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KNM Fernando of Sri Lanka scored 205 against Ireland in the ongoing test at Galle to post his maiden double century. He became the 43^rd batsman to score 200 plus runs as his maiden double century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of the runs scored by the batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	GS Sobers	365*	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
2	RB Simpson	311	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
3	KK Nair	303*	India	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
4	RE Foster	287	England	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
5	BC Lara	277	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1993
6	Zaheer Abbas	274	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971
7	Z Crawley	267	England	v Pakistan	Southampton	21 Aug 2020
8	RB Kanhai	256	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958
9	DJ McGlew	255*	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
10	WR Hammond	251	England	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
11	SFAF Bacchus	250	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979
12	SG Barnes	234	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
13	AD Nourse	231	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935
14	VG Kambli	224	India	v England	Wankhede	19 Feb 1993
15	JA Rudolph	222*	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003
16	RWT Key	221	England	v West Indies	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
17	WJ Edrich	219	England	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939
18	DS Atkinson	219	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
19	Paynter	216*	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
20	MA Agarwal	215	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
21	D Lloyd	214*	England	` v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
22	LG Rowe	214	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
23	MS Sinclair	214	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
24	HH Gibbs	211*	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999
25	Taslim Arif	210*	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
26	KR Mayers	210*	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	03 Feb 2021
27	DM Jones	210	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
28	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955
29	SL Campbell	208	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetow	19 Apr 1996
30	T Chanderpaul	207*	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	04 Feb 2023
31	MP Donnelly	206	New Zealand	v England	Lord’s	25 Jun 1949
32	Aamer Sohail	205	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1992
33	KNM Fernando	205	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023
34	BJ Hodge	203*	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005
35	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987
36	GW Flower	201*	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	31 Jan 1995
37	JN Gillespie	201*	Australia	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006
38	SE Gregory	201	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
39	SM Nurse	201	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
40	DN Sardesai	200*	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965
41	Hashmatullah Shahidi	200*	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021
42	GC Smith	200	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002
43	DP Conway	200	New Zealand	v England	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021

KNM Fernando became the second Sri  Lankan batsman to perform such a feat after DSBP Kuruppu who had scored 201 not out against New Zealand at Col-CCC in Apr 1987

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	KNM Fernando	205	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023
2	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987

Sri Lankan first three batsmen – KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne and BKG Mendis – scored centuries in the pngoing test at Galle against Ireland to provide the 16th occasion of first three batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Date	Cs
1	England	2	South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924	3
2	Australia	2	West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955	3
3	Australia	1	West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965	3
4	India	1	Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	3
5	Australia	1	England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993	3
6	South Africa	1	Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	3
7	New Zealand	1	India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	3
8	India	1	Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 May 2007	3
9	South Africa	3	England	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008	3
10	India	1	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	3
11	England	3	Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010	3
12	South Africa	1	Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	3
13	New Zealand	2	Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019	3
14	Pakistan	3	Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	3
15	England	1	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022	3
16	Sri Lanka	2	Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023	3

