Bowlers conceding exact 100 runs without a wicket in a test innings – RMS Eranga of Sri Lanka joins the list

Bowlers conceding exact 100 runs without a wicket in a test innings – RMS Eranga of Sri Lanka joins the list

RMS Eranga of Sri Lanka returned with figures of none for 100 in the first innings of the just concluded second test against England at Chester-le-Street to provide the 22nd occasion of a bowler conceding exact hundred   runs without capturing a wicket in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GAR Lock 33.0 7 100 0 3 Eng Win Bridgetown 06 Feb 1954
2 FJ Titmus 44.0 14 100 0 1 Eng Aus Manchester 23 Jul 1964
3 IJ Jones 28.0 6 100 0 1 Eng Win Manchester 02 Jun 1966
4 JR Thomson 17.0 1 100 0 2 Aus Pak Melbourne 29 Dec 1972
5 DR Hadlee 18.0 3 100 0 1 NZl Pak Auckland 16 Feb 1973
6 B Andrews 19.0 2 100 0 1 NZl Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1973
7 Imran Khan 44.0 16 100 0 2 Pak Eng The Oval 22 Aug 1974
8 Imran Khan 27.0 5 100 0 3 Pak Ind Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
9 GRJ Matthews 31.0 7 100 0 4 Aus Eng Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
10 PL Symcox 28.0 3 100 0 1 SAF Srl Moratuwa 25 Aug 1993
11 CC Lewis 32.0 4 100 0 1 Eng Pak Leeds 08 Aug 1996
12 HDPK Dharmasena 24.0 1 100 0 3 Srl Aus Galle 08 Mar 2004
13 Manjural Islam Rana 28.0 2 100 0 2 Ban Win Kingston 04 Jun 2004
14 DBL Powell 22.0 0 100 0 3 Win Pak Kingston 03 Jun 2005
15 TG Southee 27.0 1 100 0 2 NZl Aus Adelaide 28 Nov 2008
16 Danish Kaneria 21.0 0 100 0 1 Pak Eng Nottingham 29 Jul 2010
17 BW Hilfenhaus 25.0 2 100 0 2 Aus Ind Mohali 01 Oct 2010
18 I Sharma 30.0 6 100 0 1 Ind Aus Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
19 TG Southee 26.0 4 100 0 3 NZl SAF Dunedin 07 Mar 2012
20 HMRKB Herath 19.0 0 100 0 4 Srl Pak Sharjah 16 Jan 2014
21 KAJ Roach 28.0 4 100 0 2 Winn Eng St George’s 21 Apr 2015
22 RMS Eranga 27.0 3 100 0 1 Srk Eng Ch-le-St 27 May 2016

RMS Eranga is the third Sri Lankan bowler to suffer such an ignominy in a test innings after HDPK Dharmasena and HMRKB Herath. RMS Eranga became the first Sri Lankan pace bowler to return with figures of none for 100 in a test innings.

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 HDPK Dharmasena 24.0 1 100 0 3 Srl Aus Galle 08 Mar 2004
2 HMRKB Herath 19.0 0 100 0 4 Srl Pak Sharjah 16 Jan 2014
3 RMS Eranga 27.0 3 100 0 1 Srl Eng Ch-le-St 27 May 2016

RMS Eranga became the fifth bowler to return with figures of none for 100 in a test innings against England. Others are Imran Khan, GRH Matthews, Danish Kaneria and KAJ Roach

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Imran Khan 44.0 16 100 0 2 Pak Eng The Oval 22 Aug 1974
2 GRJ Matthews 31.0 7 100 0 4 Aus Eng Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
3 Danish Kaneria 21.0 0 100 0 1 Pak Eng Nottingham 29 Jul 2010
4 KAJ Roach 28.0 4 100 0 2 Win Eng St George’s 21 Apr 2015
5 RMS Eranga 27.0 3 100 0 1 Srl Eng Ch-le-St 27 May 2016

 

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