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All-round performance of a cricketer scoring a fifty in Test innings and capturing ten or more wickets in the same test – Rashid Khan of Afghanistan joins the elite list

All-round performance of a cricketer scoring a fifty in Test innings and capturing ten or more wickets in the same test – Rashid Khan of Afghanistan joins the elite list

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan scored 51 and captured 11 for 104 in the just concluded test against Bangladesh at Chattogram to provide the 29th occasion of a cricketer scoring a fifty in test innings and capturing ten or more wickets in the same test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Wkts Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 W Bates 55 – 14 102 Eng Aus Melbourne 19 Jan 1883
2 H Trumble 64* – 12 173 Aus Eng The Oval 11 Aug 1902
3 FE Woolley 62 – 10 049 Eng Aus The Oval 19 Aug 1912
4 AK Davidson – 80 11 222 Aus Win Brisbane 09 Dec 1960
5 KD Boyce 72 – 11 147 Win Eng The Oval 26 Jul 1973
6 AW Greig 51 – 10 149 Eng NZl Auckland 20 Feb 1975
7 JK Lever 53 – 10 070 Eng Ind Delhi 17 Dec 1976
8 N Kapil Dev 84 – 11 146 Ind Pak Chennai 15 Jan 1980
9 RJ Hadlee 51 – 11 102 NZl Win Dunedin 08 Feb 1980
10 IT Botham 114 – 13 106 Eng Ind Mumbai 15 Feb 1980
11 Imran Khan 117 – 11 180 Pak Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
12 MD Marshall 63 – 11 120 Win NZl Bridgetown 26 Apr 1985
13 RJ Hadlee 54 – 15 123 NZl Aus Brisbane 08 Nov 1985
14 RJ Hadlee 68 – 10 140 NZl Eng Nottingham 07 Aug 1986
15 Abdul Qadir 61 – 10 186 Pak Eng Karachi 16 Dec 1987
16 AR Border 75 – 11 096 Aus Win Sydney 26 Jan 1989
17 DJ Nash 56 – 11 169 NZl Eng Lord’s 16 Jun 1994
18 PS de Villiers 66* – 10 108 SAF Pak Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
19 MG Bevan 85* – 10 113 Aus Win Adelaide 25 Jan 1997
20 CL Cairns 72 – 10 100 NZl Win Hamilton 16 Dec 1999
21 DL Vettori – 51 10 183 NZl Srl Wellington 15 Dec 2006
22 DW Steyn 76 – 10 154 SAF Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
23 Shakib Al Hasan 137 – 10 124 Ban Zim Khulna 03 Nov 2014
24 MD Craig 65 – 10 203 NZl Pak Sharjah 26 Nov 2014
25 MDK Perera – 64 10 099 Srl Aus Galle 04 Aug 2016
26 RA Jadeja 51 – 10 154 Ind Eng Chennai 16 Dec 2016
27 MM Ali 87 – 10 112 Eng SAF Lord’s 06 Jul 2017
28 Shakib Al Hasan 84 – 10 153 Ban Aus Dhaka 27 Aug 2017
29 Rashid Khan 51 – 11 104 Afg Ban Chattogram 05 Sep 2019

RJ Hadlee of New Zeland and Shaki Al Hasan of Bangladesh are the only two cricketers to perform the all round feat on two or more occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two cricketers

No Player FI SI Wkts Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RJ Hadlee 51 – 11 102 NZl Win Dunedin 08 Feb 1980
2 RJ Hadlee 54 – 15 123 NZl Aus Brisbane 08 Nov 1985
3 RJ Hadlee 68 – 10 140 NZl Eng Nottingham 07 Aug 1986
                   
1 Shakib Al Hasan 137 – 10 124 Ban Zim Khulna 03 Nov 2014
2 Shakib Al Hasan 84 – 10 153 Ban Aus Dhaka 27 Aug 2017

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan scored 51 and captured 11 for 104 in the just concluded test against Bangladesh at Chattogram to provide the third occasion of captain scoring a fifty in a test innings and capturing ten or more wickets in the same test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Wkts Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Imran Khan 117 – 11 180 Pak Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
2 AR Border 75 – 11 096 Aus Win Sydney 26 Jan 1989
3 Rashid Khan 51 – 11 104 Afg Ban Chattogram 05 Sep 2019
Teams losing its first two wickets in an innings without a run on the board. England suffers such an ignominy against Australia after a gap of 117 years on home soil

Teams losing its first two wickets in an innings without a run on the board. England suffers such an ignominy against Australia after a gap of 117 years on home soil

England lost its first two wickets without a run on the board in its second innings – fourth innings of the test – against Australia in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the 47th occasion of a team losing its first two wickets without a run on the board in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground Start Date Inns FoW Runs
1 Aus Eng Manchester 30 Aug 1888 3 2 0
2 SAF Eng Port Elizabeth 12 Mar 1889 1 2 0
3 Eng Aus Lord’s 12 Jun 1902 1 2 0
4 Eng Aus Melbourne 05 Mar 1904 2 2 0
5 NZl Eng Auckland 31 Mar 1933 1 2 0
6 Ind Aus Brisbane 28 Nov 1947 2 2 0
7 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948 3 2 0
8 Aus Eng Brisbane 01 Dec 1950 3 2 0
9 Win Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1951 3 2 0
10 Ind Eng Leeds 05 Jun 1952 3 2 0
11 Win Ind Kanpur 12 Dec 1958 3 2 0
12 Ind Eng Lord’s 18 Jun 1959 3 2 0
13 Ind Win Port of Spain 04 Apr 1962 2 2 0
14 Ind Aus Chennai 02 Oct 1964 4 2 0
15 NZl Ind Mumbai (BS) 12 Mar 1965 4 2 0
16 NZl Eng Auckland 11 Mar 1966 3 2 0
17 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968 4 2 0
18 Ind Aus Kolkata 12 Dec 1969 1 2 0
19 Eng Pak Hyd-Pak 16 Mar 1973 3 2 0
20 Ind Aus Melbourne 30 Dec 1977 1 2 0
21 Pak Win Karachi 22 Dec 1980 1 2 0
22 Pak Eng Birmingham 29 Jul 1982 4 2 0
23 Win Ind Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983 2 2 0
24 Ind Win Kanpur 21 Oct 1983 2 2 0
25 Ind Win Chennai 24 Dec 1983 2 2 0
26 Eng Ind Birmingham 03 Jul 1986 1 2 0
27 NZl Eng Auckland 30 Jan 1992 4 2 0
28 Zim Pak Faisalabad 24 Oct 1996 3 2 0
29 SAF Ind Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996 4 2 0
30 Srl Zim Kandy 07 Jan 1998 4 2 0
31 NZl Ind Hamilton 02 Jan 1999 1 2 0
32 Zim Srl Harare 26 Nov 1999 1 2 0
33 Win NZl Hamilton 16 Dec 1999 3 2 0
34 Zim Win Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 2 2 0
35 Win Zim Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 3 2 0
36 Zim Ban Chattogram 15 Nov 2001 4 2 0
37 Eng NZl Christchurch 13 Mar 2002 1 2 0
38 Eng NZl Auckland 30 Mar 2002 2 2 0
39 Pak Ind Karachi 29 Jan 2006 1 2 0
40 NZl SAF Johannesburg 05 May 2006 1 2 0
41 SAF Aus Durban 06 Mar 2009 2 2 0
42 NZl Pak Dunedin 24 Nov 2009 3 2 0
43 Aus Eng Adelaide 03 Dec 2010 1 2 0
44 Ban Zim Dhaka 25 Oct 2014 4 2 0
45 NZl Eng Lord’s 21 May 2015 4 2 0
46 Ban SAF Potchefstroom 28 Sep 2017 4 2 0
47 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019 4 2 0

It also provides the eighth occasion of England losing its first two wickets in an innings without a run on the board. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground Start Date Inns FoW Runs
1 Eng Aus Lord’s 12 Jun 1902 1 2 0
2 Eng Aus Melbourne 05 Mar 1904 2 2 0
3 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968 4 2 0
4 Eng Pak Hyd-Pak 16 Mar 1973 3 2 0
5 Eng Ind Birmingham 03 Jul 1986 1 2 0
6 Eng NZl Christchurch 13 Mar 2002 1 2 0
7 Eng NZl Auckland 30 Mar 2002 2 2 0
8 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019 4 2 0

It also provides the third occasion of England losing its first two wickets in an innings without a run on the board against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below, It is interesting to note that England innings suffered such an happening after a gap of 115 years against Australia and also after a gap of 117 years against Australia on home soil

No Team Oppn Ground Start Date Inns FoW Runs
1 Eng Aus Lord’s 12 Jun 1902 1 2 0
2 Eng Aus Melbourne 05 Mar 1904 2 2 0
3 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019 4 2 0

England lost its first two wickets without a run on the board in its second innings – fourth innings of the test – against Australia in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the tenth occasion of a team losing its first two wickets without a run on the board in the annals of test cricket against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground Start Date Inns FoW Runs
1 Eng Aus Lord’s 12 Jun 1902 1 2 0
2 Eng Aus Melbourne 05 Mar 1904 2 2 0
3 Ind Aus Brisbane 28 Nov 1947 2 2 0
4 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948 3 2 0
5 Win Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1951 3 2 0
6 Ind Aus Chennai 02 Oct 1964 4 2 0
7 Ind Aus Kolkata 12 Dec 1969 1 2 0
8 Ind Aus Melbourne 30 Dec 1977 1 2 0
9 SAF Aus Durban 06 Mar 2009 2 2 0
10 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019 4 2 0

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a team losing its first two wickets against without a run on the board  in the fourth innings of the test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground Start Date Inns FoW Runs
1 Ind Aus Chennai 02 Oct 1964 4 2 0
2 NZl Ind Mumbai (BS) 12 Mar 1965 4 2 0
3 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968 4 2 0
4 Pak Eng Birmingham 29 Jul 1982 4 2 0
5 NZl Eng Auckland 30 Jan 1992 4 2 0
6 SAF Ind Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996 4 2 0
7 Srl Zim Kandy 07 Jan 1998 4 2 0
8 Zim Ban Chattogram 15 Nov 2001 4 2 0
9 Ban Zim Dhaka 25 Oct 2014 4 2 0
10 NZl Eng Lord’s 21 May 2015 4 2 0
11 Ban SAF Potchefstroom 28 Sep 2017 4 2 0
12 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019 4 2 0

It also provides the second occasion of England losing its first two wickets against without a run on the board  in the fourth innings of the test. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground Start Date Inns FoW Runs
1 Eng Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968 4 2 0
2 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019 4 2 0

Test cricket has witnessed both the teams losing its first two wickets without a run on the board only once. It occurred in West Indies Vs Zimbabwe test at Port of Spain in March 2000.  Zimbabwe lost its first two wickets in the second innings of the test and West Indies suffered the same fate in the third innings of the test

No Team Oppn Ground Start Date Inns FoW Runs
1 Zim Win Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 2 2 0
2 Win Zim Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 3 2 0
Captains dismissed for a first-ball duck on home soil

Captains dismissed for a first-ball duck on home soil

JE Root of England was dismissed for a first ball duck in England’s second innings in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the 121st occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provided the 57th occasion of a captain suffering from such an ignominy on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WG Grace 0 1 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
2 JM Blackham 0 1 3 Aus Eng Sydney 29 Jan 1892
3 Hon.FS Jackson 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 15 Jun 1905
4 C Hill 0 1 3 Aus SAF Melbourne 31 Dec 1910
5 WM Woodfull 0 1 2 Aus SAF Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
6 RES Wyatt 0 1 1 Eng Aus Manchester 06 Jul 1934
7 DG Bradman 0 1 2 Aus Eng Sydney 18 Dec 1936
8 WR Hammond 0 1 3 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1938
9 Fazal Mahmood 0 1 2 Pak Win Lahore 26 Mar 1959
10 GS Sobers 0 1 2 Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
11 R Illingworth 0 1 3 Eng NZl Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
12 GS Sobers 0 1 4 Win Ind Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
13 R Illingworth 0 1 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
14 R Illingworth 0 1 2 Eng Win Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
15 SM Gavaskar 0 1 2 Ind Win Bengaluru 15 Dec 1978
16 GS Chappell 0 1 2 Aus Win Adelaide 26 Jan 1980
17 GS Chappell 0 1 4 Aus Ind Melbourne 07 Feb 1981
18 IT Botham 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 02 Jul 1981
19 GS Chappell 0 1 1 Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 1981
20 GS Chappell 0 1 4 Aus Win Sydney 02 Jan 1982
21 GS Chappell 0 1 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 26 Dec 1982
22 GA Gooch 0 1 2 Eng NZl Nottingham 07 Jun 1990
23 AR Border 0 1 1 Aus Win Perth 30 Jan 1993
24 RB Richardson 0 1 3 Win Pak St John’s 01 May 1993
25 MA Atherton 0 1 2 Eng SAF The Oval 18 Aug 1994
26 CA Walsh 0 1 2 Win Srl St John’s 13 Jun 1997
27 Wasim Akram 0 1 2 Pak Win Karachi 06 Dec 1997
28 ADR Campbell 0 1 1 Zim Ind Harare 07 Oct 1998
29 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 1 Srl Aus Galle 22 Sep 1999
30 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 2 Srl Aus Col-SSC 30 Sep 1999
31 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 4 Srl SAF Kandy 30 Jul 2000
32 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 3 Srl Eng Kandy 07 Mar 2001
33 SM Pollock 0 1 2 SAF Ind Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001
34 Khaled Mashud 0 1 1 Ban Pak Dhaka 09 Jan 2002
35 SC Ganguly 0 1 2 Ind Win Chennai 17 Oct 2002
36 Khaled Mashud 0 1 3 Ban Win Dhaka 08 Dec 2002
37 Inzamam-ul-Haq 0 1 3 Pak Ind Multan 28 Mar 2004
38 SP Fleming 0 1 2 NZl Aus Wellington 18 Mar 2005
39 V Sehwag 0 1 3 Ind Srl Ahmedabad 18 Dec 2005
40 Younis Khan 0 1 1 Pak Ind Karachi 29 Jan 2006
41 GC Smith 0 1 2 SAF Aus Durban 24 Mar 2006
42 Mohd Ashraful 0 1 2 Ban SAF Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
43 MP Vaughan 0 1 1 Eng SAF Birmingham 30 Jul 2008
44 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus SAF Perth 17 Dec 2008
45 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus SAF Sydney 03 Jan 2009
46 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus Pak Sydney 03 Jan 2010
47 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus Eng Adelaide 03 Dec 2010
48 Mushfiqur Rahim 0 1 2 Ban Win Dhaka 29 Oct 2011
49 D Ramdin 0 1 1 Win Ban Gros Islet 13 Sep 2014
50 Mushfiqur Rahim 0 1 3 Ban Zim Khulna 03 Nov 2014
51 AG Cremer 0 1 1 Zim NZl Bulawayo 28 Jul 2016
52 KS Williamson 0 1 4 NZl Eng Christchurch 30 Mar 2018
53 F du Plessis 0 1 1 SAF Aus Johannesburg 30 Mar 2018
54 F du Plessis 0 1 2 SAF Pak Centurion 26 Dec 2018
55 TD Paine 0 1 2 Aus Srl Brisbane 24 Jan 2019
56 JE Root 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 14 Aug 2019
57 JE Root 0 1 4 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019

