Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Asif of Pakistan bagged a pair against England in the recently concluded first test at Nottingham providing the 40^th occasion of two or more batsmen collecting pairs in the same test. All the 40 occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	IA Colquhoun	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Mar 1955
	JA Hayes	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Mar 1955
	MB Poore	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Mar 1955
2	DL Amiss	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
	GG Arnold	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
	DL Underwood	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
3	Majid Khan	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Sikander Bakht	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Wasim Bari	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
4	MS Atapattu	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	Nov 1990
	GF Labrooy	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	Nov 1990
	RJ Ratnayake	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	Nov 1990
5	TW Garrett	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1883
	PS McDonnell	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1883
6	SE Gregory	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
	MA Noble	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
7	J Darling	Aus	Eng	Sheffield	Jul 1902
	JJ Kelly	Aus	Eng	Sheffield	Jul 1902
8	CB Llewellyn	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1912
	LJ Tancred	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1912
9	FT Badcock	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Jan 1930
	KC James	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Jan 1930
10	XC Balaskas	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Feb 1936
	F Nicholson	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Feb 1936
11	RW Blair	NZl	Win	Dunedin	Feb 1956
	HB Cave	NZl	Win	Dunedin	Feb 1956
12	RN Harvey	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1956
	KD Mackay	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1956
13	FCM Alexander	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1957
	ED Weekes	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1957
14	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
	Wazir Mohammad	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
15	RW Blair	NZl	SAF	Auckland	Mar 1964
	MJF Shrimpton	NZl	SAF	Auckland	Mar 1964
16	BS Bedi	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Dec 1976
	BS Chandrasekhar	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Dec 1976
17	RM Hogg	Aus	Win	Perth	Nov 1984
	CG Rackemann	Aus	Win	Perth	Nov 1984
18	JP Crawley	Eng	Aus	Perth	Feb 1995
	PAJ DeFreitas	Eng	Aus	Perth	Feb 1995
19	CJ McDermott	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Nov 1995
	GD McGrath	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Nov 1995
20	M Mbangwa	Zim	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1998
	GJ Rennie	Zim	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1998
21	MA Atherton	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 1999
	GM Hamilton	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 1999
22	ESH Giddins	Eng	Win	Birmingham	Jun 2000
	GA Hick	Eng	Win	Birmingham	Jun 2000
23	NAM McLean	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2000
	CA Walsh	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2000
24	JEC Franklin	NZl	Pak	Auckland	Mar 2001
	CS Martin	NZl	Pak	Auckland	Mar 2001
25	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2001
	SK Warne	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2001
26	RP Arnold	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	Mar 2001
	MS Atapattu	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	Mar 2001
27	Manjural Islam	Ban	Zim	Harare	Apr 2001
	Mohammad Sharif	Ban	Zim	Harare	Apr 2001
28	CH Gayle	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	Nov 2001
	D Ramnarine	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	Nov 2001
29	M Dillon	Win	Pak	Sharjah	Feb 2002
	D Ramnarine	Win	Pak	Sharjah	Feb 2002
30	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Apr 2002
	A Nehra	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Apr 2002
31	Alamgir Kabir	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2002
	Aminul Islam	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2002
32	Manjural Islam	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2002
	Talha Jubair	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2002
33	Taufeeq Umar	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
	Waqar Younis	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
34	RP Arnold	Srl	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 2002
	KHRK Fernando	Srl	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 2002
35	SL Malinga	Srl	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2006
	M Muralitharan	Srl	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2006
36	MR Gillespie	NZl	SAF	Centurion	Nov 2007
	IE O’Brien	NZl	SAF	Centurion	Nov 2007
37	Aftab Ahmed	Ban	NZl	Dunedin	Jan 2008
	Shahadat Hossain	Ban	NZl	Dunedin	Jan 2008
38	CS Martin	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2008
	IE O’Brien	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2008
39	Abdur Rauf	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
	Saeed Ajmal	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
40	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010
	Mohammad Asif	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010

As far as Pakistan is concerned it provides the fifth occasion of such a feat. All the five occasions are furnished below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Majid Khan	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Sikander Bakht	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Wasim Bari	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
2	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
	Wazir Mohammad	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
3	Taufeeq Umar	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
	Waqar Younis	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
4	Abdur Rauf	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
	Saeed Ajmal	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
5	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010
	Mohammad Asif	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010