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Australia won the toss and opted to bat first in this test to provide the 50^th occasion of Australia doing so against India. It also provides Australia 22^nd occasion of Australia doing so against India on home soil. It also provides the third such occasion at Sydney.

Australia capped W Pucovski for this game. He became the 460th cricketer to represent Australia in tests. He also became the 295th Australian cricketer to represent Australia in tests on home soil

He also became the 54th Australian cricketer to make his test debut against India and also became the 37th Australian cricketer to make his test debut against India on home soil

DA Warner-W Pucovski became the 246^th opening pair for Australia in tests. They also became the 158^th opening pair for Australia in tests on home soil

DA Warner-W Pucovski became the 45^th opening pair for Australia in tests against India. They also became the 26th opening pair for Australia in tests on home soil against India

India capped NA Saini for this test. He became the 298^th cricketer to represent India. He also became the 135th cricketer to represent India on away soil.

NA Saini became the 48th Indian cricketer to make his test debut against Australia. He also became the 22nd Indian cricketer to make his test debut against Australia in Australia.

DA Warner was dismissed for 5 in the first innings of this test to provide the 38^th occasion of his being dismissed for a single digit score {zero to nine} in a test innings. It also provides the 12^th occasion of his being dismissed for a single digit score in a test innings against India and the third such occasion at Sydney against India

W Pucovski scored 62 on his test debut to provide the 493^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in an innings on test debut. It also provides the 87^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in an innings on his test debut against India

It also provides the 63rd occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in an innings on test debut on home soil. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in an innings on his test debut against India on home soil

It also provides the 13th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in an innings on test debut on home soil. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in an innings on his test debut against India at Sydney

NA Saini claimed his first test wicket when he had Australian debutant W Pucovski leg before wicket for 62.

W Pucovski and M Labuschagne added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 918^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 176^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the second wicket.

It also provides the 117th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India. It also provides the 16^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the second wicket against India.

It also provides the 18th occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings. It also provides the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings for the second wicket.

It also provides the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings against India. The other occasion was RB Simpson and PM Toohey adding 100 runs for the fifth wicket against India at Perth in Dec 1977. It also provides the first occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings for the second wicket against India.

It also provides the 524^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil. It also provides the 71st occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil against India.

It also provides the 99th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the second wicket on home soil. It also provides the ninth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in a test innings on home soil against India.

M Labuschagne’s 67 not out in this test provide his 13^th fifty of his test career {4C + 9HC} and his first against India.

Pakistan lost the Christchurch test against New Zealand by an innings and 176 runs to provide the 33rd occasion of Pakistan losing a test by an innings margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Innings &	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Pak	lost	070 runs	Ind	Delhi	Oct 1952
2	Pak	lost	129 runs	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 1954
3	Pak	lost	174 runs	Win	Kingston	Feb 1958
4	Pak	lost	156 runs	Win	Lahore	Mar 1959
5	Pak	lost	024 runs	Eng	Birmingham	May 1962
6	Pak	lost	117 runs	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1962
7	Pak	lost	114 runs	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1972
8	Pak	lost	057 runs	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1978
9	Pak	lost	120 runs	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1978
0	Pak	lost	009 runs	Aus	Perth	Nov 1983
11	Pak	lost	099 runs	NZl	Auckland	Jan 1985
12	Pak	lost	010 runs	Win	Lahore	Nov 1986
13	Pak	lost	064 runs	Zim	Harare	Jan 1995
14	Pak	lost	126 runs	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1995
15	Pak	lost	099 runs	Aus	Rawalpindi	Oct 1998
16	Pak	lost	020 runs	Aus	Perth	Nov 1999
17	Pak	lost	185 runs	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2001
18	Pak	lost	009 runs	Eng	Lord’s	May 2001
19	Pak	lost	198 runs	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
20	Pak	lost	020 runs	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
21	Pak	lost	142 runs	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2003
22	Pak	lost	052 runs	Ind	Multan	Mar 2004
23	Pak	lost	131 runs	Ind	Rawalpindi	Apr 2004
24	Pak	lost	120 runs	Eng	Manchester	Jul 2006
25	Pak	lost	225 runs	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 2010
26	Pak	lost	018 runs	SAF	Centurion	Feb 2013
27	Pak	lost	092 runs	SAF	Dub-DSC	Oct 2013
28	Pak	lost	080 runs	NZl	Sharjah	Nov 2014
29	Pak	lost	018 runs	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2016
30	Pak	lost	055 runs	Eng	Leeds	Jun 2018
31	Pak	lost	005 runs	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2019
32	Pak	lost	048 runs	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2019
33	Pak	lost	176 runs	NZl	Ch’church	Jan 2021

