JM Bairstow and JE Root of England scored 138 and 102 respectively against New Zealand at Dunedin on 07.03.18. Their effort was in vain as England lost the game by five wickets to provide the 26^th occasion of two batsmen’s centuries going in vain in the history of one-day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Date	Batsman	Score	Batsman	Score
1	Pak	1	Ind	Lahore	31.12.82	Zaheer Abbas	105	JavedMiandad	119*
2	Aus	1	Ind	Jaipur	07.09.86	GR Marsh	104	DC Boon	111
3	Ind	1	RSA	New Delhi	14.11.91	RJ Shastri	109	SVManjrekar	105
4	Ind	2	Srl	Col-RPS	17.08.97	M Azharuddin	111*	A Jadeja	119
5	Pak	1	Ind	Dhaka	18.01.98	Saeed Anwar	140	Izaz Ahmed	117
6	Pak	1	Aus	Lahore	10.11.98	Izaz Ahmed	111	Mohd Yousuf	100
7	RSA	1	Ind	Kochi	09.03.00	G Kirsten	115	HH Gibbs	111
8	Ind	1	RSA	Jo’burg	05.10.01	SC Ganguly	127	SRTendulkar	101
9	Eng	1	Ind	Lord’s	13.07.02	ME Tresothick	109	N Hussain	115
10	Ind	1	Aus	Sydney	22.01.04	VVS Laxman	106	Yuvraj Singh	139
11	Zim	2	Ind	Adelaide	24.01.04	SV Carlisle	109	SM Ervine	100
12	Eng	1	Win	Lord’s	06.07.04	AJ Strauss	100	A Flintoff	123
13	Ind	1	Srl	Ahmedabad	06.11.05	G Gambhir	103	R Dravid	103*
14	Win	1	Eng	Ahmedabad	28.10.06	CH Gayle	101	DJ Bravo	112*
15	Ire	1	Ken	Nairobi (R}	02.02.07	WTSPorterfield	104	KJ O’Brien	142
16	Sco	1	Can	Aberdeen	07.07.09	GM Hamilton	119	DF Watts	101
17	NZl	1	Zim	Bulawayo	25.10.11	LRPL Taylor	119	KSWilliamson	100*
18	RSA	1	Srl	Jo’burg	22.01.12	AB de Villiers	125*	GC Smith	125
19	Srl	1	Ind	Hobart	28.02.12	TM Dilshan	160*	KCSangakkara	105
20	Aus	1	Srl	Adelaide	06.03.12	MJ Clarke	117	DA Warner	100
21	Pak	1	Ind	Dhaka	18.03.12	Nasir Jamshed	112	Mohd  Hafeez	105
22	Aus	1	Ind	Nagpur	30.10.13	GJ Bailey	156	SR Watson	102
23	Ind	2	Aus	Canberra	20.01.16	S  Dhawan	126	V Kohli	106
24	Aus	1	Ind	Sydney	23.01.16	DA Warner	122	MR Marsh	102*
25	Aus	1	RSA	Durban	05.10.16	DA Warner	117	SPD Smith	108
26	Eng	1	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.18	JM Bairstow	138	JE Root	102

It also provides the third occasion of England ending as losers when its two batsmen scored centuries. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Team	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Date	Batsman	Score	Batsman	Score
1	Eng	1	Ind	Lord’s	13.07.02	METresothick	109	NHussain	115
2	Eng	1	Win	Lord’s	06.07.04	AJ Strauss	100	AFlintoff	123
3	Eng	1	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.18	JM Bairstow	138	JE Root	102

It also provides the first occasion of New Zealand winning a game when its opponent’s two batsmen scored centuries.

No	Team	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Date	Batsman	Score	Batsman	Score
1	Eng	1	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.18	JMBairstow	138	JE Root	102

The following are the two occasions when the two batsmen who scored centuries in a losing cause scored identical scores. Interestingly both  these occasions are against Sri Lanka

No	Team	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Date	Batsman	Score	Batsman	Score
1	RSA	1	Srl	Jo’burg	22.01.12	ABdeVilliers	125*	GCSmith	125
2	Ind	1	Srl	Ahmedabad	06.11.05	G Gambhir	103	R Dravid	103*

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