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Nauman Ali of Pakistan scored 97 in the ongoing test against Zimbabwe at Harare to provide the eighth occasion of a batsman batting at number nine scoring ninety plus runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the third occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against Zimbabwe. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	FM Engineer	90	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai	27 Feb 1965
2	DL Vettori	90	2	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997
3	UDU Chandana	92	1	Srl	Zim	Galle	12 Jan 2002
4	AM Blignaut	91	1	Zim	Win	Harare	04 Nov 2003
5	MG Johnson	96*	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Feb 2009
6	MA Starc	99	1	Aus	Ind	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
7	DT Tiripano	95	3	Zim	Afg	A Dhabi	10 Mar 2021
8	Nauman Ali	97	1	Pak	Zim	Harare	07 May 2021
No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Vettori	90	2	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997
2	UDU Chandana	92	1	Srl	Zim	Galle	12 Jan 2002
2	Nauman Ali	97	1	Pak	Zim	Harare	07 May 2021

Pakistan opener Abid Ali scored 215 not out in the ongoing test against Zimbabwe at Harare to provide the 121^st occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings. It also  provide the eleventh occasion of Pakistan opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings and also provides the sixth occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in test innings against Zimbabwe. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	337	3	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
2	Taslim Arif	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
3	Mohsin Khan	200	1	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 1982
4	Mudassar Nazar	231	1	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
5	Shoaib Mohammad	203*	2	Pak	NZl	Karachi	10 Oct 1990
6	Aamer Sohail	205	1	Pak	Eng	Manchester	02 Jul 1992
7	Taufeeq Umar	236	2	Pak	Srl	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
8	Mohammad Hafeez	224	2	Pak	Ban	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
9	Azhar Ali	302*	1	Pak	Win	Dubai (DSC)	13 Oct 2016
10	Azhar Ali	205*	1	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
11	Abid Ali	215*	1	Pak	Zim	Harare	07 May 2021
No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu	223	1	Srl	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
2	MS Atapattu	216*	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
3	G Kirsten	220	1	SAF	Zim	Harare	07 Sep 2001
4	ML Hayden	380	1	Aua	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
5	MS Atapattu	249	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
6	Abid Ali	215*	1	Pak	Zim	Harare	07 May 2021

P Jayawickrama of Sri Lanka captured eleven wickets conceding 178 runs against Bangladesh in the just concluded test to provide the 16^th occasion od  a bowler capturing  ten  or more wickets on test  debut in  the annals of test  cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. He is the first Sri Lankan bowler to perform such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F Martin	12-102	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
2	T Richardson	10-156	Eng	Aus	Manchester	24 Aug 1893
3	AE Hall	11-112	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923
4	CV Grimmett	11-082	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27 Feb 1925
5	CS Marriott	11-096	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1933
6	K Farnes	10-179	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934
7	AV Bedser	11-145	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
8	HHH Johnson	10-096	Win	Eng	Kingston	27 Mar 1948
9	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
10	SF Burke	11-196	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
11	RAL Massie	16-137	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1972
12	JK Lever	10-070	Eng	Ind	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
13	ND Hirwani	16-136	Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
14	Mohd Zahid	11-130	Pak	NZl	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996
15	JJ Krejza	12-398	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
16	Jayawickrama	11-178	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

He became the fifth left arm bowler to capture ten or more wickets on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below. JK Lever of England was the last left arm bowler to perform such a feat. He had returned with figures of 10 for 70 against India at Delhi in Dec 1976. Thus it took 45 years four  months  for  another left arm bowler to perform the feat of  capturing ten plus  wickets on test debut.

No	Player	W-R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F Martin	12-102	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
2	AE Hall	11-112	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923
3	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
4	JK Lever	10-070	Eng	Ind	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
5	Jayawickrama	11-178	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrama became the second left arm spinner to capture ten or more wickets on test debut after AL Valentine of West Indies. AL Valentine had returned with figures of 11 for 204 against England at Manchester in Jun 1950 on test debut. Thus it took 70 years and ten months for another bowler to emulate AL Valentine. P Jayawickrama has the best match figures  for a left arm spinner on test debut.

