BRM Taylor’s twin centuries – 110 and 106 not out – against Bangladesh at Dhaka In the just concluded test were in a losing cause providing the eleventh occasion of a batsman’s twin centuries going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
2	GA Headley	106	107	Win	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
3	VS Hazare	116	145	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
4	CL Walcott	155	110	Win	Aus	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
5	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
6	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
7	BC Lara	221	130	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
8	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
9	HM Amla	114	123*	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
10	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
11	BRM Taylor	110	106*	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	11 Nov 2018

BRM Taylor’s twin centuries – 110 and 106 not out – against Bangladesh at Dhaka In the just concluded test was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman’s twin centuries going in vain in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
2	BRM Taylor	110	106*	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	11 Nov 2018

Zimbabwe became the fourth team to have two or more batsmen’s twin hundred’s going in vain. Other teams are – India {03}, West Indies {03} and England {02}. The following table lists the batsmen from each of the four teams

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	116	145	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
3	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
1	GA Headley	106	107	Win	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
2	CL Walcott	155	110	Win	Aus	Kingston	11 Jun 1955
3	BC Lara	221	130	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
2	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
1	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
2	BRM Taylor	110	106*	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	11 Nov 2018