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Captain openers who have scored nineties in a test innings

10/01/2022 hrg

DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the 24th occasion of a captain opener scoring a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	92	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1902
2	HW Taylor	93	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
3	HW Taylor	91	2	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923
4	RK Nunes	92	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
5	NJ Contractor	92	1	Ind	Pak	Delhi	08 Feb 1961
6	TL Goddard	93	2	SAF	Aus	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
7	RB Simpson	94	3	Aus	SAF	Durban	20 Jan 1967
8	JG Wright	98	2	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jun 1990
9	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
10	KC Wessels	92	2	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
11	MA Atherton	99	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
12	MA Taylor	90	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
13	MA Atherton	95	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
14	MA Taylor	96	2	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
15	MA Atherton	94*	2	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997
16	MA Taylor	92	3	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	ST Jayasuriya	92	1	Srl	Zim	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
18	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
19	GC Smith	90	3	SAF	Win	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010
20	TM Dilshan	92	1	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011
21	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	S’hampton	27 Jul 2014
22	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
23	KC Brathwaite	97	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	12 Aug 2021
24	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the eighth occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	93	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
2	HW Taylor	91	2	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923
3	TL Goddard	93	2	SAF	Aus	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
4	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
5	KC Wessels	92	2	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
6	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
7	GC Smith	90	3	SAF	Win	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010
8	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the third occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a ninety against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
3	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

DA Elgar of South Africa scored 96 not out in the second test at Johannesburg against India to provide the fourth occasion of a captain opener scoring a ninety against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
3	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	S’hampton	27 Jul 2014
4	DA Elgar	96*	3	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	03 Jun 2022

MA Atherton of England {03}, MA Taylor of Australia {03}, AN Cook of England {02}, GC Smith of South Africa {02}, HW Taylor of South Africa and KC Wessels of South Africa are the six captain openers who have scored nineties on two or more occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Atherton	99	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
2	MA Atherton	95	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
3	MA Atherton	94*	2	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997

1	MA Taylor	90	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
2	MA Taylor	96	2	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
3	MA Taylor	92	3	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998

1	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	S’hampton	27 Jul 2014
2	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

1	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
2	GC Smith	90	3	SAF	Win	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010

1	HW Taylor	93	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
2	HW Taylor	91	2	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923

1	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	KC Wessels	92	2	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993

AN Cook is the only captain opening batsman to score a ninety at Lord’s. He scored 96 against Australia at Lord’s in Jul 2015.

Indian bowlers who have captured seven or more wickets in a test innings

10/01/2022 hrg

SN Thakur of India captured seven wickets conceding 61 runs in the second test at Johannesburg against South Africa to provide the 47^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amar Singh	07-086	1	v England	Chennai	10 Feb 1934
2	DG Phadkar	07-159	1	v West Indies	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
3	MH Mankad	08-055	1	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
4	MH Mankad	08-052	2	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952
5	SP Gupte	07-162	2	v West Indies	Trinidad	21 Jan 1953
6	SP Gupte	07-128	2	v New Zealand	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
7	Ghulam Ahmed	07-049	1	v Australia	Kolkata	02 Nov 1956
8	SP Gupte	09-102	1	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
9	JM Patel	09-069	2	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
10	Venkataraghavan	08-072	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965
11	Chandrasekhar	07-157	2	v West Indies	Mum-BS	13 Dec 1966
12	BS Bedi	07-098	2	v Australia	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
13	Chandrasekhar	08-079	2	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
14	EAS Prasanna	08-076	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
15	N Kapil Dev	07-056	3	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
16	N Kapil Dev	07-220	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
17	N Kapil Dev	08-085	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
18	N Kapil Dev	09-083	3	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
19	N Kapil Dev	08-106	1	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
20	Maninder Singh	07-051	3	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
21	Maninder Singh	07-027	1	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987
22	ND Hirwani	08-061	2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
23	ND Hirwani	08-075	4	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
24	A Kumble	07-059	3	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
25	A Kumble	10-074	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
26	J Srinath	08-086	3	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
27	Harbhajan Singh	07-123	1	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
28	Harbhajan Singh	07-133	1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
29	Harbhajan Singh	08-084	3	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
30	A Kumble	07-115	1	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
31	Harbhajan Singh	07-048	3	v West Indies	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
32	A Kumble	08-141	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
33	A Kumble	07-048	1	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
34	Harbhajan Singh	07-087	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
35	A Kumble	07-063	4	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
36	IK Pathan	07-059	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005
37	Harbhajan Singh	07-062	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
38	Z Khan	07-087	3	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
39	Harbhajan Singh	07-120	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
40	R Ashwin	07-103	1	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
41	I Sharma	07-074	4	v England	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
42	R Ashwin	07-066	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
43	R Ashwin	07-083	3	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
44	R Ashwin	07-059	4	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
45	RA Jadeja	07-048	3	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
46	R Ashwin	07-145	2	v South Africa	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
47	SN Thakur	07-061	2	v South Africa	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the best innings bowling figures by an Indian bowler against South Africa. It was an improvement over R Ashwin’s seven for 66 against South Africa at Nagpur in Nov 2015.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Harbhajan Singh	07-087	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
2	Harbhajan Singh	07-120	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
3	R Ashwin	07-066	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
4	R Ashwin	07-145	2	v South Africa	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
5	SN Thakur	07-061	2	v South Africa	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

