Wicket keeper batsmen scoring a fifty and a hundred in a test – LD Chandimal joins the elite list
LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 59 and 162 not out against India at Galle in the ongoing first test to provide the 16th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty and a hundred in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | CL Walcott | 54 | 108 | Win | Ind | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1948 |
| 2 | JHB Waite | 115 | 59 | SAF | Aus | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 |
| 3 | DT Lindsay | 69 | 182 | SAF | Aus | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 |
| 4 | APE Knott | 101 | 96 | Eng | NZl | Auckland | 05 Mar 1971 |
| 5 | FM Engineer | 121 | 66 | Ind | Eng | Mumbai (BS) | 06 Feb 1973 |
| 6 | A Flower | 115 | 62* | Zim | Ind | Delhi | 13 Mar 1993 |
| 7 | A Flower | 74 | 129 | Zim | Srl | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 |
| 8 | A Flower | 183* | 70 | Zim | Ind | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 |
| 9 | A Flower | 55 | 232* | Zim | Ind | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 |
| 10 | A Flower | 142 | 199* | Zim | SAF | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 11 | T Taibu | 85* | 153 | Zim | Ban | Dhaka | 14 Jan 2005 |
| 12 | MJ Prior | 131* | 61 | Eng | Win | Trinidad | 06 Mar 2009 |
| 13 | MJ Prior | 71 | 103* | Eng | Ind | Lord’s | 21 Jul 2011 |
| 14 | MJ Prior | 73 | 110* | Eng | NZl | Auckland | 22 Mar 2013 |
| 15 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 103 | 55 | Pak | Srl | Col-SSC | 14 Aug 2014 |
| 16 | LD Chandimal | 59 | 162* | Srl | Ind | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 59 and 162 not out against India at Galle in the ongoing first test to provide the sixth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty and a hundred in a test against India in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below. LD Chandimal became the first Sri Lankan wicket keeper to perform such a feat
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | CL Walcott | 54 | 108 | Win | Ind | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1948 |
| 2 | A Flower | 115 | 62* | Zim | Ind | Delhi | 13 Mar 1993 |
| 3 | A Flower | 183* | 70 | Zim | Ind | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 |
| 4 | A Flower | 55 | 232* | Zim | Ind | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 |
| 5 | MJ Prior | 71 | 103* | Eng | Ind | Lord’s | 21 Jul 2011 |
| 6 | LD Chandimal | 59 | 162* | Srl | Ind | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 59 and 162 not out against India at Galle in the ongoing first test to provide the fourth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty and a one hundred fifty plus runs in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | A Flower | 55 | 232* | Zim | Ind | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 |
| 2 | A Flower | 142 | 199* | Zim | SAF | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 3 | T Taibu | 85* | 153 | Zim | Ban | Dhaka | 14 Jan 2005 |
| 4 | LD Chandimal | 59 | 162* | Srl | Ind | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 59 and 162 not out against India at Galle in the ongoing first test to provide the second occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty and a hundred in a test against India in the annals of test cricket. A Flower of Zimbabwe was the other batsman to perform such afeat, He had scored 55 and 232 not out against India at Nagpur in Nov 2000. Both the occasions are listed below. LD Chandimal became the first Sri Lankan wicket keeper to perform such a feat
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | A Flower | 55 | 232* | Zim | Ind | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 |
| 2 | LD Chandimal | 59 | 162* | Srl | Ind | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |