MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka  who  made his test debut for Sri Lanka achieved a rare distinction of scoring fifties in both innings of a test. He scored 55 and 70 against India at Col-SSC in the just concluded test. He became the third wicket keeper batsman in the annals of test cricket to score twin fifties on debut. He emulated Dilawar Hussain or India and LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka. It was interesting to note that LD Chandimal was in the playing eleven in this test. The performance of these three wicket keepers are detailed below

 

No	Player	FI	SI	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Dilawar Hussain	59	57	116	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
2	LD Chandimal	58	54	112	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
3	MDKJ Perera	55	70	125	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

 

Only T20I – England vs Australia at Cardiff on 31.08.15 – England won by five runs

Australia capped MP Stoinis for this game. He became the 73^rd cricketer to represent Australia in T20Is. He also became the eleventh  Australian cricketer to make his T20I debut against England

 

Australia capped RJW Topley for this game. He became the 73^rd cricketer to represent England in T20Is. He also became the19th England cricketer to make his T20I debut against Australia

 

In one of  the rare coincidence – England and Australia – capped their 73^rd cricketers for this game

England’s RJW Topley  was the 73^rd cricketer to represent England in T20Is. MP stoinis was the 73^rd cricketer to represent Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan scored 74 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also represents the first occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 in this game represent the highest individual score by an England captain against Australia in T20Is. The previous highest was 27 by MP Vaughan at Sydney on 09.01.07. The previous highest score by an England captain against Australia in England was 4 not out  by  SCJ Broad at Southhampton on 29.08.13

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 in this game represent the 50^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. MM Ali’s 72 not out represent the 51^st occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the sixth and seventh occasion of England batsmen scoring fifties against Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 and MM Ali’s 72 not out in this game provide the seventh occasion of two England batsmen scoring fifties in a T20I innings against various oppositions and the first such occasion against Australia.

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 in this game represent his seventh T20I fifty. He is on par with KP Pietersen who has scored seven fifties in T20Is. AD Hales with eight fifties to his credit owns the record for most fifties in T20Is by England batsmen

 

AD Hales, EJG Morgan and KP Pietersen share the record for most half centuries by an England batsman in T20Is. All the three batsmen have scored seven half centuries

 

EJG Morgan now holds the record for most runs scored by an England batsman in T20Is. At the end of this game his run aggregate read 1225. He went past KP Pietersen’s total  of 1176 runs when he was on 26 runs during his  knock of 74 runs  in this game. EJG Morgan’s run aggregate prior to the start of this game read 1151

 

EJG Morgan and MM Ali added 135 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also represents the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan and MM Ali added 135 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the best partnership for any wicket against Australia in T20Is. The previous best was 111 runs for the second wicket between C Kieswetter and KP Pietersen at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 and 111 for the first wicket between AD Hales and MJ Lumb at Chester-le-Street on 31.08.13

SPD Smith and GJ Maxwell added 112 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. All the four occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch, SE Marsh	2	114	1	v England	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	AJ Finch, SR Watson	3	101	1	v England	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
3	AJ Finch, CL White	1	106	1	v England	Hobart	29 Jan 2014
4	GJ Maxwell, SPD Smith	3	112	2	v England	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

SPD Smith and GJ Maxwell added 112 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the third wicket by Australian batsmen against England. The previous best was 101 runs partnership between AJ Finch and SR Watson at Southampton on 29.08.13

 

SPD Smith scored 90 in this game to provide the 19^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in T20Is

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	98*	1	NZl	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
2	DR Martyn	96	1	RSA	Brisbane	09 Jan 2006
3	DA Warner	90*	1	Srl	Sydney	26 Jan 2013
4	SPD Smith	90	2	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

SPD Smith became the third captain to score a ninety in T20Is. Others are – 98 not out by RT Ponting of Australia against New Zealand on 17.02.15 and 98 by CH Gayle of Australia against India at Bridgetown on 09.05.10

 

EJG Morgan {74} and SPD Smith {90} scored fifties in this game to provide the 71^st and 72^nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in T20Is.

 

EJG Morgan {74} scored fifty in this game to provide the fifth occasion of England captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. SPD Smith {90} scored fifty in this game to provide sixth occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in T20Is.

 

EJG Morgan {74} and SPD Smith {90} scored fifties in this game to provide the third occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a T20I. All the three occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MR Swart	89	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
	CO Obuya	75*	2	Ken	Net	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
2	PW Borren	57	1	Net	Sco	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
	PL Mommsen	68*	2	Sco	Net	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
3	EJG Morgan	74	1	Eng	Aus	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

EJG Morgan {74} and SPD Smith {90} scored fifties in this game to provide the first occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a T20Is involving test playing nations.  

