New Zealand captains scoring twin fifties in a test

New Zealand captains scoring twin fifties in a test

KS Willamson scored 113 and 68 not out In the ongoing test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo to provide the 14th occasion of a New Zealand captain scoring twin fifties in a test. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GO Rabone 107 68 v South Africa Durban 11 Dec 1953
2 JR Reid 60 142 v South Africa Johannesburg 02 Feb 1962
3 JR Reid 74 100 v England Christchurch 15 Mar 1963
4 JR Reid 128 76 v Pakistan Karachi 09 Apr 1965
5 GP Howarth 62 60 v Sri Lanka Kandy 09 Mar 1984
6 MD Crowe 140 61 v Zimbabwe Harare 07 Nov 1992
7 KR Rutherford 63 59 v India Hamilton 19 Mar 1994
8 SP Fleming 78 174* v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 27 May 1998
9 SP Fleming 57 99 v South Africa Bloemfontein 17 Nov 2000
10 SP Fleming 274* 69* v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003
11 DL Vettori 55* 76 v Bangladesh Chittagong 17 Oct 2008
12 LRPL Taylor 76 76 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 01 Nov 2011
13 LRPL Taylor 142 74 v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 25 Nov 2012
14 KS Williamson 113 68* v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 06 Aug 2016

KS Williamson became the third New Zealand captain to score twin fifties against Zimbabwe after MD Crowe and LRPL Taylor. The performance of these three captains are listed below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MD Crowe 140 61 v Zimbabwe Harare 07 Nov 1992
2 LRPL Taylor 76 76 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 01 Nov 2011
3 KS Williamson 113 68* v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 06 Aug 2016
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