Batsmen scoring zero and ninety in a test match

Batsmen scoring zero and ninety in a test match

Shubman Gill of India scored zero and 91 in the just concluded test against England at Rajkot to provide the 59th occasion of a batsman scoring zero and ninety in a test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundDate
1G H S Trott092AustraliaEnglandThe Oval14.08.1893
2C Hill098AustraliaEnglandAdelaide12.01.1912
3S J McCabe093AustraliaEnglandSydney18.12.1936
4J Hardstaff980EnglandWest IndiesBarbados21.01.1948
5P B H May091EnglandAustraliaMelbourne31.12.1954
6J W Guy910New ZealandIndiaEden Gardens28.12.1955
7R A McLean930South AfricaEnglandWanderers15.02.1957
8P Roy099IndiaAustraliaDelhi12.12.1959
9R B Simpson920AustraliaWest IndiesBrisbane09.12.1960
10P B H May950EnglandAustraliaOld Trafford27.07.1961
11C G Borde930IndiaWest IndiesKingston07.03.1962
12Hanumant Singh094IndiaAustraliaMadras-CS02.10.1964
13C Milburn094EnglandWest IndiesOld Trafford02.06.1966
14J M Parks910EnglandWest IndiesLord’s16.06.1966
15A L Wadekar091IndiaEnglandLeeds08.06.1967
16Nawab of Pataudi Jr950IndiaAustraliaBrabourne04.11.1969
17Mushtaq Mohammad990PakistanEnglandKarachi24.03.1973
18R B McCosker095*AustraliaEnglandLeeds14.08.1975
19G J Gilmour950AustraliaWest IndiesAdelaide23.01.1976
20G A Gooch091*EnglandNew ZealandThe Oval27.07.1978
21G P Howarth940New ZealandEnglandThe Oval27.07.1978
22G Boycott099*EnglandAustraliaPerth14.12.1979
23S Wettimuny096Sri LankaAustraliaKandy22.04.1983
24D B Vengsarkar940IndiaWest IndiesAntigua28.04.1983
25K C Wessels900AustraliaWest IndiesMelbourne22.12.1984
26M W Gatting096EnglandAustraliaSydney10.01.1987
27K Srikkanth940IndiaNew ZealandWankhede24.11.1988
28W V Raman096IndiaNew ZealandChristchurch02.02.1990
29A R Border091*AustraliaIndiaAdelaide25.01.1992
30K C Wessels095*South AfricaIndiaP Elizabeth26.12.1992
31G W Flower960ZimbabweIndiaDelhi13.03.1993
32B A Young094New ZealandEnglandLord’s16.06.1994
33A Ranatunga090Sri LankaNew ZealandDunedin18.03.1995
34G P Thorpe940EnglandWest IndiesOld Trafford27.07.1995
35S P Fleming910New ZealandAustraliaBrisbane07.11.1997
36SM W Goodwin091ZimbabweAustraliaHarare14.10.1999
37A M Blignaut092ZimbabweWest IndiesHarare27.07.2001
38A Flower920ZimbabweIndiaDelhi28.02.2002
39A J Hall099*South AfricaEnglandLeefs21.08.2003
40Mohammad Ashraful980BangladeshZimbabweHarare19.02.2004
41J A Rudolph93*0South AfricaNew ZealandWellington26.03.2004
42T Taibu920ZimbabweBangladeshChittagong06.01.2005
43I K Pathan093IndiaSri LankaDelhi10.12.2005
44Shahid Afridi920PakistanEnglandFaisalabad20.11.2005
45Mohammad Yousuf097PakistanIndiaKarachi29.01.2006
46H H Gibbs092South AfricaSri LankaCol-PSS04.08.2006
47K P Pietersen096EnglandPakistanThe Oval17.08.2006
48Mahmudullah96*0BangladeshIndiaMirpur24.01.2010
49Shahriar Nafees970BangladeshPakistanMirpur16.12.2011
50S P D Smith097AustraliaPakistanAbu Dhabi30.10.2014
51Azhar Ali091PakistanWest IndiesSharjah29.10.2016
52Misbah-ul-Haq990PakistanWest IndiesBarbados30.04.2017
53Litton Das094BangladeshSri LankaChittagong31.01.2018
54Babar Azam099PakistanAustraliaAbu Dhabi16.10.2018
55HE van der Dussen098South AfricaEnglandWanderers24.01.2020
56Q de Kock960South AfricaWest IndiesGros Islet18.06.2021
57T M Head920AustraliaSouth AfricaBrisbane17.12.2022
58D de Silva098Sri LankaNew ZealandWellington17.03.2023
59Shubman Gill091IndiaEnglandRajkot15.02.2024

