Centurions on Test debut.

Centurions on Test debut.

Abid Ali of Pakistan scored 109 not out against Sri Lanka in the first test of the just concluded two test series at Rawalpindi to provide the 108th occasion of a batsman scoring a century on debut. He became the 106th batsman in the history of test cricket to score a century on test debut. All the 108 occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 C Bannerman 165* Australia v England Melbourne 15 Mar 1877
2 WG Grace 152 England v Australia The Oval 06 Sep 1880
3 H Graham 107 Australia v England Lord’s 17 Jul 1893
4 KS Ranjitsinhji 154* England v Australia Manchester 16 Jul 1896
5 PF Warner 132* England v South Africa Johannesburg 14 Feb 1899
6 RA Duff 104 Australia v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1902
7 RE Foster 287 England v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903
8 G Gunn 119 England v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1907
9 MJ Hartigan 116 Australia v England Adelaide 10 Jan 1908
10 HL Collins 104 Australia v England Sydney 17 Dec 1920
11 WH Ponsford 110 Australia v England Sydney 19 Dec 1924
12 A Jackson 164 Australia v England Adelaide 01 Feb 1929
13 GA Headley 176 West Indies v England Bridgetown 11 Jan 1930
14 JE Mills 117 New Zealand v England Wellington 24 Jan 1930
15 Nawab of Pataudi 102 England v Australia Sydney 02 Dec 1932
16 BH Valentine 136 England v India Mumbai 15 Dec 1933
17 L Amarnath 118 India v England Mumbai 15 Dec 1933
18 PA Gibb 106 England v South Africa Johannesburg 24 Dec 1938
19 SC Griffith 140 England v West Indies Port of Spain 11 Feb 1948
20 AG Ganteaume 112 West Indies v England Port of Spain 11 Feb 1948
21 JW Burke 101* Australia v England Adelaide 02 Feb 1951
22 PBH May 138 England v South Africa Leeds 26 Jul 1951
23 RH Shodhan 110 India v Pakistan Kolkata 12 Dec 1952
24 BH Pairaudeau 115 West Indies v India Port of Spain 21 Jan 1953
25 OG Smith 104 West Indies v Australia Kingston 26 Mar 1955
26 AG Kripal Singh 100* India v New Zealand Hyd-LBS 19 Nov 1955
27 CC Hunte 142 West Indies v Pakistan Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958
28 CA Milton 104* England v New Zealand Leeds 03 Jul 1958
29 AA Baig 112 India v England Manchester 23 Jul 1959
30 Hanumant Singh 105 India v England Delhi 08 Feb 1964
31 Khalid Ibadulla 166 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 24 Oct 1964
32 BR Taylor 105 New Zealand v India Kolkata 05 Mar 1965
33 KD Walters 155 Australia v England Brisbane 10 Dec 1965
34 JH Hampshire 107 England v West Indies Lord’s 26 Jun 1969
35 GR Viswanath 137 India v Australia Kanpur 15 Nov 1969
36 GS Chappell 108 Australia v England Perth 11 Dec 1970
37 LG Rowe 214 West Indies v New Zealand Kingston 16 Feb 1972
38 LG Rowe 100* West Indies v New Zealand Kingston 16 Feb 1972
39 AI Kallicharran 100* West Indies v New Zealand Georgetown 06 Apr 1972
40 RE Redmond 107 New Zealand v Pakistan Auckland 16 Feb 1973
41 FC Hayes 106* England v West Indies The Oval 26 Jul 1973
42 CG Greenidge 107 West Indies v India Bengaluru 22 Nov 1974
43 L Baichan 105* West Indies v Pakistan Lahore 15 Feb 1975
44 GJ Cosier 109 Australia v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 1975
45 S Amarnath 124 India v New Zealand Auckland 24 Jan 1976
46 Javed Miandad 163 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 09 Oct 1976
47 AB Williams 100 West Indies v Australia Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
48 DM Wellham 103 Australia v England The Oval 27 Aug 1981
49 Saleem Malik 100* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 05 Mar 1982
50 KC Wessels 162 Australia v England Brisbane 26 Nov 1982
51 WB Phillips 159 Australia v Pakistan Perth 11 Nov 1983
52 M Azharuddin 110 India v England Kolkata 31 Dec 1984
53 DSBP Kuruppu 201* Sri Lanka v New Zealand Col-CCC 16 Apr 1987
54 MJ Greatbatch 107* New Zealand v England Auckland 25 Feb 1988
55 ME Waugh 138 Australia v England Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
56 AC Hudson 163 South Africa v West Indies Bridgetown 18 Apr 1992
57 RS Kaluwitharana 132* Sri Lanka v Australia Col-SSC 17 Aug 1992
58 DL Houghton 121 Zimbabwe v India Harare 18 Oct 1992
59 PK Amre 103 India v South Africa Durban 13 Nov 1992
60 GP Thorpe 114* England v Australia Nottingham 01 Jul 1993
61 GS Blewett 102* Australia v England Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
62 SC Ganguly 131 India v England Lord’s 20 Jun 1996
63 Mohammad Wasim 109* Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 21 Nov 1996
64 Ali Naqvi 115 Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 06 Oct 1997
65 Azhar Mahmood 128* Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 06 Oct 1997
66 MS Sinclair 214 New Zealand v West Indies Wellington 26 Dec 1999
67 Younis Khan 107 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000
68 Aminul Islam 145 Bangladesh v India Dhaka 10 Nov 2000
69 H Masakadza 119 Zimbabwe v West Indies Harare 27 Jul 2001
70 TT Samaraweera 103* Sri Lanka v India Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001
71 Taufeeq Umar 104 Pakistan v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001
72 Mohammad Ashraful 114 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 06 Sep 2001
73 V Sehwag 105 India v South Africa Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001
74 L Vincent 104 New Zealand v Australia Perth 30 Nov 2001
75 SB Styris 107 New Zealand v West Indies St George’s 28 Jun 2002
76 JA Rudolph 222* South Africa v Bangladesh Chattogram 24 Apr 2003
77 Yasir Hameed 170 Pakistan v Bangladesh Karachi 20 Aug 2003
78 Yasir Hameed 105 Pakistan v Bangladesh Karachi 20 Aug 2003
79 DR Smith 105* West Indies v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
80 AJ Strauss 112 England v New Zealand Lord’s 20 May 2004
81 MJ Clarke 151 Australia v India Bengaluru 06 Oct 2004
82 AN Cook 104* England v India Nagpur 01 Mar 2006
83 MJ Prior 126* England v West Indies Lord’s 17 May 2007
84 MJ North 117 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 26 Feb 2009
85 Fawad Alam 168 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 12 Jul 2009
86 IJL Trott 119 England v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 2009
87 Umar Akmal 129 Pakistan v New Zealand Dunedin 24 Nov 2009
88 AB Barath 104 West Indies v Australia Brisbane 26 Nov 2009
89 AN Petersen 100 South Africa v India Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
90 SK Raina 120 India v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
91 KS Williamson 131 New Zealand v India Ahmedabad 04 Nov 2010
92 KA Edwards 110 West Indies v India Roseau 06 Jul 2011
93 SE Marsh 141 Australia v Sri Lanka Pallekele 08 Sep 2011
94 Abul Hasan 113 Bangladesh v West Indies Khulna 21 Nov 2012
95 F du Plessis 110* South Africa v Australia Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
96 HD Rutherford 171 New Zealand v England Dunedin 06 Mar 2013
97 S Dhawan 187 India v Australia Mohali 14 Mar 2013
98 RG Sharma 177 India v West Indies Kolkata 06 Nov 2013
99 JDS Neesham 137* New Zealand v India Wellington 14 Feb 2014
100 S van Zyl 101* South Africa v West Indies Centurion 17 Dec 2014
101 AC Voges 130* Australia v West Indies Roseau 03 Jun 2015
102 SC Cook 115 South Africa v England Centurion 22 Jan 2016
103 KK Jennings 112 England v India Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
104 TA Blundell 107* New Zealand v West Indies Wellington 01 Dec 2017
105 KJ O’Brien 118 Ireland v Pakistan Dublin (M) 11 May 2018
106 PP Shaw 134 India v West Indies Rajkot 04 Oct 2018
107 BT Foakes 107 England v Sri Lanka Galle 06 Nov 2018
108 Abid Ali 109* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 11 Dec 2019

It also provides the 13th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a century on debut. He became the 12th Pakistan batsman in the history of test cricket to score a century on test debut. All the thirteen occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Khalid Ibadulla 166 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 24 Oct 1964
2 Javed Miandad 163 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 09 Oct 1976
3 Saleem Malik 100* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 05 Mar 1982
4 Mohammad Wasim 109* Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 21 Nov 1996
5 Ali Naqvi 115 Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 06 Oct 1997
6 Azhar Mahmood 128* Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 06 Oct 1997
7 Younis Khan 107 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000
8 Taufeeq Umar 104 Pakistan v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001
9 Yasir Hameed 170 Pakistan v Bangladesh Karachi 20 Aug 2003
10 Yasir Hameed 105 Pakistan v Bangladesh Karachi 20 Aug 2003
11 Fawad Alam 168 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 12 Jul 2009
12 Umar Akmal 129 Pakistan v New Zealand Dunedin 24 Nov 2009
13 Abid Ali 109* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 11 Dec 2019

It also provides the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring a century on debut against Sri Lanka. All the eight occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Saleem Malik 100* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 05 Mar 1982
2 Younis Khan 107 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000
3 Mohammad Ashraful 114 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 06 Sep 2001
4 Fawad Alam 168 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 12 Jul 2009
5 SK Raina 120 India v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
6 SE Marsh 141 Australia v Sri Lanka Pallekele 08 Sep 2011
7 BT Foakes 107 England v Sri Lanka Galle 06 Nov 2018
8 Abid Ali 109* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 11 Dec 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of Pakistan batsman scoring a century on debut against Sri Lanka. All the eight occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Saleem Malik 100* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 05 Mar 1982
2 Younis Khan 107 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000
3 Fawad Alam 168 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 12 Jul 2009
4 Abid Ali 109* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 11 Dec 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of Pakistan batsman scoring a century on debut against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi. Both the occasions are tabulated below. Abid Ali’s 109 not out represent the highest individual score by a batsman on debut against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi and also on Pakistan soil

No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Saleem Malik 100* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 05 Mar 1982
2 Younis Khan 107 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000
3 Abid Ali 109* Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 11 Dec 2019
Most centuries since test debut

Most centuries since test debut

Abid Ali of Pakistan scored 109 not out against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi on  his test debut and followed it up with another century {174} at Karachi – the second test of the series.  He became the first Pakistan batsman and ninth overall to score two or more consecutive centuries since test debut. The following table furnishes the feat of all the nine batsmen

No Player Mat 1st 2nd Team Oppo Ground Match Date
1 M Azharuddin 3 110 DNB Ind Eng Kolkata 31 Dec 1984
      48 105 Ind Eng Chennai 13 Jan 1985
      122 54* Ind Eng Kanpur 31 Jan 1985
                 
2 WH Ponsford 2 110 27 Aus Eng Sydney 19 Dec 1924
      128 4 Aus Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
                 
3 KD Walters 2 155 – Aus Eng Brisbane 10 Dec 1965
      22 115 Aus Eng Melbourne 30 Dec 1965
                 
4 AI Kallicharran 2 100* DNB Win NZl Georgetown 06 Apr 1972
      101 18 Win NZl Port of Spain 20 Apr 1972
                 
5 GS Blewett 2 102* 12 Aus Eng Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
      20 115 Aus Eng Perth 03 Feb 1995
                 
6 SC Ganguly 2 131 – Ind Eng Lord’s 20 Jun 1996
      136 48 Ind Eng Nottingham 04 Jul 1996
                 
7 RG Sharma 2 177 – Ind Win Kolkata 06 No2013
      111* – Ind Win Mumbai 14 No2013
                 
8 JDS Neesham 2 33 137* NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
      107 20 NZl Win Kingston 08 Jun 2014
                 
9 Abid Ali 2 109* – Pak Srl Rawalpindi 11 Dec 2019
      38 174 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
Both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings.

