JE Root of England scored 59 in the first innings of the ongoing Leeds test against West Indies to emulate AB de Villiers of South Africa who had scored fifty in twelve consecutive test matches. As on date AB de Villers and JE Root are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to  score a fifty in twelve consecutive test matches. JE Root went past – IVA Richards of West Indies, G Gambhir of India, V Sehwag of India and Mominul Haque of Bangladesh who had scored a fifty in eleven consecutive tests – on his way to share the world record. The following table lists the performance of AB de Villiers and JE Root

Player	Mat	1st	2nd	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
AB de Villiers	12	4	169	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
		67	–	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
		51	–	SAF	NZl	Port Elizabeth	11 Jan 2013
		31	103*	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
		61	36	SAF	Pak	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013
		121	–	SAF	Pak	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
		19	90	SAF	Pak	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013
		164	–	SAF	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
		13	103	SAF	Ind	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
		74	DNB	SAF	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2013
		91	48	SAF	Aus	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
		116	29	SAF	Aus	Port Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
JE Root	12	56	1	Eng	Ban	Dhaka	28 Oct 2016
		124	4	Eng	Ind	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
		53	25	Eng	Ind	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
		15	78	Eng	Ind	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
		21	77	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
		88	6	Eng	Ind	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
		190	5	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
		78	8	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017
		29	50	Eng	SAF	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
		52	49	Eng	SAF	Manchester	04 Aug 2017
		136	–	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
		59	–	Eng	Win	Leeds	25 Aug 2017