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No play on a day’s play due to rain on English soil

22/06/2021 hrg

The first day and the fourth day of the ongoing World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand at Southampton were washed out due to rain providing the 74th and 75th occasion of no play on a day of the test due to rain in the annals of test cricket on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1899	3	Eng
2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	2	Eng
3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	3	Eng
4	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1905	3	Eng
5	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	1907	3	Eng
6	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1912	3	Eng
7	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1912	3	Eng
8	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1921	1	Eng
9	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	2	Eng
10	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	3	Eng
11	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	2	Eng
12	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	3	Eng
13	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1930	4	Eng
14	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1930	5	Eng
15	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	Eng
16	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	2	Eng
17	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	1935	3	Eng
18	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1946	3	Eng
19	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1851	2	Eng
20	Eng	SAF	Leeds	1951	5	Eng
21	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	3	Eng
22	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	5	Eng
23	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1953	4	Eng
24	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	Eng
25	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	2	Eng
26	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	3	Eng
27	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	2	Eng
28	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	4	Eng
29	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	5	Eng
30	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1956	3	Eng
31	Eng	Aus	The Ovql	1956	4	Eng
32	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	3	Eng
33	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	4	Eng
34	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	Eng
35	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	2	Eng
36	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1962	1	Eng
37	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1964	1	Eng
38	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1964	5	Eng
39	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1967	4	Eng
40	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1971	5	Eng
41	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	1974	1	Eng
42	Eng	Pak	Leeds	1974	5	Eng
43	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1974	5	Eng
44	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1975	5	Eng
45	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1977	1	Eng
46	Eng	Pak	Leeds	1978	3	Eng
47	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1978	4	Eng
48	Eng	Ind	Leeds	1979	2	Eng
49	Eng	Win	Manchester	1980	3	Eng
50	Eng	Win	The Oval	1980	3	Eng
51	Eng	Win	Leeds	1980	3	Eng
52	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1982	5	Eng
53	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1987	5	Eng
54	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	2	Eng
55	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	3	Eng
56	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	5	Eng
57	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	1998	5	Eng
58	Eng	Zim	Nottingham	2000	2	Eng
59	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	2001	1	Eng
60	Eng	Ind	The Oval	2002	5	Eng
61	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	2003	2	Eng
62	Eng	WI	Manchester	2004	2	Eng
63	Eng	Win	Leeds	2007	3	Eng
64	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2007	1	Eng
65	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2009	2	Eng
66	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	2009	3	Eng
67	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	Eng
68	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	2	Eng
69	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	5	Eng
70	Eng	Aus	The Oval	2013	4	Eng
71	Eng	Win	Manchester	2021	4	Eng
72	Eng	Pak	Southampton	2021	3	Eng
73	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	2021	3	Eng
74	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	Eng
75	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	4	Eng

The first day wash out provides the 12th occasion of no play on the first day on English soil, while no play on the fourth day provides the 10th occasion of no play on the fourth day on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1921	1	Eng
2	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	Eng
3	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	Eng
4	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	Eng
5	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1962	1	Eng
6	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1964	1	Eng
7	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	1974	1	Eng
8	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1977	1	Eng
9	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	2001	1	Eng
10	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2007	1	Eng
11	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	Eng
12	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	Eng

1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1930	4	Eng
2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1953	4	Eng
3	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	4	Eng
4	Eng	Aus	The Ovql	1956	4	Eng
5	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	4	Eng
6	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1967	4	Eng
7	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1978	4	Eng
8	Eng	Aus	The Oval	2013	4	Eng
9	Eng	Win	Manchester	2021	4	Eng
10	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	4	Eng

No play on the first and fourth days of the test

22/06/2021 hrg

The first day and the fourth day of the ongoing World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand at Southampton were washed out due to rain providing the 310^th occasion of no play on a day of the test due to rain or otherwise in the annals of test cricket. The first day wash out provides the 51^st occasion of no play on the first day, while no play on the fourth day provides the 68^th occasion of no play on the fourth day. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1921	1	Eng
2	NZl	Eng	Auckland	1929-30	1	NZl
3	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	Eng
4	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	1935-36	1	SAF
5	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1946-47	1	Aus
6	NZl	Eng	Wellington	1950-51	1	NZl
7	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	Eng
8	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1954-55	1	Aus
9	Pak	NZl	Dacca	1955-56	1	Pak
10	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	Eng
11	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1962	1	Eng
12	NZl	SAF	Dunedin	1963-64	1	NZl
13	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1964	1	Eng
14	Win	Ind	Kingston	1970-71	1	Win
15	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	1974	1	Eng
16	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1974-75	1	Aus
17	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	1974-75	1	NZl
18	Win	Ind	Trinidad	1975-76	1	Win
19	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1976-77	1	Ind
10	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1977	1	Eng
21	Pak	Win	Karachi	1980-81	1	Pak
22	NZl	Aus	Wellington	1981-82	1	NZl
23	Ind	Win	Chepauk	1983-84	1	Ind
24	Ind	Aus	Delhi	1986-87	1	Ind
25	NZl	Win	Christchurch	1986-87	1	NZl
26	Aus	Pak	Sydney	1989-90	1	Aus
27	NZl	Ind	Napier	1989-90	1	NZl
28	Srl	Ind	Kandy	1993-94	1	Srl
29	Srl	Win	Moratuwa	1993-94	1	Srl
30	Win	Ind	St John’s	1996-97	1	Win
31	SAF	Pak	Shiekupura	1997-98	1	Pak
32	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1998-99	1	Aus
33	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg-NW	2000-01	1	SAF
34	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	2001	1	Eng
35	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	2001-02	1	NZl
36	NZl	Eng	Wellington	2001-02	1	NZl
37	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	2002-03	1	NZl
38	Srl	NZl	Kandy	2003	1	Srl
39	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	2003-04	1	Zim
40	SAF	Eng	Centurion	2004-05	1	SAF
41	NZl	Aus	Wellington	2004-05	1	NZl
42	Ind	Srl	Chepauk	2005-06	1	Ind
43	Srl	Pak	Col-SSC	2005-06	1	Srl
44	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2007	1	Eng
45	Ban	NZl	Mirpur	2008-09	1	Ban
46	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	Eng
47	Ind	Aus	Mohali	2012-13	1	Ind
48	NZl	Eng	Dunedin	2012-13	1	NZL
49	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	2016-17	1	NZl
50	NZl	Ban	Wellington	2018-19	1	NZl
51	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	Eng

