Pairs in test and first class cricket
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Most pairs in a Test career
New Zealand fast bowler Chris MartinChris Martin (cricketer)
Christopher Stewart "Chris" Martin is a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Martin now plays provincial cricket for Auckland, having formerly played for the Canterbury Wizards...
has been dismissed without scoring in both innings during six test matches, two more than any other player. Five players have been dismissed for four pairs of ducks in Tests. Four are bowlers with no great pretensions towards batsmanship - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar is a former Indian cricketer who specialised in leg spin. Considered amongst the top echelon of leg-spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan constituted the Indian spin quartet that dominated...
of India, Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002...
of Sri Lanka and West Indians
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon in Mission Village, Toco, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer. He has played 38 in Tests and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108 One Day Internationals from 1997-2004. At one stage, after the bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose retired from...
and Courtney Walsh
Courtney Walsh
Courtney Andrew Walsh is a former international cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches...
- but the fifth is top order batsman Marvan Atapattu
Marvan Atapattu
Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...
of Sri Lanka. He started his Test career with just one run in six innings - including two pairs - and has bagged two more since. The 14 men who have collected three pairs include Glenn McGrath
Glenn McGrath
Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century...
, Curtley Ambrose and Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top...
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Pairs on Test debut
37 batsmen have been dismissed for a pair on their debuts in Test cricket.- Fred GraceFred GraceGeorge Frederick Grace was the youngest of the three Grace brothers to play Test cricket for England.Although his elder brothers E. M. and W. G...
for England v Australia at The Oval in London 1880 - Clarence WimbleClarence WimbleClarence Skelton Wimble, a South African cricketer, was born at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, on April 22, 1861 and died in Johannesburg in the Transvaal on January 28, 1930, aged 68....
for South Africa v England at Cape Town in 1891/92 - Joseph WilloughbyJoseph WilloughbyJoseph Thomas Willoughby was an South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1896....
for South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth in 1895/96 - Johannes KotzeJohannes KotzeJohannes Jacobus Kotze was an South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1902 to 1907....
for South Africa v Australia in Johannesburg in 1902/03 - Percy Twentyman-JonesPercy Twentyman-JonesPercy Sydney Twentyman-Jones was a South African sportsman who played international cricket in one Test in 1902, and international rugby union in three Tests in 1896....
for South Africa v Australia in Cape Town in 1902/03 - Tommy WardTommy WardThomas "Tommy" Alfred Ward was a South African cricketer who played in 23 Tests from 1912 to 1924....
for South Africa v Australia in Manchester in 1912 - Percy LewisPercy LewisPercy Tyson "Plum" Lewis was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1913....
for South Africa v England in Durban in 1913/14 - Cecil DixonCecil DixonFor the Welsh footballer see Cecil Dixon Cecil Donovan Dixon - A talented medium-to-fast-medium pace bowler, Cec. Dixon was born in Potchefstroom in the Transvaal, South Africa on February 12, 1891, and died in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 9, 1969, aged 78.During a first-class career...
for South Africa v England in Johannesburg in 1913/14 - Ted BadcockTed BadcockFrederick Theodore Badcock was a New Zealand first-class and Test cricketer. Perhaps the best all-rounder in New Zealand in the inter-war period, he played seven Tests for New Zealand between 1930 and 1933, including New Zealand's inaugural Test in 1930...
for New Zealand v England in Christchurch in 1929/30 - Ken JamesKen James (cricketer)Kenneth Cecil James , was a cricketer who played for Wellington, Northamptonshire and New Zealand.A wicket-keeper and a useful batsman, James first played for Wellington in 1923 and came to England with the first New Zealand touring party in 1927 ostensibly as second string to Tom Lowry...
for New Zealand v England in Christchurch in 1929/30 - Jim SmithJim Smith (cricketer)Cedric Ivan James Smith was an English cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1935 to 1937....
for England v West Indies in Bridgetown in 1934/35 - Gordon RoweGordon RoweCharles Gordon Rowe was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1946 against Australia he was dismissed for a pair, being bowled by Bill O'Reilly in both innings....
