AN Cook carried the bat through the completed innings in the Melbourne test against Australia to provide the 52^nd occasion of an opening batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
4	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
5	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
6	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
7	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
8	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
9	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
10	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
11	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
12	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
13	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pak	v Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
14	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
15	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
16	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
17	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
18	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
19	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
20	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
21	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
22	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
23	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
24	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
25	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
26	S Wettimuny	63*	144	2	Srl	v NZl	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983
27	DC Boon	58*	103	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
28	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
29	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
30	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
31	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	Eng	v Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
32	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
33	MH Dekker	68*	187	4	Zim	v Pak	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993
34	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	Eng	v NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
35	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
36	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Aus	v SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
37	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
38	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pak	v Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
39	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
40	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Srl	v Zim	Harare	04 Dec 1999
41	Javed Omar	85*	168†	3	Ban	v Zim	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
42	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
43	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
44	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
45	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pak	v NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
46	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
47	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
48	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Aus	v NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
49	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
50	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
51	KC Brathwaite	142*	337	2	Win	v Pak	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
52	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

AN Cook’s feat provides the ninth occasion of  an England batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings. He became the eighth England batsman to accomplish such a feat. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
2	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
3	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
4	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
5	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
6	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
7	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	Eng	v Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
8	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	Eng	v NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
9	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

AN Cook’s feat provides the ninth occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings against Australia. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
2	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
3	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
4	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
5	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
6	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
7	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

AN Cook’s feat provides the four occasion of an England batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings against Australia. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
2	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
3	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
4	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

AN Cook became the  sixth batsman in the  annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs while carrying the bat through the completed innings. His 244 not out is the highest individual score by a batsman  who has carried the bat through the completed  innings.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
2	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
3	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
4	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
5	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
6	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008

DL Haynes {03}, WM Woodfull {02}, WM Lawry {02}, L Hutton {02} and GM Turner {02} are  the five batsmen who have accomplished the feat  on two or more occasions. DL Haynes owns  the record with three such occasions. The peroformance of these five batsmen is furnished below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	1	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
	2	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
	3	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
2	1	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
	2	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
3	1	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
	2	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
4	1	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
	2	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
5	1	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
	2	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972