No	Player	W-R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
2	Jayawickrama	11-178	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrame of Sri Lanka captured six for 92 against Bangladesh at Palekkele in the ongoing second test to provide the 168th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets  in an innings on test debut. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler performing such a feat in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AK Kuruppuarachchi	5-044	1	Srl	Pak	Col-CCC	14 Mar 1986
2	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
3	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
4	L Embuldeniya	5-066	3	Srl	SAF	Durban	13 Feb 2019
4	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the 63^rd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets  on test debut and  second  such occasion by a Sri Lankan bowler. Both the occasions are tabulated below. Thus P Jayawickrama’s figures of 6 for 92 is the best innings bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
2	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrame of Sri Lanka became the fourth bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Bangladesh. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AM Blignaut	5-073	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
2	Shabbir Ahmed	5-048	3	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20 Aug 2003
3	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
4	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrame became the second bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Bangladesh after A Dhananjaya. A Dhananjya had returned with figures of five for 24 at Dhaka in Feb 2018. Both such occasions are tabulated below. Thus P Jayawickrama’s figures of 6 for 92 is the best innings bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut against Bangladesh

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
2	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

Sri Lankan openers FDM Karunaratne {118} and HDRL Thiruamanne {131 not out} scored centuries on the first day of Palekkele Test against Bangladesh to provide the 77^th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in the same innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	1	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1899
2	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912
3	England	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
4	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
5	England	3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
6	New Zealand	1	v England	Wellington	24 Jan 1930
7	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931
8	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932
9	Australia	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
10	India	3	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936
11	England	1	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
12	West Indies	2	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948
13	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948
14	West Indies	1	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
15	Australia	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
16	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
17	India	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
18	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
19	Australia	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
20	Australia	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
21	Australia	2	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
22	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
23	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
24	West Indies	1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
25	West Indies	2	v India	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
26	England	3	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
27	West Indies	4	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984
28	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
29	Australia	1	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
30	West Indies	2	v England	St John’s	12 Apr 1990
31	England	1	v India	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
32	Australia	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
33	Australia	4	v England	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
34	South Africa	1	v India	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
35	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Karachi	06 Dec 1997
36	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
37	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
38	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001
39	Pakistan	2	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001
40	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001
41	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
42	Australia	1	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
43	Australia	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
44	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
45	Australia	3	v West Indies	St John’s	09 May 2003
46	South Africa	1	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
47	New Zealand	1	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
48	South Africa	1	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004
49	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
50	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
51	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004
52	South Africa	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005
53	South Africa	1	v West Indies	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
54	Australia	2	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005
55	Australia	2	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
56	India	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
57	India	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007
58	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
59	Australia	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
60	South Africa	3	v England	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
61	Australia	1	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
62	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
63	England	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
64	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	North Sound	25 Jul 2012
65	England	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013
66	India	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
67	Bangladesh	1	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	12 Nov 2014
68	Bangladesh	3	v Pakistan	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
69	India	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
70	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
71	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Sydney	03 Jan 2017
72	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017
73	India	1	v Afghanistan	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
74	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
75	India	1	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
76	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019
77	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the third occasion of Sri Lankan openers performing such a feat. All the three occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
2	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
3	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the seventh occasion of openers performing such a feat against Bangladesh. All the seven occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Pakistan	2	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001
2	India	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007
3	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
4	India	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017
6	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
7	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 244 against Bangladesh in the just concluded test at Pallekkele to provide the 18^th occasion of a captain-opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	203	1	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
2	L Hutton	205	2	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
3	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
4	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
5	RB Simpson	225	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
6	GT Dowling	239	1	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968
7	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
8	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
9	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
10	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
11	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
12	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
13	MS Atapattu	249	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
14	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
15	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
16	BB McCullum	202	2	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
17	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
18	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021

GC Smith of South Africa owns the record with four scores of 200 plus runs in a test innings. He is followed by RB Simpson who has scored 200 plus runs on three occasions. The feats of these two batsmen are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
3	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
4	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
1	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
2	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
3	RB Simpson	225	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966

FDM Karunaratne became the second Sri Lankan captain opener to score 200 plus runs in a test innings after MS Atapattu. MS Atapattu had scored 249 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in May 2004.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu	249	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
2	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021

It is interesting to note that this elite list contains only Indian captain opener SM Gavaskar. SM Gavaskar scored 205 against West Indies at Mumbai in Dec 1978. Yours truly was indeed lucky to witness this innings from Akashavani Commentary booth as a statistician for the commentary team.

