Test cricket has witnessed 82 occasions of a batsman scoring a ninety in  the fourth innings of  test. J Blackwood’s 95 against England in the just concluded test at Southhampton provides the 82^nd occasions.

Out of these 82 occasions, it is interesting to note that 26 occasions are on a winning cause, 38 occasions were in a losing cause, 17 occasions ended in drawn tests and one occasion in a tied test.

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored nineties in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AWard	93	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	CHill	97	4	Aus	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1902
3	TWHayward	91	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1903
4	AWNourse	93*	4	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Jan 1906
5	JBHobbs	93*	4	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 1910
6	FEWoolley	95*	4	Eng	SAF	Leeds	Jul 1929
7	WHPonsford	92*	4	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Dec 1930
8	LHutton	98*	4	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul 1951
9	RBSimpson	92	4	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Feb 1961
10	ALWadekar	91*	4	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Nov 1969
11	GAGooch	91*	4	Eng	NZl	The Oval	Jul 1978
12	GSChappell	98*	4	Aus	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1980
13	HAGomes	92*	4	Win	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1984
14	DCBoon	94*	4	Aus	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1990
15	KCWessels	95*	4	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	Dec 1992
16	CLHooper	94*	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Feb 1998
17	MAAtherton	98*	4	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jul 1998
18	AJTudor	99*	4	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	Jul 1999
19	SCGanguly	98*	4	Ind	Srl	Kandy	Aug 2001
20	MLHayden	96	4	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 2002
21	RWTKey	93*	4	Eng	Win	Manchester	Aug 2004
22	AJStrauss	94*	4	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	Dec 2004
23	MLHayden	90	4	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2006
24	SAlHasan	96*	4	Ban	Win	St George’s	Jul 2009
25	KCBrathwaite	95	4	Win	Aus	Leeds	Aug 2017
26	JBlackwood	95	4	Win	Aus	Southampton	Jul 2020

ST Gabriel captured five for 75 in England’s second innings to provide the 95^th occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England. It also provides 60^th occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing five or more wickets against England in England

ST Gabriel captured nine for 137 in this test to provide the ninth occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing exact nine wickets in an test against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	LNConstantine	56.3	23	122	9	Eng	Georgetown	Feb 1930
2	OC Scott	105.2	13	374	9	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1930
3	S Ramadhin	129.0	51	228	9	Eng	Birmingham	May 1957
4	CC Griffith	39.0	10	081	9	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1963
5	CC Griffith	50.0	11	137	9	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1963
6	AME Roberts	32.5	12	059	9	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1976
7	J Garner	38.2	09	108	9	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1984
8	MD Marshall	27.4	10	041	9	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1988
9	ST Gabriel	36.5	07	137	9	Eng	Southampton	Jul 2020

ST Gabriel captured nine for 137 in this test to provide the seventh occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing exact nine wickets in an test against England in England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	S Ramadhin	129.0	51	228	9	Eng	Birmingham	May 1957
2	CC Griffith	39.0	10	081	9	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1963
3	CC Griffith	50.0	11	137	9	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1963
4	AME Roberts	32.5	12	059	9	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1976
5	J Garner	38.2	09	108	9	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1984
6	MD Marshall	27.4	10	041	9	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1988
7	ST Gabriel	36.5	07	137	9	Eng	Southampton	Jul 2020

JM Blackwood became the fifth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score nineties in the  fourth innings of a test on two occasions when he made 95 in the just concluded test. Prior to this he had made a similar score against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi in Oct 3016. SM Gavaskar, JB Hobbs, IVA Richards and Shakib Al Hasan are the other four batsmen who have accomplished this feat.

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	J Blackwood	95	4	Win	Pak	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2016
	2	J Blackwood	95	4	Win	Eng	Southampton	Jul 2020
2	1	SM Gavaskar	90	4	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Sep 1986
	2	SM Gavaskar	96	4	Ind	Pak	Bengaluru	Mar 1987
3	1	JB Hobbs	93*	4	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1910
	2	JB Hobbs	97	4	Enf	SAF	Durban	Feb 1914
4	1	IVA Richards	98	4	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1976
	2	IVA Richards	92	4	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	Feb 1977
5	1	S Al Hasan	96	4	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	Dec 2008
	2	S Al Hasan	96*	4	Ban	Win	St George’s	Jul 2009

At the end of this test, BA Stokes had an aggregate of 4145 runs and 153 wickets. His 150^th wicket came in this test. He became the sixth cricketer in the annals of test cricket to achieve the double of 4000 runs and 150 wickets. The following table lists all the six cricketers.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	JH Kallis	SAF	166	13289	292
2	GS Sobers	Win	93	8032	235
3	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	5248	434
4	IT Botham	Eng	102	5200	383
5	DL Vettori	NZl	113	4531	362
6	BA Stokes	Eng	064	4145	153

West Indies carved its 175^th test win when they beat England by four wickets at Southampton. It also provides its 83^rd win on away soil. West Indies carved its 58th test win against England when they beat England by four wickets at Southampton. It also provides its 31^st win against England in England.