It also provides the thirteenth occasion of an England captain suffering from such an ignominy on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WG Grace 0 1 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
2 Hon.FS Jackson 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 15 Jun 1905
3 RES Wyatt 0 1 1 Eng Aus Manchester 06 Jul 1934
4 WR Hammond 0 1 3 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1938
5 R Illingworth 0 1 3 Eng NZl Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
6 R Illingworth 0 1 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
7 R Illingworth 0 1 2 Eng Win Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
8 IT Botham 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 02 Jul 1981
9 GA Gooch 0 1 2 Eng NZl Nottingham 07 Jun 1990
10 MA Atherton 0 1 2 Eng SAF The Oval 18 Aug 1994
11 MP Vaughan 0 1 1 Eng SAF Birmingham 30 Jul 2008
12 JE Root 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 14 Aug 2019
13 JE Root 0 1 4 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019

It also provides the thirteenth occasion of a captain suffering from such an ignominy on home soil against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WG Grace 0 1 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
2 Hon.FS Jackson 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 15 Jun 1905
3 RES Wyatt 0 1 1 Eng Aus Manchester 06 Jul 1934
4 WR Hammond 0 1 3 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1938
5 R Illingworth 0 1 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
6 IT Botham 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 02 Jul 1981
7 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 1 Srl Aus Galle 22 Sep 1999
8 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 2 Srl Aus Col-SSC 30 Sep 1999
9 SP Fleming 0 1 2 NZl Aus Wellington 18 Mar 2005
10 GC Smith 0 1 2 SAF Aus Durban 24 Mar 2006
11 F du Plessis 0 1 1 SAF Aus Johannesburg 30 Mar 2018
12 JE Root 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 14 Aug 2019
1w JE Root 0 1 4 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019

It also provides the eighth occasion of an England captain suffering from such an ignominy on home soil against Australia.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WG Grace 0 1 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 21 Jul 1890
2 Hon.FS Jackson 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 15 Jun 1905
3 RES Wyatt 0 1 1 Eng Aus Manchester 06 Jul 1934
4 WR Hammond 0 1 3 Eng Aus Leeds 22 Jul 1938
5 R Illingworth 0 1 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
6 IT Botham 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 02 Jul 1981
7 JE Root 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 14 Aug 2019
8 JE Root 0 1 4 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019

GS Chappell {05}, RT Ponting {04}, ST Jayasuriya {04}, R Illingworth {03}, F du Plessis {02}, GS Sobers {02}, JE Root {02}, Khaled Mashud {02) and Mushfiqur Rahim (02) are the captains who  have collected the  first ball ducks on two or morw occasions on home soil. JE Root was an addition to this list.

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GS Chappell 0 1 2 Aus Win Adelaide 26 Jan 1980
2 GS Chappell 0 1 4 Aus Ind Melbourne 07 Feb 1981
3 GS Chappell 0 1 1 Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 1981
4 GS Chappell 0 1 4 Aus Win Sydney 02 Jan 1982
5 GS Chappell 0 1 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 26 Dec 1982
                 
1 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus SAF Perth 17 Dec 2008
2 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus SAF Sydney 03 Jan 2009
3 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus Pak Sydney 03 Jan 2010
4 RT Ponting 0 1 1 Aus Eng Adelaide 03 Dec 2010
                 
1 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 1 Srl Aus Galle 22 Sep 1999
2 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 2 Srl Aus Col-SSC 30 Sep 1999
3 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 4 Srl SAF Kandy 30 Jul 2000
4 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 3 Srl Eng Kandy 07 Mar 2001
                 
1 R Illingworth 0 1 3 Eng NZl Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
2 R Illingworth 0 1 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
3 R Illingworth 0 1 2 Eng Win Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
                 
1 F du Plessis 0 1 1 SAF Aus Johannesburg 30 Mar 2018
2 F du Plessis 0 1 2 SAF Pak Centurion 26 Dec 2018
                 
1 GS Sobers 0 1 2 Win Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
2 GS Sobers 0 1 4 Win Ind Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
                 
1 JE Root 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 14 Aug 2019
2 JE Root 0 1 4 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019
                 
1 Khaled Mashud 0 1 1 Ban Pak Dhaka 09 Jan 2002
2 Khaled Mashud 0 1 3 Ban Win Dhaka 08 Dec 2002
                 
1 Mushfiqur Rahim 0 1 2 Ban Win Dhaka 29 Oct 2011
2 Mushfiqur Rahim 0 1 3 Ban Zim Khulna 03 Nov 2014

JE Root became the second England captain to collect the first ball duck on two or more occasions on home soil after R Illingworth. R Illingworth suffered this ignominy on three occasions.

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 R Illingworth 0 1 3 Eng NZl Lord’s 24 Jul 1969
2 R Illingworth 0 1 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
3 R Illingworth 0 1 2 Eng Win Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
                 
1 JE Root 0 1 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 14 Aug 2019
2 JE Root 0 1 4 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019
Batsmen scoring a double century and a fifty in a test

Batsmen scoring a double century and a fifty in a test

SPD Smith of Australia scored 211 and 82 against England in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the 43rd occasion of a batsman scoring a double century and a fifty in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 J Ryder 201* 88 Aus Eng Adelaide 16 Jan 1925
2 EH Hendren 77 205* Eng Win Port of Spain 01 Feb 1930
3 A Sandham 325 50 Eng Win Kingston 03 Apr 1930
4 DG Bradman 244 77 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
5 EAB Rowan 236 60* SAF Eng Leeds 26 Jul 1951
6 WM Lawry 210 58* Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
7 KD Walters 242 103 Aus Win Sydney 14 Feb 1969
8 SM Gavaskar 124 220 Ind Win Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
9 LG Rowe 214 100* Win NZl Kingston 16 Feb 1972
10 GS Chappell 247* 133 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
11 IVA Richards 232 63 Win Eng Nottingham 03 Jun 1976
12 Javed Miandad 206 85 Pak NZl Karachi 30 Oct 1976
13 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
14 KJ Hughes 213 53 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Jan 1981
15 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
16 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
17 R Dravid 200* 70* Ind Zim Delhi 18 Nov 2000
18 A Flower 55 232* Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
19 VVS Laxman 59 281 Ind Aus Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
20 MS Sinclair 204* 50* NZl Pak Christchurch 15 Mar 2001
21 BC Lara 221 130 Win Srl Colombo (SSC) 29 Nov 2001
22 SP Fleming 274* 69* NZl Srl Colombo (PSS) 25 Apr 2003
23 GC Smith 277 85 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
24 ME Trescothick 219 69* Eng SAF The Oval 04 Sep 2003
25 R Dravid 222 73 Ind NZl Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2003
26 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
27 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
28 KC Sangakkara 232 64 Srl SAF Colombo (SSC) 11 Aug 2004
29 Younis Khan 267 84* Pak Ind Bengaluru 24 Mar 2005
30 W Jaffer 202 56 Ind Pak Kolkata 30 Nov 2007
31 SC Ganguly 239 91 Ind Pak Bengaluru 08 Dec 2007
32 V Sehwag 201* 50 Ind Srl Galle 31 Jul 2008
33 VVS Laxman 200* 59* Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
34 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
35 SR Tendulkar 214 53* Ind Aus Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
36 AN Cook 67 235* Eng Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
37 RT Ponting 221 60* Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
38 KC Sangakkara 319 105 Srl Ban Chattogram 04 Feb 2014
39 KS Williamson 69 242* NZl Srl Wellington 03 Jan 2015
40 SPD Smith 215 58 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
41 JE Root 254 71* Eng Pak Manchester 22 Jul 2016
42 V Kohli 243 50 Ind Srl Delhi 02 Dec 2017
43 SPD Smith 211 82 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

