JC Buttler of England scored 106 against  India in the just concluded test at Nottingham. His effort was in losing cause to provide the 79th occasion of a batsman’s fourth innings test century in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 20^th occasion of an England batsman’s fourth innings test century going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	123	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921
2	H Sutcliffe	115	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
3	FE Woolley	123	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
4	H Sutcliffe	127	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
5	EH Hendren	123	4	Eng	Win	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
6	M Leyland	111*	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
7	C Washbrook	114	4	Eng	Win	Lord’s	24 Jun 1950
8	W Watson	116	4	Eng	Win	Kingston	15 Jan 1954
9	FC Hayes	106*	4	Eng	Win	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
10	APE Knott	106*	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
11	DW Randall	174	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977
12	GA Gooch	116	4	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981
12	AJ Lamb	113	4	Eng	Win	Lord’s	16 Jun 1988
14	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
15	ME Trescothick	117	4	Eng	Pak	Manchester	31 May 2001
16	AN Cook	116	4	Eng	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2006
17	IJL Trott	112	4	Eng	Srl	Galle	26 Mar 2012
18	BA Stokes	120	4	Eng	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
19	MM Ali	108*	4	Eng	Srl	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
20	JC Buttler	106	4	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018

JC Buttler’s 106 provides the third occasion of a batsman’s fourth innings test century in a losing cause against India. All the three occasions are listed below. JC Buttler became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to witness a batsman’s fourth innings test century in a losing cause against India

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Mushfiqur Rahim	101	4	Ban	Ind	Chittagong	17 Jan 2010
2	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
3	JC Buttler	106	4	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018