 

SPD Smith became the second Australian captain to score a fifty against England in T20Is after GJ Bailey. GJ Bailey had scored 60 not out at Melbourne on 31.01.14

 

SPD Smith’s 90 was in a losing cause  in this game to provide the 30th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of an Australian captain’s fifty in a losing cause in T20Is.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	76	1	Ind	Mum-BS	20 Oct 2007
2	GJ Bailey	63	2	Win	Col-RPS	05 Oct 2012
3	SPD Smith	90	2	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

SPD Smith’s 90 in this  game was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of a captain’s 90 plus runs going in vain in T20Is. The other occasion was – 119 by South African captain F de Plessis going in vain in the game against West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.01.15

 

The following table lists the five occasions of a batsman’s 90 plus scores going in vain in T20Is. It includes two hundreds and three nineties – all the three nineties are the scores of exact ninety – DA Warner {90 not out}, JE Root {90 not out} and SPD Smith {90}

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
2	DA Warner	90*	1	Aus	Srk	Sydney	26 Jan 2013
3	JE Root	90*	2	Eng	Aus	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
4	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
5	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

England won this game by five runs to provide the ninth occasion of a team winning a T20I game by exact five runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	New Zealand	5 runs	165	v England	Durban	18 Sep 2007
2	India	5 runs	158	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	24 Sep 2007
3	Pakistan	5 runs	142	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 2011
4	England	5 runs	130	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	27 Feb 2012
5	New Zealand	5 runs	202	v England	The Oval	25 Jun 2013
6	England	5 runs	166	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 2014
7	Sri Lanka	5 runs	166	v South Africa	Chittagong	22 Mar 2014
8	Hong Kong	5 runs	130	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	17 Jul 2015
9	England	5 runs	183	v Australia	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

England won this game by five runs to provide the third occasion of England winning a T20I game by exact five runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	5 runs	130	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	27 Feb 2012
2	England	5 runs	166	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 2014
3	England	5 runs	183	v Australia	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

I Sharma of India captured five for 54 in Sri  Lanka’s first innings in the ongoing third and final test at Col-SSC to provide the 21^st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing  five or more wickets  in a test innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DR Doshi	30.0	8	85	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
2	N Kapil Dev	24.3	3	110	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
3	C Sharma	33.0	3	118	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
4	NS Yadav	19.1	4	76	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
5	Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	3	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
6	SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	2	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
7	A Kumble	24.0	3	87	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
8	A Kumble	27.3	9	59	7	3	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
9	SLV Raju	23.5	7	38	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994
10	SLV Raju	32.3	9	87	6	3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994
11	J Srinath	24.5	5	114	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2001
12	BKV Prasad	21.0	7	72	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
13	A Kumble	28.0	6	72	6	2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
14	Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
15	A Kumble	34.3	9	89	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
16	Harbhajan Singh	40.3	8	102	6	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
17	S Sreesanth	22.0	4	75	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
18	Z Khan	21.0	5	72	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
19	R Ashwin	13.4	2	46	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
20	R Ashwin	16.0	6	42	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
21	I Sharma	15.0	2	54	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

I Sharma of India captured five for 54 in Sri  Lanka’s first innings in the ongoing third and final test at Col-SSC to provide the seventh occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing  five or more wickets  in a test innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	24.3	3	110	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
2	C Sharma	33.0	3	118	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
3	J Srinath	24.5	5	114	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2001
4	BKV Prasad	21.0	7	72	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
5	S Sreesanth	22.0	4	75	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
6	Z Khan	21.0	5	72	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
7	I Sharma	15.0	2	54	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

I Sharma of India captured five for 54 in Sri  Lanka’s first innings in the ongoing third and final test at Col-SSC to provide the 21^st occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing  five or more wickets  in a test innings against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	C Sharma	33.0	3	118	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
2	J Srinath	24.5	5	114	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2001
3	BKV Prasad	21.0	7	72	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
4	I Sharma	15.0	2	54	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

Thus I Sharma’s five for 54 represent the best innings bowling figures by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The previous best was BKV Prasad’s 5 for 74 at Kandy in Aug 2001

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	I Sharma	15.0	2	54	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
2	BKV Prasad	21.0	7	72	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001

 

India’s CA Pujara with his 145 not out and zero in the ongoing third test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC  became the 14^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a hundred and a duck on first appearance against a team. All such occasions are listed below

