AN Cook of England is all set to become the 16^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score fifties in both innings of his farewell test. He has scored 71 in the first innings and 46 not out on the third day of the ongoing test against India at The Oval. He needs four more runs for his second innings fifty. If he scores them, he would join the elite list which is tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Worrall	55	75	Aus	Eng	The Oval	14 Aug 1899
2	CAG Russell	140	111	Eng	SAF	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	RK Nunes	66	92	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
4	A Sandham	325	50	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
5	AG Fairfax	54	60*	Aus	Win	Sydney	27 Feb 1931
6	JAJ Christy	62	53	SAF	NZl	Wellington	04 Mar 1932
7	PGV van der Bijl	125	97	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
8	B Mitchell	99	56	SAF	Eng	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1949
9	JDB Robertson	77	56	Eng	Ind	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
10	NCL O’Neill	51	74*	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
11	BA Richards	81	126	SAF	Aus	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
12	RE Redmond	107	56	NZl	Pak	Auckland	16 Feb 1973
13	IR Redpath	101	70	Aus	Win	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976
14	VJ Marks	74	55	Eng	Pak	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
15	SP Fleming	59	66	NZl	Eng	Napier	22 Mar 2008
16	AN Cook	71	46*	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018

AN Cook will become the fifth England batsman to score fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CAG Russell	140	111	Eng	SAF	Durban	16 Feb 1923
2	A Sandham	325	50	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	JDB Robertson	77	56	Eng	Ind	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
4	VJ Marks	74	55	Eng	Pak	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
5	AN Cook	71	46*	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018

CAG Russell of England is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score centuries in both innings of his farewell test. He scored  140 and 111 against South Africa at Durban in Feb 1923

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CAG Russell	140	111	Eng	SAF	Durban	16 Feb 1923

The test cricket has witnessed a unique occasion of rival batsmen scoring twin fifties in their farewell test. RK Nunes of West Indies scored 66 and 92 against England at Kingston in April 1930 ,while  A Sandham of England scored 325 and 50 in the same test

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RK Nunes	66	92	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	A Sandham	325	50	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930

A Sandham of England remains the only batsman in the annals  of test cricket  to score 300 plus runs in  his  farewell test. He scored 325 and 50 against West Indies at Kingson in April 1930

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Sandham	325	50	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930

AN Cook will become the second batsman to score twin fifty in his farewell test against India. JDB Robertson of England is the other batsman. He had scored 77 and 56 against India at Chennai in Feb 1952. It is interesting to note that JDB Roberstson and AN Cook are the England batsmen to perform the feat against India

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JDB Robertson	77	56	Eng	Ind	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
2	AN Cook	71	46*	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018

AN Cook would become the ninth opening batsman to score fifties in both innings of a farewell test. He would become the first England opening batsman to perform such a feat. The performance of all the nine batsmen are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Worrall	55	75	Aus	Eng	The Oval	14 Aug 1899
2	RK Nunes	66	92	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	JAJ Christy	62	53	SAF	NZl	Wellington	04 Mar 1932
4	PGV van der Bijl	125	97	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
5	B Mitchell	99	56	SAF	Eng	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1949
6	BA Richards	81	126	SAF	Aus	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
7	RE Redmond	107	56	NZl	Pak	Auckland	16 Feb 1973
8	IR Redpath	101	70	Aus	Win	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976
9	AN Cook	71	46*	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018