Abdullah Shafique of Pakistan scored 160 not in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the eighth occasion of an opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	221	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
2	CG Greenidge	214*	4	Win	Eng	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
3	B Mitchell	189*	4	SAF	Eng	The Oval	16 Aug 1947
4	MA Atherton	185*	4	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	30 Nov 1995
5	AR Morris	182	4	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
6	A Shafique	160*	4	Pak	Srl	Galle	16 Jul 2022
7	J Darling	160	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
8	GC Smith	154*	4	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008

SM Gavaskar of India owns the record for the highest individual score in this category of statistics. His 221 against England at The Oval in August 1979 is the highest individual score by an opening batsman in the fourth innings of a test. The other opening batsman batting to score a double century in the fourth innings of a test is CG Greenidge of West Indies against England at Lord’s in Jun 1984

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	221	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
2	CG Greenidge	214*	4	Win	Eng	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984