BA Stokes of England was dismissed for zero in England’s first innings to provide the 1924^th occasion of an England batsman scoring zero in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the 208^th occasion of an England batsman scoring zero in an innings against India

BA Stokes of England collected the first ball duck in England’s first innings to provide the 331^st occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the seventh occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India

BA Stokes of England was dismissed for zero in England’s first innings to provide the 116^th occasion of an England captain scoring zero in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the seventh occasion of an England captain scoring zero in an innings against India

BA Stokes was dismissed for zero in England’s first innings to provide the second occasion of his dismissed for zero against India. Prior to this he was dismissed for zero against India at Dharamsala in Mar 2024. BA Stokes became the second England captain to be dismissed for zero on two occasions against India. AR Lewis is the other England captain to be dismissed for zero on two occasions against India. He was dismissed for zero against India at Delhi in Dec 1972 and at Brabourne in Feb 1973

It is interesting to note that AR Lewis and BA Stokes have one of their ducks as first ball duck. AR Lewis collected the first ball duck at Brabourne in Feb 1973, while BA Stokes collected the first ball duck at Birmingham in Jul 2025 {this test}

BA Stokes of England collected the first ball duck in England’s first innings to provide the 25^th occasion of an England captain collecting the first ball duck in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the second occasion of an England captain collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India.

BA Stokes, BA Carse, JC Tongue and Shoaib Bashir were dismissed for zeroes on the third day of the test. BM Duckett and O Pope were dismissed for zeroes on the second day of the test. Thus a total of six England batsmen were dismissed for zeroes in England’s first innings. Thus a total of 211 England batsmen were dismissed for zeroes in an innings against India.

The test cricket has witnessed nine occasions of six batsmen scoring zeroes in an innings including the one in England’s innings in this test. This is the first occasion of six England batsmen scoring zeroes in an innings and the second such occasion against India. Prior to this six South African batsmen had scored zeroes in the fourth innings of the test against  India at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996

Shubman Gill scored 269 in the first innings and BA Stokes scored zero in the second innings of the on-going teat between England and India to provide the 18^th occasion of rival captains scoring a century and zero in the first and second innings of test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MA Noble	133	1	Australia	v England	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
	2	PF Warner	0	2	England	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
2	1	DG Bradman	169	1	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
	2	GOB Allen	0	2	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
3	1	DG Bradman	132	1	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
	2	L Amarnath	0	2	India	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
4	1	AL Hassett	112	1	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949
	2	AD Nourse	0	2	England	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949
5	1	PBH May	101	1	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956
	2	IWG Johnson	0	2	Australia	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1956
6	1	PBH May	104	1	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
	2	JDC Goddard	0	2	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
7	1	PBH May	113	1	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958
	2	R Benaud	0	2	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958
8	1	MC Cowdrey	101	1	England	v West Indies	Kingston	08 Feb 1968
	2	GS Sobers	0	2	West Indies	v England	Kingston	08 Feb 1968
9	1	RB Kanhai	157	1	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	23 Aug 1973
	2	R Illingworth	0	2	England	v West Indies	Lord’s	23 Aug 1973
10	1	CH Lloyd	121	1	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980
	2	GS Chappell	0	2	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980
11	1	SR Waugh	121*	1	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000
	2	JC Adams	0	2	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000
12	1	RT Ponting	103	1	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
	2	GC Smith	0	2	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Mar 2006
13	1	RT Ponting	196	1	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
	2	A Flintoff	0	2	England	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
14	1	GC Smith	232	1	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
	2	Mohammad Ashraful	0	2	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
15	1	M Jayawardene	136	1	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008
	2	CH Gayle	0	2	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Providence	22 Mar 2008
16	1	TWM Latham	252	1	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
	2	Mominul Haque	0	2	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
17	1	Shan Masood	151	1	Pakistan	v England	Multan	07 Oct 2024
	2	OJ Pope	0	2	England	v Pakistan	Multan	07 Oct 2024
18	1	Shubman Gill	269	1	India	v England	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025
	2	BA Stokes	0	2	England	v India	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025

