SPD Smith’s 215 in the ongoing test second test at Lord’s between England and Australia provide the 24^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double hundred against England. All such occasions are listed below in the descending order of the runs scored

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	334	1	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
2	RB Simpson	311	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
3	RM Cowper	307	2	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966
4	DG Bradman	304	2	v England	Leeds	20 Jul 1934
5	DG Bradman	270	3	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
6	WH Ponsford	266	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
7	DG Bradman	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
8	JL Langer	250	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
9	DG Bradman	244	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
10	SG Barnes	234	2	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
11	DG Bradman	234	2	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
12	DG Bradman	232	2	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
13	SJ McCabe	232	2	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
14	RB Simpson	225	2	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
15	MA Taylor	219	1	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
16	SPD Smith	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
17	DG Bradman	212	3	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
18	WL Murdoch	211	1	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
19	KR Stackpole	207	1	v England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
20	WA Brown	206*	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
21	AR Morris	206	1	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
22	J Ryder	201*	1	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
23	SE Gregory	201	1	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
24	AR Border	200*	1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993

SPD Smith’s 215 in the ongoing test second test at Lord’s between England and Australia provide the third occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double hundred against England. Others to score double  hundreds are – DG Bradman and WA Brown. All such occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note that an Australian batsman scored a double hundred against England at Lord’s after 77 years. WA Brown was the last batsman to score a double hundred at Lord’s in Jun 1938. SPD Smith’s 215 is  the second best score by an Australian batsman against England at Lord’s. The best is credited to DG Bradman who had scored 230 in Jun 1930.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	SPD Smith	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
3	WA Brown	206*	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938