AN Cook of England scored 75 and 56 in the just concluded second test against England at Leeds to provide the 40^th occasion of a captain opener scoring fifties in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	109	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
2	RK Nunes	66	92	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
4	L Hutton	72	77	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954
5	TL Goddard	80	84	SAF	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1964
6	RB Simpson	67	71	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	17 Oct 1964
7	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
8	TL Goddard	60	112	SAF	Eng	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965
9	RB Simpson	59	67	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	30 Dec 1965
10	RB Simpson	55	103	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
11	WM Lawry	66	52	Aus	Ind	Sydney	26 Jan 1968
12	WM Lawry	62	89	Aus	Win	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969
13	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
14	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
15	GP Howarth	62	60	NZl	Srl	Kandy	09 Mar 1984
16	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
17	GA Gooch	85	88	Eng	Ind	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
18	GA Gooch	59	54	Eng	Aus	Sydney	04 Jan 1991
19	GA Gooch	87	117	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
20	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
21	MA Taylor	59	58	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
22	MA Atherton	88	67	Eng	Aus	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
23	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
24	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
25	AJ Stewart	107	52	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998
26	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
27	MP Vaughan	52	105	Eng	Srl	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
28	GC Smith	126	50*	SAF	Win	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
29	MS Atapattu	88	67	Srl	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
30	GC Smith	63	68	SAF	NZl	Johannesburg	05 May 2006
31	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
32	MP Vaughan	87	61	Eng	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	09 Dec 2007
33	GC Smith	62	75	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
34	AJ Strauss	55	75	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
35	AJ Strauss	83	82	Eng	Ban	Lord’s	27 May 2010
36	GC Smith	53	115	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012
37	GC Smith	52	52	SAF	Eng	Leeds	02 Aug 2012
38	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
39	AN Cook	76	59*	Eng	Win	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
40	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015

AN Cook of England scored 75 and 56 in the just concluded second test against England at Leeds to provide the 17^th occasion of an England captain opener scoring fifties in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	109	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
2	L Hutton	72	77	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954
3	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
4	GA Gooch	85	88	Eng	Ind	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
5	GA Gooch	59	54	Eng	Aus	Sydney	04 Jan 1991
6	GA Gooch	87	117	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
7	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
8	MA Atherton	88	67	Eng	Aus	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
9	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
10	AJ Stewart	107	52	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998
11	MP Vaughan	52	105	Eng	Srl	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
12	MP Vaughan	87	61	Eng	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	09 Dec 2007
13	AJ Strauss	55	75	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
14	AJ Strauss	83	82	Eng	Ban	Lord’s	27 May 2010
15	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
16	AN Cook	76	59*	Eng	Win	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
17	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015

AN Cook of England scored 75 and 56 in the just concluded second test against England at Leeds to provide the fourth ccasion of a captain opener scoring fifties in both innings of a test against New Zealand in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
2	GC Smith	63	68	SAF	NZl	Johannesburg	05 May 2006
3	GC Smith	53	115	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012
4	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015

AN Cook of England scored 75 and 56 in the just concluded second test against England at Leeds to provide the second occasion of an England captain opener scoring fifties in both innings of a test against New Zealand in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below. The first England captain opener to score twin fifties against New Zealand was MA Atherton who had scored 94 not out and 118 at Christchurch in Feb 1997. AN Cook performed the feat again after 18 years 

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
2	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015