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KS Willamson scored 113 and 68 not out In the ongoing test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo to provide the 14^th occasion of a New Zealand captain scoring twin fifties in a test. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GO Rabone	107	68	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953
2	JR Reid	60	142	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
3	JR Reid	74	100	v England	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
4	JR Reid	128	76	v Pakistan	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
5	GP Howarth	62	60	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984
6	MD Crowe	140	61	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Nov 1992
7	KR Rutherford	63	59	v India	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994
8	SP Fleming	78	174*	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998
9	SP Fleming	57	99	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000
10	SP Fleming	274*	69*	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003
11	DL Vettori	55*	76	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	17 Oct 2008
12	LRPL Taylor	76	76	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
13	LRPL Taylor	142	74	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012
14	KS Williamson	113	68*	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06 Aug 2016

KS Williamson became the third New Zealand captain to score twin fifties against Zimbabwe after MD Crowe and LRPL Taylor. The performance of these three captains are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MD Crowe	140	61	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Nov 1992
2	LRPL Taylor	76	76	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
3	KS Williamson	113	68*	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06 Aug 2016

KS Willamaon of New Zealand earned the distinction of scoring a hundred in his 50^th test when he scored 113 against Zimbabwe in the ongoing test at Bulawayo. His feat provides the 30th occasion of a batsman registering a hundred in his 50^th test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Venue	Start date
1	JB Hobbs	Eng	159	FI	Win	The Oval	14.08.28
2	PR Umrigar	Ind	112	FI	Pak	Delhi	08.02.61
3	TW Graveney	Eng	153	FI	Pak	Lord’s	23.06.62
4	KF Barrington	Eng	256	FI	Aus	Manchester	23.07.64
5	RB Simpson	Aus	103	SI	Ind	Adelaide	28.12.67
6	WM Lawry	Aus	205	FI	Win	Melbourne	26.12.68
7	CH Lloyd	WI	102	FI	Ind	Bridgetown	10.03.76
8	GR Viswanath	Ind	124	SI	Win	Chennai	12.01.79
9	SM Gavaskar	Ind	221	SI	Eng	The Oval	30.08.79
10	IT Botham	Eng	128	FI	Ind	Manchester	24.06.82
11	Javed Miandad	Pak	280*	FI	Ind	Hyderabad-Sind	14.01.83
12	N Kapil Dev	Ind	100*	SI	Win	Trinidad	11.03.83
13	IVARichards	WI	109	FI	Ind	Georgetown	31.03.83
14	JG Wright	NZl	138	SI	Win	Wellington	20.02.87
15	MA Taylor	Aus	170	FI	SAF	Melbourne	26.12.93
16	RA Smith	Eng	175	FI	Win	St John’s	16.04.94
17	MA Atherton	Eng	113	FI	Win	Nottingham	10.08.95
18	WJ Cronje	SAF	126	FI	Eng	Nottingham	22.07.98
19	G Kirsten	SAF	134	SI	Win	Centurion	15.01.99
20	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	188	FI	Pak	Kandy	28.06.00
21	MA Butcher	Eng	124	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.03
22	HH Gibbs	SAF	183	FI	Eng	The Oval	04.09.03
23	VVS Laxman	Ind	178	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.04
24	CH Gayle	WI	317	FI	SAF	St John’s	29.04.05
25	TM Dilshan	Srl	162	FI	Ban	Chittagong	03.01.09
	TM Dilshan	Srl	143	SI	Ban	Chittagong	03.01.09
26	AB de Villiers	SAF	104*	FI	Aus	Johannesburg	02.03.09
27	KP Pietersen	Eng	102	SI	Win	Trinidad	10.03.09
28	MJ Clarke	Aus	103*	SI	Eng	Birmingham	30.07.09
29	AN Cook	Eng	118	FI	SAF	Durban	26.12.09
30	KS Willamson	NZl	113	FI	Zim	Bulawayo	06.08.16

KS Willamson became the second New Zealand batsman to register a hundred in his 50^th test after JG Wright. JG Wright had scored 138 against West Indies at Wellington in Feb 1987.

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Venue	Start date
1	JG Wright	NZl	138	SI	Win	Wellington	20.02.87
2	KS Willamson	NZl	113	FI	Zim	Bulawayo	06.08.16

The following are the other statistical observations on the feat of batsmen scoring hundreds in their 50^th test. 

