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Nayeem Hasan of Bangladesh captured six wickets conceding 105 runs against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Chattogram to provide the 28^th occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. Nayeem Hasan became the first Bangladesh bowler to capture six wickets against Sri Lanka in test innings.

No	Playeer	W-R	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Naimur Rahman	6-112	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
2	Manjural Islam	6-061	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
3	Mohd Rafique	6-077	v South Africa	Dhaka	1 May 2003
4	Mohd Rafique	6-122	v New Zealand	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004
5	Enamul Haque jnr	6-045	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005
6	Enamul Haque jnr	7-095	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005
7	Shahadat Hossain	6-027	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008
8	Shakib Al Hasan	7-036	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008
9	Shakib Al Hasan	6-099	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Nov 2008
10	Elias Sunny	6-094	v West Indies	Chattogram	21 Oct 2011
11	Shakib Al Hasan	6-082	v Pakistan	Mirpur	17 Dec 2011
12	Sohag Gazi	6-074	v West Indies	Mirpur	13 Nov 2012
13	Robiul Islam	6-071	v Zimbabwe	Harare	17 Apr 2013
14	Sohag Gazi	6-077	v New Zealand	Chattogram	09 Oct 2013
15	Shakib Al Hasan	6-059	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	25 Oct 2014
16	Taijul Islam	8-039	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	25 Oct 2014
17	Taijul Islam	6-163	v Pakistan	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
18	MH Miraz	6-080	v England	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016
19	MH Miraz	6-082	v England	Mirpur	28 Oct 2016
20	MH Miraz	6-077	v England	Mirpur	28 Oct 2016
21	Shakib Al Hasan	6-033	v West Indies	Kingston	12 Jul 2018
22	Taijul Islam	6-108	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	03 Nov 2018
23	Taijul Islam	6-033	v West Indies	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018
24	MH Miraz	7-058	v West Indies	Mirpur	30 Nov 2018
25	Taijul Islam	7-116	v Pakistan	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021
26	Ebadot Hossain	6-046	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022
27	Taijul Islam	6-135	v South Africa	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022
28	Nayeem Hasan	6-105	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	15 May 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing six or more wickets conceding 100 plus runs in a test innins. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Naimur Rahman	6-112	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
2	Mohd Rafique	6-122	v New Zealand	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004
3	Taijul Islam	6-163	v Pakistan	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
4	Taijul Islam	6-108	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	03 Nov 2018
5	Taijul Islam	7-116	v Pakistan	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021
6	Taijul Islam	6-135	v South Africa	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022
7	Nayeem Hasan	6-105	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	15 May 2022

AD Matthews of Sri Lanka scored 199 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Chhatogram to provide the 14^th occasion of batsmen scoring 199 in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Nazar	199	2	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984
2	Azharuddin	199	2	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
3	MTG Elliott	199	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
4	Jayasuriya	199	3	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
5	SR Waugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
6	A Flower	199*	3	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
7	Younis Khan	199	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
8	IR Bell	199	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
9	Sangakkara	199*	1	Srl	Pak	Galle	22 Jun 2012
10	SPD Smith	199	1	Aus	Win	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
11	KL Rahul	199	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
12	D Elgar	199	1	SAF	Ban	P’Stroom	28 Sep 2017
13	F du Plessis	199	2	SAF	Srl	Centurion	26 Dec 2020
14	AD Mathews	199	1	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	15 May 2022

It also provides the third occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen scoring 199 in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Jayasuriya	199	3	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
2	Sangakkara	199*	1	Srl	Pak	Galle	22 Jun 2012
3	AD Mathews	199	1	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	15 May 2022

It also provides the seconc occasion of batsmen scoring 199 in a test innings against Bangladesh in the annals of test cricket. Both the occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	D Elgar	199	1	SAF	Ban	P’Stroom	28 Sep 2017
2	AD Mathews	199	1	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	15 May 2022

A Flower of Zkmbabwe and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka are the only two batsman in the annals of test cricket to remain unbeaten on 199. Their performance is listed below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	199*	3	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
2	Sangakkara	199*	1	Srl	Pak	Galle	22 Jun 2012