It also provides the fourth occasion of Pakistan losing a test by an innings margin against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Innings &	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Pak	lost	099 runs	NZl	Auckland	Jan 1985
2	Pak	lost	185 runs	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2001
3	Pak	lost	080 runs	NZl	Sharjah	Nov 2014
4	Pak	lost	176 runs	NZl	Ch’church	Jan 2021

New Zealand won the Christchurch test against Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs to provide the 31^st occasion of New Zealand winning a test by an innings margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Innings &	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	NZl	won	033 runs	Ind	Wellington	Feb 1976
2	NZl	won	025 runs	Srl	Ch’church	Mar 1983
3	NZl	won	132 runs	Eng	Ch’church	Feb 1984
4	NZl	won	061 runs	Srl	Col-CCC	Mar 1984
5	NZl	won	099 runs	Pak	Auckland	Jan 1985
6	NZl	won	041 runs	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1985
7	NZl	won	036 runs	Srl	Dunedin	Mar 1997
8	NZl	won	013 runs	Zim	Auckland	Feb 1998
9	NZl	won	105 runs	Win	Wellington	Dec 1999
0	NZl	won	185 runs	Pak	Hamilton	Mar 2001
11	NZl	won	052 runs	Ban	Hamilton	Dec 2001
12	NZl	won	074 runs	Ban	Wellington	Dec 2001
13	NZl	won	099 runs	Ban	Dhaka	Oct 2004
14	NZl	won	101 runs	Ban	Chattogram	Oct 2004
15	NZl	won	038 runs	Srl	Wellington	Apr 2005
16	NZl	won	294 runs	Zim	Harare	Aug 2005
17	NZl	won	046 runs	Zim	Bulawayo	Aug 2005
18	NZl	won	137 runs	Ban	Wellington	Jan 2008
19	NZl	won	301 runs	Zim	Napier	Jan 2012
20	NZl	won	073 runs	Win	Wellington	Dec 2013
21	NZl	won	080 runs	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 2014
22	NZl	won	117 runs	Zim	Bulawayo	Jul 2016
23	NZl	won	067 runs	Win	Wellington	Dec 2017
24	NZl	won	049 runs	Eng	Auckland	Mar 2018
25	NZl	won	052 runs	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 2019
26	NZl	won	012 runs	Ban	Wellington	Mar 2019
27	NZl	won	065 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 2019
28	NZl	won	065 runs	Eng	M Maunganui	Nov 2019
29	NZl	won	134 runs	Win	Hamilton	Dec 2020
30	NZl	won	012 runs	Win	Wellington	Dec 2020
31	NZl	won	176 runs	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 2021

It also provides the fourth occasion of New Zealand winning a test by an innings margin against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Innings &	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	NZl	won	099 runs	Pak	Auckland	Jan 1985
2	NZl	won	185 runs	Pak	Hamilton	Mar 2001
3	NZl	won	080 runs	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 2014
4	NZl	won	176 runs	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 2021

