Batsmen who have scored 99 runs on two occasions in a test innings in the annals of test cricket – Misbah-ul-Haq joins the elite list

Batsmen who have scored 99 runs on two occasions in a test innings in the annals of test cricket – Misbah-ul-Haq joins the elite list

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi

Misbah-ul-Haq has scored 99 on two occasions. He scored 99 against New Zealand at Wellington in Jan 2011 and 99 not out against West Indies at Kingston in Apr 2017. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
2 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* 2 Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017

Misbah-ul-Haq became the tenth batsman to score ninety-nine on two occasions. The following table lists the performance of ten batsmen who have accomplished the feat on two occasions in the annals of test cricket.

No No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 MA Atherton 99 Eng Aus Lord’s 17 Jun 1993
  2 MA Atherton 99 Eng SAF Leeds 04 Aug 1994
               
2 1 GS Blewett 99 Aus Win Adelaide 25 Jan 1997
  2 GS Blewett 99 Aus NZl Hobart 27 Nov 1997
               
3 1 G Boycott 99 Eng Win Port of Spain 30 Mar 1974
  2 G Boycott 99* Eng Aus Perth 14 Dec 1979
               
4 1 SC Ganguly 99 Ind Srl Nagpur 26 Nov 1997
  2 SC Ganguly 99 Ind Eng Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
               
5 1 SM Katich 99 Aus Ind Nagpur 26 Oct 2004
  2 SM Katich 99 Aus Win Perth 16 Dec 2009
               
6 1 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
  2 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017
               
7 1 RB Richardson 99 Win Ind Port of Spain 15 Apr 1989
  2 RB Richardson 99 Win Aus Bridgetown 19 Apr 1991
               
8 1 Saleem Malik 99 Pak Eng Leeds 02 Jul 1987
  2 Saleem Malik 99 Pak SAF Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
               
9 1 MJK Smith 99 Eng SAF Lord’s 23 Jun 1960
  2 MJK Smith 99 Eng Pak Lahore 21 Oct 1961
               
10 1 JG Wright 99 NZl Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1987
  2 JG Wright 99 NZl Eng Christchurch 18 Jan 1992

Misbah-ul-Haq became the second Pakistan batsman to score ninety-nine on two occasions after Saleem Malik The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen who have accomplished the feat on two occasions in the annals of test cricket.

No No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
  2 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017
               
2 1 Saleem Malik 99 Pak Eng Leeds 02 Jul 1987
  2 Saleem Malik 99 Pak SAF Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995

Misbah-ul-Haq became the sixth batsman to score 99 not out in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all the six batsmen with their performances. 

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 G Boycott 99* 4 Eng Aus Perth 14 Dec 1979
2 SR Waugh 99* 1 Aus Eng Perth 03 Feb 1995
3 AJ Tudor 99* 4 Eng NZl Birmingham 01 Jul 1999
4 SM Pollock 99* 2 SAF Srl Centurion 15 Nov 2002
5 AJ Hall 99* 3 SAF Eng Leeds 21 Aug 2003
6 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* 2 Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017
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