Australia and Sri Lanka are the only two teams to have three batsmen scoring 199. The following table lists these batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MTG Elliott	199	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
2	SR Waugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
3	SPD Smith	199	1	Aus	Win	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
1	Jayasuriya	199	3	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
2	Sangakkara	199*	1	Srl	Pak	Galle	22 Jun 2012
3	AD Mathews	199	1	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	15 May 2022

KA Maharaj of South Africa captured seven for 40 in the fourth innings against Bangladesh in the just concluded test at Port Elizabeth to provide the 27^th occasion of a South African bowler to capture seven or more wickets in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WH Ashley	7	095	1	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	SJ Snooke	8	070	4	v England	Jo’burg	10 Mar 1906
3	AEE Vogler	7	128	1	v England	Lord’s	01 Jul 1907
4	AEE Vogler	7	094	4	v England	Jo’burg	01 Jan 1910
5	SJ Pegler	7	065	2	v England	Lord’s	10 Jun 1912
6	GA Faulkner	7	084	2	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1912
7	AE Hall	7	063	4	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923
8	GF Bissett	7	029	3	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928
9	HJ Tayfield	7	023	2	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950
10	HJ Tayfield	7	081	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952
11	HJ Tayfield	8	069	3	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957
12	HJ Tayfield	9	113	4	v England	Jo’burg	15 Feb 1957
13	GB Lawrence	8	053	2	v New Zealand	Jo’burg	26 Dec 1961
14	JT Partridge	7	091	1	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
15	AA Donald	7	084	3	v India	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
16	AA Donald	8	071	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995
17	L Klusener	8	064	4	v India	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
18	SM Pollock	7	087	2	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
19	PR Adams	7	128	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	17 Oct 2003
20	M Ntini	7	037	3	v West Indies	Trinidad	08 Apr 2005
21	DW Steyn	7	051	2	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
22	M de Lange	7	081	1	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011
23	KJ Abbott	7	029	2	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
24	K Rabada	7	112	2	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
25	KA Maharaj	9	129	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
26	KA Maharaj	7	032	4	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022
27	KA Maharaj	7	040	4	v Bangladesh	P Elizabeth	08 Apr 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a South African bowler to capture seven or more wickets in an innings at Port Elizabeth. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Donald	7	084	3	v India	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	KA Maharaj	7	040	4	v Bangladesh	P Elizabeth	08 Apr 2022

It also provides the eighth occasion of a South African bowler to capture seven or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SJ Snooke	8	070	4	v England	Jo’burg	10 Mar 1906
2	AEE Vogler	7	094	4	v England	Jo’burg	01 Jan 1910
3	AE Hall	7	063	4	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923
4	HJ Tayfield	7	081	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952
5	HJ Tayfield	9	113	4	v England	Jo’burg	15 Feb 1957
6	L Klusener	8	064	4	v India	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
7	KA Maharaj	7	032	4	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022
8	KA Maharaj	7	040	4	v Bangladesh	P Elizabeth	08 Apr 2022

HA Tayfield and KA Maharaj are the two South African bowlers to capture seven or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test on two occasions.

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HJ Tayfield	7	081	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952
2	HJ Tayfield	9	113	4	v England	Jo’burg	15 Feb 1957
1	KA Maharaj	7	032	4	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022
2	KA Maharaj	7	040	4	v Bangladesh	P Elizabeth	08 Apr 2022

HA Tayfield {04}, KA Maharaj {03}, AA Donald {02} and AEE Vogler {02} are the four South African bowlers to capture seven or more wickets in an innings of a test on two or more occasions.

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HJ Tayfield	7	023	2	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950
2	HJ Tayfield	7	081	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952
3	HJ Tayfield	8	069	3	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957
4	HJ Tayfield	9	113	4	v England	Jo’burg	15 Feb 1957
1	KA Maharaj	9	129	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
2	KA Maharaj	7	032	4	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022
3	KA Maharaj	7	040	4	v Bangladesh	P Elizabeth	08 Apr 2022
1	AA Donald	7	084	3	v India	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	AA Donald	8	071	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995
1	AEE Vogler	7	128	1	v England	Lord’s	01 Jul 1907
2	AEE Vogler	7	094	4	v England	Jo’burg	01 Jan 1910

KR Mayers of West Indies captured five for 9 against England in the ongoing test at St George’s at the end of third day of the test to provide the 15th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets conceding single digit runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GA Lohmann	8-7	4	Eng	SAF	P ‘Elizabeth	Feb 1896
2	AER Gilligan	6-7	2	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	Jun 1924
3	H Ironmonger	5-6	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Feb 1932
4	ERH Toshack	5-2	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	Nov 1947
5	TBA May	5-9	3	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1993
6	JJC Lawson	6-3	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	Dec 2002
7	MJ Clarke	6-9	3	Aus	Ind	Wankhede	Nov 2004
8	VD Philander	5-7	1	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 2013
9	DW Steyn	6-8	2	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	Feb 2013
10	KAJ Roach	5-8	1	Win	Ban	N Sound	Jul 2018
11	JJ Bumrah	5-7	4	Ind	Win	N Sound	Aug 2019
12	JR Hazlewood	5-8	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2020
13	JE Root	5-8	2	Eng	Ind	Ahm’bad	Feb 2021
14	SM Boland	6-7	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 2021
15	KR Mayers	5-9	3	Win	Eng	Greneda	Mar 2022

It also provides the third occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JJC Lawson	6-3	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	Dec 2002
2	KAJ Roach	5-8	1	Win	Ban	N Sound	Jul 2018
3	KR Mayers	5-9	3	Win	Eng	Greneda	Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against England. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SM Boland	6-7	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 2021
2	KR Mayers	5-9	3	Win	Eng	Greneda	Mar 2022