for New Zealand v Australia in Wellington in 1945/46 - Len ButterfieldLen ButterfieldLeonard Arthur Butterfield was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1946 and made a pair in that game....
for New Zealand v Australia in Wellington in 1945/46 - Cuan McCarthyCuan McCarthy-External links:****...
for South Africa v England in Durban in 1948 - Alf ValentineAlf ValentineAlfred Louis Valentine, April 28, 1930–11 May 2004 , was a West Indian cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for his performance in the West Indies' 1950 tour of England, which was immortalised in the Victory Calypso.-The 1950 tour:...
for the West Indies v England in Manchester in 1950 - Ram Ramchand for India v England at Headingley in Leeds in 1952
- Graham GoochGraham GoochGraham Alan Gooch OBE DL is a former cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time with 67,057 runs...
for England v Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham in 1975 - Brendon BracewellBrendon BracewellBrendon Paul Bracewell in Auckland. He is the younger brother of John Bracewell. He frequently suffered injuries throughout his playing career.Brendon also played rugby for King Country....
for New Zealand v England at Lords in 1978 - Mike WhitneyMike WhitneyMichael Roy Whitney is an Australian television personality and former cricketer, who played in 12 Tests and 38 ODIs from 1981 to 1993....
for Australia v England in Manchester in 1981 - Maninder SinghManinder SinghManinder Singh is a former international cricket player who represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. With his slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered as an heir to Bishan Singh Bedi, who then held the record as India's leading spinner in terms of wickets....
for India v Pakistan in Karachi in 1982/83 - Ken RutherfordKen Rutherford (cricketer)Kenneth Robert Rutherford is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team, and was captain for a period. Aged 19, with a solitary first class season behind him, he was asked to open the batting for New Zealand against West Indies when the latter were at the...
for New Zealand v West Indies at Port of Spain in 1984/85 - Chris KuggeleijnChris KuggeleijnChristopher Mary Kuggeleijn played two Tests in 1988-89 and 16 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1988 and 1989....
for New Zealand v India in Bangalore in 1988/89 - Rashid PatelRashid PatelRashid Ghulam Mohammed Patel was a left arm fast bowler who represented India in cricket. He played for Baroda between 1986–87 and 1996-97 in domestic cricket....
for India v New Zealand in Bombay in 1988/89 - Marvan AtapattuMarvan AtapattuMarvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...
for Sri Lanka v India in Chandigarh in 1990/91 - Saeed AnwarSaeed AnwarSaeed Anwar is a former Pakistani opening batsman. A left-hander, Anwar is most notable for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai in 1997, then the highest, and now the joint second highest individual score in a One Day International.-Personal life:...
for Pakistan v West Indies in Faisalabad in 1990/91 - Allan DonaldAllan DonaldAllan Anthony Donald is a former South African cricketer and one of their most successful pace bowlers.In his prime, he was one of the best fast bowlers ever seen in Test cricket, reaching the top of the ICC Test rankings in 1998 and peaked with a top ICC ranking of 895 points the next year, the...
for South Africa v West Indies in Bridgetown in 1991/92 - Stephen PeallStephen PeallStephen Guy Peall is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 21 ODIs from 1992 to 1996....
for Zimbabwe v Pakistan in Karachi in 1993/94 - Peter McIntyrePeter McIntyre (cricketer)Peter Edward McIntyre is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1995 to 1996.He was a leg-spin bowler, unlucky to have arrived at the same time as fellow spin bowlers Shane Warne, and to a lesser extent, Stuart MacGill; consequently he never managed to establish himself fully in...
for Australia v England at the Adelaide Oval in 1994/95 - Dirk ViljoenDirk ViljoenDirk Peter Viljoen is a former cricketer who played 2 Tests and 53 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe. An allrounder, Viljoen bowled slow left arm orthodox and batted in the middle order, left-handed...
for Zimbabwe v Pakistan in Bulawayo in 1997/98 - Gavin HamiltonGavin Hamilton (cricketer)Gavin Mark Hamilton is an all-round cricketer who played one Test for England and has appeared in a number of One Day Internationals for Scotland...
