Captain wicket keeper batsmen scoring twin fifties in a test.
Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan score 71 and 60 against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui to provide the tenth occasion of a captain wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground` | Mon/Yr |
1 | A Flower | 74 | 129 | Zim | Srl | Harare | Nov 99 |
2 | T Taibu | 85* | 153 | Zim | Ban | Dhaka | Jan 05 |
3 | T Taibu | 71* | 52 | Zin | Ind | Bulawayo | Sep 05 |
4 | MS Dhoni | 92 | 68* | Ind | Aus | Mohali | Oct 08 |
5 | MS Dhoni | 56 | 55 | Ind | Aus | Nagpur | Nov 08 |
6 | MS Dhoni | 52 | 56* | Ind | NZl | Wellington | Apr 09 |
7 | MS Dhoni | 77 | 74* | Ind | Eng | Birmingham | Aug 11 |
8 | Mushfiqur Rahim | 60 | 93 | Ban | Zim | Harare | Apr 13 |
9 | Sarfaraz Ahmed | 94 | 81 | Pak | Aus | Abu Dhabi | Oct 18 |
10 | Mohd Rizwan | 71 | 60 | Pak | NZl | Mt Maunganui | Dec 20 |
It also provides the eighth occasion of Pakistan captain wicket keeper batsman scoring twin fifties in a test. Both such occasions are tabulated below
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground` | Mon/Yr |
1 | Sarfaraz Ahmed | 94 | 81 | Pak | Aus | Abu Dhabi | Oct 18 |
2 | Mohd Rizwan | 71 | 60 | Pak | NZl | Mt Maunganui | Dec 20 |
It also provides the second occasion of a captain wicket keeper batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against New Zealand. Both such occasions are tabulated below
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground` | Mon/Yr |
1 | MS Dhoni | 52 | 56* | Ind | NZl | Wellington | Apr 09 |
2 | Mohd Rizwan | 71 | 60 | Pak | NZl | Mt Maunganui | Dec 20 |