KR Mayers of West Indies captured five for 9 against England in the ongoing test at St George’s at the end of third day of the test to provide the 319th occasion  of a West Indies bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. It also provides the 97^th occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HC Griffith	6	103	2	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1928
2	HC Griffith	5	63	1	Eng	Trinidad	01 Feb 1930
3	LN Constantine	5	87	4	Eng	Guyana	21 Feb 1930
4	OC Scott	5	266	1	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
5	EA Martindale	5	73	2	Eng	Man’ter	22 Jul 1933
6	EA Martindale	5	93	1	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1933
7	EA Martindale	5	22	4	Eng	Barbados	08 Jan 1935
8	LN Constantine	5	75	1	Eng	The Oval	19 Aug 1939
9	W Ferguson	5	137	1	Eng	Trinidad	11 Feb 1948
10	W Ferguson	6	92	3	Eng	Trinidad	11 Feb 1948
11	JDC Goddard	5	31	2	Eng	Guyana	03 Mar 1948
12	W Ferguson	5	116	3	Eng	Guyana	03 Mar 1948
13	HHH Johnson	5	41	1	Eng	Kingston	27 Mar 1948
14	HHH Johnson	5	55	3	Eng	Kingston	27 Mar 1948
15	AL Valentine	8	104	1	Eng	Man’ter	08 Jun 1950
16	S Ramadhin	5	66	2	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1950
17	S Ramadhin	6	86	4	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1950
18	S Ramadhin	5	135	3	Eng	Not’ham	20 Jul 1950
19	AL Valentine	6	39	3	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
20	ESM Kentish	5	49	4	Eng	Kingston	15 Jan 1954
21	S Ramadhin	6	113	1	Eng	Guyana	24 Feb 1954
22	S Ramadhin	7	49	1	Eng	Bir’ham	30 May 1957
23	FMM Worrell	7	70	2	Eng	Leeds	25 Jul 1957
24	WW Hall	7	69	1	Eng	Kingston	17 Feb 1960
25	WW Hall	6	90	1	Eng	Guyana	09 Mar 1960
26	LR Gibbs	5	59	2	Eng	Man’ter	06 Jun 1963
27	LR Gibbs	6	98	3	Eng	Man’ter	06 Jun 1963
28	CC Griffith	5	91	2	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1963
29	GS Sobers	5	60	1	Eng	Bir’ham	04 Jul 1963
30	CC Griffith	6	36	2	Eng	Leeds	25 Jul 1963
31	CC Griffith	6	71	1	Eng	The Oval	22 Aug 1963
32	LR Gibbs	5	37	2	Eng	Man’ter	02 Jun 1966
33	LR Gibbs	5	69	3	Eng	Man’ter	02 Jun 1966
34	GS Sobers	5	41	2	Eng	Leeds	04 Aug 1966
35	LR Gibbs	6	39	3	Eng	Leeds	04 Aug 1966
36	CC Griffith	5	69	1	Eng	Trinidad	19 Jan 1968
37	BF Butcher	5	34	2	Eng	Trinidad	14 Mar 1968
38	LR Gibbs	6	60	4	Eng	Guyana	28 Mar 1968
39	JN Shepherd	5	104	1	Eng	Man’ter	12 Jun 1969
40	GS Sobers	5	42	3	Eng	Leeds	10 Jul 1969
41	KD Boyce	5	70	2	Eng	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
42	KD Boyce	6	77	4	Eng	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
43	LR Gibbs	6	108	3	Eng	Trinidad	02 Feb 1974
44	BD Julien	5	57	1	Eng	Barbados	06 Mar 1974
45	AME Roberts	5	60	1	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1976
46	AME Roberts	5	63	3	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1976
47	MA Holding	5	17	2	Eng	Man’ter	08 Jul 1976
48	AME Roberts	6	37	4	Eng	Man’ter	08 Jul 1976
49	MA Holding	8	92	2	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
50	MA Holding	6	57	4	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
51	AME Roberts	5	72	1	Eng	Not’ham	05 Jun 1980
52	MA Holding	6	67	1	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1980
53	CEH Croft	5	40	2	Eng	Trinidad	13 Feb 1981
54	CEH Croft	6	74	1	Eng	St John’s	27 Mar 1981
55	MA Holding	5	56	1	Eng	Kingston	10 Apr 1981
56	J Garner	5	55	3	Eng	Bir’ham	14 Jun 1984
57	MD Marshall	6	85	1	Eng	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
58	MD Marshall	7	53	3	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1984
59	RA Harper	6	57	3	Eng	Man’ter	26 Jul 1984
60	MD Marshall	5	35	2	Eng	The Oval	09 Aug 1984
61	MA Holding	5	43	4	Eng	The Oval	09 Aug 1984
62	MD Marshall	6	69	1	Eng	Not’ham	02 Jun 1988
63	MD Marshall	6	32	2	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jun 1988
64	MD Marshall	7	22	3	Eng	Man’ter	30 Jun 1988
65	CA Walsh	5	68	2	Eng	Kingston	24 Feb 1990
66	CEL Ambrose	8	45	4	Eng	Barbados	05 Apr 1990
67	IR Bishop	5	84	1	Eng	St John’s	12 Apr 1990
68	CEL Ambrose	6	52	3	Eng	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
69	CEL Ambrose	5	74	1	Eng	Not’ham	04 Jul 1991
70	BP Patterson	5	81	3	Eng	Bir’ham	25 Jul 1991
71	KCG Benjamin	6	66	1	Eng	Kingston	19 Feb 1994
72	CEL Ambrose	5	60	2	Eng	Trinidad	25 Mar 1994
73	CEL Ambrose	6	24	4	Eng	Trinidad	25 Mar 1994
74	CA Walsh	5	94	3	Eng	Barbados	08 Apr 1994
75	IR Bishop	5	32	1	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1995
76	CA Walsh	5	45	3	Eng	Bir’ham	06 Jul 1995
77	KCG Benjamin	5	105	1	Eng	Not’ham	10 Aug 1995
78	KCG Benjamin	5	69	3	Eng	Not’ham	10 Aug 1995
79	CEL Ambrose	5	96	1	Eng	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
80	CEL Ambrose	5	52	3	Eng	Trinidad	05 Feb 1998
81	CEL Ambrose	5	25	2	Eng	Trinidad	13 Feb 1998
82	CL Hooper	5	80	1	Eng	Barbados	12 Mar 1998
83	CA Walsh	5	36	1	Eng	Bir’ham	15 Jun 2000
84	CA Walsh	6	74	4	Eng	Lord’s	29 Jun 2000
85	CH Gayle	5	34	3	Eng	Bir’ham	29 Jul 2004
86	DJ Bravo	6	55	2	Eng	Man’ter	12 Aug 2004
87	DJG Sammy	7	66	3	Eng	Man’ter	07 Jun 2007
88	FH Edwards	5	112	2	Eng	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
89	JE Taylor	5	11	3	Eng	Kingston	04 Feb 2009
90	FH Edwards	6	92	1	Eng	Lord’s	06 May 2009
91	KAJ Roach	5	72	2	Eng	Lord’s	07 Sep 2017
92	KAJ Roach	5	17	2	Eng	Barbados	23 Jan 2019
93	RL Chase	8	60	4	Eng	Barbados	23 Jan 2019
94	JO Holder	6	42	1	Eng	S’hampton	08 Jul 2020
95	ST Gabriel	5	75	3	Eng	S’hampton	08 Jul 2020
96	RL Chase	5	172	1	Eng	Man’ter	16 Jul 2020
97	KR Mayers	5	9	3	Eng	Greneda	24 Mar 2022

