England batsmen – BA Stokes, JM Bairstow  and MM Ali – batting at number five, six and seven respectively scored  ducks in the ongoing test against  New Zealand at Auckland to provide the fifth occasion of a team’s batsmen batting at number five, six and seven scoring ducks in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. It should be noted  with interest that this  is the first such occasion in the first innings of the test in the annals of test cricket

No	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	0
1	England	2	South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	3
2	New Zealand	2	South Africa	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	3
3	Australia	3	England	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	3
4	New Zealand	4	Pakistan	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	3
5	Sri Lanka	3	South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	3
6	Sri Lanka	2	England	Lord’s	11 May 2006	3
7	England	1	New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	3

It also provides the second occasion of England batsmen batting at number five, six and seven scoring ducks in test innings. The first such occasions was against South Africa at Johannesburg in Dec 1927. Thus it took 91 years for New Zealand bowlers to emulate South African bowlers to dismiss England batsmen batting at five, six and seven for  ducks

No	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	0
1	England	2	South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	3
2	England	1	New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	3