JE Root of England scored 153 against West Indies in the ongoing test at Bridgetown to provide the 225^th occasion of a captain scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket.  It also provides the 44^th occasion of an England captain scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AE Stoddart	173	3	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894
2	WR Hammond	240	1	Aus	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
3	WR Hammond	181	1	SAF	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938
4	L Hutton	150	2	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
5	L Hutton	169	1	Win	Guyana	24 Feb 1954
6	L Hutton	205	2	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
7	PBH May	285*	3	Win	Birm’ham	30 May 1957
8	MC Cowdrey	155	3	SAF	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
9	ER Dexter	205	2	Pak	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
10	ER Dexter	172	1	Pak	The Oval	16 Aug 1962
11	ER Dexter	174	2	Aus	Man’ter	23 Jul 1964
12	MH Denness	188	2	Aus	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
13	MH Denness	181	1	NZl	Auckland	20 Feb 1975
14	DI Gower	152	2	Pak	Fai’baf	12 Mar 1984
15	DI Gower	173*	3	Pak	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
16	DI Gower	166	1	Aus	Not’ham	11 Jul 1985
17	DI Gower	215	2	Aus	Birm’ham	15 Aug 1985
18	DI Gower	157	1	Aus	The Oval	29 Aug 1985
19	MW Gatting	183*	1	Ind	Birm’ham	03 Jul 1986
20	MW Gatting	150*	3	Pak	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
21	GA Gooch	154	1	NZl	Birm’ham	05 Jul 1990
22	GA Gooch	333	1	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
23	GA Gooch	154*	3	Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
24	GA Gooch	174	3	Srl	Lord’s	22 Aug 1991
25	MA Atherton	185*	4	SAF	Jo’burg	30 Nov 1995
26	MA Atherton	160	2	Ind	Not’ham	04 Jul 1996
27	AJ Stewart	164	3	SAF	Man’ter	02 Jul 1998
28	N Hussain	155	1	Ind	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
29	MP Vaughan	166	1	Aus	Man’ter	11 Aug 2005
30	Trescothick	193	2	Pak	Multan	12 Nov 2005
31	AJ Strauss	169	1	Win	St John’s	15 Feb 2009
32	AJ Strauss	161	1	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
33	AN Cook	173	1	Ban	Ch’gram	12 Mar 2010
34	AN Cook	176	3	Ind	Ahm’bad	15 Nov 2012
35	AN Cook	190	2	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
36	AN Cook	162	3	NZl	Lord’s	21 May 2015
37	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	A Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
38	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
39	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
40	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	14 Jan 2021
41	JE Root	186	2	Srl	Galle	22 Jan 2021
42	JE Root	218	1	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
43	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
44	JE Root	153	1	Win	Barbados	16 Mar 2022

It also provides the sixth occasion of an England captain scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	169	1	Win	Guyana	24 Feb 1954
2	L Hutton	205	2	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
3	PBH May	285*	3	Win	Birm’ham	30 May 1957
4	GA Gooch	154*	3	Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
5	AJ Strauss	169	1	Win	St John’s	15 Feb 2009
6	JE Root	153	1	Win	Barbados	16 Mar 2022

JE Root’s 153 in this test represent his seventh score of 150 plus runs in a test innings and the most by an England captain. DI Gower and AN Cook have scored five centuries each.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DI Gower	152	2	Pak	Fai’baf	12 Mar 1984
2	DI Gower	173*	3	Pak	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
3	DI Gower	166	1	Aus	Not’ham	11 Jul 1985
4	DI Gower	215	2	Aus	Birm’ham	15 Aug 1985
5	DI Gower	157	1	Aus	The Oval	29 Aug 1985
1	AN Cook	173	1	Ban	Ch’gram	12 Mar 2010
2	AN Cook	176	3	Ind	Ahm’bad	15 Nov 2012
3	AN Cook	190	2	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
4	AN Cook	162	3	NZl	Lord’s	21 May 2015
5	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	A Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
1	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
2	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
3	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	14 Jan 2021
4	JE Root	186	2	Srl	Galle	22 Jan 2021
5	JE Root	218	1	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
6	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
7	JE Root	153	1	Win	Barbados	16 Mar 2022

JE Root became the seventh captain in the annals of test cricket to score seven or more scores of 150 plus runs. Others are – V Kohli {09}, DG Bradman {08}, MJ Clarke {07}, DPMD Jayawardene {07}, BC Lara {07} and GC Smith {07}