The Test series victory in Pakistan on Friday left Australia captain Pat Cummins excited about the team’s prospects when they tour Sri Lanka in a few months and India next year.

Cummins joined Richie Benaud and Mark Taylor as the only Australian captains to lead their team to a series victory in Pakistan when his side clinched the deciding third Test in Lahore by 115 runs for a 1-0 win.

The 28-year-old fast bowler was handed the reins of the Test side in November when Tim Paine stepped down amid a sexting scandal shortly before an Ashes series at home.

Cummins showed very few nerves against arch-rivals England and inspired the side to a comprehensive 4-0 win and is now unbeaten in his eight Tests as Australia captain.

“It’s one of just immense satisfaction for me,” Cummins told reporters. “Everyone is just totally elated.

“Winning the Ashes series was huge but winning overseas doesn’t happen very often.”

Cummins arrived in Pakistan with a side touring the country for the first time in 24 years.

“The Ashes went quickly and it was satisfying,” Cummins said. “But this was my first big tour where I wasn’t a new captain any more.

“We were playing overseas, foreign conditions… a group of 30-odd people here, players and staff on a mission to try and win the series. And as a captain, that’s a big responsibility.

“So I think this one is just incredibly satisfying and has shown that our group here is a very good cricket team.”

The sub-continent, with its slow, low and spin-friendly tracks, is often described as the final frontier for teams who thrive on hard and bouncy wickets more suited to fast bowling.

Australia will play two Tests in Sri Lanka when they tour the country in June and July for the first time since 2016 and will returns to South Asia for a tour of India, who have won 15 consecutive series at home.

“We won the Ashes but we haven’t been really (in) Tests overseas,” Cummins said.

“The amount of confidence we will get out of winning over here, not just as a team but every individual showed… their game can stand up to Asian conditions. It’s huge for Sri Lanka later in the year, India next year. So yeah, that’s awesome.”

Article courtesy – Times of India

Babar Azam and Mohd Rizwan scored 55 and zero respectively  in the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Lahore to provide the seventh occasion of Pakistan captain scoring a half century and wicket keeper scoring a zero in the same innings of test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No		Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	C	AH Kardar	57	3	Win	Kingston	Feb 1958
	K	Imtiaz Ahmed	00	3	Win	Kingston	Feb 1958
2	C	Javed Miandad	50	2	Win	Faisalabad	Dec 1980
	K	Taslim Arif	00	2	Win	Faisalabad	Dec 1980
3	C	Imran Khan	61	1	Win	Faisalabad	Oct 1986
	K	Saleem Yousuf	00	1	Win	Faisalabad	Oct 1986
4	C	Ramiz Raja	50	2	Srl	Col-RPS	Apr 1997
	K	Moin Khan	00	2	Srl	Col-RPS	Apr 1997
5	C	Mohd Yousuf	83	3	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2009
	K	Kamran Akmal	00	3	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2009
6	C	Misbah-ul-Haq	52	4	Win	Providence	May 2011
	K	Mohd Salman	00	4	Win	Providence	May 2011
7	C	Babar Azam	55	4	Aus	Lahore	Mar 2022
	K	Mohd Rizwan	00	4	Aus	Lahore	Mar 2022