Harbhajan Singh {07}, A Kumble {06}, N Kapil Dev {05} and R Ashwin {05} are the four Indian bowlers to capture seven or more wickets on five or more occasions.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Harbhajan Singh	07-123	1	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	Harbhajan Singh	07-133	1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
3	Harbhajan Singh	08-084	3	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
4	Harbhajan Singh	07-048	3	v West Indies	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
5	Harbhajan Singh	07-087	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
6	Harbhajan Singh	07-062	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
7	Harbhajan Singh	07-120	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011

1	A Kumble	07-059	3	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
2	A Kumble	10-074	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
3	A Kumble	07-115	1	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
4	A Kumble	08-141	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
5	A Kumble	07-048	1	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
6	A Kumble	07-063	4	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005

1	N Kapil Dev	07-056	3	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
2	N Kapil Dev	07-220	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
3	N Kapil Dev	08-085	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
4	N Kapil Dev	09-083	3	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
5	N Kapil Dev	08-106	1	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985

1	R Ashwin	07-103	1	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
2	R Ashwin	07-066	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
3	R Ashwin	07-083	3	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
4	R Ashwin	07-059	4	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
5	R Ashwin	07-145	2	v South Africa	Vizag	02 Oct 2019

A Kumble, SP Gupte, N Kapil Dev and JM Patel are the four Indian bowlers to capture nine or more wickets in a test innings.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Kumble	10-074	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
2	SP Gupte	09-102	1	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
3	N Kapil Dev	09-083	3	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
4	JM Patel	09-069	2	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959

Opening batsmen scoring 250 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket

10/01/2022 hrg

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 252 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Christchurch to provide the 35^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 250 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	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
4	DJ McGlew	255*	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
5	Hanif Mohd	337	3	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
6	CC Hunte	260	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
7	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	JH Edrich	310*	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
9	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
10	DL Amiss	262*	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
11	LG Rowe	302	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
12	SFAF Bacchus	250	2	Win	Ind	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979
13	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
14	BA Young	267*	1	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
15	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
16	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	G Kirsten	275	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
18	JL Langer	250	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
19	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
20	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
21	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
22	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
23	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
24	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
25	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
26	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
27	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
28	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
29	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
30	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	A Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
31	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015
32	Azhar Ali	302*	1	Pak	Win	Dub-DSC	13 Oct 2016
33	TWM Latham	264*	2	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
34	DA Warner	335*	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
35	TWM Latham	252	1	NZl	Ban	Ch’church	09 Jan 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
2	BA Young	267*	1	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
3	TWM Latham	264*	2	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
4	TWM Latham	252	1	NZl	Ban	Ch’church	09 Jan 2022

AN Cook {02}, CH Gayle {02}, DA Warner {02}, GC Smith {02}, ST Jayasuriya {02}, TWM Latham {02} and V Sehwag {04} are the seven opening batsmen to score 250 plus runs in an innings on two or more occasions. TWM Latham joined this elite list of opening batsmen with his 252 in this test. V Sehwag of India owns the record of scoring 250 plus runs as an opening batsman on most occasions. He has to his credit four such occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
2	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	A Dhabi	13 Oct 2015

1	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
2	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010

1	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015
2	DA Warner	335*	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019

1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003

1	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
2	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004

1	TWM Latham	264*	2	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
2	TWM Latham	252	1	NZl	Ban	Ch’church	09 Jan 2022

1	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
2	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
3	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
4	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009

CH Gayle of West Indies and V Sehwag of India are the two opening batsmen to score 300 plus runs on two occasions. It is interesting to note that these two batsmen have chosen South Africa as opponent to score one of their 300 plus runs

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
2	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010

1	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
2	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008

The following table lists seven opening batsmen who have scored 250 plus runs while leading their teams. RB Simpson, GA Gooch and MA Taylor have scored 300 plus runs as captain openers. GC Smith remains the only captain opener to score 250 plus runs on two occasions-both against England of which one was at Lord’s – the Mecca of Cricket.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
2	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
3	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
5	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
6	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	A Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
7	TWM Latham	252	1	NZl	Ban	Ch’church	09 Jan 2022

GA Gooch of England and GC Smith of South Africa are the only two captain openers to score 250 plus runs at Lord’s – the Mecca of Cricket.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003

The following table lists the sixteen occasions of opening batsmen scoring 300 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. ML Hayden’s 380 for Australia against Zimbabwe at Perth in Oct 2003 remain the highest individual score by an opening batsman in the annals of test cricket.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
3	Hanif Mohd	337	3	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
4	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
5	JH Edrich	310*	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
6	LG Rowe	302	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
7	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
8	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
9	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
10	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
11	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
12	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
13	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
14	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
15	Azhar Ali	302*	1	Pak	Win	Dub-DSC	13 Oct 2016
16	DA Warner	335*	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019

Four catches by a substitute fieldsman in a test match

09/01/2022 hrg

OJ Pope of England became the sixth fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to take four catches in a match as a substitute fieldsman. He took four catches in the just concluded test at Sydney against Australia. The following table lists the performance of these six fieldsmen. It is interesting to note that the list includes three Indian fieldsmen.