SPD Smith of Australia scored 211 and 82 against England in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the eleventh occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double century and a fifty in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 J Ryder 201* 88 Aus Eng Adelaide 16 Jan 1925
2 DG Bradman 244 77 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
3 WM Lawry 210 58* Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
4 KD Walters 242 103 Aus Win Sydney 14 Feb 1969
5 GS Chappell 247* 133 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
6 KJ Hughes 213 53 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Jan 1981
7 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
8 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
9 RT Ponting 221 60* Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
10 SPD Smith 215 58 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
11 SPD Smith 211 82 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

SPD Smith of Australia scored 211 and 82 against England in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the seventh occasion of a batsman scoring a double century and a fifty in a test against England All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 J Ryder 201* 88 Aus Eng Adelaide 16 Jan 1925
2 DG Bradman 244 77 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
3 EAB Rowan 236 60* SAF Eng Leeds 26 Jul 1951
4 IVA Richards 232 63 Win Eng Nottingham 03 Jun 1976
5 GC Smith 277 85 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
6 SPD Smith 215 58 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
7 SPD Smith 211 82 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

SPD Smith of Australia scored 211 and 82 against England in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double century and a fifty in a test against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 J Ryder 201* 88 Aus Eng Adelaide 16 Jan 1925
2 DG Bradman 244 77 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
3 SPD Smith 215 58 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
4 SPD Smith 211 82 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

R Dravid is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a double century and a half century on three occasipns. KC Sangakkara, RT Ponting, SM Gavaskar, SPD Smith, SR Tendulkar and VVS Laxman are the six batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score a double century and a fifty in two occasions. The performance of these seven batsmen are detailed below

No No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 R Dravid 200* 70* Ind Zim Delhi 18 Nov 2000
  2 R Dravid 222 73 Ind NZl Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2003
  3 R Dravid 233 72* Ind Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
                 
2 1 KC Sangakkara 232 64 Srl SAF Colombo (SSC) 11 Aug 2004
  2 KC Sangakkara 319 105 Srl Ban Chattogram 04 Feb 2014
                 
3 1 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
  2 RT Ponting 221 60* Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
                 
4 1 SM Gavaskar 124 220 Ind Win Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
  2 SM Gavaskar 205 73 Ind Win Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
                 
5 1 SPD Smith 215 58 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
  2 SPD Smith 211 82 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019
                 
6 1 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
  2 SR Tendulkar 214 53* Ind Aus Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
                 
7 1 VVS Laxman 59 281 Ind Aus Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
  2 VVS Laxman 200* 59* Ind Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008

RT Ponting and SPD Smith are the two Australian batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score a double century and a fifty in two occasions. The performance of these two batsmen are detailed below

No No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 RT Ponting 209 89 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010
  2 RT Ponting 221 60* Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
                 
2 1 SPD Smith 215 58 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 2015
  2 SPD Smith 211 82 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

The following table lists the seven batsmen who have scored a double century and a century in a test. SM Gavaskar is  the  only batsman in the history of test cricket to score a century in the first innings and a double century in the second innings. GA Gooch and KC Sangakkara are the only two batsman to score a triple century and a century in a test.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 KD Walters 242 103 Aus Win Sydney 14 Feb 1969
2 SM Gavaskar 124 220 Ind Win Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
3 LG Rowe 214 100* Win NZl Kingston 16 Feb 1972
4 GS Chappell 247* 133 Aus NZl Wellington 01 Mar 1974
5 GA Gooch 333 123 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
6 KC Sangakkara 319 105 Srl Ban Chattogram 04 Feb 2014
Batsmen scoring a duck and a century in a test – Rahmat Shah of Afghanistan joins the list

Batsmen scoring a duck and a century in a test – Rahmat Shah of Afghanistan joins the list