Australia posted its 399^th win when it won the recently concluded test against Pakistan at Lahore by 115 runs. It also provides its 121^st test win by 100 plus runs margin. All such wins are tabulated below in the order of descending margin of runs.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Yeae
1	Australia	won	562 runs	v England	The Oval	Aug 1934
2	Australia	won	530 runs	v South Africa	Melbourne	Feb 1911
3	Australia	won	491 runs	v Pakistan	Perth	Dec 2004
4	Australia	won	409 runs	v England	Lord’s	Jun 1948
5	Australia	won	405 runs	v England	Lord’s	Jul 2015
6	Australia	won	384 runs	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2002
7	Australia	won	382 runs	v West Indies	Sydney	Feb 1969
8	Australia	won	382 runs	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1895
9	Australia	won	381 runs	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2013
10	Australia	won	379 runs	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2005
11	Australia	won	377 runs	v England	Sydney	Dec 1920
12	Australia	won	366 runs	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	Feb 2019
13	Australia	won	365 runs	v England	Melbourne	Jan 1937
14	Australia	won	352 runs	v West Indies	Melbourne	Dec 2000
15	Australia	won	348 runs	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Jan 1977
16	Australia	won	342 runs	v India	Nagpur	Oct 2004
17	Australia	won	337 runs	v India	Melbourne	Dec 2007
18	Australia	won	333 runs	v India	Pune	Feb 2017
19	Australia	won	329 runs	v England	Perth	Feb 1995
20	Australia	won	312 runs	v West Indies	Trinidad	Mar 1999
21	Australia	won	308 runs	v England	Melbourne	Feb 1908
22	Australia	won	307 runs	v England	Sydney	Feb 1925
23	Australia	won	300 runs	v India	Perth	Feb 1992
24	Australia	won	298 runs	v India	Adelaide	Jan 2012
25	Australia	won	297 runs	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 1974
26	Australia	won	296 runs	v New Zealand	Perth	Dec 2019
27	Australia	won	295 runs	v England	Melbourne	Dec 1994
28	Australia	won	286 runs	v Pakistan	Perth	Nov 1981
29	Australia	won	285 runs	v India	Adelaide	Dec 1999
30	Australia	won	281 runs	v England	Sydney	Jan 2014
31	Australia	won	281 runs	v South Africa	Centurion	Feb 2014
32	Australia	won	279 runs	v New Zealand	Sydney	Jan 2020
33	Australia	won	277 runs	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
34	Australia	won	277 runs	v West Indies	Kingston	Jun 2015
35	Australia	won	275 runs	v England	Adelaide	Dec 2021
36	Australia	won	274 runs	v England	Adelaide	Feb 1951
37	Australia	won	268 runs	v England	Manchester	Jul 1997
38	Australia	won	267 runs	v England	Perth	Dec 2010
39	Australia	won	264 runs	v England	Nottingham	Aug 1997
40	Australia	won	251 runs	v England	Birmingham	Aug 2019
41	Australia	won	247 runs	v New Zealand	Melbourne	Dec 2019
42	Australia	won	246 runs	v South Africa	Adelaide	Dec 2001
43	Australia	won	245 runs	v South Africa	Cape Town	Mar 2014
44	Australia	won	245 runs	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1908
45	Australia	won	239 runs	v England	Lord’s	Jul 2005
46	Australia	won	238 runs	v England	Nottingham	Jun 1934
47	Australia	won	233 runs	v India	Melbourne	Jan 1948
48	Australia	won	231 runs	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
49	Australia	won	229 runs	v England	Melbourne	Jan 1902
50	Australia	won	220 runs	v Pakistan	Sydney	Jan 2017
51	Australia	won	219 runs	v England	Leeds	Jul 1921
52	Australia	won	218 runs	v England	Adelaide	Dec 2013
53	Australia	won	218 runs	v England	Melbourne	Mar 1904
54	Australia	won	217 runs	v India	Bengaluru	Oct 2004
55	Australia	won	216 runs	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1904
56	Australia	won	213 runs	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2004
57	Australia	won	210 runs	v ICC World XI	Sydney	Oct 2005
58	Australia	won	210 runs	v England	Leeds	Jun 1989
59	Australia	won	208 runs	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 2015
60	Australia	won	206 runs	v England	Perth	Dec 2006