for England v South Africa in Johannesburg in 1999/00 - James Franklin for New Zealand v Pakistan in Auckland in 2000/01
- Alamgir Kabir for Bangladesh v Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2002/03
- Hasantha Fernando for Sri Lanka v South Africa in Johannesburg in 2002/03
- Lasith MalingaLasith MalingaSeparamadu Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a fast bowler with a rare round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nickname, "Slinga Malinga"...
for Sri Lanka v Australia in Darwin in 2003/04 - Chamara SilvaChamara SilvaLindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva is a Sri Lankan cricketer...
for Sri Lanka v New Zealand in Christchurch in 2006/07 - Chris TremlettChris TremlettChristopher Timothy "Chris" Tremlett is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He is 6 ft 8 in tall and is a fast bowler able to extract bounce on most surfaces. He is a competent number 8 or 9 batsman, with seven first-class fifties to his name...
for England v India at Lords in 2007 - Mark GillespieMark Gillespie (cricketer)Mark Raymond Gillespie is a member of the New Zealand cricket team. He came to the selectors attention in the 2005-06 season with 43 wickets at 23.16 for Wellington...
for New Zealand v South Africa at Centurion in 2007/08
Consecutive pairs
These unfortunate batsmen all bagged pairs in two Tests in a row.- Bobby PeelBobby PeelRobert "Bobby" Peel was a Yorkshire and England cricketer: a left-arm spinner who ranks as one of the finest bowlers of the 1890s. He was also a capable batsman, who once hit 210 not out...
(England, 1894-95) - Bob CrispBob CrispRobert James Crisp DSO MC was a South African cricketer who played in nine Tests from 1935 to 1936 before living for a while in England. He appeared for Rhodesia, Western Province, Worcestershire and South Africa. Though his Test bowling average lay over 37.00, Crisp had a successful first-class...
(South Africa, 1935-36) - Wayne ClarkWayne ClarkWayne Maxwell Clark is a former Australian cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1977 to 1979....
(Australia, 1977-78) - Pat PocockPat PocockPat Pocock is an English former cricketer, who played in twenty Tests and one ODI for England from 1968 to 1985....
(England, 1984) - Bob HollandBob HollandRobert George Holland is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer. He was, for obvious reasons, nicknamed "Dutchy".-Domestic career:...
(Australia, 1985/1985-86) - Mark WaughMark WaughMark Edward Waugh AM is a former Australian cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his One-Day International debut in 1988. Waugh is regarded as one of the most elegant and gifted stroke makers to ever play the game. His nickname is "Junior" as...
(Australia, 1992-93) - Glenn McGrathGlenn McGrathGlenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century...
(Australia, 1998-99) - Ajit AgarkarAjit AgarkarAjit Bhalchandra Agarkar is an Indian international cricketer, who has been on the fringes of the Indian side in both tests and one day matches since his debut in 1998...
(India, 1999-2000) - Merv Dillon (West Indies, 1998-99/2000-01)
- Dinanath RamnarineDinanath RamnarineDinanath Ramnarine is a Trinidadian cricketer who retired in 2002.He was a leg-spin bowler who, though a competent batsman, appeared to have one too many confrontations which eventually forced him to retire at 28. Especially significant was a disagreement with Carl Hooper...
(West Indies, 2001-02) - Shabbir AhmedShabbir AhmedShabbir Ahmed is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a line-and-length pace bowler who took eight wickets for 109 runs on his Test debut against Bangladesh in the first of their 2003-04 three-Test series...
(Pakistan, 2005/2005-06)
Ajit Agarkar and Bob Holland were each dismissed for five consecutive ducks, a record they share with Mohammad Asif for Pakistan in 2005/2006.
