JE Root became the second England batsman to score five or more hundreds at home while batting at number five after IR Bell. J Root’a 134 against Australia in the ongoing first test at Cardiff was his fifth hundred while batting at number five. IR Bell has six hundreds to his credit while batting at number five at home. The hundreds scored by these two batsmen are listed below

 

IR BELL
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	199	5	1	v South Africa	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
2	128	5	1	v Bangladesh	Manchester	04 Jun 2010
3	119*	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Southampton	16 Jun 2011
4	109	5	3	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
5	109	5	1	v Australia	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
6	113	5	3	v Australia	Ch-le-St	09 Aug 2013
JE  ROOT
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	104	5	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013
2	200*	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	154*	5	2	v India	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
4	149*	5	2	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
5	134	5	1	v Australia	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015