61	Australia	won	205 runs	v England	Adelaide	Dec 1998
62	Australia	won	202 runs	v West Indies	Sydney	Jan 1952
63	Australia	won	197 runs	v Sri Lanka	Galle	Mar 2004
64	Australia	won	193 runs	v England	Sydney	Dec 1924
65	Australia	won	191 runs	v South Africa	Adelaide	Jan 1994
66	Australia	won	190 runs	v West Indies	Adelaide	Jan 1976
67	Australia	won	186 runs	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 1997
68	Australia	won	185 runs	v England	Lord’s	Jun 1956
69	Australia	won	185 runs	v England	Manchester	Sep 2019
70	Australia	won	184 runs	v England	Brisbane	Nov 1994
71	Australia	won	184 runs	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2005
72	Australia	won	180 runs	v India	Melbourne	Dec 1999
73	Australia	won	179 runs	v England	Manchester	Jun 1993
74	Australia	won	177 runs	v West Indies	Melbourne	Dec 2015
75	Australia	won	176 runs	v West Indies	St John’s	Apr 1999
76	Australia	won	176 runs	v New Zealand	Hamilton	Mar 2010
77	Australia	won	175 runs	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2009
78	Australia	won	173 runs	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	Dec 1989
79	Australia	won	171 runs	v England	Sydney	Jan 1975
80	Australia	won	170 runs	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2009
81	Australia	won	169 runs	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 1931
82	Australia	won	166 runs	v England	Brisbane	Nov 1974
83	Australia	won	165 runs	v West Indies	Melbourne	Jan 1976
84	Australia	won	163 runs	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1975
85	Australia	won	162 runs	v South Africa	Jo’burg	Feb 2009
86	Australia	won	159 runs	v England	Manchester	Jun 1968
87	Australia	won	159 runs	v South Africa	Jo’burg	Oct 1902
88	Australia	won	157 runs	v West Indies	St John’s	Apr 1991
89	Australia	won	155 runs	v Pakistan	Hobart	Nov 1995
90	Australia	won	150 runs	v Pakistan	Lord’s	Jul 2010
91	Australia	won	150 runs	v England	Perth	Dec 2013
92	Australia	won	149 runs	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	Jul 2004
93	Australia	won	149 runs	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 2008
94	Australia	won	148 runs	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1937
95	Australia	won	148 runs	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	Jan 1996
96	Australia	won	146 runs	v England	Hobart	Jan 2022
97	Australia	won	146 runs	v India	Perth	Dec 2018
98	Australia	won	146 runs	v England	Sydney	Dec 1911
99	Australia	won	146 runs	v India	Adelaide	Dec 1967
100	Australia	won	144 runs	v India	Sydney	Jan 1968
101	Australia	won	143 runs	v England	Sheffield	Jul 1902
102	Australia	won	139 runs	v India	Chennai	Oct 1964
103	Australia	won	139 runs	v West Indies	Melbourne	Dec 1992
104	Australia	won	138 runs	v England	Perth	Dec 1979
105	Australia	won	137 runs	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	Dec 2012
106	Australia	won	126 runs	v England	Leeds	Jul 1909
107	Australia	won	125 runs	v Sri Lanka	Galle	Aug 2011
108	Australia	won	124 runs	v West Indies	Sydney	Nov 1996
109	Australia	won	123 runs	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 1996
110	Australia	won	122 runs	v India	Sydney	Jan 2008
111	Australia	won	122 runs	v India	Melbourne	Dec 2011
112	Australia	won	121 runs	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	Mar 2004
113	Australia	won	120 runs	v England	Adelaide	Dec 2017
114	Australia	won	119 runs	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1921
115	Australia	won	118 runs	v West Indies	Trinidad	Apr 2003
116	Australia	won	118 runs	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2018
117	Australia	won	115 runs	v Pakistan	Lahore	Mar 2022
118	Australia	won	112 runs	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2006
119	Australia	won	111 runs	v England	Melbourne	Dec 1932
120	Australia	won	103 runs	v England	Melbourne	Dec 1978
121	Australia	won	103 runs	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2009