Batsmen who have scored a hundred and duck on first appearance
No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Barlow EJ	RSA	114	0	Aus	Brisbane	1963	64
2	Viswanath GR	Ind	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
3	Davis IC	Aus	105	0	Pak	Adelaide	1976	77
4	Asif Iqbal	Pak	0	104	Ind	Faisalabad	1978	79
5	Hudson AC	RSA	163	0	Win	Bridgetown	1991	92
6	Arthurton KLT	Win	157*	0	Aus	Brisbane	1992	93
7	Hussain N	Eng	113	0	Zim	Bulawayo (QSC)	1996	97
8	Mongia NR	Ind	152	0	Aus	Delhi	1996	97
9	Mohammad Wasim	Pak	0	109*	NZl	Lahore	1996	97
10	McMillan CD	NZl	0	142	Srl	Col-RPS	1997	98
11	Goodwin MW	Zim	0	166*	Pak	Bulawayo (QSC)	1997	98
12	Shahid Afridi	Pak	107	0	Win	Sharjah	2001	02
13	Guptill MJ	NZl	109	0	Zim	Bulawayo (QSC)	2011	12
14	Pujara CA	Ind	145*	0	Srl	Col-SSC	2015

India’s CA Pujara with his 145 not out and zero in the ongoing third test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC became the third Indian batsman to score a hundred and a duck on first appearance against a team. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Viswanath GR	Ind	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
2	Mongia NR	Ind	152	0	Aus	Delhi	1996	97
3	Pujara CA	Ind	145*	0	Srl	Col-SSC	2015

GR Viswanath of India and Mohd Wasim of Pakistan are the only two batsmen In the annals of test  cricket to score a hundred and a duck on test debut. The following table lists their performance

No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Viswanath GR	Ind	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
2	Mohammad Wasim	Pak	0	109*	NZl	Lahore	1996	97

CD McMillan and CA Pujara are the only two batsmen to score a  hundred and a duck in a test against Sri Lanka. The following table lists their performance

No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	McMillan CD	NZl	0	142	Srl	Col-RPS	1997	98
2	Pujara CA	Ind	145*	0	Srl	Col-SSC	2015

 

CA Pujara scored 145 not  out and zero in  the ongoing third and final test against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC to provide the 153^rd occasion of a batsman scoring  a hundred and a duck  in a test. It also provides the 18^th occasion of an Indian batsman involved in such a feat. All the eighteen occasions are listed below

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	MH Mankad	111	0	India	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
2	P Roy	140	0	India	v England	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
3	VL Manjrekar	133	0	India	v England	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
4	ML Apte	0	163*	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953
5	VL Manjrekar	108	0	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1964
6	GR Viswanath	0	137	India	v Australia	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
7	SM Gavaskar	0	118	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
8	DB Vengsarkar	0	103	India	v England	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
9	NS Sidhu	116	0	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1989
10	M Azharuddin	0	109	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989
11	NR Mongia	152	0	India	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
12	SR Tendulkar	0	136	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	28 Jan 1999
13	SR Tendulkar	117	0	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002
14	V Sehwag	106	0	India	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
15	R Dravid	136	0	India	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
16	V Sehwag	109	0	India	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
17	S Dhawan	0	115	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
18	CA Pujara	145*	0	India	V Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

CA Pujara scored 145 not  out and zero in  the ongoing third and final test against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC to provide the tenth occasion of a batsman scoring  a hundred and a duck in a test against Sri Lanka.  All the ten occasions are listed below

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	MD Crowe	0	107	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	06 Dec 1992
2	DJ Cullinan	103	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998
3	CD McMillan	0	142	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	27 May 1998
4	GA Hick	107	0	England	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
5	AC Gilchrist	0	144	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
6	Mohd Ashraful	0	129*	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	03 Jul 2007
7	V Sehwag	109	0	India	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
8	PJ Hughes	0	126	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
9	Azhar Ali	0	136	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	08 Jul 2012
10	CA Pujara	145*	0	India	V Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

CA Pujara became the second Indian batsman  to score a hundred and a duck  in a test against Sri Lanka. V Sehwag had scored 109 and zero a Col-PSS in Aug 2010

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	V Sehwag	109	0	India	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
2	CA Pujara	145*	0	India	V Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

A rare occurrence  –  Rival wicket keepers who were making their test debut find their first victims in Rival  captains

MDKJ Perera’s first victim was Indian captain  V Kohli. He was caught at the wicket of the bowling of AD  Mathews for 18 in India’s first innings.  MDKJ Perera was making his test debut for Sri Lanka at Col-SSC

