One of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in test innings

One of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in test innings

RJ Burns {132} and DP Sibley {0} scored century and duck in the ongoing first test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s to provide the 97th occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1MacLaren AC124       EngAus2Adelaide14.01.1898
 Mason JR0       EngAus2Adelaide14.01.1898
        
2Shalders WA0       SAFEng2Lord’s01.07.07
 Sherwell PW115       SAFEng2Lord’s01.07.07
        
3Hayward TW0       EngSAF1Kennington19.08.07
 Fry CB129       EngSAF1Kennington19.08.07
        
4Jennings CB0       AusSAF1Lord’s15.07.12
 Kelleway CE102       AusSAF1Lord’s15.07.12
        
5Taylor HW109       SAFEng1Lord’s-SAF       13.12.13
 Hartigan GPD0       SAFEng1Lord’s-SAF       13.12.13
        
6Bardsley W0       AusEng1Leeds10.07.26
 Woodfull WM141       AusEng1Leeds10.07.26
        
7Holmes P0       EngSAF1Jo’burg-OW24.12.27
 Sutcliffe H102       EngSAF1Jo’burg-OW24.12.27
        
8Woodfull WM111       AusEng2Sydney14.12.28
 Richardson VY0       AusEng2Sydney14.12.28
        
9Ponsford WH109       AusWin1Brisbane EG16.01.31
 Jackson AA0       AusWin1Brisbane EG16.01.31
        
10Dempster CS120       NZlEng2Lord’s27.06.31
 Mills JE0       NZlEng2Lord’s27.06.31
        
11Hutton L122*       EngAus1Sydney28.02.47
 Washbrook C0       EngAus1Sydney28.02.47
        
12Mankad MH111       IndAus1Melbourne06.02.48
 Sarwate CT0       IndAus1Melbourne06.02.48
        
13Barnes SG0       AusEng1Lord’s24.06.48
 Morris AR105       AusEng1Lord’s24.06.48
        
14Hutton L0       EngNZl2Leeds11.06.49
 Washbrook C103*       EngNZl2Leeds11.06.49
        
15Archer KA0       AusEng1Adelaide02.02.51
 Morris AR206       AusEng1Adelaide02.02.51
        
16Mankad MH184       IndEng2Lord’s19.06.52
 Roy P           0IndEng2Lord’s19.06.52
        
17Roy P           0IndWin2Trinidad19.02.53
 Apte ML163*       IndWin2Trinidad19.02.53
        
18McDonald CC127       AusWin1Sabina Park11.06.55
 Favell LE0       AusWin1Sabina Park11.06.55
        
19McGlew DJ105       SAFAus1Kingsmead24.01.58
 Westcott RJ0       SAFAus1Kingsmead24.01.58
        
20Simpson RB103       AusInd2Adelaide23.12.67
 Lawry WM0       AusInd2Adelaide23.12.67
        
21Edrich JH0       EngWin1Bourda28.03.68
 Boycott G116       EngWin1Bourda28.03.68
        
22Redpath IR0       AusWin1Brisbane06.12.68
 Lawry WM105       AusWin1Brisbane06.12.68
        
23Boycott G0       EngNZl1Nottingham07.08.69
 Edrich JH155       EngNZl1Nottingham07.08.69
        
24Boycott G112       EngPak1Leeds08.07.71
 Luckhurst BW0       EngPak1Leeds08.07.71
        
25Stackpole KR0       AusNZl2Auckland22.03.74
 Redpath IR159*       AusNZl2Auckland22.03.74
        
26Murray DL0       WinInd2Bengaluru22.11.74
 Greenidge CG107       WinInd2Bengaluru22.11.74
        
27Gavaskar SM156       IndWin1Trinidad24.03.76
 Vengsarkar DB0       IndWin1Trinidad24.03.76
        
28Fredericks RC0       WinEng1Manchester08.07.76
 Greenidge CG134       WinEng1Manchester08.07.76
        
29Brearley JM0       EngAus1Leeds11.08.77
 Boycott G191       EngAus1Leeds11.08.77
        
30Darling WM0       AusWin2Bourda31.03.78
 Wood GM126       AusWin2Bourda31.03.78
        
31Gavaskar SM137       IndPak2Karachi14.11.78
 Chauhan CPS0       IndPak2Karachi14.11.78
        
32Hilditch AMJ0       AusInd1Kolkata26.10.79
 Yallop GN167       AusInd1Kolkata26.10.79
        
33Wright JG110       NZlInd1Auckland13.03.81
 Edgar BA0       NZlInd1Auckland13.03.81
        
34Wright JG130       NZlEng1Auckland10.02.84
 Edgar BA0       NZlEng1Auckland10.02.84
        
35Greenidge CG100       WinNZl1Trinidad29.03.85
 Haynes DL0       WinNZl1Trinidad29.03.85
        
36Ramiz Raja114       PakInd1Jaipur21.02.87
 Shoaib Mohd0       PakInd1Jaipur21.02.87
        
37Greenidge CG0       WinAus2Perth02.12.88
 Haynes DL100       WinAus2Perth02.12.88
        
38Taylor MA108       AusSrl2Hobart16.12.89
 Boon DC0       AusSrl2Hobart16.12.89
        
39Gooch GA0       EngNZl1Nottingham07.06.90
 Atherton MA151       EngNZl1Nottingham07.06.90
        
40Shastri RJ206       IndAus1Sydney02.01.92
 Sidhu NS0       IndAus1Sydney02.01.92
        
41Atherton MA144       EngWin1Bourda17.03.94
 Stewart AJ0       EngWin1Bourda17.03.94
        
42Prabhakar M120       IndWin1Mohali10.12.94
 Sidhu NS0       IndWin1Mohali10.12.94
        
43Williams SC0       WinAus1Kingston29.04.95
 Richardson RB100       WinAus1Kingston29.04.95
        
44Hudson AC0       SAFEng1Jo’burg30.11.95
 Kirsten G110       SAFEng1Jo’burg30.11.95
        
45Laxman VVS0       IndWin1Trinidad14.03.97
 Sidhu NS201       IndWin1Trinidad14.03.97
        
46Taylor MA0       AusEng1Leeds24.07.97
 Elliott MTG199       AusEng1Leeds24.07.97
        
47Flower GW156*       ZimPak1Bulawayo14.03.98
 Viljoen DP0       ZimPak1Bulawayo14.03.98
        
48Slater MJ113       AusEng2Brisbane20.11.98
 Taylor MA0       AusEng2Brisbane20.11.98
        
49Butcher MA116       EngAus1Brisbane20.11.98
 Atherton MA0       EngAus1Brisbane20.11.98
        
50Atherton MA0       EngAus1Melbourne26.12.98
 Stewart AJ107       EngAus1Melbourne26.12.98
        
51Saeed Anwar0       PakSrl1Lahore04.03.99
 W Wasti133       PakSrl1Lahore04.03.99
        
52Elliott MTG0       AusWin2Trinidad05.03.99
 Slater MJ106       AusWin2Trinidad05.03.99
        
53Campbell SL105       WinAus1Bridgetown26.03.99
 Griffith AFG0       WinAus1Bridgetown26.03.99
        
54Saeed Anwar119       PakAus2Brisbane05.11.99
 Mohd Wasim0       PakAus2Brisbane05.11.99
        
55Atapattu MS0       SrlZim1Harare04.12.99
 Arnold RP104*       SrlZim1Harare04.12.99
        
56Slater MJ143       AusNZl1Wellington24.03.00
 Blewett GS0       AusNZl1Wellington24.03.00
        
57RichardsonMH143       NZlBan1Hamilton18.12.01
 Vincent L0       NZlBan1Hamilton18.12.01
        
58Imran Nazir127       PakNZl1Lahore01.05.02
 Shahid Afridi0       PakNZl1Lahore01.05.02
        
59Jaffer W0       IndEng1Nottingham08.08.02
 Sehwag V106       IndEng1Nottingham08.08.02
        
60T Umar111       PakZim2Harare09.11.02
 S Elahi0       PakZim2Harare09.11.02
        
61Gayle CH107       WinSAF2Centurion16.01.04
 Ganga D0       WinSAF2Centurion16.01.04
        
62Smith DS0       WinBan1Gros Islet28.05.04
 Gayle CH141       WinBan1Gros Islet28.05.04
        
63Atapattu0       SrlPak2Faisalabad20.10.04
 Jayasuriya253       SrlPak2Faisalabad20.10.04
        
64Trescothick180       EngSAF2Jo’burg13.01.05
 Strauss AJ0       EngSAF2Jo’burg13.01.05
        
65Gayle CH317       WinSAF1Antigua29.04.05
 Hinds WW0       WinSAF1Antigua29.04.05
        
66Langer JL0       AusICC1Sydney14.10.05
 Hayden ML111       AusICC1Sydney14.10.05
        
67Jaffer W100       IndEng2Nagpur-VCA01.03.06
 Sehwag V0       IndEng2Nagpur-VCA01.03.06
        
68Vandort0       SrlBan1Bogra08.03.06
 Tharanga165       SrlBan1Bogra08.03.06
        
69Vandort105       SrlEng2Birmingham25.05.06
 Tharanga0       SrlEng2Birmingham25.05.06
        
70Strauss AJ0       EngAus2Perth14.12.06
 Cook AN116       EngAus2Perth14.12.06
        
71Strauss AJ0       EngWin2Manchester07.06.07
 Cook AN106       EngWin2Manchester07.06.07
        
72Vandort117       SrlBan1Col-SSC25.06.07
 WarnapuraBSM0       SrlBan1Col-SSC25.06.07
        
73Sehwag V151       IndAus2Adelaide24.01.08
 Pathan IK0       IndAus2Adelaide24.01.08
        
74Hayden ML0       AusNZl2Brisbane20.11.08
 Katich SM131*       AusNZl2Brisbane20.11.08
        
75Gambhir G179       IndEng1Mohali19.12.08
 Sehwag V0       IndEng1Mohali19.12.08
        
76Strauss AJ0       EngSrl2Lord’s03.06.11
 Cook AN106       EngSrl2Lord’s03.06.11
        
77Mukund A0       IndEng1Nottingham29.07.11
 Dravid R117       IndEng1Nottingham29.07.11
        
78Paranavitana0       SrlPak1Col-SSC30.06.12
 Dilshan TM121       SrlPak1Col-SSC30.06.12
        
79Smith GC131       SAFEng1The Oval19.07.12
 Petersen AN0       SAFEng1The Oval19.07.12
        
80Strauss AJ0       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
 Cook AN115       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
        
81Fulton PG110       NZlEng2Auckland22.03.13
 RutherfordHD0       NZlEng2Auckland22.03.13
        
82T Iqbal0       BanSrl1Chittagong04.02.14
 S Rahman106       BanSrl1Chittagong04.02.14
        
83Vijay M0       IndAus1Sydney06.01.15
 Rahul KL      110       IndAus1Sydney06.01.15
        
84Cook AN105       EngWin1Bridgetown01.05.15
 Trott IJL0       EngWin1Bridgetown01.05.15
        
85ShanMasood      125       PakSrl2Pallekele03.07.15
 A Shehzad0       PakSrl2Pallekele03.07.15
        
86Vijay M      0       IndSrl1Col-PSS20.08.15
 Rahul KL      108       IndSrl1Col-PSS20.08.15
        
87van Zyl S0       SAFEng1Durban26.12.15
 Elgar D      118*       SAFEng1Durban26.12.15
        
88Cook SC104       SAFAus2Adelaide24.11.16
 Elgar D      0       SAFAus2Adelaide24.11.16
        
89Cook S C0       SAFSrl1Cape Town02.01.17
 Elgar D      129       SAFSrl1Cape Town02.01.17
        
90Karunaratne     0       SrlBan1Chittagong31.01.18
 Mendis K      196       SrlBan1Chittagong31.01.18
        
81Elgar D      141*       SAFAus1Cape Town22.03.18
 Markram AK      0       SAFAus1Cape Town22.03.18
        
92Shaw PP      134       IndWin1Rajkot04.10.18
 Rahul KL      0       IndWin1Rajkot04.10.18
        
93Raval JA      0       NZlSrl1Col-PSS22.08.19
 LathamTWM      154       NZlSrl1Col-PSS22.08.19
        
94ShanMasood      0       PakSrl1Rawalpindi11.12.19
 Abid Ali      109*       PakSrl1Rawalpindi11.12.19
        
95ShanMasood      100       PakBan1Rawalpindi07.02.20
 Abid Ali      0       PakBan1Rawalpindi07.02.20
        
96Sharma RG      161       IndEng1Chepauk13.02.21
 S Gill      0       IndEng1Chepauk13.02.21
        
97RJ Burns132EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21
 DP Sibley0EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21

It also provides the ninth occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Hutton L0       EngNZl2Leeds11.06.49
 Washbrook C103*       EngNZl2Leeds11.06.49
        
2Boycott G0       EngNZl1Nottingham07.08.69
 Edrich JH155       EngNZl1Nottingham07.08.69
        
3StackpoleKR0       AusNZl2Auckland22.03.74
 Redpath IR159*       AusNZl2Auckland22.03.74
        
4GreenidgeCG100       WinNZl1Trinidad29.03.85
 Haynes DL0       WinNZl1Trinidad29.03.85
        
5Gooch GA0       EngNZl1Nottingham07.06.90
 Atherton MA151       EngNZl1Nottingham07.06.90
        
6Slater MJ143       AusNZl1Wellington24.03.00
 Blewett GS0       AusNZl1Wellington24.03.00
        
7Imran Nazir127       PakNZl1Lahore01.05.02
 Shahid Afridi0       PakNZl1Lahore01.05.02
        
