JE Root of England scored zero and 86 not out as at the end of the third day of the Brisbane test against Australia to provide the 29^th occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Op	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	0	75*	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
2	AC MacLaren	65	0	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
3	Hon.FS Jackson	0	82*	Aus	Nottingham	29 May 1905
4	WR Hammond	76	0	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938
5	PBH May	0	112	SAF	Lord’s	23 Jun 1955
6	PBH May	61	0	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Feb 1957
7	MC Cowdrey	119	0	Win	Trinidad	25 Mar 1960
8	PBH May	95	0	Aus	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
9	MC Cowdrey	101	0	Win	Kingston	08 Feb 1968
10	R Illingworth	53	0	NZl	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
11	AR Lewis	0	70*	Ind	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
12	JM Brearley	0	51	Aus	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
13	MW Gatting	100	0	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
14	MW Gatting	0	96	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
15	AJ Stewart	74	0	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
16	MA Atherton	144	0	Win	Georgetown	17 Mar 1994
17	MA Atherton	0	63	SAF	The Oval	18 Aug 1994
18	AJ Stewart	0	63*	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
19	MA Atherton	0	51	Aus	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001
20	MP Vaughan	58	0	Aus	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005
21	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
22	AJ Strauss	61	0	Srl	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
23	AN Cook	62	0	Aus	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
24	AN Cook	72	0	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
25	JE Root	0	51	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
26	JE Root	0	125	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
27	JE Root	0	77	Aus	Leeds	22 Aug 2019
28	JE Root	71	0	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
29	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

It also provides the 17^th occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	0	75*	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
2	AC MacLaren	65	0	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
3	Hon.FS Jackson	0	82*	Aus	Nottingham	29 May 1905
4	WR Hammond	76	0	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938
5	PBH May	95	0	Aus	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
6	JM Brearley	0	51	Aus	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
7	MW Gatting	100	0	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
8	MW Gatting	0	96	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
9	AJ Stewart	0	63*	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
10	MA Atherton	0	51	Aus	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001
11	MP Vaughan	58	0	Aus	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005
12	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
13	AN Cook	62	0	Aus	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
14	AN Cook	72	0	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
15	JE Root	0	77	Aus	Leeds	22 Aug 2019
16	JE Root	71	0	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
17	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

It also provides the seventh occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	65	0	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
2	MW Gatting	100	0	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
3	MW Gatting	0	96	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
4	AJ Stewart	0	63*	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
5	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
6	AN Cook	72	0	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
7	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

It also provides the seconf occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test against Australia in a test at Brisbane. Bothl such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
2	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021