All round performance – century and five wickets in a test – RL Chase joins the long list
RL Chase captured 5 for 121 and scored 137 not out in the just concluded second test between West Indies and India at Kingston to provide the 32nd occasion of a cricketer scoring a century and capturing five or more wickets in test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Bat | Bowl | Team | Oppn | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | JH Sinclair | 106 | 6/026 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 |
| 2 | GA Faulkner | 123 | 5/120 | SAF | Eng | Johannesburg | 01 Jan 1910 |
| 3 | C Kelleway | 114 | 5/033 | Aus | SAF | Manchester | 27 May 1912 |
| 4 | JM Gregory | 100 | 7/069 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 |
| 5 | MH Mankad | 184 | 5/196 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 19 Jun 1952 |
| 6 | DS Atkinson | 219 | 5/056 | Win | Aus | Bridgetown | 14 May 1955 |
| 7 | KR Miller | 109 | 6/107 | Aus | Win | Kingston | 11 Jun 1955 |
| 8 | R Benaud | 100 | 5/084 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 |
| 9 | OG Smith | 100 | 5/090 | Win | Ind | Delhi | 06 Feb 1959 |
| 10 | PR Umrigar | 172* | 5/107 | Ind | Win | Port of Spain | 04 Apr 1962 |
| 11 | GS Sobers | 104 | 5/063 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 13 Apr 1962 |
| 12 | BR Taylor | 105 | 5/086 | NZl | Ind | Kolkata | 05 Mar 1965 |
| 13 | GS Sobers | 174 | 5/041 | Win | Eng | Leeds | 04 Aug 1966 |
| 14 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 201 | 5/049 | Pak | NZl | Dunedin | 07 Feb 1973 |
| 15 | AW Greig | 148 | 6/164 | Eng | Win | Bridgetown | 06 Mar 1974 |
| 16 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 121 | 5/028 | Pak | Win | Port of Spain | 01 Apr 1977 |
| 17 | IT Botham | 103 | 5/073 | Eng | NZl | Christchurch | 24 Feb 1978 |
| 18 | IT Botham | 108 | 8/034 | Eng | Pak | Lord’s | 15 Jun 1978 |
| 19 | IT Botham | 114 | 6/058, 7/048 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
| 20 | IT Botham | 149* | 6/095 | Eng | Aus | Leeds | 16 Jul 1981 |
| 21 | Imran Khan | 117 | 6/098, 5/082 | Pak | Ind | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 |
| 22 | IT Botham | 138 | 5/059 | Eng | NZl | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 |
| 23 | Wasim Akram | 123 | 5/100 | Pak | Aus | Adelaide | 19 Jan 1990 |
| 24 | PA Strang | 106* | 5/212 | Zim | Pak | Sheikhupura | 17 Oct 1996 |
| 25 | JH Kallis | 110 | 5/090 | SAF | Win | Cape Town | 20 Jan 1999 |
| 26 | JH Kallis | 139* | 5/021 | SAF | Ban | Potchefstroom | 25 Oct 2002 |
| 27 | R Ashwin | 103 | 5/156 | Ind | Win | Mumbai | 22 Nov 2011 |
| 28 | Shakib Al Hasan | 144 | 6/082 | Ban | Pak | Dhaka | 17 Dec 2011 |
| 29 | Sohag Gazi | 101* | 6/077 | Ban | NZl | Chittagong | 09 Oct 2013 |
| 30 | Shakib Al Hasan | 137 | 5/080, 5/044 | Ban | Zim | Khulna | 03 Nov 2014 |
| 31 | R Ashwin | 113 | 7/083 | Ind | Win | North Sound | 21 Jul 2016 |
| 32 | RL Chase | 137* | 5/121 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 30 Jul 2016 |
RL Chase’s feat provides the fifth occasion of a West Indies cricketer scoring a century and capture five or more wickets in a test. All such occasions are listed below. RL Chase became the fourth West Indian cricketer to accomplish such a feat. RL Chase’s feat came after almost 50 years. The last occasion of such a feat by a West Indian cricketer was in Aug 1966 – GS Sobers had scored 174 and captured 5 for 41 against England at Leeds in Aug 1966
| No | Player | Bat | Bowl | Team | Oppn | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | DS Atkinson | 219 | 5/056 | Win | Aus | Bridgetown | 14 May 1955 |
