England’s JE Root scored 254 and 71 not out in the just concluded test at Manchester between England and Pakistan to provide the 38^th occasion of a batsman scoring a double century and a fifty in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	EH Hendren	77	205*	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
2	A Sandham	325	50	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	DG Bradman	244	77	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
4	EAB Rowan	236	60*	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
5	WM Lawry	210	58*	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
6	KD Walters	242	103	Aus	Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
7	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
8	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
9	GS Chappell	247*	133	Aus	NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
10	IVA Richards	232	63	Win	Eng	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976
11	Javed Miandad	206	85	Pak	NZl	Karachi	30 Oct 1976
12	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
13	KJ Hughes	213	53	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981
14	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
15	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
16	R Dravid	200*	70*	Ind	Zim	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
17	A Flower	55	232*	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
18	VVS Laxman	59	281	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
19	MS Sinclair	204*	50*	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
20	BC Lara	221	130	Win	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001
21	SP Fleming	274*	69*	NZl	Srl	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003
22	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
23	ME Trescothick	219	69*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
24	R Dravid	222	73	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003
25	SR Tendulkar	241*	60*	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
26	KC Sangakkara	232	64	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004
27	Younis Khan	267	84*	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
28	SC Ganguly	239	91	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	08 Dec 2007
29	V Sehwag	201*	50	Ind	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
30	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
31	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
32	SR Tendulkar	214	53*	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	09 Oct 2010
33	AN Cook	67	235*	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
34	RT Ponting	221	60*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
35	KC Sangakkara	319	105	Srl	Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
36	KS Williamson	69	242*	NZl	Srl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
37	SPD Smith	215	58	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
38	JE Root	254	71*	Eng	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016

JE Root became the sixth England batsman to score a double century and a fifty in a test after EH Hendren, A Sandham, GA Gooch, ME Trescothick and AN Cook. The performance of these six batsman are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	EH Hendren	77	205*	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
2	A Sandham	325	50	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
4	ME Trescothick	219	69*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
5	AN Cook	67	235*	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
6	JE Root	254	71*	Eng	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016

JE Root became the fifth batsman to score a double century and fifty in a test match against Pakistan after MA Taylor, MS Sinclair, SC Ganguly and RT Ponting. The performance of these five batsman are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
2	MS Sinclair	204*	50*	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
3	SC Ganguly	239	91	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	08 Dec 2007
4	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
5	JE Root	254	71*	Eng	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016

KC Sangkkara, R Dravid, RT Ponting, SM Gavaskar, SR Tenudulkar and VVS Laxman are the six batsmen who have accomplished the feat twice. SM Gavaskar was the first batsman to score a double century and a fifty in a test on two occasions. It is interesting to note that out of the six batsmen who have accomplished the feat, four of them are Indian batsmen – R Dravid, SM Gavaskar, SR Tendulkar and VVS Laxman

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Sangakkara	232	64	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004
2	KC Sangakkara	319	105	Srl	Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
1	R Dravid	200*	70*	Ind	Zim	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
2	R Dravid	222	73	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003
1	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
2	RT Ponting	221	60*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
2	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
1	SR Tendulkar	241*	60*	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
2	SR Tendulkar	214	53*	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	09 Oct 2010
1	VVS Laxman	59	281	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	Ind	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008