Batsmen scoring a half century and a ninety in a test match

Batsmen scoring a half century and a ninety in a test match

LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 76 and 94 not out in the just concluded test against Pakistan at Galle to provide the 117th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century and a ninety in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppGroundStart Date
1C Hill9897EngEngAdelaide17 Jan 1902
2JT Tyldesley9762EngAusMelbourne01 Jan 1904
3VS Ransford7595AusRSAMelbourne17 Feb 1911
4GA Faulkner5292SAFAusSydney03 Mar 1911
5JB Hobbs6497EngRSADurban14 Feb 1914
6FE Woolley9593EngAusLord’s11 Jun 1921
7JM Taylor7290AusEngMelbourne01 Jan 1925
8RH Catterall6798SAFEngBirmingham15 Jun 1929
9FE Woolley8395*EngRSALeeds13 Jul 1929
10RK Nunes6692WinEngKingston03 Apr 1930
11EH Hendren9386EngRSACape Town01 Jan 1931
12B Mitchell7595SAFAusAdelaide29 Jan 1932
13L Hutton9476EngAusAdelaide31 Jan 1947
14B Mitchell9956SAFEngGqeberha05 Mar 1949
15FB Smith9654*NZlEngLeeds11 Jun 1949
16RT Spooner7192EngIndKolkata30 Dec 1951
17JC Watkins9250SAFAusMelbourne06 Feb 1953
18ED Weekes5590*WinEngKingston15 Jan 1954
19NS Harford9364NZlPakLahore26 Oct 1955
20RB Simpson7592AusWinMelbourne10 Feb 1961
21ER Dexter7099EngAusBrisbane30 Nov 1962
22ER Dexter9352EngAusMelbourne29 Dec 1962
23SM Nurse9353WinEngNottingham30 Jun 1966
24GS Sobers9574*WinIndChennai13 Jan 1967
25KD Walters9362*AusIndBrisbane19 Jan 1968
26IM Chappell7696AusWinAdelaide24 Jan 1969
27APE Knott9263EngAusThe Oval10 Aug 1972
28AI Kallicharran5391WinAusPort of Spain23 Mar 1973
29G Boycott6192EngNZlLord’s21 Jun 1973
30R Edwards9952*AusEngLord’s31 Jul 1975
31DS Steele7392EngAusLeeds14 Aug 1975
32KD Boyce95*69WinAusAdelaide23 Jan 1976
33IVA Richards5098WinAusMelbourne31 Jan 1976
34Zaheer Abbas9058PakAusMelbourne01 Jan 1977
35CG Greenidge9196WinPakGeorgetown18 Mar 1977
36KJ Hughes9264*AusIndKolkata26 Oct 1979
37BM Laird9275AusWinBrisbane01 Dec 1979
38Wasim Raja9761PakIndDelhi04 Dec 1979
39GA Gooch9951EngAusMelbourne01 Feb 1980
40CG Greenidge9197WinNZlChristchurch22 Feb 1980
41RL Dias6097SrlIndChennai17 Sep 1982
42M Amarnath9180IndWinBridgetown15 Apr 1983
43KC Wessels9870AusWinAdelaide07 Dec 1984
44M Amarnath7895IndEngChennai13 Jan 1985
45Qasim Umar9689PakNZlDunedin09 Feb 1985
46RL Dias9560*SrlIndCol-PSS06 Sep 1985
47Javed Miandad9454PakIndChennai03 Feb 1987
48AL Logie8195*WinEngLord’s16 Jun 1988
49RB Richardson9359WinIndBridgetown07 Apr 1989
50DC Boon9458*AusEngLord’s22 Jun 1989
51Shoaib Mohd6795PakIndKarachi15 Nov 1989
52SV Manjrekar9350IndEngManchester09 Aug 1990
53GRJ Matthews5796AusSrlMoratuwa08 Sep 1992
54MA Atherton8099EngAusLord’s17 Jun 1993
55SR Waugh99*80AusEngPerth03 Feb 1995
56RA Smith6190EngWinLord’s22 Jun 1995
57GA Hick9651*EngWinThe Oval24 Aug 1995
58NV Knight5696EngZimBulawayo18 Dec 1996
59GS Blewett9956AusNZlHobart27 Nov 1997
60R Dravid9385IndSrlWankhede03 Dec 1997
61MA Atherton5898*EngRSANottingham23 Jul 1998
62CD McMillan9284NZlIndHamilton02 Jan 1999
63S Ramesh6096IndPakDelhi04 Feb 1999
64MJ Horne9360NZlRSAAuckland27 Feb 1999
65RT Ponting9651AusSrlKandy09 Sep 1999
66Mohd Yousuf9575PakAusBrisbane05 Nov 1999
67SP Fleming5799NZlRSAB’fontein17 Nov 2000
68MJ Slater9686*AusWinSydney02 Jan 2001
69ML Hayden9767AusIndKolkata11 Mar 2001
70MA Butcher5192EngIndAhmedabad11 Dec 2001
71ML Hayden6396AusRSACape Town08 Mar 2002
72MH Richardson9571NZlWinSt George’s28 Jun 2002
73SC Ganguly6899IndEngNottingham08 Aug 2002
74N Hussain7695EngBanChattogram29 Oct 2003
75DR Martyn9752AusSrlCairns09 Jul 2004
76MJ Clarke9173AusIndNagpur26 Oct 2004
77Habibul Bashar9455BanZimChattogram06 Jan 2005
78PD Collingwood9680EngPakLahore29 Nov 2005
79MEK Hussey9161*AusEngAdelaide01 Dec 2006
80GC Smith9455SAFIndCape Town02 Jan 2007
81MS Dhoni9268*IndAusMohali17 Oct 2008
82V Sehwag6692IndAusNagpur06 Nov 2008
83TT Samaraweera9062SrlBanMirpur26 Dec 2008
84CK Kapugedera9659*SrlBanChattogram03 Jan 2009
85M Jayawardene9296SrlNZlCol-SSC)26 Aug 2009
86LRPL Taylor9459NZlPakDunedin24 Nov 2009
87Mushfiqur Rahim7995BanEngChattogram12 Mar 2010
88Salman B9utt6392PakAusLord’s13 Jul 2010
89V Sehwag9654*IndNZlHyd-RGS12 Nov 2010
90MEK Hussey9352AusEngAdelaide03 Dec 2010
91G Gambhir9364IndRSACape Town02 Jan 2011
92Misbah-ul-Haq9970*PakNZlWellington15 Jan 2011
93S Chanderpaul87*91WinEngLord’s17 May 2012
94MJ Guptill9767NZlWinN Sound25 Jul 2012
95JM Bairstow9554EngRSALord’s16 Aug 2012
96Nasir Hossain5294BanWinKhulna21 Nov 2012
97Mushfiqur Rahim6093BanZimHarare25 Apr 2013
98Tamim Iqbal9570BanNZlMirpur21 Oct 2013
99BJ Haddin9453AusEngBrisbane21 Nov 2013
100AM Rahane51*96IndRSADurban26 Dec 2013
101JK Silva9558SrlPakDub-DSC08 Jan 2014
102AN Cook9570*EngIndSouthampton27 Jul 2014
103M Vijay5399IndAusAdelaide09 Dec 2014
104CJL Rogers9556AusIndSydney06 Jan 2015
105JE Root9884EngNZlLord’s21 May 2015
106KL Rahul9051IndAusBengaluru04 Mar 2017
107Fakhar Zaman9466PakAusA Dhabi16 Oct 2018
108Sarfaraz Ahmed9481PakAusA Dhabi16 Oct 2018
109Rahmat Shah9876AfgIreDehradun15 Mar 2019
110Asghar Afghan9250AfgBanChattogram05 Sep 2019
111RJ Burns5790EngWinManchester24 Jul 2020
112M Labuschagne9173AusIndSydney07 Jan 2021
113Tamim Iqbal9074*BanSrlPallekele21 Apr 2021
114BRM Taylor8192ZimBanHarare07 Jul 2021
115TWM Latham9552NZlIndKanpur25 Nov 2021
116SS Iyer9267IndSrlBengaluru12 Mar 2022
117LD Chandimal7694*SrlPakGalle16 Jul 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a half century and a ninety in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppGroundStart Date
1RL Dias6097SrlIndChennai17 Sep 1982
2RL Dias9560*SrlIndCol-PSS06 Sep 1985
3TT Samaraweera9062SrlBanMirpur26 Dec 2008
4CK Kapugedera9659*SrlBanChattogram03 Jan 2009
5M Jayawardene9296SrlNZlCol-SSC)26 Aug 2009
6JK Silva9558SrlPakDub-DSC08 Jan 2014
7LD Chandimal7694*SrlPakGalle16 Jul 2022