Rahmat Shah of Afghanistan scored 102 and zero in the ongoing test against Ban at Chattogram to provide the 168th occasion of a batsman scoring a duck and a century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 WL Murdoch 0 153* Aus v Eng The Oval 06 Sep 1880
2 GHS Trott 0 143 Aus v Eng Lord’s 22 Jun 1896
3 C Hill 188 0 Aus v Eng Melbourne 29 Jan 1898
4 JH Sinclair 0 104 SAF v Aus Cape Town 08 Nov 1902
5 LC Braund 102 0 Eng v Aus Sydney 11 Dec 1903
6 JT Tyldesley 0 100 Eng v Aus Leeds 03 Jul 1905
7 G Gunn 122* 0 Eng v Aus Sydney 21 Feb 1908
8 GA Faulkner 122* 0 SAF v Aus Manchester 27 May 1912
9 RH Catterall 0 120 SAF v Eng Birmingham 14 Jun 1924
10 FE Woolley 0 123 Eng v Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
11 GB Legge 196 0 Eng v NZl Auckland 21 Feb 1930
12 DG Bradman 0 103* Aus v Eng Melbourne 30 Dec 1932
13 IM Barrow 105 0 Win v Eng Manchester 22 Jul 1933
14 AD Nourse 0 231 SAF v Aus Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935
15 JHW Fingleton 100 0 Aus v Eng Brisbane 04 Dec 1936
16 MH Mankad 111 0 Ind v Aus Melbourne 06 Feb 1948
17 DG Bradman 138 0 Aus v Eng Nottingham 10 Jun 1948
18 SG Barnes 0 141 Aus v Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1948
19 DCS Compton 145* 0 Eng v Aus Manchester 08 Jul 1948
20 L Hutton 101 0 Eng v NZl Leeds 11 Jun 1949
21 P Roy 140 0 Ind v Eng Mumbai (BS) 14 Dec 1951
22 VL Manjrekar 133 0 Ind v Eng Leeds 05 Jun 1952
23 ML Apte 0 163* Ind v Win Port of Spain 19 Feb 1953
24 RN Harvey 122 0 Aus v Eng Manchester 09 Jul 1953
25 PBH May 0 112 Eng v SAF Lord’s 23 Jun 1955
26 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 0 Pak v NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
27 Imtiaz Ahmed 122 0 Pak v Win Kingston 26 Feb 1958
28 MC Cowdrey 119 0 Eng v Win Port of Spain 25 Mar 1960
29 Hanif Mohammad 160 0 Pak v Ind Mumbai (BS) 02 Dec 1960
30 FCM Alexander 0 108 Win v Aus Sydney 13 Jan 1961
31 Javed Burki 140 0 Pak v Eng Dhaka 19 Jan 1962
32 Rev.DS Sheppard 0 113 Eng v Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
33 EJ Barlow 114 0 SAF v Aus Brisbane 06 Dec 1963
34 VL Manjrekar 108 0 Ind v Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
35 GT Dowling 129 0 NZl v Ind Mumbai (BS) 12 Mar 1965
36 SM Nurse 201 0 Win v Aus Bridgetown 05 May 1965
37 MC Cowdrey 101 0 Eng v Win Kingston 08 Feb 1968
38 GS Sobers 0 113* Win v Eng Kingston 08 Feb 1968
39 IR Redpath 0 132 Aus v Win Sydney 14 Feb 1969
40 BF Hastings 0 117* NZl v Win Christchurch 13 Mar 1969
41 CA Davis 103 0 Win v Eng Lord’s 26 Jun 1969
42 GR Viswanath 0 137 Ind v Aus Kanpur 15 Nov 1969
43 IM Chappell 138 0 Aus v Ind Delhi 28 Nov 1969
44 GS Sobers 132 0 Win v Ind Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
45 DL Amiss 158 0 Eng v Pak Hyderabad (Sind) 16 Mar 1973
46 AI Kallicharran 0 103* Win v Ind Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
47 RC Fredericks 0 138 Win v Eng Lord’s 17 Jun 1976
48 Asif Iqbal 0 152* Pak v Aus Adelaide 24 Dec 1976
49 IC Davis 105 0 Aus v Pak Adelaide 24 Dec 1976
50 RB McCosker 0 105 Aus v Pak Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
51 Sadiq Mohammad 105 0 Pak v Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
52 SM Gavaskar 0 118 Ind v Aus Melbourne 30 Dec 1977
53 CS Serjeant 0 124 Aus v Win Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
54 Asif Iqbal 0 104 Pak v Ind Faisalabad 16 Oct 1978
55 DW Randall 0 150 Eng v Aus Sydney 06 Jan 1979
56 DB Vengsarkar 0 103 Ind v Eng Lord’s 02 Aug 1979
57 DL Haynes 0 122 Win v NZl Christchurch 22 Feb 1980
58 CL King 0 100* Win v NZl Christchurch 22 Feb 1980
59 IVA Richards 0 182* Win v Eng Bridgetown 13 Mar 1981
60 IT Botham 0 118 Eng v Aus Manchester 13 Aug 1981
61 GN Yallop 0 114 Aus v Eng Manchester 13 Aug 1981
62 G Boycott 137 0 Eng v Aus The Oval 27 Aug 1981
63 IVA Richards 208 0 Win v Aus Melbourne 22 Dec 1984
64 GR Marsh 118 0 Aus v NZl Auckland 13 Mar 1986
65 DC Boon 103 0 Aus v Eng Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
66 MW Gatting 100 0 Eng v Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 1986
67 Ijaz Ahmed 122 0 Pak v Aus Faisalabad 23 Sep 1988
68 MD Crowe 174 0 NZl v Pak Wellington 10 Feb 1989
69 NS Sidhu 116 0 Ind v Win Kingston 28 Apr 1989
70 M Azharuddin 0 109 Ind v Pak Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
71 DL Haynes 0 109 Win v Eng Bridgetown 05 Apr 1990
72 DI Gower 100 0 Eng v Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1990
73 ME Waugh 139* 0 Aus v Win St John’s 27 Apr 1991
74 RB Richardson 104 0 Win v Eng Birmingham 25 Jul 1991
75 JG Wright 116 0 NZl v Eng Wellington 06 Feb 1992
76 AC Hudson 163 0 SAF v Win Bridgetown 18 Apr 1992
77 A Ranatunga 127 0 Srl v Aus Colombo (SSC) 17 Aug 1992
78 KLT Arthurton 157* 0 Win v Aus Brisbane 27 Nov 1992
79 MD Crowe 0 107 NZl v Srl Colombo (SSC) 06 Dec 1992
80 CC Lewis 0 117 Eng v Ind Chennai 11 Feb 1993
81 MA Atherton 144 0 Eng v Win Georgetown 17 Mar 1994
82 MW Gatting 117 0 Eng v Aus Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
83 GP Thorpe 123 0 Eng v Aus Perth 03 Feb 1995
84 PA de Silva 0 105 Srl v Pak Faisalabad 15 Sep 1995