1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1930	4	Eng
2	Aus	Win	Sydney	1930-31	4	Aus
3	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	1931-32	4	Aus
4	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	1946-47	4	NZl
5	Aus	Ind	Sydney	1947-48	4	Aus
6	NZl	SAF	Auckland	1951-52	4	NZl
7	Ind	Pak	Chepauk	1952-53	4	Ind
8	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1953	4	Eng
9	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	4	Eng
10	NZl	Eng	Dunedin	1954-55	4	NZl
11	Eng	Aus	The Ovql	1956	4	Eng
12	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	4	Eng
13	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1961-62	4	Ind
14	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	1964-65	4	Ind
15	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1965-66	4	Aus
16	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg-NW	1966-67	4	SAF
17	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1967	4	Eng
18	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1973-74	4	Aus
19	Win	Eng	Georgetown	1973-74	4	Win
10	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1978	4	Eng
21	Win	Eng	St John’s	1980-81	4	Win
22	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	1980-81	4	NZl
23	NZl	Aus	Wellington	1981-82	4	NZl
24	Pak	Ind	Lahore	1982-83	4	Pak
25	Win	Ind	Kingston	1982-83	4	Win
26	Win	Ind	Georgetown	1982-83	4	Win
27	NZl	Eng	Wellington	1987-88	4	NZl
28	Win	Ind	Georgetown	1988-89	4	Win
29	Win	Eng	Kingston	1989-90	4	Win
30	Win	Aus	Kingston	1990-91	4	Win
31	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	1991-92	4	Pak
32	SAF	Ind	Durban	1992-93	4	SAF
33	Srl	Ind	Kandy	1993-94	4	Srl
34	Srl	SAF	Col-PSS	1993-94	4	Srl
35	Srl	Win	Moratuwa	1993-94	4	Srl
36	SAF	Eng	Centurion	1995-96	4	SAF
37	SAF	Eng	Durban	1995-96	4	SAF
38	SAF	Pak	Shiekupura	1997-98	4	Pak
39	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	1997-98	4	Ind
40	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg-NW	1997-98	4	SAF
41	Srl	Aus	Galle	1999-00	4	Srl
42	Zim	Aus	Bulawayo	1999-00	4	Zim
43	NZl	Aus	Auckland	1999-00	4	NZl
44	Win	Pak	Georgetown	1999-00	4	Win
45	Srl	Pak	Kandy	2000-01	4	Srl
46	Srl	Pak	Kandy	2000-01	4	Srl
47	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg-NW	2000-01	4	SAF
48	SAF	Srl	Durban	2000-01	4	SAF
49	Ban	Zim	Mirpur	2001-02	4	Ban
50	Win	Srl	Gross Islet	2003	4	Win
51	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	2003-04	4	Zim
52	NZl	Win	Napier	2005-06	4	NZl
53	Win	Ind	Gross Islet	2006	4	Win
54	Srl	Win	Col-RPS	2010-11	4	Srl
55	NZl	SAF	Dunedin	2011-12	4	NZl
56	NZl	Eng	Wellington	2012-13	4	NZL
57	Eng	Aus	The Oval	2013	4	Eng
58	Ban	SAF	Chittagong	2015	4	Ban
59	Ban	SAF	Mirpur	2015	4	Ban
60	Ind	SAF	Bengaluru	2015-16	4	Ind
61	Aus	Win	Sydney	2015-16	4	Aus
62	Win	Ind	Trinidad	2016	4	Win
63	SAF	NZl	Durban	2016	4	SAF
64	NZl	SAF	Dunedin	2016-17	4	NZl
65	NZl	SAF	Hamilton	2016-17	4	NZl
66	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	2017-18	4	SAF
67	Eng	Win	Manchester	2020-21	4	Eng
68	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	4	Eng

Test Hat tricks-KA Maharaj of South Africa is the latest entrant

22/06/2021 hrg

KA Maharaj of South Africa performed the Hat trick against West Indies in the just concluded test Gros Islet to provide the 46^th occasion of a bowler performing the hat trick in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. KA Maharaj became the 44^th bowler to perform the feat. TJ Matthews of Australia and Wasim Akram have performed the feat on two occasions.

KA Maharaj became the second South African bowler to perform the hat trick after GM Griffin. GM Griffin had performed the feat at Lord’

No	Bowler	Match	Ground	Season
1	FR Spofforth	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	1878-79
2	W Bates	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	1882-83
3	J Briggs	Eng v Aus	Sydney	1891-92
4	GA Lohmann	Eng v SAF	Port Elizabeth	1895-96
5	JT Hearne	Eng v Aus	Leeds	1899
6	H Trumble	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	1901-02
7	H Trumble	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	1903-04
8	TJ Matthews {FI}	Aus v SAF	Manchester	1912
9	TJ Matthews {SI}	Aus v SAF	Manchester	1912
10	MJC Allom	Eng v NZl	Christchurch	1929-30
11	TWJ Goddard	Eng v SAF	Johannesburg	1938-39
12	PJ Loader	Eng v Win	Leeds	1957
13	LF Kline	Aus v SAF	Cape Town	1957-58
14	WW Hall	Win v Pak	Lahore	1958-59
15	GM Griffin	SAF v Eng	Lord’s	1960
16	LR Gibbs	Win v Aus	Adelaide	1960-61
17	PJ Petherick	NZl v Pak	Lahore	1976-77
18	CA Walsh	Win v Aus	Brisbane	1988-89
19	MG Hughes	Aus v Win	Perth	1988-89
20	DW Fleming	Aus v Pak	Rawalpindi	1994-95
21	SK Warne	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	1994-95
22	DG Cork	Eng v Win	Manchester	1995
23	D Gough	Eng v Aus	Sydney	1998-99
24	Wasim Akram	Pak v Srl	Lahore	1998-99
25	Wasim Akram	Pak v Srl	Dhaka	1998-99
26	DNT Zoysa	Srl v Zim	Harare	1999-2000
27	Abdul Razzaq	Pak v Srl	Galle	1999-2000
28	GD McGrath	Aus v Win	Perth	2000-01
29	Harbhajan Singh	Ind v Aus	Kolkata	2000-01
30	Mohammad Sami	Pak v Srl	Lahore	2001-02
31	JJC Lawson	Win v Aus	Bridgetown	2002-03
32	Alok Kapali	Ban v Pak	Peshawar	2003
33	AM Blignaut	Zim v Ban	Harare	2003-04
34	MJ Hoggard	Eng v Win	Barbados	2003-04
35	JEC Franklin	NZl v Ban	Dhaka	2004-05
36	IK Pathan	Ind v Pak	Karachi	2005-06
37	RJ Sidebottom	Eng v NZl	Hamilton	2007-08
38	PM Siddle	Aus v Eng	Brisbane	2010-11
39	SCJ Broad	Eng v Ind	Nottingham	2011
40	Sohag Gazi	Ban v NZl	Chittagong	2013-14
41	SCJ Broad	Eng v Srl	Leeds	2014
42	HMRKB Herath	Srl v Aus	Galle	2016
43	MM Ali	Eng v SAF	The Oval	2017
44	JJ Bumrah	Ind v Win	Kingston	2019
45	Naseem Shah	Pak v Ban	Rawalpindi	2020
46	KA Maharaj	SAF v Win	Gros Islet	2021

