West Indies batsmen scoring twin fifties in a test against India

West Indies batsmen scoring twin fifties in a test against India

J Blackwood of West Indies scored 62 and 63 in the just concluded Kingston test against India to provide the 23rd occasion of a West Indian batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against India. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 CL Walcott 54 108 v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
2 ED Weekes 162 101 v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
3 ED Weekes 161 55* v India Port of Spain 19 Feb 1953
4 OG Smith 63 58 v India Mumbai (BS) 28 Nov 1958
5 JKC Holt 63 81* v India Chennai 21 Jan 1959
6 EDAS McMorris 50 56 v India Port of Spain 04 Apr 1962
7 GS Sobers 104 50 v India Kingston 13 Apr 1962
8 CH Lloyd 82 78* v India Mumbai (BS) 13 Dec 1966
9 GS Sobers 50 53* v India Mumbai (BS) 13 Dec 1966
10 GS Sobers 95 74* v India Chennai 13 Jan 1967
11 RB Kanhai 56 158* v India Kingston 18 Feb 1971
12 CA Davis 71* 74* v India Port of Spain 06 Mar 1971
13 CG Greenidge 93 107 v India Bangalore 22 Nov 1974
14 HA Gomes 51 82 v India Bangalore 15 Dec 1978
15 CG Greenidge 141 69 v India Kolkata 26 Dec 1987
16 RB Richardson 93 59 v India Bridgetown 07 Apr 1989
17 CL Hooper 81 67 v India Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
18 JC Adams 174* 78* v India Mohali 10 Dec 1994
19 BC Lara 83 78 v India Kingston 06 Mar 1997
20 S Chanderpaul 58 59 v India Kingston 18 May 2002
21 CH Gayle 72 69 v India St John’s 02 Jun 2006
22 D Ganga 135 66* v India Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
23 J Blackwood 62 63 v India Kingston 30 Jul 2016

J Blackwood became the fifth West Indian batsman to score twin fifties in a test against India at Kingston. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GS Sobers 104 50 v India Kingston 13 Apr 1962
2 RB Kanhai 56 158* v India Kingston 18 Feb 1971
3 BC Lara 83 78 v India Kingston 06 Mar 1997
4 S Chanderpaul 58 59 v India Kingston 18 May 2002
5 J Blackwood 62 63 v India Kingston 30 Jul 2016

 

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