Both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings.

Shan Masood {135} and Abid Ali {174} scored centuries in the third innings of the just concluded test between  Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Karachi to provide the 76th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No  Batsman-1 Score Batsman-2 Score Team Opp Inns Ground Match Date
1 Jackson FS 118           Hayward TW 137           Eng Aus 1 The Oval 14.08.1899
2 Hobbs JB 178           Rhodes W 179           Eng Aus 1 Melbourne 09.02.1912
3 Hobbs JB 211            Sutcliffe H 122           Eng SAF 1 Lord’s 28.06.1924
4 Hobbs JB 154           Sutcliffe H 176           Eng Aus 1 Melbourne 01.01.1925
5 Hobbs JB 100           Sutcliffe H 161           Eng Aus 2 The Oval 14.08.1926
6 Dempster CS 136            Mills JE 117           NZl Eng 1 Wellington 24.01.1930
7 Mitchell B 123           Siedle IJ 141           SAF Eng 1 CapeTown 01.01.1931
8 Christy JAJ 103           Mitchell B 113           SAF NZl 1 Christchurch 27.02.1932
9 Brown WA 121            Fingleton JH 112           Aus SAF 1 CapeTown 01.01.1936
10 Merchant VM 114           MushtaqAli S 112           Ind Eng 2 Manchester 25.07.1936
11 Barnett CJ 126           Hutton L 100           Eng Aus 1 Nottingham 10.06.1938
12 Carew GM 107            Ganteaume AG 112           Win Eng 1 Port of Spain 11.02.1948
13 Hutton L 158           Washbrook C 195           Eng SAF 1 Jo’burg 27.12.1948
14 Rae AF 109           Stollmeyer JB 160           Win Ind 1 Chennai 27.01.1949
15 Morris AR 111           MoroneyJ AR 118           Aus SAF 1 Jo’burg 10.02.1950
16 McDonald CC 110           Morris AR 111           Aus Win 1 Port of Spain 11.04.1955
17 Mankad MH 231           Roy P 173           Ind NZl 1 Chennai 06.01.1956
18 Pullar G 175           Cowdrey MC 155           Eng SAF 2 The Oval 18.08.1960
19 Lawry WM 106           Simpson RB 311           Aus Eng 1 Manchester 23.07.1964
20 Lawry WM 210           Simpson RB 201           Aus Win 1 Bridgetown 05.05.1965
21 Simpson RB 225           Lawry WM 119           Aus Eng 1 Adelaide 28.01.1966
22 Simpson RB 109           Lawry WM 100           Aus Ind 1 Melbourne 30.12.1967
23 Turner GM 259           Jarvis TW 182           NZl Win 1 Georgetown 06.04.1972
24 Fredericks RC 109           Greenidge CG 115           Win Eng 1 Leeds 22.07.1976
25 Greenidge CG 154*           Haynes DL 136           Win Ind 1 StJohn’s 28.04.1983
26 Fowler G 105           Tavare CJ 109           Eng NZl 2 The Oval 14.07.1983
27 Greenidge CG 120*           Haynes DL 103*           Win Aus 2 Georgetown 02.03.1984
28 Gavaskar SM 172           Srikkanth K 116           Ind Aus 1 Sydney 02.01.1986
29 Marsh GR 138           Taylor MA 219           Aus Eng 1 Nottingham 10.08.1989
30 Greenidge CG 149           Haynes DL 167           Win Eng 1 StJohn’s 12.04.1990
31 Gooch GA 116           Atherton MA 131           Eng Ind 1 Manchester 09.08.1990
32 Taylor MA 111           Slater MJ 152           Aus Eng 1 Lord’s 17.06.1993
33 Taylor MA 113           Slater MJ 103           Aus Eng 2 Sydney 01.01.1995
34 Hudson AC 146           Kirsten G 102           SAF Ind 1 Kolkata 27.11.1996
35 Aamir Sohail 160           Ijaz Ahmed 151           Pak Win 1 Karachi 06.12.1997
36 Griffith AFG 114           Campbell SL 170           Win NZl 1 Hamilton 16.12.1999
37 Atapattu MS 207*           Jayasuriya ST 188           Srl Pak 1 Kandy 28.06.2000
38 Richardson MH 106           Bell MD 105           NZl Pak 1 Hamilton 27.03.2001
39 Saeed Anwar 101           Taufeeq Umar 104           Pak Ban 1 Multan 29.08.2001
40 Gibbs HH 147           Kirsten G 220           SAF Zim 1 Harare 07.09.2001
41 Langer JL 104           Hayden ML 136           Aus NZl 1 Brisbane 08.11.2001
42 Langer JL 126           Hayden ML 105           Aus SAF 1 Sydney 02.01.2002
43 Langer JL 250           Hayden ML 102           Aus Eng 1 Melbourne 26.12.2002
44 Smith GC 151           Gibbs HH 228           SAF Pak 1 CapeTown 02.01.2003
45 Langer JL 111           Hayden ML 177           Aus Win 2 St John’s 09.05.2003
46 Smith GC 277           Gibbs HH 179           SAF Eng 1 Birmingham 24.07.2003
47 Richardson MH 145           Vincent L 106           NZl Ind 1 Mohali 16.10.2003
48 Smith GC 139           Gibbs HH 192           SAF Win 1 Centurion 16.01.2004
49 Atapattu MS 170           Jayasuriya ST 157           Srl Zim 1 Harare 06.05.2004
50 Langer JL 162           Hayden ML 117           Aus Srl 1 Cairns 09.07.2004
51 Trescothick ME 132           Strauss AJ 136           Eng SAF 2 Durban 26.12.2004
52 Smith GC 104           deVilliers AB 178           SAF Win 1 Bridgetown 21.04.2005
53 deVilliers AB 114           Smith GC 126           SAF Win 1 St John’s 29.04.2005
54 Langer JL 105           Hayden ML 138           Aus Eng 1 The Oval 08.09.2005
55 Hayden ML 110           Hussey MEK 137           Aus Win 1 Hobart 17.11.2005
56 Sehwag V 254           Dravid R 128*           Ind Pak 1 Lahore 13.01.2006
57 Karthik KD 129           Jaffer W 138*           Ind Ban 1 Dhaka 25.05.2007
58 McKenzie ND 226           Smith GC 232           SAF Ban 1 Chattogram 29.02.2008
59 Jaques PA 108           Katich SM 157           Aus Win 2 Bridgetown 12.06.2008
60 Smith GC 107           McKenzie ND 138           SAF Eng 2 Lord’s 10.07.2008
61 Hughes PJ 115           Katich SM 108           Aus SAF 1 Durban 06.03.2009
62 Gambhir G 167           Sehwag V 131           Ind Srl 1 Kanpur 24.11.2009
63 Strauss AJ 110            Cook AN 235*           Eng Aus 2 Brisbane 25.11.2010
64 Gayle CH 150           Powell KOA 134           Win NZl 1 NorthSou 25.07.2012
65 Cook AN 116           Compton NRD 117           Eng NZl 2 Dunedin 06.03.2013
66 Vijay M 153           Dhawan S 187           Ind Aus 1 Mohali 14.03.2013
67 Tamim Iqbal 109           Imrul Kayes 130           Ban Zim 1 Chattogram 12.11.2014
68 Tamim Iqbal 206           Imrul Kayes 150           Ban Pak 2 Khulna 28.04.2015
69 Vijay M 150           Dhawan S 173           Ind Ban 1 Fatullah 10.06.2015
70 Burns JA 129           Warner DA 116           Aus NZl 2 Brisbane 05.11.2015
71 Renshaw MT 184           Warner DA 113           Aus Pak 1 Sydney 02.01.2017
72 Elgar D 113           Markram AK 143           SAF Ban 1 Bloemfontein 06.10.2017
73 Vijay M 105           Dhawan S 107           Ind Afg 1 Bengaluru 14.06.2018
74 Raval JA 132           Latham TWM 161           NZl Ban 1 Hamilton 28.02.2019
75 Agarwal MA 215           Sharma RG 176           Ind SAF 1 Vizag 02.10.2019
76 Shan Masood 135           Abid Ali 174           Pak Srl 2 Karachi 19.12.2019

