P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 64 and 127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the 28th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	72	113	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	26 Apr 1997
2	MS Atapattu	60	71	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998
3	RP Arnold	123	56*	v Pakistan	Lahore	04 Mar 1999
4	MS Atapattu	50	100*	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002
5	RP Arnold	62	109	v England	Manchester	13 Jun 2002
6	MG Vandort	61	140	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	28 Jul 2002
7	MS Atapattu	118	50*	v West Indies	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003
8	ST Jayasuriya	71	51	v Australia	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
9	MS Atapattu	88	67	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
10	WU Tharanga	165	71*	v Bangladesh	Bogra	08 Mar 2006
11	SM Warnapura	120	62	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008
12	TM Dilshan	92	123*	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009
13	NT Paranavitana	53	54	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
14	TM Dilshan	101	56	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012
15	TM Dilshan	54	126	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
16	JK Silva	95	58	v Pakistan	Dub-DICS	08 Jan 2014
17	JK Silva	63	57	v England	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
18	FDM Karunaratne	56	110	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016
19	FDM Karunaratne	158*	60	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018
20	MD Gunathilaka	57	61	v South Africa	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
21	FDM Karunaratne	53	85	v South Africa	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
22	FDM Karunaratne	63	57	v England	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018
23	HDRL Thirimanne	70	76	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021
24	FDM Karunaratne	118	66	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
25	FDM Karunaratne	147	83	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021
26	P Nissanka	73	66	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021
27	FDM Karunaratne	89	51	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Mar 2023
28	P Nissanka	64	127*	v England	The Oval	06 Sep 2024

P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 64 and 127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RP Arnold	62	109	v England	Manchester	13 Jun 2002
2	JK Silva	63	57	v England	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	FDM Karunaratne	63	57	v England	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018
4	P Nissanka	64	127*	v England	The Oval	06 Sep 2024