Openers scoring 200 plus runs and a duck in a test innings

Openers scoring 200 plus runs and a duck in a test innings

Test cricket has witnessed five occasions of one of the openers scoring 200 plus runs and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below. These five occasions include an instance of one of the openers scoring 300 plus runs and another duck.

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Archer KA0       AusEng1Adelaide02.02.51
 Morris AR206       AusEng1Adelaide02.02.51
        
2Shastri RJ206       IndAus1Sydney02.01.92
 Sidhu NS0       IndAus1Sydney02.01.92
        
3Laxman VVS0       IndWin1Trinidad14.03.97
 Sidhu NS201       IndWin1Trinidad14.03.97
        
4Atapattu0       SrlPak2Faisalabad20.10.04
 Jayasuriya253       SrlPak2Faisalabad20.10.04
        
5Gayle CH317       WinSAF1Antigua29.04.05
 Hinds WW0       WinSAF1Antigua29.04.05

There are five occasions of one of the openers scoring an exact 100 and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Greenidge CG100       WinNZl1Trinidad29.03.85
 Haynes DL0       WinNZl1Trinidad29.03.85
        
2Greenidge CG0       WinAus2Perth02.12.88
 Haynes DL100       WinAus2Perth02.12.88
        
3Williams SC0       WinAus1Kingston29.04.95
 Richardson RB100       WinAus1Kingston29.04.95
        
4Jaffer W100       IndEng2Nagpur-VCA01.03.06
 Sehwag V0       IndEng2Nagpur-VCA01.03.06
        
5ShanMasood      100       PakBan1Rawalpindi07.02.20
 Abid Ali      0       PakBan1Rawalpindi07.02.20

There are four occasions of one of the openers scoring a Nelson {111} and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Woodfull WM111       AusEng2Sydney14.12.28
 Richardson VY0       AusEng2Sydney14.12.28
        
2Mankad MH111       IndAus1Melbourne06.02.48
 Sarwate CT0       IndAus1Melbourne06.02.48
        
3T Umar111       PakZim2Harare09.11.02
 S Elahi0       PakZim2Harare09.11.02
        
4Langer JL0       AusICC1Sydney14.10.05
 Hayden ML111       AusICC1Sydney14.10.05

There are only two tests – Brisbane Test between Australia and England in Nov 98 and The Oval Test between England and  South Africa in Jul 2012 – in which rival opening batsmen have scored a century and a duck. Both the occasions are listed below.

NoPlayersRunsTeamOppIGroundDate
1Butcher MA116       EngAus2Brisbane20.11.98
 Atherton MA0       EngAus2Brisbane20.11.98
        
 Slater MJ113       AusEng3Brisbane20.11.98
 Taylor MA0       AusEng3Brisbane20.11.98
        
2Strauss AJ0       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
 Cook AN115       EngSAF1The Oval19.07.12
        
 Smith GC131       SAFEng1The Oval19.07.12
 Petersen AN0       SAFEng1The Oval19.07.12
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