CT Bancraft becomes the first opening batsman to be dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty on South African soil

CT Bancraft becomes the first opening batsman to be dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty on South African soil

CT Bancraft was dismissed stumped for 53 in Australia’s second innings against South Africa in the ongoing test at Durban to provide the  27th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. CT Bancraft became the first opening batsman to be dismissed stumped against South Africa in South Africa after scoring a fifty in the annals of test cricket

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 WM Woodfull 155 2 v England Lord’s 27 Jun 1930
2 VY Richardson 83 1 v England Brisbane 10 Feb 1933
3 CC McDonald 154 1 v South Africa Adelaide 24 Jan 1953
4 CC McDonald 50 1 v West Indies Kingston 26 Mar 1955
5 JW Burke 65 1 v England Lord’s 21 Jun 1956
6 LE Favell 101 1 v India Chennai 13 Jan 1960
7 CC McDonald 54 1 v England Leeds 06 Jul 1961
8 WM Lawry 100 2 v India Melbourne 30 Dec 1967
9 RM Cowper 165 3 v India Sydney 26 Jan 1968
10 KR Stackpole 61 1 v India Delhi 28 Nov 1969
11 GM Wood 112 1 v England Lord’s 28 Aug 1980
12 GR Marsh 64 1 v Pakistan Lahore 07 Oct 1988
13 MA Taylor 85 2 v England Manchester 27 Jul 1989
14 MA Taylor 219 1 v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
15 MA Taylor 60 4 v India Melbourne 26 Dec 1991
16 MA Taylor 111 1 v England Lord’s 17 Jun 1993
17 MA Taylor 59 4 v Pakistan Sydney 30 Nov 1995
18 ML Hayden 125 2 v West Indies Adelaide 25 Jan 1997
19 MJ Slater 96 1 v Pakistan Karachi 22 Oct 1998
20 MJ Slater 106 3 v West Indies Port of Spain 05 Mar 1999
21 MJ Slater 96 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 22 Sep 1999
22 MJ Slater 59 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 30 Sep 1999
23 PA Jaques 100 1 v Sri Lanka Brisbane 08 Nov 2007
24 PA Jaques 66 1 v India Melbourne 26 Dec 2007
24 JA Burns 128 1 v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
26 MT Renshaw 60 2 v India Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017
27 CT Bancroft 53 3 v South Africa Durban 01 Mar 2018

He became the second Australian openinng batsman to be dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty against South Africa after CC McDonald. CC McDonald was dismissed stumped for  154 at Adelaide in Jan 1953. Thus it took 63 years for South African bowlers to dismiss an Australian opening batsman dismissed  stumped in a test innings after he had scored a fifty.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 CC McDonald 154 1 v South Africa Adelaide 24 Jan 1953
2 CT Bancroft 53 3 v South Africa Durban 01 Mar 2018

CT Bancraft was dismissed stumped for 53 in Australia’s second innings against South Africa in the ongoing test at Durban to provide the  12th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed stumped after scoring a century in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 WM Lawry 100 2 v India Melbourne 30 Dec 1967
2 PA Jaques 100 1 v Sri Lanka Brisbane 08 Nov 2007
3 LE Favell 101 1 v India Chennai 13 Jan 1960
4 MJ Slater 106 3 v West Indies Port of Spain 05 Mar 1999
5 MA Taylor 111 1 v England Lord’s 17 Jun 1993
6 GM Wood 112 1 v England Lord’s 28 Aug 1980
7 ML Hayden 125 2 v West Indies Adelaide 25 Jan 1997
8 JA Burns 128 1 v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
9 CC McDonald 154 1 v South Africa Adelaide 24 Jan 1953
10 WM Woodfull 155 2 v England Lord’s 27 Jun 1930
11 RM Cowper 165 3 v India Sydney 26 Jan 1968
12 MA Taylor 219 1 v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1989

 

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