Batsmen absent in a test innings
Abrar Ahmed of Pakistan did not bat in its second innings and the Pakistan’s second innings score card read – “Abrar Ahmed – absent” to provide the 169th occasion of a batsman absent in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Absent | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AC Bannerman | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1884 |
| 2 | H Moses | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Sydney | 29 Jan 1892 |
| 3 | WH Lockwood | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Sydney | 01 Feb 1895 |
| 4 | WH Lockwood | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Sydney | 01 Feb 1895 |
| 5 | J Briggs | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Leeds | 29 Jun 1899 |
| 6 | SF Barnes | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Adelaide | 17 Jan 1902 |
| 7 | RE Foster | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1904 |
| 8 | TW Hayward | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Melbourne | 05 Mar 1904 |
| 9 | VT Trumper | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 |
| 10 | GL Jessop | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Leeds | 01 Jul 1909 |
| 11 | GL Jessop | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Leeds | 01 Jul 1909 |
| 12 | CB Llewellyn | Absent | SAF | v Aus | Melbourne | 17 Feb 1911 |
| 13 | JW Hearne | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 |
| 14 | JW Hearne | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 |
| 15 | JB Hobbs | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Leeds | 02 Jul 1921 |
| 16 | JB Hobbs | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Leeds | 02 Jul 1921 |
| 17 | WVS Ling | Absent | SAF | v Eng | Durban | 18 Jan 1923 |
| 18 | JM Gregory | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 19 | JM Gregory | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 20 | C Kelleway | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 21 | WH Ponsford | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 |
| 22 | EL Bartlett | Absent | Win | v Aus | Sydney | 01 Jan 1931 |
| 23 | EL Bartlett | Absent | Win | v Aus | Sydney | 01 Jan 1931 |
| 24 | G Duckworth | Absent | Eng | v SAF | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1931 |
| 25 | DG Bradman | Absent | Aus | v SAF | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 |
| 26 | WAS Oldfield | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Adelaide | 13 Jan 1933 |
| 27 | HG Vivian | Absent | NZl | v Eng | Christchurch | 24 Mar 1933 |
| 28 | GG Macaulay | Absent | Eng | v Win | Manchester | 22 Jul 1933 |
| 29 | Naoomal Jaoomal | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Chennai | 10 Feb 1934 |
| 30 | WE Bowes | Absent | Eng | v Aus | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 |
| 31 | LEG Ames | Absent | Eng | v Aus | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 |
| 32 | RES Wyatt | Absent | Eng | v Win | Kingston | 14 Mar 1935 |
| 33 | EL McCormick | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 04 Dec 1936 |
| 34 | CL Badcock | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Sydney | 18 Dec 1936 |
| 35 | ML Page | Absent | NZl | v Eng | The Oval | 14 Aug 1937 |
| 36 | DG Bradman | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 37 | JHW Fingleton | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 38 | DG Bradman | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 39 | JHW Fingleton | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 40 | L Hutton | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Sydney | 28 Feb 1947 |
| 41 | PK Sen | Absent | Ind | v Win | Brabourne | 04 Feb 1949 |
| 42 | DVP Wright | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Sydney | 05 Jan 1951 |
| 43 | FR Brown | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Adelaide | 02 Feb 1951 |
| 44 | AD Nourse | Absent | SAF | v Eng | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 |
| 45 | HJ Tayfield | Absent | SAF | v Aus | Sydney | 09 Jan 1953 |
| 46 | DK Gaekwad | Absent | Ind | v Win | Bridgetown | 07 Feb 1953 |
| 47 | RH Shodhan | Absent | Ind | v Win | Kingston | 28 Mar 1953 |
| 48 | WA Johnston | Absent | Aus | v Win | Georgetown | 26 Apr 1955 |
| 49 | JA Hayes | Absent | NZl | v Ind | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 50 | JA Hayes | Absent | NZl | v Ind | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 51 | FM King | Absent | Win | v NZl | Dunedin | 03 Feb 1956 |
| 52 | AK Davidson | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1956 |
