lanka’s second innings to provide the 314th occasion of Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides 53rd the occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India.

GS Dinusha scored 133 not out in Sri Lanka’s second innings to provide the eleventh occasion of Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in a test innings after following on. It also provides third the occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India after following on.

GS Dinusha scored 103 and 133 not out in this test to provide the tenth occasion of Sri Lankan batsman scoring a centuries in both innings of a test.  It also provides third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against India.

GS Dinusha scored 103 and 133 not out in this test to provide the 101st occasion of a batsman batting at number six scoring a centuries in both innings of a test.  It also provides twelfth occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against India.

GS Dinusha scored 103 and 133 not out in the second and third innings of this test to provide the third occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in the first and second innings of a test. 

DC Jurel of India and GS Dinusha of Sri Lanka scored centuries in this test to provide the seventh occasion of rival batsmen batting at number seven scoring centuries in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the second such occasion in India-Sri Lanka test series, the first such occasion being witnessed at Ahmedabad in Nov 2009. MS Dhoni of India and Prasanna Jayawardene of Sri Lanka came up with centuries in this this test, both the rival batsmen batted at number seven in this test. It also provides the only occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries while batting at number seven scoring centuries

D Padikkal’s 117 in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC provides the 50th occasion of an Indian batsmen scoring a century while batting at number three on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VL Manjrekar	118	3	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953
2	PR Umrigar	108	2	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955
3	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
4	SA Durani	104	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962
5	AL Wadekar	143	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968
6	S Amarnath	124	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
7	M Amarnath	100	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977
8	DB Vengsarkar	103	3	v England	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
9	DB Vengsarkar	157	3	v England	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
10	M Amarnath	120	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
11	M Amarnath	103*	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Jan 1983
12	M Amarnath	117	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983
13	M Amarnath	116	3	v West Indies	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
14	M Amarnath	116*	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
15	M Amarnath	138	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
16	RJ Shastri	107	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989
17	SV Manjrekar	113*	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
18	SV Manjrekar	218	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	1 Dec 1989
19	SV Manjrekar	104	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Oct 1992
20	VG Kambli	125	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993
21	VG Kambli	120	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 1993
22	SC Ganguly	131	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
23	SC Ganguly	136	1	v England	Nottingham	04 Jul 1996
24	R Dravid	148	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
25	R Dravid	190	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
26	R Dravid	103*	4	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
27	R Dravid	107	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999
28	R Dravid	115	3	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
29	R Dravid	148	1	v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
30	R Dravid	217	2	v England	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
31	R Dravid	233	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
32	R Dravid	270	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004
33	R Dravid	160	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004
34	VVS Laxman	100	2	v West Indies	Basseterre	22 Jun 2006
35	R Dravid	129	1	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 May 2007
36	VVS Laxman	109	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
37	R Dravid	111*	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010
38	R Dravid	112	3	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Jun 2011
39	R Dravid	103*	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
40	CA Pujara	153	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
41	AM Rahane	126	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
42	CA Pujara	153	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
43	CA Pujara	133	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
44	CA Pujara	132*	2	v England	Southampton	30 Aug 2018
45	CA Pujara	123	1	v Australia	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
46	CA Pujara	106	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
47	CA Pujara	193	1	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2019
48	CA Pujara	102*	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	14 Dec 2022
49	D Padikkal	167	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Aug 2026
50	D Padikkal	117	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Aug 2026

This test was completed in two days providing the 28th occasion of a test completed in two days. It also provides the seventh occasion of Australia winning a test in two days and also provides the fifth occasion of a test match completed in two days on Aussie soil

Bangladesh openers Shadman Islam and Tanzid Hasasn were dismissed without scoring in its first innings to provide the 60th occasion of both the openers dismissed without scoring in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the tenth such occasion by opening batsmen against Australia in a test innings.

It also provides the first such an occasion by Bangladesh opening batsmen against Australia and also the fourth such occasion by Bangladesh opening batsmen in a test innings

Shadman Islam was dismissed by the first ball of a test match to provide the 37th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the test match in the annals of test cricket.

Shadman Islam collected the first ball duck in Bangladesh’s first innings to provide the 260th occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the annals of test cricket.  It also provides the 45th occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck against Australia in a test innings

It also provides the 16th occasion of a Bangladesh opening batsman collecting the first ball duck. It also provides the first occasion of a Bangladesh opening batsman collecting the first ball duck against Australia in a test innings

Shadman Hussain was dismissed by the first ball of this test by MA Starc.  MA Starc has dismissed a batsmen by the first ball of the test on four occasion and now owns the record for most first ball dismissals. He went past PT Collins of West Indies who had three first ball dismissals.

Bangladesh’s first innings contained four zeroes to provide the 229th occasion of a team’s innings containing exact four zeroes in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 49th occasion against Australia in a test innings.

