JE Root of England scored 134 and 60 against Australia in the just concluded first test at Cardiff to provide the 39^th  occasion of an England batsman scoring a century and half century in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Ulyett	149	64	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1882
2	A Shrewsbury snr	106	81	v Australia	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
3	A Ward	75	117	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
4	KS Ranjitsinhji	62	154*	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
5	AC MacLaren	109	50*	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
6	G Gunn	119	74	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
7	JWH Makepeace	117	54	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
8	JB Hobbs	115	57	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
9	H Sutcliffe	59	115	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
10	H Sutcliffe	76	161	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
11	H Sutcliffe	58	135	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928
12	JB Hobbs	142	65	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
14	M Leyland	137	53*	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
15	H Sutcliffe	161	54	v Australia	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
16	WR Hammond	101	75*	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1933
17	WJ Edrich	71	119	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
18	C Washbrook	62	112	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
19	C Washbrook	143	65	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
20	WJ Edrich	111	54	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
21	R Subba Row	59	112	v Australia	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961
22	MC Cowdrey	113	58*	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
22	KF Barrington	63	132*	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1963
23	KF Barrington	101	94	v Australia	Sydney	15 Feb 1963
24	KF Barrington	60	102	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
25	G Boycott	77	142*	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
26	G Boycott	58	119*	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1971
27	RA Woolmer	79	120	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jun 1977
28	G Boycott	107	80*	v Australia	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977
29	G Boycott	62	128*	v Australia	Lord’s	28 Aug 1980
30	IT Botham	50	149*	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981
31	DW Randall	78	115	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982
32	DI Gower	60	114	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982
33	DI Gower	57	106	v Australia	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
34	GA Gooch	87	117	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
35	GA Gooch	65	133	v Australia	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
36	AJ Stewart	107	52	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998
37	AN Cook	67	235*	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
38	IR Bell	109	74	v Australia	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
39	JE Root	134	60	v Australia	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015

JE Root of England scored 134 and 60 against Australia in the just concluded first test at Cardiff to provide the second occasion of an England batsman scoring a century and half century in a test while batting at number five after DCS Compton and DI Gower. The performance of these two batsmen are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DI Gower	57	106	v Australia	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
2	JE Root	134	60	v Australia	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015