Javed Miandad scored hundreds in his debut test, 50^th test and 100^th test. He is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to earn the distinction. Javed Miandad of Pakistan, GR Viswanath of India and AN Cook of England registered hundreds in his debut test and in their 50th test. TM Dilshan is the only batsman to register hundreds in both innings of his 50^th test. He is the 25th batsman to earn the distinction of scoring hundred in 50^th test. G Kirsten scored zero and 134 in his 50th test. CH Gayle {317} remains the only batsman to register 300 plus runs in his 50^th test. KF Barrington {256} is credited with the distinction of becoming the first batsman to score a double hundred in his 50th test. GR Viswanath-SM Gavaskar {brother-in-laws} are the only related cricketers in this elite list. KS Williamson is  the  only batsman in the  list  to score a century and a half century {113 and 68 not out} in  his 50th test

Sohail Khan and Rahat Ali added 50 runs for the last wicket in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between England and Pakistan at Birmingham to provide the 24^th occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the tenth wicket in tests. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Amir Elahi/Zulfiqar Ahmed	10	104	1	Ind	Chennai	28 Nov 1952
2	Fazal Mahmood/Mahmood Hussain	10	56	2	Win	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1958
3	Afaq Hussain/Haseeb Ahsan	10	52	3	Eng	Lahore	21 Oct 1961
4	Mohammad Farooq/Salahuddin	10	65	2	NZl	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965
5	Asif Masood/Sarfraz Nawaz	10	62	1	Eng	Leeds	25 Jul 1974
6	Asif Masood/Intikhab Alam	10	57	1	Win	Lahore	15 Feb 1975
7	Asif Iqbal/Iqbal Qasim	10	87	3	Aus	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976
8	Wasim Bari/Wasim Raja	10	133	3	Win	Bridgetown	18 Feb 1977
9	Imran Khan/Tauseef Ahmed	10	81*	1	Ind	Chennai	03 Feb 1987
10	Mohsin Kamal/Saleem Yousuf	10	55	1	Eng	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
11	Inzamam-ul-Haq/Mushtaq Ahmed	10	57*	4	Aus	Karachi	28 Sep 1994
12	Aamer Nazir/Moin Khan	10	65	4	Srl	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995
13	Ata-ur-Rehman/Rashid Latif	10	50	1	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 1996
14	Azhar Mahmood/Mushtaq Ahmed	10	151	1	SAF	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997
15	Mohammad Yousuf/Waqar Younis	10	50*	2	Zim	Lahore	10 Dec 1998
16	Arshad Khan/Wasim Akram	10	90	2	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000
17	Asim Kamal/Mohammad Asif	10	55	3	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
18	Inzamam-ul-Haq/Mohammad Asif	10	74	2	SAF	Port Elizabeth	19 Jan 2007
19	Mohammad Asif/Umar Gul	10	53	2	Aus	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
20	Mohammad Asif/Umar Akmal	10	50	3	Eng	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
21	Saeed Ajmal/Tanvir Ahmed	10	78	1	Win	Basseterre	20 May 2011
22	Rahat Ali/Younis Khan	10	88*	3	Zim	Harare	03 Sep 2013
23	Rahat Ali/Sarfraz Ahmed	10	81	2	NZl	Dubai (DSC)	17 Nov 2014
24	Rahat Ali/Sohail Khan	10	50	4	Eng	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

It also provides the sixth occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 50 plus runs for the tenth wicket against England, All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Afaq Hussain/Haseeb Ahsan	10	52	3	Eng	Lahore	21 Oct 1961
2	Asif Masood/Sarfraz Nawaz	10	62	1	Eng	Leeds	25 Jul 1974
3	Mohsin Kamal/Saleem Yousuf	10	55	1	Eng	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
4	Ata-ur-Rehman/Rashid Latif	10	50	1	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 1996
5	Mohammad Asif/Umar Akmal	10	50	3	Eng	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
6	Rahat Ali/Sohail Khan	10	50	4	Eng	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

It also provides the second occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the tenth wicket at Birmingham. The first such occasion was the 55 runs partnership between Mohsin Kamal and Saleem Yousuf in Jul 1987

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohsin Kamal/Saleem Yousuf	10	55	1	Eng	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
2	Rahat Ali/Sohail Khan	10	50	4	Eng	Birmingham	03 Aug 201