It also provides the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a half century and a ninety in a test against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppGroundStart Date
1NS Harford9364NZlPakLahore26 Oct 1955
2CG Greenidge9196WinPakGeorgetown18 Mar 1977
3S Ramesh6096IndPakDelhi04 Feb 1999
4PD Collingwood9680EngPakLahore29 Nov 2005
5JK Silva9558SrlPakDub-DSC08 Jan 2014
6LD Chandimal7694*SrlPakGalle16 Jul 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a half century and a ninety in a test against Pakistan. Both such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppGroundStart Date
1JK Silva9558SrlPakDub-DSC08 Jan 2014
2LD Chandimal7694*SrlPakGalle16 Jul 2022

The following table lists the seven batsmen who have scored a half century and a ninety in a test on two occasions.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppGroundStart Date
1B Mitchell7595SAFAusAdelaide29 Jan 1932
 B Mitchell9956SAFEngGqeberha05 Mar 1949
        
2CG Greenidge9196WinPakGeorgetown18 Mar 1977
 CG Greenidge9197WinNZlChristchurch22 Feb 1980
        
3ER Dexter7099EngAusBrisbane30 Nov 1962
 ER Dexter9352EngAusMelbourne29 Dec 1962
        
4FE Woolley9593EngAusLord’s11 Jun 1921
 FE Woolley8395*EngRSALeeds13 Jul 1929
        
5M Amarnath9180IndWinBridgetown15 Apr 1983
 M Amarnath7895IndEngChennai13 Jan 1985
        
6MA Atherton8099EngAusLord’s17 Jun 1993
 MA Atherton5898*EngRSANottingham23 Jul 1998
        
7RL Dias6097SrlIndChennai17 Sep 1982
 RL Dias9560*SrlIndCol-PSS06 Sep 1985
        
8Tamim Iqbal9570BanNZlMirpur21 Oct 2013
 Tamim Iqbal9074*BanSrlPallekele21 Apr 2021
        
9V Sehwag6692IndAusNagpur06 Nov 2008
 V Sehwag9654*IndNZlHyd-RGS12 Nov 2010

The following table lists the five occasions of batsmen who have scored nineties in both innings of a test.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppGroundStart Date
1C Hill9897EngEngAdelaide17 Jan 1902
2FE Woolley9593EngAusLord’s11 Jun 1921
3CG Greenidge9196WinPakGeorgetown18 Mar 1977
4CG Greenidge9197WinNZlChristchurch22 Feb 1980
5M Jayawardene9296SrlNZlCol-SSC)26 Aug 2009
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