| 53 | JDC Goddard | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 |
| 54 | JDC Goddard | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 |
| 55 | Nasim-ul-Ghani | Absent | Pak | v Win | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 56 | Mahmood Hussain | Absent | Pak | v Win | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 57 | MH Mankad | Absent | Ind | v Win | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 |
| 58 | PR Umrigar | Absent | Ind | v Win | Delhi | 06 Feb 1959 |
| 59 | CG Borde | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Nottingham | 04 Jun 1959 |
| 60 | GF Rorke | Absent | Aus | v Ind | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 |
| 61 | MJ Stewart | Absent | Eng | v Ind | Brabourne | 21 Jan 1964 |
| 62 | NCL O’Neill | Absent | Aus | v Ind | Brabourne | 10 Oct 1964 |
| 63 | NCL O’Neill | Absent | Aus | v Ind | Brabourne | 10 Oct 1964 |
| 64 | JH Edrich | Absent | Eng | v NZl | Auckland | 11 Mar 1966 |
| 65 | DN Sardesai | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1967 |
| 66 | JN Shepherd | Absent | Win | v Eng | Leeds | 10 Jul 1969 |
| 67 | BS Bedi | Absent | Ind | v Aus | Chennai | 24 Dec 1969 |
| 68 | Pervez Sajjad | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Lord’s | 17 Jun 1971 |
| 69 | N Gifford | Absent | Eng | v Ind | Kanpur | 25 Jan 1973 |
| 70 | JM Parker | Absent | NZl | v Pak | Wellington | 02 Feb 1973 |
| 71 | LG Rowe | Absent | Win | v Aus | Port of Spain | 23 Mar 1973 |
| 72 | LG Rowe | Absent | Win | v Aus | Port of Spain | 23 Mar 1973 |
| 73 | GM Turner | Absent | NZl | v Aus | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1973 |
| 74 | BS Chandrasekhar | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1974 |
| 75 | MAK Pataudi | Absent | Ind | v Win | Bengaluru | 22 Nov 1974 |
| 76 | FM Engineer | Absent | Ind | v Win | Bengaluru | 22 Nov 1974 |
| 77 | SM Gavaskar | Absent | Ind | v NZl | Wellington | 13 Feb 1976 |
| 78 | EAS Prasanna | Absent | Ind | v Win | Bridgetown | 10 Mar 1976 |
| 79 | BS Bedi | Absent | Ind | v Win | Kingston | 21 Apr 1976 |
| 80 | BP Patel | Absent | Ind | v Win | Kingston | 21 Apr 1976 |
| 81 | AD Gaekwad | Absent | Ind | v Win | Kingston | 21 Apr 1976 |
| 82 | BS Chandrasekhar | Absent | Ind | v Win | Kingston | 21 Apr 1976 |
| 83 | GR Viswanath | Absent | Ind | v Win | Kingston | 21 Apr 1976 |
| 84 | JR Thomson | Absent | Aus | v Pak | Adelaide | 24 Dec 1976 |
| 85 | VA Holder | Absent | Win | v Pak | Bridgetown | 18 Feb 1977 |
| 86 | PM Toohey | Absent | Aus | v Win | Port of Spain | 03 Mar 1978 |
| 87 | CH Lloyd | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 24 Jul 1980 |
| 88 | NS Yadav | Absent | Ind | v Aus | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 |
| 89 | SM Gavaskar | Absent | Ind | v Eng | The Oval | 08 Jul 1982 |
| 90 | RL Dias | Absent | Srl | v NZl | Colombo (CCC) | 24 Mar 1984 |
| 91 | SB Smith | Absent | Aus | v Win | Kingston | 28 Apr 1984 |
| 92 | TA Lloyd | Absent | Eng | v Win | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1984 |
| 93 | VP Terry | Absent | Eng | v Win | Manchester | 26 Jul 1984 |
| 94 | JV Coney | Absent | NZl | v Win | Kingston | 04 May 1985 |
| 95 | GF Lawson | Absent | Aus | v Win | Perth | 02 Dec 1988 |
| 96 | IT Botham | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1989 |
| 97 | NS Sidhu | Absent | Ind | v NZl | Christchurch | 02 Feb 1990 |
| 98 | RS Mahanama | Absent | Srl | v NZl | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 99 | MW Pringle | Absent | SAF | v Ind | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 |
| 100 | KR Rutherford | Absent | NZl | v Srl | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1995 |
| 101 | AJ Stewart | Absent | Eng | v Win | Birmingham | 06 Jul 1995 |
| 102 | Saleem Malik | Absent | Pak | v Aus | Brisbane | 09 Nov 1995 |
| 103 | SK Warne | Absent | Aus | v Pak | Hobart | 17 Nov 1995 |
| 104 | V Rathour | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Nottingham | 04 Jul 1996 |
| 105 | J Srinath | Absent | Ind | v SAF | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1997 |
| 106 | FA Rose | Absent | Win | v Ind | St John’s | 04 Apr 1997 |
| 107 | HP Tillakaratne | Absent | Srl | v Win | St John’s | 13 Jun 1997 |
| 108 | WPUJC Vaas | Absent | Srl | v Zim | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Jan 1998 |
| 109 | N Hussain | Absent | Eng | v NZl | Lord’s | 22 Jul 1999 |
| 110 | SR Waugh | Absent | Aus | v Srl | Kandy | 09 Sep 1999 |
| 111 | JN Gillespie | Absent | Aus | v Srl | Kandy | 09 Sep 1999 |
