England opening batsmen scoring fifties in each innings of a test

England opening batsmen scoring fifties in each innings of a test

Z Crawley of England scored 122 and 50 in the just concluded test against Pakistan at Rawalpindi to provide the 106th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring fifties in each innings of a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISIOppositionGroundStart Date
1G Ulyett14964v AustraliaMelbourne10 Mar 1882
2A Shrewsbury Snr10681v AustraliaLord’s17 Jul 1893
3A Ward75117v AustraliaSydney14 Dec 1894
4AC MacLaren10950*v AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1897
5AC MacLaren5679v AustraliaLord’s15 Jun 1905
6JB Hobbs5370v South AfricaDurban21 Jan 1910
7W Rhodes5957*v AustraliaAdelaide12 Jan 1912
8JB Hobbs6497v South AfricaDurban14 Feb 1914
9JB Hobbs11557v AustraliaSydney19 Dec 1924
10H Sutcliffe59115v AustraliaSydney19 Dec 1924
11H Sutcliffe176127v AustraliaMelbourne1 Jan 1925
12H Sutcliffe76161v AustraliaThe Oval14 Aug 1926
13P Holmes7056v South AfricaDurban21 Jan 1928
14H Sutcliffe58135v AustraliaMelbourne29 Dec 1928
15JB Hobbs14265v AustraliaMelbourne08 Mar 1929
16H Sutcliffe104109*v South AfricaThe Oval17 Aug 1929
17A Sandham15251v West IndiesBridgetown11 Jan 1930
18JB Hobbs7874v AustraliaNottingham13 Jun 1930
19H Sutcliffe16154v AustraliaThe Oval16 Aug 1930
20WR Hammond5765v South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1931
21CF Walters59102v IndiaChennai10 Feb 1934
22H Sutcliffe6369*v AustraliaManchester06 Jul 1934
23CF Walters5250*v AustraliaManchester06 Jul 1934
24AH Bakewell6354v South AfricaManchester27 Jul 1935
25PA Gibb93106v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1938
26L Hutton73165*v West IndiesThe Oval19 Aug 1939
27C Washbrook62112v AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1947
28L Hutton9476v AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947
29JDB Robertson8051*v West IndiesBridgetown21 Jan 1948
30L Hutton5660v West IndiesKingston27 Mar 1948
31L Hutton8157v AustraliaLeeds22 Jul 1948
32C Washbrook14365v AustraliaLeeds22 Jul 1948
33L Hutton7960*v AustraliaMelbourne23 Feb 1951
34RT Spooner7192v IndiaEden Gardens30 Dec 1951
35L Hutton7277v West IndiesBridgetown06 Feb 1954
36PE Richardson8173v AustraliaNottingham07 Jun 1956
37MC Cowdrey11497v West IndiesKingston17 Feb 1960
38G Pullar59175v South AfricaThe Oval18 Aug 1960
39R Subba Row59112v AustraliaBirmingham08 Jun 1961
40G Boycott6280*v West IndiesPort of Spain14 Mar 1968
41JH Edrich8864v AustraliaBirmingham11 Jul 1968
42JH Edrich6265v AustraliaLeeds25 Jul 1968
43G Boycott7050v AustraliaPerth11 Dec 1970
44G Boycott77142*v AustraliaSydney09 Jan 1971
45G Boycott58119*v AustraliaAdelaide29 Jan 1971
46BW Luckhurst78101v IndiaManchester5 Aug 1971
47MH Denness5068v PakistanLahore02 Mar 1973
48G Boycott6192v New ZealandLord’s21 Jun 1973
49DL Amiss5686*v West IndiesBirmingham09 Aug 1973
50G Boycott99112v West IndiesPort of Spain30 Mar 1974
51G Boycott10780*v AustraliaNottingham28 Jul 1977
52G Boycott79100*v PakistanHyd-Pak02 Jan 1978
53GA Gooch9951v AustraliaMelbourne01 Feb 1980
