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Fourth innings centuries by England batsmen in a winning cause

Fourth innings centuries by England batsmen in a winning cause

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.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1JT Brown1404AusMelbourne01 Mar 1895
2GL Jessop1044AusThe Oval11 Aug 1902
3JB Hobbs126*4AusMelbourne30 Dec 1911
4H Sutcliffe1354AusMelbourne29 Dec 1928
5Rev.DS Sheppard1134AusMelbourne29 Dec 1962
6MA Atherton1184NZlChristchurch14 Feb 1997
7MA Butcher173*4AusLeeds16 Aug 2001
8N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
9GP Thorpe104*4NZlNottingham10 Jun 2004
10AJ Strauss1064NZlManchester23 May 2008
11AN Cook109*4BanMirpur20 Mar 2010
12BA Stokes135*4AusLeeds22 Aug 2019
13JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 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.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1MA Atherton1184NZlChristchurch14 Feb 1997
2N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
3GP Thorpe104*4NZlNottingham10 Jun 2004
4AJ Strauss1064NZlManchester23 May 2008
5JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 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.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
2JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 Jun 2022
Fourth innings centuries by England batsmen

Fourth innings centuries by England batsmen

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 49th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fourth innings century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1JT Brown1404AusMelbourne01 Mar 1895
2GL Jessop1044AusThe Oval11 Aug 1902
3JB Hobbs126*4AusMelbourne30 Dec 1911
4JB Hobbs1234AusAdelaide14 Jan 1921
5H Sutcliffe1154AusSydney19 Dec 1924
6FE Woolley1234AusSydney19 Dec 1924
7H Sutcliffe1274AusMelbourne01 Jan 1925
8H Sutcliffe1354AusMelbourne29 Dec 1928
9EH Hendren1234WinGeorgetown21 Feb 1930
10M Leyland111*4AusMelbourne01 Jan 1937
11PA Gibb1204SAFDurban03 Mar 1939
12WJ Edrich2194SAFDurban03 Mar 1939
13WR Hammond1404SAFDurban03 Mar 1939
14C Washbrook1124AusMelbourne01 Jan 1947
15C Washbrook1144WinLord’s24 Jun 1950
16W Watson1094AusLord’s25 Jun 1953
17W Watson1164WinKingston15 Jan 1954
18Rev.DS Sheppard1134AusMelbourne29 Dec 1962
19KF Barrington132*4AusAdelaide25 Jan 1963
20C Milburn126*4WinLord’s16 Jun 1966
21G Boycott1064WinLord’s26 Jun 1969
22FC Hayes106*4WinThe Oval26 Jul 1973
23APE Knott106*4AusAdelaide25 Jan 1975
24DW Randall1744AusMelbourne12 Mar 1977
25G Boycott100*4PakHyd-Pak02 Jan 1978
26G Boycott128*4AusLord’s28 Aug 1980
27GA Gooch1164WinBridgetown13 Mar 1981
28AJ Lamb1134WinLord’s16 Jun 1988
29GA Gooch1174AusAdelaide25 Jan 1991
30GA Gooch1334AusManchester03 Jun 1993
31AJ Stewart1194NZlLord’s16 Jun 1994
32MA Atherton185*4SAFJohannesburg30 Nov 1995
33MA Atherton1184NZlChristchurch14 Feb 1997
34ME Trescothick1174PakManchester31 May 2001
35MA Butcher173*4AusLeeds16 Aug 2001
36MP Vaughan1054SrlKandy10 Dec 2003
37N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
38GP Thorpe104*4NZlNottingham10 Jun 2004
39AN Cook1164AusPerth14 Dec 2006
40KP Pietersen1014IndThe Oval09 Aug 2007
41AJ Strauss1064NZlManchester23 May 2008
42AN Cook109*4BanMirpur20 Mar 2010
43IJL Trott1124SrlGalle26 Mar 2012
44MJ Prior110*4NZlAuckland22 Mar 2013
45BA Stokes1204AusPerth13 Dec 2013
46MM Ali108*4SrlLeeds20 Jun 2014
47JC Buttler1064IndNottingham18 Aug 2018
48BA Stokes135*4AusLeeds22 Aug 2019
49JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 Jun 2022

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

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1AJ Stewart1194NZlLord’s16 Jun 1994
2MA Atherton1184NZlChristchurch14 Feb 1997
3N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
4GP Thorpe104*4NZlNottingham10 Jun 2004
5AJ Strauss1064NZlManchester23 May 2008
6MJ Prior110*4NZlAuckland22 Mar 2013
7JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 Jun 2022

The following three England batsmen have scored the fourth innings century against New Zealand at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1AJ Stewart1194NZlLord’s16 Jun 1994
2N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
3JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 Jun 2022