No	Player	Ct	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	Gursharan Singh	4	Ind	Win	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
2	Younis Khan	4	Pak	Ban	Multan	29 Aug 2001
3	V Sehwag	4	Ind	Zim	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002
4	JM Bird	4	Aus	Pak	Sydney	03 Jan 2017
5	WP Saha	4	Ind	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
6	OJ Pope	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

Four catches by a substitute fieldsman in a test innings

09/01/2022 hrg

OJ Pope of England became the third substitute fieldsman to pouch four catches in an innings in the annals of test cricket. He held four catches in Australia’s second innings in the just concluded fourth test at Sydney. Other are Younis Khan of Pakistan and WP Saha of India. The following table lists the performance of these three fieldsmen

No	Player	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	Younis Khan	4	3	Pak	Ban	Multan	29 Aug 2001
2	WP Saha	4	3	Ind	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
3	OJ Pope	4	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

“Nelson” – 111 runs partnerships in a test innings

09/01/2022 hrg

CA Pujara and AM Rahane of India stitched a partnership of 111 runs for the third wicket in the recently concluded test at Johannesburg against South Africa to provide the 67^th occasion of batsmen posting a “Nelson” partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MacLaren,E Wainwright	1	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1898
2	JW Hearne, FE Woolley	5	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	Jul 1912
3	HL Collins, CG Macartney	2	3	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1920
4	WVS Ling, HW Taylor	4	3	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1922
5	EH Bowley, Duleepsinhji	2	1	Eng	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1930
6	DG Bradman, KE Rigg	3	2	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Dec 1931
7	AF Kippax, SJ McCabe	4	3	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 1931
8	AH Bakewell, CF Walters	1	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1934
9	M Leyland, RWV Robins	7	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1937
10	DCS Compton, L Hutton	3	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1948
11	WR Endean, JHB Waite	2	3	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1952
12	Cheetham,PNF Mansell	7	2	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1953
13	PBH May, G Pullar	3	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1961
14	G Boycott, ER Dexter	2	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1964
15	RM Cowper,WM Lawry	1	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	Jan 1968
16	IM Chappell,RM Cowper	2	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1968
17	FM Engineer,AV Mankad	1	1	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
18	GS Chappell, KD Walters	4	1	Aus	Win	Trinidad	Apr 1973
19	RB McCosker, IR Redpath	1	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Feb 1975
20	JH Edrich, B Wood	1	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 1975
21	CG Greenidge, CL King	5	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1976
22	G Boycott, GA Gooch	1	1	Eng	NZl	Nottingham	Aug 1978
23	Brearley, DW Randall	2	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1979
24	Imran Khan, Majid Khan	8	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Mar 1980
25	GS Chappell, KJ Hughes	3	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1980
26	AR Border, AMJ Hilditch	4	4	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec 1984
27	J Miandad, Ramiz Raja	3	2	Pak	Win	Karachi	Nov 1986
28	N Kapil Dev, Vengsarkar	6	1	Ind	Srl	Cuttack	Jan 1987
29	SM Gavaskar, Vengsarkar	3	2	Ind	Pak	Ahmedabad	Mar 1987
30	Ijaz Ahmed, S Yousuf	6	1	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Sep 1988
31	DL Haynes, CL Hooper	3	3	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1989
32	DC Boon, MA Taylor	2	4	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 1991
33	RJ Shastri, Vengsarkar	3	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1992
34	J Miandad, S Mohd	3	2	Pak	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1992
35	GA Hick, AJ Stewart	2	2	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1993
36	Greatbatch, JG Wright	1	1	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar 1993
37	Ranatunga,H Tillakaratne	5	2	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 1993
38	RA Smith, GP Thorpe	4	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1995
39	AM Bacher, AC Hudson	2	3	SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec 1996
40	Atapattu, M Jayawardene	4	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	Feb 2001
41	SP Fleming, CD McMillan	5	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	Mar 2001
42	TCB Fernando,C Vaas	8	2	Srl	Zim	Kandy	Jan 2002
43	ML Hayden, ME Waugh	3	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2002
44	Inzamam, S Mushtaq	7	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	May 2002
45	CH Gayle, WW Hinds	1	1	Win	Ind	Kingston	May 2002
46	DD Ebrahim, GW Flower	3	4	Zim	Pak	Harare	Nov 2002
47	H Bashar, Rajin Saleh	4	3	Ban	Pak	Karachi	Aug 2003
48	JL Langer, RT Ponting	2	1	Aus	SAF	Perth	Dec 2005
49	TM Dilshan,Maharoof	6	1	Srl	Pak	Col-SSC	Mar 2006
50	Chanderpaul,MN Samuels	4	1	Win	SAF	P Elizabeth	Dec 2007
51	M Rahim, S Al Hasan	7	4	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	Dec 2008
52	AN Petersen, GC Smith	1	2	SAF	Ind	Centurion	Dec 2010
53	Chandimal, Samaraweera	6	1	Srl	SAF	Durban	Dec 2011
54	R Ashwin, CA Pujara	7	1	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Nov 2012
55	KP Pietersen, JE Root	3	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2013
56	B Kumar, Mohd Shami	10	1	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2014
57	JE Root, BA Stokes	5	2	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2016
58	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	3	3	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	Dec 2016
59	Mahmudullah, S Al Hasan	6	1	Ban	Win	Dhaka	Nov 2018
60	Labuschagne, DA Warner	3	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2019
61	CR Ervine, PS Masvaure	2	1	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	Feb 2020
62	Liton Das, M Rahim	6	2	Ban	Zim	Dhaka	Feb 2020
63	TA Blundell, TWM Latham	1	3	NZl	Pak	Mt M’ganui	Dec 2020
64	JM Bairstow, JE Root	3	2	Eng	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021
65	N Dickwella, RTM Mendis	7	1	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	Apr 2021
66	DM de Silva, Karunaratne	4	1	Srl	Win	Galle	Nov 2021
67	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	3	3	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a Nelson partnership in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a Nelson partnership in a test innings against South Africa.

