JE Root of England scored 153 not out and 95 in the just concluded test at Wellington against New Zealand. His effort went in vain to provide the seventh occasion of a batsman’s century and ninety in a losing cause  in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Amarnath	90	100	Ind	Aus	Perth	16 Dec 1977
2	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
3	MH Richardson	93	101	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	20 May 2004
4	S Chanderpaul	128*	97*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
5	HH Gibbs	161	98	SAF	Eng	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
6	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
7	JE Root	153*	95	Eng	NZl	Wellington	24 Feb 2023