JE Root scored 228 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the ongoing test to provide the 386^th occasion of a batsman scoring a double century in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 60th occasion of an England batsman scoring a double century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RE Foster	287	2	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1903
2	JB Hobbs	211	2	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1924
3	WR Hammond	251	2	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1928
4	WR Hammond	200	2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1928
5	EH Hendren	205*	3	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1930
6	A Sandham	325	1	Win	Kingston	Apr 1930
7	WR Hammond	227	1	NZl	Christchurch	Mar 1933
8	WR Hammond	336*	2	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1933
9	WR Hammond	217	1	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1936
10	WR Hammond	231*	1	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1936
11	E Paynter	216*	1	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1938
12	WR Hammond	240	1	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1938
13	L Hutton	364	1	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1938
14	E Paynter	243	1	SAF	Durban	Jan 1939
15	WJ Edrich	219	4	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
16	J Hardstaff jnr	205*	2	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1946
17	DCS Compton	208	1	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1947
18	L Hutton	206	2	NZl	The Oval	Aug 1949
19	L Hutton	202*	2	Win	The Oval	Aug 1950
20	L Hutton	205	2	Win	Kingston	Mar 1954
21	DCS Compton	278	2	Pak	Nottingham	Jul 1954
22	PBH May	285*	3	Win	Birmingham	May 1957
23	TW Graveney	258	1	Win	Nottingham	Jul 1957
24	ER Dexter	205	2	Pak	Karachi	Feb 1962
25	KF Barrington	256	2	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1964
26	JH Edrich	310*	1	NZl	Leeds	Jul 1965
27	G Boycott	246*	1	Ind	Leeds	Jun 1967
28	DL Amiss	262*	3	Win	Kingston	Feb 1974
29	D Lloyd	214*	2	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1974
30	KWR Fletcher	216	1	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1975
31	DL Amiss	203	2	Win	The Oval	Aug 1976
32	DI Gower	200*	1	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1979
33	IT Botham	208	1	Ind	The Oval	Jul 1982
34	G Fowler	201	2	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1985
35	MW Gatting	207	2	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1985
36	DI Gower	215	2	Aus	Birmingham	Aug 1985
37	GA Gooch	333	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
38	GA Gooch	210	2	NZl	Nottingham	Jun 1994
39	N Hussain	207	2	Aus	Birmingham	Jun 1997
40	GP Thorpe	200*	3	NZl	Christchurch	Mar 2002
41	ME Trescothick	219	2	SAF	The Oval	Sep 2003
42	RWT Key	221	1	Win	Lord’s	Jul 2004
43	PD Collingwood	206	1	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2006
44	KP Pietersen	226	1	Win	Leeds	May 2007
45	IJL Trott	226	1	Ban	Lord’s	May 2010
46	AN Cook	235*	3	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2010
47	KP Pietersen	227	2	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2010
48	IJL Trott	203	2	Srl	Cardiff	May 2011
49	KP Pietersen	202*	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 2011
50	AN Cook	294	2	Ind	Birmingham	Aug 2011
51	IR Bell	235	1	Ind	The Oval	Aug 2011
52	JE Root	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	Jun 2014
53	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2015
54	BA Stokes	258	1	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2016
55	JE Root	254	1	Pak	Manchester	Jul 2016
56	AN Cook	243	1	Win	Birmingham	Aug 2017
57	AN Cook	244*	2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2017
58	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	Nov 2019
59	Z Crawley	267	1	Pak	Southampton	Aug 2020
60	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021

JE Root became the fourth England batsman to score four or more double centuries in a test innings. Others are – WR Hammond {07}, AN Cook {05} and L Hutton {04}. The following table lists the centuries scored by these four batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WR Hammond	251	2	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1928
2	WR Hammond	200	2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1928
3	WR Hammond	227	1	NZl	Christchurch	Mar 1933
4	WR Hammond	336*	2	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1933
5	WR Hammond	217	1	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1936
6	WR Hammond	231*	1	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1936
7	WR Hammond	240	1	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1938
1	AN Cook	235*	3	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2010
2	AN Cook	294	2	Ind	Birmingham	Aug 2011
3	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2015
4	AN Cook	243	1	Win	Birmingham	Aug 2017
5	AN Cook	244*	2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2017
1	JE Root	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	Jun 2014
2	JE Root	254	1	Pak	Manchester	Jul 2016
3	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	Nov 2019
4	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021
1	L Hutton	364	1	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1938
2	L Hutton	206	2	NZl	The Oval	Aug 1949
3	L Hutton	202*	2	Win	The Oval	Aug 1950
4	L Hutton	205	2	Win	Kingston	Mar 1954

JE Root became the 26^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score four or more double centuries. The following table lists them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	200+
1	DG Bradman	Aus	12	12	1	3033	334	12
2	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	11	2	2614	319	11
3	BC Lara	Win	9	9	1	2339	400*	9
4	WR Hammond	Eng	7	7	2	1702	336*	7
5	M Jayawardene	Srl	7	7	2	1784	374	7
6	V Kohli	Ind	7	7	1	1560	254*	7
7	MS Atapattu	Srl	6	6	3	1297	249	6
8	Javed Miandad	Pak	6	6	2	1431	280*	6
9	RT Ponting	Aus	6	6	0	1342	257	6
10	V Sehwag	Ind	6	6	1	1577	319	6
11	SR Tendulkar	Ind	6	6	3	1324	248*	6
12	Younis Khan	Pak	6	6	2	1411	313	6
13	AN Cook	Eng	5	5	2	1279	294	5
14	R Dravid	Ind	5	5	1	1142	270	5
15	GC Smith	SAF	5	5	0	1202	277	5
16	HM Amla	SAF	4	4	2	973	311*	4
17	GS Chappell	Aus	4	4	1	887	247*	4
18	MJ Clarke	Aus	4	4	2	1028	329*	4
19	SM Gavaskar	Ind	4	4	1	882	236*	4
20	CG Greenidge	Win	4	4	1	876	226	4
21	L Hutton	Eng	4	4	1	977	364	4
22	BB McCullum	NZl	4	4	0	953	302	4
23	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	4	4	1	832	223	4
24	JE Root	Eng	4	4	1	908	254	4
25	KS Williamson	NZl	4	4	2	931	251	4
26	Zaheer Abbas	Pak	4	4	1	964	274	4

JE Root became the seventh batsman and first England batsman to score a double century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The following table lists all the seven batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	BC Lara	221	1	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	Nov 2001
2	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	Apr 2003
3	V Sehwag	201*	1	Ind	Srl	Galle	Jul 2008
4	SR Tendulkar	203	2	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
5	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	Nov 2010
6	Mushfiqur Rahim	200	2	Ban	Srl	Galle	Mar 2013
7	JE Root	228	2	Eng	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021