KS Williamson and HM Nicholls of New Zealand forged 369 runs partnership for the fourth wicket against Pakistan to provide the 46^th occasion of batsmen posting 350 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Bradman/Ponsford	4	388	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 34
2	Bradman/Ponsford	2	451	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 34
3	Hutton/Leyland	2	382	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 38
4	Barnes/Bradman	5	405	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 46
5	Compton/Edrich	3	370	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 47
6	Hutton/Washbrook	1	359	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 48
7	Mankad/Roy	1	413	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai	Jan 56
8	Cowdrey/May	4	411	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	May 57
9	Hunte/Sobers	2	446	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	Feb 58
10	Sobers/Worrell	4	399	2	Win	Eng	B’town	Jan 60
11	Lawry/Simpson	1	382	1	Aus	Win	B’town	May 65
12	Barrington/Edrich	2	369	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	Jul 65
13	Jarvis/Turner	1	387	2	NZl	Win	G’town	Apr 72
14	Asif Iqbal/Mush Mohd	4	350	1	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	Feb 73
15	Miandad/M Nazar	3	451	1	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	Jan 83
16	Gooch/DGower	2	351	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 85
17	Miandad/Q Umar	3	397	2	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	Oct 85
18	MCrowe/Jones	3	467	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Jan 91
19	Blewett/SWaugh	5	385	2	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 97
20	Jayasuriya/Mahanama	2	576	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	Aug 97
21	IAhmed/Inzamam	3	352*	2	Pak	Srl	Dhaka	Mar 99
22	Dravid/Laxman	5	376	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 01
23	Gibbs/Smith	1	368	1	SAF	Pak	Cape Town	Jan 03
24	Dippenaar/Rudolph	3	429*	2	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	Apr 03
25	Laxman/Tendulkar	4	353	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 04
26	Atapattu/Sangakkara	2	438	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	May 04
27	Dravid/Sehwag	1	410	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	Jan 06
28	M J’wardene/S’kkara	3	624	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	Jul 06
29	MYousuf/YKhan	3	363	2	Pak	Eng	Leeds	Aug 06
30	McKenzie/Smith	1	415	1	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 08
31	MJ’wardene/S’weera	4	437	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	Feb 09
32	MJ’wardene/PJ’wardene	6	351	2	Srl	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 09
33	MClarke/Ponting	4	352	1	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Jan 10
34	IBell/Pietersen	3	350	1	Eng	Ind	The Oval	Aug 11
35	MClarke/Ponting	4	386	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 12
36	Amla/Kallis	3	377*	2	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Jul 12
37	Pujara/Vijay	2	370	2	Ind	Aus	Hyd-RGS	Mar 13
38	McCullum/Watling	6	352	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
39	Watling/Williamson	6	365*	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Jan 15
40	SMarsh/AVoges	4	449	1	Aus	Win	Hobart	Dec 15
41	JBairstow/Stokes	6	399	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 16
42	Kohli/Rahane	4	365	1	Ind	NZl	Indore	Oct 16
43	MRahim/SAHasan	5	359	1	Ban	NZl	Wellington	Jan 17
44	Labuschagne/Warner	2	361	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	Nov 19
45	JButtler/ZCrawley	5	359	1	Eng	Pak	S’hampton	Aug 20
46	Nicholls/Williamson	4	369	2	NZl	Pak	Ch’Church	Jan 21

It also provides the fifth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting 350 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Jarvis/Turner	1	387	2	NZl	Win	G’town	Apr 72
2	MCrowe/Jones	3	467	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Jan 91
3	McCullum/Watling	6	352	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
4	Watling/Williamson	6	365*	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Jan 15
5	Nicholls/Williamson	4	369	2	NZl	Pak	Ch’Church	Jan 21

It also provides the eighth occasion of batsmen posting 350 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Hunte/GS Sobers	2	446	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	Feb 58
2	HGibbs/GC Smith	1	368	1	SAF	Pak	Cape Town	Jan 03
3	Dravid/V Sehwag	1	410	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	Jan 06
4	MJ’wardene/S’weera	4	437	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	Feb 09
5	MClarke/Ponting	4	352	1	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Jan 10
6	Labuschagne/Warner	2	361	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	Nov 19
7	JButtler/Z Crawley	5	359	1	Eng	Pak	S’hampton	Aug 20
8	Nicholls/Williamson	4	369	2	NZl	Pak	Ch’Church	Jan 21

It also provides the eleventh occasion of batsmen posting 350 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket for the fourth wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Bradman/Ponsford	4	388	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 34
2	Cowdrey/May	4	411	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	May 57
3	Sobers/Worrell	4	399	2	Win	Eng	B’town	Jan 60
4	AIqbal/MushMohd	4	350	1	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	Feb 73
5	Laxman/Tendulkar	4	353	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 04
6	MJ’wardene/S’aweera	4	437	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	Feb 09
7	MClarke/RT Ponting	4	352	1	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Jan 10
8	MClarke/RT Ponting	4	386	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 12
9	SMarsh/AC Voges	4	449	1	Aus	Win	Hobart	Dec 15
10	Kohli/AM Rahane	4	365	1	Ind	NZl	Indore	Oct 16
11	Nicholls/Williamson	4	369	2	NZl	Pak	Ch’Church	Jan 21