It also provides the third occasion of both the Pakistan opening batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings. All the three occasions are tabulated below

No  Batsman-1 Score Batsman-2 Score Team Opp Inns Ground Match Date
1 Aamir Sohail 160           Ijaz Ahmed 151           Pak Win 1 Karachi 06.12.1997
2 Saeed Anwar 101           Taufeeq Umar 104           Pak Ban 1 Multan 29.08.2001
3 Shan Masood 135           Abid Ali 174           Pak Srl 2 Karachi 19.12.2019

It also provides the third occasion of both the opening batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings against Sri Lanka. All the three occasions are tabulated below

No  Batsman-1 Score Batsman-2 Score Team Opp Inns Ground Match Date
1 Langer JL 162           Hayden ML 117           Aus Srl 1 Cairns 09.07.2004
2 Gambhir G 167           Sehwag V 131           Ind Srl 1 Kanpur 24.11.2009
3 Shan Masood 135           Abid Ali 174           Pak Srl 2 Karachi 19.12.2019
First four batsmen scoring centuries in a Test innings

First four batsmen scoring centuries in a Test innings

The just concluded Karachi test between  Pakistan and Sri Lanka witnessed  the first four Pakistan batsmen scoring centuries  in the third innings of a test to provide the second such occasion in the annals of Test cricket. Both the occasions are furnished below. The first such occasion was witnessed at Dhaka in May 2007 in the Bangladesh and India Test in May 2007, when four Indian batsmen had scored centuries

No Player Pos Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 KD Karthik 1 129 1 Ind Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007
2 W Jaffer 2 138* 1 Ind Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007
3 R Dravid 3 129 1 Ind Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007
4 SR Tendulkar 4 122* 1 Ind Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007
                 
1 Shan Masood 1 135 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
2 Abid Ali 2 174 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
3 Azhar Ali 3 118 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
4 Babar Azam 4 100* 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
Four or more centuries in a Test innings

Four or more centuries in a Test innings

Four Pakistan batsmen scored centuries in the third innings of the just concluded test at Karachi against Sri Lanka to provide the 23rd occasion of four or more batsmen scoring centuries in an innings in the annals of Test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

It is noted with interest that it is for the first time in the annals of Test cricket four batsmen have scored centuries in the third innings of a Test. The details of four batsmen who have scored centuries are furnished below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Shan Masood 135 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
2 Abid Ali 174 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
3 Azhar Ali 118 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
4 Babar Azam 100* 3 Pak Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019
No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date C
1 Eng 1 Aus Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 4
2 Win 1 Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948 4
3 Aus 2 Win Kingston 11 Jun 1955 5
4 Pak 2 Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983 4
5 Win 2 Ind St John’s 28 Apr 1983 4
6 Pak 2 Srl Galle 21 Jun 2000 4
7 Srl 2 Ind Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001 4
8 Pak 2 Ban Multan 29 Aug 2001 5
9 NZl 1 Aus Perth 30 Nov 2001 4
10 NZl 1 Ind Mohali 16 Oct 2003 4
11 SAF 1 Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
12 Win 2 SAF St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
13 Pak 1 Ind Lahore 13 Jan 2006 4
14 Eng 1 Win Lord’s 17 May 2007 4
15 Ind 1 Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007 4
16 Srl 2 Ban Col-SSC 25 Jun 2007 4
17 Srl 1 Ind Col-SSC 23 Jul 2008 4
18 Aus 2 Eng Cardiff 08 Jul 2009 4
19 Ind 2 SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 4
20 Aus 1 Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015 4
21 SAF 1 Ban Bloemfontein 06 Oct 2017 4
22 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4
23 Pak 3 Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019 4

