LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 83 and 58 in the just concluded test at Dunedin against New Zealand to provide the 49^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring twin fifties in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Blackham	57	58*	Aus	Eng	Sydney	17 Feb 1883
2	Dilawar Hussain	59	57	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
3	CL Walcott	54	108	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
4	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30 Dec 1951
5	JHB Waite	115	59	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
6	JHB Waite	58	56*	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	09 Jun 1960
7	FCM Alexander	63*	87*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961
8	DT Lindsay	69	182	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966
9	APE Knott	101	96	Eng	NZl	Auckland	05 Mar 1971
10	APE Knott	92	63	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
11	FM Engineer	121	66	Ind	Eng	Mumbai BS	06 Feb 1973
12	APE Knott	71	63*	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Sind	16 Mar 1973
13	APE Knott	87	67	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
14	DL Murray	66	55	Win	Aus	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
15	APE Knott	50	57	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
16	GN Edwards	55	54	NZl	Eng	Auckland	04 Mar 1978
17	PJL Dujon	53	52	Win	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jun 1988
18	Saleem Yousuf	62	66*	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988
19	A Flower	115	62*	Zim	Ind	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
20	IA Healy	74	51*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
21	A Flower	65	83	Zim	NZl	Auckland	26 Feb 1998
22	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
23	AC Gilchrist	78	55	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
24	A Flower	183*	70	Zim	Ind	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
25	A Flower	55	232*	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
26	A Flower	51	83	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001
27	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
28	T Taibu	59	58	Zim	Ban	Harare	19 Feb 2004
29	T Taibu	85*	153	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005
30	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
31	Kamran Akmal	52	71	Pak	SAF	Lahore	08 Oct 2007
32	MS Dhoni	92	68*	Ind	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
33	MS Dhoni	56	55	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
34	MJ Prior	131*	61	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009
35	MS Dhoni	52	56*	Ind	NZl	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
36	Mushfiqur Rahim	79	95	Ban	Eng	Chittagong	12 Mar 2010
37	MJ Prior	71	103*	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
38	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
39	LD Chandimal	58	54	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
40	BJ Watling	63	63	NZl	SAF	P Elizabeth	11 Jan 2013
41	MJ Prior	73	110*	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
42	Mushfiqur Rahim	60	93	Ban	Zim	Harare	25 Apr 2013
43	BJ Haddin	94	53	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
44	Sarfraz Ahmed	55	52*	Pak	Srl	Galle	06 Aug 2014
45	Sarfraz Ahmed	103	55	Pak	Srl	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
46	BJ Watling	61*	59	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	21 May 2015
47	LD Chandimal	59	162*	Srl	Ind	Galle	12 Aug 2015
48	MDKJ Perera	55	70	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
49	LD Chandimal	83	58	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015

LD Chandimal’s feat of 83 and 58 in the just concluded Dunedin Test against New Zealand provides the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman scoring twin fifties in a test. It is interesting to note that out of the four occasions, LD Chandimal appears three times in the list. The following table lists the performance of the Wicket keepers

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	LD Chandimal	58	54	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
2	LD Chandimal	59	162*	Srl	Ind	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	MDKJ Perera	55	70	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
4	LD Chandimal	83	58	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015

LD Chandimal’s feat of 83 and 58 in the just concluded Dunedin Test against New Zealand provides the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against New Zealand. The following table lists the performance of the Wicket keepers

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	APE Knott	101	96	Eng	NZl	Auckland	05 Mar 1971
2	A Flower	65	83	Zim	NZl	Auckland	26 Feb 1998
3	MS Dhoni	52	56*	Ind	NZl	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
4	MJ Prior	73	110*	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
5	LD Chandimal	83	58	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015

The following table furnishes the list of batsmen with their performances who have scored fifties in both innings of a test on three or more occasions. A Flower holds the record with seven occasion of twin fifties in test. He is followed by APE Knott who has performed the feat on five occasions. MS Dhoni is third in the list with four such occasions. MJ Prior and TJ Taibu have done it on three occasions and LD Chandimal joins this elite list with three occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	115	62*	Zim	Ind	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
2	A Flower	65	83	Zim	NZl	Auckland	26 Feb 1998
3	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
4	A Flower	183*	70	Zim	Ind	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
5	A Flower	55	232*	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
6	A Flower	51	83	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001
7	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
1	APE Knott	101	96	Eng	NZl	Auckland	05 Mar 1971
2	APE Knott	92	63	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
3	APE Knott	71	63*	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Sind	16 Mar 1973
4	APE Knott	87	67	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
5	APE Knott	50	57	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
1	MS Dhoni	92	68*	Ind	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
2	MS Dhoni	56	55	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
3	MS Dhoni	52	56*	Ind	NZl	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
4	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
1	LD Chandimal	58	54	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
2	LD Chandimal	59	162*	Srl	Ind	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	LD Chandimal	83	58	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015
1	MJ Prior	131*	61	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009
2	MJ Prior	71	103*	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
3	MJ Prior	73	110*	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
1	T Taibu	59	58	Zim	Ban	Harare	19 Feb 2004
2	T Taibu	85*	153	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005
3	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005