Following their humiliating defeat against England at Headingley, Sri Lanka were looking down the barrel in the second Test at Chester-le-Street as well. They were bowled out for 101 after England posted 498 for 9. Alastair Cook enforced the follow-on, and it looked all over at 100 for 3. Then Sri Lanka fought back, first through Angelo Matthews and then through Dinesh Chandimal, scoring enough runs to make England bat again. Less than a year back, Chandimal had slammed 59 and 162 not out to turn the Galle Test against India on its heads: Sri Lanka were reduced to 95 for 5 after conceding a 192-run lead before Chandimal helped secure a 175-run lead. India later collapsed to 112. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Chester-le-street
In the process Chandimal became the 8th wicketkeeper to score a Test hundred after his side had been asked to follow-on. Of these eight, Andy Flower is the only one to have done this twice. His scores — 232* and 199* — are also the highest on the list.
Hundreds by wicketkeepers while following-on
Player
Runs
Team
Opposition
Ground
Season
Percy Sherwell
115
South Africa
England
Lord’s
1907
Romesh Kaluwitharana
103
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Dunedin
1996-97
Alec Stewart
164
England
South Africa
Old Trafford
1998
Mark Boucher
108
South Africa
England
Kingsmead
1999-00
Andy Flower
232*
Zimbabwe
India
Nagpur
2000-01
Andy Flower
199*
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Harare
2001-02
Brendon McCullum
104
New Zealand
Australia
Basin Reserve
2009-10
Mushfiqur Rahim
116
Bangladesh
West Indies
Kingstown
2014-15
Dinesh Chandimal
126
Sri Lanka
England
Chester-le-Street
2016
Do note the timeline. Percy Sherwell was the first to achieve this, way back in 1907. The next man, Romesh Kaluwitharana, did it about nine decades later. The next two decades have witnessed seven more occasions.
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