It also provides the fifth occasion of Pakistan batsmen scoring four or more centuries in an innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date C
1 Pak 2 Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983 4
2 Pak 2 Srl Galle 21 Jun 2000 4
3 Pak 2 Ban Multan 29 Aug 2001 5
4 Pak 1 Ind Lahore 13 Jan 2006 4
5 Pak 3 Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019 4

It also provides the third occasion of batsmen scoring four or more centuries in an innings of a test against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date C
1 Pak 2 Srl Galle 21 Jun 2000 4
2 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4
3 Pak 3 Srl Karachi 19 Dec 2019 4

Test cricket has witnessed two occasions of five batsmen scoring centuries in an innings. Five Australian batsmen have scored centuries against West Indies at Kingston in Jun  1955 and Five Pakistan batsmen scored centuries against Bangladesh at Multan in Aug 2001

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date C
1 Aus 2 Win Kingston 11 Jun 1955 5
2 Pak 2 Ban Multan 29 Aug 2001 5

St John’s, Antigua is the only ground in the annals of test cricket to witness eight centuries in a Test – four each by rival teams. Four South African batsmen and Four West Indies batsmen scored centuries in the test between  West Indies and South Africa at St John’s in Apr 2005. The eight centuries score in this test is also a record for most centuries in a test and has been witnessed only once in the annals of test cricket

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date C
1 SAF 1 Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
2 Win 2 SAF St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
Teams posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a Test.

Teams posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a Test.

Pakistan posted a total of 555 for 3 declared against Sri Lanka at Karachi in the third innings of the test to provide the 46th occasion of a team posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test. All  such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia 506 167.5 v England Adelaide 10 Jan 1908
2 Australia 578 126.2 v South Africa Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
3 Australia 581 192.3 v England Sydney 17 Dec 1920
4 Australia 582 185.5 v England Adelaide 14 Jan 1921
5 Australia 554 164.4 v South Africa Melbourne 31 Dec 1931
6 Australia 564 149.7×8 v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1937
7 Australia 536 113.3×8 v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1947
8 England 551 226.2 v South Africa Nottingham 07 Jun 1947
9 South Africa 500 208.5 v England Leeds 21 Jul 1955
10 England 583/4d 258.0 v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957
11 Pakistan 657/8d 319.0 v West Indies Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958
12 South Africa 620 177.3 v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
13 India 510 209.2 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1967
14 West Indies 616 137.2×8 v Australia Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
15 West Indies 564/8 214.0 v New Zealand Bridgetown 23 Mar 1972
16 England 538 233.5 v Australia The Oval 28 Aug 1975
17 Pakistan 540 163.3 v West Indies Georgetown 18 Mar 1977
18 New Zealand 537 187.3 v England Wellington 20 Jan 1984
19 Australia 513/5d 125.0 v Sri Lanka Hobart 16 Dec 1989
20 New Zealand 671/4 220.3 v Sri Lanka Wellington 31 Jan 1991
21 West Indies 536/9d 162.3 v Australia Bridgetown 19 Apr 1991
22 Pakistan 537 152.1 v Australia Rawalpindi 05 Oct 1994
23 India 505/3d 183.0 v New Zealand Mohali 10 Oct 1999
24 South Africa 572/7 209.2 v England Durban 26 Dec 1999
25 Zimbabwe 503/6 161.0 v India Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
26 India 657/7d 178.0 v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
27 Zimbabwe 563/9d 167.0 v West Indies Harare 27 Jul 2001
28 England 529/5d 191.0 v Sri Lanka Lord’s 16 May 2002
29 Australia 512/8d 152.0 v Sri Lanka Galle 08 Mar 2004
30 England 570/7d 172.3 v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2004
31 Australia 528/8d 146.4 v South Africa Perth 16 Dec 2005
32 Pakistan 599/7d 140.1 v India Karachi 29 Jan 2006
33 Sri Lanka 537/9 199.0 v England Lord’s 11 May 2006
34 India 521/6d 150.5 v West Indies St John’s 02 Jun 2006
35 Australia 527/5d 112.0 v England Perth 14 Dec 2006
36 Australia 511/8d 153.0 v New Zealand Hamilton 27 Mar 2010
37 England 517/1d 152.0 v Australia Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
38 England 544 120.2 v India Nottingham 29 Jul 2011
39 South Africa 569 111.5 v Australia Perth 30 Nov 2012
40 West Indies 507 162.1 v New Zealand Dunedin 03 Dec 2013
41 New Zealand 680/8d 210.0 v India Wellington 14 Feb 2014
42 New Zealand 524/5d 172.0 v Sri Lanka Wellington 03 Jan 2015
43 Bangladesh 555/6 136.0 v Pakistan Khulna 28 Apr 2015
44 South Africa 540/8d 160.1 v Australia Perth 03 Nov 2016
45 New Zealand 585/4d 153.0 v Sri Lanka Christchurch 26 Dec 2018
46 Pakistan 555/3d 131.0 v Sri Lanka Karachi 19 Dec 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of Pakistan posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Pakistan 657/8d 319.0 v West Indies Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958
2 Pakistan 540 163.3 v West Indies Georgetown 18 Mar 1977
3 Pakistan 537 152.1 v Australia Rawalpindi 05 Oct 1994
4 Pakistan 599/7d 140.1 v India Karachi 29 Jan 2006
5 Pakistan 555/3d 131.0 v Sri Lanka Karachi 19 Dec 2019

