AN Cook scored 96 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s test between England and Australia to provide the 22^nd occasion of a captain opener scoring a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	92	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1902
2	HW Taylor	93	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 1914
3	HW Taylor	91	2	SAF	Eng	Durban	18 Jan 1923
4	RK Nunes	92	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
5	NJ Contractor	92	1	Ind	Pak	Delhi	08 Feb 1961
6	TL Goddard	93	2	SAF	Aus	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
7	RB Simpson	94	3	Aus	SAF	Durban	20 Jan 1967
8	JG Wright	98	2	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jun 1990
9	KC Wessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
10	KC Wessels	92	2	SAF	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993
11	MA Atherton	99	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
12	MA Taylor	90	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
13	MA Atherton	95	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
14	MA Taylor	96	2	Aus	Srl	Perth	08 Dec 1995
15	MA Atherton	94*	2	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
16	MA Taylor	92	3	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	ST Jayasuriya	92	1	Srl	Zim	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001
18	GC Smith	94	2	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
19	GC Smith	90	3	SAF	Win	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
20	TM Dilshan	92	1	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011
21	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
22	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

AN Cook scored 96 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s test between England and Australia to provide the sixth occasion of an England captain opener scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	92	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1902
2	MA Atherton	99	1	Eng	SAF	Leeds	04 Aug 1994
3	MA Atherton	95	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	24 Aug 1995
4	MA Atherton	94*	2	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
5	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
6	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

AN Cook scored 96 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s test between England and Australia to provide the third occasion of an England captain opener scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	92	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1902
2	TL Goddard	93	2	SAF	Aus	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
3	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

AN Cook scored 96 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s test between England and Australia to provide the sixth occasion of an England captain opener scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia.  Both the occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	92	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1902
2	AN Cook	96	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

Thus AN Cook became the first ever England captain opening batsman to score a ninety at Lord’s. He is the second captain opener to score a ninety at Lord’s after JG Wright of New Zealand. JG Wright had scored 98 at Lord’s against England in Jun 1990