No	Partners	Wkt	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	FM Engineer, AV Mankad	1	1	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
2	N Kapil Dev, Vengsarkar	6	1	Ind	Srl	Cuttack	Jan 1987
3	SM Gavaskar, Vengsarkar	3	2	Ind	Pak	Ahmedabad	Mar 1987
4	RJ Shastri, Vengsarkar	3	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1992
5	R Ashwin, CA Pujara	7	1	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Nov 2012
6	B Kumar, Mohd Shami	10	1	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2014
7	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	3	3	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2022

It also provides the ninth occasion of batsmen posting a Nelson partnership in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JW Hearne, FE Woolley	5	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	Jul 1912
2	DG Bradman, KE Rigg	3	2	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Dec 1931
3	AF Kippax, SJ McCabe	4	3	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 1931
4	ML Hayden, ME Waugh	3	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2002
5	JL Langer, RT Ponting	2	1	Aus	SAF	Perth	Dec 2005
6	Chanderpaul,MN Samuels	4	1	Win	SAF	P Elizabeth	Dec 2007
7	Chandimal, Samaraweera	6	1	Srl	SAF	Durban	Dec 2011
8	JE Root, BA Stokes	5	2	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2016
9	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	3	3	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2022

It also provides the 16th occasion of batsmen posting a Nelson partnership in a test innings for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DG Bradman, KE Rigg	3	2	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Dec 1931
2	DCS Compton, L Hutton	3	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1948
3	PBH May, G Pullar	3	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1961
4	GS Chappell, KJ Hughes	3	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1980
5	J Miandad, Ramiz Raja	3	2	Pak	Win	Karachi	Nov 1986
6	SM Gavaskar, Vengsarkar	3	2	Ind	Pak	Ahmedabad	Mar 1987
7	DL Haynes, CL Hooper	3	3	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1989
8	RJ Shastri, Vengsarkar	3	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1992
9	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	2	Pak	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1992
10	ML Hayden, ME Waugh	3	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2002
11	DD Ebrahim, GW Flower	3	4	Zim	Pak	Harare	Nov 2002
12	KP Pietersen, JE Root	3	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2013
13	UT Khawaja, SPD Smith	3	3	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	Dec 2016
14	Labuschagne, Warner	3	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2019
15	JM Bairstow, JE Root	3	2	Eng	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021
16	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	3	3	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of batsmen posting a Nelson partnership in a test innings at Johannesburg. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the third occasion of visiting batsmen posting a Nelson partnership in a test innings at Johannesburg.

No	Partners	Wkt	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WVS Ling, HW Taylor	4	3	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1922
2	ML Hayden, ME Waugh	3	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2002
3	JE Root, BA Stokes	5	2	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2016
4	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	3	3	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2022

