JE Root of England was dismissed for a score of 13 – a number considered as an inauspicious number in cricketing circles in all the countries except Australia – in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against India to provide the 44^th occasion of England captain scoring 13 runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the 144^th occasion of a captain scoring 13 runs  in an innings in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Hon.IFW Bligh	13	1	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1883
2	AE Stoddart	13	3	v Australia	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
3	AC MacLaren	13	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902
4	FL Fane	13	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
5	JWHT Douglas	13	3	v Australia	Nottingham	28 May 1921
6	AER Gilligan	13	1	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
7	AW Carr	13	2	v Australia	Leeds	10 Jul 1926
8	GTS Stevens	13	1	v South Africa	Durban	04 Feb 1928
9	GOB Allen	13	2	v India	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
10	GOB Allen	13	1	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936
11	GOB Allen	13	3	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Mar 1948
12	FG Mann	13	4	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948
13	ND Howard	13	1	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
14	Rev.DS Sheppard	13	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954
15	L Hutton	13	3	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954
16	MC Cowdrey	13	1	v Australia	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961
17	MJK Smith	13	4	v South Africa	Lord’s	22 Jul 1965
18	R Illingworth	13	3	v West Indies	Lord’s	23 Aug 1973
19	MH Denness	13	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974
20	JM Brearley	13	4	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978
21	IT Botham	13	1	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981
22	JM Brearley	13	3	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981
23	DI Gower	13	1	v India	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
24	MW Gatting	13	2	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
25	MW Gatting	13	1	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988
26	GA Gooch	13	1	v Australia	Perth	01 Feb 1991
27	GA Gooch	13	3	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1991
28	GA Gooch	13	3	v Pakistan	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
29	MA Atherton	13	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Dec 1996
30	MA Atherton	13	3	v West Indies	St John’s	20 Mar 1998
31	N Hussain	13	1	v Australia	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001
32	MP Vaughan	13	4	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
33	MP Vaughan	13	2	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jun 2004
34	MP Vaughan	13	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
35	A Flintoff	13	2	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2006
36	A Flintoff	13	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006
37	MP Vaughan	13	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008
38	KP Pietersen	13	4	v South Africa	The Oval	07 Aug 2008
39	AJ Strauss	13	1	v Pakistan	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
40	AN Cook	13	3	v India	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012
41	AN Cook	13	1	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
42	AN Cook	13	2	v Australia	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
43	AN Cook	13	3	v West Indies	North Sound	13 Apr 2015
44	JE Root	13	4	v India	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018

JE Root’s 13 in this innings provide the seventh occasion of an England captain scoring 13 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GOB Allen	13	2	v India	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
2	GOB Allen	13	1	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936
3	ND Howard	13	1	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
4	DI Gower	13	1	v India	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
5	MW Gatting	13	2	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
6	AN Cook	13	3	v India	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012
7	JE Root	13	4	v India	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018

JE Root became the seventh England captain to score 13 runs in the fourth innings of a test. The following table lists all the seven captains. JE Root is the only England captain to score 13 runs in the fourth innings of a test against India.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	FG Mann	13	4	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948
2	MJK Smith	13	4	v South Africa	Lord’s	22 Jul 1965
3	JM Brearley	13	4	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978
4	MP Vaughan	13	4	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
5	KP Pietersen	13	4	v South Africa	The Oval	07 Aug 2008
6	JE Root	13	4	v India	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018