Summary Shakeel scored 93 in first innings and followed it up with 97 in the second, becoming only the fifth batter in Test history
RAWALPINDI (Web Desk) - Pakistan middle-order batter Saud Shakeel has become part of an unusual and unwanted record in Test cricket history after narrowly missing centuries in both innings of the Rawalpindi Test against Sri Lanka.
Shakeel scored 93 in Pakistan's first innings and followed it up with 97 in the second, becoming only the fifth batter in Test history to be dismissed in the nervous nineties in both innings of the same match.
In nearly 150 years of Test cricket, this has happened only six times. Former West Indies great Gordon Greenidge is the only batter to have suffered the disappointment twice.
Before Shakeel, Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene was the last player to achieve the unwanted distinction. He scored 92 and 96 against New Zealand in Colombo in August 2009.
Greenidge first experienced the feat against Pakistan in Georgetown in March 1977, scoring 91 and 96. He repeated it three years later against New Zealand in Christchurch, making 91 and 97 in February 1980.
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England's Frank Woolley also features on the list after scoring 95 and 93 against Australia at Lord's in June 1921.
The first such instance dates back to January 1902, when Australia's Clem Hill scored 98 and 97 against England in Adelaide.
Hill's combined tally of 195 runs remains the highest by any batter dismissed in the nervous nineties in both innings of a Test.
Shakeel accumulated 190 runs across his two innings, placing him second on the all-time list for this unusual record.