It is interesting to nate that in the previous three partnerships of 50 plus runs by Pakistan batsmen for the tenth wicket, Rahat Ali was one of the partners. All the three partnerships are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Rahat Ali/Younis Khan	10	88*	3	Zim	Harare	03 Sep 2013
2	Rahat Ali/Sarfraz Ahmed	10	81	2	NZl	Dubai (DSC)	17 Nov 2014
3	Rahat Ali/Sohail Khan	10	50	4	Eng	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

Sohail Khan and Rahat Ali added 50 runs for the last wicket in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between England and Pakistan at Birmingham to provide the third occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the tenth wicket in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Inzamam-ul-Haq/Mushtaq Ahmed	10	57*	4	Aus	Karachi	28 Sep 1994
2	Aamer Nazir/Moin Khan	10	65	4	Srl	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995
3	Rahat Ali/Sohail Khan	10	50	4	Eng	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

There are three century partnerships posted by Pakistan batsmen for the tenth wicket. All the three such partnerships are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Azhar Mahmood/Mushtaq Ahmed	10	151	1	SAF	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997
2	Wasim Bari/Wasim Raja	10	133	3	Win	Bridgetown	18 Feb 1977
3	Amir Elahi/Zulfiqar Ahmed	10	104	1	Ind	Chennai	28 Nov 1952

 

CH Gayle achieved a unique feat in Twenty20 games which no batsman has achieved in the history of T20 games. At the end of the Caribbean Premier League game between Jamaica Tallawahs and Guyana Amazon Warriors at Basseterre on 07.08.16 he had scored 742 boundary fours and 707 boundary sixes. He became the first batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 700 plus boundary fours and 700 boundary sixes

He scored 54 in this game which was his 60^th half century in Twenty20 games. He became the first batsman in the history of Twenty20 games score 60 half centuries. His career run aggregate which read 9668 represent the most runs scored by a batsman in the history of Twenty20 games. His career figures as on 07.08.16 read thus

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s	6s
CH Gayle	272	267	37	9668	175*	42.03	18	60	15	742	707

He has represented the following teams – Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lahore Qalandars, Lions, Matabeleland Tuskers, Melbourne Renegades, PCA Masters XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, Stanford Superstars, Sydney Thunder, West Indians, West Indies, Western Australia

 

 

KS Willamson of New Zealand became the 13^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century against all the other oppositions. The following table lists all the 13 batsmen who have accomplished the feat as at the end of New Zealand’s first innings against Zimbabwe in the ongoing test at Bulawayo. KS Williamson scored 113 in the test.

No	Player	Country	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	Avg
1	Atapattu MS	Sri Lanka	90	156	15	5502	249	16	39.02
2	Dravid R	India	164	286	32	13288	270	36	52.31
3	Gilchrist AC	Australia	96	137	20	5570	204*	17	47.61
4	Jayawardene DPM	Sri Lanka	149	252	15	11814	374	34	49.85
5	Kallis JH	South Africa	166	280	40	13289	224	45	55.37
6	Kirsten G	South Africa	101	176	15	7289	275	21	45.27
7	Lara BC	West Indies	131	232	6	11953	400*	34	52.89
8	Ponting RT	Australia	168	287	29	13378	257	41	51.85
9	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	134	233	17	12400	319	38	57.41
10	Tendulkar SR	India	200	329	33	15921	248*	51	53.79
11	Waugh SR	Australia	168	260	46	10927	200	32	51.06
12	Williamson KS	New Zealand	50	91	7	4241	242*	14	50.49
13	Younis Khan	Pakistan	107	192	17	9238	313	31	52.79

 

Sami Aslam of Pakistan scored 82 and 70 in the just concluded Birmingham test against England to provide the 22^nd occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against England. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	111	104	v England	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
2	Alimuddin	109	53	v England	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
3	Hanif Mohammad	67	89	v England	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
4	Alimuddin	50	60	v England	Leeds	05 Jul 1962
5	Mushtaq Mohammad	55	100*	v England	Nottingham	26 Jul 1962
6	Javed Miandad	88*	61*	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978
7	Javed Miandad	54	52	v England	Leeds	26 Aug 1982
8	Saleem Malik	116	76	v England	Faisalabad	12 Mar 1984
9	Rameez Raja	54	88	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1992
10	Saleem Malik	82*	84*	v England	Leeds	23 Jul 1992
11	Inzamam-ul-Haq	148	70	v England	Lord’s	25 Jul 1996
12	Saeed Anwar	74	88	v England	Lord’s	25 Jul 1996
13	Ijaz Ahmed	141	52	v England	Leeds	08 Aug 1996
14	Inzamam-ul-Haq	114	85	v England	Manchester	31 May 2001
15	Inzamam-ul-Haq	53	72	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005
16	Salman Butt	74	122	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005
17	Inzamam-ul-Haq	109	100*	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
18	Inzamam-ul-Haq	69	56*	v England	Lord’s	13 Jul 2006
19	Asad Shafiq	83	79	v England	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2015
20	Misbah-ul-Haq	102	87	v England	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2015
21	Younis Khan	56	118	v England	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2015
22	Sami Aslam	82	70	v England	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