| 112 | D Ganga | Absent | Win | v NZl | Wellington | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 113 | D Ganga | Absent | Win | v NZl | Wellington | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 114 | R Vijay Bharadwaj | Absent | Ind | v Aus | Sydney | 02 Jan 2000 |
| 115 | A Flintoff | Absent | Eng | v SAF | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2000 |
| 116 | NR Mongia | Absent | Ind | v SAF | Bengaluru | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 117 | HH Streak | Absent | Zim | v Win | Kingston | 24 Mar 2000 |
| 118 | Khaled Mashud | Absent | Ban | v Zim | Bulawayo | 19 Apr 2001 |
| 119 | SV Carlisle | Absent | Zim | v Win | Bulawayo | 19 Jul 2001 |
| 120 | J Srinath | Absent | Ind | v Srl | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 |
| 121 | M Muralidaran | Absent | Srl | v Eng | Birmingham | 30 May 2002 |
| 122 | SP Jones | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Brisbane | 07 Nov 2002 |
| 123 | SP Jones | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Brisbane | 07 Nov 2002 |
| 124 | CEW Silverwood | Absent | Eng | v Aus | Perth | 29 Nov 2002 |
| 125 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Absent | Ban | v Eng | Chattogram | 29 Oct 2003 |
| 126 | DL Vettori | Absent | NZl | v Eng | Leeds | 03 Jun 2004 |
| 127 | DR Smith | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 19 Aug 2004 |
| 128 | ST Jayasuriya | Absent | Srl | v Pak | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 |
| 129 | RR Sarwan | Absent | Win | v Eng | Leeds | 25 May 2007 |
| 130 | RR Sarwan | Absent | Win | v Eng | Leeds | 25 May 2007 |
| 131 | SE Bond | Absent | NZl | v SAF | Johannesburg | 08 Nov 2007 |
| 132 | CD Cumming | Absent | NZl | v SAF | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 |
| 133 | S Chanderpaul | Absent | Win | v SAF | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 |
| 134 | Tamim Iqbal | Absent | Ban | v NZl | Wellington | 12 Jan 2008 |
| 135 | Aftab Ahmed | Absent | Ban | v SAF | Chattogram | 29 Feb 2008 |
| 136 | DR Flynn | Absent | NZl | v Eng | Manchester | 23 May 2008 |
| 137 | PL Harris | Absent | SAF | v Ban | Bloemfontein | 19 Nov 2008 |
| 138 | GC Smith | Absent | SAF | v Aus | Durban | 06 Mar 2009 |
| 139 | RJ Harris | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2010 |
| 140 | Rubel Hossain | Absent | Ban | v Pak | Chattogram | 09 Dec 2011 |
| 141 | JP Duminy | Absent | SAF | v Aus | Brisbane | 09 Nov 2012 |
| 142 | HAPW Jayawardene | Absent | Srl | v Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2012 |
| 143 | UWMBCA Welegedara | Absent | Srl | v Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2012 |
| 144 | Zulfiqar Babar | Absent | Pak | v SAF | Dubai (DICS) | 23 Oct 2013 |
| 145 | Junaid Khan | Absent | Pak | v Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Aug 2014 |
| 146 | KAJ Roach | Absent | Win | v SAF | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 |
| 147 | KAJ Roach | Absent | Win | v SAF | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 |
| 148 | Shahadat Hossain | Absent | Ban | v Pak | Mirpur | 06 May 2015 |
| 149 | Shahadat Hossain | Absent | Ban | v Pak | Mirpur | 06 May 2015 |
| 150 | ST Gabriel | Absent | Win | v Aus | Hobart | 10 Dec 2015 |
| 151 | ST Gabriel | Absent | Win | v Aus | Hobart | 10 Dec 2015 |
| 152 | DAS Gunaratne | Absent | Srl | v Ind | Galle | 26 Jul 2017 |
| 153 | HMRKB Herath | Absent | Srl | v Ind | Galle | 26 Jul 2017 |
| 154 | DAS Gunaratne | Absent | Srl | v Ind | Galle | 26 Jul 2017 |
| 155 | UT Khawaja | Absent | Aus | v Pak | Abu Dhabi | 16 Oct 2018 |
| 156 | TL Chatara | Absent | Zim | v Ban | Mirpur | 11 Nov 2018 |
| 157 | TL Chatara | Absent | Zim | v Ban | Mirpur | 11 Nov 2018 |
| 158 | CBRLS Kumara | Absent | Srl | v Aus | Brisbane | 24 Jan 2019 |
| 159 | L Embuldeniya | Absent | Srl | v SAF | Gqeberha | 21 Feb 2019 |
| 160 | TA Boult | Absent | NZl | v Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2019 |
| 161 | MJ Henry | Absent | NZl | v Aus | Sydney | 03 Jan 2020 |
| 162 | SO Dowrich | Absent | Win | v NZl | Hamilton | 03 Dec 2020 |
| 163 | SO Dowrich | Absent | Win | v NZl | Hamilton | 03 Dec 2020 |
| 164 | DM de Silva | Absent | Srl | v SAF | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 |
| 165 | PS Masvaure | Absent | Zim | v Pak | Harare | 29 Apr 2021 |
| 166 | RL Chase | Absent | Win | v SAF | Gros Islet | 18 Jun 2021 |
| 167 | SS Iyer | Absent | Ind | v Aus | Ahmedabad | 09 Mar 2023 |
| 168 | T Bavuma | Absent | SAF | v Ind | Centurion | 26 Dec 2023 |
| 169 | Abrar Ahmed | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Multan | 07 Oct 2024 |
It also provides the seventh occasion of a Pakistan batsman absent in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Absent | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Nasim-ul-Ghani | Absent | Pak | v Win | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 2 | Mahmood Hussain | Absent | Pak | v Win | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 3 | Pervez Sajjad | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Lord’s | 17 Jun 1971 |
| 4 | Saleem Malik | Absent | Pak | v Aus | Brisbane | 09 Nov 1995 |
| 5 | Zulfiqar Babar | Absent | Pak | v SAF | Dubai (DICS) | 23 Oct 2013 |
| 6 | Junaid Khan | Absent | Pak | v Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Aug 2014 |
| 7 | Abrar Ahmed | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Multan | 07 Oct 2024 |
It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan batsman absent in a test innings against England. Both such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Absent | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Pervez Sajjad | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Lord’s | 17 Jun 1971 |
| 2 | Abrar Ahmed | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Multan | 07 Oct 2024 |
It also provides the 39th occasion of a batsman absent in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Absent | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AC Bannerman | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1884 |
| 2 | H Moses | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Sydney | 29 Jan 1892 |
| 3 | VT Trumper | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 |
| 4 | WVS Ling | Absent | SAF | v Eng | Durban | 18 Jan 1923 |
| 5 | JM Gregory | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 6 | JM Gregory | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 7 | C Kelleway | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 8 | WH Ponsford | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 |
| 9 | WAS Oldfield | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Adelaide | 13 Jan 1933 |
| 10 | HG Vivian | Absent | NZl | v Eng | Christchurch | 24 Mar 1933 |
| 11 | Naoomal Jaoomal | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Chennai | 10 Feb 1934 |
| 12 | EL McCormick | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Brisbane | 04 Dec 1936 |
| 13 | CL Badcock | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Sydney | 18 Dec 1936 |
| 14 | ML Page | Absent | NZl | v Eng | The Oval | 14 Aug 1937 |
| 15 | DG Bradman | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 16 | JHW Fingleton | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 17 | DG Bradman | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 18 | JHW Fingleton | Absent | Aus | v Eng | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 19 | AD Nourse | Absent | SAF | v Eng | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 |
| 20 | AK Davidson | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1956 |
| 21 | JDC Goddard | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 |
| 22 | JDC Goddard | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 |
| 23 | CG Borde | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Nottingham | 04 Jun 1959 |
| 24 | DN Sardesai | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1967 |
| 25 | JN Shepherd | Absent | Win | v Eng | Leeds | 10 Jul 1969 |
| 26 | Pervez Sajjad | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Lord’s | 17 Jun 1971 |
| 27 | BS Chandrasekhar | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1974 |
| 28 | CH Lloyd | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 24 Jul 1980 |
| 29 | SM Gavaskar | Absent | Ind | v Eng | The Oval | 08 Jul 1982 |
| 30 | V Rathour | Absent | Ind | v Eng | Nottingham | 04 Jul 1996 |
| 31 | M Muralidaran | Absent | Srl | v Eng | Birmingham | 30 May 2002 |
| 32 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Absent | Ban | v Eng | Chattogram | 29 Oct 2003 |
| 33 | DL Vettori | Absent | NZl | v Eng | Leeds | 03 Jun 2004 |
| 34 | DR Smith | Absent | Win | v Eng | The Oval | 19 Aug 2004 |
| 35 | RR Sarwan | Absent | Win | v Eng | Leeds | 25 May 2007 |
| 36 | RR Sarwan | Absent | Win | v Eng | Leeds | 25 May 2007 |
| 37 | DR Flynn | Absent | NZl | v Eng | Manchester | 23 May 2008 |
| 38 | RJ Harris | Absent | Aus | v Eng | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2010 |
| 39 | Abrar Ahmed | Absent | Pak | v Eng | Multan | 07 Oct 2024 |