Shan Masood of Pakistan collects a pair against New Zealand at Christchurch.

Shan Masood of Pakistan collects a pair against New Zealand at Christchurch.

Shan Masood of Pakistan collected a pair against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Christchurch to provide the 574th occasion of a batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 50th occasion of a Pakistan batsman undergoing such ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISIOppGroundStart Date
1MEZ Ghazali00EngManchester22 Jul 1954
2Nasim-ul-Ghani00WinTrinidad05 Feb 1958
3Wazir Mohammad00WinTrinidad05 Feb 1958
4Imtiaz Ahmed00EngDhaka19 Jan 1962
5Javed Burki00NZlWellington22 Jan 1965
6Saleem Altaf00AusMelbourne01 Jan 1977
7Iqbal Qasim00EngLord’s15 Jun 1978
8Majid Khan00AusPerth24 Mar 1979
9Sikander Bakht00AusPerth24 Mar 1979
10Wasim Bari00AusPerth24 Mar 1979
11Mudassar Nazar00EngBirmingham29 Jul 1982
12Wasim Akram00SrlCol-CCC14 Mar 1986
13Aaqib Javed00AusMelbourne12 Jan 1990
14Waqar Younis00NZlFaisalabad26 Oct 1990
15Saeed Anwar00WinFaisalabad23 Nov 1990
16Aaqib Javed00EngLeeds23 Jul 1992
17Aamer Sohail00NZlHamilton02 Jan 1993
18Mushtaq Ahmed00AusRawalpindi05 Oct 1994
19Manzoor Elahi00SrlHarare15 Feb 1995
20Rashid Latif00SAFP Elizabeth06 Mar 1998
21Saleem Malik00AusKarachi22 Oct 1998
22Mushtaq Ahmed00SrlPeshawar27 Nov 1998
23Azhar Mahmood00IndKolkata16 Feb 1999
24Saleem Elahi00EngLord’s17 May 2001
25Taufeeq Umar00AusSharjah11 Oct 2002
26Waqar Younis00AusSharjah11 Oct 2002
27Mohammad Zahid00SAFCape Town02 Jan 2003
28Shoaib Akhtar00AusSydney02 Jan 2005
29Shabbir Ahmed00WinKingston03 Jun 2005
30Shabbir Ahmed00EngMultan12 Nov 2005
31Danish Kaneria00IndFaisalabad21 Jan 2006
32Danish Kaneria00IndDelhi22 Nov 2007
33Abdur Rauf00SrlCol-PSS12 Jul 2009
34Saeed Ajmal00SrlCol-PSS12 Jul 2009
35Mohammad Asif00NZlNapier11 Dec 2009
36Kamran Akmal00EngNottingham29 Jul 2010
37Mohammad Asif00EngNottingham29 Jul 2010
38Mohammad Amir00EngLord’s26 Aug 2010
39Junaid Khan00EngAbu Dhabi25 Jan 2012
40Umar Gul00SAFCape Town14 Feb 2013
41Khurram Manzoor00SAFDubai (DSC23 Oct 2013
42Junaid Khan00SrlGalle06 Aug 2014
43Wahab Riaz00EngLord’s14 Jul 2016
44Asad Shafiq00EngBirmingham03 Aug 2016
45Asad Shafiq00WinSharjah30 Oct 2016
46Wahab Riaz00NZlHamilton25 Nov 2016
47Imran Khan00AusSydney03 Jan 2017
48Babar Azam00WinBridgetown30 Apr 2017
49Sarfaraz Ahmed00SAFCenturion26 Dec 2018
50Shan Masood00NZlCh’church03 Jan 2021

It also provides the fifth occasion of a Pakistan batsman dismissed for a pair by New Zealand bowlers. All such occasions are listed below. It also provides the 47th occasion of a batsman collecting a pair against New Zealand.

NoPlayerFISIOppGroundStart Date
1Javed Burki00NZlWellington22 Jan 1965
2Waqar Younis00NZlFaisalabad26 Oct 1990
3Aamer Sohail00NZlHamilton02 Jan 1993
4Mohammad Asif00NZlNapier11 Dec 2009
5Wahab Riaz00NZlHamilton25 Nov 2016
6Shan Masood00NZlCh’church03 Jan 2021

It also provides the eighth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman dismissed for a pair. All such occasions are listed below.

NoPlayerFISIOppGroundStart Date
1Majid Khan00AusPerth24 Mar 1979
2Mudassar Nazar00EngBirmingham29 Jul 1982
3Saeed Anwar00WinFaisalabad23 Nov 1990
4Aamer Sohail00NZlHamilton02 Jan 1993
5Saleem Elahi00EngLord’s17 May 2001
6Taufeeq Umar00AusSharjah11 Oct 2002
7Khurram Manzoor00SAFDub-DSC23 Oct 2013
8Shan Masood00NZlCh’church03 Jan 2021

It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman dismissed for a pair against New Zealand after Aamer Sohail. Aamer Sohail had collected a pair at Hamilton in Jan 1993. Both such occasions are listed below.

NoPlayerFISIOppGroundStart Date
1Aamer Sohail00NZlHamilton02 Jan 1993
2Shan Masood00NZlCh’church03 Jan 2021
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