Sami Aslam’s feat of scoring twin fifties at Birmingham provides the seventh occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman accomplishing such a feat against England. All the seven occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	111	104	v England	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
2	Hanif Mohammad	67	89	v England	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
3	Alimuddin	50	60	v England	Leeds	05 Jul 1962
4	Rameez Raja	54	88	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1992
5	Saeed Anwar	74	88	v England	Lord’s	25 Jul 1996
6	Salman Butt	74	122	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005
7	Sami Aslam	82	70	v England	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

 

 

England posted a total of 445 for 6 declared in the third innings of the just concluded Birmingham test against Pakistan to provide the 15^th occasion of England posting a total of 400 plus in the third innings of the test. All such occasions are listed below. It also provides the 81st occasion of a team posting a total of 400 plus runs in the third innings of a test in the annals of test cricket.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	426/5d	153.0	3	won	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905
2	England	425/8d	125.0	3	won	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
3	England	583/4d	258.0	3	draw	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957
4	England	479/9d	157.0	3	draw	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
5	England	436/7d	147.4	3	draw	v Australia	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
6	England	446/6d	189.2	3	won	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
7	England	477/4d	154.0	3	draw	v India	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
8	England	422/6d	155.0	3	draw	v Australia	Nottingham	01 Jul 1993
9	England	468/6d	096.4	3	won	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
10	England	529/5d	191.0	3	draw	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	16 May 2002
11	England	452/9d	125.3	3	won	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003
12	England	570/7d	172.3	3	draw	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004
13	England	467/7d	131.5	3	won	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008
14	England	517/1d	152.0	3	draw	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
15	England	445/6d	129.0	3	won	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

England posted a total of 445 for 6 declared in the third innings of the just concluded Birmingham test against Pakistan and won the test by 141 runs to provide the seventh occasion of England winning the test after posting a total of 400 plus in the third innings of the test. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	426/5d	153.0	3	won	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905
2	England	425/8d	125.0	3	won	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
3	England	446/6d	189.2	3	won	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
4	England	468/6d	096.4	3	won	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
5	England	452/9d	125.3	3	won	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003
6	England	467/7d	131.5	3	won	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008
7	England	445/6d	129.0	3	won	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

 

Pakistan posted a total of 400 in the just concluded test against England at Birmingham in its first innings which was the second innings of the test and lost the test by 141 runs to provide the 31^st occasion of a team losing a test after posting 400 plus runs in its first innings which is the second innings of the test. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	South Africa	506	153.0	2	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910
2	Australia	465	119.5	2	lost	v South Africa	Adelaide	07 Jan 1911
3	England	447	132.1	2	lost	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921
4	England	479	138.0×8	2	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
5	England	419/9d	163.2	2	lost	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
6	Pakistan	574/8d	124.6×8	2	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972
7	India	406	181.1	2	lost	v West Indies	Mumbai	23 Jan 1975
8	England	435	129.5	2	lost	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
9	Australia	419	156.3	2	lost	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
10	England	430	121.5	2	lost	v Australia	Leeds	08 Jun 1989
11	India	454	114.1	2	lost	v England	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
12	Sri Lanka	547/8d	170.0	2	lost	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992
13	Australia	419	121.5	2	lost	v England	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
14	England	432	118.2	2	lost	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 2001
15	West Indies	408	119.0	2	lost	v Australia	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
16	West Indies	410	133.5	2	lost	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003
17	Sri Lanka	407	127.1	2	lost	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004
18	Pakistan	407	126.3	2	lost	v India	Multan	28 Mar 2004
19	West Indies	416	116.4	2	lost	v England	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
20	South Africa	419	118.1	2	lost	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
21	India	449	128.4	2	lost	v Pakistan	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
22	West Indies	404	112.0	2	lost	v Pakistan	Kingston	03 Jun 2005
23	England	418	110.4	2	lost	v Pakistan	Multan	12 Nov 2005
24	Pakistan	538	141.4	2	lost	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
25	Pakistan	504	129.5	2	lost	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
26	India	532	138.2	2	lost	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
27	Bangladesh	408	097.3	2	lost	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
28	Bangladesh	556	148.3	2	lost	v West Indies	Dhaka	13 Nov 2012
29	India	444	116.4	2	lost	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
30	New Zealand	523	131.2	2	lost	v England	Lord’s	21 May 2015
31	Pakistan	400	136.0	2	lost	v England	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