A Balbirnie of Ireland scored 95 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the ongoing test to provide the 125^th occasion of a captain scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	92	01	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1902
2	C Hill	98	03	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
3	HW Taylor	93	03	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
4	HW Taylor	91	02	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923
5	HG Deane	93	02	SAF	Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
6	RK Nunes	92	04	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
7	NWD Yardley	99	03	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
8	AL Hassett	92	01	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
9	AH Kardar	93	03	Pak	Ind	Karachi	26 Feb 1955
10	PBH May	97	04	Eng	SAF	Leeds	21 Jul 1955
11	PBH May	92	03	Eng	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 1959
12	NJ Contractor	92	01	Ind	Pak	Delhi	08 Feb 1961
13	PBH May	95	02	Eng	Aus	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
14	JR Reid	92	01	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
15	FMM Worrell	98*	03	Win	Ind	Kingston	13 Apr 1962
16	ER Dexter	99	04	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
17	ER Dexter	93	02	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
18	TL Goddard	93	02	SAF	Aus	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
19	Hanif Mohammad	93	03	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
20	JR Reid	97	01	NZl	Pak	Wellington	22 Jan 1965
21	MC Cowdrey	96	02	Eng	Win	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966
22	GS Sobers	94	03	Win	Eng	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966
23	GS Sobers	95	02	Win	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1967
24	RB Simpson	94	03	Aus	SAF	Durban	20 Jan 1967
25	GS Sobers	95*	03	Win	Eng	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968
26	MAK Pataudi	95	01	INd	Aus	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969
27	GS Sobers	93	03	Win	Ind	Kingston	18 Feb 1971
28	AL Wadekar	90	01	Ind	Eng	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973
29	IM Chappell	97	03	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973
30	Majid Khan	99	01	Pak	Eng	Karachi	24 Mar 1973
31	IM Chappell	90	01	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974
32	AW Greig	96	01	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
33	CH Lloyd	91*	04	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976
34	AI Kallicharran	92	01	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978
35	AI Kallicharran	98	01	Win	Ind	Chennai	12 Jan 1979
36	KJ Hughes	92	01	Aus	Ind	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979
37	GS Chappell	98*	04	Aus	Eng	Sydney	04 Jan 1980
38	CH Lloyd	95	02	Win	Eng	Kingston	10 Apr 1981
39	Javed Miandad	92	03	Pak	Srl	Karachi	05 Mar 1982
40	N Kapil Dev	98	01	Ind	Win	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
41	KJ Hughes	94	02	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
42	LRD Mendis	94	03	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	23 Aug 1984
43	JV Coney	98	02	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986
44	JV Coney	93	02	NZl	Aus	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
45	DI Gower	90	02	Eng	Win	St John’s	11 Apr 1986
46	MW Gatting	96	04	Eng	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
47	JG Wright	98	02	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jun 1990
48	Imran Khan	93*	02	Pak	Srl	Sialkot	12 Dec 1991
49	AR Border	91*	03	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
50	KC Wessels	95*	04	SAF	Ind	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992
51	Javed Miandad	92	01	Pak	NZl	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
52	MD Crowe	98	01	NZl	Aus	Wellington	04 Mar 1993
53	KC Wessels	92	02	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
54	MA Atherton	99	01	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
55	M Azharuddin	97	01	Ind	Win	Nagpur	01 Dec 1994
56	Saleem Malik	99	02	Pak	SAF	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
57	MA Taylor	90	02	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
58	A Ranatunga	90	03	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995
59	RB Richardson	93	02	Win	Eng	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
60	MA Atherton	95	03	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
61	MA Taylor	96	02	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
62	MA Atherton	94*	02	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
63	SR Tendulkar	92	02	Ind	Win	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997
64	SP Fleming	91	02	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
65	BC Lara	93	01	Win	Eng	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998
66	MA Taylor	92	03	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
67	SR Tendulkar	97	01	Ind	SAF	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000
68	JC Adams	98	02	Win	Eng	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000
69	SP Fleming	99	03	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000
70	SC Ganguly	98*	04	Ind	Srl	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
71	SR Waugh	90	02	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
72	ST Jayasuriya	92	01	Srl	Zim	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
73	SC Ganguly	99	03	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
74	SM Pollock	99*	02	SAF	Srl	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
75	RD Jacobs	91*	02	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002
76	BC Lara	91	02	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
77	HP Tillakaratne	93	02	Srl	NZl	Kandy	03 May 2003
78	RT Ponting	92	01	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
79	SP Fleming	97	01	NZl	Eng	Leeds	03 Jun 2004
80	BC Lara	95	02	Win	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004
81	RT Ponting	98	03	Aus	Pak	Perth	16 Dec 2004
82	Habibul Bashar	94	01	Ban	Zim	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005
83	T Taibu	92	02	Zim	Ban	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005
84	S Chanderpaul	92	01	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
85	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	02	Pak	Eng	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
86	R Dravid	95	02	Ind	Eng	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
87	SP Fleming	97	02	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
88	GC Smith	94	02	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
89	Inzamam-ul-Haq	92*	02	Pak	SAF	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007
90	DL Vettori	94	02	NZl	Ban	Wellington	12 Jan 2008
91	MS Dhoni	92	01	Ind	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
92	RT Ponting	99	03	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
93	Shakib Al Hasan	96*	04	Ban	Win	St George’s	17 Jul 2009
94	DL Vettori	99	01	NZl	Pak	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009
95	Shakib Al Hasan	96	03	Ban	Eng	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010
96	GC Smith	90	03	SAF	Win	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
97	MS Dhoni	98	02	Ind	NZl	Nagpur	20 Nov 2010
98	MS Dhoni	90	03	Ind	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
99	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	02	Pak	NZl	Wellington	15 Jan 2011
100	TM Dilshan	92	01	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011
101	M Jayawardene	91	02	Srl	NZl	Galle	17 Nov 2012
102	MS Dhoni	99	02	Ind	Eng	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012
103	MJ Clarke	91	01	Aus	Ind	Hyderabad	02 Mar 2013
104	Mushfiqur Rahim	93	03	Ban	Zim	Harare	25 Apr 2013
105	AD Mathews	91	01	Srl	Pak	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013
106	Misbah-ul-Haq	97	03	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	08 Jan 2014
107	AD Mathews	91	01	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
108	AN Cook	95	01	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
109	AD Mathews	91	02	Srl	Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
110	BRM Taylor	93	01	Zim	SAF	Harare	09 Aug 2014
111	AN Cook	96	02	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
112	KS Williamson	91	02	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016
113	Misbah-ul-Haq	96	01	Pak	Win	Abu Dhabi	21 Oct 2016
114	Misbah-ul-Haq	99*	02	Pak	Win	Kingston	21 Apr 2017
115	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	02	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
116	V Kohli	97	01	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
117	Sarfaraz Ahmed	94	01	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
118	KS Williamson	91	02	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
119	F du Plessis	90	03	SAF	Srl	Durban	13 Feb 2019
120	BRM Taylor	92	04	Zim	Ban	Harare	07 Jul 2021
121	KC Brathwaite	97	02	Win	Pak	Kingston	12 Aug 2021
122	SPD Smith	93	01	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021
123	D Elgar	96*	04	SAF	Ind	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022
124	KC Brathwaite	94	02	Win	Ban	North Sound	16 Jun 2022
125	A Balbirnie	95	01	Ire	Srl	Galle	24 Apr 2023