It also provides its ninth test win by 100 plus runs margin against Pakistan. All such wins are tabulated below in the order of descending margin of runs.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Australia	won	491 runs	v Pakistan	Perth	Dec 2004
2	Australia	won	348 runs	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Jan 1977
3	Australia	won	286 runs	v Pakistan	Perth	Nov 1981
4	Australia	won	231 runs	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
5	Australia	won	220 runs	v Pakistan	Sydney	Jan 2017
6	Australia	won	170 runs	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2009
7	Australia	won	155 runs	v Pakistan	Hobart	Nov 1995
8	Australia	won	150 runs	v Pakistan	Lord’s	Jul 2010
9	Australia	won	115 runs	v Pakistan	Lahore	Mar 2022

Babar Azam’s 67 and 55 in the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Lahore was in losing cause to provide the 32^nd occasion of a captain’s twin half centuries in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	G Giffen	57	51	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	MA Noble	61	64	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1908
3	JWHT Douglas	50	60	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1921
4	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1924
5	J Ryder	63	87	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Feb 1929
6	GC Grant	53*	71*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1930
7	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1952
8	L Hutton	72	77	Eng	Win	Barbados	Feb 1954
9	PBH May	63	53	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1956
10	ER Dexter	57	62	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 1961
11	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1967
12	IM Chappell	65	50	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Feb 1975
13	KC Wessels	59	74	SAF	Win	Barbados	Apr 1992
14	BC Lara	51	79	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 1998
15	BC Lara	67	75	Win	NZl	Wellington	Dec 1999
16	SP Fleming	57	99	NZl	SAF	B’Fontein	Nov 2000
17	CL Hooper	53	54*	Win	SAF	Trinidad	Mar 2001
18	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	Sep 2005
19	MS Atapattu	88	67	Srl	Ind	Delhi	Dec 2005
20	H Bashar	69	73	Ban	Srl	Bogra	Mar 2006
21	A Flintoff	70	51	Eng	Ind	Mohali	Mar 2006
22	RT Ponting	77	72	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	Oct 2010
23	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 2011
24	M Jayawardene	72	60	Srl	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2013
25	AD Mathews	50	66	Srl	NZl	Ch’church	Dec 2014
26	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	May 2015
27	JE Root	59	72	Eng	Win	Leeds	Aug 2017
28	LD Chandimal	57	61	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2017
29	JE Root	83	58*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2018
30	Mohd Rizwan	71	60	Pak	NZl	M M’ganui	Dec 2020
31	BRM Taylor	81	92	Zim	Ban	Harare	Jul 2021
32	Babar Azam	67	55	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan captain’s twin half centuries in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
0	Mohd Rizwan	71	60	Pak	NZl	M Maunganui	Dec 2020
2	Babar Azam	67	55	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Mar 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of a captain’s twin half centuries in a losing cause against Australia in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JWHT Douglas	50	60	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1921
2	GC Grant	53*	71*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1930
3	PBH May	63	53	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1956
4	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1967
5	M Jayawardene	72	60	Srl	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2013
6	JE Root	83	58*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2018
7	Babar Azam	67	55	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Mar 2022

BC Lara of West Indies and JE Root of England are the two captains to witness their twin half centuries in losing cause on two occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	BC Lara	51	79	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 1998
2	BC Lara	67	75	Win	NZl	Wellington	Dec 1999
1	JE Root	59	72	Eng	Win	Leeds	Aug 2017
2	JE Root	83	58*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2018

N Lyon of Australia captured five for 83 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against Pakistan at Lahore to provide the 337^th occasion of a bowler capturing five plus wickets in the fourth innings of a winning test.

It also provides the 90th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five plus wickets in the fourth innings of a winning test.

It also provides the ninth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five plus wickets in the fourth innings of a winning test against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MHN Walker	6-015	4	Pak	Sydney	06 Jan 1973
2	B Yardley	6-084	4	Pak	Perth	13 Nov 1981
3	TM Alderman	5-105	4	Pak	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
4	GD McGrath	5-061	4	Pak	Hobart	17 Nov 1995
5	GD McGrath	8-024	4	Pak	Perth	16 Dec 2004
6	NM Hauritz	5-101	4	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009
7	NM Hauritz	5-053	4	Pak	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
8	MJ North	6-055	4	Pak	Lord’s	13 Jul 2010
9	NM Lyon	5-083	4	Pak	Lahore	21 Mar 2022

It also provides the 25th occasion of a bowler capturing five plus wickets in the fourth innings of a winning test against Pakistan.

It also provides the fourth occasion of NM Lyon capturing five plus wickets in the fourth innings of a winning test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	NM Lyon	7-152	4	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
2	NM Lyon	6-049	4	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 2019
3	NM Lyon	5-050	4	NZl	Sydney	Jan 2020
4	NM Lyon	5-083	4	Pak	Lahore	Mar 2022

NM Lyon became the fourth Australian bowler to capture five plus wickets in the fourth innings of a winning test on four or more occasions. Others are – SK Warne {05}, MG Johnson {04} and GD McGrath {04}