SM  Gavaskar was the eighth captain to opener to score 200 plus runs in a test innings and also the fourth captain opener to score 200 plus runs in a test innings against West Indies after L Hutton  of England, RB Simpson of Australia and WM Lawry of Australia.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	205	2	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
2	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
3	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
4	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978

It’s indeed a fact that as on date there are eighteen occasions of captain openers scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings and after SM Gavaskar’s 205 at Mumbai  in Dec 1978 against West Indies, no other captain opener has scored 200 plus runs against West Indies. Forty two years and four months have elapsed since then

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 244 against Bangladesh in the just concluded test at Pallekkele to provide the 120^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	NZl	Col-CCC	16 Apr 1987
2	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
3	MS Atapattu	223	1	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
4	ST Jayasuriya	213	2	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
5	MS Atapattu	216*	2	Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
6	MS Atapattu	207*	1	Pak	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
7	MS Atapattu	201*	1	Eng	Galle	22 Feb 2001
8	MS Atapattu	201	2	Ban	Col-SSC	06 Sep 2001
9	MS Atapattu	249	2	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
10	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
11	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021

Bangladesh {541/7d} and Sri Lanka {648/8d}  posted 500 plus runs in the first and second innings of the just concluded test at Pallekkele to provide the 39^th  occasion of both teams posting 500 plus runs in the first and second innings of a test in the annals of the test cricket. All such occasions  are tabulated below.

No	Team-01	Team-02	Ground	Start Date
1	England	South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
2	West Indies	England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954
3	West Indies	Australia	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
4	England	Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
5	West Indies	Australia	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
6	England	Pakistan	The Oval	22 Aug 1974
7	Pakistan	India	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984
8	India	West Indies	Kolkata	26 Dec 1987
9	Pakistan	India	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
10	Australia	West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1993
11	West Indies	England	St John’s	16 Apr 1994
12	England	India	Nottingham	04 Jul 1996
13	Sri Lanka	India	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
14	Pakistan	Australia	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
15	West Indies	India	St John’s	10 May 2002
16	England	India	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
17	Australia	India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
18	West Indies	South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
19	Pakistan	India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
20	South Africa	New Zealand	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
21	England	Pakistan	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
22	Australia	England	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006
23	India	Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007
24	Australia	India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
25	India	South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
26	India	Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
27	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
28	West Indies	England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009
29	West Indies	England	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009
30	West Indies	South Africa	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010
31	Sri Lanka	India	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
32	Bangladesh	West Indies	Dhaka	13 Nov 2012
33	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Galle	8 Mar 2013
34	England	Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
35	Australia	New Zealand	Perth	13 Nov 2015
36	South Africa	England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
37	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
38	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018
39	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021

Day four of the just concluded first test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh witnessed no wicket falling on the full day’s play in the test. This provides the 25^th occasion of a full day’s play witnessing no wicket falling during  any day’s play in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all  such occasions in the chronological order. The table also show the runs scored and the day of the test. * mark denotes that both the teams batted during day’s play and no wicket falling

No	T-01	T-02	Day	Runs	Venue	Date
1	Aus	Eng	3	283	Melbourne	03 Jan 1925
2	Win	Aus	4	307	Bridgetown	18 May 1955
3	Ind	NZl	1	234	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
4	Win	Pak	3	357	Kingston	28 Feb 1958
5	Win	Eng	5	207	Bridgetown	11 Jan 1960
6	Win	Eng	3	210	Kingston	19 Feb 1960
7	Win	Aus	1	263	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
8	Win	NZl *	3	218	Georgetown	08 Apr 1972
9	Ind	Win *	4	306	Kolkata	02 Jan 1979
10	Ind	Eng	2	217	Chennai	14 Jan 1982
11	Srl	Pak	5	240	Col-PSS	27 Mar 1986
12	Ind	Aus *	4	235	Mumbai	18 Oct 1986
13	Eng	Aus	1	301	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
14	SAF	Aus	3	288	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1997
15	Srl	Ind	3	283	Col-RPS	04 Aug 1997
16	Srl	Ind	4	265	Col-RPS	05 Aug 1997
17	Win	Aus	2	340	Kingston	14 Mar 1999
18	Ind	Aus	4	335	Kolkata	14 Mar 2001
19	Ban	SAF	2	280	Chi’gong-MAA	25 Apr 2003
20	Srl	SAF	2	357	Col-SSC	28 Jul 2006
21	Ban	Ind	1	326	Dhaka-SBNS	25 May 2007
22	Ban	SAF	1	405	Chi’gong-CDS	29 Feb 2008
23	NZl	Srl	4	239	Wellington	18 Dec 2018
24	Win	Eng *	3	344	Bridgetown	25 Jan 2019
25	Srl	Ban	4	283	Kandy	21 Apr 2021