Shubman Gill scored zero and 91 in this test to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring zero and ninety in a test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundDate
1P Roy099IndiaAustraliaDelhi12.12.1959
2C G Borde930IndiaWest IndiesKingston07.03.1962
3Hanumant Singh094IndiaAustraliaMadras-CS02.10.1964
4A L Wadekar091IndiaEnglandLeeds08.06.1967
5Nawab of Pataudi Jr950IndiaAustraliaBrabourne04.11.1969
6D B Vengsarkar940IndiaWest IndiesAntigua28.04.1983
7K Srikkanth940IndiaNew ZealandWankhede24.11.1988
8W V Raman096IndiaNew ZealandChristchurch02.02.1990
9I K Pathan093IndiaSri LankaDelhi10.12.2005
10Shubman Gill091IndiaEnglandRajkot15.02.2024

Shubman Gill scored zero and 91 in this test to provide the 13th occasion of a batsman scoring zero and ninety in a test match in the annals of test cricket against England.  All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundDate
1G H S Trott092AustraliaEnglandThe Oval14.08.1893
2C Hill098AustraliaEnglandAdelaide12.01.1912
3S J McCabe093AustraliaEnglandSydney18.12.1936
4R A McLean930South AfricaEnglandWanderers15.02.1957
5A L Wadekar091IndiaEnglandLeeds08.06.1967
6Mushtaq Mohammad990PakistanEnglandKarachi24.03.1973
7R B McCosker095*AustraliaEnglandLeeds14.08.1975
8G P Howarth940New ZealandEnglandThe Oval27.07.1978
9B A Young094New ZealandEnglandLord’s16.06.1994
10A J Hall099*South AfricaEnglandLeefs21.08.2003
11Shahid Afridi920PakistanEnglandFaisalabad20.11.2005
12HE van der Dussen098South AfricaEnglandWanderers24.01.2020
13Shubman Gill091IndiaEnglandRajkot15.02.2024

 The following table lists the occasions of batsman scoring zero and ninety nine in a test. G Boycott and AJ Hall are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score zero and ninety nine not out in a test.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundDate
1P Roy099IndiaAustraliaDelhi12.12.1959
2Mushtaq Mohammad990PakistanEnglandKarachi24.03.1973
3G Boycott099*EnglandAustraliaPerth14.12.1979
4A J Hall099*South AfricaEnglandLeefs21.08.2003
5I K Pathan093IndiaSri LankaDelhi10.12.2005
6Misbah-ul-Haq990PakistanWest IndiesBarbados30.04.2017
7Babar Azam099PakistanAustraliaAbu Dhabi16.10.2018

Team wise break up of batsmen who have score zero and ninety in a test is furnished below. Australia, England and India are the three teams to have ten occasions of batsmen performing such a feat. It is interesting to note that no West Indian batsmen is in this list.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundDate
1G H S Trott092AustraliaEnglandThe Oval14.08.1893
2C Hill098AustraliaEnglandAdelaide12.01.1912
3S J McCabe093AustraliaEnglandSydney18.12.1936
4R B Simpson920AustraliaWest IndiesBrisbane09.12.1960
5R B McCosker095*AustraliaEnglandLeeds14.08.1975
6G J Gilmour950AustraliaWest IndiesAdelaide23.01.1976
7K C Wessels900AustraliaWest IndiesMelbourne22.12.1984
8A R Border091*AustraliaIndiaAdelaide25.01.1992
9S P D Smith097AustraliaPakistanAbu Dhabi30.10.2014
10T M Head920AustraliaSouth AfricaBrisbane17.12.2022
        
1Mohammad Ashraful980BangladeshZimbabweHarare19.02.2004
2Mahmudullah96*0BangladeshIndiaMirpur24.01.2010
3Shahriar Nafees970BangladeshPakistanMirpur16.12.2011
4Litton Das094BangladeshSri LankaChittagong31.01.2018
        
