Fifty and seven or more wickets in the same test – RA Jadeja joins the elite list
RA Jadeja’s all round performance of 51 and 7 for 48 in the just concluded test against England at Chennai provides the 16th occasion of a cricketer scoring a fifty and capturing seven or more wickets in an innings in the same test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Team | Runs | Wkts | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Bates W | Eng | 55 | 7-028 & 7-074 | Aus | Melbourne | 19.01.1883 |
| 2 | Giffen G | Aus | 53 | 7-128 | Eng | The Oval | 14.08.1893 |
| 3 | Trumble H | Aus | 64* | 8-065 | Eng | The Oval | 11.08.1902 |
| 4 | Noble MA | Aus | 53* | 7-100 | Eng | Sydney | 26.02.1904 |
| 5 | Kapil Dev | Ind | 84 | 7-056 | Pak | Chennai | 15-01.1980 |
| 6 | Imran Khan | Pak | 65 | 7-052 | Eng | Edgbaston | 29.07.1982 |
| 7 | Cairns BL | NZl | 64 | 7-143 | Eng | Wellington | 20.01.1984 |
| 8 | Botham IT | Eng | 81 | 8-103 | Win | Lord’s | 28.06.1984 |
| 9 | Marshall MD | Win | 63 | 7-080 | NZl | Bridgetown | 26.04.1985 |
| 10 | Hadlee RJ | NZl | 54 | 9-052 | Aus | Brisbane | 08.11.1985 |
| 11 | Emburey JE | Eng | 69 | 7-078 | Aus | Sydney | 10.01.1987 |
| 12 | Cairns CL | NZl | 72 | 7-027 | Win | Hamilton | 16.12.1999 |
| 13 | Vettori DL | NZl | 51 | 7-130 | Srl | Wellington | 15.12.2006 |
| 14 | Shakib Al Hasan | Ban | 71 | 7-036 | NZl | Chittagong | 17.10.2008 |
| 15 | Craig MD | NZl | 65 | 7-094 | Pak | Sharjah | 26.11.2014 |
| 16 | Jadeja RA | Ind | 51 | 7-048 | Eng | Chennai | 16.12.2016 |
RA Jadeja became the second cricketer to score a fifty and capture seven wickets in an innings in the same test after Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev has scored 84 and captured seven for 56 against Pakistan at Chennai in Jan 1980. Interestingly enough – both the bowlers – Kapil Dev and RA Jadeja – chose Chennai to show case their performances
| No | Player | Team | Runs | Wkts | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Kapil Dev | Ind | 84 | 7-056 | Pak | Chennai | 15.01.1980 |
| 2 | Jadeja RA | Ind | 51 | 7-048 | Eng | Chennai | 16.12.2016 |
RA Jadeja became the sixth cricketer to score a fifty and capture seven wickets in an innings in the same test against England. The following table lists all the six such occasions
| No | Player | Team | Runs | Wkts | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Giffen G | Aus | 53 | 7-128 | Eng | The Oval | 14.08.1893 |
| 2 | Trumble H | Aus | 64* | 8-065 | Eng | The Oval | 11.08.1902 |
| 3 | Noble MA | Aus | 53* | 7-100 | Eng | Sydney | 26.02.1904 |
| 4 | Imran Khan | Pak | 65 | 7-052 | Eng | Edgbaston | 29.07.1982 |
| 5 | Cairns BL | NZl | 64 | 7-143 | Eng | Wellington | 20.01.1984 |
| 6 | Jadeja RA | Ind | 51 | 7-048 | Eng | Chennai | 16.12.2016 |
BL Cairns and CL Cairns are the only “Father-Son” combination to accomplish the feat. Father BL Cairns scored 64 and captured 7 for 143 against England at Wellington in Jan 1984, while Son CL Cairns emulated his father by scoring 72 and capturing 7 for 27 against West Indies in Dec 1999.
| No | Player | Team | Runs | Wkts | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Cairns BL | NZl | 64 | 7-143 | Eng | Wellington | 20.01.1984 |
| 2 | Cairns CL | NZl | 72 | 7-027 | Win | Hamilton | 16.12.1999 |