P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 64 and 127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the 15th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against England in a winning cause

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu	50	100*	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002
2	MG Vandort	61	140	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	28 Jul 2002
3	WU Tharanga	165	71*	v Bangladesh	Bogra	08 Mar 2006
4	SM Warnapura	120	62	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008
5	TM Dilshan	92	123*	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009
6	TM Dilshan	101	56	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012
7	JK Silva	95	58	v Pakistan	Dub-DICS	08 Jan 2014
8	FDM Karunaratne	56	110	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016
9	FDM Karunaratne	158*	60	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018
10	MD Gunathilaka	57	61	v South Africa	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
11	FDM Karunaratne	53	85	v South Africa	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
12	FDM Karunaratne	118	66	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
13	FDM Karunaratne	147	83	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021
14	P Nissanka	73	66	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021
15	P Nissanka	64	127*	v England	The Oval	06 Sep 2024

It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lanakan opening batsman scoring a half century and a century in a test in a winning cause against England