Notes: Allom, Petherick and Fleming did the hat-trick on debut. The second Trumble and the Griffin hat-tricks were in the final Test of these players. The Walsh, Hughes and Lawson hat-tricks involved two innings. Matthews did the hat-trick in each innings. Petherick has the most expensive innings analysis of somebody doing the hat trick (3 for 103). Largest total to include a hat-trick is 537 by Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 1994-95. Least number of career Test wickets for a bowler doing a hat- trick is 6 by Alok Kapali. Zoysa’s hat-trick was from the first three balls he delivered in the Test Pathan took his hat-trick in the first over of the Test.

KA Maharaj became the fifth bowler to perform the hat trick against West Indies. The following table lists all these five bowlers

No	Bowler	Team	Opp	Ground	Season
1	DG Cork	Eng	Win	Manchester	1995
2	GD McGrath	Aus	Win	Perth	2000-01
3	MJ Hoggard	Eng	Win	Barbados	2003-04
4	JJ Bumrah	Ind	Win	Kingston	2019
5	KA Maharaj	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	2021

England wicketkeeper batsmen dismissed by first ball in a test innings

13/06/2021 hrg

JR Bracey of England collected the first ball duck in England’s first innings against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Birmingham to provide the 23^rd occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AFA Lilley	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904
2	LEG Ames	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
3	TG Evans	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
4	TG Evans	0	1	2	Eng	SAF	Durban	16 Dec 1948
5	TG Evans	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	25 Jun 1953
6	R Swetman	0	1	3	Eng	Win	Trinidad	28 Jan 1960
7	JT Murray	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Jan 1963
8	JM Parks	0	1	4	Eng	Win	Lord’s	16 Jun 1966
9	RW Taylor	0	1	2	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Pak	02 Jan 1978
10	PR Downton	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	27 Jun 1985
11	PR Downton	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985
12	AJ Stewart	0	1	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	29 Jan 1993
13	RJ Blakey	0	1	3	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
14	AJ Stewart	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	25 Nov 1999
15	AJ Stewart	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
16	MJ Prior	0	1	3	Eng	Win	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
17	TR Ambrose	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	15 May 2008
18	MJ Prior	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
19	MJ Prior	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	16 May 2013
20	MJ Prior	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Ch-le-St	09 Aug 2013
21	MJ Prior	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
22	JM Bairstow	0	1	4	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
23	JR Bracey	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021

It also provides the sixth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JHB Waite	0	1	1	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg	24 Dec 1953
2	SAR Silva	0	1	3	Srl	NZl	Wellington	11 Mar 1983
3	TR Ambrose	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	15 May2008
4	Kamran Akmal	0	1	3	Pak	NZl	Wellington	03 Dec 2009
5	MJ Prior	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	16 May2013
6	JR Bracey	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021

It also provides the third occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TR Ambrose	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	15 May 2008
2	MJ Prior	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	16 May 2013
3	JR Bracey	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021

South African wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings.

12/06/2021 hrg

Q de Kock of South Africa scored 141 not out against West Indies in the just concluded test at Gros Islet against West Indies to provide the 28^th occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in a test innings against various oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	PW Sherwell	115	3	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	01 Jul 1907
2	WW Wade	125	1	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	05 Mar 1949
3	JHB Waite	113	2	SAF	Eng	Manchester	07 Jul 1955
4	JHB Waite	115	1	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	23 Dec 1957
5	JHB Waite	134	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Jan 1958
6	JHB Waite	101	1	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg	26 Dec 1961
7	DT Lindsay	182	3	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	23 Dec 1966
8	DT Lindsay	137	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	20 Jan 1967
9	DT Lindsay	131	2	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	03 Feb 1967
10	DJ Richardson	109	2	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995
11	MV Boucher	100	1	SAF	Win	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
12	MV Boucher	125	2	SAF	Zim	Harare	11 Nov 1999
13	MV Boucher	108	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
14	MV Boucher	122*	1	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
15	MV Boucher	117	2	SAF	Ban	Centurion	26 Nov 2008
16	AB de Villiers	169	3	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
17	AB de Villiers	103*	3	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	01 Feb 2013
18	AB de Villiers	121	1	SAF	Pak	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
19	AB de Villiers	164	2	SAF	Pak	Dub-DSC	23 Oct 2013
20	AB de Villiers	103	4	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
21	AB de Villiers	116	1	SAF	Aus	P Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
22	AB de Villiers	148	2	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015
23	Q de Kock	129*	1	SAF	Eng	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
24	Q de Kock	104	2	SAF	Aus	Hobart	12 Nov 2016
25	Q de Kock	101	1	SAF	Srl	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017
26	Q de Kock	129	3	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2019
27	Q de Kock	111	2	SAF	Ind	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
28	Q de Kock	141*	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