It also provides the seventh occasion of a team posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia 513/5d 125.0 v Sri Lanka Hobart 16 Dec 1989
2 New Zealand 671/4 220.3 v Sri Lanka Wellington 31 Jan 1991
3 England 529/5d 191.0 v Sri Lanka Lord’s 16 May 2002
4 Australia 512/8d 152.0 v Sri Lanka Galle 08 Mar 2004
5 New Zealand 524/5d 172.0 v Sri Lanka Wellington 03 Jan 2015
6 New Zealand 585/4d 153.0 v Sri Lanka Christchurch 26 Dec 2018
7 Pakistan 555/3d 131.0 v Sri Lanka Karachi 19 Dec 2019
Some interesting stats in the series

Some interesting stats in the series

This series witnessed some interesting statistical highlights from rival wicket keepers scored the fifties and rival captains scored ducks and fifties

At Chennai on 15.12.19 rival wicket keepers scored the fifties. RR Pant of India scored 74 and SD Hope of West Indies scored 102 not out

At Visakhapatnam on 18.12.19 rival captains, V Kohli of India and KA Pollard of West Indies collected first ball ducks – the first ever such instance of rival captains collecting first-ball ducks in the history of one-day internationals

At Cuttack on 22.12.19 rival captains scored the fifties – KA Pollard of West Indies scored 74 not out and V Kohli of India scored 85

Statistical highlights of the third one day international between India and West Indies at Cuttack

Statistical highlights of the third one day international between India and West Indies at Cuttack

West Indies {315-5} and India {317-6} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 726th and  727th  occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in one day games

West Indies {315-5} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 49th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in one day games

India {317-6} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 112th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in one day games

India owns the record for posting 300 plus runs on most occasions – 112 occasions. Australia is close behind with 107 occasions.

West Indies {315-5} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 19th occasion of a West Indies posting 300 plus runs in one day games on away soil.

India {317-6} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 52nd occasion of a India posting 300 plus runs in one day games on home soil

West Indies {315-5} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a West Indies posting 300 plus runs in one day games against India

No Team Score Overs Inns Ground Match Date
1 West Indies 333/8 45.0 1 Jamshedpur 07 Dec 1983
3 West Indies 324/8 50.0 2 Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
2 West Indies 324/4 50.0 1 Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2002
4 West Indies 322/8 50.0 1 Guwahati 21 Oct 2018
6 West Indies 321/7 50.0 2 Visakhapatnam 24 Oct 2018
5 West Indies 321/6 50.0 1 Kochi 08 Oct 2014
7 West Indies 319 48.1 2 Kingston 26 Jun 2009
8 West Indies 315/6 50.0 1 Vijayawada 24 Nov 2002
9 West Indies 315/5 50.0 1 Cuttack 22 Dec 2019
10 West Indies 300/5 50.0 1 Rajkot 12 Nov 2002

India’s 317 for 6 in this  game provides the 14th occasion  of India posting a total of 300 plus runs in one  day games against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Inns Ground Match Date
1 India 418/5 50.0 1 Indore 08 Dec 2011
2 India 387/5 50.0 1 Vizag 18 Dec 2019
3 India 377/5 50.0 1 Mumbai (BS) 29 Oct 2018
4 India 341/3 50.0 1 Vadodara 31 Jan 2007
5 India 339/6 50.0 1 Kingston 26 Jun 2009
6 India 338/3 50.0 1 Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
7 India 330/6 50.0 1 Dharamsala 17 Oct 2014
8 India 326/2 42.1 2 Guwahati 21 Oct 2018
9 India 325/5 47.4 2 Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2002
10 India 321/6 50.0 1 Visakhapatnam 24 Oct 2018
11 India 317/6 46.4 2 Cuttack 22 Dec 2019
12 India 311/7 50.0 1 Port of Spain 05 Jul 2013
13 India 310/5 43.0 1 Port of Spain 25 Jun 2017
14 India 309/5 50.0 1 Kuala Lumpur 14 Sep 2006

West Indies {315-5} and India {317-6} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 136th occasion of both the teams posting 300 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the sixth such occasion in India-West Indies one day series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Team Score Overs Inns Ground Match Date
1 1 West Indies 324/4 50.0 1 Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2002
  2 India 325/5 47.4 2 Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2002
               
2 1 India 338/3 50.0 1 Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
  2 West Indies 324/8 50.0 2 Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
               
3 1 India 339/6 50.0 1 Kingston 26 Jun 2009
  2 West Indies 319 48.1 2 Kingston 26 Jun 2009
               
4 1 West Indies 322/8 50.0 1 Guwahati 21 Oct 2018
  2 India 326/2 42.1 2 Guwahati 21 Oct 2018
               
5 1 India 321/6 50.0 1 Visakhapatnam 24 Oct 2018
  2 West Indies 321/7 50.0 2 Visakhapatnam 24 Oct 2018
               
6 1 West Indies 315/5 50.0 1 Cuttack 22 Dec 2019
  2 India 317/6 46.4 2 Cuttack 22 Dec 2019

West Indies lost this game after posting 315-5 to provide the 141st occasion of a team losing a one day game after scoring 300 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 17th occasion of West Indies losing a game after posting 300 plus runs.

West Indies lost this game after posting 315-5 to provide the 29th occasion of a team losing a one day game after scoring 300 plus runs in the history of one day internationals against India. It also provides the sixth occasion of West Indies losing a game after posting 300 plus runs.

NA Pooran-KA Pollard added 135 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 259th occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day internationals. It also provides the 20th occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a three figure partnership  for the fifth wicket in one day internationals.

