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 |