It also provides the fourth occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in a test innings against various West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MV Boucher	100	1	SAF	Win	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
2	MV Boucher	122*	1	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
3	AB de Villiers	148	2	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015
4	Q de Kock	141*	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

It was Q de Kock’s sixth century in a test innings. He became the second South African batsman to score six or more centuries in test innings after AB de Villiers. AB de Villiers has centuries on seven occasions. The centuries scored by these two batsmen are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AB de Villiers	169	3	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
2	AB de Villiers	103*	3	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	01 Feb 2013
3	AB de Villiers	121	1	SAF	Pak	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
4	AB de Villiers	164	2	SAF	Pak	Dub-DSC	23 Oct 2013
5	AB de Villiers	103	4	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
6	AB de Villiers	116	1	SAF	Aus	P Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
7	AB de Villiers	148	2	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015

1	Q de Kock	129*	1	SAF	Eng	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
2	Q de Kock	104	2	SAF	Aus	Hobart	12 Nov 2016
3	Q de Kock	101	1	SAF	Srl	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017
4	Q de Kock	129	3	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2019
5	Q de Kock	111	2	SAF	Ind	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
6	Q de Kock	141*	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

Q de Kock of South Africa scored 141 not out against West Indies in the just concluded test at Gros Islet against West Indies to provide the 32ne occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in a test innings against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	LEG Ames	105	3	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
2	LEG Ames	149	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	LEG Ames	126	2	Eng	Win	Kingston	14 Mar 1935
4	TG Evans	104	1	Eng	Win	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
5	VL Manjrekar	118	3	Ind	Win	Kingston	28 Mar 1953
6	Imtiaz Ahmed	122	1	Pak	Win	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
7	JM Parks	101*	3	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1960
8	JT Murray	112	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	18 Aug 1966
9	FM Engineer	109	1	Ind	Win	Chennai	13 Jan 1967
10	APE Knott	116	2	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
11	WB Phillips	120	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984
12	AC Parore	100*	1	NZl	Win	Christchurch	03 Feb 1995
13	IA Healy	161*	1	Aus	Win	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996
14	MV Boucher	100	1	SAF	Win	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
15	A Flower	113*	2	Zim	Win	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000
16	AJ Stewart	105	2	Eng	Win	Manchester	03 Aug 2000
17	KC Sangakkara	140	2	Srl	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
18	Rashid Latif	150	1	Pak	Win	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002
19	A Ratra	115*	1	Ind	Win	St John’s	10 May 2002
20	AC Gilchrist	101*	1	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
21	MV Boucher	122*	1	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
22	Khaled Mashud	103*	3	Ban	Win	Gros Islet	28 May 2004
23	KC Sangakkara	157*	3	Srl	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
24	MJ Prior	126*	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2007
25	MJ Prior	131*	1	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009
26	MS Dhoni	144	1	Ind	Win	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
27	MS Wade	106	1	Aus	Win	Roseau	23 Apr 2012
28	Mushfiqur Rahim	116	3	Ban	Win	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
29	AB de Villiers	148	2	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015
30	WP Saha	104	1	Ind	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
31	TA Blundell	107*	2	NZl	Win	Wellington	01 Dec 2017
32	Q de Kock	141*	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

South African captain openers dismissed for a duck in a test innings

11/06/2021 hrg

D Elgar of South Africa was dismissed for a duck in first innings in the ongoing first test against South Africa to provide the 19^th occasion of a South African captain opener dismissed for a duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Richards	0	3	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896
2	LJ Tancred	0	1	SAF	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1912
3	LJ Tancred	0	3	SAF	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1912
4	HF Wade	0	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
5	A Melville	0	1	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1947
6	DJ McGlew	0	2	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jul 1960
7	KC Wessels	0	2	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
8	KC Wessels	0	1	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993
9	GC Smith	0	3	SAF	NZl	Auckland	18 Mar 2004
10	GC Smith	0	1	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
11	GC Smith	0	1	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	17 Dec 2004
12	GC Smith	0	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
13	GC Smith	0	2	SAF	Pak	Centurion	11 Jan 2007
14	GC Smith	0	3	SAF	Eng	The Oval	07 Aug 2008
15	GC Smith	0	2	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009
16	GC Smith	0	1	SAF	Eng	Centurion	16 Dec 2009
17	GC Smith	0	4	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
18	D Elgar	0	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

It also provides the ninth occasion of a captain opener dismissed for a duck in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MC Cowdrey	0	3	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1960
2	MH Denness	0	3	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
3	SM Gavaskar	0	2	Ind	Win	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978
4	MA Atherton	0	3	Eng	Win	Georgetown	17 Mar 1994
5	MA Atherton	0	4	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994
6	MA Atherton	0	1	Eng	Win	Birmingham	06 Jul 1995
7	MA Atherton	0	2	Eng	Win	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998
8	MP Vaughan	0	2	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004
9	D Elgar	0	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

West Indies dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in a test innings.

11/06/2021 hrg

West Indies was dismissed all out for 97 in its first innings in the ongoing first test against South Africa to provide the 19^th occasion of West Indies dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Win	90	30.3	3	Aus	Sydney	01 Jan 1931
2	Win	99	50.0	1	Aus	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931
3	Win	97	58.5	2	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1933
4	Win	78	29.6×8	2	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
5	Win	77	45.1	4	NZl	Auckland	09 Mar 1956
6	Win	89	56.4	2	Eng	The Oval	22 Aug 1957
7	Win	86	41.0	3	Eng	The Oval	22 Aug 1957
8	Win	76	36.3	2	Pak	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959
9	Win	91	34.3	4	Eng	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963
10	Win	53	25.3	4	Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986
11	Win	51	19.1	4	Aus	Trinidad	05 Mar 1999
12	Win	97	53.5	3	NZl	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
13	Win	54	26.4	3	Eng	Lord’s	29 Jun 2000
14	Win	61	26.2	3	Eng	Leeds	17 Aug 2000
15	Win	82	49.1	1	Aus	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000
16	Win	47	25.3	3	Eng	Kingston	11 Mar 2004
17	Win	94	42.1	3	Eng	Bridgetown	01 Apr 2004
18	Win	93	31.2	3	Srl	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
19	Win	97	40.5	1	SAF	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

