Trivia #33: Playing against two generations of the same family (Jul94)

Players who have taken the field AGAINST two generations of the same family in Test matches

Father/Son Players EJ/SE Gregory (Aus) G Ulyett (Eng)

MH/AV Mankad (Ind) RB Kanhai and GStA Sobers (WI)

AW/AD Nourse (RSA) G Duckworth, H Sutcliffe and MW Tate (Eng) WAS Oldfield (Aus)

BL/CL Cairns (NZ) TM Alderman, DC Boon, AR Border, GF Lawson and CJ McDermott (Aus) IT Botham, GA Gooch and AJ Lamb (Eng) RJ Ratnayake and A Ranatunga (SL) Salim Malik and Wasim Akram (Pak)

Note: In the 1958-59 series between India and West Indies both LR Gibbs and MH Mankad were involved, however, not in any match together. Later, in 1970-71 and again in 1974-75 Gibbs played against MH's son AV.