Opening batsmen collecting pairs in a test – DA Warner of Australia joins the list
DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the 65th occasion of an opening batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AC Bannerman | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 16 Jul 1888 |
| 2 | LJ Tancred | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 3 | VT Trumper | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1908 |
| 4 | LJ Tancred | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| 5 | GAL Hearne | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 |
| 6 | P Holmes | 0 | 0 | Eng | SAF | Durban | 04 Feb 1928 |
| 7 | JHW Fingleton | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 13 Jan 1933 |
| 8 | VY Richardson | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 23 Feb 1933 |
| 9 | CA Roach | 0 | 0 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1933 |
| 10 | J Moroney | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 |
| 11 | P Roy | 0 | 0 | Ind | Eng | Manchester | 17 Jul 1952 |
| 12 | DJ McGlew | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1955 |
| 13 | TE Bailey | 0 | 0 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1959 |
| 14 | G Pullar | 0 | 0 | Eng | Pak | Lahore | 21 Oct 1961 |
| 15 | BW Luckhurst | 0 | 0 | Eng | Pak | Leeds | 08 Jul 1971 |
| 16 | R Edwards | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 |
| 17 | TW Jarvis | 0 | 0 | NZL | Pak | Wellington | 02 Feb 1973 |
| 18 | KR Stackpole | 0 | 0 | Aus | NZl | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 |
| 19 | FM Engineer | 0 | 0 | Ind | Win | Mumbai | 23 Jan 1975 |
| 20 | DL Amiss | 0 | 0 | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1975 |
| 21 | CG Greenidge | 0 | 0 | Win | Aus | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 |
| 22 | Majid Khan | 0 | 0 | Pak | Aus | Perth | 24 Mar 1979 |
| 23 | BA Edgar | 0 | 0 | NZl | Aus | Perth | 12 Dec 1980 |
| 24 | GM Wood | 0 | 0 | Aus | NZl | Perth | 12 Dec 1981 |
| 25 | Mudassar Nazar | 0 | 0 | Pak | Eng | Birmingham | 29 Jul 1982 |
| 26 | KR Rutherford | 0 | 0 | NZl | Win | Port of Spain | 29 Mar 1985 |
| 27 | JG Wright | 0 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1986 |
| 28 | W Larkins | 0 | 0 | Eng | Win | Bridgetown | 05 Apr 1990 |
| 29 | Saeed Anwar | 0 | 0 | Pak | Win | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 30 | BR Hartland | 0 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Auckland | 30 Jan 1992 |
| 31 | Aamer Sohail | 0 | 0 | Pak | NZl | Hamilton | 02 Jan 1993 |
| 32 | GW Flower | 0 | 0 | Zim | Pak | Rawalpindi | 09 Dec 1993 |
| 33 | MA Taylor | 0 | 0 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | 28 Sep 1994 |
| 34 | GJ Rennie | 0 | 0 | Zim | NZl | Auckland | 26 Feb 1998 |
| 35 | DP Viljoen | 0 | 0 | Zim | Pak | Bulawayo | 14 Mar 1998 |
| 36 | MA Atherton | 0 | 0 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1998 |
| 37 | RG Twose | 0 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Birmingham | 01 Jul 1999 |
| 38 | MA Atherton | 0 | 0 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 |
| 39 | AFG Griffith | 0 | 0 | Win | Zim | Port of Spain | 16 Mar 2000 |
| 40 | GW Flower | 0 | 0 | Zim | Ind | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 |
| 41 | MS Atapattu | 0 | 0 | Srl | Eng | Colombo (SSC) | 15 Mar 2001 |
| 42 | G Kirsten | 0 | 0 | SAF | Win | Bridgetown | 29 Mar 2001 |
| 43 | Saleem Elahi | 0 | 0 | Pak | Eng | Lord’s | 17 May 2001 |
| 44 | CH Gayle | 0 | 0 | Win | Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 |
| 45 | Taufeeq Umar | 0 | 0 | Pak | Aus | Sharjah | 11 Oct 2002 |
| 46 | RP Arnold | 0 | 0 | Srl | SAF | Johannesburg | 08 Nov 2002 |
| 47 | DS Smith | 0 | 0 | Win | Aus | Port of Spain | 19 Apr 2003 |
| 48 | MA Vermeulen | 0 | 0 | Zim | Eng | Ch-le-St | 05 Jun 2003 |
| 49 | MS Atapattu | 0 | 0 | Srl | Pak | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 |
| 50 | WU Tharanga | 0 | 0 | Srl | Eng | Birmingham | 25 May 2006 |
| 51 | CH Gayle | 0 | 0 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 30 Jun 2006 |
| 52 | HH Gibbs | 0 | 0 | SAF | Ind | Johannesburg | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 53 | W Jaffer | 0 | 0 | Ind | Ban | Chattogram | 18 May 2007 |
| 54 | Javed Omar | 0 | 0 | Ban | Ind | Dhaka | 25 May 2007 |
| 55 | HH Gibbs | 0 | 0 | SAF | Win | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 2007 |
| 56 | TG McIntosh | 0 | 0 | NZl | Ind | Ahmedabad | 04 Nov 2010 |
| 57 | V Sehwag | 0 | 0 | Ind | Eng | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 58 | H Masakadza | 0 | 0 | Zim | NZl | Napier | 26 Jan 2012 |
| 59 | Khurram Manzoor | 0 | 0 | Pak | SAF | Dubai (DSC) | 23 Oct 2013 |
| 60 | BB Chari | 0 | 0 | Zim | Ban | Chattogram | 12 Nov 2014 |
| 61 | R Chandrika | 0 | 0 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 62 | S Dhawan | 0 | 0 | Ind | SAF | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 63 | KOA Powell | 0 | 0 | Win | NZl | Hamilton | 09 Dec 2017 |
| 64 | M Vijay | 0 | 0 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 09 Aug 2018 |