85 HP Tillakaratne 115 0 Srl v Pak Faisalabad 15 Sep 1995
86 NR Mongia 152 0 Ind v Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
87 Mohammad Wasim 0 109* Pak v NZl Lahore 21 Nov 1996
88 N Hussain 113 0 Eng v Zim Bulawayo 18 Dec 1996
89 G Kirsten 103 0 SAF v Ind Cape Town 02 Jan 1997
90 CL Hooper 0 106 Win v Pak Karachi 06 Dec 1997
91 S Chanderpaul 118 0 Win v Eng Georgetown 27 Feb 1998
92 MW Goodwin 0 166* Zim v Pak Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
93 DJ Cullinan 103 0 SAF v Srl Centurion 27 Mar 1998
94 CD McMillan 0 142 NZl v Srl Colombo (RPS) 27 May 1998
95 GA Hick 107 0 Eng v Srl The Oval 27 Aug 1998
96 DJ Cullinan 168 0 SAF v Win Cape Town 02 Jan 1999
97 G Kirsten 0 134 SAF v Win Centurion 15 Jan 1999
98 SR Tendulkar 0 136 Ind v Pak Chennai 28 Jan 1999
99 Saeed Anwar 0 188* Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Feb 1999
100 HH Gibbs 120 0 SAF v NZl Wellington 18 Mar 1999
101 TM Dilshan 163* 0 Srl v Zim Harare 26 Nov 1999
102 SL Campbell 170 0 Win v NZl Hamilton 16 Dec 1999
103 MV Boucher 0 108 SAF v Eng Durban 26 Dec 1999
104 MS Atapattu 120 0 Srl v SAF Kandy 30 Jul 2000
105 Shahid Afridi 107 0 Pak v Win Sharjah 07 Feb 2002
106 A Flintoff 0 137 Eng v NZl Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
107 SR Tendulkar 117 0 Ind v Win Port of Spain 19 Apr 2002
108 MP Vaughan 0 100 Eng v Ind Lord’s 25 Jul 2002
109 V Sehwag 106 0 Ind v Eng Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
110 MP Vaughan 0 183 Eng v Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2003
111 D Ganga 0 113 Win v Aus Georgetown 10 Apr 2003
112 Javed Omar 119 0 Ban v Pak Peshawar 27 Aug 2003
113 JL Langer 121 0 Aus v Ind Brisbane 04 Dec 2003
114 RT Ponting 242 0 Aus v Ind Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
115 SP Fleming 192 0 NZl v Pak Hamilton 19 Dec 2003
116 S Chanderpaul 0 109 Win v SAF Durban 26 Dec 2003
117 JA Rudolph 101 0 SAF v Win Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
118 AC Gilchrist 0 144 Aus v Srl Kandy 16 Mar 2004
119 AJ Strauss 147 0 Eng v SAF Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
120 Younis Khan 147 0 Pak v Ind Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
121 JH Kallis 0 109* SAF v Win Georgetown 31 Mar 2005
122 BC Lara 153 0 Win v Pak Kingston 03 Jun 2005
123 IR Bell 115 0 Eng v Pak Faisalabad 20 Nov 2005
124 ML Hayden 0 102 Aus v SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
125 AC Gilchrist 0 102* Aus v Eng Perth 14 Dec 2006
126 AG Prince 121 0 SAF v Ind Durban 26 Dec 2006
127 Mohammad Ashraful 0 129* Ban v Srl Colombo (PSS) 03 Jul 2007
128 DPMD Jayawardene 104 0 Srl v Aus Hobart 16 Nov 2007
129 AJ Strauss 0 177 Eng v NZl Napier 22 Mar 2008
130 S Chanderpaul 126* 0 Win v NZl Napier 19 Dec 2008
131 R Dravid 136 0 Ind v Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008
132 MEK Hussey 0 121 Aus v Eng The Oval 20 Aug 2009
133 Tamim Iqbal 0 151 Ban v Ind Dhaka 24 Jan 2010
134 V Sehwag 109 0 Ind v Srl Colombo (PSS) 03 Aug 2010
135 AJ Strauss 0 110 Eng v Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
136 PJ Hughes 0 126 Aus v Srl Colombo (SSC) 16 Sep 2011
137 HAPW Jayawardene 0 120 Srl v Pak Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011
138 MJ Guptill 109 0 NZl v Zim Bulawayo 01 Nov 2011
139 KC Sangakkara 0 108 Srl v SAF Durban 26 Dec 2011
140 JH Kallis 0 113 SAF v NZl Dunedin 07 Mar 2012
141 Azhar Ali 0 136 Pak v Srl Pallekele 08 Jul 2012
142 AN Cook 115 0 Eng v SAF The Oval 19 Jul 2012
143 GC Smith 122 0 SAF v Aus Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
144 DG Brownlie 0 109 NZl v SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2013
145 NRD Compton 0 117 Eng v NZl Dunedin 06 Mar 2013
146 BJ Watling 103 0 NZl v Ban Chattogram 09 Oct 2013
147 S Dhawan 0 115 Ind v NZl Auckland 06 Feb 2014
148 BJ Watling 0 124 NZl v Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
149 HM Amla 0 127* SAF v Aus Port Elizabeth 20 Feb 2014
150 MJ Clarke 161* 0 Aus v SAF Cape Town 01 Mar 2014
151 DPMD Jayawardene 165 0 Srl v SAF Colombo (SSC) 24 Jul 2014
152 FDM Karunaratne 0 152 Srl v NZl Christchurch 26 Dec 2014
153 CA Pujara 145* 0 Ind v Srl Colombo (SSC) 28 Aug 2015
154 Shoaib Malik 245 0 Pak v Eng Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
155 Misbah-ul-Haq 114 0 Pak v Eng Lord’s 14 Jul 2016
156 JK Silva 0 115 Srl v Aus Colombo (SSC) 13 Aug 2016
157 UT Khawaja 145 0 Aus v SAF Adelaide 24 Nov 2016
158 KK Jennings 112 0 Eng v Ind Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
159 Shakib Al Hasan 217 0 Ban v NZl Wellington 12 Jan 2017
160 V Kohli 0 104* Ind v Srl Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
161 F du Plessis 0 120 SAF v Aus Johannesburg 30 Mar 2018
162 JE Root 0 125 Eng v Ind The Oval 07 Sep 2018
163 Asad Shafiq 104 0 Pak v NZl Abu Dhabi 03 Dec 2018
164 CA Pujara 106 0 Ind v Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2018
155 SO Dowrich 0 116* Win v Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019
166 UT Khawaja 0 101* Aus v Srl Canberra 01 Feb 2019
167 RL Chase 0 102* Win v Eng Gros Islet 09 Feb 2019
168 Rahmat Shah 102 0 Afg v Ban Chattogram 05 Sep 2019

