Sri Lankan batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test against New Zealand – LD Chandimal is the new entrant to the elite list

Sri Lankan batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test against New Zealand – LD Chandimal is the new entrant to the elite list

LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 83 and 58 in the just concluded test against New Zealand to provide the 67th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring twin fifties in test. It also provides the 97th occasion of a batsman scoring twin fifties against  New Zealand in test.

LD Chandimal’s feat provides the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against New Zealand. He became the eighth Sri Lankan batsman to perform such a feat against New Zealand. The following is the complete list which contains two such performances by DPMD Jayawardene.

No Player Bat1 Bat2 Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AP Gurusinha 119 102 v New Zealand Hamilton 22 Feb 1991
2 PA de Silva 96 123 v New Zealand Auckland 01 Mar 1991
3 M Jayawardene 52 54 v New Zealand Col-RPS 27 May 1998
4 LPC Silva 61 152* v New Zealand Wellington 15 Dec 2006
5 TM Dilshan 92 123* v New Zealand Galle 18 Aug 2009
6 M Jayawardene 92 96 v New Zealand Col-SSC 26 Aug 2009
7 KC Sangakkara 50 109 v New Zealand Col-SSC 26 Aug 2009
8 AD Mathews 50 66 v New Zealand Christchurch 26 Dec 2014
9 LD Chandimal 83 58 v New Zealand Dunedin 10 Dec 2015

 

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