It also provides the 18^th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	92	48.0×5	1	SAF	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899
2	Eng	76	36.3	1	SAF	Leeds	29 Jul 1907
3	Aus	75	28.4×8	2	SAF	Durban	20 Jan 1950
4	NZl	79	46.3×8	2	SAF	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954
5	Eng	99	45.5	4	SAF	Lord’s	21 Jul 1994
6	Ind	66	34.1	4	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
7	Pak	92	37.3	4	SAF	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
8	Srl	95	38.4	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001
9	Zin	54	31.2	1	SAF	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005
10	Ind	76	20.0	1	SAF	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
11	Aus	47	18.0	3	SAF	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
12	NZl	45	19.2	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
13	Pak	49	29.1	2	SAF	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
14	Pak	99	36.4	1	SAF	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
15	Aus	85	32.5	1	SAF	Hobart	12 Nov 2016
16	Ban	90	32.4	4	SAF	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
17	Zim	68	30.1	2	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
18	Win	97	40.5	1	SAF	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

Openers scoring 200 plus runs and a duck in a test innings

08/06/2021 hrg

Test cricket has witnessed five occasions of one of the openers scoring 200 plus runs and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below. These five occasions include an instance of one of the openers scoring 300 plus runs and another duck.

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Archer KA	0	Aus	Eng	1	Adelaide	02.02.51
	Morris AR	206	Aus	Eng	1	Adelaide	02.02.51

2	Shastri RJ	206	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	02.01.92
	Sidhu NS	0	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	02.01.92

3	Laxman VVS	0	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	14.03.97
	Sidhu NS	201	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	14.03.97

4	Atapattu	0	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.04
	Jayasuriya	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.04

5	Gayle CH	317	Win	SAF	1	Antigua	29.04.05
	Hinds WW	0	Win	SAF	1	Antigua	29.04.05

There are five occasions of one of the openers scoring an exact 100 and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Greenidge CG	100	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.85
	Haynes DL	0	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.85

2	Greenidge CG	0	Win	Aus	2	Perth	02.12.88
	Haynes DL	100	Win	Aus	2	Perth	02.12.88

3	Williams SC	0	Win	Aus	1	Kingston	29.04.95
	Richardson RB	100	Win	Aus	1	Kingston	29.04.95

4	Jaffer W	100	Ind	Eng	2	Nagpur-VCA	01.03.06
	Sehwag V	0	Ind	Eng	2	Nagpur-VCA	01.03.06

5	ShanMasood	100	Pak	Ban	1	Rawalpindi	07.02.20
	Abid Ali	0	Pak	Ban	1	Rawalpindi	07.02.20

There are four occasions of one of the openers scoring a Nelson {111} and another duck. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Woodfull WM	111	Aus	Eng	2	Sydney	14.12.28
	Richardson VY	0	Aus	Eng	2	Sydney	14.12.28

2	Mankad MH	111	Ind	Aus	1	Melbourne	06.02.48
	Sarwate CT	0	Ind	Aus	1	Melbourne	06.02.48

3	T Umar	111	Pak	Zim	2	Harare	09.11.02
	S Elahi	0	Pak	Zim	2	Harare	09.11.02

4	Langer JL	0	Aus	ICC	1	Sydney	14.10.05
	Hayden ML	111	Aus	ICC	1	Sydney	14.10.05

There are only two tests – Brisbane Test between Australia and England in Nov 98 and The Oval Test between England and South Africa in Jul 2012 – in which rival opening batsmen have scored a century and a duck. Both the occasions are listed below.

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Butcher MA	116	Eng	Aus	2	Brisbane	20.11.98
	Atherton MA	0	Eng	Aus	2	Brisbane	20.11.98

	Slater MJ	113	Aus	Eng	3	Brisbane	20.11.98
	Taylor MA	0	Aus	Eng	3	Brisbane	20.11.98

2	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12
	Cook AN	115	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12

	Smith GC	131	SAF	Eng	1	The Oval	19.07.12
	Petersen AN	0	SAF	Eng	1	The Oval	19.07.12

ICC WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE – STANDINGS { UPDATED WITH THE COMPLETION OF EACH GAME}

07/06/2021 hrg

No	TEAMS	SP	SW	M	W	L	T	D	NR	PT	RPWR
1	India	6	5	17	12	4	0	1	0	520	1.577
2	New Zealand	5	3	11	7	4	0	0	0	420	1.281
3	Australia	4	2	14	8	4	0	2	0	332	1.392
4	England	6	4	21	11	7	0	3	0	442	1.120
5	Pakistan	6	3	12	4	5	0	3	0	286	0.822
6	West Indies	5	1	11	3	6	0	2	0	200	0.677
7	South Africa	4	1	11	3	8	0	0	0	144	0.693
8	Sri Lanka	6	1	12	2	6	0	4	0	200	0.729
9	Bangladesh	4	0	07	0	6	0	1	0	020	0.601

NOTATIONS USED IN THE TABLE

SP	The number of series played.
SW	The number of series won.
M	The number of matches played.
W	The number of matches won.
L	The number of matches lost.
T	The number of matches tied.
D	The number of matches drawn.
NR	The number of matches abandoned.
PT	Number of points awarded.
RPWR	Runs Per Wicket Ratio.

As per the current regulations WTC league standings would be determined by the percentage of points (PCT) earned by teams. PCT is the percentage of points won out of the total number of points contested by each team.

PCT as on 06/03/2021 – India (72.2), New Zealand (70.0), Australia (69.2), England (61.4), Pakistan (43.3), West Indies (33.3), South Africa (30.0), Sri Lanka (16.7), Bangladesh (0.0)

India and New Zealand qualified to meet in the final at Southampton from 18.06.2021 on the basis of the PCT earned by them. India had a PCT of 72.2, while New Zealand’s PCT read 70.0

No	TEAMS	SP	SW	M	W	L	T	D	NR	PT	RPWR
1	India	6	5	17	12	4	0	1	0	520	1.577
2	New Zealand	5	3	11	7	4	0	0	0	420	1.281

One of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in test innings

06/06/2021 hrg

RJ Burns {132} and DP Sibley {0} scored century and duck in the ongoing first test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s to provide the 97th occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	MacLaren AC	124	Eng	Aus	2	Adelaide	14.01.1898
	Mason JR	0	Eng	Aus	2	Adelaide	14.01.1898

2	Shalders WA	0	SAF	Eng	2	Lord’s	01.07.07
	Sherwell PW	115	SAF	Eng	2	Lord’s	01.07.07

3	Hayward TW	0	Eng	SAF	1	Kennington	19.08.07
	Fry CB	129	Eng	SAF	1	Kennington	19.08.07

4	Jennings CB	0	Aus	SAF	1	Lord’s	15.07.12
	Kelleway CE	102	Aus	SAF	1	Lord’s	15.07.12

5	Taylor HW	109	SAF	Eng	1	Lord’s-SAF	13.12.13
	Hartigan GPD	0	SAF	Eng	1	Lord’s-SAF	13.12.13

6	Bardsley W	0	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	10.07.26
	Woodfull WM	141	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	10.07.26

7	Holmes P	0	Eng	SAF	1	Jo’burg-OW	24.12.27
	Sutcliffe H	102	Eng	SAF	1	Jo’burg-OW	24.12.27

8	Woodfull WM	111	Aus	Eng	2	Sydney	14.12.28
	Richardson VY	0	Aus	Eng	2	Sydney	14.12.28

9	Ponsford WH	109	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane EG	16.01.31
	Jackson AA	0	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane EG	16.01.31

10	Dempster CS	120	NZl	Eng	2	Lord’s	27.06.31
	Mills JE	0	NZl	Eng	2	Lord’s	27.06.31

11	Hutton L	122*	Eng	Aus	1	Sydney	28.02.47
	Washbrook C	0	Eng	Aus	1	Sydney	28.02.47

12	Mankad MH	111	Ind	Aus	1	Melbourne	06.02.48
	Sarwate CT	0	Ind	Aus	1	Melbourne	06.02.48

13	Barnes SG	0	Aus	Eng	1	Lord’s	24.06.48
	Morris AR	105	Aus	Eng	1	Lord’s	24.06.48

14	Hutton L	0	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.49
	Washbrook C	103*	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.49

15	Archer KA	0	Aus	Eng	1	Adelaide	02.02.51
	Morris AR	206	Aus	Eng	1	Adelaide	02.02.51

16	Mankad MH	184	Ind	Eng	2	Lord’s	19.06.52
	Roy P	0	Ind	Eng	2	Lord’s	19.06.52

17	Roy P	0	Ind	Win	2	Trinidad	19.02.53
	Apte ML	163*	Ind	Win	2	Trinidad	19.02.53

18	McDonald CC	127	Aus	Win	1	Sabina Park	11.06.55
	Favell LE	0	Aus	Win	1	Sabina Park	11.06.55

19	McGlew DJ	105	SAF	Aus	1	Kingsmead	24.01.58
	Westcott RJ	0	SAF	Aus	1	Kingsmead	24.01.58

20	Simpson RB	103	Aus	Ind	2	Adelaide	23.12.67
	Lawry WM	0	Aus	Ind	2	Adelaide	23.12.67

21	Edrich JH	0	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	28.03.68
	Boycott G	116	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	28.03.68

22	Redpath IR	0	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane	06.12.68
	Lawry WM	105	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane	06.12.68

23	Boycott G	0	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.69
	Edrich JH	155	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.69

24	Boycott G	112	Eng	Pak	1	Leeds	08.07.71
	Luckhurst BW	0	Eng	Pak	1	Leeds	08.07.71

25	Stackpole KR	0	Aus	NZl	2	Auckland	22.03.74
	Redpath IR	159*	Aus	NZl	2	Auckland	22.03.74

26	Murray DL	0	Win	Ind	2	Bengaluru	22.11.74
	Greenidge CG	107	Win	Ind	2	Bengaluru	22.11.74

27	Gavaskar SM	156	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	24.03.76
	Vengsarkar DB	0	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	24.03.76

28	Fredericks RC	0	Win	Eng	1	Manchester	08.07.76
	Greenidge CG	134	Win	Eng	1	Manchester	08.07.76

29	Brearley JM	0	Eng	Aus	1	Leeds	11.08.77
	Boycott G	191	Eng	Aus	1	Leeds	11.08.77

30	Darling WM	0	Aus	Win	2	Bourda	31.03.78
	Wood GM	126	Aus	Win	2	Bourda	31.03.78

31	Gavaskar SM	137	Ind	Pak	2	Karachi	14.11.78
	Chauhan CPS	0	Ind	Pak	2	Karachi	14.11.78

32	Hilditch AMJ	0	Aus	Ind	1	Kolkata	26.10.79
	Yallop GN	167	Aus	Ind	1	Kolkata	26.10.79

33	Wright JG	110	NZl	Ind	1	Auckland	13.03.81
	Edgar BA	0	NZl	Ind	1	Auckland	13.03.81

34	Wright JG	130	NZl	Eng	1	Auckland	10.02.84
	Edgar BA	0	NZl	Eng	1	Auckland	10.02.84

35	Greenidge CG	100	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.85
	Haynes DL	0	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.85

36	Ramiz Raja	114	Pak	Ind	1	Jaipur	21.02.87
	Shoaib Mohd	0	Pak	Ind	1	Jaipur	21.02.87

37	Greenidge CG	0	Win	Aus	2	Perth	02.12.88
	Haynes DL	100	Win	Aus	2	Perth	02.12.88

38	Taylor MA	108	Aus	Srl	2	Hobart	16.12.89
	Boon DC	0	Aus	Srl	2	Hobart	16.12.89

39	Gooch GA	0	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.90
	Atherton MA	151	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.90

40	Shastri RJ	206	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	02.01.92
	Sidhu NS	0	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	02.01.92

41	Atherton MA	144	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	17.03.94
	Stewart AJ	0	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	17.03.94

