RL Chase of West Indies scored 102 not out in the fourth innings against England at Gros Islet in the just concluded test. His century was in a losing cause to provide the 83^rd occasion of a batsman’s fourth innings century going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	123	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921
2	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	H Sutcliffe	115	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
4	FE Woolley	123	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
5	H Sutcliffe	127	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
6	EH Hendren	123	4	Eng	Win	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
7	DG Bradman	131	4	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930
8	M Leyland	111*	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
9	C Washbrook	114	4	Eng	Win	Lord’s	24 Jun 1950
10	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
11	W Watson	116	4	Eng	Win	Kingston	15 Jan 1954
12	AA Baig	112	4	Ind	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
13	PR Umrigar	118	4	Ind	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
14	RB Kanhai	110	4	Win	Eng	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960
15	RA McLean	113	4	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
16	ML Jaisimha	101	4	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968
17	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
18	SM Nurse	137	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
19	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
20	V Pollard	116	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
21	FC Hayes	106*	4	Eng	Win	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
22	APE Knott	106*	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
23	IVA Richards	101	4	Win	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976
24	DW Randall	174	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977
25	Asif Iqbal	135	4	Pak	Win	Kingston	15 Apr 1977
26	SM Gavaskar	113	4	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
27	AR Border	105	4	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979
28	GA Gooch	116	4	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981
29	GN Yallop	114	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
30	AR Border	123*	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
31	AJ Lamb	113	4	Eng	Win	Lord’s	16 Jun 1988
32	Ijaz Ahmed	121	4	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
33	M Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
34	PV Simmons	110	4	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992
35	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
36	Moin Khan	117*	4	Pak	Srl	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995
37	ST Jayasuriya	112	4	Srl	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996
38	Mohammad Wasim	109*	4	Pak	NZl	Lahore	21 Nov 1996
39	SL Campbell	113	4	Win	Aus	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996
40	SR Tendulkar	136	4	Ind	Pak	Chennai	28 Jan 1999
41	ME Trescothick	117	4	Eng	Pak	Manchester	31 May 2001
42	NJ Astle	222	4	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
43	AB Agarkar	109*	4	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
44	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
45	ST Jayasuriya	131	4	Srl	Aus	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
46	Shahid Afridi	122	4	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
47	Yuvraj Singh	122	4	Ind	Pak	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
48	AN Cook	116	4	Eng	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2006
49	S Chanderpaul	116*	4	Win	Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
50	Younis Khan	126	4	Pak	SAF	Karachi	01 Oct 2007
51	KC Sangakkara	192	4	Srl	Aus	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
52	Mohd Ashraful	101	4	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
53	MJ Clarke	136	4	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
54	MEK Hussey	121	4	Aus	Eng	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
55	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009
56	Mushfiqur Rahim	101	4	Ban	Ind	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010
57	Shakib Al Hasan	100	4	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
58	Junaid Siddique	106	4	Ban	Eng	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
59	DPMD Jayawardene	105	4	Srl	Aus	Galle	31 Aug 2011
60	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
61	DA Warner	123*	4	Aus	NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
62	IJL Trott	112	4	Eng	Srl	Galle	26 Mar 2012
63	H Masakadza	111*	4	Zim	Ban	Harare	25 Apr 2013
64	BA Stokes	120	4	Eng	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
65	S Dhawan	115	4	Ind	NZl	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
66	CJL Rogers	107	4	Auss	SAF	Port Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
67	MM Ali	108*	4	Eng	Srl	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
68	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
69	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
70	DM Bravo	116	4	Win	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	13 Oct 2016
71	Asad Shafiq	137	4	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
72	RL Chase	101*	4	Win	Pak	Roseau	10 May 2017
73	D Elgar	136	4	Aus	Eng	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
74	DA Warner	112	4	Aus	Ban	Dhaka	27 Aug 2017
75	Asad Shafiq	112	4	Pak	Srl	Dubai (DSC)	06 Oct 2017
76	AK Markram	143	4	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018
77	BKG Mendis	102	4	Srl	Win	Port of Spain	06 Jun 2018
78	TB de Bruyn	101	4	SAF	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018
79	JC Buttler	106	4	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
80	KL Rahul	149	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
81	RR Pant	114	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
82	BRM Taylor	106*	4	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	11 Nov 2018
83	RL Chase	102*	4	Win	Eng	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019

It also provides the 12^th occasion of a fourth innings century by a West Indian batsman in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
2	RB Kanhai	110	4	Win	Eng	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960
3	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
4	SM Nurse	137	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
5	IVA Richards	101	4	Win	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976
6	PV Simmons	110	4	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992
7	SL Campbell	113	4	Win	Aus	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996
8	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
9	S Chanderpaul	116*	4	Win	Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
10	DM Bravo	116	4	Win	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	13 Oct 2016
11	RL Chase	101*	4	Win	Pak	Roseau	10 May 2017
12	RL Chase	102*	4	Win	Eng	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019

It also provides the 19th occasion of a fourth innings century by a batsman in a losing cause against England.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923
2	DG Bradman	131	4	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930
3	AA Baig	112	4	Ind	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
4	PR Umrigar	118	4	Ind	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
5	RB Kanhai	110	4	Win	Eng	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960
6	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
7	V Pollard	116	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
8	GN Yallop	114	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
9	AR Border	123*	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
10	NJ Astle	222	4	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
11	AB Agarkar	109*	4	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
12	S Chanderpaul	116*	4	Win	Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
13	MJ Clarke	136	4	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
14	MEK Hussey	121	4	Aus	Eng	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
15	Junaid Siddique	106	4	Ban	Eng	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
16	D Elgar	136	4	Aus	Eng	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
17	KL Rahul	149	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
18	RR Pant	114	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
19	RL Chase	102*	4	Win	Eng	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a fourth innings century by a West Indian batsman in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RB Kanhai	110	4	Win	Eng	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960
2	S Chanderpaul	116*	4	Win	Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
3	RL Chase	102*	4	Win	Eng	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019

RL Chase became the eighth batsman in the annals of test cricket to witness his fourth innings century in a losing cause on two occasions. Prior to this, he had witnessed his 101 not out against Pakistan at Roseau going in vain. The following table lists all the eight batsmen who have witnessed their fourth innings centuries in a losing cause on two occasions. RL  Chase became the first West Indies batsman to suffer such an ignominy.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	AR Border	105	4	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979
	2	AR Border	123*	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
2	1	Asad Shafiq	137	4	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
	2	Asad Shafiq	112	4	Pak	Srl	Dubai (DSC)	06 Oct 2017
3	1	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
	2	BRM Taylor	106*	4	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	11 Nov 2018
4	1	DA Warner	123*	4	Aus	NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
	2	DA Warner	112	4	Aus	Ban	Dhaka	27 Aug 2017
5	1	GA Gooch	116	4	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981
	2	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
6	1	H Sutcliffe	115	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
	3	H Sutcliffe	127	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
7	1	RL Chase	101*	4	Win	Pak	Roseau	10 May 2017
	2	RL Chase	102*	4	Win	Eng	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019
8	1	ST Jayasuriya	112	4	Srl	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996
	2	ST Jayasuriya	131	4	Srl	Aus	Kandy	16 Mar 2004