Wicket keeper batsmen scoring a fifty and a hundred in a test – LD Chandimal joins the elite list

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

 

 

 

 

 

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