Two nineties in a test innings

Two nineties in a test innings

Sri Lankan innings of 531 against Bangladesh in the recently concluded test at Chattogram contained two nineties to provide the 61st occasion of a test innings containing two nineties in the annals of test cricket.  All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamInnsOppositionVenue90sStart Date
1South Africa1AustraliaJohannesburg211 Oct 1902
2England3South AfricaCape Town231 Dec 1927
3West Indies1EnglandPort of Spain224 Jan 1935
4England1South AfricaJohannesburg224 Dec 1938
5England2IndiaThe Oval220 Aug 1959
6England1South AfricaLord’s223 Jun 1960
7Australia2South AfricaMelbourne201 Jan 1964
8South Africa1EnglandJohannesburg222 Jan 1965
9England2West IndiesLord’s216 Jun 1966
10West Indies2AustraliaBridgetown209 Mar 1973
11Pakistan1EnglandKarachi224 Mar 1973
12West Indies2EnglandKingston216 Feb 1974
13West Indies1IndiaWankhede223 Jan 1975
14West Indies4AustraliaMelbourne231 Jan 1976
15Australia3West IndiesKingston228 Apr 1978
16India3PakistanLahore227 Oct 1978
17West Indies2EnglandKingston210 Apr 1981
18Pakistan1AustraliaMelbourne211 Dec 1981
19Sri Lanka1PakistanFaisalabad214 Mar 1982
20India1West IndiesSt John’s228 Apr 1983
21India2PakistanChennai203 Feb 1987
22Pakistan2Sri LankaSialkot212 Dec 1991
23England1New ZealandChristchurch218 Jan 1992
24South Africa1IndiaJohannesburg226 Nov 1992
25India1Sri LankaBengaluru226 Jan 1994
26England1West IndiesThe Oval224 Aug 1995
27Australia2Sri LankaPerth                           208 Dec 1995
28New Zealand3PakistanLahore221 Nov 1996
29New Zealand2ZimbabweBulawayo225 Sep 1997
30India1Sri LankaNagpur226 Nov 1997
31India2AustraliaEden Gardens218 Mar 1998
32South Africa2IndiaBengaluru202 Mar 2000
33South Africa2Sri LankaCape Town202 Jan 2001
34Zimbabwe3West IndiesHarare227 Jul 2001
35Sri Lanka1ZimbabweCol-SSC227 Dec 2001
36Zimbabwe1IndiaDelhi228 Feb 2002
37India3EnglandNottingham208 Aug 2002
38South Africa2Sri LankaCenturion215 Nov 2002
39West Indies2BangladeshDhaka208 Dec 2002
40Australia3IndiaNagpur226 Oct 2004
41Australia3PakistanPerth216 Dec 2004
42India2ZimbabweHarare220 Sep 2005
43India2PakistanFaisalabad221 Jan 2006
44Pakistan3IndiaKarachi229 Jan 2006
45Pakistan2EnglandThe Oval217 Aug 2006
46England4AustraliaBrisbane223 Nov 2006
47India1EnglandThe Oval209 Aug 2007
48England1West IndiesBridgetown226 Feb 2009
49Pakistan1Sri LankaCol-SSC220 Jul 2009
40New Zealand1PakistanDunedin224 Nov 2009
51Australia1PakistanMelbourne226 Dec 2009
52Bangladesh3West IndiesKhulna221 Nov 2012
53Australia1IndiaMohali214 Mar 2013
54Sri Lanka1PakistanSharjah216 Jan 2014
55England1New ZealandLord’s221 May 2015
56Pakistan1AustraliaAbu Dhabi216 Oct 2018
57West Indies1BangladeshMirpur211 Feb 2021
58Sri Lanka3West IndiesNorth Sound221 Mar 2021
59Australia1EnglandAdelaide216 Dec 2021
50Australia2PakistanRawalpindi204 Mar 2022
61Sri Lanka1BangladeshChattogram230 Mar 2024

It also provides the fifth occasion of Sri Lanka’s test innings containing two nineties in the annals of test cricket.  All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamInnsOppositionVenue90sStart Date
1Sri Lanka1PakistanFaisalabad214 Mar 1982
2Sri Lanka1ZimbabweCol-SSC227 Dec 2001
3Sri Lanka1PakistanSharjah216 Jan 2014
4Sri Lanka3West IndiesNorth Sound221 Mar 2021
5Sri Lanka1BangladeshChattogram230 Mar 2024

It also provides the third occasion of a test innings containing two nineties against Bangladesh in the annals of test cricket.  All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamInnsOppositionVenue90sStart Date
1West Indies2BangladeshDhaka208 Dec 2002
2West Indies1BangladeshMirpur211 Feb 2021
3Sri Lanka1BangladeshChattogram230 Mar 2024
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