It also represents record partnership the fourth wicket by New Zealand batsmen. The previous best was 271 runs partnership between JD Ryder and LRPL Taylor against India at Napier in Mar 2009

New Zealand posted a total of 659 for 6 and declared its innings closed against Pakistan in its first innings in the ongoing test at Christchurch to provide the 61^st occasion of a team posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Eng	849	258.2	1	Win	Kingston	Apr 30
2	Aus	729/6d	232.0	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 30
3	Aus	695	256.1	2	Eng	The Oval	Aug 30
4	Aus	701	171.2	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 34
5	Eng	658/8d	188.0	1	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 38
6	Eng	903/7d	335.2	1	Aus	The Oval	Aug 38
7	Eng	654/5	218.2×8	4	SAF	Durban	Mar 39
8	Aus	659/8d	173.0×8	2	Eng	Sydney	Dec 46
9	Aus	674	151.3×8	1	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 48
10	Win	681/8d	198.4	1	Eng	Trinidad	Mar 54
11	Aus	668	235.5	1	Win	Bridgetown	May 55
12	Aus	758/8d	245.4	2	Win	Kingston	Jun 55
13	Pak	657/8d	319.0	3	Win	Bridgetown	Jan 58
14	Win	790/3d	208.1	2	Pak	Kingston	Feb 58
15	Aus	656/8d	255.5	1	Eng	Manchester	Jul 64
16	Aus	650/6d	189.0	1	Win	Bridgetown	May 65
17	Win	652/8d	168.4	1	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 73
18	Win	687/8d	182.5	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 76
19	Pak	652	142.4	2	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan 83
20	Pak	674/6	224.5	2	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 84
21	Eng	652/7d	175.0	2	Ind	Chennai	Jan 85
22	Ind	676/7	167.1	2	Srl	Kanpur	Dec 86
23	Pak	708	220.3	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 87
24	Pak	699/5	203.4	2	Ind	Lahore	Dec 89
25	Eng	653/4d	162.0	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 90
26	NZl	671/4	220.3	3	Srl	Wellington	Jan 91
27	Aus	653/4d	193.0	1	Eng	Leeds	Jul 93
28	Win	660/5d	169.2	1	NZl	Wellington	Feb 95
29	Win	692/8d	163.0	2	Eng	The Oval	Aug 95
30	Srl	952/6d	271.0	2	Ind	Col-RPS	Aug 97
31	Ind	657/7d	178.0	3	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 01
32	Aus	652/7d	146.0	1	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 02
33	SAF	682/6d	177.0	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 03
34	Aus	735/6d	146.3	1	Zim	Perth	Oct 03
35	SAF	658/9d	166.2	2	Win	Durban	Dec 03
36	Ind	705/7d	187.3	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 04
37	Ind	675/5d	161.5	1	Pak	Multan	Mar 04
38	Win	751/5d	202.0	1	Eng	St John’s	Apr 04
39	Srl	713/3d	165.3	2	Zim	Bulawayo	May 04
40	Win	747	235.2	2	SAF	St John’s	Apr 05
41	Pak	679/7d	143.3	1	Ind	Lahore	Jan 06
42	Srl	756/5d	185.1	2	SAF	Col-SSC	Jul 06
43	Ind	664	170.0	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 07
44	Pak	765/6d	248.5	2	Srl	Karachi	Feb 09
45	Win	749/9d	194.4	2	Eng	Bridgetown	Feb 09
46	SAF	651	154.3	2	Aus	Cape Town	Mar 09
47	Aus	674/6d	181.0	2	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 09
48	Srl	760/7d	202.4	2	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 09
49	Ind	726/9d	163.3	2	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec 09
50	Ind	707	225.2	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 10
51	Eng	710/7d	188.1	2	Ind	Birmingham	Aug 11
52	Aus	659/4d	163.0	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 12
53	Srl	730/6d	187.5	2	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 14
54	NZl	680/8d	210.0	3	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
55	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
56	Ind	759/7d	190.4	2	Eng	Chennai	Dec 16
57	Ind	687/6d	166.0	1	Ban	Hyd-RGS	Feb 17
58	Aus	662/9d	179.3	2	Eng	Perth	Dec 17
59	Srl	713/9d	199.3	2	Ban	Chattogram	Jan 18
60	NZl	715/6d	163.0	2	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 19
61	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21

It also provides the fifth occasion of New Zealand posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	NZl	671/4	220.3	3	Srl	Wellington	Jan 91
2	NZl	680/8d	210.0	3	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
3	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
4	NZl	715/6d	163.0	2	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 19
5	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21

It also provides the fourth occasion of a team posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Win	790/3d	208.1	2	Pak	Kingston	Feb 58
2	Ind	675/5d	161.5	1	Pak	Multan	Mar 04
3	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
4	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21

It also provides the second occasion of New Zealand posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. Prior to this, New Zealand had posted 690 runs against Pakistan at Sharjah in Nov 2014. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
2	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21

Test cricket has witnessed one hundred occasions of a captain’s century in a test innings in losing cause. One hundredth occasion was Sri Lankan skipper FDM Karunaratne’s 103 against South Africa at Johannesburg in the just concluded test. His century came in Sri Lanka’a second innings and in the third innings of the test. Sri Lanka lost this test by ten wickets. The following table lists all the one hundred occasions in chronological order

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WL Murdoch	153*	3	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep 1880
2	GHS Trott	143	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1896
3	MA Noble	133	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 03
4	HW Taylor	109	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 13
5	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	Feb 23
6	J Ryder	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 28
7	APF Chapman	121	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 30
8	A Melville	117	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 47
9	AD Nourse	114	3	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Dec 49
10	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 52
11	GO Rabone	107	2	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 53
12	PBH May	117	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul 55
13	PBH May	113	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 58
14	JR Reid	142	3	NZl	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 62
15	Javed Burki	101	3	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 62
16	JR Reid	100	3	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Mar 63
17	MAK Pataudi	128*	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Oct 64
18	JR Reid	128	1	NZl	Pak	Karachi	Apr 65
19	MAK Pataudi	148	3	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun 67
20	WM Lawry	135	2	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 68
21	WM Lawry	105	2	Aus	Win	Brisbane	Dec 68
22	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 69
23	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 73
24	CH Lloyd	102	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 75
25	AW Greig	116	2	Eng	Win	Leeds	Jul 76
26	GS Chappell	112	3	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 77
27	GN Yallop	102	3	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec 78
28	GN Yallop	121	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 79
29	SM Gavaskar	127*	3	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 83
30	AR Border	152*	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 85
31	Vengsarkar	102	3	Ind	Win	Delhi	Nov 87
32	DI Gower	106	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 89
33	AJ Lamb	119	2	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 90
34	Azharuddin	121	2	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 90
35	MD Crowe	108*	3	NZl	Pak	Lahore	Oct 90
36	DL Haynes	117	1	Win	Pak	Karachi	Nov 90
37	Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 92
38	A Ranatunga	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 92
39	MD Crowe	107	3	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Dec 92
40	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jun 93
41	MA Atherton	144	1	Eng	Win	Georgetown	Mar 94
42	RB Richardson	100	1	Win	Aus	Kingston	Apr 95
43	Tendulkar	169	2	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 97
44	MA Taylor	129	3	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 97
45	WJ Cronje	126	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 98
46	Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Dec 98
47	SR Waugh	100	1	Aus	Win	Kingston	Mar 99
48	SR Waugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 99
49	BC Lara	100	2	Win	Aus	St John’s	Apr 99
50	A Flower	129	3	Zim	Srl	Harare	Nov 99
51	Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 99
52	A Flower	113*	2	Zim	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 00
53	SR Waugh	110	1	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 01
54	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	Aug 02
55	SR Waugh	102	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 03
56	BC Lara	110	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	Apr 03
57	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	Apr 03
58	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 03
59	SP Fleming	117	1	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 04
60	Mohd Yousuf	111	1	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 04
61	Trescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov 05
62	BC Lara	122	3	Win	Pak	Lahore	Nov 06
63	M Ashraful	129*	3	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 07
64	MP Vaughan	124	3	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul 07
65	M J’wardene	104	2	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 07
66	RT Ponting	101	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 08
67	M Ashraful	101	4	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	Dec 08
68	DL Vettori	118	1	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	Mar 09
69	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug 09
70	Sangakkara	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec 09
71	CH Gayle	102	2	Win	Aus	Perth	Dec 09
72	S Al Hasan	100	4	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	Feb 10
73	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	Nov 11
74	MJ Clarke	151	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	Nov 11
75	M J’wardene	105	1	Srl	Eng	Col-PSS	Apr 12
76	DJG Sammy	106	1	Win	Eng	Nottingham	May 12
77	LRPL Taylor	113	1	NZl	Ind	Bengaluru	Aug 12
78	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 12
79	MJ Clarke	130	1	Aus	Ind	Chennai	Feb 13
80	M Rahim	116	3	Ban	Win	Kingstown	Sep 14
81	V Kohli	115	2	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 14
82	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 14
83	AN Cook	105	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	May 15
84	AD Mathews	122	3	Srl	Pak	Pallekele	Jul 15
85	V Kohli	103	2	Ind	Srl	Galle	Aug 15
86	AD Mathews	102	2	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Aug 15
87	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Aug 15
88	McCullum	145	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	Feb 16
89	SPD Smith	119	2	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug 16
90	AG Cremer	102*	2	Zim	Srl	Harare	Oct 16
91	F du Plessis	118*	1	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 16
92	M Rahim	159	1	Ban	NZl	Wellington	Jan 17
93	M Rahim	127	2	Ban	Ind	Hyd-RGS	Feb 17
94	SPD Smith	111	1	Aus	Ind	Dharamsala	Mar 17
95	V Kohli	153	2	Ind	SAF	Centurion	Jan 18
96	V Kohli	149	2	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 18
97	V Kohli	123	2	Ind	Aus	Perth	Dec 18
98	Mahmudullah	146	3	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	Feb 19
99	CR Ervine	107	1	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	Feb 20
100	F Karunaratne	103	3	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 21

