England’s MM Ali scored 63 and 60 not out in the ongoing Birmingham test against Pakistan to provide the 16^th occasion of an England batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against Pakistan. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BL D’Oliveira	59	81*	v Pakistan	Lord’s	27 Jul 1967
2	BL D’Oliveira	74	72	v Pakistan	Leeds	08 Jul 1971
3	MH Denness	50	68	v Pakistan	Lahore	02 Mar 1973
4	APE Knott	71	63*	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973
5	G Boycott	79	100*	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978
6	DI Gower	58	57	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984
7	VJ Marks	74	55	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
8	MW Gatting	61	150*	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
9	JE Emburey	70	74*	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987
10	AJ Stewart	74	69*	v Pakistan	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
11	PD Collingwood	96	80	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
12	IJL Trott	55	53*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	06 Aug 2010
13	JE Root	88	71	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2015
14	AN Cook	105	76*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
15	JE Root	254	71*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
16	MM Ali	63	60*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

The ongoing series has witnessed three England batsmen – AN Cook, JE Root and MM Ali – scoring twin fifties in test against Pakistan – the first such occurrence by England batsmen in a test series against Pakistan.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	105	76*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
2	JE Root	254	71*	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
3	MM Ali	63	60*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016

MM Ali became the second England batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring twin fifties in test against Pakistan at Birmingham after IJL Trott. IJL Trott had scored 55 and 53 not out at Birmingham in Aug 2010

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	IJL Trott	55	53*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	06 Aug 2010
2	MM Ali	63	60*	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016