Wicketkeeper batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test

Wicketkeeper batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test

Q de Kock of South Africa scored 80 and 55 against Sri Lanka in the just concluded test at Durban to provide the 55th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JM Blackham 57 58* Aus Eng Sydney 17 Feb 1883
2 Dilawar Hussain 59 57 Ind Eng Kolkata 05 Jan 1934
3 CL Walcott 54 108 Win Ind Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
4 RT Spooner 71 92 Eng Ind Kolkata 30 Dec 1951
5 JHB Waite 115 59 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957
6 JHB Waite 58 56* RA Eng Birmingham 09 Jun 1960
7 FCM Alexander 63* 87* Win Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
8 DT Lindsay 69 182 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
9 APE Knott 101 96 Eng NZl Auckland 05 Mar 1971
10 APE Knott 92 63 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
11 FM Engineer 121 66 Ind Eng Mum-BS 06 Feb 1973
12 APE Knott 71 63* Eng Pak Hyd-Pak 16 Mar 1973
13 APE Knott 87 67 Eng Win Bridgetown 06 Mar 1974
14 DL Murray 66 55 Win Aus Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
15 APE Knott 50 57 Eng Win The Oval 12 Aug 1976
16 GN Edwards  th 55 54 NZl Eng Auckland 04 Mar 1978
17 PJL Dujon 53 52 Win Eng Lord’s 16 Jun 1988
18 Saleem Yousuf 62 66* Pak Aus Faisalabad 23 Sep 1988
19 A Flower 115 62* Zim Ind Delhi 13 Mar 1993
20 IA Healy 74 51* Aus Eng Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
21 A Flower 65 83 Zim NZl Auckland 26 Feb 1998
22 A Flower 74 129 Zim Srl Harare 26 Nov 1999
23 AC Gilchrist 78 55 Aus Ind Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
24 A Flower 183* 70 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
25 A Flower 55 232* Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
26 A Flower 51 83 Zim Ind Bulawayo 07 Jun 2001
27 A Flower 142 199* Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
28 T Taibu 59 58 Zim Ban Harare 19 Feb 2004
29 T Taibu 85* 153 Zim Ban Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
30 T Taibu 71* 52 Zim Ind Bulawayo 13 Sep 2005
31 Kamran Akmal 52 71 Pak SAF Lahore 08 Oct 2007
32 MS Dhoni 92 68* Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
33 MS Dhoni 56 55 Ind Aus Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
34 MJ Prior 131* 61 Eng Win P of Spain 06 Mar 2009
35 MS Dhoni 52 56* Ind NZl Wellington 03 Apr 2009
36 Mushfiqur Rahim 79 95 Ban Eng Chattogram 12 Mar 2010
37 MJ Prior 71 103* Eng Ind Lord’s 21 Jul 2011
38 MS Dhoni 77 74* Ind Eng Birmingham 10 Aug 2011
39 LD Chandimal 58 54 Srl SAF Durban 26 Dec 2011
40 BJ Watling 63 63 NZl SAF P Elizabeth 11 Jan 2013
41 MJ Prior 73 110* Eng NZl Auckland 22 Mar 2013
42 Mushfiqur Rahim 60 93 Ban Zim Harare 25 Apr 2013
43 BJ Haddin 94 53 Aus Eng Brisbane 21 Nov 2013
44 Sarfaraz Ahmed 55 52* Pak Srl Galle 06 Aug 2014
45 Sarfaraz Ahmed 103 55 Pak Srl Col-SSC 14 Aug 2014
46 BJ Watling 61* 59 NZl Eng Lord’s 21 May 2015
47 LD Chandimal 59 162* Srl Ind Galle 12 Aug 2015
48 MDKJ Perera 55 70 Srl Ind Col-SSC 28 Aug 2015
49 LD Chandimal 83 58 Srl NZl Dunedin 10 Dec 2015
50 JM Bairstow 55 81 Eng Pak The Oval 11 Aug 2016
51 Q de Kock 82 50 SAF NZl Centurion 27 Aug 2016
52 WP Saha 54* 58* Ind NZl Kolkata 30 Sep 2016
53 Q de Kock 84 64 SAF Aus Perth 03 Nov 2016
54 Sarfaraz Ahmed 94 81 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018
55 Q de Kock 80 55 SAF Srl Durban 13 Feb 2019

It also provide the fifth occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JHB Waite 115 59 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957
2 DT Lindsay 69 182 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
3 Q de Kock 82 50 SAF NZl Centurion 27 Aug 2016
4 Q de Kock 84 64 SAF Aus Perth 03 Nov 2016
5 Q de Kock 80 55 SAF Srl Durban 13 Feb 2019

It also provide the fourth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 A Flower 74 129 Zim Srl Harare 26 Nov 1999
2 Sarfaraz Ahmed 55 52* Pak Srl Galle 06 Aug 2014
3 Sarfaraz Ahmed 103 55 Pak Srl Col-SSC 14 Aug 2014
4 Q de Kock 80 55 SAF Srl Durban 13 Feb 2019
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