Skippers scoring a duck and a century in a test
JE Root of England scored zero and 125 in the ongoing test against India at The Oval to provide the 21st occasion of a captain scoring a duck and a century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | WL Murdoch | 0 | 153* | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 06 Sep 1880 |
| 2 | GHS Trott | 0 | 143 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1896 |
| 3 | DG Bradman | 138 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 |
| 4 | PBH May | 0 | 112 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1955 |
| 5 | MC Cowdrey | 119 | 0 | Eng | Win | Port of Spain | 25 Mar 1960 |
| 6 | MC Cowdrey | 101 | 0 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 7 | GS Sobers | 0 | 113* | Win | Eng | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 8 | GS Sobers | 132 | 0 | Win | Ind | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 |
| 9 | A Ranatunga | 127 | 0 | Srl | Aus | Colombo (SSC) | 17 Aug 1992 |
| 10 | MD Crowe | 0 | 107 | NZl | Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Dec 1992 |
| 11 | MA Atherton | 144 | 0 | Eng | Win | Georgetown | 17 Mar 1994 |
| 12 | SP Fleming | 192 | 0 | NZl | Pak | Hamilton | 19 Dec 2003 |
| 13 | Mohd Ashraful | 0 | 129* | Ban | Srl | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Jul 2007 |
| 14 | M Jayawardene | 104 | 0 | Srl | Aus | Hobart | 16 Nov 2007 |
| 15 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 110 | Eng | Aus | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 16 | GC Smith | 122 | 0 | SAF | Aus | Adelaide | 22 Nov 2012 |
| 17 | MJ Clarke | 161* | 0 | Aus | SAF | Cape Town | 01 Mar 2014 |
| 18 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 114 | 0 | Pak | Eng | Lord’s | 14 Jul 2016 |
| 19 | V Kohli | 0 | 104* | Ind | Srl | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2017 |
| 20 | F du Plessis | 0 | 120 | SAF | Aus | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 |
| 21 | JE Root | 0 | 125 | Eng | Ind | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |
JE Root of England scored zero and 125 in the ongoing test against India at The Oval to provide the sixth occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | PBH May | 0 | 112 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1955 |
| 2 | MC Cowdrey | 119 | 0 | Eng | Win | Port of Spain | 25 Mar 1960 |
| 3 | MC Cowdrey | 101 | 0 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 4 | MA Atherton | 144 | 0 | Eng | Win | Georgetown | 17 Mar 1994 |
| 5 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 110 | Eng | Aus | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 6 | JE Root | 0 | 125 | Eng | Ind | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |
JE Root of England scored zero and 125 in the ongoing test against India at The Oval to provide the second occasion of a captain scoring a duck and a century in a test against India. Prior to this, GS Sobers of West Indies had scored 132 and zero at Port of Spain in Apr 1971. Both the occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GS Sobers | 132 | 0 | Win | Ind | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 |
| 2 | JE Root | 0 | 125 | Eng | Ind | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |
GS Sobers and MC Cowdrey are the two captains in the annals of test cricket to score a duck and a century in a test on two occasions. The feats of these two captains is tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GS Sobers | 0 | 113* | Win | Eng | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 2 | GS Sobers | 132 | 0 | Win | Ind | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 |
| 1 | MC Cowdrey | 119 | 0 | Eng | Win | Port of Spain | 25 Mar 1960 |
| 2 | MC Cowdrey | 101 | 0 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
The test cricket has witnessed a lone occasion of rival skippers scoring a duck and a century in the same test. England captain MC Cowdrey scored 101 and zero while West Indies captain GS Sobers scored zero and 113 not out in the test played between the two teams at Kingston in Feb 1968
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MC Cowdrey | 101 | 0 | Eng | Win | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 2 | GS Sobers | 0 | 113* | Win | Eng | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |