JE Root’s 180 not out against India at Lord’s went in vain to provide the 103rd occasion of a captain’s century in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	WL Murdoch	153*	3	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep	1880
2	GHS Trott	143	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1896
3	MA Noble	133	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec	1903
4	HW Taylor	109	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec	1913
5	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	Feb	1923
6	J Ryder	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec	1928
7	APF Chapman	121	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1930
8	A Melville	117	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1947
9	AD Nourse	114	3	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Dec	1949
10	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan	1952
11	GO Rabone	107	2	NZl	SAF	Durban	Dec	1953
12	PBH May	117	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul	1955
13	PBH May	113	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	1958
14	JR Reid	142	3	NZl	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb	1962
15	Javed Burki	101	3	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1962
16	JR Reid	100	3	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Mar	1963
17	MAK Pataudi	128*	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Oct	1964
18	JR Reid	128	1	NZl	Pak	Karachi	Apr	1965
19	MAK Pataudi	148	3	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun	1967
20	WM Lawry	135	2	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug	1968
21	WM Lawry	105	2	Aus	Win	Brisbane	Dec	1968
22	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb	1969
23	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun	1973
24	CH Lloyd	102	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	1975
25	AW Greig	116	2	Eng	Win	Leeds	Jul	1976
26	GS Chappell	112	3	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul	1977
27	GN Yallop	102	3	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec	1978
28	GN Yallop	121	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb	1979
29	SM Gavaskar	127*	3	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan	1983
30	AR Border	152*	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov	1985
31	DB Vengsarkar	102	3	Ind	Win	Delhi	Nov	1987
32	DI Gower	106	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1989
33	AJ Lamb	119	2	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Apr	1990
34	M Azharuddin	121	2	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jul	1990
35	MD Crowe	108*	3	NZl	Pak	Lahore	Oct	1990
36	DL Haynes	117	1	Win	Pak	Karachi	Nov	1990
37	M Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Jan	1992
38	A Ranatunga	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug	1992
39	MD Crowe	107	3	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Dec	1992
40	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jun	1993
41	MA Atherton	144	1	Eng	Win	Georgetown	Mar	1994
42	RB Richardson	100	1	Win	Aus	Kingston	Apr	1995
43	SR Tendulkar	169	2	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	Jan	1997
44	MA Taylor	129	3	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jun	1997
45	WJ Cronje	126	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Jul	1998
46	M Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Dec	1998
47	SR Waugh	100	1	Aus	Win	Kingston	Mar	1999
48	SR Waugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar	1999
49	BC Lara	100	2	Win	Aus	St John’s	Apr	1999
50	A Flower	129	3	Zim	Srl	Harare	Nov	1999
51	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	1999
52	A Flower	113*	2	Zim	Win	Trinidad	Mar	2000
53	SR Waugh	110	1	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar	2001
54	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	Aug	2002
55	SR Waugh	102	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan	2003
56	BC Lara	110	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	Apr	2003
57	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Apr	2003
58	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec	2003
59	SP Fleming	117	1	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun	2004
60	Mohd Yousuf	111	1	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	2004
61	ME Trescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov	2005
62	BC Lara	122	3	Win	Pak	Lahore	Nov	2006
63	Mohd Ashraful	129*	3	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul	2007
64	MP Vaughan	124	3	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul	2007
65	M Jayawardene	104	2	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov	2007
66	RT Ponting	101	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec	2008
67	Mohd Ashraful	101	4	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	Dec	2008
68	DL Vettori	118	1	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	Mar	2009
69	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug	2009
70	KC Sangakkara	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec	2009
71	CH Gayle	102	2	Win	Aus	Perth	Dec	2009
72	S Al Hasan	100	4	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	Feb	2010
73	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	Nov	2011
74	MJ Clarke	151	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	Nov	2011
75	M Jayawardene	105	1	Srl	Eng	Col-PSS	Apr	2012
76	DJG Sammy	106	1	Win	Eng	Nottingham	May	2012
77	LRPL Taylor	113	1	NZl	Ind	Bengaluru	Aug	2012
78	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov	2012
79	MJ Clarke	130	1	Aus	Ind	Chennai	Feb	2013
80	M Rahim	116	3	Ban	Win	Kingstown	Sep	2014
81	V Kohli	115	2	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Dec	2014
82	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Dec	2014
83	AN Cook	105	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	May	2015
84	AD Mathews	122	3	Srl	Pak	Pallekele	Jul	2015
85	V Kohli	103	2	Ind	Srl	Galle	Aug	2015
86	AD Mathews	102	2	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Aug	2015
87	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Aug	2015
88	BB McCullum	145	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	Feb	2016
89	SPD Smith	119	2	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug	2016
90	AG Cremer	102*	2	Zim	Srl	Harare	Oct	2016
91	F du Plessis	118*	1	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	Nov	2016
92	M Rahim	159	1	Ban	NZl	Wellington	Jan	2017
93	M Rahim	127	2	Ban	Ind	Hyd-RGS	Feb	2017
94	SPD Smith	111	1	Aus	Ind	Dharamsala	Mar	2017
95	V Kohli	153	2	Ind	SAF	Centurion	Jan	2018
96	V Kohli	149	2	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	Aug	2018
97	V Kohli	123	2	Ind	Aus	Perth	Dec	2018
98	Mahmudullah	146	3	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	Feb	2019
99	CR Ervine	107	1	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	Feb	2020
100	F Karunaratne	103	3	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan	2021
101	Mominul Haque	115	3	Ban	Win	Chattogram	Feb	2021
102	SC Williams	151*	3	Zim	Afg	Abu Dhabi	Mar	2021
103	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug	2021