42	Prabhakar M	120	Ind	Win	1	Mohali	10.12.94
	Sidhu NS	0	Ind	Win	1	Mohali	10.12.94

43	Williams SC	0	Win	Aus	1	Kingston	29.04.95
	Richardson RB	100	Win	Aus	1	Kingston	29.04.95

44	Hudson AC	0	SAF	Eng	1	Jo’burg	30.11.95
	Kirsten G	110	SAF	Eng	1	Jo’burg	30.11.95

45	Laxman VVS	0	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	14.03.97
	Sidhu NS	201	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	14.03.97

46	Taylor MA	0	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	24.07.97
	Elliott MTG	199	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	24.07.97

47	Flower GW	156*	Zim	Pak	1	Bulawayo	14.03.98
	Viljoen DP	0	Zim	Pak	1	Bulawayo	14.03.98

48	Slater MJ	113	Aus	Eng	2	Brisbane	20.11.98
	Taylor MA	0	Aus	Eng	2	Brisbane	20.11.98

49	Butcher MA	116	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.98
	Atherton MA	0	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.98

50	Atherton MA	0	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	26.12.98
	Stewart AJ	107	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	26.12.98

51	Saeed Anwar	0	Pak	Srl	1	Lahore	04.03.99
	W Wasti	133	Pak	Srl	1	Lahore	04.03.99

52	Elliott MTG	0	Aus	Win	2	Trinidad	05.03.99
	Slater MJ	106	Aus	Win	2	Trinidad	05.03.99

53	Campbell SL	105	Win	Aus	1	Bridgetown	26.03.99
	Griffith AFG	0	Win	Aus	1	Bridgetown	26.03.99

54	Saeed Anwar	119	Pak	Aus	2	Brisbane	05.11.99
	Mohd Wasim	0	Pak	Aus	2	Brisbane	05.11.99

55	Atapattu MS	0	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.99
	Arnold RP	104*	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.99

56	Slater MJ	143	Aus	NZl	1	Wellington	24.03.00
	Blewett GS	0	Aus	NZl	1	Wellington	24.03.00

57	RichardsonMH	143	NZl	Ban	1	Hamilton	18.12.01
	Vincent L	0	NZl	Ban	1	Hamilton	18.12.01

58	Imran Nazir	127	Pak	NZl	1	Lahore	01.05.02
	Shahid Afridi	0	Pak	NZl	1	Lahore	01.05.02

59	Jaffer W	0	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	08.08.02
	Sehwag V	106	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	08.08.02

60	T Umar	111	Pak	Zim	2	Harare	09.11.02
	S Elahi	0	Pak	Zim	2	Harare	09.11.02

61	Gayle CH	107	Win	SAF	2	Centurion	16.01.04
	Ganga D	0	Win	SAF	2	Centurion	16.01.04

62	Smith DS	0	Win	Ban	1	Gros Islet	28.05.04
	Gayle CH	141	Win	Ban	1	Gros Islet	28.05.04

63	Atapattu	0	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.04
	Jayasuriya	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.04

64	Trescothick	180	Eng	SAF	2	Jo’burg	13.01.05
	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	SAF	2	Jo’burg	13.01.05

65	Gayle CH	317	Win	SAF	1	Antigua	29.04.05
	Hinds WW	0	Win	SAF	1	Antigua	29.04.05

66	Langer JL	0	Aus	ICC	1	Sydney	14.10.05
	Hayden ML	111	Aus	ICC	1	Sydney	14.10.05

67	Jaffer W	100	Ind	Eng	2	Nagpur-VCA	01.03.06
	Sehwag V	0	Ind	Eng	2	Nagpur-VCA	01.03.06

68	Vandort	0	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.06
	Tharanga	165	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.06

69	Vandort	105	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.06
	Tharanga	0	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.06

70	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	Aus	2	Perth	14.12.06
	Cook AN	116	Eng	Aus	2	Perth	14.12.06

71	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	Win	2	Manchester	07.06.07
	Cook AN	106	Eng	Win	2	Manchester	07.06.07

72	Vandort	117	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.07
	WarnapuraBSM	0	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.07

73	Sehwag V	151	Ind	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.01.08
	Pathan IK	0	Ind	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.01.08

74	Hayden ML	0	Aus	NZl	2	Brisbane	20.11.08
	Katich SM	131*	Aus	NZl	2	Brisbane	20.11.08

75	Gambhir G	179	Ind	Eng	1	Mohali	19.12.08
	Sehwag V	0	Ind	Eng	1	Mohali	19.12.08

76	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.11
	Cook AN	106	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.11

77	Mukund A	0	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	29.07.11
	Dravid R	117	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	29.07.11

78	Paranavitana	0	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.12
	Dilshan TM	121	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.12

79	Smith GC	131	SAF	Eng	1	The Oval	19.07.12
	Petersen AN	0	SAF	Eng	1	The Oval	19.07.12

80	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12
	Cook AN	115	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12

81	Fulton PG	110	NZl	Eng	2	Auckland	22.03.13
	RutherfordHD	0	NZl	Eng	2	Auckland	22.03.13

82	T Iqbal	0	Ban	Srl	1	Chittagong	04.02.14
	S Rahman	106	Ban	Srl	1	Chittagong	04.02.14

83	Vijay M	0	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	06.01.15
	Rahul KL	110	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	06.01.15

84	Cook AN	105	Eng	Win	1	Bridgetown	01.05.15
	Trott IJL	0	Eng	Win	1	Bridgetown	01.05.15

85	ShanMasood	125	Pak	Srl	2	Pallekele	03.07.15
	A Shehzad	0	Pak	Srl	2	Pallekele	03.07.15

86	Vijay M	0	Ind	Srl	1	Col-PSS	20.08.15
	Rahul KL	108	Ind	Srl	1	Col-PSS	20.08.15

87	van Zyl S	0	SAF	Eng	1	Durban	26.12.15
	Elgar D	118*	SAF	Eng	1	Durban	26.12.15

88	Cook SC	104	SAF	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.11.16
	Elgar D	0	SAF	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.11.16

89	Cook S C	0	SAF	Srl	1	Cape Town	02.01.17
	Elgar D	129	SAF	Srl	1	Cape Town	02.01.17

90	Karunaratne	0	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.18
	Mendis K	196	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.18