It also provides the ninth occasion of a captain scoring a ninety in a test innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Wessels	92	02	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
2	MA Taylor	96	02	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
3	SC Ganguly	98*	04	Ind	Srl	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
4	SM Pollock	99*	02	SAF	Srl	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
5	RT Ponting	92	01	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
6	Misbah-ul-Haq	97	03	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	08 Jan 2014
7	KS Williamson	91	02	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
8	F du Plessis	90	03	SAF	Srl	Durban	13 Feb 2019
9	A Balbirnie	95	01	Ire	Srl	Galle	24 Apr 2023

The following table lists the captains who have scored nineties on three or more occasions. Misbah-ul-Huq of Pakistan holds the record for most nineties by a captain – five occasions. GS Sobers of West Indies, MS Dhoni of India and  SP Fleming of New Zealand have scored nineties on four occasions. AD Mstthews of Sri Lanka, BC Lara of West Indies, MA Atheron of England, MA Taylor of Australia, PBH May of England and RT Ponting of Australia are the captains who have scored nineties on three occasions

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	02	Pak	NZl	Wellington	15 Jan 2011
2	Misbah-ul-Haq	97	03	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	08 Jan 2014
3	Misbah-ul-Haq	96	01	Pak	Win	Abu Dhabi	21 Oct 2016
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	99*	02	Pak	Win	Kingston	21 Apr 2017
5	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	02	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
1	GS Sobers	94	03	Win	Eng	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966
2	GS Sobers	95	02	Win	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1967
3	GS Sobers	95*	03	Win	Eng	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968
4	GS Sobers	93	03	Win	Ind	Kingston	18 Feb 1971
1	MS Dhoni	92	01	Ind	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
2	MS Dhoni	98	02	Ind	NZl	Nagpur	20 Nov 2010
3	MS Dhoni	90	03	Ind	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
4	MS Dhoni	99	02	Ind	Eng	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012
1	SP Fleming	91	02	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
2	SP Fleming	99	03	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000
3	SP Fleming	97	01	NZl	Eng	Leeds	03 Jun 2004
4	SP Fleming	97	02	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
1	AD Mathews	91	01	Srl	Pak	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013
2	AD Mathews	91	01	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
3	AD Mathews	91	02	Srl	Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
1	BC Lara	93	01	Win	Eng	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998
2	BC Lara	91	02	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
3	BC Lara	95	02	Win	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004
1	MA Atherton	99	01	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
2	MA Atherton	95	03	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
3	MA Atherton	94*	02	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
1	MA Taylor	90	02	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
2	MA Taylor	96	02	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
3	MA Taylor	92	03	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
1	PBH May	97	04	Eng	SAF	Leeds	21 Jul 1955
2	PBH May	92	03	Eng	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 1959
3	PBH May	95	02	Eng	Aus	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
1	RT Ponting	92	01	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
2	RT Ponting	98	03	Aus	Pak	Perth	16 Dec 2004
3	RT Ponting	99	03	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008

