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.
| No | Players | Runs | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Archer KA | 0 | Aus | Eng | 1 | Adelaide | 02.02.51 |
| Morris AR | 206 | Aus | Eng | 1 | Adelaide | 02.02.51 | |
| 2 | Shastri RJ | 206 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Sydney | 02.01.92 |
| Sidhu NS | 0 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Sydney | 02.01.92 | |
| 3 | Laxman VVS | 0 | Ind | Win | 1 | Trinidad | 14.03.97 |
| Sidhu NS | 201 | Ind | Win | 1 | Trinidad | 14.03.97 | |
| 4 | Atapattu | 0 | Srl | Pak | 2 | Faisalabad | 20.10.04 |
| Jayasuriya | 253 | Srl | Pak | 2 | Faisalabad | 20.10.04 | |
| 5 | Gayle CH | 317 | Win | SAF | 1 | Antigua | 29.04.05 |
| Hinds WW | 0 | Win | SAF | 1 | Antigua | 29.04.05 |
There are five occasions of one of the openers scoring an exact 100 and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Players | Runs | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Greenidge CG | 100 | Win | NZl | 1 | Trinidad | 29.03.85 |
| Haynes DL | 0 | Win | NZl | 1 | Trinidad | 29.03.85 | |
| 2 | Greenidge CG | 0 | Win | Aus | 2 | Perth | 02.12.88 |
| Haynes DL | 100 | Win | Aus | 2 | Perth | 02.12.88 | |
| 3 | Williams SC | 0 | Win | Aus | 1 | Kingston | 29.04.95 |
| Richardson RB | 100 | Win | Aus | 1 | Kingston | 29.04.95 | |
| 4 | Jaffer W | 100 | Ind | Eng | 2 | Nagpur-VCA | 01.03.06 |
| Sehwag V | 0 | Ind | Eng | 2 | Nagpur-VCA | 01.03.06 | |
| 5 | ShanMasood | 100 | Pak | Ban | 1 | Rawalpindi | 07.02.20 |
| Abid Ali | 0 | Pak | Ban | 1 | Rawalpindi | 07.02.20 |
There are four occasions of one of the openers scoring a Nelson {111} and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Players | Runs | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Woodfull WM | 111 | Aus | Eng | 2 | Sydney | 14.12.28 |
| Richardson VY | 0 | Aus | Eng | 2 | Sydney | 14.12.28 | |
| 2 | Mankad MH | 111 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Melbourne | 06.02.48 |
| Sarwate CT | 0 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Melbourne | 06.02.48 | |
| 3 | T Umar | 111 | Pak | Zim | 2 | Harare | 09.11.02 |
| S Elahi | 0 | Pak | Zim | 2 | Harare | 09.11.02 | |
| 4 | Langer JL | 0 | Aus | ICC | 1 | Sydney | 14.10.05 |
| Hayden ML | 111 | Aus | ICC | 1 | Sydney | 14.10.05 |
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.
| No | Players | Runs | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Butcher MA | 116 | Eng | Aus | 2 | Brisbane | 20.11.98 |
| Atherton MA | 0 | Eng | Aus | 2 | Brisbane | 20.11.98 | |
| Slater MJ | 113 | Aus | Eng | 3 | Brisbane | 20.11.98 | |
| Taylor MA | 0 | Aus | Eng | 3 | Brisbane | 20.11.98 | |
| 2 | Strauss AJ | 0 | Eng | SAF | 1 | The Oval | 19.07.12 |
| Cook AN | 115 | Eng | SAF | 1 | The Oval | 19.07.12 | |
| Smith GC | 131 | SAF | Eng | 1 | The Oval | 19.07.12 | |
| Petersen AN | 0 | SAF | Eng | 1 | The Oval | 19.07.12 |