NA Pooran-KA Pollard added 135 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 43rd occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day internationals against India. It also provides the fourth occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in one day internationals against India. All the four occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opp Ground Match Date
1 AL Logie, CL Hooper 108 5th Win Ind Gwalior 22 Jan 1988
2 MN Samuels, RL Powell 109 5th Win Ind Vijayawada 24 Nov 2002
3 RR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul 106 5th Win Ind Basseterre 23 May 2006
4 NA Pooran, KA Pollard 135 5th Win Ind Cuttack 22 Dec 2019

NA Pooran-KA Pollard added 135 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fifth wicket by West Indies batsmen in one day internationals against India. Previous best was the 109 runs partnership between MN Samuels and RL Powell at Vijayawada on 24.11.02

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opp Ground Match Date
1 NA Pooran, KA Pollard 135 5th Win Ind Cuttack 22 Dec 2019
2 MN Samuels, RL Powell 109 5th Win Ind Vijayawada 24 Nov 2002

KA Pollard scored 74 not out in this game to provide the 120th occasion of West Indies captain scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the 14th occasion of West Indies captain scoring a fifty in one day games against India.

KA Pollard scored 74 not out in this game to provide the 45th occasion of West Indies captain’s fifty in a losing cause one day games. It also provides the fourth occasion of West Indies captain’s fifty in a losing cause in one day games against India.

KL Rahul-RG Sharma posted 122 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 439th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 108th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day games.

KL Rahul-RG Sharma posted 122 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 59th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against West Indies. It also provides the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day games against West Indies

KL Rahul and RG Sharma scored 77 and 63 respectively in this game to provide the 48th occasion of both the Indian openers scoring half centuries in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the fifth such occasion against West Indies in one day games. All the five occasions are tabulated below

No No Player Runs Inns Tem Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 A Jadeja 58 1 Ind Win Kolkata 5 Nov 1994
  2 SR Tendulkar 66 1 Ind Win Kolkata 5 Nov 1994
                 
2 1 SC Ganguly 53 1 Ind Win Vadodara 18 Nov 2002
  2 V Sehwag 52 1 Ind Win Vadodara 18 Nov 2002
                 
3 1 G Gambhir 69 1 Ind Win Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
  2 SC Ganguly 98 1 Ind Win Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
                 
4 1 AM Rahane 62 1 Ind Win Port of Spain 23 Jun 2017
  2 S Dhawan 63 1 Ind Win Port of Spain 25 Jun 2017
                 
5 1 RG Sharma 63 2 Ind Win Cuttack 22 Dec 2019
  2 KL Rahul 77 2 Ind Win Cuttack 22 Dec 2019

KL Rahul {77}, RG Sharma {63} and V Kohli {85} scored fifties in this game to provide the 98th occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the 25th such occasion by Indian batsmen in one day games.

KL Rahul {77}, RG Sharma {63} and V Kohli {85} scored fifties in this game to provide the 12th occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games against West Indies. It also provides the fourth such occasion by Indian batsmen in one day games against West Indies

KL Rahul {77}, RG Sharma {63} and V Kohli {85} scored fifties in this game to provide the 49th occasion of first three batsmen scoring half centuries in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the 12th such occasion by Indian batsmen in one day games.

KL Rahul {77}, RG Sharma {63} and V Kohli {85} scored fifties in this game to provide the seventh occasion of first three batsmen scoring half centuries in the same innings in one day games against West Indies. It also provides the second such occasion by Indian batsmen in one day games against West Indies

V Kohli scored 85 in this game to provide the 257th occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in one day games. It also provides the 33rd occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in one day games against West Indies.

V Kohli scored 85 in this game to provide the 41st occasion of his scoring fifty as an Indian captain in one day games. He now shares the second place in the record for most fifties by an Indian captain in one day games. MA Azharuddin and SC Ganguly have scored 41 fifties. The first place is occupied by MS Dhoni with 53 fifties.

It also provides the 10th occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in one day games against West Indies. He became the first Indian captain to score fifties against West Indies. He is also the only captain to score ten or more fifties against West Indies

V Kohli’s ten fifties against West Indies provide the eighth occasion of a captain scoring fifties against a specific opposition. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Team Opp 50+
1 MS Dhoni Ind Srl 15
2 RT Ponting Aus NZl 14
3 M Azharuddin Ind Srl 11
4 RT Ponting Aus Ind 11
5 A Ranatunga Srl Ind 11
6 V Kohli Ind Win 10
7 RT Ponting Aus Eng 10
8 RT Ponting Aus RSA 10

V Kohli became the third Indian captain to score ten or more fifties against a specific opposition after MS Dhoni and M Azharuddin

No Player Team Opp 50+
1 MS Dhoni Ind Srl 15
2 M Azharuddin Ind Srl 11
3 V Kohli Ind Win 10

V Kohli scored 85 in this game to provide the 33rd occasion of his scoring fifty as an Indian captain in winning one day games. He now owns the record for most fifties by an Indian captain in winning one day games.  MS Dhoni has scored 31 fifties in India’s winning games.

V Kohli with 33 fifties in winning games now occupies the third place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in winning one day games. RT Ponting with 62 fifties and GC Smith with 35 fifties occupy the first and second place in this category of statistics.

V Kohli scored 85 in this game to provide the 20th occasion of his scoring fifty against West Indies in one day games. He became the first batsman to score 20 fifties against West Indies in one day games. He is the only batsman to score 20 fifties against West Indies in one day games.

V Kohli’s 20 fifties against West Indies provides 12th occasion of a batsman scoring 20 plus fifties against a specific opposition. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Team Opp Span 50+
1 SR Tendulkar Ind Srl 1990-2012 25
2 KC Sangakkara Srl Ind 2000-2014 24
3 SR Tendulkar Ind Aus 1991-2012 24
4 IVA Richards Win Aus 1975-1991 23
5 DL Haynes Win Pak 1979-1993 22
6 MS Dhoni Ind Srl 2005-2019 21
7 ST Jayasuriya Srl Ind 1990-2009 21
8 ST Jayasuriya Srl Pak 1989-2009 21
9 DPMD Jayawardene Srl Ind 1998-2014 21
10 SR Tendulkar Ind Pak 1989-2012 21
11 V Kohli Ind Win 2009-2019 20
12 Saeed Anwar Pak Srl 1989-2002 20

V Kohli’s 20 fifties against West Indies provides fifth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 20 plus fifties against a specific opposition. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Team Opp Span 50+
1 SR Tendulkar Ind Srl 1990-2012 25
2 SR Tendulkar Ind Aus 1991-2012 24
3 MS Dhoni Ind Srl 2005-2019 21
4 SR Tendulkar Ind Pak 1989-2012 21
5 V Kohli Ind Win 2009-2019 20

KA Pollard {74 not out} and V Kohli {85} scored fifties in this game to provide the 163rd occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in an one day game. It also provides the third such instance in India-West Indies one day series.