NV Ojha’s first victim was Sri Lanka’ captain AD Mathews. He was caught at the wicket of the bowling of I Sharma for 1. NV Ojha was making his test debut  for India at Col-SSC

 It also provide the first ever such occurrence in the annals of test cricket

 

MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka scored 55 against India in the ongoing third test at Col-SSC to  provide the 34^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring  a fifty on test debut.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AH Jarvis	82	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
2	H Carter	61	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
3	G Brown	57	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	02 Jul 1921
4	Dilawar Hussain	59	2	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
5	Dilawar Hussain	57	3	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
6	A Wood	53	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
7	JHB Waite	76	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
8	Hanif Mohammad	51	2	Pak	Ind	Delhi	16 Oct 1952
9	CA McWatt	54	1	Win	Eng	Kingston	15 Jan 1954
10	JL Hendriks	64	2	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962
11	IL Mendonca	78	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	07 Mar 1962
12	JG Binks	55	4	Eng	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	21 Jan 1964
13	Abdul Kadir	95	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
14	DM Lewis	81*	1	Win	Ind	Georgetown	19 Mar 1971
15	DL Bairstow	59	3	Eng	IND	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
16	Ashraf Ali	58	2	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
17	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	Srl	NZl	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987
18	RC Russell	94	2	Eng	Srl	Lord’s	25 Aug 1988
19	Rashid Latif	50	2	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1992
20	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992
21	A Flower	59	1	Zim	Ind	Harare	18 Oct 1992
22	CI Dunusinghe	91	3	Srl	NZl	Napier	11 Mar 1995
23	AC Gilchrist	81	2	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
24	BB McCullum	57	2	NZl	SAF	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004
25	D Ramdin	56	1	Win	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005
26	MJ Prior	126*	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2007
27	TR Ambrose	55	2	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008
28	Zulqarnain Haider	88	3	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	06 Aug 2010
29	LD Chandimal	58	1	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
30	LD Chandimal	54	3	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
31	N Dickwella	72	1	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014
32	JC Buttler	85	1	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
33	L Ronchi	88	1	NZl	Eng	Leeds	29 May 2015
34	MDKJ Perera	55	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka scored 55 against India in the ongoing third test at Col-SSC to provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring  a fifty on test debut.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	Srl	NZl	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987
2	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992
3	CI Dunusinghe	91	3	Srl	NZl	Napier	11 Mar 1995
4	LD Chandimal	58	1	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
5	LD Chandimal	54	3	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
6	N Dickwella	72	1	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014
7	MDKJ Perera	55	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka scored 55 against India in the ongoing third test at Col-SSC to provide the ninth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty on test debut against India.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	51	2	Pak	Ind	Delhi	16 Oct 1952
2	JL Hendriks	64	2	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962
3	IL Mendonca	78	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	07 Mar 1962
4	JG Binks	55	4	Eng	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	21 Jan 1964
5	DM Lewis	81*	1	Win	Ind	Georgetown	19 Mar 1971
6	DL Bairstow	59	3	Eng	Ind	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
7	A Flower	59	1	Zim	Ind	Harare	18 Oct 1992
8	JC Buttler	85	1	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
9	MDKJ Perera	55	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

 

 

Sri Lanka lost its six wickets for 47 runs  in its first  innings in the ongoing third and final test against India at Col-SSC to provide the fifth occasion of Sri Lanka losing six wickets for a total of less than 50 runs. All such occasions are listed below

No	FoW	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	6/18	4	NZl	Kandy	09 Mar 1984
2	6/43	1	Pak	Kandy	26 Aug 1994
3	6/42	3	SAF	Centurion	27 Mar 1998
4	6/43	3	Eng	Cardiff	26 May 2011
5	6/47	2	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

 

 

CA Pujara while scoring 145 not out in the ongoing third and final test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC carried his bat thorough the completed innings. His feat provides the 42^nd occasion of an opening batsman performing such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Australia	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	R Abel	132*	307	2	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
4	PF Warner	132*	237	3	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
5	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
6	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
7	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Australia	v England	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
8	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Australia	v England	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
9	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Australia	v England	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
10	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Australia	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
11	L Hutton	202*	344	2	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
12	L Hutton	156*	272	2	England	v Australia	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
13	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
14	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
15	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
16	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961
17	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
18	GM Turner	43*	131	4	New Zealand	v England	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
19	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Australia	v India	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
20	GM Turner	223*	386	2	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
21	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
22	G Boycott	99*	215	4	England	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 1979
23	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
24	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
25	S Wettimuny	63*	144	2	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983
26	DC Boon	58*	103	3	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
27	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
28	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	England	v West Indies	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
29	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	West Indies	v England	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
30	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	England	v Pakistan	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
31	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
32	MH Dekker	68*	187	4	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993
33	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
34	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
35	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
36	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
37	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pakistan	v India	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
38	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
39	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999
40	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
41	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
42	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
43	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Dec 2009
44	R Dravid	146*	300	2	India	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
45	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
46	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
47	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

