Ross
Taylor has achieved one of the rarest feats in Test cricket.
He
scored 76 runs in both innings against Zimbabwe in the ongoing Test
in Bulawayo. He's only the 15th batsman ever to score identical
scores of fifty or more in the same Test.
Duleep
Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 105 twice in the Chennai Test of 1982, making it the
highest identical scores in a Test.
The
complete list:
|
No |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
Team |
Oppn |
Ground |
Mon/Year |
|
1 |
ED Weekes |
63 |
63 |
Win |
Eng |
Lord's |
Jun 1950 |
|
2 |
FMM Worrell |
65 |
65 |
Win |
Aus |
Brisbane |
Dec 1960 |
|
3 |
V Pollard |
55 |
55 |
NZl |
Eng |
Lord's |
Jun 1965 |
|
4 |
Majid Khan |
79 |
79 |
Pak |
NZl |
Wellington |
Feb 1973 |
|
5 |
AI Kallicharran |
80 |
80 |
Win |
Eng |
The Oval |
Jul 1973 |
|
6 |
LRD Mendis |
105 |
105 |
Srl |
Ind |
Chennai |
Sep 1982 |
|
7 |
JFM Morrison |
58 |
58 |
NZl |
Eng |
Auckland |
Feb 1975 |
|
8 |
GA Gooch |
51 |
51 |
Eng |
Win |
St John's |
Apr 1986 |
|
9 |
MH Dekker |
68 |
68* |
Zim |
Pak |
Rawalpindi |
Dec 1993 |
|
10 |
MH Richardson |
55 |
55 |
NZl |
Srl |
Kandy |
May 2003 |
|
11 |
SR Tendulkar |
52 |
52 |
Ind |
Pak |
Kolkata |
Mar 2005 |
|
12 |
TM Dilshan |
65 |
65 |
Srl |
Ind |
Ahmedabad |
Dec 2005 |
|
13 |
A Flintoff |
50 |
50 |
Eng |
Ind |
Mumbai |
Mar 2006 |
|
14 |
Younis Khan |
56 |
56 |
Pak |
Win |
Multan |
Nov 2006 |
|
15 |
LRPL Taylor |
76 |
76 |
NZl |
Zim |
Bulawayo |
Nov 2011 |
Taylor
is the fourth New Zealander on the list. West Indies have three entries.
Frank Worrell,
Andrew Flintoff and Taylor are the only captains on the list.