BOP Fernando {91}, P Nissanka {103} and N Dickwella {96} scored nineties and century in the third innings of the test against West Indies at North Sound in the  first test of the just concluded series to provide the 21^st occasion of at least Sri Lanka’s one batsman scoring a ninety and another scoring a century in the same test innings. All  such  occasions  are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	S Wettimuny	157	1	Pak	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
	2	RL Dias	98	1	Pak	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
	3	RS Madugalle	91*	1	Pak	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
2	1	RL Dias	97	3	Ind	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
	2	LRD Mendis	105	3	Ind	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
3	1	SAR Silva	111	1	Ind	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
	2	RL Dias	95	1	Ind	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
4	1	RS Mahanama	109	1	NZl	Col-SSC	06 Dec 1992
	2	HP Tillakaratne	93	1	NZl	Col-SSC	06 Dec 1992
5	1	HP Tillakaratne	108	3	NZl	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995
	2	A Ranatunga	90	3	NZl	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995
6	1	M Jayawardene	91	2	Zim	Harare	26 Nov 1999
	2	TM Dilshan	163*	2	Zim	Harare	26 Nov 1999
7	1	Sangakkara	140	2	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
	2	M Jayawardene	99	2	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
8	1	ST Jayasuriya	92	1	Zim	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
	2	Sangakkara	128	1	Zim	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
	3	HP Tillakaratne	96	1	Zim	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
	4	Samaraweera	123*	1	Zim	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
9	1	M Jayawardene	213*	1	Eng	Galle	18 Dec 2007
	2	WPUJC Vaas	90	1	Eng	Galle	18 Dec 2007
10	1	TM Dilshan	162	1	Ban	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009
	2	CK Kapugedera	96	1	Ban	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009
11	1	TM Dilshan	92	1	NZl	Galle	18 Aug 2009
	2	M Jayawardene	114	1	NZl	Galle	18 Aug 2009
	3	Samaraweera	159	1	NZl	Galle	18 Aug 2009
12	1	M Jayawardene	92	1	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
	2	Samaraweera	143	1	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
13	1	Sangakkara	109	3	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
	2	M Jayawardene	96	3	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
14	1	TM Dilshan	109	1	Ind	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
	2	AD Mathews	99	1	Ind	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
15	1	M Jayawardene	105	4	Aus	Galle	31 Aug 2011
	2	AD Mathews	95	4	Aus	Galle	31 Aug 2011
16	1	TM Dilshan	92	1	Pak	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011
	2	Sangakkara	144	1	Pak	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011
17	1	JK Silva	95	2	Pak	Dub-DSC	08 Jan 2014
	2	M Jayawardene	129	2	Pak	Dub-DSC	08 Jan 2014
18	1	Sangakkara	221	2	Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
	2	AD Mathews	91	2	Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
19	1	JK Silva	94	1	Zim	Harare	29 Oct 2016
	2	MDKJ Perera	110	1	Zim	Harare	29 Oct 2016
20	1	F Karunaratne	93	1	Pak	A Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
	2	LD Chandimal	155*	1	Pak	A Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
21	1	AD Mathews	110	1	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
	2	N Dickwella	92	1	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
22	1	BOP Fernando	91	3	Win	N Sound	21 Mar 2021
	2	P Nissanka	103	3	Win	N Sound	21 Mar 2021
	3	N Dickwella	96	3	Win	N Sound	21 Mar 2021

BOP Fernando {91}, P Nissanka {103} and N Dickwella {96} scored nineties and century in the third innings of the test against West Indies at North Sound in the first test of the just concluded series to provide the second occasion of Sri Lanka’s two batsmen scoring nineties and another scoring a century in the same test innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The first such occasion was witnessed against Pakistan at Faisalabad in March 198

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	S Wettimuny	157	1	Pak	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
	2	RL Dias	98	1	Pak	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
	3	RS Madugalle	91*	1	Pak	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
2	1	BOP Fernando	91	3	Win	N Sound	21 Mar 2021
	2	P Nissanka	103	3	Win	N Sound	21 Mar 2021
	3	N Dickwella	96	3	Win	N Sound	21 Mar 2021