It also provides the 13th occasion of Bangladesh batsmen scoring four zeroes in an innings and also provides the first occasion of Bangladesh batsmen scoring four zeroes in an innings against Australia

Bangladesh was dismissed all out for 64 in the first innings and 95 in the second innings of this test provide the 243rd and 244th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings for a total less than 100 runs in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 56th and 57th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings against Australia for a total less than 100 runs

It also provides the 14th and 15th occasion of Bangladesh dismissed all out in an innings for a total less than 100 runs and also provides the second and third  occasion of Bangladesh dismissed all out in an innings against Australia for a total less than 100 runsia

MA Starc captured six wickets conceding 12 runs in Bangladesh’s first innings to provide the 257th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against Bangladesh.

Shoriful Islam captured seven wickets conceding 48 runs in Australia’s innings to provide the 35th occasion of an Bangladesh bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. It also provides the first occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against Australia

MA Starc captured 6 for 12 and Shoriful Islam captured 7 for 48 in the first and second innings of this test to provide the 153rd occasion of rival bowlers capturing six or more wickets in a test.

Najmal Hussain Shanto of Bangladesh scored zero in its first innings to provide the 28th occasion of Bangladesh captain scoring zero in a test innings. It also provides the second occasion of a Bangladesh captain scoring zero in a test innings against Australia.

Najmal Hussain Shanto of Bangladesh collected the first ball duck in its first innings to provide the ninth occasion of Bangladesh captain collecting the first ball duck in a test innings. It also provides the second occasion of a Bangladesh captain collecting the first ball duck in a test innings against Australia.

PJ Cummins of Australia scored zero in its only innings in this test to provide the 99th occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero in a test innings. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero in a test innings against Bangladesh.

Najmal Hussain Shanto of Bangladesh and PJ Cummins of Australia scored zeroes in this test to provide the eighth occasion of rival captains scoring zeroes in the first and second innings of a test. It also provides the first such occasion in Australia-Bangladesh Test series.

Litton Das of Bangladesh collected a pair in this test to provide the 53rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman collecting a pair in this test. It also provides the twelfth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman collecting a pair against Australia in a test

It also provides the third occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper collecting a pair in a test and also provides the first occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper collecting a pair in a test against Australia.

Bangladesh was dismissed all out for 64 and 95 in this test to provide the 26th occasion of a team dismissed all out for totals less than 100 runs in a test. It also provides the first occasion of Bangladesh dismissed all out in both innings for a total less than 100 runs in a test.