54G Boycott62128*v AustraliaLord’s28 Aug 1980
55GA Gooch5151v West IndiesSt John’s11 Apr 1986
56GA Gooch73146v West IndiesNottingham02 Jun 1988
57MA Atherton8270v New ZealandBirmingham05 Jul 1990
58GA Gooch333123v IndiaLord’s26 Jul 1990
59MA Atherton13174v IndiaManchester09 Aug 1990
60GA Gooch8588v IndiaThe Oval23 Aug 1990
61GA Gooch5954v AustraliaSydney04 Jan 1991
62GA Gooch87117v AustraliaAdelaide25 Jan 1991
63AJ Stewart10763v New ZealandWellington06 Feb 1992
64AJ Stewart7469*v PakistanLord’s18 Jun 1992
65GA Gooch65133v AustraliaManchester03 Jun 1993
66MA Atherton8099v AustraliaLord’s17 Jun 1993
67MA Atherton5563v AustraliaLeeds22 Jul 1993
68GA Gooch5679v AustraliaThe Oval19 Aug 1993
69AJ Stewart118143v West IndiesBridgetown08 Apr 1994
70MA Atherton8867v AustraliaSydney01 Jan 1995
71NV Knight5696v ZimbabweBulawayo18 Dec 1996
72MA Atherton94*118v New ZealandChristchurch14 Feb 1997
73AJ Stewart5073v West IndiesPort of Spain05 Feb 1998
74MA Atherton5898*v South AfricaNottingham23 Jul 1998
75AJ Stewart10752v AustraliaMelbourne26 Dec 1998
76MA Atherton83108v West IndiesThe Oval31 Aug 2000
77ME Trescothick12257v Sri LankaGalle22 Feb 2001
78MA Butcher5192v IndiaAhmedabad11 Dec 2001
79MP Vaughan64115v Sri LankaLord’s16 May 2002
80ME Trescothick5758*v IndiaThe Oval05 Sep 2002
81ME Trescothick21969*v South AfricaThe Oval94 Sep 2003
82MP Vaughan52105v Sri LankaKandy10 Dec 2003
83AJ Strauss11283v New ZealandLord’s20 May 2004
84ME Trescothick105107v West IndiesBirmingham29 Jul 2004
85AJ Strauss12694*v South AfricaGqeberha17 Dec 2004
86AN Cook60104*v IndiaNagpur01 Mar 2006
87AN Cook10565v West IndiesLord’s17 May 2007
88AN Cook60106v West IndiesManchester07 Jun 2007
89AN Cook8162v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)09 Dec 2007
90MP Vaughan8761v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)09 Dec 2007
91AJ Strauss60106v New ZealandManchester23 May 2008
92AJ Strauss123108v IndiaChennai11 Dec 2008
93AN Cook5258v West IndiesSt John’s15 Feb 2009
94AN Cook94139*v West IndiesBridgetown26 Feb 2009
95AJ Strauss5575v AustraliaThe Oval20 Aug 2009
96AN Cook6555v South AfricaCape Town03 Jan 2010
97AJ Strauss8382v BangladeshLord’s27 May 2010
98AN Cook67235*v AustraliaBrisbane25 Nov 2010
99AN Cook96106v Sri LankaLord’s03 Jun 2011
100AN Cook9570*v IndiaSouthampton27 Jul 2014
101AN Cook7659*v West IndiesSt George’s21 Apr 2015
102AN Cook7556v New ZealandLeeds29 May 2015
103AN Cook10576*v PakistanManchester22 Jul 2016
104AN Cook71147v IndiaThe Oval07 Sep 2018
105RJ Burns5790v West IndiesManchester24 Jul 2020
106Z Crawley12250v PakistanRawalpindi01 Dec 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring fifties in each innings of a test match against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISIOppositionGroundStart Date
1MH Denness5068v PakistanLahore02 Mar 1973
2G Boycott79100*v PakistanHyd-Pak02 Jan 1978
3AJ Stewart7469*v PakistanLord’s18 Jun 1992
4AN Cook10576*v PakistanManchester22 Jul 2016
5Z Crawley12250v PakistanRawalpindi01 Dec 2022
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