81	Elgar D	141*	SAF	Aus	1	Cape Town	22.03.18
	Markram AK	0	SAF	Aus	1	Cape Town	22.03.18

92	Shaw PP	134	Ind	Win	1	Rajkot	04.10.18
	Rahul KL	0	Ind	Win	1	Rajkot	04.10.18

93	Raval JA	0	NZl	Srl	1	Col-PSS	22.08.19
	LathamTWM	154	NZl	Srl	1	Col-PSS	22.08.19

94	ShanMasood	0	Pak	Srl	1	Rawalpindi	11.12.19
	Abid Ali	109*	Pak	Srl	1	Rawalpindi	11.12.19

95	ShanMasood	100	Pak	Ban	1	Rawalpindi	07.02.20
	Abid Ali	0	Pak	Ban	1	Rawalpindi	07.02.20

96	Sharma RG	161	Ind	Eng	1	Chepauk	13.02.21
	S Gill	0	Ind	Eng	1	Chepauk	13.02.21

97	RJ Burns	132	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21
	DP Sibley	0	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21

It also provides the ninth occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Hutton L	0	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.49
	Washbrook C	103*	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.49

2	Boycott G	0	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.69
	Edrich JH	155	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.69

3	StackpoleKR	0	Aus	NZl	2	Auckland	22.03.74
	Redpath IR	159*	Aus	NZl	2	Auckland	22.03.74

4	GreenidgeCG	100	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.85
	Haynes DL	0	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.85

5	Gooch GA	0	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.90
	Atherton MA	151	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.90

6	Slater MJ	143	Aus	NZl	1	Wellington	24.03.00
	Blewett GS	0	Aus	NZl	1	Wellington	24.03.00

7	Imran Nazir	127	Pak	NZl	1	Lahore	01.05.02
	Shahid Afridi	0	Pak	NZl	1	Lahore	01.05.02

8	Hayden ML	0	Aus	NZl	2	Brisbane	20.11.08
	Katich SM	131*	Aus	NZl	2	Brisbane	20.11.08

9	RJ Burns	132	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21
	DP Sibley	0	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21

It also provides the 20th occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	MacLaren AC	124	Eng	Aus	2	Adelaide	14.01.1898
	Mason JR	0	Eng	Aus	2	Adelaide	14.01.1898

2	Hayward TW	0	Eng	SAF	1	Kennington	19.08.07
	Fry CB	129	Eng	SAF	1	Kennington	19.08.07

3	Holmes P	0	Eng	SAF	1	Jo’burg-OW	24.12.27
	Sutcliffe H	102	Eng	SAF	1	Jo’burg-OW	24.12.27

4	Hutton L	122*	Eng	Aus	1	Sydney	28.02.47
	Washbrook C	0	Eng	Aus	1	Sydney	28.02.47

5	Hutton L	0	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.49
	Washbrook C	103*	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.49

6	Edrich JH	0	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	28.03.68
	Boycott G	116	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	28.03.68

7	Boycott G	0	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.69
	Edrich JH	155	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.69

8	Boycott G	112	Eng	Pak	1	Leeds	08.07.71
	Luckhurst BW	0	Eng	Pak	1	Leeds	08.07.71

9	Brearley JM	0	Eng	Aus	1	Leeds	11.08.77
	Boycott G	191	Eng	Aus	1	Leeds	11.08.77

10	Gooch GA	0	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.90
	Atherton MA	151	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.90

11	Atherton MA	144	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	17.03.94
	Stewart AJ	0	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	17.03.94

12	Butcher MA	116	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.98
	Atherton MA	0	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.98

13	Atherton MA	0	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	26.12.98
	Stewart AJ	107	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	26.12.98

14	Trescothick	180	Eng	SAF	2	Jo’burg	13.01.05
	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	SAF	2	Jo’burg	13.01.05

15	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	Aus	2	Perth	14.12.06
	Cook AN	116	Eng	Aus	2	Perth	14.12.06

16	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	Win	2	Manchester	07.06.07
	Cook AN	106	Eng	Win	2	Manchester	07.06.07

17	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.11
	Cook AN	106	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.11

18	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12
	Cook AN	115	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12

19	Cook AN	105	Eng	Win	1	Bridgetown	01.05.15
	Trott I J L	0	Eng	Win	1	Bridgetown	01.05.15

20	RJ Burns	132	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21
	DP Sibley	0	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21

It also provides the seventh occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

at Lord’s. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Shalders WA	0	SAF	Eng	2	Lord’s	01.07.07
	Sherwell PW	115	SAF	Eng	2	Lord’s	01.07.07

2	Jennings CB	0	Aus	SAF	1	Lord’s	15.07.12
	Kelleway CE	102	Aus	SAF	1	Lord’s	15.07.12

3	Dempster CS	120	NZl	Eng	2	Lord’s	27.06.31
	Mills JE	0	NZl	Eng	2	Lord’s	27.06.31

4	Barnes SG	0	Aus	Eng	1	Lord’s	24.06.48
	Morris AR	105	Aus	Eng	1	Lord’s	24.06.48

5	Mankad MH	184	Ind	Eng	2	Lord’s	19.06.52
	Roy P	0	Ind	Eng	2	Lord’s	19.06.52

6	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.11
	Cook AN	106	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.11

7	RJ Burns	132	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21
	DP Sibley	0	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21

It also provides the third occasion of one of the England openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Hutton L	0
	Washbrook C	103*	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.49

2	Gooch GA	0
	Atherton MA	151	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.90

3	RJ Burns	132
	DP Sibley	0	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.21

It is interesting to note that there are only two occasions of rival openers scoring a century and a duck in a test. Both the occasions are tabulated below. Brisbane Test in Nov 1998 and The Oval test in Jul 2012

are the two tests which have witnessed such occasions

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Butcher MA	116	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.98
	Atherton MA	0	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.98

	Slater MJ	113	Aus	Eng	2	Brisbane	20.11.98
	Taylor MA	0	Aus	Eng	2	Brisbane	20.11.98


2	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12
	Cook AN	115	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.12

	Smith GC	131	SAF	Eng	2	The Oval	19.07.12
	Petersen AN	0	SAF	Eng	2	The Oval	19.07.12

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