S Chanderpaul’s 68 and 69 in the third test against Australia at Rouseau in Apr 2012 was his ninth twin fifty in a test. He now jointly shares the West Indian record for most twin fifties with BC Lara who also has scored nine twin fifties. Twin fifties scored by both these batsmen are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	S Chanderpaul	58	59	Win	Ind	Kingston	May 2002
2	S Chanderpaul	128*	97*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2004
3	S Chanderpaul	92	153*	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	May 2005
4	S Chanderpaul	50	116*	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jun 2007
5	S Chanderpaul	136*	70	Win	Eng	Ch-le-St	Jun 2007
6	S Chanderpaul	65*	70*	Win	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2008
7	S Chanderpaul	107*	77*	Win	Aus	North Sound	May 2008
8	S Chanderpaul	79*	50	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Jun 2008
9	S Chanderpaul	68	69	Win	Aus	Roseau	Apr 2012
1	BC Lara	87	145	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1995
2	BC Lara	83	78	Win	Ind	Kingston	Mar 1997
3	BC Lara	51	79	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 1998
4	BC Lara	67	75	Win	NZl	Wellington	Dec 1999
5	BC Lara	221	130	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	Nov 2001
6	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Apr 2003
7	BC Lara	68	60	Win	Aus	St John’s	May 2003
8	BC Lara	115	86	Win	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2004
9	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	Nov 2006

S Chanderpaul became the 14th batsmen who have scored nine or more twin fifties in the annals of test cricket. The list is headed by RT Ponting who has 15 twin fifties to his credit and is followed by JH Kallis who has 14 twin fifties. The following table lists out all the 15 batsmen. The list has four Indian batsmen – R Dravid {10}, SM Gavaskar {09}, VVS Laxman {09} and SR Tendulkar {09}

No	Player	Team	Occs
1	RT Ponting	Aus	15
2	JH Kallis	SAF	14
3	AR Border	Aus	13
4	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	11
5	GS Chappell	Aus	10
6	R Dravid	Ind	10
7	G Boycott	Eng	9
8	S Chanderpaul	Win	9
9	AN Cook	Eng	9
10	SM Gavaskar	Ind	9
11	GA Gooch	Eng	9
12	BC Lara	Win	9
13	VVS Laxman	Ind	9
14	SR Tendulkar	Ind	9