Captains scoring a fifty and capture five or more wickets in a test innings

Captains scoring a fifty and capture five or more wickets in a test innings

JO Holder of West Indies scored 52 and captured 5 for 56 in the just concluded test against  India at Hyd-RGS to provide  the 20th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty and capture five or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Runs W R Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 G Giffen 58 58 5 76 Aus Eng Adelaide 11 Jan 1895
2 MA Noble 53* 53 7 100 Aus Eng Sydney 26 Feb 1904
3 Hon.FS Jackson 82* 82 5 52 Eng Aus Nottingham 29 May 1905
4 GOB Allen 68 68 5 36 Eng Aus Brisbane 04 Dec 1936
5 GO Rabone 56 56 6 68 NZl SAF Cape Town 01 Jan 1954
6 DS Atkinson 219 219 5 56 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
7 DS Atkinson 60 60 5 66 Win NZl Wellington 03 Mar 1956
8 R Benaud 77 77 5 96 Aus Win Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
9 R Benaud 51 51 6 115 Aus Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
10 GS Sobers 174 174 5 41 Win Eng Leeds 04 Aug 1966
11 Imran Khan 65 65 7 52 Pak Eng Birmingham 29 Jul 1982
12 Imran Khan 67* 67 5 49 Pak Eng Leeds 26 Aug 1982
13 Imran Khan 117 117 11 180 Pak Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
14 AR Border 75 75 7 46 Aus Win Sydney 26 Jan 1989
15 SM Pollock 55* 55 5 40 SAF Ind P Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
16 DL Vettori 55* 76 131 5 59 NZl Ban Chittagong 17 Oct 2008
17 Shakib Al Hasan 96* 96 5 70 Ban Win St George’s 17 Jul 2009
18 JO Holder 74 74 5 41 Win Srl Bridgetown 23 Jun 2018
19 Shakib Al Hasan 54 54 6 33 Ban Win Kingston 12 Jul 2018
20 JO Holder 52 52 5 56 Win Ind Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018

JO Holder of West Indies scored 52 and captured 5 for 56 in the just concluded test against  India at Hyd-RGS to provide  the fifth occasion of a Wes Indies captain scoring a fifty and capture five or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Runs W R Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DS Atkinson 219 219 5 56 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
2 DS Atkinson 60 60 5 66 Win NZl Wellington 03 Mar 1956
3 GS Sobers 174 174 5 41 Win Eng Leeds 04 Aug 1966
4 JO Holder 74 74 5 41 Win Srl Bridgetown 23 Jun 2018
5 JO Holder 52 52 5 56 Win Ind Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018

JO Holder of West Indies scored 52 and captured 5 for 56 in the just concluded test against  India at Hyd-RGS to provide  the third occasion of a captain scoring a fifty and capture five or more wickets in a test innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Runs W R Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 Imran Khan 117 117 11 180 Pak Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
2 SM Pollock 55* 55 5 40 SAF Ind P Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
3 JO Holder 52 52 5 56 Win Ind Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018

DS Atkinson {02}, Imran Khan {03}, JO Holder {02}, R Benaud {02} and Shakib Al Hasan {02} are the five captains in the annals of test cricket to score fifty and capture five  or more wickets in a test innings on two or more occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Player FI SI Runs W R Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 DS Atkinson 219 219 5 56 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
  2 DS Atkinson 60 60 5 66 Win NZl Wellington 03 Mar 1956
                       
2 1 Imran Khan 65 65 7 52 Pak Eng Birmingham 29 Jul 1982
  2 Imran Khan 67* 67 5 49 Pak Eng Leeds 26 Aug 1982
  3 Imran Khan 117 117 11 180 Pak Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
                       
3 1 JO Holder 74 74 5 41 Win Srl Bridgetown 23 Jun 2018
  2 JO Holder 52 52 5 56 Win Ind Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018
                       
4 1 R Benaud 77 77 5 96 Aus Win Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
  2 R Benaud 51 51 6 115 Aus Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
                       
5 1 Shakib Al Hasan 96* 96 5 70 Ban Win St George’s 17 Jul 2009
  2 Shakib Al Hasan 54 54 6 33 Ban Win Kingston 12 Jul 2018

DS Atkinson {02} and JO Holder {02} are the two West Indies captains in the annals of test cricket to score fifty and capture five  or more wickets in a test innings on two occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below. Thus West Indies became the only team in the annals of test cricket to have two captains scoring a fifty and capture five  or more wickets in a test  innings on two occasions.

No No Player FI SI Runs W R Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 DS Atkinson 219 219 5 56 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
  2 DS Atkinson 60 60 5 66 Win NZl Wellington 03 Mar 1956
                       
2 1 JO Holder 74 74 5 41 Win Srl Bridgetown 23 Jun 2018
  2 JO Holder 52 52 5 56 Win Ind Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018

 

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