LRPL Taylor’s feat

LRPL Taylor’s feat

LRPL Taylor became the second batsman to score a double century when the rival batsmen have scored double centuries on two or more occasions. He had scored 290 in the ongoing test between Australia and New Zealand at Perth when Australian batsman DA Warner had scored 253 in this test. The other occasion of such a feat by him was witnessed at Dunedin in Dec 2013.  LRPL Taylor and DM Bravo scored 217 not out and 218 runs respectively in this test. KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka appears thrice in this category of stats. The feats of both these batsmen are furnished below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 KC Sangakkara 219 1 Srl Ind Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
  2 SR Tendulkar 203 2 Ind Srl Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
                 
2 1 Taufeeq Umar 236 2 Pak Srl Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011
  2 KC Sangakkara 211 3 Srl Pak Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011
                 
3 1 KC Sangakkara 203 2 Srl NZl Wellington 03 Jan 2015
  2 KS Williamson 242* 3 NZl Srl Wellington 03 Jan 2015
                 
1 1 LRPL Taylor 217* 1 NZl Win Dunedin 03 Dec 2013
  2 DM Bravo 218 3 Win NZl Dunedin 03 Dec 2013
                 
2 1 DA Warner 253 1 Aus NZl Perth 14 Nov 2015
  2 LRPL Taylor 290 2 NZl Aus Perth 14 Nov 2015

 

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