The following table lists the England batsmen have scored the fourth innings century at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1C Washbrook1144WinLord’s24 Jun 1950
2W Watson1094AusLord’s25 Jun 1953
3C Milburn126*4WinLord’s16 Jun 1966
4G Boycott1064WinLord’s26 Jun 1969
5G Boycott128*4AusLord’s28 Aug 1980
6AJ Lamb1134WinLord’s16 Jun 1988
7AJ Stewart1194NZlLord’s16 Jun 1994
8N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
9JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 Jun 2022

G Boycott. GA Gooch and H Sutcliffe are the three England batsmen who have scored the fourth innings centuries on three occasions, while AN Cook, BA Stokes, C Washbrook, JB Hobbs, MA Atherton and W Watson have achieved the feat on two occasions.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1G Boycott1064WinLord’s26 Jun 1969
2G Boycott100*4PakHyd-Pak02 Jan 1978
3G Boycott128*4AusLord’s28 Aug 1980
       
1GA Gooch1164WinBridgetown13 Mar 1981
2GA Gooch1174AusAdelaide25 Jan 1991
3GA Gooch1334AusManchester03 Jun 1993
       
1H Sutcliffe1154AusSydney19 Dec 1924
2H Sutcliffe1274AusMelbourne01 Jan 1925
3H Sutcliffe1354AusMelbourne29 Dec 1928
       
1AN Cook1164AusPerth14 Dec 2006
2AN Cook109*4BanMirpur20 Mar 2010
       
1BA Stokes1204AusPerth13 Dec 2013
2BA Stokes135*4AusLeeds22 Aug 2019
       
1C Washbrook1124AusMelbourne01 Jan 1947
2C Washbrook1144WinLord’s24 Jun 1950
       
1JB Hobbs126*4AusMelbourne30 Dec 1911
2JB Hobbs1234AusAdelaide14 Jan 1921
       
1MA Atherton185*4SAFJohannesburg30 Nov 1995
2MA Atherton1184NZlChristchurch14 Feb 1997
       
1W Watson1094AusLord’s25 Jun 1953
2W Watson1164WinKingston15 Jan 1954

G Boycott is the only batsman to have scored fourth innings centuries on two occasions at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1G Boycott1064WinLord’s26 Jun 1969
2G Boycott128*4AusLord’s28 Aug 1980

The following table lists the England batsmen who have scored fourth innings centuries on home soil

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1GL Jessop1044AusThe Oval11 Aug 1902
2C Washbrook1144WinLord’s24 Jun 1950
3W Watson1094AusLord’s25 Jun 1953
4C Milburn126*4WinLord’s16 Jun 1966
5G Boycott1064WinLord’s26 Jun 1969
6FC Hayes106*4WinThe Oval26 Jul 1973
7G Boycott128*4AusLord’s28 Aug 1980
8AJ Lamb1134WinLord’s16 Jun 1988
9GA Gooch1334AusManchester03 Jun 1993
10AJ Stewart1194NZlLord’s16 Jun 1994
11ME Trescothick1174PakManchester31 May 2001
12MA Butcher173*4AusLeeds16 Aug 2001
13N Hussain103*4NZlLord’s20 May 2004
14GP Thorpe104*4NZlNottingham10 Jun 2004
15KP Pietersen1014IndThe Oval09 Aug 2007
16AJ Strauss1064NZlManchester23 May 2008
17MM Ali108*4SrlLeeds20 Jun 2014
18JC Buttler1064IndNottingham18 Aug 2018
19BA Stokes135*4AusLeeds22 Aug 2019
20JE Root115*4NZlLord’s02 Jun 2022
Two batsmen scoring nineties while batting at number five and six in a test innings

Two batsmen scoring nineties while batting at number five and six in a test innings

DJ Mitchell and TA Blundell of New Zealand scored 97 not out and 90 not out at the end of the second day against England in the third innings of the ongoing test at Lord’s to provide the third occasion of two batsmen scoring nineties while batting at number five and six in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the second such occasion at Lord’s.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundMon/Year
1CH Lloyd952WinEngKingstonApr 1981
2HA Gomes90*2WinEngKingstonApr 1981
        
1JE Root981EngNZlLord’sMay 2015
2BA Stokes921EngNZlLord’sMay 2015
        
1DJ Mitchell97*3NZlEngLord’sJun 2022
2TA Blundell90*3NZlEngLord’sJun 2022
England bowlers capturing exact four wickets in an innings on debut at Lord’s.

England bowlers capturing exact four wickets in an innings on debut at Lord’s.

MJ Potts became the seventh England bowler to capture exact four wickets on test debut at Lord’s when he captured four wickets conceding 13 runs in New Zealand’s first innings in the ongoing test. He also became the sixth England pace bowler to achieve the feat. His figures of 4 for 13 is the best bowling figures for a England debutant at Lord’s who has captured exact four wickets in an innings. The following table lists all the seven bowlers.

