England batsman batting at number eight scoring a fifty in a test innings against India
SM Curran of England scored 78 against India in the ongoing test at Southampton to provide the 17th occasion of an England batsman batting at number eight scoring a fifty in a test innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RWV Robins | 76 | 2 | v India | Manchester | 25 Jul 1936 |
| 2 | R Swetman | 65 | 2 | v India | The Oval | 20 Aug 1959 |
| 3 | RA Hutton | 81 | 1 | v India | The Oval | 19 Aug 1971 |
| 4 | CM Old | 52 | 2 | v India | Kolkata | 01 Jan 1977 |
| 5 | DL Bairstow | 59 | 3 | v India | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 6 | PH Edmonds | 64 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 10 Jun 1982 |
| 7 | C White | 53 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 25 Jul 2002 |
| 8 | C White | 94* | 2 | v India | Nottingham | 08 Aug 2002 |
| 9 | MJ Prior | 53* | 1 | v India | Chennai | 11 Dec 2008 |
| 10 | SCJ Broad | 74* | 3 | v India | Lord’s | 21 Jul 2011 |
| 11 | TT Bresnan | 90 | 3 | v India | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2011 |
| 12 | TT Bresnan | 53* | 2 | v India | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 13 | JC Buttler | 70 | 2 | v India | Manchester | 07 Aug 2014 |
| 14 | H Hameed | 59* | 3 | v India | Mohali | 26 Nov 2016 |
| 15 | LA Dawson | 66* | 1 | v India | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 16 | SM Curran | 63 | 3 | v India | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |
| 17 | SM Curran | 78 | 1 | v India | Southampton | 30 Aug 2018 |
SM Curran of England scored 78 against India in the ongoing test at Southampton to provide the 13th occasion of an England batsman batting at number eight scoring a fifty in a test innings against India in England. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RWV Robins | 76 | 2 | v India | Manchester | 25 Jul 1936 |
| 2 | R Swetman | 65 | 2 | v India | The Oval | 20 Aug 1959 |
| 3 | RA Hutton | 81 | 1 | v India | The Oval | 19 Aug 1971 |
| 4 | DL Bairstow | 59 | 3 | v India | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 5 | PH Edmonds | 64 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 10 Jun 1982 |
| 6 | C White | 53 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 25 Jul 2002 |
| 7 | C White | 94* | 2 | v India | Nottingham | 08 Aug 2002 |
| 7 | SCJ Broad | 74* | 3 | v India | Lord’s | 21 Jul 2011 |
| 8 | TT Bresnan | 90 | 3 | v India | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2011 |
| 10 | TT Bresnan | 53* | 2 | v India | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 11 | JC Buttler | 70 | 2 | v India | Manchester | 07 Aug 2014 |
| 12 | SM Curran | 63 | 3 | v India | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |
| 13 | SM Curran | 78 | 1 | v India | Southampton | 30 Aug 2018 |
SM Curran’s 78 in this test provides the second occasion of his scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against India. The other occasion was at Birmingham test which has a start date of 01 Aug 2018 in which he had made 63. SM Curran became the third England batsman to score the fifties while batting at number eight on two occasions against India. Others are C White and TT Bresnan. The following table lists the fifties scored by these three batsmen.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | C White | 53 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 25 Jul 2002 |
| 2 | C White | 94* | 2 | v India | Nottingham | 08 Aug 2002 |
| 1 | SM Curran | 63 | 3 | v India | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |
| 2 | SM Curran | 78 | 1 | v India | Southampton | 30 Aug 2018 |
| 1 | TT Bresnan | 90 | 3 | v India | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2011 |
| 2 | TT Bresnan | 53* | 2 | v India | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |