Batsmen scoring a duck and a century in a test – Various combinations and permutations

Batsmen scoring a duck and a century in a test – Various combinations and permutations

V Kohli scored zero and 104 not out in the just concluded test against Sri Lanka at Kolkata to provide the 19th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck and a century in a test in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

  Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 MH Mankad 111 0 Ind v Aus Melbourne 06 Feb 1948
2 P Roy 140 0 Ind v Eng Mum-BS 14 Dec 1951
3 VL Manjrekar 133 0 Ind v Eng Leeds 05 Jun 1952
4 ML Apte 0 163* Ind v Win Port of Spain 19 Feb 1953
5 VL Manjrekar 108 0 Ind v Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
6 GR Viswanath 0 137 Ind v Aus Kanpur 15 Nov 1969
7 SM Gavaskar 0 118 Ind v Aus Melbourne 30 Dec 1977
8 DB Vengsarkar 0 103 Ind v Eng Lord’s 02 Aug 1979
9 NS Sidhu 116 0 Ind v Win Kingston 28 Apr 1989
10 M Azharuddin 0 109 Ind v Pak Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
11 NR Mongia 152 0 Ind v Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
12 SR Tendulkar 0 136 Ind v Pak Chennai 28 Jan 1999
13 SR Tendulkar 117 0 Ind v Win Port of Spain 19 Apr 2002
14 V Sehwag 106 0 Ind v Eng Nottingham 8 Aug 2002
15 R Dravid 136 0 Ind v Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008
16 V Sehwag 109 0 Ind v Srl Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
17 S Dhawan 0 115 Ind v NZl Auckland 06 Feb 2014
18 CA Pujara 145* 0 Ind v Srl Col-SSC 28 Aug 2015
19 V Kohli 0 104* Ind v Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017

V Kohli scored zero and 104 not out in the just concluded test against Sri Lanka at Kolkata to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring a duck and a century in a test against Sri Lanka in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 MD Crowe 0 107 NZl v Srl Col-SSC 06 Dec 1992
2 DJ Cullinan 103 0 SAF v Srl Centurion 27 Mar 1998
3 CD McMillan 0 142 NZl v Srl Col-RPS 27 May 1998
4 GA Hick 107 0 Eng v Srl The Oval 27 Aug 1998
5 AC Gilchrist 0 144 Aus v Srl Kandy 16 Mar 2004
6 Mohd Ashraful 0 129* Ban v Srl Col-PSS 03 Jul 2007
7 V Sehwag 109 0 Ind v Srl Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
8 PJ Hughes 0 126 Aus v Srl Col-SSC 16 Sep 2011
9 Azhar Ali 0 136 Pak v Srl Pallekele 08 Jul 2012
10 CA Pujara 145* 0 Ind v Srl Col-SSC 28 Aug 2015
11 V Kohli 0 104* Ind v Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017

V Kohli scored zero and 104 not out in the just  concluded test against Sri Lanka at Kolkata to provide the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck and a century in a test against Sri Lanka in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 V Sehwag 109 0 Ind v Srl Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
2 CA Pujara 145* 0 Ind v Srl Col-SSC 28 Aug 2015
3 V Kohli 0 104* Ind v Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017

There are seven occasions of a batsman scoring a duck and a double century in the annals  of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below.           

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 AD Nourse 0 231 SAF v Aus Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935
2 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 0 Pak v NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
3 SM Nurse 201 0 Win v Aus Bridgetown 05 May 1965
4 IVA Richards 208 0 Win v Aus Melbourne 22 Dec 1984
5 RT Ponting 242 0 Aus v Ind Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
6 Shoaib Malik 245 0 Pak v Eng Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
7 Shakib Al Hasan 217 0 Ban v NZl Wellington 12 Jan 2017

AC Gilchrist, Asif Iqbal, BJ Watling, DG Bradman, DJ Cullinan, DL Haynes, G Kirsten, GS Sobers, Imtiaz Ahmed, IVA Richards, JH Kallis, M Jayawardene, MC Cowdrey, MD Crowe, MP Vaughan, MW Gatting, SR Tendulkar, V Sehwaf and VL Manjrekar are the nineteen batsmen who have accomplished the feat of scoring a duck and a century in a test on two occasions.

No No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 1 AC Gilchrist 0 144 Aus v Srl Kandy 16 Mar 2004
  2 AC Gilchrist 0 102* Aus v Eng Perth 14 Dec 2006
                 
2 1 Asif Iqbal 0 152* Pak v Aus Adelaide 24 Dec 1976
  2 Asif Iqbal 0 104 Pak v Ind Faisalabad 16 Oct 1978
                 
3 1 BJ Watling 103 0 NZl v Ban Chittagong 09 Oct 2013
  2 BJ Watling 0 124 NZl v Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
                 
4 1 DG Bradman 0 103* Aus v Eng Melbourne 30 Dec 1932
  2 DG Bradman 138 0 Aus v Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1948
                 
5 1 DJ Cullinan 103 0 SAF v Srl Centurion 27 Mar 1998
  2 DJ Cullinan 168 0 SAF v Win Cape Town 02 Jan 1999
                 
6 1 DL Haynes 0 122 Win v NZl Christchurch 22 Feb 1980
  2 DL Haynes 0 109 Win v Eng Bridgetown 05 Apr 1990
                 
7 1 G Kirsten 103 0 SAF v Ind Cape Town 02 Jan 1997
  2 G Kirsten 0 134 SAF v Win Centurion 15 Jan 1999
                 
8 1 GS Sobers 0 113* Win v Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
  2 GS Sobers 132 0 Win v Ind Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
                 
9 1 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 0 Pak v NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
  2 Imtiaz Ahmed 122 0 Pak v Win Kingston 26 Feb 1958
                 
10 1 IVA Richards 0 182* Win v Eng Bridgetown 13 Mar 1981
  2 IVA Richards 208 0 Win v Aus Melbourne 22 Dec 1984
                 
11 1 JH Kallis 0 109* SAF v Win Georgetown 31 Mar 2005
  2 JH Kallis 0 113 SAF v NZl Dunedin 07 Mar 2012
                 
12 1 M Jayawardene 104 0 Srl v Aus Hobart 16 Nov 2007
  2 M Jayawardene 165 0 Srl v SAF Col-SSC 24 Jul 2014
                 
13 1 MC Cowdrey 119 0 Eng v Win Port of Spain 25 Mar 1960
  2 MC Cowdrey 101 0 Eng v Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
                 
14 1 MD Crowe 174 0 NZl v Pak Wellington 10 Feb 1989
  2 MD Crowe 0 107 NZl v Srl Col-SSC 06 Dec 1992
                 
15 1 MP Vaughan 0 100 Eng v Ind Lord’s 25 Jul 2002
  2 MP Vaughan 0 183 Eng v Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2003
                 
16 1 MW Gatting 100 0 Eng v Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
  2 MW Gatting 117 0 Eng v Aus Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
                 
17 1 SR Tendulkar 0 136 Ind v Pak Chennai 28 Jan 1999
  2 SR Tendulkar 117 0 Ind v Win Port of Spain 19 Apr 2002
                 
18 1 V Sehwag 106 0 Ind v Eng Nottingham 8 Aug 2002
  2 V Sehwag 109 0 Ind v Srl Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
                 
19 1 VL Manjrekar 133 0 Ind v Eng Leeds 05 Jun 1952
  2 VL Manjrekar 108 0 Ind v Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964

DG Bradman, MC Cowdrey, SR Tendulkar and VL Manjrekar are the four batsmen who have accomplished the feat of scoring a duck and a century in a test on two occasions against the same oppositions..

No No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 1 DG Bradman 0 103* Aus v Eng Melbourne 30 Dec 1932
  2 DG Bradman 138 0 Aus v Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1948
                 
2 1 MC Cowdrey 119 0 Eng v Win Port of Spain 25 Mar 1960
  2 MC Cowdrey 101 0 Eng v Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
                 
3 1 MW Gatting 100 0 Eng v Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
  2 MW Gatting 117 0 Eng v Aus Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
                 
4 1 VL Manjrekar 133 0 Ind v Eng Leeds 05 Jun 1952
  2 VL Manjrekar 108 0 Ind v Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964

MJ Gatting  chose the  same opposition {Australia} and the same ground {Adelaide} to accomplish the feat  of scoring a duck and a century on two occasions

AJ Strauss of England and S Chanderpaul  of  West Indies are the  two batsmen  who have accomplished the feat on three occasions

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 AJ Strauss 147 0 Eng v SAF Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
2 AJ Strauss 0 177 Eng v NZl Napier 22 Mar 2008
3 AJ Strauss 0 110 Eng v Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
               
1 S Chanderpaul 118 0 Win v Eng Georgetown 27 Feb 1998
2 S Chanderpaul 0 109 Win v SAF Durban 26 Dec 2003
3 S Chanderpaul 126* 0 Win v NZl Napier 19 Dec 2008

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored a duck and a century in a test on Indian soil. There are fourteen such occasions.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 P Roy 140 0 Ind v Eng Mum-BS 14 Dec 1951
2 Hanif Mohammad 160 0 Pak v Ind Mum-BS 02 Dec 1960
3 VL Manjrekar 108 0 Ind v Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
4 GT Dowling 129 0 NZl v Ind Mum-BS 12 Mar 1965
5 GR Viswanath 0 137 Ind v Aus Kanpur 15 Nov 1969
6 IM Chappell 138 0 Aus v Ind Delhi 28 Nov 1969
7 CC Lewis 0 117 Eng v Ind Chennai 11 Feb 1993
8 NR Mongia 152 0 Ind v Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
9 SR Tendulkar 0 136 Ind v Pak Chennai 28 Jan 1999
10 Saeed Anwar 0 188* Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Feb 1999
11 Younis Khan 147 0 Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
12 R Dravid 136 0 Ind v Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008
13 KK Jennings 112 0 Eng v Ind Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
14 V Kohli 0 104* Ind v Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017

Chennai, Kolkata  and Mum-BS are the  three grounds  on Indian soil to witness  three  occasions of batsmen scoring a duck and a century. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 VL Manjrekar 108 0 Ind v Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
2 CC Lewis 0 117 Eng v Ind Chennai 11 Feb 1993
3 SR Tendulkar 0 136 Ind v Pak Chennai 28 Jan 1999
               
1 Saeed Anwar 0 188* Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Feb 1999
2 Younis Khan 147 0 Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
3 V Kohli 0 104* Ind v Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
               
1 P Roy 140 0 Ind v Eng Mum-BS 14 Dec 1951
2 Hanif Mohammad 160 0 Pak v Ind Mum-BS 02 Dec 1960
3 GT Dowling 129 0 NZl v Ind Mum-BS 12 Mar 1965

The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have scored a duck and a century in a test on Indian soil. There are seven such occasions.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 P Roy 140 0 Ind v Eng Mum-BS 14 Dec 1951
2 VL Manjrekar 108 0 Ind v Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
3 GR Viswanath 0 137 Ind v Aus Kanpur 15 Nov 1969
4 NR Mongia 152 0 Ind v Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
5 SR Tendulkar 0 136 Ind v Pak Chennai 28 Jan 1999
6 R Dravid 136 0 Ind v Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008
7 V Kohli 0 104* Ind v Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017

 

 

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