Zero and half-century by a South African batsman in a Test

Zero and half-century by a South African batsman in a Test

Zubayr Hamza of South Africa scored 62 and zero in the ongoing test against India at Ranchi to provide the 54th occasion of a South African batsman scoring zero and a half-century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AW Nourse 0 69 v England Durban 21 Jan 1910
2 RO Schwarz 61 0 v Australia Sydney 09 Dec 1910
3 CL Vincent 60 0 v England Leeds 13 Jul 1929
4 HB Cameron 0 51 v England Johannesburg 24 Dec 1930
5 B Mitchell 58 0 v Australia Brisbane 27 Nov 1931
6 B Mitchell 0 53 v New Zealand Wellington 04 Mar 1932
7 KG Viljoen 0 74 v England Durban 03 Mar 1939
8 OC Dawson 55 0 v England The Oval 16 Aug 1947
9 KG Viljoen 0 63 v England Johannesburg 12 Feb 1949
10 EAB Rowan 0 57 v England Manchester 05 Jul 1951
11 JHB Waite 0 62 v Australia Melbourne 24 Dec 1952
12 RA McLean 0 65 v Australia Sydney 09 Jan 1953
13 HJ Keith 0 73 v England Leeds 21 Jul 1955
14 RA McLean 93 0 v England Johannesburg 15 Feb 1957
15 RA McLean 50 0 v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957
16 RA McLean 63 0 v New Zealand Durban 08 Dec 1961
17 MK Elgie 56 0 v New Zealand Johannesburg 26 Dec 1961
18 KC Wessels 0 95* v India Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 1992
19 DJ Cullinan 0 69* v Pakistan Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
20 DJ Richardson 84 0 v England Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 1995
21 PS de Villiers 67* 0 v India Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
22 SM Pollock 79 0 v India Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
23 G Kirsten 83 0 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1997
24 WJ Cronje 0 70 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1997
25 WJ Cronje 57 0 v England Leeds 06 Aug 1998
26 WJ Cronje 0 54 v West Indies Cape Town 02 Jan 1999
27 JH Kallis 0 69 v England Durban 26 Dec 1999
28 JH Kallis 53 0 v West Indies Port of Spain 17 Mar 2001
29 ND McKenzie 87 0 v Australia Adelaide 14 Dec 2001
30 MV Boucher 64 0 v Australia Adelaide 14 Dec 2001
31 AJ Hall 70 0 v Australia Cape Town 08 Mar 2002
32 SM Pollock 62 0 v England Nottingham 14 Aug 2003
33 AJ Hall 0 99* v England Leeds 21 Aug 2003
34 JA Rudolph 72 0 v New Zealand Hamilton 10 Mar 2004
35 GC Smith 88 0 v New Zealand Auckland 18 Mar 2004
36 JA Rudolph 93* 0 v New Zealand Wellington 26 Mar 2004
37 GC Smith 0 71 v India Kolkata 28 Nov 2004
38 JH Kallis 0 61 v England Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004
39 GC Smith 0 55 v England Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004
40 MV Boucher 64 0 v England Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
41 HH Gibbs 0 92 v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 04 Aug 2006
42 HM Amla 71 0 v Pakistan Karachi 01 Oct 2007
43 JH Kallis 0 85 v West Indies Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 2007
44 HM Amla 51 0 v India Kanpur 11 Apr 2008
45 ND McKenzie 0 59* v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
46 GC Smith 0 69 v Australia Johannesburg 26 Feb 2009
47 MV Boucher 0 55 v India Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
48 JP Duminy 57 0 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 14 Oct 2013
49 JP Duminy 88 0 v New Zealand Centurion 27 Aug 2016
50 F du Plessis 62 0 v India Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
51 AB de Villiers 71* 0 v Australia Durban 01 Mar 2018
52 AK Markram 0 84 v Australia Cape Town 22 Mar 2018
53 DL Piedt 0 56 v India Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019
54 Zubayr Hamza 62 0 v India Ranchi 19 Oct 2019

It also provides the ninth occasion of a South African batsman scoring a zero and a half century in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KC Wessels 0 95* v India Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 1992
2 PS de Villiers 67* 0 v India Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
3 SM Pollock 79 0 v India Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
4 GC Smith 0 71 v India Kolkata 28 Nov 2004
5 HM Amla 51 0 v India Kanpur 11 Apr 2008
6 MV Boucher 0 55 v India Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
7 F du Plessis 62 0 v India Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
8 DL Piedt 0 56 v India Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019
9 Zubayr Hamza 62 0 v India Ranchi 19 Oct 2019

The following South African batsmen have scored a zero and a half century on two or more occasions. GC Smith, JH Kallis and RA McLean have scored on most occasions – four.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 88 0 v New Zealand Auckland 18 Mar 2004
2 GC Smith 0 71 v India Kolkata 28 Nov 2004
3 GC Smith 0 55 v England Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004
4 GC Smith 0 69 v Australia Johannesburg 26 Feb 2009
             
1 JH Kallis 0 69 v England Durban 26 Dec 1999
2 JH Kallis 53 0 v West Indies Port of Spain 17 Mar 2001
3 JH Kallis 0 61 v England Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004
4 JH Kallis 0 85 v West Indies Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 2007
             
1 RA McLean 0 65 v Australia Sydney 09 Jan 1953
2 RA McLean 93 0 v England Johannesburg 15 Feb 1957
3 RA McLean 50 0 v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957
4 RA McLean 63 0 v New Zealand Durban 08 Dec 1961
             
1 MV Boucher 64 0 v Australia Adelaide 14 Dec 2001
2 MV Boucher 64 0 v England Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
3 MV Boucher 0 55 v India Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
             
1 WJ Cronje 0 70 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1997
2 WJ Cronje 57 0 v England Leeds 06 Aug 1998
3 WJ Cronje 0 54 v West Indies Cape Town 02 Jan 1999
             
1 AJ Hall 70 0 v Australia Cape Town 08 Mar 2002
2 AJ Hall 0 99* v England Leeds 21 Aug 2003
             
1 B Mitchell 58 0 v Australia Brisbane 27 Nov 1931
2 B Mitchell 0 53 v New Zealand Wellington 04 Mar 1932
             
1 HM Amla 71 0 v Pakistan Karachi 01 Oct 2007
2 HM Amla 51 0 v India Kanpur 11 Apr 2008
             
1 JA Rudolph 72 0 v New Zealand Hamilton 10 Mar 2004
2 JA Rudolph 93* 0 v New Zealand Wellington 26 Mar 2004
             
1 JP Duminy 57 0 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 14 Oct 2013
2 JP Duminy 88 0 v New Zealand Centurion 27 Aug 2016
             
1 KG Viljoen 0 74 v England Durban 03 Mar 1939
2 KG Viljoen 0 63 v England Johannesburg 12 Feb 1949
             
1 ND McKenzie 87 0 v Australia Adelaide 14 Dec 2001
2 ND McKenzie 0 59* v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
             
1 SM Pollock 79 0 v India Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
2 SM Pollock 62 0 v England Nottingham 14 Aug 2003

Melbourne Test against Australia in Dec 1997, Adelaide Test against Australia in Dec 2001 and Port Elizabeth Test against England in Dec 2004 have witnessed two South African batsmen scoring a Zero and a half century.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Kirsten 83 0 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1997
2 WJ Cronje 0 70 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1997
             
1 ND McKenzie 87 0 v Australia Adelaide 14 Dec 2001
2 MV Boucher 64 0 v Australia Adelaide 14 Dec 2001
             
1 JH Kallis 0 61 v England Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004
2 GC Smith 0 55 v England Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004
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