8Hayden ML0       AusNZl2Brisbane20.11.08
 Katich SM131*       AusNZl2Brisbane20.11.08
        
9RJ Burns132EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21
 DP Sibley0EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21

It also provides the 20th occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1MacLaren AC124       EngAus2Adelaide14.01.1898
 Mason JR0       EngAus2Adelaide14.01.1898
        
2Hayward TW0       EngSAF1Kennington19.08.07
 Fry CB129       EngSAF1Kennington19.08.07
        
3Holmes P0       EngSAF1Jo’burg-OW24.12.27
 Sutcliffe H102       EngSAF1Jo’burg-OW24.12.27
        
4Hutton L122*       EngAus1Sydney28.02.47
 Washbrook C0       EngAus1Sydney28.02.47
        
5Hutton L0       EngNZl2Leeds11.06.49
 Washbrook C103*       EngNZl2Leeds11.06.49
        
6Edrich JH0       EngWin1Bourda28.03.68
 Boycott G116       EngWin1Bourda28.03.68
        
7Boycott G0       EngNZl1Nottingham07.08.69
 Edrich JH155       EngNZl1Nottingham07.08.69
        
8Boycott G112       EngPak1Leeds08.07.71
 Luckhurst BW0       EngPak1Leeds08.07.71
        
9Brearley JM0       EngAus1Leeds11.08.77
 Boycott G191       EngAus1Leeds11.08.77
        
10Gooch GA0       EngNZl1Nottingham07.06.90
 Atherton MA151       EngNZl1Nottingham07.06.90
        
11Atherton MA144       EngWin1Bourda17.03.94
 Stewart AJ0       EngWin1Bourda17.03.94
        
12Butcher MA116       EngAus1Brisbane20.11.98
 Atherton MA0       EngAus1Brisbane20.11.98
        
13Atherton MA0       EngAus1Melbourne26.12.98
 Stewart AJ107       EngAus1Melbourne26.12.98
        
14Trescothick180       EngSAF2Jo’burg13.01.05
 Strauss AJ0       EngSAF2Jo’burg13.01.05
        
15Strauss AJ0       EngAus2Perth14.12.06
 Cook AN116       EngAus2Perth14.12.06
        
16Strauss AJ0       EngWin2Manchester07.06.07
 Cook AN106       EngWin2Manchester07.06.07
        
17Strauss AJ0       EngSrl2Lord’s03.06.11
 Cook AN106       EngSrl2Lord’s03.06.11
        
18Strauss AJ0       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
 Cook AN115       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
        
19Cook AN105       EngWin1Bridgetown01.05.15
 Trott I J L0       EngWin1Bridgetown01.05.15
        
20RJ Burns132EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21
 DP Sibley0EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21

It also provides the seventh occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

at Lord’s. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Shalders WA0       SAFEng2Lord’s01.07.07
 Sherwell PW115       SAFEng2Lord’s01.07.07
        
2Jennings CB0       AusSAF1Lord’s15.07.12
 Kelleway CE102       AusSAF1Lord’s15.07.12
        
3Dempster CS120       NZlEng2Lord’s27.06.31
 Mills JE0       NZlEng2Lord’s27.06.31
        
4Barnes SG0       AusEng1Lord’s24.06.48
 Morris AR105       AusEng1Lord’s24.06.48
        
5Mankad MH184       IndEng2Lord’s19.06.52
 Roy P           0IndEng2Lord’s19.06.52
        
6Strauss AJ0       EngSrl2Lord’s03.06.11
 Cook AN106       EngSrl2Lord’s03.06.11
        
7RJ Burns132EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21
 DP Sibley0EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21

It also provides the third occasion of one of the England openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Hutton L0                    
 Washbrook C103*       EngNZl2Leeds11.06.49
        
2Gooch GA0            
 Atherton MA151       EngNZl1Nottingham07.06.90
        
3RJ Burns132     
 DP Sibley0EngNZl2Lord’s02.06.21

It is interesting to note that there are only two occasions of rival openers scoring a century and a duck in a test. Both the occasions are tabulated below. Brisbane Test in Nov 1998 and The Oval test in Jul 2012

are the two tests which have witnessed such occasions

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Butcher MA116       EngAus1Brisbane20.11.98
 Atherton MA0       EngAus1Brisbane20.11.98
        
 Slater MJ113       AusEng2Brisbane20.11.98
 Taylor MA0       AusEng2Brisbane20.11.98
        
        
2Strauss AJ0       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
 Cook AN115       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
        
 Smith GC131       SAFEng2The Oval19.07.12
 Petersen AN0       SAFEng2The Oval19.07.12
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