The Wisden Trophy – Shivnarine Chanderpaul establishes a West Indian record in scoring twin fifties in a test match

The Wisden Trophy – Shivnarine Chanderpaul establishes a West Indian record in scoring twin fifties in a test match

S Chanderpaul’s 87 not out and 91  in the first test against England at Lord’s in May 2012 was his tenth twin fifty in a test. He now holds the West Indian record for most twin fifties. He went past BC Lara who has scored nine twin fifties and held the record previously. Twin fifties scored by both these batsmen are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 SChanderpaul 58 59 Win Ind Kingston May 2002
2 SChanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s Jul 2004
3 SChanderpaul 92 153* Win Pak Bridgetown May 2005
4 SChanderpaul 50 116* Win Eng Manchester Jun 2007
5 SChanderpaul 136* 70 Win Eng Ch-le-St Jun 2007
6 SChanderpaul 65* 70* Win SAF Cape Town Jan 2008
7 SChanderpaul 107* 77* Win Aus North Sound May 2008
8 SChanderpaul 79* 50 Win Aus Bridgetown Jun 2008
9 SChanderpaul 68 69 Win Aus Roseau Apr 2012
10 SChanderpaul 87* 91 Win Eng Lord’s May 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 2002
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 seventh batsmen to score ten 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 seven batsmen who have scored ten or more twin fifties. The list has an Indian batsman in R Dravid who has scored ten twin fifties

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 S Chanderpaul Win 10

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