1J Hardstaff980EnglandWest IndiesBarbados21.01.1948
2P B H May091EnglandAustraliaMelbourne31.12.1954
3P B H May950EnglandAustraliaOld Trafford27.07.1961
4C Milburn094EnglandWest IndiesOld Trafford02.06.1966
5J M Parks910EnglandWest IndiesLord’s16.06.1966
6G A Gooch091*EnglandNew ZealandThe Oval27.07.1978
7G Boycott099*EnglandAustraliaPerth14.12.1979
8M W Gatting096EnglandAustraliaSydney10.01.1987
9G P Thorpe940EnglandWest IndiesOld Trafford27.07.1995
10K P Pietersen096EnglandPakistanThe Oval17.08.2006
        
1P Roy099IndiaAustraliaDelhi12.12.1959
2C G Borde930IndiaWest IndiesKingston07.03.1962
3Hanumant Singh094IndiaAustraliaMadras-CS02.10.1964
4A L Wadekar091IndiaEnglandLeeds08.06.1967
5Nawab of Pataudi Jr950IndiaAustraliaBrabourne04.11.1969
6D B Vengsarkar940IndiaWest IndiesAntigua28.04.1983
7K Srikkanth940IndiaNew ZealandWankhede24.11.1988
8W V Raman096IndiaNew ZealandChristchurch02.02.1990
9I K Pathan093IndiaSri LankaDelhi10.12.2005
10Shubman Gill091IndiaEnglandRajkot15.02.2024
        
1J W Guy910New ZealandIndiaEden Gardens28.12.1955
2G P Howarth940New ZealandEnglandThe Oval27.07.1978
3B A Young094New ZealandEnglandLord’s16.06.1994
4S P Fleming910New ZealandAustraliaBrisbane07.11.1997
        
1Mushtaq Mohammad990PakistanEnglandKarachi24.03.1973
2Shahid Afridi920PakistanEnglandFaisalabad20.11.2005
3Mohammad Yousuf097PakistanIndiaKarachi29.01.2006
4Azhar Ali091PakistanWest IndiesSharjah29.10.2016
5Misbah-ul-Haq990PakistanWest IndiesBarbados30.04.2017
6Babar Azam099PakistanAustraliaAbu Dhabi16.10.2018
        
1R A McLean930South AfricaEnglandWanderers15.02.1957
2K C Wessels095*South AfricaIndiaP Elizabeth26.12.1992
3A J Hall099*South AfricaEnglandLeefs21.08.2003
4J A Rudolph93*0South AfricaNew ZealandWellington26.03.2004
5H H Gibbs092South AfricaSri LankaCol-PSS04.08.2006
6HE van der Dussen098South AfricaEnglandWanderers24.01.2020
7Q de Kock960South AfricaWest IndiesGros Islet18.06.2021
        
1S Wettimuny096Sri LankaAustraliaKandy22.04.1983
2A Ranatunga090Sri LankaNew ZealandDunedin18.03.1995
3D de Silva098Sri LankaNew ZealandWellington17.03.2023
        
1G W Flower960ZimbabweIndiaDelhi13.03.1993
2SM W Goodwin091ZimbabweAustraliaHarare14.10.1999
3A M Blignaut092ZimbabweWest IndiesHarare27.07.2001
4A Flower920ZimbabweIndiaDelhi28.02.2002
5T Taibu920ZimbabweBangladeshChittagong06.01.2005

KC  Wessels of  South Africa and  PBH May of England are the two batsmen who have accomplished the feat on two occasions

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundDate
1K C Wessels900AustraliaWest IndiesMelbourne22.12.1984
2K C Wessels095*South AfricaIndiaP Elizabeth26.12.1992
        
1P B H May091EnglandAustraliaMelbourne31.12.1954
2P B H May950EnglandAustraliaOld Trafford27.07.1961

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored zero and ninety in a test match against each opposition.  England and South Africa are two oppositions against whom thirteen occasions of batsmen performing the feat of scoring a zero and a ninety in a test match are registered

