JE Root becomes the seventh England captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings.

JE Root becomes the seventh England captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings.

JE Root was dismissed run out for 80 in the ongoing test against India at Birmingham to provide the seventh occasion of an England captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AC MacLaren 067 1 v Australia Adelaide 17 Jan 1902
2 ER Dexter 052 4 v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
3 AW Greig 051 1 v Australia Leeds 14 Aug 1975
4 GA Gooch 114 3 v New Zealand Auckland 30 Jan 1992
5 MA Atherton 113 1 v West Indies Nottingham 10 Aug 1995
6 AN Cook 190 2 v India Kolkata 05 Dec 2012
7 JE Root 080 1 v India Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

JE Root became the second England captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings against India. AN Cook was the other England captain. He  was dismissed run out for 190 against India at Kolkata in Dec 2012

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AN Cook 190 2 v India Kolkata 05 Dec 2012
2 JE Root 080 1 v India Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

 

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