JE Root of England scored 226 against New Zealand at Hamilton in the ongoing Test to provide the 80^th occasion of a captain scoring a double century in an innings in the annals of Test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WL Murdoch	211	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
2	HL Collins	203	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	12 Nov 1921
3	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
4	DG Bradman	212	3	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
5	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
6	DG Bradman	234	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
7	DG Bradman	201	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
8	AD Nourse	208	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
9	L Hutton	205	2	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
10	DS Atkinson	219	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
11	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
12	ER Dexter	205	2	Eng	Pak	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
13	MAK Pataudi	203*	3	Ind	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
14	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
15	Hanif Mohammad	203*	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	02 Apr 1965
16	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
17	RB Simpson	225	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
18	GT Dowling	239	1	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968
19	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
20	CH Lloyd	242*	1	Win	Ind	Mumbai	23 Jan 1975
21	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
22	GS Chappell	235	1	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
23	GS Chappell	204	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 1981
24	GS Chappell	201	2	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981
25	DI Gower	215	2	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985
26	Javed Miandad	203*	2	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985
27	AR Border	205	2	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987
28	Javed Miandad	211	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	15 Sep 1988
29	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
30	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
31	AR Border	200*	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1993
32	Saleem Malik	237	3	Pak	Aus	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
33	Wasim Akram	257*	2	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
34	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
35	BC Lara	213	2	Win	Aus	Kingston	13 Mar 1999
36	SR Tendulkar	217	1	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999
37	CL Hooper	233	1	Win	Ind	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002
38	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
39	BC Lara	209	2	Win	Srl	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003
40	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
41	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
42	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	12 Dec 2003
43	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
44	MS Atapattu	249	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
45	SP Fleming	202	1	NZl	Ban	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004
46	RT Ponting	207	2	Aus	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
47	S Chanderpaul	203*	1	Win	SAF	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005
48	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
49	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
50	BC Lara	216	2	Win	Pak	Multan	19 Nov 2006
51	M Jayawardene	213*	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	18 Dec 2007
52	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
53	M Jayawardene	240	1	Srl	Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
54	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
55	RT Ponting	209	1	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
56	KC Sangakkara	219	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
57	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
58	MJ Clarke	210	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012
59	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
60	MJ Clarke	230	1	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
61	MS Dhoni	224	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
62	Mushfiqur Rahim	200	2	Ban	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2013
63	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dubai-DSC	23 Oct 2013
64	BB McCullum	224	1	NZl	Ind	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
65	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
66	BB McCullum	202	2	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
67	HM Amla	208	1	SAF	Win	Centurion	17 Dec 2014
68	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
69	HM Amla	201	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
70	V Kohli	200	1	Ind	Win	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
71	V Kohli	211	1	Ind	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
72	V Kohli	235	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
73	V Kohli	204	1	Ind	Ban	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
74	V Kohli	213	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
75	V Kohli	243	1	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
76	SPD Smith	239	2	Aus	Eng	Perth	14 Dec 2017
77	JO Holder	202*	3	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019
78	KS Williamson	200*	2	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
79	V Kohli	254*	1	Ind	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
80	JE Root	226	2	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019

It also provides the eighth occasion of an England captain scoring a double century in a Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
2	L Hutton	205	2	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
3	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
4	ER Dexter	205	2	Eng	Pak	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
5	DI Gower	215	2	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985
6	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
7	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
8	JE Root	226	2	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of a captain scoring a double century in a Test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	203*	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	02 Apr 1965
2	AR Border	205	2	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987
3	SR Tendulkar	217	1	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999
4	V Kohli	211	1	Ind	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
5	JE Root	226	2	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019

JE Root’s 226 represent the highest individual score by a captain against New Zealand in a Test innings. The previous best was SR Tendulkar’s 217 at Ahmedabad in October 1999. SR Tendulkar’s record stood for 20 years and  one month {taking the start date of the test into account}

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JE Root	226	2	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
2	SR Tendulkar	217	1	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999

BC Lara {05} and V Kohli {07} are the two captains in the annals of Test cricket to score double centuries on five or more occasions. The following table furnishes the double centuries scored by these two captains.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BC Lara	213	2	Win	Aus	Kingston	13 Mar 1999
2	BC Lara	209	2	Win	Srl	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003
3	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	12 Dec 2003
4	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
5	BC Lara	216	2	Win	Pak	Multan	19 Nov 2006
1	V Kohli	200	1	Ind	Win	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
2	V Kohli	211	1	Ind	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
3	V Kohli	235	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
4	V Kohli	204	1	Ind	Ban	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
5	V Kohli	213	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
6	V Kohli	243	1	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
7	V Kohli	254*	1	Ind	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019

Test cricket has witnessed 19 occasions of captains scoring 250 plus runs in a Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
2	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
3	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
5	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
6	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
7	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
9	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
10	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
11	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
12	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
13	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
14	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
15	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
16	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
17	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
18	Wasim Akram	257*	2	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
19	V Kohli	254*	1	Ind	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019

Test cricket has witnessed eight occasions of captains scoring 300 plus runs in a Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list include the only occasion of captain scoring 400 runs in a Test innings.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
2	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
3	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
5	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
6	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
7	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014

SP Fleming of New Zealand, MJ Clarke of Australia and GC Smith of South Africa are the three captains in the  annals of Test cricket  to score  250 plus  runs on two occasions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
2	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
1	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
2	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003

MJ Clarke remains the only captain to score 300 plus runs and 250 plus runs in a Test innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
2	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012