Fourth and fifth day’s play – England vs India at Birmingham

Fourth and fifth day’s play – England vs India at Birmingham

RR Pant’s run aggregate against England in England read 511. He became the third Indn wicket keeper batsman to score 500 plus runs against England in England. Others are – MS Dhoni {778} and FM Engineer {568}

AZ Lees of England was dismissed run out for 56 in England’s second innings to provide the 25th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings on home soil

It also provides the third occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings against India

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 1067th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 570th occasion of  England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil.

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 161st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India. It also provides the 94th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil against India.

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 191st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 94th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the first wicket on home soil.

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 30th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against India. It also provides the 15th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against India on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 1068th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 571st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 162nd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India. It also provides the 95th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil against India.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 181st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 99th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the third wicket on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 37th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India in a test innings. It also provides the 22nd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India for the third wicket on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 106th occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 64th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 19th occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 12th occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 19th occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership against India in a test innings. It also provides the 12th occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings against India on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership against India for the fourth in a test innings. It also provides the fourth occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the fourth wicket against India on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings which represent the record partnership by England batsmen against India for the fourth wicket on home soil.  The previous best was 266 runs posted by WR Hammond-TS Worthington for the fourth wicket at The Oval in Aug 1936.

RR Pant-RA Jadeja posted 222 runs for the sixth wicket in India’s first  innings and JE Root-JM Bairstow posted 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 45th occasion of rival batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in a test.

England chased a target of 377 in the fourth innings of this test and won by seven wickets posting a total of 378 for the loss of three wickets. It provides the 57th occasion of a team chasing 275 plus runs in the fourth innings to win a test match – England winnings its last four consecutive – a feat achieved for the first time.

England chased a target of 377 in the fourth innings of this test and won by seven wickets posting a total of 378 for the loss of three wickets. It provides the ninth occasion of a team chasing 375 plus runs in the fourth innings to win a test match – England winning its last four consecutive – a feat achieved for the first time.

NoTeamScoreIReOppGroundStart Date
1Win418/74wonAusSt John’s09 May 2003
2SAF414/44wonAusPerth17 Dec 2008
3Ind406/44wonWinTrinidad07 Apr 1976
4Aus404/34wonEngLeeds22 Jul 1948
5Win395/74wonBanChattogram03 Feb 2021
6Srl391/64wonZimCol-RPS14 Jul 2017
7Ind387/44wonEngChennai11 Dec 2008
8Pak382/34wonSrlPallekele03 Jul 2015
9Eng378/34wonIndBirmingham01 Jul 2022

England’s chase of 377 runs in the fourth innings of this test represents its record chase in tests to win a test. Its previous highest chase was 358 runs against Australia at Leeds in Aug 2019. England posted 362 for 9 in its fourth innings to win the test by one wicket.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 897th and 898th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings. It also provides the 487th  and  488th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 127th and 128th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries against India in a test innings. It also provides the 77th and 78th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries against India in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 51st and 52nd occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the 22nd and 23rd occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test on home soil.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the third and fourth occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test against India. It also provides the the third and fourth occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test on home soil against India.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 175th occasion of two or more England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings. It also provides the 103rd occasion of two or more England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the fifth occasion of two England batsman scoring unbeaten centuries in a test innings. It also provides the 89th occasion of two England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 21st occasion of two England batsman scoring unbeaten centuries in a test innings against India. It also provides the 14th occasion of two England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil against India

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 149th occasion of two England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings. It also provides the fourth occasion of two England batsman scoring unbeaten centuries in a test innings on home soil

JM Bairstow’s 106 and 114 not out represent his fifth and sixth century in the calendar year 2022. His feat of scoring six centuries in a calendar year provides the 20th occasion of a batsman scoring six or more centuries in a calendar year. He became the fourth England batsman to score six centuries in a calendar year. Others are –  DCS Compton in 1947 {06 centuries}, MP Vaughan in 2002 {06 centuries} and JE Root in 2021 {06 centuries}

JE Root scored 142 not out in the fourth innings of this test which represents his 28th test century. Only AN Cook has scored more centuries – 33 – among the England batsmen. It also represents his 17th century on home soil – most by an England batsman on home soil. IR Bell and AN Cook have scored 15 centuries on home soil.

JE Root scored 142 not out in the fourth innings of this test which represents his ninth test century against India. It also represents his seventh test century against India home soil

JE Root with nine centuries to his credit now owns the record for most centuries by a batsman against India. The previous record was held by RT Ponting who had scored nine centuries against India.

JE Root and RT Ponting share the record for most centuries against India on home soil. Both the batsmen have scored seven centuries. JE Root’s 142 not out in this test was his seventh test century against India on home soil

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 2526 at the end of this test. He became the second batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 2500 plus runs against India after RT Ponting. RT Ponting has scored 2553 runs against India.

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 2526 at the end of this test. He became the first England batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 2500 plus runs against India. He went past AN Cook who had an aggregate of 2431 runs against India.

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 1574 on home soil at the end of this test. He became the first England batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 1500 plus runs against India on home soil

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 1574 on home soil at the end of this test. He became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 1500 plus runs against India on home soil. Others are – RT Ponting {1893} and SC Chanderpaul {1547}

JE Root with 1574 runs to his credit occupies the second place amongst batmen who have scored most runs against India on home soil. RT Ponting with 1893 runs occupies the first place. JE Root went past SC Chanderpaul {1547} to occupy the second place.

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 2500 plus runs against a specific team.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSOpp
1DG BradmanAus376375028334Eng
2JB HobbsEng417143636187Aus
3TendulkarInd397483630241*Aus
4AR BorderAus4782193548200*Eng
5DI GowerEng427743269215Aus
6GS SobersWin366183214226Eng
7SR WaughAus4673183200177*Eng
8SPD SmithAus325653044239Eng
9BC LaraWin305132983400*Eng
10G BoycottEng387192945191Aus
11SangakkaraSrl234562911230Pak
12IVA RichardsWin365042869291Eng
13BC LaraWin315822856277Aus
14WR HammondEng335832852251Aus
15SM GavaskarInd274862749236*Win
16H SutcliffeEng274652741194Aus
17B MitchellSAF305772732189*Eng
18C HillAus417612660188Eng
19JH EdrichEng325732644175Aus
20GA GoochEng427902632196Aus
21GS ChappellAus356582619144Eng
22RT PontingAus295142555257Ind
23TendulkarInd325342535193Eng
24JE RootEng254552526218Ind

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 2500 plus runs against a specific team.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSOpp
1JB HobbsEng417143636187Aus
2DI GowerEng427743269215Aus
3G BoycottEng387192945191Aus
4WR HammondEng335832852251Aus
5H SutcliffeEng274652741194Aus
6JH EdrichEng325732644175Aus
7GA GoochEng427902632196Aus
8JE RootEng254552526218Ind
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