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundDate
1P B H May091EnglandAustraliaMelbourne31.12.1954
2P Roy099IndiaAustraliaDelhi12.12.1959
3P B H May950EnglandAustraliaOld Trafford27.07.1961
4Hanumant Singh094IndiaAustraliaMadras-CS02.10.1964
5Nawab of Pataudi Jr950IndiaAustraliaBrabourne04.11.1969
6G Boycott099*EnglandAustraliaPerth14.12.1979
7S Wettimuny096Sri LankaAustraliaKandy22.04.1983
8M W Gatting096EnglandAustraliaSydney10.01.1987
9S P Fleming910New ZealandAustraliaBrisbane07.11.1997
10SM W Goodwin091ZimbabweAustraliaHarare14.10.1999
11Babar Azam099PakistanAustraliaAbu Dhabi16.10.2018
        
1T Taibu920ZimbabweBangladeshChittagong06.01.2005
        
1G H S Trott092AustraliaEnglandThe Oval14.08.1893
2C Hill098AustraliaEnglandAdelaide12.01.1912
3S J McCabe093AustraliaEnglandSydney18.12.1936
4R A McLean930South AfricaEnglandWanderers15.02.1957
5A L Wadekar091IndiaEnglandLeeds08.06.1967
6Mushtaq Mohammad990PakistanEnglandKarachi24.03.1973
7R B McCosker095*AustraliaEnglandLeeds14.08.1975
8G P Howarth940New ZealandEnglandThe Oval27.07.1978
9B A Young094New ZealandEnglandLord’s16.06.1994
10A J Hall099*South AfricaEnglandLeefs21.08.2003
11Shahid Afridi920PakistanEnglandFaisalabad20.11.2005
12HE van der Dussen098South AfricaEnglandWanderers24.01.2020
13Shubman Gill091IndiaEnglandRajkot15.02.2024
        
1J W Guy910New ZealandIndiaEden Gardens28.12.1955
2A R Border091*AustraliaIndiaAdelaide25.01.1992
3K C Wessels095*South AfricaIndiaP Elizabeth26.12.1992
4G W Flower960ZimbabweIndiaDelhi13.03.1993
5A Flower920ZimbabweIndiaDelhi28.02.2002
6Mohammad Yousuf097PakistanIndiaKarachi29.01.2006
7Mahmudullah96*0BangladeshIndiaMirpur24.01.2010
        
1G A Gooch091*EnglandNew ZealandThe Oval27.07.1978
2K Srikkanth940IndiaNew ZealandWankhede24.11.1988
3W V Raman096IndiaNew ZealandChristchurch02.02.1990
4A Ranatunga090Sri LankaNew ZealandDunedin18.03.1995
5J A Rudolph93*0South AfricaNew ZealandWellington26.03.2004
6D de Silva098Sri LankaNew ZealandWellington17.03.2023
        
1K P Pietersen096EnglandPakistanThe Oval17.08.2006
2Shahriar Nafees970BangladeshPakistanMirpur16.12.2011
3S P D Smith097AustraliaPakistanAbu Dhabi30.10.2014
        
1T M Head920AustraliaSouth AfricaBrisbane17.12.2022
        
1I K Pathan093IndiaSri LankaDelhi10.12.2005
2H H Gibbs092South AfricaSri LankaCol-PSS04.08.2006
3Litton Das094BangladeshSri LankaChittagong31.01.2018
        
1J Hardstaff980EnglandWest IndiesBarbados21.01.1948
2R B Simpson920AustraliaWest IndiesBrisbane09.12.1960
3C G Borde930IndiaWest IndiesKingston07.03.1962
4C Milburn094EnglandWest IndiesOld Trafford02.06.1966
5J M Parks910EnglandWest IndiesLord’s16.06.1966
6G J Gilmour950AustraliaWest IndiesAdelaide23.01.1976
7D B Vengsarkar940IndiaWest IndiesAntigua28.04.1983
8K C Wessels900AustraliaWest IndiesMelbourne22.12.1984
9G P Thorpe940EnglandWest IndiesOld Trafford27.07.1995
10A M Blignaut092ZimbabweWest IndiesHarare27.07.2001
11Azhar Ali091PakistanWest IndiesSharjah29.10.2016
12Misbah-ul-Haq990PakistanWest IndiesBarbados30.04.2017
13Q de Kock960South AfricaWest IndiesGros Islet18.06.2021
        
1Mohammad Ashraful980BangladeshZimbabweHarare19.02.2004
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