| 65 | DA Warner | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | 04 Sep 2019 |
DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the tenth occasion of a Australian opening batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AC Bannerman | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 16 Jul 1888 |
| 2 | VT Trumper | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1908 |
| 3 | JHW Fingleton | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 13 Jan 1933 |
| 4 | VY Richardson | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 23 Feb 1933 |
| 5 | J Moroney | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 |
| 6 | R Edwards | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 |
| 7 | KR Stackpole | 0 | 0 | Aus | NZl | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 |
| 8 | GM Wood | 0 | 0 | Aus | NZl | Perth | 12 Dec 1981 |
| 9 | MA Taylor | 0 | 0 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | 28 Sep 1994 |
| 10 | DA Warner | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | 04 Sep 2019 |
DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the 24th occasion of an opening batsman collecting a pair against England in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AC Bannerman | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 16 Jul 1888 |
| 2 | LJ Tancred | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 3 | VT Trumper | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1908 |
| 4 | LJ Tancred | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| 5 | GAL Hearne | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 |
| 7 | JHW Fingleton | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 13 Jan 1933 |
| 8 | VY Richardson | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 23 Feb 1933 |
| 9 | CA Roach | 0 | 0 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1933 |
| 10 | J Moroney | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 |
| 11 | P Roy | 0 | 0 | Ind | Eng | Manchester | 17 Jul 1952 |
| 12 | DJ McGlew | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1955 |
| 13 | R Edwards | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 |
| 14 | Mudassar Nazar | 0 | 0 | Pak | Eng | Birmingham | 29 Jul 1982 |
| 15 | JG Wright | 0 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1986 |
| 16 | BR Hartland | 0 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Auckland | 30 Jan 1992 |
| 17 | RG Twose | 0 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Birmingham | 01 Jul 1999 |
| 18 | MS Atapattu | 0 | 0 | Srl | Eng | Colombo (SSC) | 15 Mar 2001 |
| 19 | Saleem Elahi | 0 | 0 | Pak | Eng | Lord’s | 17 May 2001 |
| 20 | MA Vermeulen | 0 | 0 | Zim | Eng | Ch-le-St | 05 Jun 2003 |
| 21 | WU Tharanga | 0 | 0 | Srl | Eng | Birmingham | 25 May 2006 |
| 23 | V Sehwag | 0 | 0 | Ind | Eng | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 23 | M Vijay | 0 | 0 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 09 Aug 2018 |
| 24 | DA Warner | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | 04 Sep 2019 |
DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the seventh occasion of a Australian opening batsman collecting a pair against England in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AC Bannerman | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 16 Jul 1888 |
| 2 | VT Trumper | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1908 |
| 3 | JHW Fingleton | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 13 Jan 1933 |
| 4 | VY Richardson | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 23 Feb 1933 |
| 5 | J Moroney | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 |
| 6 | R Edwards | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 |
| 7 | DA Warner | 0 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | 04 Sep 2019 |
CH Gayle, GW Flower, HH Gibbs, LJ Tancred, MA Atherton and MS Atapattu are the six opening batsmen in the annals of test cricket to collect pairs on two occasions. All such occasions are furnished below
| No | No | Batsman | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 1 | CH Gayle | 0 | 0 | Win | Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | 0 | 0 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 30 Jun 2006 | |
| 2 | 1 | GW Flower | 0 | 0 | Zim | Pak | Rawalpindi | 09 Dec 1993 |
| 2 | GW Flower | 0 | 0 | Zim | Ind | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 | |
| 3 | 1 | HH Gibbs | 0 | 0 | SAF | Ind | Johannesburg | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 2 | HH Gibbs | 0 | 0 | SAF | Win | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 2007 | |
| 4 | 1 | LJ Tancred | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 2 | LJ Tancred | 0 | 0 | SAF | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | |
| 5 | 1 | MA Atherton | 0 | 0 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1998 |
| 2 | MA Atherton | 0 | 0 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | |
| 6 | 1 | MS Atapattu | 0 | 0 | Srl | Eng | Colombo (SSC) | 15 Mar 2001 |
| 2 | MS Atapattu | 0 | 0 | Srl | Pak | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 |