The Wisden Trophy – Two or more twin fifties at Lord's

The Wisden Trophy – Two or more twin fifties at Lord's

S Chanderpaul’s 87 not out and 91 in the first test against England at Lord’s in May 2012 represent his second twin fifty at Lord’s. IR Bell of England also scored 61 and 63 not out in this test which was also his second twin fifty at Lord’s. At the end of this game there are seven occasions of batsmen scoring twin fifties on two occasions at Lord’s which are listed below.

No Player FI SI Runs Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 IR Bell 52 57* Eng Srl Lord’s Jun 2011
  IR Bell 61 63* Eng Win Lord’s May 2012
                 
2 G Boycott 61 92 Eng NZl Lord’s Jun 1973
  G Boycott 62 128* Eng Aus Lord’s Aug 1980
                 
3 S Chanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s Jul 2004
  S Chanderpaul 87* 91 Win Eng Lord’s May 2012
                 
4 AN Cook 105 65 Eng Win Lord’s May 2007
  AN Cook 96 106 Eng Srl Lord’s Jun 2011
                 
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq 148 70 Pak Eng Lord’s Jul 1996
  Inzamam-ul-Haq 69 56* Pak Eng Lord’s Jul 2006
                 
6 AJ Strauss 112 83 Eng NZl Lord’s May 2004
  AJ Strauss 83 82 Eng Ban Lord’s May 2010
                 
7 MP Vaughan 64 115 Eng Srl Lord’s May 2002
  MP Vaughan 103 101* Eng Win Lord’s Jul 2004

It is quite interesting to note that S Chanderpaul became the second overseas batsman to perform the feat of scoring twin fifties at Lord’s on two occasions after Inzamam-ul-Huq of Pakistan. The performance of these two batsmen are listed below

No Player FI SI Runs Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 S Chanderpaul 128* 97* Win Eng Lord’s Jul 2004
  S Chanderpaul 87* 91 Win Eng Lord’s May 2012
                 
2 Inzamam-ul-Haq 148 70 Pak Eng Lord’s Jul 1996
  Inzamam-ul-Haq 69 56* Pak Eng Lord’s Jul 2006

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