Wicket keepers and captain wicket keepers scoring half centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety

Wicket keepers and captain wicket keepers scoring half centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety

Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan scored 94 and 81 against Australia in the ongoing test at Abu Dhabi to provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman 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 RT Spooner 71 92 Eng Ind Kolkata 30 Dec 1951
2 APE Knott 92 63 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
3 MS Dhoni 92 68* Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
4 Mushfiqur Rahim 79 95 Ban Eng Chittagong 12 Mar 2010
5 Mushfiqur Rahim 60 93 Ban Zim Harare 25 Apr 2013
6 BJ Haddin 94 53 Aus Eng Brisbane 21 Nov 2013
7 Sarfraz Ahmed 94 81 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018

Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan scored 94 and 81 against Australia in the ongoing test at Abu Dhabi to provide the third occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring half-centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety against Australia in the annals of test cricket. All the three occasions are tabulated below 

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 APE Knott 92 63 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
2 MS Dhoni 92 68* Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
3 Sarfraz Ahmed 94 81 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018

Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh remains the only wicket keeper batsman to score half-centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety on two occasions. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 Mushfiqur Rahim 79 95 Ban Eng Chittagong 12 Mar 2010
2 Mushfiqur Rahim 60 93 Ban Zim Harare 25 Apr 2013

 

MS Dhoni of India, Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh and Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan are the only three captain wicketkeepers to score half-centuries in both innings of a test of which one is a ninety in the annals of test cricket.  The last named – Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan – achieving such a feat in the ongoing test against Australia at Abu Dhabi by scoring 94 and 81.

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 MS Dhoni 92 68* Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
2 Mushfiqur Rahim 60 93 Ban Zim Harare 25 Apr 2013
3 Sarfraz Ahmed 94 81 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018

 

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