Sri Lankan batsmen’s twin fifties in tests in winning cause

Sri Lankan batsmen’s twin fifties in tests in winning cause

P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 64 and 127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the 34th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISIOppositionGroundStart Date
1RL Dias9560*v IndiaCol-PSS06 Sep 1985
2A Ranatunga5287*v ZimbabweCol-SSC14 Jan 1998
3MS Atapattu50100*v ZimbabweGalle12 Jan 2002
4MG Vandort61140v BangladeshCol-SSC28 Jul 2002
5KC Sangakkara23264v South AfricaCol-SSC11 Aug 2004
6WU Tharanga16571*v BangladeshBogra08 Mar 2006
7LPC Silva61152*v New ZealandWellington15 Dec 2006
8KC Sangakkara92152v EnglandKandy01 Dec 2007
9SM Warnapura12062v West IndiesProvidence22 Mar 2008
10TT Samaraweera9062v BangladeshMirpur26 Dec 2008
11TM Dilshan162143v BangladeshChattogram03 Jan 2009
12CK Kapugedera9659*v BangladeshChattogram03 Jan 2009
13TM Dilshan92123*v NewGalle18 Aug 2009
14DPMD Jayawardene9296v New ZealandCol-SSC26 Aug 2009
15KC Sangakkara50109v New ZealandCol-SSC26 Aug 2009
16LD Chandimal5854v South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2011
17TM Dilshan10156v PakistanGalle22 Jun 2012
18KC Sangakkara13955v BangladeshCol-RPS16 Mar 2013
19JK Silva9558v PakistanDub-DICS08 Jan 2014
20KC Sangakkara7955v EnglandLeeds20 Jun 2014
21LD Chandimal59162*v IndiaGalle12 Aug 2015
22DM de Silva12965*v AustraliaCol-SSC13 Aug 2016
23FDM Karunaratne56110v ZimbabweHarare29 Oct 2016
24ARS Silva5670*v BangladeshMirpur08 Feb 2018
25FDM Karunaratne158*60v South AfricaGalle12 Jul 2018
26MD Gunathilaka5761v South AfricaCol-SSC20 Jul 2018
27FDM Karunaratne5385v South AfricaCol-SSC20 Jul 2018
28MDKJ Perera51153*v South AfricaDurban13 Feb 2019
29FDM Karunaratne11866v BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021
30FDM Karunaratne14783v West IndiesGalle21 Nov 2021
31P Nissanka7366v West IndiesGalle29 Nov 2021
32DM de Silva102108v BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024
33PHKD Mendis102164v BangladeshSylhet22 Mar 2024
34P Nissanka64127*v EnglandThe Oval06 Sep 2024

P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 64 and 127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against England in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISIOppositionGroundStart Date
1KC Sangakkara92152v EnglandKandy01 Dec 2007
2KC Sangakkara7955v EnglandLeeds20 Jun 2014
3P Nissanka64127*v EnglandThe Oval06 Sep 2024
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