It also provides the eighth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain’s century going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below. FDM Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan captain to witness his century in a losing cause against South Africa.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	A Ranatunga	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 92
2	M Jayawardene	104	2	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 07
3	KC Sangakkara	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec 09
4	M Jayawardene	105	1	Srl	Eng	Col-PSS	Apr 12
5	AD Mathews	122	3	Srl	Pak	Pallekele	Jul 15
6	AD Mathews	102	2	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Aug 15
7	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Aug 15
7	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 21

It also provides the ninth occasion of captain’s century going in vain against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. FDM Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan captain to witness his century in a losing cause against South Africa.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GO Rabone	107	2	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 53
2	PBH May	117	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul 55
3	JR Reid	142	3	NZl	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 62
4	SR Tendulkar	169	2	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 97
5	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 03
6	RT Ponting	101	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 08
7	MJ Clarke	151	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	Nov 11
8	V Kohli	153	2	Ind	SAF	Centurion	Jan 18
9	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 21

It also provides the 18th occasion of captain opener’s century going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. FDM Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan captain opener to witness his century in a losing cause

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	HW Taylor	109	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 13
2	A Melville	117	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 47
3	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 52
4	GO Rabone	107	2	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 53
5	WM Lawry	135	2	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 68
6	WM Lawry	105	2	Aus	Win	Brisbane	Dec 68
7	SM Gavaskar	127*	3	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 83
8	DL Haynes	117	1	Win	Pak	Karachi	Nov 90
9	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jun 93
10	MA Atherton	144	1	Eng	Win	Georgetown	Mar 94
11	RB Richardson	100	1	Win	Aus	Kingston	Apr 95
12	MA Taylor	129	3	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 97
13	SP Fleming	117	1	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 04
14	ME Trescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov 05
15	CH Gayle	102	2	Win	Aus	Perth	Dec 09
16	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 12
17	AN Cook	105	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	May 15
18	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 21