SS Cottrell returned with figures of 1 for 74 in this game to provide the 73rd occasion of a West Indies bowler to concede 70 plus runs in an innings in one day games. It also provides the 13th occasion of a West Indies bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Overs M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 JE Taylor 10.0 0 71 0 1 v India Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
2 JE Taylor 10.0 1 74 1 1 v India Kingston 26 Jun 2009
3 KAJ Roach 10.0 0 88 1 1 v India Indore 08 Dec 2011
4 JE Taylor 9.0 0 77 1 1 v India Dharamsala 17 Oct 2014
5 AS Joseph 8.0 0 73 2 1 v India Port of Spain 25 Jun 2017
6 JO Holder 8.5 0 76 1 1 v India Port of Spain 25 Jun 2017
7 O Thomas 9.0 0 83 1 2 v India Guwahati 21 Oct 2018
8 D Bishoo 10.0 0 72 1 2 v India Guwahati 21 Oct 2018
9 OC McCoy 9.0 0 71 2 1 v India Visakhapatnam 24 Oct 2018
10 KAJ Roach 10.0 0 74 2 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 29 Oct 2018
11 KMA Paul 10.0 0 88 1 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 29 Oct 2018
12 SS Cottrell 9.0 0 83 2 1 v India Visakhapatnam 18 Dec 2019
13 SS Cottrell 10.0 1 74 1 2 v India Cuttack 22 Dec 2019

SS Cottrell became the third West Indies bowler to concede 70 plus runs in an innings on two or more occasions against India. Others are JE Taylor {03} and KAJ Roach {02}. The following table lists all the three bowlers

No Player Overs M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 JE Taylor 10.0 0 71 0 1 v India Nagpur 21 Jan 2007
2 JE Taylor 10.0 1 74 1 1 v India Kingston 26 Jun 2009
3 JE Taylor 9.0 0 77 1 1 v India Dharamsala 17 Oct 2014
                   
1 KAJ Roach 10.0 0 88 1 1 v India Indore 08 Dec 2011
2 KAJ Roach 10.0 0 74 2 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 29 Oct 2018
                   
1 SS Cottrell 9.0 0 83 2 1 v India Visakhapatnam 18 Dec 2019
2 SS Cottrell 10.0 1 74 1 2 v India Cuttack 22 Dec 2019
Indian captains collecting the first ball ducks in one day internationals

Indian captains collecting the first ball ducks in one day internationals

V Kohli of India collected the first-ball duck against West Indies at Visakhapatnam on 18.12.19 to provide the 16th occasion of an Indian captain dismissed by the first ball in an innings in one-day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 0 1 1 Ind NZl Perth 09 Dec 1980
2 N Kapil Dev 0 1 2 Ind Win Port of Spain 09 Mar 1983
3 N Kapil Dev 0 1 1 Ind NZl Perth 18 Jan 1986
4 N Kapil Dev 0 1 2 Ind Aus Sydney 5 Feb 1986
5 M Azharuddin 0 1 2 Ind Pak Sharjah 23 Oct 1991
6 M Azharuddin 0 1 2 Ind Pak Sharjah 25 Oct 1991
7 M Azharuddin 0 1 2 Ind Eng Perth 22 Feb 1992
8 M Azharuddin 0 1 1 Ind Zim Vadodara 05 Apr 1998
9 SC Ganguly 0 1 1 Ind Eng Ch-le-St 04 Jul 2002
10 SC Ganguly 0 1 2 Ind NZl Wellington 08 Jan 2003
11 SC Ganguly 0 1 2 Ind Pak Centurion 01 Mar 2003
12 SC Ganguly 0 1 1 Ind Pak Kochi 02 Apr 2005
13 R Dravid 0 1 1 Ind Srl Dambulla 03 Aug 2005
14 MS Dhoni 0 1 2 Ind Aus Visakhapatnam 20 Oct 2010
15 V Sehwag 0 1 2 Ind Win Ahmedabad 05 Dec 2011
16 V Kohli 0 1 1 Ind Win Visakhapatnam 18 Dec 2019
West Indies captains collecting the first ball duck in a one day international

West Indies captains collecting the first ball duck in a one day international

KA Pollard of West Indies collected the first-ball duck against India at Visakhapatnam on 18.12.19 to provide the 12th occasion of a West Indies captain dismissed by the first ball in an innings in one-day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CH Lloyd 0 1 2 Win Aus Sydney 21 Dec 1979
2 IVA Richards 0 1 2 Win Pak Sialkot 14 Nov 1986
3 IVA Richards 0 1 2 Win Pak Hyd-Pak 18 Nov 1986
4 BC Lara 0 1 1 Win RSA Johannesburg 22 Jan 1999
5 CL Hooper 0 1 2 Win Srl Cape Town 28 Feb 2003
6 BC Lara 0 1 1 Win Pak Lahore 10 Dec 2006
7 CH Gayle 0 1 1 Win Aus Adelaide 09 Feb 2010
8 DJ Bravo 0 1 2 Win Pak Providence 14 Jul 2013
9 JO Holder 0 1 2 Win Eng Bridgetown 09 Mar 2017
10 JO Holder 0 1 2 Win Afg Gros Islet 09 Jun 2017
11 JO Holder 0 1 2 Win NZl Manchester 22 Jun 2019
12 KA Pollard 0 1 2 Win Ind Visakhapatnam 18 Dec 2019