England batsmen scoring “twin half centuries” in a test against Australia

09/01/2022 hrg

BA Stokes of England scored 66 and 60 in the just concluded test at Sydney against Australia to provide the 150^th occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the 54^th occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Ulyett	52	63	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877
2	J Selby	55	70	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
3	JT Tyldesley	97	62	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904
4	JT Tyldesley	56	61	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905
5	AC MacLaren	56	79	v Australia	Lord’s	15 Jun 1905
6	J Hardstaff snr	61	72	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Jan 1908
7	W Rhodes	66	54	v Australia	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
8	W Rhodes	59	57*	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
9	G Gunn	52	61	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1912
10	JWHT Douglas	50	60	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
11	FE Woolley	95	93	v Australia	Lord’s	11 Jun 1921
12	JB Hobbs	78	74	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930
13	RES Wyatt	51	61*	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1933
14	H Sutcliffe	63	69*	v Australia	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
15	CF Walters	52	50*	v Australia	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
16	NWD Yardley	61	53*	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
17	L Hutton	94	76	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
18	L Hutton	81	57	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
19	L Hutton	79	60*	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
20	PE Richardson	81	73	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956
21	PBH May	63	53	v Australia	Lord’s	21 Jun 1956
22	KF Barrington	53	83	v Australia	The Oval	17 Aug 1961
23	ER Dexter	70	99	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
24	ER Dexter	93	52	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
25	JH Edrich	88	64	v Australia	Birmingham	11 Jul 1968
26	JH Edrich	62	65	v Australia	Leeds	25 Jul 1968
27	G Boycott	70	50	v Australia	Perth	11 Dec 1970
28	AW Greig	57	62	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
29	APE Knott	92	63	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
30	DS Steele	73	92	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975
31	DW Randall	75	74*	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978
32	GA Gooch	99	51	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
33	CJ Tavare	69	78	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
34	MW Gatting	53	56	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
35	W Larkins	64	54	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990
36	GA Gooch	59	54	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1991
37	MA Atherton	80	99	v Australia	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
38	RA Smith	86	50	v Australia	Nottingham	01 Jul 1993
39	MA Atherton	55	63	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
40	GA Gooch	56	79	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1993
41	MA Atherton	88	67	v Australia	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
42	GP Thorpe	53	82*	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Aug 1997
43	MR Ramprakash	61	57	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
44	N Hussain	75	72	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003
45	KP Pietersen	57	64*	v Australia	Lord’s	21 Jul 2005
46	A Flintoff	68	73	v Australia	Birmingham	04 Aug 2005
47	IR Bell	59	65	v Australia	Manchester	11 Aug 2005
48	KP Pietersen	70	60*	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2006
49	PD Collingwood	64	74	v Australia	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009
50	AJ Strauss	55	75	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
51	KP Pietersen	50	62	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 2013
52	IR Bell	53	65*	v Australia	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015
53	JE Root	83	58*	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
54	BA Stokes	66	60	v Australia	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

It also provides the 24^th occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Ulyett	52	63	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877
2	J Selby	55	70	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
3	JT Tyldesley	97	62	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904
4	J Hardstaff snr	61	72	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Jan 1908
5	W Rhodes	59	57*	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
6	G Gunn	52	61	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1912
7	JWHT Douglas	50	60	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
8	RES Wyatt	51	61*	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1933
9	NWD Yardley	61	53*	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
10	L Hutton	94	76	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
11	L Hutton	79	60*	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
12	ER Dexter	70	99	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
13	ER Dexter	93	52	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
14	G Boycott	70	50	v Australia	Perth	11 Dec 1970
15	DW Randall	75	74*	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978
16	GA Gooch	99	51	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
17	W Larkins	64	54	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990
18	GA Gooch	59	54	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1991
19	MA Atherton	88	67	v Australia	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
20	MR Ramprakash	61	57	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
21	N Hussain	75	72	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003
22	KP Pietersen	70	60*	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2006
23	JE Root	83	58*	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
24	BA Stokes	66	60	v Australia	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against Australia at Sydney. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gunn	52	61	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1912
2	RES Wyatt	51	61*	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1933
3	GA Gooch	59	54	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1991
4	MA Atherton	88	67	v Australia	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
5	N Hussain	75	72	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003
6	JE Root	83	58*	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
7	BA Stokes	66	60	v Australia	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

GA Gooch {03}, KP Pietersen {03}, L Hutton {03}, MA Atherton {03}, ER Dexter {02}, IR Bell {02}, JH Edrich {02}, JT Tyldesley {02} and W Rhodes {02} are the England batsmen who have scored twin half centuries on two or more occasions against Australia.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Gooch	99	51	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
2	GA Gooch	59	54	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1991
3	GA Gooch	56	79	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1993

1	KP Pietersen	57	64*	v Australia	Lord’s	21 Jul 2005
2	KP Pietersen	70	60*	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2006
3	KP Pietersen	50	62	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 2013

1	L Hutton	94	76	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
2	L Hutton	81	57	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
3	L Hutton	79	60*	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951

1	MA Atherton	80	99	v Australia	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
2	MA Atherton	55	63	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
3	MA Atherton	88	67	v Australia	Sydney	01 Jan 1995

1	ER Dexter	70	99	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
2	ER Dexter	93	52	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962

1	IR Bell	59	65	v Australia	Manchester	11 Aug 2005
2	IR Bell	53	65*	v Australia	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015