Pairs by Test captains
19 captains have been dismissed for a pair.- Joe DarlingJoe DarlingJoseph "Joe" Darling CBE was an Australian cricketer who played 34 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1894 and 1905. As captain, he led Australia in a total of 21 Tests, winning seven and losing four. In Test cricket, he scored 1657 runs at an average of 28.56 per innings, including...
for Australia v England at Sheffield in 1902 - Louis TancredLouis TancredLouis Joseph Tancred was a South African cricketer who played in 14 Tests from 1902 to 1913, including three as captain....
for South Africa v England at The Oval in 1912 - Vijay HazareVijay HazareVijay Samuel Hazare was an Indian cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. He captained the Indian cricket team in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953...
for India v England at Kanpur in 1951/52 - Harry CaveHarry CaveHenry "Harry" Butler Cave was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in nine of his nineteen Tests....
for New Zealand v West Indies at Dunedin in 1955/56 - Frank WorrellFrank WorrellSir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator...
for West Indies v Australia at Melbourne in 1960/61 - Richie BenaudRichie BenaudRichard "Richie" Benaud OBE is a former Australian cricketer who, since his retirement from international cricket in 1964, has become a highly regarded commentator on the game....
for Australia v England at Leeds in 1961 - Imtiaz Ahmed for Pakistan v England at Dhaka in 1961/62
- Bishen Bedi for India v England at Delhi in 1976/77
- Ian BothamIan BothamSir Ian Terence Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy"...
for England v Australia at Lord's in 1981 - Allan BorderAllan BorderAllan Robert Border AO is a former Australian cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh...
for Australia v West Indies at Perth in 1992/93 - Mark TaylorMark Taylor (cricketer)Mark Anthony Taylor, AO is a former Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border...
for Australia v Pakistan at Karachi in 1994/95 - Stephen FlemingStephen FlemingStephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...
for New Zealand v Australia at Hobart in 1997/98 - Courtney WalshCourtney WalshCourtney Andrew Walsh is a former international cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches...
for West Indies v Pakistan at Rawalpindi in 1997/98 - Rashid LatifRashid LatifRashid Latif is a former Pakistani wicket keeper and a right handed batsman who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches, between 1992 and 2003. He also served as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in 2003...
for Pakistan v South Africa at Port Elizabeth in 1997/98 - Nasser HussainNasser HussainNasser Hussain OBE is a former Essex and England cricketer.Beginning his career in a strong Essex side in the late 1980s, he was an outstanding fielder and a stylish but inconsistent batsman. In first-class cricket from 1987 to 2004 Hussain scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06,...
for England v West Indies at The Oval in 2000 - Jimmy AdamsJimmy AdamsJames Clive "Jimmy" Adams is a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a steady left-handed batsman, useful left-arm orthodox spin bowler and good fielder, especially in the gully position...
for West Indies v Australia at Melbourne in 2000/01 - Waqar YounisWaqar YounisWaqar Younis Maitla is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time...
for Pakistan v Australia at Sharjah in 2002/03 - Habibul BasharHabibul BasharQazi Habibul Bashar is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and the former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team. Under the managership of Davenell Frederick 'Dav' Whatmore, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangladesh team to overcome several milestones. The first test...
for Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Harare in 2003/04 - Marvan AtapattuMarvan AtapattuMarvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...
for Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Faisalabad in 2004/05
Ian Botham's pair came in his last Test as captain while Mark Taylor, Rashid Latif and Habibul Bashar recorded a pair in their first games as captain.
King pairs in Test cricket
If a batsman is out first ball he has made a golden duck and if a batsman is dismissed first ball in both innings he has achieved a king pair. This worst of all batting fates has befallen thirteen players in the history of Test cricket so far.- William AttewellWilliam AttewellWilliam Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy and economy...
for England v Australia at Sydney in 1891-92 - Bert VoglerBert VoglerAlbert Edward Ernest Vogler was a South African cricketer.Vogler was born in Swartwater, Queenstown, Eastern Cape. He began his cricket career for Natal as an attacking lower order right-handed batsman and fast medium bowler before acquiring the googly from Reggie Schwarz on that player’s return...
for South Africa v Australia at Sydney in 1910-11 - Tommy WardTommy WardThomas "Tommy" Alfred Ward was a South African cricketer who played in 23 Tests from 1912 to 1924....
for South Africa v Australia at Old Trafford in 1912. Tommy Ward was dismissed in each innings by Jimmy MatthewsJimmy MatthewsThomas James Matthews was an Australian Test cricketer. He bowled leg breaks...
