Batsmen scoring a Nelson and a fifty in a test. GH Vihari of India joins the elite list

Batsmen scoring a Nelson and a fifty in a test. GH Vihari of India joins the elite list

GH Vihari of India scored 111 and 53 not out in the ongoing test against West Indies to provide the 12th occasion of a batsman scoring a Nelson and a fifty in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 AW Nourse 64 111 SAF Aus Jo’burg 12 Nov 1921
2 CAG Russell 140 111 Eng SAF Durban 16 Feb 1923
3 WM Woodfull 68 111 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1928
4 WJ Edrich 111 54 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1948
5 Hanif Mohd 111 104 Pak Eng Dhaka 19 Jan 1962
6 SM Gavaskar 111 137 Ind Pak Karachi 14 Nov 1978
7 LRD Mendis 111 94 Srl Srl Lord’s 23 Aug 1984
8 Taufeeq Umar 75 111 Pak Zim Harare 09 Nov 2002
9 Taufeeq Umar 111 63 Pak SAF Lahore 17 Oct 2003
10 ML Hayden 111 77 Aus ICC Sydney 14 Oct 2005
11 JH Kallis 111 50* SAF Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2006
12 GH Vihari 111 53* Ind Win Kingston 30 Aug 2019

GH Vihari of India scored 111 and 53 not out in the ongoing test against West Indies to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a Nelson and a fifty in a test after SM Gavaskar. SM Gavaskar had scored 111 and 137 against Pakistan at Karachi in Nov 1978. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 111 137 Ind Pak Karachi 14 Nov 1978
2 GH Vihari 111 53* Ind Win Kingston 30 Aug 2019

CAG Russell, Hanif Mohammad and SM Gavaskar are the  three batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score a Nelson coupled with a century in a test. The following table lists the performance of these three batsmen

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CAG Russell 140 111 Eng SAF Durban 16 Feb 1923
2 Hanif Mohd 111 104 Pak Eng Dhaka 19 Jan 1962
3 SM Gavaskar 111 137 Ind Pak Karachi 14 Nov 1978

Taufeeq Umar of Pakistan is the only batsman to perform such a feat on two occasions. He scored 75 and 111 against Zimbabwe in Nov 2002 and 111 and 63 against South Africa at Lahore in Oct 2003. The  following table lists both the occasions

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 Taufeeq Umar 75 111 Pak Zim Harare 09 Nov 2002
2 Taufeeq Umar 111 63 Pak SAF Lahore 17 Oct 2003
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