Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan scored 71 and 60 against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui which was in a losing cause to provide the 50^th occasion of a captain’s twin fifties going in vain the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	G Giffen	57	51	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	MA Noble	61	64	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 08
3	JWHT Douglas	50	60	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 21
4	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	Jul 24
5	J Ryder	63	87	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Feb 29
6	GC Grant	53*	71*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 30
7	AD Nourse	65	114	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Dec 49
8	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun 52
9	GO Rabone	107	68	NZl	SAF	Durban	Dec 53
10	L Hutton	72	77	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 54
11	PBH May	63	53	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 56
12	ER Dexter	57	62	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 61
13	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 62
14	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Mar 63
15	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	Apr 65
16	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun 67
17	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 67
18	IM Chappell	65	50	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Feb 75
19	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	Jul 76
20	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 89
21	KC Wessels	59	74	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 92
22	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jun 93
23	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 98
24	BC Lara	51	79	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 98
25	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	Nov 99
26	BC Lara	67	75	Win	NZl	Wellington	Dec 99
27	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 99
28	SP Fleming	57	99	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	Nov 00
29	CL Hooper	53	54*	Win	SAF	Port of Spain	Mar 01
30	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	Apr 03
31	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	Sep 05
32	MS Atapattu	88	67	Srl	Ind	Delhi	Dec 05
33	Habibul Bashar	69	73	Ban	Srl	Bogra	Mar 06
34	A Flintoff	70	51	Eng	Ind	Mohali	Mar 06
35	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	Nov 06
36	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 08
37	Shakib Al Hasan	87	100	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	Feb 10
38	RT Ponting	77	72	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	Oct 10
39	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 11
40	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	Nov 11
41	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Col-PSS	Apr 12
42	M Jayawardene	72	60	Srl	Aus	Sydney	Jan 13
43	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 14
44	AD Mathews	50	66	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	Dec 14
45	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	May 15
46	JE Root	59	72	Eng	Win	Leeds	Aug 17
47	LD Chandimal	57	61	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 17
48	JE Root	83	58*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 18
49	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 18
50	Mohd Rizwan	71	60	Pak	NZl	Mt Maunganui	Dec 20

Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan scored 71 and 60 against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui which was in a losing cause to provide the 23rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman’s twin fifties in a test going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	JHB Waite	58	56*	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 60
2	APE Knott	92	63	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 72
3	DL Murray	66	55	Win	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 75
4	APE Knott	50	57	Eng	Win	The Oval	Aug 76
5	A Flower	115	62*	Zim	Ind	Delhi	Mar 93
6	IA Healy	74	51*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 95
h7	A Flower	65	83	Zim	NZl	Auckland	Feb 98
8	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	Nov 99
9	A Flower	183*	70	Zim	Ind	Delhi	Nov 00
10	A Flower	51	83	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	Jun 01
11	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	Sep 01
12	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	Sep 05
13	Mushfiqur Rahim	79	95	Ban	Eng	Chattogram	Mar 10
14	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 11
15	BJ Watling	63	63	NZl	SAF	Port Elizabeth	Jan 13
16	Sarfaraz Ahmed	55	52*	Pak	Srl	Galle	Aug 14
17	Sarfaraz Ahmed	103	55	Pak	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	Aug 14
18	BJ Watling	61*	59	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	May 15
19	MDKJ Perera	55	70	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	Aug 15
20	LD Chandimal	83	58	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	Dec 15
21	JM Bairstow	55	81	Eng	Pak	The Oval	Aug 16
22	Q de Kock	80	55	SAF	Srl	Durban	Feb 19
23	Mohd Rizwan	71	60	Pak	NZl	Mt Maunganui	Dec 20