Rahmat Shah of Afghanistan scored 102 and zero in the ongoing test against Ban at Chattogram to provide the second occasion of an Afghanistan batsman scoring a duck and a century in a test against Ban after BJ Waitling of NZl. BJ Watling scored 103 and zero at Chattogram in Oct 2013. Bothl such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 BJ Watling 103 0 NZl v Ban Chattogram 09 Oct 2013
2 Rahmat Shah 102 0 Afg v Ban Chattogram 05 Sep 2019

The following table lists the seven batsmen who have scored a double century and a duck in a test. AD Nourse  is the only batsman to score a duck in the first innings and a double century in the second innings of a test.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 AD Nourse 0 231 SAF v Aus Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935
2 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 0 Pak v NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
3 SM Nurse 201 0 Win v Aus Bridgetown 05 May 1965
4 IVA Richards 208 0 Win v Aus Melbourne 22 Dec 1984
5 RT Ponting 242 0 Aus v Ind Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
6 Shoaib Malik 245 0 Pak v Eng Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
7 Shakib Al Hasan 217 0 Ban v NZl Wellington 12 Jan 2017
Opening batsmen collecting pairs in a test – DA Warner of Australia joins the list

Opening batsmen collecting pairs in a test – DA Warner of Australia joins the list

DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the 65th occasion of an opening batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman FI  SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AC Bannerman 0 0 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 1888
2 LJ Tancred 0 0 SAF Eng Leeds 29 Jul 1907
3 VT Trumper 0 0 Aus Eng Melbourne 07 Feb 1908
4 LJ Tancred 0 0 SAF Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1912
5 GAL Hearne 0 0 SAF Eng Cape Town 01 Jan 1923
6 P Holmes 0 0 Eng SAF Durban 04 Feb 1928
7 JHW Fingleton 0 0 Aus Eng Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
8 VY Richardson 0 0 Aus Eng Sydney 23 Feb 1933
9 CA Roach 0 0 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1933
10 J Moroney 0 0 Aus Eng Brisbane 01 Dec 1950
11 P Roy 0 0 Ind Eng Manchester 17 Jul 1952
12 DJ McGlew 0 0 SAF Eng Lord’s 23 Jun 1955
13 TE Bailey 0 0 Eng Aus Melbourne 13 Feb 1959
14 G Pullar 0 0 Eng Pak Lahore 21 Oct 1961
15 BW Luckhurst 0 0 Eng Pak Leeds 08 Jul 1971
16 R Edwards 0 0 Aus Eng Leeds 27 Jul 1972
17 TW Jarvis 0 0 NZL Pak Wellington 02 Feb 1973
18 KR Stackpole 0 0 Aus NZl Auckland 22 Mar 1974
19 FM Engineer 0 0 Ind Win Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
20 DL Amiss 0 0 Eng Aus Adelaide 25 Jan 1975
21 CG Greenidge 0 0 Win Aus Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
22 Majid Khan 0 0 Pak Aus Perth 24 Mar 1979
23 BA Edgar 0 0 NZl Aus Perth 12 Dec 1980
24 GM Wood 0 0 Aus NZl Perth 12 Dec 1981
25 Mudassar Nazar 0 0 Pak Eng Birmingham 29 Jul 1982
26 KR Rutherford 0 0 NZl Win Port of Spain 29 Mar 1985
27 JG Wright 0 0 NZl Eng Lord’s 24 Jul 1986
28 W Larkins 0 0 Eng Win Bridgetown 05 Apr 1990
29 Saeed Anwar 0 0 Pak Win Faisalabad 23 Nov 1990
30 BR Hartland 0 0 NZl Eng Auckland 30 Jan 1992
31 Aamer Sohail 0 0 Pak NZl Hamilton 02 Jan 1993
32 GW Flower 0 0 Zim Pak Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
33 MA Taylor 0 0 Aus Pak Karachi 28 Sep 1994
34 GJ Rennie 0 0 Zim NZl Auckland 26 Feb 1998
35 DP Viljoen 0 0 Zim Pak Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
36 MA Atherton 0 0 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
37 RG Twose 0 0 NZl Eng Birmingham 01 Jul 1999
38 MA Atherton 0 0 Eng SAF Johannesburg 25 Nov 1999
39 AFG Griffith 0 0 Win Zim Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000
40 GW Flower 0 0 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
41 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Eng Colombo (SSC) 15 Mar 2001
42 G Kirsten 0 0 SAF Win Bridgetown 29 Mar 2001
43 Saleem Elahi 0 0 Pak Eng Lord’s 17 May 2001
44 CH Gayle 0 0 Win Srl Colombo (SSC) 29 Nov 2001
45 Taufeeq Umar 0 0 Pak Aus Sharjah 11 Oct 2002
46 RP Arnold 0 0 Srl SAF Johannesburg 08 Nov 2002
47 DS Smith 0 0 Win Aus Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
48 MA Vermeulen 0 0 Zim Eng Ch-le-St 05 Jun 2003
49 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Pak Faisalabad 20 Oct 2004
50 WU Tharanga 0 0 Srl Eng Birmingham 25 May 2006
51 CH Gayle 0 0 Win Ind Kingston 30 Jun 2006
52 HH Gibbs 0 0 SAF Ind Johannesburg 15 Dec 2006
53 W Jaffer 0 0 Ind Ban Chattogram 18 May 2007
54 Javed Omar 0 0 Ban Ind Dhaka 25 May 2007
55 HH Gibbs 0 0 SAF Win Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 2007
56 TG McIntosh 0 0 NZl Ind Ahmedabad 04 Nov 2010
57 V Sehwag 0 0 Ind Eng Birmingham 10 Aug 2011
58 H Masakadza 0 0 Zim NZl Napier 26 Jan 2012
59 Khurram Manzoor 0 0 Pak SAF Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
60 BB Chari 0 0 Zim Ban Chattogram 12 Nov 2014
61 R Chandrika 0 0 Win Aus Kingston 11 Jun 2015
62 S Dhawan 0 0 Ind SAF Mohali 05 Nov 2015
63 KOA Powell 0 0 Win NZl Hamilton 09 Dec 2017
64 M Vijay 0 0 Ind Eng Lord’s 09 Aug 2018
65 DA Warner 0 0 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the tenth occasion of a Australian opening batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman FI  SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AC Bannerman 0 0 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 1888
2 VT Trumper 0 0 Aus Eng Melbourne 07 Feb 1908
3 JHW Fingleton 0 0 Aus Eng Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
4 VY Richardson 0 0 Aus Eng Sydney 23 Feb 1933
5 J Moroney 0 0 Aus Eng Brisbane 01 Dec 1950
6 R Edwards 0 0 Aus Eng Leeds 27 Jul 1972
7 KR Stackpole 0 0 Aus NZl Auckland 22 Mar 1974
8 GM Wood 0 0 Aus NZl Perth 12 Dec 1981
9 MA Taylor 0 0 Aus Pak Karachi 28 Sep 1994
10 DA Warner 0 0 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the 24th occasion of an opening batsman collecting a pair against England in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman FI  SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AC Bannerman 0 0 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 1888
2 LJ Tancred 0 0 SAF Eng Leeds 29 Jul 1907
3 VT Trumper 0 0 Aus Eng Melbourne 07 Feb 1908
4 LJ Tancred 0 0 SAF Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1912
5 GAL Hearne 0 0 SAF Eng Cape Town 01 Jan 1923
7 JHW Fingleton 0 0 Aus Eng Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
8 VY Richardson 0 0 Aus Eng Sydney 23 Feb 1933
9 CA Roach 0 0 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1933
10 J Moroney 0 0 Aus Eng Brisbane 01 Dec 1950
11 P Roy 0 0 Ind Eng Manchester 17 Jul 1952
12 DJ McGlew 0 0 SAF Eng Lord’s 23 Jun 1955
13 R Edwards 0 0 Aus Eng Leeds 27 Jul 1972
14 Mudassar Nazar 0 0 Pak Eng Birmingham 29 Jul 1982
15 JG Wright 0 0 NZl Eng Lord’s 24 Jul 1986
16 BR Hartland 0 0 NZl Eng Auckland 30 Jan 1992
17 RG Twose 0 0 NZl Eng Birmingham 01 Jul 1999
18 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Eng Colombo (SSC) 15 Mar 2001
19 Saleem Elahi 0 0 Pak Eng Lord’s 17 May 2001
20 MA Vermeulen 0 0 Zim Eng Ch-le-St 05 Jun 2003
21 WU Tharanga 0 0 Srl Eng Birmingham 25 May 2006
23 V Sehwag 0 0 Ind Eng Birmingham 10 Aug 2011
23 M Vijay 0 0 Ind Eng Lord’s 09 Aug 2018
24 DA Warner 0 0 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

DA Warner of Australia collected a “Pair” in the ongoing test against England at Manchester to provide the seventh occasion of a Australian opening batsman collecting a pair against England in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman FI  SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AC Bannerman 0 0 Aus Eng Lord’s 16 Jul 1888
2 VT Trumper 0 0 Aus Eng Melbourne 07 Feb 1908
3 JHW Fingleton 0 0 Aus Eng Adelaide 13 Jan 1933
4 VY Richardson 0 0 Aus Eng Sydney 23 Feb 1933
5 J Moroney 0 0 Aus Eng Brisbane 01 Dec 1950
6 R Edwards 0 0 Aus Eng Leeds 27 Jul 1972
7 DA Warner 0 0 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019

CH Gayle, GW Flower, HH Gibbs, LJ Tancred, MA Atherton and MS Atapattu are the six opening batsmen in the annals of test cricket to collect pairs on two occasions. All such occasions are furnished below

No No Batsman FI  SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 CH Gayle 0 0 Win Srl Colombo (SSC) 29 Nov 2001
  2 CH Gayle 0 0 Win Ind Kingston 30 Jun 2006
                 
2 1 GW Flower 0 0 Zim Pak Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
  2 GW Flower 0 0 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
                 
3 1 HH Gibbs 0 0 SAF Ind Johannesburg 15 Dec 2006
  2 HH Gibbs 0 0 SAF Win Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 2007
                 
4 1 LJ Tancred 0 0 SAF Eng Leeds 29 Jul 1907
  2 LJ Tancred 0 0 SAF Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1912
                 
5 1 MA Atherton 0 0 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
  2 MA Atherton 0 0 Eng SAF Johannesburg 25 Nov 1999
                 
6 1 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Eng Colombo (SSC) 15 Mar 2001
  2 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Pak Faisalabad 20 Oct 2004
Captains scoring a fifty and capturing five or more wickets in an innings in the same test – Rashid khan of Afghanistan joins the elite list

Captains scoring a fifty and capturing five or more wickets in an innings in the same test – Rashid khan of Afghanistan joins the elite list

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan scored 51 and captured 5 for 55 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Charrogram to provide the 21st occasion of a captain scoring a fifty and captured five or more wickets in an innings in the same test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI W Runs Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 G Giffen 58 – 5 76 Aus Eng Adelaide 11 Jan 1895
2 MA Noble – 53* 7 100 Aus Eng Sydney 26 Feb 1904
3 Hon.FS Jackson – 82* 5 52 Eng Aus Nottingham 29 May 1905
4 GOB Allen – 68 5 36 Eng Aus Brisbane 04 Dec 1936
5 GO Rabone 56 – 6 68 NZl SAF Cape Town 01 Jan 1954
6 DS Atkinson 219 – 5 56 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
7 DS Atkinson 60 – 5 66 Win NZl Wellington 03 Mar 1956
8 R Benaud 77 – 5 96 Aus Win Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
9 R Benaud 51 – 6 115 Aus Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
10 GS Sobers 174 – 5 41 Win Eng Leeds 04 Aug 1966
11 Mushtaq Mohammad 121 56 5 28 Pak Win Port of Spain 01 Apr 1977
12 Imran Khan 67* – 5 49 Pak Eng Leeds 26 Aug 1982
13 Imran Khan 117 – 11 180 Pak Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
14 AR Border 75 – 7 46 Aus Win Sydney 26 Jan 1989
15 SM Pollock – 55* 5 40 SAF Ind P Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
16 DL Vettori 55* 76 5 59 NZl Ban Chattogram 17 Oct 2008
17 Shakib Al Hasan – 96* 5 70 Ban Win St George’s 17 Jul 2009
18 JO Holder 74 – 5 41 Win Srl Bridgetown 23 Jun 2018
19 Shakib Al Hasan – 54 6 33 Ban Win Kingston 12 Jul 2018
20 JO Holder 52 – 5 56 Win Ind Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018
21 Rashid Khan 51 – 5 55 Afg Ban Chattogram 05 Sep 2019