. Uniquely, both times he came in to bat after two batsmen had been dismissed, giving Matthews a hat-trick in each innings. - Colin WesleyColin WesleyColin 'Tich' Wesley is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests in 1960....
for South Africa v England at Trent Bridge in 1960 - Bhagwat ChandrasekharBhagwat ChandrasekharBhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar is a former Indian cricketer who specialised in leg spin. Considered amongst the top echelon of leg-spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan constituted the Indian spin quartet that dominated...
for India v Australia at Melbourne in 1977-78 - Gary TroupGary TroupGary Bertram Troup is a New Zealand former cricketer and local politician who played 15 Tests and 22 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.-Cricket career:Troup made his Test debut for the New Zealand on 18 November 1976 against India...
for New Zealand v India at Wellington in 1980-81 - Dave Richardson for South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg in 1994-95
- Adam HuckleAdam HuckleAdam George Huckle is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 8 Tests and 19 ODIs from 1997 to 1999.In his second Test in 1997, against New Zealand, he took 11-255 in the match . As of 27 April 2006, this remains the only occasion when a Zimbabwean bowler has taken 11 wickets in a Test...
for Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare in 1997-98 - Ajit AgarkarAjit AgarkarAjit Bhalchandra Agarkar is an Indian international cricketer, who has been on the fringes of the Indian side in both tests and one day matches since his debut in 1998...
for India v Australia at Melbourne in 1999-2000 - Adam GilchristAdam GilchristAdam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...
for Australia v India at Kolkata in 2000-01Second Test, 2000–01 Border-Gavaskar TrophyThe Second Test in the Australian cricket team's tour of India in early 2001 was a match played over five days at Eden Gardens in Kolkata from 11–15 March, 2001... - Javed OmarJaved OmarMohammad Javed Omar Belim is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played Tests and ODI cricket since 1995.On his Test debut in April 2001, he carried his bat for 85 not out becoming only the third player in history to achieve this on debut. The 29 year old opener has gained a reputation for being able...
for Bangladesh v India at Dhaka in 2007 - Ryan HarrisRyan Harris (cricketer)Ryan James Harris is an Australian cricketer, currently signed up to play domestic cricket for Yorkshire in 2010. A right-arm fast bowler, he played with the Southern Redbacks from 2001–02 to 2007–08...
for Australia v England at Adelaide in December 2010 - Virender SehwagVirender SehwagVirender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...
for India v England at Edgbaston in August 2011Indian cricket team in England in 2011The Indian cricket team toured England from 21 July to 16 September 2011. The test match series of this tour was known as Pataudi Trophy 2011 and the ODI series of the tour was known as NatWest Series 2011. The tour consisted of one Twenty20 International , five One Day Internationals and four...
Notable pairs in first class cricket
King Pairs have been 'bagged' by many players in first-class cricketFirst-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
. Mick Norman of Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
bagged a king pair in a single day against Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
at St. Helen's in Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
in June 1964.
When Glamorgan followed on against the Indians at Cardiff Arms Park in June 1946, last man Peter Judge
Peter Judge (cricketer)
Peter Francis Judge was an English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and played for Middlesex and Glamorgan. In a career spanning 14 years, he appeared in 68 first-class matches...
was bowled for a duck by Chandra Sarwate to end the county's first innings. Invited to follow-on, Glamorgan's captain Johnny Clay, who was the non-striker, decided to waive the 10-minute interval between innings, remained in the middle with Judge, and reversed the entire batting order. Sarwate then bowled Judge again, second ball, incidentally with the same ball, who thus achieved the fastest pair in the history of first-class cricket.
Virender Sehwag got a king pair against England on his most awaited comeback to Indian team after shoulder surgery. This is only second instance of an opener achieving this feat in Test history.