Shubman Gill scored 269 in the first innings and BA Stokes scored zero in the second innings of the on-going teat between England and India to provide the third occasion of rival captains scoring a double century and zero in the first and second innings of test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	GC Smith	232	1	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
	2	Mohammad Ashraful	0	2	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
2	1	TWM Latham	252	1	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
	2	Mominul Haque	0	2	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
3	1	Shubman Gill	269	1	India	v England	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025
	2	BA Stokes	0	2	England	v India	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025

BA Stokes scored zero and JL Smith scored 184 not out in the on-going second test between England and India at Birmingham to provide the sixth occasion of England captain scoring zero and wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in the same innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player		Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	R Illingworth	C	0	1	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	05 Mar 1971
	2	APE Knott	K	101	1	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	05 Mar 1971
2	1	MA Atherton	C	0	1	England	v India	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
	2	RC Russell	K	124	1	England	v India	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
3	1	BA Stokes	C	0	2	England	v India	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025
	2	JL Smith	K	184*	2	England	v India	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025
4	1	Hon.FSG Calthorpe	C	0	3	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
	2	LEG Ames	K	105	3	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
5	1	MC Cowdrey	C	0	3	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1960
	2	JM Parks	K	101*	3	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1960
6	1	AJ Strauss	C	0	3	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
	2	MJ Prior	K	102*	3	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010

BA Stokes scored zero and JL Smith scored 184 not out in the on-going second test between England and India at Birmingham to provide the second occasion of England captain scoring zero and wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in the same innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player		Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MA Atherton	C	0	1	England	v India	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
	2	RC Russell	K	124	1	England	v India	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
2	1	BA Stokes	C	0	2	England	v India	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025
	2	JL Smith	K	184*	2	England	v India	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025

HC Brook and JL Smith scored 158 and 184 not out in England’s first innings to provide the 245^th and 246th occasion of England batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the 44^th and 45^th occasion of England batsmen scoring 150 plus runs against India

JL Smith scored 184 not out in England’s first innings to provide the sixth occasion of England wicket keeper batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the first occasion of England wicket keeper batsmen scoring 150 plus runs against India

JL Smith scored 184 not out in England’s first innings which represent the highest individual score by England wicket keeper batsmen in an innings against all oppositions. The previous best was AJ Stewert’s 173 against New Zealand at Auckland in Jan 1997

JL Smith scored 184 not out in England’s first innings which represent the highest individual score by England wicket keeper batsmen in an innings against India. The previous best was RC Russel’s 124 at Lord’s in Jun 1996

HC Brook and JL Smith scored 158 and 184 not out in England’s first innings to provide the 26th occasion of two England batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the fifth occasion of two England batsmen scoring 150 plus runs against India

HC Brook-JL Smith posted 303 runs for the sixth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 110th occasion of batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the twelfth occasion of batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket against India

HC Brook-JL Smith posted 303 runs for the sixth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 19th occasion of England batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the third occasion of England batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket against India.

HC Brook-JL Smith posted 303 runs for the sixth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the ninth occasion of batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket for the sixth wicket. It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket against India for the sixth wicket

HC Brook-JL Smith posted 303 runs for the sixth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket for the sixth wicket. It also provides the first occasion of England batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket against India for the sixth wicket.

Shubman Gill-RA Jadeja posted 203 runs for the sixth wicket in India’s first innings and HC Brook-JL Smith posted 303 runs for the sixth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 70th occasion of rival teams posting 200 plus runs in a match

Shubman Gill-RA Jadeja posted 203 runs for the sixth wicket in India’s first innings and HC Brook-JL Smith posted 303 runs for the sixth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the second occasion of rival teams posting 200 plus runs in a match for the sixth wicket

JL Smith of England scored 102 runs before Lunch to provide the 26^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century before Lunch in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

