Rawalpindi witnessed the world record of rival team’s both the openers scoring centuries in the first and second innings of the test.. Add to this one more oddity of both teams having openers of left hand and right hand pair. This oddity was informed to me by my brother in law Gopalaswamy Venkatesh who is an avid cricket fan and also a hard critic of my postings on my portal. England openers – Z Crawley bats right-handed while BM Duckett bats left handed. Pakistan openers – Abdullah Shafique bats right handed and Imam-ul-Haq bats left handed.

Z Crawley and BM Duckett scored 122 and 107 respectively for England against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Rawalpindi to provide the 79^th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings. Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique {114} and Imam-ul-Haq {121} also scored centuries in this test to provide the 80^th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings. The feats by England and Pakistan openers are tabulated below

England’s openers feat came in the first innings of the test, while Pakistan openers’ feat came in the second innings of the test

No	Batsman-1	Type	Runs	Batsman-2	Type	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Z Crawley	RHB	122	BM Duckett	LHB	107	Eng	Pak	1	Rawalpindi	01.12.22
2	A Shafique	RHB	114	Imam-ul-Haq	LHB	121	Pak	Eng	2	Rawalpindi	01.12.22

Rawalpindi Test witnessed another world record of both teams posting 200 runs partnerships for the opening wicket in the first and second innings of a test. England openers Z Crawley and BM Duckett have added 233 runs for the first wickets in the first innings of this test. In the second innings of this test, Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq have added 225 runs for the first wicket in the second innings of this test.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Z Crawley, BM Duckett	1	233	1	Eng	Pak	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022
2	A Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq	1	225	2	Pak	Eng	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022