Pakistan’s loss at Birmingham provides the fifth occasion of it losing test under the captioned circumstance. It also provides its third loss against England. All the five occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Pakistan	574/8d	124.6×8	2	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972
2	Pakistan	407	126.3	2	lost	v India	Multan	28 Mar 2004
3	Pakistan	538	141.4	2	lost	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
4	Pakistan	504	129.5	2	lost	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
5	Pakistan	400	136.0	2	lost	v England	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

Pakistan’s loss at Birmingham provides the eighth occasions of a team losing a test against England after a team has posted 400 plus runs in its first innings which is the second innings of a test. All the eight occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	454	114.1	2	lost	v England	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
2	Australia	419	121.5	2	lost	v England	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
3	West Indies	416	116.4	2	lost	v England	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
4	South Africa	419	118.1	2	lost	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
5	Pakistan	538	141.4	2	lost	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
6	Pakistan	504	129.5	2	lost	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
7	New Zealand	523	131.2	2	lost	v England	Lord’s	21 May 2015
8	Pakistan	400	136.0	2	lost	v England	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

 

England’s MM Ali scored 63 and 60 not out in the ongoing Birmingham test against Pakistan to provide the 16^th occasion of an England batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against Pakistan. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BL D’Oliveira	59	81*	v Pakistan	Lord’s	27 Jul 1967
2	BL D’Oliveira	74	72	v Pakistan	Leeds	08 Jul 1971
3	MH Denness	50	68	v Pakistan	Lahore	02 Mar 1973
4	APE Knott	71	63*	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973
5	G Boycott	79	100*	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978
6	DI Gower	58	57	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984
7	VJ Marks	74	55	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
8	MW Gatting	61	150*	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
9	JE Emburey	70	74*	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987
10	AJ Stewart	74	69*	v Pakistan	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
11	PD Collingwood	96	80	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
12	IJL Trott	55	53*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	06 Aug 2010
13	JE Root	88	71	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2015
14	AN Cook	105	76*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
15	JE Root	254	71*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
16	MM Ali	63	60*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

The ongoing series has witnessed three England batsmen – AN Cook, JE Root and MM Ali – scoring twin fifties in test against Pakistan – the first such occurrence by England batsmen in a test series against Pakistan.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	105	76*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
2	JE Root	254	71*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
3	MM Ali	63	60*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

MM Ali became the second England batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring twin fifties in test against Pakistan at Birmingham after IJL Trott. IJL Trott had scored 55 and 53 not out at Birmingham in Aug 2010

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	IJL Trott	55	53*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	06 Aug 2010
2	MM Ali	63	60*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

 

England’s AN Cook {64}, AD Hales {54}, JE Root {62}, JM Bairstow {82*} and MM Ali {60*} scored fifties in the third innings of the ongoing test against Pakistan at Birmingham to provide the 27th occasion of England’s five batsmen scoring fifties in a test innings against various oppositions. It also provides the third such occasion by England batsmen against Pakistan in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note that all the three occasions have come at Birmingham

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MC Cowdrey	159	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	31 May 1962
	2	ER Dexter	72	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	31 May 1962
	3	TW Graveney	97	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	31 May 1962
	4	PH Parfitt	101*	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	31 May 1962
	5	DA Allen	79*	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	31 May 1962
2	1	BC Broad	54	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
	2	RT Robinson	80	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
	3	DI Gower	61	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
	4	MW Gatting	124	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
	5	JE Emburey	58	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
3	1	AN Cook	66	3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
	2	AD Hales	54	3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
	3	JE Root	62	3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
	4	JM Bairstow	82*	3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
	5	MM Ali	60*	3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016