Sri Lankan batsmen KNM Fernando and FDM Karunaratne posted 228 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing test at Galle to provide the 38^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships for various wickets in its tests. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RL Dias, S Wettimuny	2	217	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
2	RL Dias, LRD Mendis	4	216	4	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
3	AP Gurusinha, A Ranatunga	4	240*	3	v Pakistan	Col-PSS	22 Mar 1986
4	AP Gurusinha, A Ranatunga	4	230	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
5	AP Gurusinha, S Ranatunga	2	217	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Oct 1994
6	ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama	2	576	2	v India	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
7	PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya	3	218	3	v India	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
8	PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya	3	243	2	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
9	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	335	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
10	MS Atapattu, PA de Silva	3	230	1	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001
11	ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara	2	203	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Mar 2002
12	MS Atapattu, M Jayawardene	3	206	1	v England	Lord’s	16 May 2002
13	PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya	5	234	2	v Bangladesh	Col-PSS	21 Jul 2002
14	M Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera	3	262	2	v England	Col-SSC	18 Dec 2003
15	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	281	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
16	MS Atapattu, KC Sangakkara	2	438	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
17	TM Dilshan, TT Samaraweera	5	280	1	v Bangladesh	Col-PSS	20 Sep 2005
18	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	3	624	2	v South Africa	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
19	P Jayawardene, WPUJC Vaas	7	223*	2	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	25 Jun 2007
20	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	3	311	2	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
21	M Jayawardene, MG Vandort	3	227	2	v England	Col-SSC	09 Dec 2007
22	M Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera	4	437	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
23	TT Samaraweera, KC Sangakkara	4	204	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 Mar 2009
24	TM Dilshan, TT Samaraweera	5	207	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 Mar 2009
25	M Jayawardene, P Jayawardene	6	351	2	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
26	TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana	1	207	2	v England	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
27	P Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	6	201	3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
28	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	225	2	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	30 Jun 2012
29	LD Chandimal, HDRL Thirimanne	5	203*	1	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
30	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	213	3	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
31	LD Chandimal, FDM Karunaratne	3	238	1	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015
32	LD Chandimal, DM de Silva	6	211	1	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
33	DM de Silva, BKG Mendis	2	308	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018
34	AD Mathews, BKG Mendis	4	274*	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
35	DM de Silva, FDM Karunaratne	4	345	2	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
36	FDM Karunaratne, HDRL Thirimanne	1	209	1	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
37	FDM Karunaratne, BKG Mendis	2	281	1	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023
38	KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne	1	228	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023

It also provides the fifth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	335	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
2	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	281	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
3	TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana	1	207	2	v England	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
4	FDM Karunaratne, HDRL Thirimanne	1	209	1	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
5	KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne	1	228	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023

It also provides the second occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 200 plus runs against Ireland for various wickets.Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne, BKG Mendis	2	281	1	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023
2	KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne	1	228	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023

KS Williamson of New Zealand completed 8000 runs when he was on 91 during the course of his 215 against Sri Lanka at Wellington in the ongoing test. At the end of New Zealand’s first innings his run aggregate read 8124. The following tables show his career summary against each opposition, performance on home, away and neutral soils and also performance under each captain.