1	JH Edrich	88	64	v Australia	Birmingham	11 Jul 1968
2	JH Edrich	62	65	v Australia	Leeds	25 Jul 1968

1	JT Tyldesley	97	62	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904
2	JT Tyldesley	56	61	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905

1	W Rhodes	66	54	v Australia	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
2	W Rhodes	59	57*	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912

Lord’s {05}, Manchester {05}, Nottingham {05}, The Oval {05} are the home grounds, which have witnessed five occasions of England batsmen scoring twin half centuries against Australia. Melbourne {09} and Sydney {07} are the away grounds which have witnessed seven or more occasions of England batsmen scoring twin half centuries against Australia. Melbourne owns the record for witnessing nine such occasions against Australia.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	56	79	v Australia	Lord’s	15 Jun 1905
2	FE Woolley	95	93	v Australia	Lord’s	11 Jun 1921
3	PBH May	63	53	v Australia	Lord’s	21 Jun 1956
4	MA Atherton	80	99	v Australia	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
5	KP Pietersen	57	64*	v Australia	Lord’s	21 Jul 2005

1	H Sutcliffe	63	69*	v Australia	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
2	CF Walters	52	50*	v Australia	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
3	AW Greig	57	62	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
4	CJ Tavare	69	78	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
5	IR Bell	59	65	v Australia	Manchester	11 Aug 2005

1	JT Tyldesley	56	61	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905
2	JB Hobbs	78	74	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930
3	PE Richardson	81	73	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956
4	RA Smith	86	50	v Australia	Nottingham	01 Jul 1993
5	GP Thorpe	53	82*	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Aug 1997

1	APE Knott	92	63	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
2	MW Gatting	53	56	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
3	GA Gooch	56	79	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1993
4	AJ Strauss	55	75	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
5	KP Pietersen	50	62	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 2013

1	G Ulyett	52	63	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877
2	J Selby	55	70	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
3	JT Tyldesley	97	62	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904
4	JWHT Douglas	50	60	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
5	NWD Yardley	61	53*	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
6	L Hutton	79	60*	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
7	ER Dexter	93	52	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
8	GA Gooch	99	51	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
9	W Larkins	64	54	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990

1	G Gunn	52	61	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1912
2	RES Wyatt	51	61*	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1933
3	GA Gooch	59	54	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1991
4	MA Atherton	88	67	v Australia	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
5	N Hussain	75	72	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2003
6	JE Root	83	58*	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
7	BA Stokes	66	60	v Australia	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

The following are the nine occasions of England batsmen scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against Australia. ER Dexter is the only England batsman to perform such a feat on two occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JT Tyldesley	97	62	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904
2	FE Woolley	95	93	v Australia	Lord’s	11 Jun 1921
3	L Hutton	94	76	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
4	ER Dexter	70	99	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
5	ER Dexter	93	52	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
6	APE Knott	92	63	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
7	DS Steele	73	92	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975
8	GA Gooch	99	51	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
9	MA Atherton	80	99	v Australia	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993

ER Dexter, GA Gooch and MA Atherton are the three England batsmen to score ninety-nine and a half century in a test against Australia.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ER Dexter	70	99	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
2	GA Gooch	99	51	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
3	MA Atherton	80	99	v Australia	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993

Australian batsmen scoring “twin centuries” in a test : UT Khawaja joins the list

09/01/2022 hrg

UT Khawaja of Australia scored 137 and 101 not out in the ongoing Sydney test against England to provide the 87^th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 24^th occasion of an Australian batsman performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	W Bardsley	136	130	Eng	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
2	AR Morris	122	124*	Eng	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
3	DG Bradman	132	127*	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
4	J Moroney	118	101*	SAF	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
5	RB Simpson	153	115	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
6	KD Walters	242	103	Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
7	GS Chappell	247*	133	NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
8	IM Chappell	145	121	NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
9	GS Chappell	123	109*	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
10	AR Border	150*	153	Pak	Lahore	18 Mar 1980
11	AR Border	140	114*	NZl	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986
12	DM Jones	116	121*	Pak	Adelaide	19 Jan 1990
13	SR Waugh	108	116	Eng	Manchester	03 Jul 1997
14	ML Hayden	197	103	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
15	ML Hayden	117	132	Srl	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
16	RT Ponting	149	104*	Win	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
17	RT Ponting	120	143*	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
18	RT Ponting	103	116	SAF	Durban	24 Mar 2006
19	PJ Hughes	115	160	SAF	Durban	06 Mar 2009
20	DA Warner	135	145	SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
21	DA Warner	145	102	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
22	DA Warner	163	116	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
23	SPD Smith	144	142	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
24	UT Khawaja	137	101*	Eng	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

It also provides the twelfth occasion of an Australian batsman performing such a feat on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Morris	122	124*	Eng	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
2	DG Bradman	132	127*	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
3	KD Walters	242	103	Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
4	GS Chappell	123	109*	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
5	DM Jones	116	121*	Pak	Adelaide	19 Jan 1990
6	ML Hayden	197	103	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
7	ML Hayden	117	132	Srl	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
8	RT Ponting	149	104*	Win	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
9	RT Ponting	120	143*	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
10	DA Warner	145	102	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
11	DA Warner	163	116	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
12	UT Khawaja	137	101*	Eng	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

It also provides the third occasion of an Australian batsman performing such a feat at Sydney. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian batsman scoring twin hundreds against England at Sydney.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KD Walters	242	103	Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
2	RT Ponting	120	143*	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
3	UT Khawaja	137	101*	Eng	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian batsman performing such a feat against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	W Bardsley	136	130	Eng	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
2	AR Morris	122	124*	Eng	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
3	SR Waugh	108	116	Eng	Manchester	03 Jul 1997
4	ML Hayden	197	103	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
5	SPD Smith	144	142	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
6	UT Khawaja	137	101*	Eng	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

It also provides the third occasion of an Australian batsman scoring twin hundreds against England on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Morris	122	124*	Eng	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
2	ML Hayden	197	103	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
3	UT Khawaja	137	101*	Eng	Sydney	05 Jan 2022

South Africa’s test wins at Johannesburg

09/01/2022 hrg

South Africa won the second test against India at Johannesburg by seven wickets to post its first ever win against India and its 28^th win against various oppositions at Johannesburg. It also provides its 170^th win against all oppositions and 111^th win against various oppositions on home soil.

Its victories at Johannesburg are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SAF	won	001 wkt	Eng	Johannesburg	02 Jan 1906
2	SAF	won	009 wkts	Eng	Johannesburg	06 Mar 1906
3	SAF	won	243 runs	Eng	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906
4	SAF	won	019 runs	Eng	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1910
5	SAF	won	168 runs	Eng	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922
6	SAF	won	004 wkts	Eng	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928
7	SAF	won	028 runs	Eng	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930
8	SAF	won	132 runs	NZl	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953
9	SAF	won	009 wkts	NZl	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954
10	SAF	won	017 runs	Eng	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957
11	SAF	won	I + 51 runs	NZl	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
12	SAF	won	233 runs	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966
13	SAF	won	307 runs	Aus	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970
14	SAF	won	197 runs	Aus	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994
15	SAF	won	324 runs	Pak	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
16	SAF	won	004 wkts	Win	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998
17	SAF	won	I + 21 runs	Eng	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999
18	SAF	won	I + 64 runs	Srl	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2002
19	SAF	won	189 runs	Win	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003
20	SAF	won	004 wkts	NZl	Johannesburg	05 May 2006
21	SAF	won	358 runs	NZl	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007
22	SAF	won	I + 74 runs	Eng	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010
23	SAF	won	211 runs	Pak	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
24	SAF	won	I + 118 runs	Srl	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017
25	SAF	won	492 runs	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018
26	SAF	won	107 runs	Pak	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019
27	SAF	won	010 wkts	Srl	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021
28	SAF	won	007 wkts	Ind	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022

Indian batsmen scoring a zero and a half century in a test match

08/01/2022 hrg

AM Rahane of India scored zero and 58 in the just concluded test at Johannesburg against South Africa to provide the 80^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a zero and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amarnath	0	50	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	VM Merchant	78	0	Eng	Manchester	20 Jul 1946
3	DG Phadkar	56*	0	Aus	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
4	VS Hazare	63	0	Win	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953
5	P Roy	0	78	Pak	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955
6	VL Manjrekar	0	58*	Win	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958
7	CG Borde	0	56	Win	Chennai	21 Jan 1959
8	P Roy	0	99	Aus	Delhi	12 Dec 1959
9	RB Kenny	0	51	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
10	SA Durani	71	0	Eng	Mum-BS	11 Nov 1961
11	RF Surti	57	0	Win	Trinidad	16 Feb 1962
12	CG Borde	93	0	Win	Kingston	07 Mar 1962
13	RG Nadkarni	61	0	Win	Kingston	13 Apr 1962
14	Hanumant Singh	0	94	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
15	ML Jaisimha	66	0	Aus	Mum-BS	10 Oct 1964
16	Hanumant Singh	0	75*	NZl	Mum-BS	12 Mar 1965
17	AL Wadekar	0	67	Win	Chennai	13 Jan 1967
18	AL Wadekar	0	91	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
19	S Abid Ali	63	0	NZl	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969
20	MAK Pataudi	95	0	Aus	Mum-BS	04 Nov 1969
21	AL Wadekar	0	62	Aus	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
22	S Abid Ali	58	0	Eng	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
23	FM Engineer	86	0	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
24	M Amarnath	0	86	Aus	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
25	DB Vengsarkar	0	52	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
26	CPS Chauhan	0	85	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
27	DB Vengsarkar	0	52*	NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
28	RJ Shastri	66	0	Eng	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
29	DB Vengsarkar	0	79	Pak	Karachi	23 Dec 1982
30	BS Sandhu	68	0	Win	Kingston	23 Feb 1983
31	N Kapil Dev	98	0*	Win	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
32	DB Vengsarkar	94	0	Win	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
33	RJ Shastri	52	0	Pak	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983
34	S Madan Lal	63*	0	Win	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983
35	N Kapil Dev	69	0	Win	Kolkata	10 Dec 1983
36	RJ Shastri	0	71	Pak	Lahore	17 Oct 1984
37	SM Gavaskar	51	0	Srl	Col-SSC	30 Aug 1985
38	K Srikkanth	94	0	NZl	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
39	NS Sidhu	0	85	Pak	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
40	WV Raman	0	96	NZl	Ch’church	02 Feb 1990
41	NR Mongia	80	0	Win	Mumbai	18 Nov 1994
42	J Srinath	0*	60	Win	Mumbai	18 Nov 1994
43	DJ Gandhi	0	75	NZl	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
44	S Ramesh	0	73	NZl	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
45	SR Tendulkar	61	0	Aus	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999
46	SB Bangar	77	0	Win	Kolkata	30 Oct 2002
47	PA Patel	0	62*	Pak	Lahore	05 Apr 2004
48	R Dravid	0	60	Aus	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
49	IK Pathan	0	93	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
50	Yuvraj Singh	0	77*	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
51	Yuvraj Singh	0	75	Srl	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
52	SR Tendulkar	63	0	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2006
53	MS Dhoni	0	76*	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
54	SC Ganguly	0	87	SAF	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
55	SC Ganguly	85	0	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
56	Yuvraj Singh	0	54*	NZl	Napier	26 Mar 2009
57	Harbhajan Singh	60	0	NZl	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
58	VVS Laxman	0	51*	Srl	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
59	G Gambhir	68	0*	Ban	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
06	V Sehwag	56	0*	Ban	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
61	SK Raina	86	0	Aus	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
62	V Sehwag	0	63	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
63	A Mukund	62	0	Win	Roseau	06 Jul 2011
64	SK Raina	0	78	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
65	Yuvraj Singh	62	8	Eng	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011
66	G Gambhir	0	83	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
67	SK Raina	55	0	NZl	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
68	MS Dhoni	52	0	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
69	MS Dhoni	82	0	Eng	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
70	AM Rahane	62	0	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
71	M Vijay	0	80	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
72	M Vijay	0	82	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
73	KL Rahul	0	79	Srl	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
74	GH Vihari	56	0	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
75	V Kohli	82	0	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
76	V Kohli	76	0	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
77	V Kohli	0	62	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
78	Mohammed Shami	0	56*	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
79	RA Jadeja	50	0	NZl	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021
80	AM Rahane	0	58	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a zero and a half century in a test against South Africa

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SC Ganguly	0	87	SAF	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
2	V Sehwag	0	63	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
3	AM Rahane	0	58	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

DB Vengsarkar {04}, Yuvraj Singh {04}, AL Wadekar {03}. MS Dhoni{03}, RJ Shastri {03}, SK Raina {03} and V Kohli {03} are the seven Indian batsmen who have scored a zero and a half century on three or more occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DB Vengsarkar	0	52	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
2	DB Vengsarkar	0	52*	NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
3	DB Vengsarkar	0	79	Pak	Karachi	23 Dec 1982
4	DB Vengsarkar	94	0	Win	St John’s	28 Apr 1983

1	Yuvraj Singh	0	77*	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
2	Yuvraj Singh	0	75	Srl	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
3	Yuvraj Singh	0	54*	NZl	Napier	26 Mar 2009
4	Yuvraj Singh	62	8	Eng	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011

1	AL Wadekar	0	67	Win	Chennai	13 Jan 1967
2	AL Wadekar	0	91	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
3	AL Wadekar	0	62	Aus	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969

1	MS Dhoni	0	76*	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
2	MS Dhoni	52	0	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
3	MS Dhoni	82	0	Eng	The Oval	15 Aug 2014

1	RJ Shastri	66	0	Eng	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
2	RJ Shastri	52	0	Pak	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983
3	RJ Shastri	0	71	Pak	Lahore	17 Oct 1984

1	SK Raina	86	0	Aus	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
2	SK Raina	0	78	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
3	SK Raina	55	0	NZl	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012

1	V Kohli	82	0	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
2	V Kohli	76	0	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
3	V Kohli	0	62	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

The following table lists the ten Indian batsmen who have scored a zero and a ninety in a test match.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	P Roy	0	99	Aus	Delhi	12 Dec 1959
2	CG Borde	93	0	Win	Kingston	07 Mar 1962
3	Hanumant Singh	0	94	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
4	AL Wadekar	0	91	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
5	MAK Pataudi	95	0	Aus	Mum-BS	04 Nov 1969
6	N Kapil Dev	98	0*	Win	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
7	DB Vengsarkar	94	0	Win	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
8	K Srikkanth	94	0	NZl	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
9	WV Raman	0	96	NZl	Ch’church	02 Feb 1990
10	IK Pathan	0	93	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005