Captains scoring half centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety – Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan joins the elite list

Captains scoring half centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety – Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan joins the elite list

Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan scored 94 and 81 against Australia in the ongoing test at Abu Dhabi to provide the 12th occasion of a captain scoring half centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below 

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RK Nunes 66 92 Win Eng Kingston 03 Apr 1930
2 ER Dexter 70 99 Eng Aus Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
3 ER Dexter 93 52 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
4 GS Sobers 95 74* Win Ind Chennai 13 Jan 1967
5 KJ Hughes 92 64* Aus Ind Kolkata 26 Oct 1979
6 SC Ganguly 68 99 Ind Ent Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
7 Habibul Bashar 94 55 Ban Zim Chittagong 06 Jan 2005
8 MS Dhoni 92 68* Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
9 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 70* Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
10 Mushfiqur Rahim 60 93 Ban Zim Harare 25 Apr 2013
11 AN Cook 95 70* Eng Ind Southampton 27 Jul 2014
12 Sarfraz Ahmed 94 81 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018

Sarfraz Ahmed became the second Pakistan captain to achieve such a feat after Misbah-ul-Haq. Misbah-ul-Haq had scored 99 and 70 not out against New Zealand at Wellington in Jan 2011. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 70* Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
2 Sarfraz Ahmed 94 81 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018

Sarfraz Ahmed became the second third captain to achieve such a feat after ER Dexter and MS Dhoni. His feat provides the fourth occasion. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 ER Dexter 70 99 Eng Aus Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
2 ER Dexter 93 52 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
3 MS Dhoni 92 68* Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
4 Sarfraz Ahmed 94 81 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018

ER Dexter of England remains the only captain to achieve such a feat on two occasions. Both the occasions are tabulated below. He remains the only captain to achieve such a feat against the same opposition – Australia – on two occasions.

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 ER Dexter 70 99 Eng Aus Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
2 ER Dexter 93 52 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
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