NoPlayerW-RIOppGroundStart Date
1FJ Durston4-1022AusLord’s11 Jun 1921
2WE Bowes4-0492IndLord’s25 Jun 1932
3WH Copson4-0673WinLord’s24 Jun 1939
4AV Bedser4-0963IndLord’s22 Jun 1946
5PJ Newport4-0873SriLord’s25 Aug 1988
6OE Robinson4-0751NZlLord’s02 Jun 2021
7MJ Potts4-0131NZlLord’s02 Jun 2022
Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa Twenty20 International five match series

Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa Twenty20 International five match series

KL Rahul will become the eighth captain to lead India in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1V Sehwag2006-200601
2MS Dhoni2007-201672
3SK Raina2010-201103
4AM Rahane2015-201502
5V Kohli2017-202150
6RG Sharma2017-202228
7S Dhawan2021-202103

KL Rahul will become the 273rd captain to lead a team in the history of T20Is when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

KL Rahul will become the fourth captain to lead India in T20I at home when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India at home in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1MS Dhoni2007-201620
2V Kohli2017-202123
3RG Sharma2017-202218

KL Rahul will become the 140th captain to lead a team on home soil in the history of T20Is when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

KL Rahul will become the fifth captain to lead India against South Africa in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India against South Africa in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1V Sehwag2006-200601
2MS Dhoni2007-201609
3V Kohli2017-202104
4RG Sharma2017-202201

KL Rahul will become the 46th captain to lead a team against South Africa in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

T Bavuma will become the seventh captain to lead South Africa against India in T20I when he leads South Africa against India at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022

NoPlayerSpanMat
1GC Smith2006-201004
2J Botha2011-201202
3AB de Villiers2012-201201
4F du Plessis2014-201503
5JP Duminy2018-201803
6Q de Kock2019-201902

KL Rahul has scored 18 fifties in T20Is and requires two more fifties for his 20 fifties. If he gets them, then he would become the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS50+
1V KohliInd978925329694*30
2RG SharmaInd12511715331311830
3Babar AzamPak746910268612227
4MJ GuptillNZl1121087329910522
5DA WarnerAua8888102554100*22
6PR StirlingIre10210182776115*21
7KL RahulInd565271831110*18

KL Rahul has scored 18 fifties in T20Is and requires two more fifties for his 20 fifties. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS50+
1V KohliInd978925329694*30
2RG SharmaInd12511715331311830
3KL RahulInd565271831110*18

KL Rahul has an aggregate of 1831 runs prior to the start of the series and requires 169 for his 2000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian batsman to score 2000 plus runs in T20Is.  Others are – RG Sharma {3313} and V Kohli {3296}

KL Rahul has an aggregate of 1831 runs prior to the start of the series and requires 169 for his 2000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the 16th batsman to score 2000 plus runs in the history of T20Is.  The following table lists the 15 batsmen who have achieved the feat.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS
1RG SharmaInd125117153313118
2MJ GuptillNZl11210873299105
3V KohliInd978925329694*
4PR StirlingIre10210182776115*
5AJ FinchAus8989102741172
6Babar AzamPak7469102686122
7DA WarnerAus8888102554100*
8Mohd HafeezPak11910813251499*
9EJG MorganEng11510721245891
10Shoaib MalikPak12411133243575
11JC ButtlerEng8880182140101*
12BB McCullumNZl7170102140123
13KS WilliamsonNZl747210202195
14Mohd ShahzadAfg707032015118*
15MahmudullahBan11510723200264*

B Kumar has an aggregate of 58 wickets in T20Is and two more wickets would fetch him 60 wickets. He would then become the fourth Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in T20Is. Others are – YS Chahal [68}, JJ Bumrah {67} and R Ashwin {61}.

YS Chahal has an aggregate of 68 wickets in T20Is prior to the start of the series. He needs two more wickets for his 70 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first Indian bowler to capture 70 wickets in T20Is.

YS Chahal has an aggregate of 68 wickets in T20Is prior to the start of the series. He needs two more wickets for his 70 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the 18th bowler to capture 70 wickets in the history of T20Is.

Q de Kock has an aggregate of 1827 runs prior to the start of the series and requires to 108 more runs to surpass JP Duminy’s aggregate of 1935 runs. If he gets them, Q de Kock would become South Africa’s highest run getter in T20Is.

Q de Kock has an aggregate of 65 boundary sixes prior to the start of the series and requires to five more boundary sixes for his 70 boundary sixes. If he scores them, he would then become the third South African batsman to score 70 plus boundary sixes. Others are – DA Miller {77} and JP Duminy {71}

Mohd Shahzad of Afghanistan owns the record for most boundary sixes and most boundary fours by a wicketkeeper opening batsman in T20Is. He has scored 188 boundary fours and 68 boundary sixes. Q de Kock can own this record if he scores three boundary fours and four boundary sixes. Q de Kock has scored 184 boundary fours and 65 boundary sixes prior to the start of the tour.

Q de Kock has scored eleven half centuries in T20Is prior to the start of the tour as a wicket keeper opening batsman. He requires one more half century to equal the record of 12 half centuries and two more half centuries to surpass the record of 12 half centuries held by Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan as a wicket keeper opening batsman.