CA Pujara while scoring 145 not out in the ongoing third and final test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC carried his bat thorough the completed innings. His feat provides the fourth occasion of an Indian opening batsman performing such a feat. Others are – SM Gavaskar, V Sehwag and R Dravid. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
2	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
3	R Dravid	146*	300	2	India	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
4	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

V Sehwag and CA Pujara are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to carry the bat through a completed innings against Sri Lanka. Their performance is listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
2	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

 

 

CA Pujara’s 145 not out the ongoing third and final test at Col-SSC between Sri Lanka and India provide his first appearance hundred against Sri Lanka, It provides the 42^nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a first appearance hundred. The following table lists all such occasions

No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Amarnath L	Ind	38	118	Eng	Mumbai (Gym)	1933	34
2	Adhikari HR	Ind	114*	29*	Win	Delhi (Feroz)	1948	49
3	Mushtaq Ali	Ind	54	106	Win	Kolkata	1948	49
4	Shodhan DH	Ind	110	DNB	Pak	Kolkata	1952	53
5	Umrigar PR	Ind	223	DNB	NZl	Hyderabad (LB)	1955	56
6	Manjrekar VL	Ind	118	DNB	NZl	Hyderabad (LB)	1955	56
7	Kripal Singh AG	Ind	100*	DNB	NZl	Hyderabad (LB)	1955	56
8	Baig AA	Ind	26	112	Eng	Old Trafford	1959
9	Hanumant Singh	Ind	105	23	Eng	Delhi (Feroz)	1963	64
10	Pataudi (Nawab of)	Ind	128*	1	Aus	Chennai (Corp)	1964	65
11	Viswanath GR	Ind	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
12	Gavaskar SM	Ind	119	14	NZl	Wankhede	1976	77
13	Gavaskar SM	Ind	3	113	Aus	Brisbane (Gab)	1977	78
14	Viswanath GR	Ind	145	DNB	Pak	Faisalabad	1978	79
15	Gavaskar SM	Ind	155	4*	Srl	Chepauk	1982	83
16	Patil SM	Ind	114*	46	Srl	Chepauk	1982	83
17	Azharuddin M	Ind	110	DNB	Eng	Kolkata	1984	85
18	Sidhu NS	Ind	116	43*	NZl	Bangalore	1988	89
19	Manjrekar SV	Ind	3	113*	Pak	Karachi (NS)	1989	90
20	Amre PK	Ind	103	DNB	RSA	Kingsmead	1992	93
21	Manjrekar SV	Ind	104	DNB	Zim	Harare	1992	93
22	Kambli VG	Ind	227	DNB	Zim	Delhi (Feroz)	1992	93
23	Mongia NR	Ind	152	0	Aus	Delhi (Feroz)	1996	97
24	Ganguly SC	Ind	131	DNB	Eng	Lord’s	1996
25	Ramesh S	Ind	143	30	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	1998	99
26	Dravid RS	Ind	118	44	Zim	Harare	1998	99
27	Dravid RS	Ind	1	144	NZl	Mohali	1999	00
28	Dasgupta D	Ind	100	0*	Eng	Mohali	2001	02
29	Sehwag V	Ind	105	31	RSA	Bloemfontein	2001	02
30	Bangar SB	Ind	100*	DNB	Zim	Nagpur	2001	02
31	Agarkar AB	Ind	2	109*	Eng	Lord’s	2002
32	Sehwag V	Ind	147	DNB	Win	Wankhede	2002	03
34	Sehwag V	Ind	309	DNB	Pak	Multan (CS)	2003	04
35	Raina SK	Ind	120	DNB	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	2010
36	Pujara CA	Ind	159	DNB	NZl	Hyderabad (RG)	2012
37	Pujara CA	Ind	206*	41*	Eng	Ahmedabad (GS)	2012	13
38	Dhawan	Ind	187	DNB	Aus	Mohali	2012	13
39	Sharma RG	Ind	177	DNB	Win	Kolkata	2013
40	Vijay M	Ind	146	52	Eng	Nottingham	2014
41	Dhawan S	Ind	134	28	Srl	Galle	2015
42	Pujara CA	Ind	145*		Srl	Col-SSC	2015