Tests won by teams when its captain failed to open the account in both innings of the test

Tests won by teams when its captain failed to open the account in both innings of the test

South Africa won the just concluded test against England at Centurion by 280 runs to provide the fourth occasion of a team winning a test when its captain collected a pair. AB de Villiers – South African captain –  had failed to open his account in both innings of this test. All the four occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date Result of the match
1 J Darling 0 0 Aus Eng Sheffield 03 Jul 1902 Aus Won by 143 runs
2 N Hussain 0 0 Eng Win The Oval 31 Aug 2000 Eng Won by 158 runs
3 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Pak Faisalabad 20 Oct 2004 Srl Won by 201 runs
4 AB de Villiers 0 0 SAF Eng Centurion 22 Jan 2016 SAF Won By 280 runs

Australia and South Africa are the two teams to win a test against England under this category of statistics. Australia had won the only test to be played at Sheffield by 143 runs when its captain J Darling collated a pair. After a gap of 114 years, England lost a test when the opponent captain collected a pair

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date Result of the match
1 J Darling 0 0 Aus Eng Sheffield 03 Jul 1902 Aus Won by 143 runs
2 AB de Villiers 0 0 SAF Eng Centurion 22 Jan 2016 SAF Won By 280 runs

South Africa’s winning margin – by 280 runs – at Centurion – provide the largest victory msrgin

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date Result of the match
1 AB de Villiers 0 0 SAF Eng Centurion 22 Jan 2016 SAF Won By 280 runs
2 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Pak Faisalabad 20 Oct 2004 Srl Won by 201 runs
3 N Hussain 0 0 Eng Win The Oval 31 Aug 2000 Eng Won by 158 runs
4 J Darling 0 0 Aus Eng Sheffield 03 Jul 1902 Aus Won by 143 runs

 

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