| 2 | OG Smith | 100 | 5/090 | Win | Ind | Delhi | 06 Feb 1959 |
| 3 | GS Sobers | 104 | 5/063 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 13 Apr 1962 |
| 4 | GS Sobers | 174 | 5/041 | Win | Eng | Leeds | 04 Aug 1966 |
| 5 | RL Chase | 137* | 5/121 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 30 Jul 2016 |
The following five cricketers – OG Smith, PR Umrigar, GS Sobers, R Ashwin {twice} and RL Chase – have accomplished the feat in India-West Indies test series. The performance of these cricketers are listed below
| No | Player | Bat | Bowl | Team | Oppn | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | OG Smith | 100 | 5/090 | Win | Ind | Delhi | 06 Feb 1959 |
| 2 | PR Umrigar | 172* | 5/107 | Ind | Win | Port of Spain | 04 Apr 1962 |
| 3 | GS Sobers | 104 | 5/063 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 13 Apr 1962 |
| 4 | R Ashwin | 103 | 5/156 | Ind | Win | Mumbai | 22 Nov 2011 |
| 5 | R Ashwin | 113 | 7/083 | Ind | Win | North Sound | 21 Jul 2016 |
| 6 | RL Chase | 137* | 5/121 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 30 Jul 2016 |
1961-62 series and 2016 series between West Indies and India has witnessed rival cricketers scoring a hundred and capturing five or more wickets in the same test series. The following table lists the performance of these cricketers
| No | Player | Bat | Bowl | Team | Oppn | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | PR Umrigar | 172* | 5/107 | Ind | Win | Port of Spain | 04 Apr 1962 |
| 2 | GS Sobers | 104 | 5/063 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 13 Apr 1962 |
| 1 | R Ashwin | 113 | 7/083 | Ind | Win | North Sound | 21 Jul 2016 |
| 2 | RL Chase | 137* | 5/121 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 30 Jul 2016 |
Bridgetown, Cape Town, Johanneaburg, Leeds, Lord’s, Mumbai and Port of Spain are the grounds which have witnessed two occasions of an all-round performance of a century coupled with five or more wickets. Kingston is the only ground in the annals of test cricket to witness three such occasions
| No | Player | Bat | Bowl | Team | Oppn | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | DS Atkinson | 219 | 5/056 | Win | Aus | Bridgetown | 14 May 1955 |
| 2 | AW Greig | 148 | 6/164 | Eng | Win | Bridgetown | 06 Mar 1974 |
| 1 | JH Sinclair | 106 | 6/026 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 |
| 2 | JH Kallis | 110 | 5/090 | SAF | Win | Cape Town | 20 Jan 1999 |
| 1 | GA Faulkner | 123 | 5/120 | SAF | Eng | Johannesburg | 01 Jan 1910 |
| 2 | R Benaud | 100 | 5/084 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 |
| 1 | KR Miller | 109 | 6/107 | Aus | Win | Kingston | 11 Jun 1955 |
| 2 | GS Sobers | 104 | 5/063 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 13 Apr 1962 |
| 3 | RL Chase | 137* | 5/121 | Win | Ind | Kingston | 30 Jul 2016 |
| 1 | GS Sobers | 174 | 5/041 | Win | Eng | Leeds | 04 Aug 1966 |
| 2 | IT Botham | 149* | 6/095 | Eng | Aus | Leeds | 16 Jul 1981 |
| 1 | MH Mankad | 184 | 5/196 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 19 Jun 1952 |
| 2 | IT Botham | 108 | 8/034 | Eng | Pak | Lord’s | 15 Jun 1978 |
| 1 | IT Botham | 114 | 6/058, 7/048 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
| 2 | R Ashwin | 103 | 5/156 | Ind | Win | Mumbai | 22 Nov 2011 |
| 1 | PR Umrigar | 172* | 5/107 | Ind | Win | Port of Spain | 04 Apr 1962 |
| 3 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 121 | 5/028 | Pak | Win | Port of Spain | 01 Apr 1977 |