First Day
No	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Year
1	103*	VT Trumper (104)	Aus v Eng	Manchester	1902
2	112*	CG Macartney (151)	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1926
3	105*	DG Bradman (334)	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1930
4	108*	Majid Khan (112)	Pak v NZ	Karachi	1976-77
4	100*	DA Warner (113)	Aus v Pak	Sydney	2016-17
5	104*	S Dhawan (107)	Ind v Afg	Bengaluru	2018
On Other Days
No	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Year
7	41* to 154*	KS Ranjitsinhji (154*)	Eng v Aus	Manchester	1896
8	22* to 138*	C Hill (142*)	Aus v RSA	Johannesburg	1902-03
9	32* to 150*	W Bardsley (164)	Aus v RSA	Lord’s	1912
10	19* to 128*	CP Mead (182*)	Eng v Aus	The Oval	1921
11	12* to 114*	JB Hobbs (211)	Eng v RSA	Lord’s	1924
12	27* to 129	HG Owen-Smith (129)	RSA v Eng	Leeds	1929
13	41* to 152*	WR Hammond (336*)	Eng v NZl	Auckland	1932-33
14	25* to 148*	LEG Ames (148*)	Eng v RSA	The Oval	1935
15	59* to 159*	SJ McCabe (189*)	Aus v RSA	Johannesburg	1935-36
16	76* to 176	GS Chappell (176)	Aus v NZ	Christchurch	1981-82
17	112* to 215*	MA Taylor (334*)	Aus v Pak	Peshawar	1998-99
18	103*	Inzamam-ul-Haq (112)	Pak v Zim	Harare	2002-03
19	77* to 191	BC Lara (191)	WI v Zim	Bulawayo	2003-04 (1)
20	57* to 162*	IR Bell (162*)	Eng v Ban	Durham	2005
21	100*	BC Lara (216)	WI v Pak	Multan	2006-07 (2)
22	119*	AB de Villiers (129)	RSA v Ind	Centurion	2010-11
23	74* to 204*	BA Stokes (258)	Eng v RSA	Cape Town	2015-16
24	1* to 108*	HH Pandya (108)	Ind v Srl	Pallekele	2017
25	60* to 161*	BM Duckett (182)	Eng v Ire	The Oval	2023
26	102*	JL Smith(184*)	Eng v Ind	Birmingham	2025

JL Smith of England scored 102 runs before Lunch to provide the ninrh occasion of a England batsman scoring a century before Lunch in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Year
1	41* to 154*	KS Ranjitsinhji (154*)	Eng v Aus	Manchester	1896
2	41* to 152*	WR Hammond (336*)	Eng v NZl	Auckland	1932-33
3	19* to 128*	CP Mead (182*)	Eng v Aus	The Oval	1921
4	12* to 114*	JB Hobbs (211)	Eng v RSA	Lord’s	1924
5	25* to 148*	LEG Ames (148*)	Eng v RSA	The Oval	1935
6	74* to 204*	BA Stokes (258)	Eng v RSA	Cape Town	2015-16
7	57* to 162*	IR Bell (162*)	Eng v Ban	Durham	2005
8	60* to 161*	BM Duckett (182)	Eng v Ire	The Oval	2023
9	102*	JL Smith(184*)	Eng v Ind	Birmingham	2025

JL Smith became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century before Lunch on the other day of the test other than the first day while all the other batsmen have added 100 plus runs to their overnight score

Mohammad Siraj returned with figures of six for 70 in England’s first innings to provide the 150^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the 29th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England

Mohammad Siraj returned with figures of six for 70 in England’s first innings to provide the 42^nd occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against all oppositions. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England

Akash Deep and Mohd Siraj captured four for 88  and six for 70 in England’s first innings to provide the 251^st occasion of two bowlers capturing all the ten wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

Akash Deep and Mohd Siraj captured four for 88  and six for 70 in England’s first innings to provide the 28th occasion of two Indian bowlers capturing all the ten wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

Akash Deep and Mohd Siraj captured four for 88  and six for 70 in England’s first innings to provide the 82nd occasion of two bowlers capturing all the ten wickets in an innings against England in the annals of test cricket.