JE Root scored three centuries – 150 plus runs – in consecutive tests. He scored 228 and 1 against Sri Lanka at Galle in Jan 2021, 186 and 11 against Sri Lanka at Galle in Jan 2021 and 156+ against India at Chennai in Feb 2021 to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs in three or more consecutive tests in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	M	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Sangakkara	4	200*	–	Srl	Ban	Col-PSS	03.07.07
			222*		Srl	Ban	Kandy	11.07.07
			57	192	Srl	Aus	Hobart	16.11.07
			92	152	Srl	Eng	Kandy	01.12.07
2	Hammond	3	251	DNB	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14.12.28
			200	32	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	29.12.28
			119*	177	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
3	Z Abbas	3	215	DNB	Pak	Ind	Lahore	10.12.82
			186	–	Pak	Ind	Karachi	23.12.82
			168	DNB	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	03.01.83
4	M Nazar	3	231	–	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14.01.83
			152*	–	Pak	Ind	Lahore	23.01.83
			152	–	Pak	Ind	Karachi	30.01.83
5	JE Root	3	228	1	Eng	Srl	Galle	14.01.21
			186	11	Eng	Srl	Galle	22.01.21
			156+		Eng	Ind	Chennai	05.02.21

It also provides the second occasion of an England batsman scoring 150 plus runs in three or more consecutive tests after WR Hammond. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	M	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Hammond	3	251	DNB	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14.12.28
			200	32	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	29.12.28
			119*	177	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
2	JE Root	3	228	1	Eng	Srl	Galle	14.01.21
			186	11	Eng	Srl	Galle	22.01.21
			156+		Eng	Ind	Chennai	05.02.21