Opposition	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
v Australia	2011-2019	9	18	1	699	166	41.11	2	2	2	93	0
v Bangladesh	2013-2019	6	8	2	683	200*	113.83	3	4	0	73	2
v England	2013-2023	16	29	2	995	132	36.85	4	4	3	118	1
v India	2010-2021	13	24	1	871	131	37.86	2	5	1	93	2
v Pakistan	2011-2023	14	25	2	1519	238	66.04	5	4	0	158	4
v South Africa	2012-2017	10	16	2	665	176	47.50	3	2	1	73	4
v Sri Lanka	2012-2023	12	21	4	1329	242*	78.17	5	5	2	129	4
v West Indies	2012-2020	10	17	1	970	251	60.62	3	4	1	121	3
v Zimbabwe	2011-2016	4	6	1	393	113	78.60	1	3	0	39	1
Total	2010-2023	94	164	16	8124	251	54.89	28	33	10	897	21
home	2011-2023	45	73	9	4267	251	66.67	16	18	3	474	16
away	2010-2023	42	78	5	3109	200*	42.58	10	12	7	347	4
neutral	2014-2021	7	13	2	748	192	68.00	2	3	0	76	1
Total	2010-2023	94	164	16	8124	251	54.89	28	33	10	897	21
BB McCullum	2013-2016	30	56	6	2990	242*	59.80	10	14	1	339	6
TG Southee	2022-2023	6	10	2	756	215	94.50	4	0	1	79	4
LRPL Taylor	2011-2012	13	24	1	748	135	32.52	2	3	4	74	1
DL Vettori	2010-2011	5	9	0	299	131	33.22	1	2	1	28	0
KS Williamson	2016-2022	40	65	7	3331	251	57.43	11	14	3	377	10
Total	2010-2023	94	164	16	8124	251	54.89	28	33	10	897	21

KS Williamson of New Zealand scored 215 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the 400^th occasion of a batsman scoring a double century. As on date there are 401 occasions of batsman scoring double centuries in a test innings. The first ever double century was scored by WL Mudroach of Australia against England at The Oval in Aug 1884.  KS Williamson achieved the landmark in 2500^th test.The following table lists the progressive milestones od double centuries in test cricket in terms of fifty double centuries

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
001	WL Murdoch	211	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
050	EAB Rowan	236	1	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
100	GM Turner	223*	2	NZl	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
150	Javed Miandad	271	1	Pak	NZl	Auckland	24 Feb 1989
200	SR Tendulkar	201*	1	Ind	Zim	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
250	SR Tendulkar	248*	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004
300	AN Cook	235*	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
350	AC Voges	239	2	Aus	NZl	Wellington	12 Feb 2016
400	KS Williamson	215	1	NZl	Srl	Wellington	17 Mar 2023
401	HM Nicholls	200*	1	NZl	Sril	Wellington	17 Mar 2023

New Zealand batsmen KS Williamson and H Nichollls scored 215 and 200 not out respectively against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the 18^th occasion of two batsmen scoring double centuries in a test innings.  All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Batsman	Runs	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	WH  Ponsford	266	DG Bradman	244	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
2	SG  Barnes	234	DG Bradman	234	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
3	CC Hunte	260	GS Sobers	365*	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1948
4	WM Lawry	210	RB Simpson	201	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May1965
5	Mudassar Nazar	231	Javed Miandad	289	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
6	G Fowler	201	MW Gatting	207	Eng	Ins	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
7	Qasim Umar	206	Javed Miandad	203*	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	16 Oct 2985
8	ST Jayasuriya	340	RS Mahanama	225	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
9	Izam Ahmed	211	Inzamam-ul-Huq	200”	Pak	Srl	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
10	MS Atapattu	249	KC Sangakkara	270	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
11	WW Hinds	213	SC Chanderpaul	203	Win	SAF	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
12	KC Sangakkara	287	M Jayawardene	374	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
13	ND McKenzie	226	GC Smith	232	SAF	Bam	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
14	G Gambhir	206	VVS Laxman	200*	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
15	M Jayawardene	240	TT Samaraweera	231	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
16	RT Ponting	221	MJ Clarke	210	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
17	M Labuschagne	204	SPD Smith	200*	Aus	Win	Perth	30 Nov 2022
18	KS Williamson	215	H Nicholls	200*	NZl	Srl	Wellington	17 Mar 2023

It also provides the first occasion of New Zealand batsmen performing such a feat and the third such occasion against Sri Lanka