DS Atkinson, Imran Khan, JO Holder, R Benaud and Shakib Al Hasan are the five captain to perform such  an all-round feat on two occasions. The following table lists the performance of these five captains

No Player FI SI W Runs Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DS Atkinson 219 – 5 56 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
2 DS Atkinson 60 – 5 66 Win NZl Wellington 03 Mar 1956
                   
1 Imran Khan 67* – 5 49 Pak Eng Leeds 26 Aug 1982
2 Imran Khan 117 – 11 180 Pak Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
                   
1 JO Holder 74 – 5 41 Win Srl Bridgetown 23 Jun 2018
2 JO Holder 52 – 5 56 Win Ind Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018
                   
1 R Benaud 77 – 5 96 Aus Win Adelaide 27 Jan 1961
2 R Benaud 51 – 6 115 Aus Eng Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
                   
1 Shakib Al Hasan – 96* 5 70 Ban Win St George’s 17 Jul 2009
2 Shakib Al Hasan – 54 6 33 Ban Win Kingston 12 Jul 2018
Australia and England posting a three-figure partnership for the third wicket in their first innings or in the first and second innings of a test.

Australia and England posting a three-figure partnership for the third wicket in their first innings or in the first and second innings of a test.

M Labuschangne-SPD Smith posted 116 runs in Australia’s innings for the third wicket and RJ Burns-JE Root posted 141 in England’s innings for the third wicket in the ongoing test between England and Australia at Manchester to provide the sixth occasion of Australia and England posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in their first innings or in the first and second innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CB Fry, TW Hayward 3 100 1 Eng Aus The Oval 14 Aug 1905
  RA Duff, MA Noble 3 115 2 Aus Eng The Oval 14 Aug 1905
                 
2 KF Barrington, JH Edrich 3 178 1 Eng Aus Melbourne 11 Feb 1966
  RM Cowper, WM Lawry 3 212 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 11 Feb 1966
                 
3 GS Chappell, KJ Hughes 3 126 1 Aus Eng Adelaide 10 Dec 1982
  DI Gower, AJ Lamb 3 119 2 Eng Aus Adelaide 10 Dec 1982
                 
4 AR Border, MA Taylor 3 117 1 Aus Eng Leeds 08 Jun 1989
  KJ Barnett, AJ Lamb 3 114 2 Eng Aus Leeds 08 Jun 1989
                 
5 N Hussain, MP Vaughan 3 140 1 Eng Aus Adelaide 21 Nov 2002
  DR Martyn, RT Ponting 3 242 2 Aus Eng Adelaide 21 Nov 2002
                 
6 M Labuschagne, SPD Smith 3 116 1 Aus Eng Manchester 04 Sep 2019
  RJ Burns, JE Root 3 141 2 Eng Aus Manchester 04 Sep 2019
MA Starc of Australia owns the record for most fifties by a batsman batting at number nine in a test innings

MA Starc of Australia owns the record for most fifties by a batsman batting at number nine in a test innings

MA Starc of Australia scored 54 not out against England in the ongoing test at Manchester. This knock represents his sixth fifty while batting at number nine in a test innings. He now owns the record of scoring most fifties by a batsman batting at number nine in a test innings. He went past KS More of India, GP Swann of England and DL Vettoti of New Zealand who had scored five fifties while batting at number nine in test innings. MA Starc’s six fifties are tabulated below

No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 99 9 1 v India Mohali 14 Mar 2013
2 66* 9 1 v England Manchester 01 Aug 2013
3 52 9 2 v India Brisbane 17 Dec 2014
4 58 9 3 v England Birmingham 29 Jul 2015
5 58 9 1 v England The Oval 20 Aug 2015
6 54* 9 1 v England Manchester 04 Sep 2019
Australian innings containing four or more fifties coupled with a double century

Australian innings containing four or more fifties coupled with a double century

Australian innings of 497 for 8 against England in the ongoing test at Manchester contained four fifties coupled with a double century to provide the 14th occasion of Australia’s innings containing four or more fifties coupled with a double century against all oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below with the score of the double century in the descending order

No Team, innings, Opposition and Ground HS C HC 50+ Start Date
1 Australia (innings 1) v Zimbabwe at Perth 380 2 2 4 09 Oct 2003
2 Australia (innings 2) v England at Lord’s 254 2 2 4 27 Jun 1930
3 Australia (innings 1) v England at Melbourne 250 2 2 4 26 Dec 2002
4 Australia (innings 1) v Pakistan at Faisalabad 235 2 2 4 06 Mar 1980
5 Australia (innings 2) v England at The Oval 232 2 4 6 16 Aug 1930
6 Australia (innings 1) v England at Nottingham 219 2 2 4 10 Aug 1989
7 Australia (innings 2) v Sri Lanka at Perth 219 2 3 5 08 Dec 1995
8 Australia (innings 1) v New Zealand at Adelaide 215 1 5 6 26 Nov 2004
9 Australia (innings 1) v England at Manchester 211 1 3 4 04 Sep 2019
10 Australia (innings 1) v West Indies at Bridgetown 210 3 1 4 05 May 1965
11 Australia (innings 2) v New Zealand at Adelaide 205 1 3 4 11 Dec 1987
12 Australia (innings  1) v South Africa at Johannesburg 204* 3 1 4 22 Feb 2002
13 Australia (innings 2) v West Indies at Kingston 204 5 0 5 11 Jun 1955
14 Australia (innings 2) v Bangladesh at Chattogram 201* 2 2 4 16 Apr 2006
15 Australia (innings 1) v England at Sydney 201 2 2 4 14 Dec 1894
16 Australia (innings 1) v India at Adelaide 201 3 1 4 23 Jan 1948
17 Australia (innings 1) v England at Leeds 200* 3 2 5 22 Jul 1993
18 Australia (innings 1) v New Zealand at Perth 200 1 3 4 24 Nov 1989

Australian innings of 497 for 8 against England in the ongoing test at Manchester contained four fifties coupled  with a double century to provide the seventh occasion of Australia’s innings containing four or more fifties coupled with a double century against England. All such occasions are tabulated below with the score of double century in the descending order

No Team, innings, Opposition and Ground HS C HC 50+ Start Date
1 Australia (innings 2) v England at Lord’s 254 2 2 4 27 Jun 1930
2 Australia (innings  1) v England at Melbourne 250 2 2 4 26 Dec 2002
3 Australia (innings 2) v England at The Oval 232 2 4 6 16 Aug 1930
4 Australia (innings  1) v England at Nottingham 219 2 2 4 10 Aug 1989
5 Australia (innings  1) v England at Manchester 211 1 3 4 4 Sep 2019
6 Australia (innings 1) v England at Sydney 201 2 2 4 14 Dec 1894
7 Australia (innings 1) v England at Leeds, 200* 3 2 5 22 Jul 1993