175 plus runs in an innings by England batsmen on away soil
JE Root’s 182 not out in the second test between England and West Indies at St George’s provide the 50th occasion of an England batsman scoring 175 plus runs on away soil. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KS Ranjitsinhji | 175 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 13 Dec 1897 |
| 2 | RE Foster | 287 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 |
| 3 | JB Hobbs | 187 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 |
| 4 | JB Hobbs | 187 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Jan 1912 |
| 5 | JB Hobbs | 178 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 09 Feb 1912 |
| 6 | W Rhodes | 179 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 09 Feb 1912 |
| 7 | CP Mead | 181 | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 18 Jan 1923 |
| 8 | H Sutcliffe | 176 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1925 |
| 9 | WR Hammond | 251 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 |
| 10 | WR Hammond | 200 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 |
| 11 | WR Hammond | 177 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 |
| 12 | EH Hendren | 205* | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 01 Feb 1930 |
| 13 | GB Legge | 196 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 21 Feb 1930 |
| 14 | A Sandham | 325 | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 03 Apr 1930 |
| 15 | H Sutcliffe | 194 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Dec 1932 |
| 16 | WR Hammond | 227 | 1 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 24 Mar 1933 |
| 17 | WR Hammond | 336* | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 31 Mar 1933 |
| 18 | WR Hammond | 231* | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 18 Dec 1936 |
| 19 | WR Hammond | 181 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 |
| 20 | E Paynter | 243 | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 |
| 21 | WJ Edrich | 219 | 4 | v South Africa | Durban | 03 Mar 1939 |
| 22 | C Washbrook | 195 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 |
| 23 | TW Graveney | 175 | 2 | v India | Mumbai (BS) | 14 Dec 1951 |
| 24 | L Hutton | 205 | 2 | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Mar 1954 |
| 25 | ER Dexter | 205 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 02 Feb 1962 |
| 26 | RW Barber | 185 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 07 Jan 1966 |
| 27 | DL Amiss | 262* | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1974 |
| 28 | MH Denness | 188 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 08 Feb 1975 |
| 29 | MH Denness | 181 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 20 Feb 1975 |
| 30 | KWR Fletcher | 216 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 20 Feb 1975 |
| 31 | DL Amiss | 179 | 1 | v India | Delhi | 17 Dec 1976 |
| 32 | G Fowler | 201 | 2 | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 |
| 33 | MW Gatting | 207 | 2 | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 |
| 34 | GA Hick | 178 | 1 | v India | Mumbai | 19 Feb 1993 |
| 35 | RA Smith | 175 | 2 | v West Indies | St John’s | 16 Apr 1994 |
| 36 | MA Atherton | 185* | 4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 |
| 37 | GP Thorpe | 200* | 3 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 |
| 38 | MP Vaughan | 177 | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 21 Nov 2002 |
| 39 | MP Vaughan | 183 | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 2003 |
| 40 | ME Trescothick | 180 | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 |
| 41 | ME Trescothick | 193 | 2 | v Pakistan | Multan | 12 Nov 2005 |
| 42 | PD Collingwood | 206 | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 01 Dec 2006 |
| 43 | AJ Strauss | 177 | 3 | v New Zealand | Napier | 22 Mar 2008 |
| 44 | AN Cook | 235* | 3 | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 45 | KP Pietersen | 227 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 03 Dec 2010 |
| 46 | AN Cook | 189 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 03 Jan 2011 |
| 47 | AN Cook | 176 | 3 | v India | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 48 | KP Pietersen | 186 | 2 | v India | Mumbai | 23 Nov 2012 |
| 59 | AN Cook | 190 | 2 | v India | Kolkata | 05 Dec 2012 |
| 50 | JE Root | 182* | 2 | v West Indies | St George’s | 21 Apr 2015 |
JE Root’s 182 not out in the second test between England and West Indies at St Georges provide the fifth occasion of an England batsman scoring 175 plus runs against West Indies on away soil. All such occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note that each of the five hundreds have an interval of at least twenty years by calendar year between them.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | Interval |
| 1 | A Sandham | 325 | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 03 Apr 1930 | ———– |
| 2 | L Hutton | 205 | 2 | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Mar 1954 | 20 Years |
| 3 | DL Amiss | 262* | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1974 | 20 Years |
| 4 | RA Smith | 175 | 2 | v West Indies | St John’s | 16 Apr 1994 | 20 Years |
| 5 | JE Root | 182* | 2 | v West Indies | St George’s | 21 Apr 2015 | 21 Years |
JE Root’s 182 not out in the second test between England and West Indies at St Georges provide the eighth occasion of an England batsman scoring unbeaten 175 plus runs against West Indies on away soil. All such occasions are listed below. JE Root’s 182 not out provides the second such occasion against West Indies – the first being 262 not out by DL Amiss at Kingston in Feb 1974
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | WR Hammond | 336* | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 31 Mar 1933 |
| 2 | DL Amiss | 262* | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1974 |
| 3 | AN Cook | 235* | 3 | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 4 | WR Hammond | 231* | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 18 Dec 1936 |
| 5 | EH Hendren | 205* | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 01 Feb 1930 |
| 6 | GP Thorpe | 200* | 3 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 |
| 7 | MA Atherton | 185* | 4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 |
| 8 | JE Root | 182* | 2 | v West Indies | St George’s | 21 Apr 2015 |