No	Batsman	Runs	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	Qasim Umar	206	Javed Miandad	203*	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	16 Oct 2985
2	Izam Ahmed	211	Inzamam-ul-Huq	200”	Pak	Srl	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
3	KS Williamson	215	H Nicholls	200*	NZl	Srl	Wellington	17 Mar 2023

Australian batsmen hold the record in this category  of statistics with five such occasions followed by Sri Lankan batsmen with four such occasions. Pakistan batsmen have performed the feat on three occasions

No	Batsman	Runs	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	WH  Ponsford	266	DG Bradman	244	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
2	SG  Barnes	234	DG Bradman	234	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
3	WM Lawry	210	RB Simpson	201	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May1965
4	RT Ponting	221	MJ Clarke	210	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
5	M Labuschagne	204	SPD Smith	200*	Aus	Win	Perth	30 Nov 2022
1	ST Jayasuriya	340	RS Mahanama	225	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
2	MS Atapattu	249	KC Sangakkara	270	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
3	KC Sangakkara	287	M Jayawardene	374	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
4	M Jayawardene	240	TT Samaraweera	231	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
1	Mudassar Nazar	231	Javed Miandad	289	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
2	Qasim Umar	206	Javed Miandad	203*	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	16 Oct 2985
3	Izam Ahmed	211	Inzamam-ul-Huq	200”	Pak	Srl	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999

R  Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets against Australia at the end of the just concluded test series against Australia read 114. He now owns the Indian record for most wickets against Australia. He wrested the record from A Kumble who had 111 wickets against Australia

R Ashwin’s 6 for 91 in Austalia’s first innings was his seventh five wicket haul against Australia. He shares the second place for most five fors against Australia with Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev. Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev have seven five fors against Australia. A Kumble has most five fors against Australia. He has ten five fors.

R Ashwin’s 6 for 91 against Australia in the just concluded test at Ahmedadad provide his seventh five wickets innings haul on home soil against Australia. He now shares the Indian record for most five wicket innings hauls by a bowler on home soil against Australia with Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan Singh has also seven five wicket innings hauls on home soil against Australia. The following table lists the five wickets innings hauls on home soil against Australia.

R Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh’s seven five fors against Australia is not only a record by Indian bowlers but also by any bowler from any team against Australia

Player	No	Overs	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
R Ashwin	1	42.0	12	103	7	1	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
R Ashwin	2	32.0	6	95	5	3	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
R Ashwin	3	28.0	12	63	5	3	v Australia	Hyderabad	02 Mar 2013
R Ashwin	4	34.0	18	57	5	1	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
R Ashwin	5	12.4	4	41	6	4	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
R Ashwin	6	12.0	3	37	5	3	v Australia	Nagpur	09 Feb 2023
R Ashwin	7	47.2	15	91	6	1	v Australia	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023
Player	No	Overs	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
Harbhajan Singh	1	37.5	7	123	7	1	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001
Harbhajan Singh	2	30.3	8	73	6	4	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001
Harbhajan Singh	3	41.5	20	84	8	3	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
Harbhajan Singh	4	38.2	6	133	7	1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
Harbhajan Singh	5	30.1	5	78	6	3	v Australia	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
Harbhajan Singh	6	41.0	7	146	5	1	v Australia	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
Harbhajan Singh	7	10.5	2	29	5	4	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004

R Ashwin’s 6 for 91 against Australia in the just concluded test at Ahmedadad provides his 26^th five wickets innings haul on home soil. He now shares the record for the second place amongst the bowlers who have most five wicket innings hauls by a bowler on home soil with HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka. HMRKB Herath also has taken 26 five wicket innings hauls on home soil. The first place is occupied by M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka with 45 five wicket innings hauls on home soil. The following table lists the bowlers who have 25 or more five fors on home soil

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5
1	M Muralidaran	Srl	1992-2010	73	134	25061	9646	493	09/051	13/115	19.56	45
2	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2023	55	107	15717	7035	337	07/059	13/140	20.87	26
3	HMRKB Herath	Srl	1999-2018	49	092	14272	6575	278	09/127	14/184	23.65	26
4	A Kumble	Ind	1993-2008	63	115	20792	8710	350	10/074	14/149	24.88	25