JE Root of England scored 115 not out in the fourth innings against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Lord’s to provide the 13th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fourth innings century in a test in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JT Brown	140	4	Aus	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895
2	GL Jessop	104	4	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1902
3	JB Hobbs	126*	4	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911
4	H Sutcliffe	135	4	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928
5	Rev.DS Sheppard	113	4	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
6	MA Atherton	118	4	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
7	MA Butcher	173*	4	Aus	Leeds	16 Aug 2001
8	N Hussain	103*	4	NZl	Lord’s	20 May 2004
9	GP Thorpe	104*	4	NZl	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004
10	AJ Strauss	106	4	NZl	Manchester	23 May 2008
11	AN Cook	109*	4	Ban	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010
12	BA Stokes	135*	4	Aus	Leeds	22 Aug 2019
13	JE Root	115*	4	NZl	Lord’s	02 Jun 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of an England batsman scoring a fourth innings century in a test in a winning cause against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Atherton	118	4	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
2	N Hussain	103*	4	NZl	Lord’s	20 May 2004
3	GP Thorpe	104*	4	NZl	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004
4	AJ Strauss	106	4	NZl	Manchester	23 May 2008
5	JE Root	115*	4	NZl	Lord’s	02 Jun 2022

N Hussain and JE Root are the only two England batsmen who have scored fourth innings centuries in a winning cause at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket. Both these batsmen chose New Zealand as opponent.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	N Hussain	103*	4	NZl	Lord’s	20 May 2004
2	JE Root	115*	4	NZl	Lord’s	02 Jun 2022