JE Root’s 180 not out against India at Lord’s went in vain to provide the 14th occasion of a England captain’s century in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	APF Chapman	121	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1930
2	PBH May	117	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul	1955
3	PBH May	113	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	1958
4	AW Greig	116	2	Eng	Win	Leeds	Jul	1976
5	DI Gower	106	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1989
6	AJ Lamb	119	2	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Apr	1990
7	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jun	1993
8	MA Atherton	144	1	Eng	Win	Georgetown	Mar	1994
9	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	Aug	2002
10	ME Trescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov	2005
11	MP Vaughan	124	3	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul	2007
12	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov	2012
13	AN Cook	105	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	May	2015
14	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug	2021

JE Root’s 180 not out against India at Lord’s went in vain to provide the 13th occasion of a captain’s century in a losing cause against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	SR Waugh	110	1	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar	2001
2	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	Aug	2002
3	MP Vaughan	124	3	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul	2007
4	DL Vettori	118	1	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	Mar	2009
5	KC Sangakkara	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec	2009
6	LRPL Taylor	113	1	NZl	Ind	Bengaluru	Aug	2012
7	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov	2012
8	MJ Clarke	130	1	Aus	Ind	Chennai	Feb	2013
9	AD Mathews	102	2	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Aug	2015
10	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Aug	2015
11	M Rahim	127	2	Ban	Ind	Hyd-RGS	Feb	2017
12	SPD Smith	111	1	Aus	Ind	Dharamsala	Mar	2017
13	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug	2021

JE Root’s 180 not out against India at Lord’s went in vain to provide the fourth occasion of a England captain’s century in a losing cause against India.  All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	Aug	2002
2	MP Vaughan	124	3	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul	2007
3	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov	2012
4	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug	2021

JE Root’s 180 not out against India at Lord’s went in vain to provide the seventh occasion of a captain’s century in a losing cause at Lord’s. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	GHS Trott	143	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1896
2	APF Chapman	121	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1930
3	A Melville	117	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1947
4	Javed Burki	101	3	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1962
5	DI Gower	106	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1989
6	M Azharuddin	121	2	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jul	1990
7	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug	2021