England lost its first two wickets without a run on the board in its second innings – fourth innings of the test – against Australia in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the 47^th occasion of a team losing its first two wickets without a run on the board in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Inns	FoW	Runs
1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	3	2	0
2	SAF	Eng	Port Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889	1	2	0
3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	12 Jun 1902	1	2	0
4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	2	2	0
5	NZl	Eng	Auckland	31 Mar 1933	1	2	0
6	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	2	2	0
7	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	3	2	0
8	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	3	2	0
9	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	3	2	0
10	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	3	2	0
11	Win	Ind	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	3	2	0
12	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	18 Jun 1959	3	2	0
13	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	2	2	0
14	Ind	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964	4	2	0
15	NZl	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	12 Mar 1965	4	2	0
16	NZl	Eng	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	3	2	0
17	Eng	Win	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	4	2	0
18	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969	1	2	0
19	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Pak	16 Mar 1973	3	2	0
20	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	1	2	0
21	Pak	Win	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	1	2	0
22	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	4	2	0
23	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	2	2	0
24	Ind	Win	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	2	2	0
25	Ind	Win	Chennai	24 Dec 1983	2	2	0
26	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	1	2	0
27	NZl	Eng	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	4	2	0
28	Zim	Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	3	2	0
29	SAF	Ind	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	4	2	0
30	Srl	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	4	2	0
31	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999	1	2	0
32	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999	1	2	0
33	Win	NZl	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	3	2	0
34	Zim	Win	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	2	2	0
35	Win	Zim	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	3	2	0
36	Zim	Ban	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	4	2	0
37	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	1	2	0
38	Eng	NZl	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	2	2	0
39	Pak	Ind	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	1	2	0
40	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	1	2	0
41	SAF	Aus	Durban	06 Mar 2009	2	2	0
42	NZl	Pak	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	3	2	0
43	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	03 Dec 2010	1	2	0
44	Ban	Zim	Dhaka	25 Oct 2014	4	2	0
45	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	21 May 2015	4	2	0
46	Ban	SAF	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	4	2	0
47	Eng	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019	4	2	0

It also provides the eighth occasion of England losing its first two wickets in an innings without a run on the board. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Inns	FoW	Runs
1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	12 Jun 1902	1	2	0
2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	2	2	0
3	Eng	Win	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	4	2	0
4	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Pak	16 Mar 1973	3	2	0
5	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	1	2	0
6	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	1	2	0
7	Eng	NZl	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	2	2	0
8	Eng	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019	4	2	0

It also provides the third occasion of England losing its first two wickets in an innings without a run on the board against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below, It is interesting to note that England innings suffered such an happening after a gap of 115 years against Australia and also after a gap of 117 years against Australia on home soil

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Inns	FoW	Runs
1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	12 Jun 1902	1	2	0
2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	2	2	0
3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019	4	2	0

England lost its first two wickets without a run on the board in its second innings – fourth innings of the test – against Australia in the ongoing test at Manchester to provide the tenth occasion of a team losing its first two wickets without a run on the board in the annals of test cricket against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Inns	FoW	Runs
1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	12 Jun 1902	1	2	0
2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	2	2	0
3	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	2	2	0
4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	3	2	0
5	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	3	2	0
6	Ind	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964	4	2	0
7	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969	1	2	0
8	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	1	2	0
9	SAF	Aus	Durban	06 Mar 2009	2	2	0
10	Eng	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019	4	2	0

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a team losing its first two wickets against without a run on the board  in the fourth innings of the test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Inns	FoW	Runs
1	Ind	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964	4	2	0
2	NZl	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	12 Mar 1965	4	2	0
3	Eng	Win	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	4	2	0
4	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	4	2	0
5	NZl	Eng	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	4	2	0
6	SAF	Ind	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	4	2	0
7	Srl	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	4	2	0
8	Zim	Ban	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	4	2	0
9	Ban	Zim	Dhaka	25 Oct 2014	4	2	0
10	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	21 May 2015	4	2	0
11	Ban	SAF	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	4	2	0
12	Eng	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019	4	2	0

It also provides the second occasion of England losing its first two wickets against without a run on the board  in the fourth innings of the test. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Inns	FoW	Runs
1	Eng	Win	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	4	2	0
2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019	4	2	0

Test cricket has witnessed both the teams losing its first two wickets without a run on the board only once. It occurred in West Indies Vs Zimbabwe test at Port of Spain in March 2000.  Zimbabwe lost its first two wickets in the second innings of the test and West Indies suffered the same fate in the third innings of the test

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Inns	FoW	Runs
1	Zim	Win	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	2	2	0
2	Win	Zim	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	3	2	0