It also provides the second occasion of captain opener’s century going in vain in the annals of test cricket against South Africa. Both such occasions are tabulated below. Prior to FDM Karunaratne, GO Rabone of West Indies had scored 107 as captain opener against South Africa at Durban in 1953 and his knock was in vain. The interval between these two occasions is 68 years.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GO Rabone	107	2	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 53
2	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 21

BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka collected a pair against South Africa in the just concluded test at Johannesburg to provide the 575^th occasion of a batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 42nd occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman undergoing such ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BR Jurangpathy	0	0	Ind	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
2	RG de Alwis	0	0	Ind	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987
3	MS Atapattu	0	0	Ind	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
4	GF Labrooy	0	0	Ind	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
5	RJ Ratnayake	0	0	Ind	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
6	A Ranatunga	0	0	Pak	Sialkot	12 Dec 1991
7	SD Anurasiri	0	0	Pak	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992
8	MS Atapattu	0	0	Ind	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994
9	CI Dunusinghe	0	0	Pak	Peshawar	08 Sep 1995
10	GP Wickramasinghe	0	0	Pak	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000
11	GP Wickramasinghe	0	0	Pak	Karachi	12 Mar 2000
12	HMRKB Herath	0	0	Pak	Galle	21 Jun 2000
13	M Muralitharan	0	0	SAF	Kandy	30 Jul 2000
14	DNT Zoysa	0	0	Eng	Kandy	07 Mar 2001
15	RP Arnold	0	0	Eng	Col-SSC	15 Mar 2001
16	MS Atapattu	0	0	Eng	Col-SSC	15 Mar 2001
17	WPUJC Vaas	0	0	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
18	RP Arnold	0	0	SAF	Jo’burg	08 Nov 2002
19	KHRK Fernando	0	0	SAF	Jo’burg	08 Nov 2002
20	M Muralitharan	0	0	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004
21	SL Malinga	0	0	Aus	Darwin	01 Jul 2004
22	MS Atapattu	0	0	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
23	WU Tharanga	0	0	Eng	Birmingham	25 May 2006
24	LPC Silva	0	0	NZl	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006
25	SL Malinga	0	0	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
26	M Muralitharan	0	0	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
27	H Jayawardene	0	0	Aus	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
28	M Muralitharan	0	0	Ind	Galle	31 Jul 2008
29	H Jayawardene	0	0	Aus	Galle	31 Aug 2011
30	HMRKB Herath	0	0	Pak	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
31	KTGD Prasad	0	0	Eng	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
32	HDRL Thirimanne	0	0	Eng	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
33	MDK Perera	0	0	SAF	Galle	16 Jul 2014
34	MDK Perera	0	0	Pak	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
35	KTGD Prasad	0	0	Pak	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
36	N Pradeep	0	0	Win	Col-PSS	22 Oct 2015
37	N Pradeep	0	0	Pak	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
38	N Pradeep	0	0	Pak	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
39	MVT Fernando	0	0	Aus	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
40	MDKJ Perera	0	0	NZl	Col-PSS	22 Aug 2019
41	MVT Fernando	0	0	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2020
42	BKG Mendis	0	0	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021

It also provides the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman collecting a pair against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Muralitharan	0	0	SAF	Kandy	30 Jul 2000
2	RP Arnold	0	0	SAF	Jo’burg	08 Nov 2002
3	KHRK Fernando	0	0	SAF	Jo’burg	08 Nov 2002
4	MDK Perera	0	0	SAF	Galle	16 Jul 2014
5	MVT Fernando	0	0	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2020
6	BKG Mendis	0	0	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021

Shan Masood of Pakistan collected a pair against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Christchurch to provide the 574^th occasion of a batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 50^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman undergoing such ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MEZ Ghazali	0	0	Eng	Manchester	22 Jul 1954
2	Nasim-ul-Ghani	0	0	Win	Trinidad	05 Feb 1958
3	Wazir Mohammad	0	0	Win	Trinidad	05 Feb 1958
4	Imtiaz Ahmed	0	0	Eng	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
5	Javed Burki	0	0	NZl	Wellington	22 Jan 1965
6	Saleem Altaf	0	0	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
7	Iqbal Qasim	0	0	Eng	Lord’s	15 Jun 1978
8	Majid Khan	0	0	Aus	Perth	24 Mar 1979
9	Sikander Bakht	0	0	Aus	Perth	24 Mar 1979
10	Wasim Bari	0	0	Aus	Perth	24 Mar 1979
11	Mudassar Nazar	0	0	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
12	Wasim Akram	0	0	Srl	Col-CCC	14 Mar 1986
13	Aaqib Javed	0	0	Aus	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
14	Waqar Younis	0	0	NZl	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990
15	Saeed Anwar	0	0	Win	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990
16	Aaqib Javed	0	0	Eng	Leeds	23 Jul 1992
17	Aamer Sohail	0	0	NZl	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
18	Mushtaq Ahmed	0	0	Aus	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
19	Manzoor Elahi	0	0	Srl	Harare	15 Feb 1995
20	Rashid Latif	0	0	SAF	P Elizabeth	06 Mar 1998
21	Saleem Malik	0	0	Aus	Karachi	22 Oct 1998
22	Mushtaq Ahmed	0	0	Srl	Peshawar	27 Nov 1998
23	Azhar Mahmood	0	0	Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
24	Saleem Elahi	0	0	Eng	Lord’s	17 May 2001
25	Taufeeq Umar	0	0	Aus	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002
26	Waqar Younis	0	0	Aus	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002
27	Mohammad Zahid	0	0	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
28	Shoaib Akhtar	0	0	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
29	Shabbir Ahmed	0	0	Win	Kingston	03 Jun 2005
30	Shabbir Ahmed	0	0	Eng	Multan	12 Nov 2005
31	Danish Kaneria	0	0	Ind	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
32	Danish Kaneria	0	0	Ind	Delhi	22 Nov 2007
33	Abdur Rauf	0	0	Srl	Col-PSS	12 Jul 2009
34	Saeed Ajmal	0	0	Srl	Col-PSS	12 Jul 2009
35	Mohammad Asif	0	0	NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
36	Kamran Akmal	0	0	Eng	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
37	Mohammad Asif	0	0	Eng	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
38	Mohammad Amir	0	0	Eng	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
39	Junaid Khan	0	0	Eng	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012
40	Umar Gul	0	0	SAF	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013
41	Khurram Manzoor	0	0	SAF	Dubai (DSC	23 Oct 2013
42	Junaid Khan	0	0	Srl	Galle	06 Aug 2014
43	Wahab Riaz	0	0	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jul 2016
44	Asad Shafiq	0	0	Eng	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
45	Asad Shafiq	0	0	Win	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
46	Wahab Riaz	0	0	NZl	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016
47	Imran Khan	0	0	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2017
48	Babar Azam	0	0	Win	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
49	Sarfaraz Ahmed	0	0	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2018
50	Shan Masood	0	0	NZl	Ch’church	03 Jan 2021

It also provides the fifth occasion of a Pakistan batsman dismissed for a pair by New Zealand bowlers. All such occasions are listed below. It also provides the 47^th occasion of a batsman collecting a pair against New Zealand.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Javed Burki	0	0	NZl	Wellington	22 Jan 1965
2	Waqar Younis	0	0	NZl	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990
3	Aamer Sohail	0	0	NZl	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
4	Mohammad Asif	0	0	NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
5	Wahab Riaz	0	0	NZl	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016
6	Shan Masood	0	0	NZl	Ch’church	03 Jan 2021

It also provides the eighth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman dismissed for a pair. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Majid Khan	0	0	Aus	Perth	24 Mar 1979
2	Mudassar Nazar	0	0	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982
3	Saeed Anwar	0	0	Win	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990
4	Aamer Sohail	0	0	NZl	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
5	Saleem Elahi	0	0	Eng	Lord’s	17 May 2001
6	Taufeeq Umar	0	0	Aus	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002
7	Khurram Manzoor	0	0	SAF	Dub-DSC	23 Oct 2013
8	Shan Masood	0	0	NZl	Ch’church	03 Jan 2021

It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman dismissed for a pair against New Zealand after Aamer Sohail. Aamer Sohail had collected a pair at Hamilton in Jan 1993. Both such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aamer Sohail	0	0	NZl	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
2	Shan Masood	0	0	NZl	Ch’church	03 Jan 2021