Shan Masood’s  156 and duck in the just concluded Manchester test between Pakistan and England was  in vain to provide the 18th occasion of an opening batsman’s century and duck  in a losing cause in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JHW Fingleton	100	0	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
2	MH Mankad	111	0	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
3	Imtiaz Ahmed	122	0	Pak	Win	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
4	Sadiq Mohd	105	0	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
5	GR Marsh	118	0	Aus	NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
6	NS Sidhu	116	0	Ind	Win	Kingston	28 Apr 1989
7	AC Hudson	163	0	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
8	MA Atherton	144	0	Eng	Win	Georgetown	17 Mar 1994
9	M Prabhakar	120	0*	Ind	Win	Mohali	10 Dec 1994
10	SL Campbell	170	0	Win	NZl	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
11	MS Atapattu	120	0	Srl	SAF	Kandy	30 Jul 2000
12	Javed Omar	119	0	Ban	Pak	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003
13	Tamim Iqbal	0	151	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
14	AN Cook	115	0	Eng	SAF	The Oval	19 Jul 2012
15	S Dhawan	0	115	Ind	NZl	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
16	FDM Karunaratne	0	152	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
17	KK Jennings	112	0	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
18	Shan Masood	156	0	Pak	Eng	Manchester	05 Aug 2020

It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman’s century and duck in a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Imtiaz Ahmed	122	0	Pak	Win	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
2	Sadiq Mohd	105	0	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
3	Shan Masood	156	0	Pak	Eng	Manchester	05 Aug 2020

It also provides the second occasion of an opening batsman’s century and duck in a test going in vain against England. Both such occasions are tabulated below. 6It is interesting to note that Shan Masood’s feat was after 84 years. Prior to this Australian JW Fingleton’s 100 and duck went in vain in Dec 1936 against England.

No	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JHW Fingleton	100	0	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
2	Shan Masood	156	0	Pak	Eng	Manchester	05 Aug 2020

Shan Masood’s  156 and duck in the just concluded Manchester test between Pakistan and England was  in vain to provide the 18th occasion of an opening batsman’s 150 plus runs and duck  in a losing cause in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Hudson	163	0	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
2	SL Campbell	170	0	Win	NZl	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
3	MS Atapattu	120	0	Srl	SAF	Kandy	30 Jul 2000
4	Tamim Iqbal	0	151	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
5	FDM Karunaratne	0	152	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
6	Shan Masood	156	0	Pak	Eng	Manchester	05 Aug 2020