Ali Usman’s five for 95 against England in the just concluded test at Leeds providing the 77th occasion of a   Pakistan bowler’s five or more wickets in an innings going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	O	BPO	M	R	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Nasim-ul-Ghani	41.4	06	11	116	05	02	v West Indies	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
2	Fazal Mahmood	35.5	06	11	71	05	02	v Australia	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959
3	Munir Malik	49.0	06	11	128	05	01	v England	Leeds	05 Jul 1962
4	Pervez Sajjad	40.0	06	15	74	07	02	v New Zealand	Lahore	30 Oct 1969
5	Imran Khan	25.5	08	02	122	05	03	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
6	Imran Khan	180	06	02	90	06	01	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Apr 1977
7	Sikander Bakht	22.1	06	05	55	05	01	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979
8	Iqbal Qasim	28.5	06	14	40	06	03	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979
9	Imran Khan	38.2	06	06	114	05	02	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
10	Mohammad Nazir	22.0	06	07	44	05	01	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980
11	Iqbal Qasim	32.2	06	05	89	06	03	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980
12	Imran Khan	25.3	06	11	52	07	01	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
13	Tahir Naqqash	18.0	06	07	40	05	03	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
14	Imran Khan	25.2	06	07	49	05	02	v England	Leeds	26 Aug 1982
15	Azeem Hafeez	273	06	05	100	05	01	v Australia	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983
16	Wasim Akram	26.0	06	07	56	05	02	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985
17	Wasim Akram	33.0	06	10	72	05	04	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985
18	Imran Khan	30.5	06	04	59	05	02	v West Indies	Lahore	07 Nov 1986
19	Wasim Akram	30.0	06	09	62	06	01	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
20	Wasim Akram	41.4	06	12	98	05	03	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
21	Waqar Younis	16.0	06	03	46	05	02	v West Indies	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990
22	Waqar Younis	30.0	06	03	117	05	02	v England	Leeds	23 Jul 1992
23	Waqar Younis	19.0	06	01	78	06	02	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994
24	Aaqib Javed	323	06	06	84	05	03	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995
25	Mushtaq Ahmed	30.0	06	05	115	05	01	v Australia	Hobart	17 Nov 1995
26	Mushtaq Ahmed	32.0	06	08	84	06	03	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996
27	Waqar Younis	23.0	06	06	78	06	01	v South Africa	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998
28	Wasim Akram	23.0	06	05	52	05	02	v Zimbabwe	Peshawar	27 Nov 1998
29	Saqlain Mushtaq	35.5	06	09	94	05	01	v India	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
30	Saqlain Mushtaq	46.4	06	13	122	05	03	v India	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
31	Saqlain Mushtaq	24.0	06	08	46	06	02	v Australia	Hobart	18 Nov 1999
32	Mohammad Akram	27.5	06	01	138	05	02	v Australia	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999
33	Shoaib Akhtar	24.3	06	03	75	05	01	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000
34	Wasim Akram	26.2	06	07	61	06	02	v West Indies	St John’s	25 May 2000
35	Wasim Akram	30.0	06	12	49	05	04	v West Indies	St John’s	25 May 2000
36	Shoaib Akhtar	08.0	06	02	21	05	03	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002
37	Shoaib Akhtar	19.0	06	03	60	05	01	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
38	Shoaib Akhtar	22.0	06	01	99	05	01	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004
39	Shoaib Akhtar	27.0	06	04	109	05	02	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004
40	Danish Kaneria	39.3	06	05	125	05	02	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004
41	Danish Kaneria	49.3	06	07	188	07	02	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
42	Umar Gul	29.0	06	04	123	05	01	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
43	Mohammad Asif	27.5	06	04	89	05	02	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007
44	Mohammad Amir	24.0	06	06	79	05	03	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009
45	Mohammad Asif	20.0	06	06	41	06	01	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
46	Danish Kaneria	47.5	06	03	151	05	03	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
47	Mohammad Asif	27.0	06	09	77	05	01	v England	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
48	Saeed Ajmal	26.1	06	05	82	05	02	v England	Birmingham	06 Aug 2010
49	Mohammad Amir	28.0	06	06	84	06	01	v England	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
50	Saeed Ajmal	33.0	06	14	69	05	01	v West Indies	Providence	12 May 2011
51	Saeed Ajmal	23.5	06	06	42	06	03	v West Indies	Providence	12 May 2011
52	Saeed Ajmal	46.0	06	09	146	05	01	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jun 2012
53	Saeed Ajmal	42.0	06	09	96	06	02	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013
54	Rahat Ali	27.2	06	01	127	06	01	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
55	Rahat Ali	24.5	06	05	52	05	03	v Zimbabwe	Harare	10 Sep 2013
56	Saeed Ajmal	55.5	06	08	151	06	02	v South Africa	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013
57	Saeed Ajmal	59.1	06	08	166	05	02	v Sri Lanka	Galle	06 Aug 2014
58	Junaid Khan	27.0	06	06	87	05	01	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014
59	Yasir Shah	41.3	06	05	96	06	02	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015
60	Sohail Khan	23.0	06	03	96	05	01	v England	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
61	Wahab Riaz	26.4	06	01	88	05	02	v West Indies	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
62	Yasir Shah	39.5	06	12	94	07	03	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
63	Yasir Shah	27.0	06	05	51	05	03	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
64	Yasir Shah	55.5	06	09	184	06	01	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	06 Oct 2017
65	Hasan Ali	17.4	06	03	45	05	03	v New Zealand	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018
66	Yasir Shah	37.0	06	06	110	05	03	v New Zealand	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018
67	Bilal Asif	30.1	06	04	65	05	01	v New Zealand	Abu Dhabi	03 Dec 2018
68	Abrar Ahmed	22.0	06	01	114	07	01	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022
69	Aamer Jamal	20.2	06	01	111	06	01	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2023
70	Aamer Jamal	21.4	06	02	69	06	02	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2024
71	Khurram Shahzad	21.0	06	03	90	06	02	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	30 Aug 2024
72	Mohammad Abbas	19,`3	06	06	54	06	04	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2024
73	Noman Ali	15.1	06	03	41	06	01	v West Indies	Multan	25 Jan 2025
74	Asif Afridi	34.3	06	06	79	06	02	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	20 Oct 2025
75	Mohammad Abbas	34.0	06	08	92	05	01	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	08 May 2026
76	Mohammad Abbas	15.5	06	06	22	05	03	v West Indies	Tarouba	25 Jul 2026
77	Ali Usman	24.0	06	01	95	05	02	v England	Leeds	19 Aug 2026

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a Pakistan bowler’s five plus wickets in an innings in losing cause against England. All such occasions are tabulated beloe

No	Player	O	BPO	M	R	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Munir Malik	49.0	06	11	128	05	01	v England	Leeds	05 Jul 1962
2	Imran Khan	25.3	06	11	52	07	01	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
3	Tahir Naqqash	18.0	06	07	40	05	03	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
4	Imran Khan	25.2	06	07	49	05	02	v England	Leeds	26 Aug 1982
5	Waqar Younis	30.0	06	03	117	05	02	v England	Leeds	23 Jul 1992
6	Umar Gul	29.0	06	04	123	05	01	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
7	Mohammad Asif	27.0	06	09	77	05	01	v England	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
8	Saeed Ajmal	26.1	06	05	82	05	02	v England	Birmingham	06 Aug 2010
9	Mohammad Amir	28.0	06	06	84	06	01	v England	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
10	Sohail Khan	23.0	06	03	96	05	01	v England	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
11	Abrar Ahmed	22.0	06	01	114	07	01	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022
12	Ali Usman	24.0	06	01	95	05	02	v England	Leeds	19 Aug 2026

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

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

No	Player	O	N	R	W	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date“
1	OAC Banks	40.0	2	204	3	1	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	01 May 2003
2	JJ Krejza	43.5	1	215	8	1	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
3	S Randiv	73.0	16	222	2	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010
4	Zahid Mahmood	33.0	1	235	4	1	Pak	Eng	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022