England – India: First Test at Nottingham – Fourth day

England – India: First Test at Nottingham – Fourth day

JE Root of England scored 64 and 109 in this test to provide the 26th occasion of an England batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India.

JE Root of England scored 64 and 109 in this test to provide the 12th occasion of an England batsman scoring half century and century in a including twin centuries in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the second occasion of an England captain scoring fifties performing such a feat in a test against India.

JE Root scored 109 in England’s second innings of this test to provide his 21st century of his test career. The following table lists the England batsmen who have scored 20 plus centuries

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSC
1AN Cook161291161247229433
2KP Pietersen104181080818122723
3IR Bell118205240772723522
4G Boycott1081932308114246*22
5MC Cowdrey114188150762418222
6WR Hammond0851401607249336*22
7JE Root106195140888725421
8AJ Strauss100178060703717721
9KF Barrington082131150680625620
10GA Gooch118215060890033320

JE Root scored 109 in England’s second innings of this test to provide his tenth century of his test career while leading England. He became the fourth England captain to score ten or more centuries. Others are – AN Cook {12}, GA Gooch {11} and PBH May {10}

JE Root’s aggregate of runs read 8887 at the end of this test. He now stands third in the list of England batsmen who have scored most runs in tests. Others are – AN Cook {12472} and GA Gooch {8900}

JE Root’s 64 and 109 in this test gave him an aggregate of 33 fifties while leading England. He is one of the three England captains who have scored 30 plus fifties. Others are – AN Cool {36} and MA Atherton {30}

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of 5 for 64 in England’s second innings to provide the 79th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against England. It also provides the 32nd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against England

The following table lists the Indian bowlers who have captured five or more wickets against England at Nottingham. It was JJ Bumrah’s second five wicket haul against England and also against England at Nottingham after his 5 for 85 in Aug 2018

NoPlayerW-RIOppGroundMon/Year
1Z Khan5-723EngNottinghamJul 2007
2B Kumar5-822EngNottinghamJul 2014
3HH Pandya5-282EngNottinghamAug 2018
4JJ Bumrah5-854EngNottinghamAug 2018
5JJ Bumrah5-643EngNottinghamAug 2021

The following table lists the JJ Bumrah’s five wickets hauls of his test career. His five for 64 in this test represent his best bowling figures in an innings against England.

NoWktsIOppGroundMon/Year
15-542SAGJohannesburgJan 2018
25-854EngNottinghamAug 2018
36-332AusMelbourneDec 2018
45-074WinNorth SoundAug 2019
56-272WinKingstonAug 2019
65-643EngNottinghamAug 2021

Nine wickets haul in this test fetched JJ Bumrah an aggregate of 27 wickets against England. He became the 23rd Indian bowler to capture 25 plus wickets against England. He also became the ninth Indian pace bowler to capture 25 plus wickets against England.

84 and 26 in this test fetched KL Rahul an aggregate of 625 runs against England as an opening batsman. He became the ninth Indian opening batsman to total 600 plus runs against England.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSCHC
1Gavaskar376612483221416
2M Vijay11210756146302
3V Sehwag15261735117203
4G Gambhir11190733179104
5Merchant07120681154302
6Jaisimha09140639129204
7KL Rahul08140625199201
8P Roy14251620140201
9Kunderan07130607192201

SCJ Broad collected the first ball duck in England’s second innings to provide the 37th occasion of an England batsman colleting the first ball duck against India and also provides the 13th occasion of an England batsman colleting the first ball duck against India in England. It also provides the second occasion for SCJ Broad to suffer such an ignominy against India. The first such occasion was at Southampton in Aug 2018.

AM Rahane pouched his 50th catch on away soil when he caught OE Robinson off Mohammad Shami in England’s second innings. He became the sixth Indian fieldsman other than wicket keeper to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil. Others are – R Dravid {111}, VVS Laxman {74}, SR Tendulkar {57}, Azharuddin {57} and SM Gavaskar {53}. He also became the 38th fieldsman other than wicket keepers to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil.

AM Rahane has pouched 97 catches in his test career at the end of this test and needs three more for his 100 catches.

JE Root’s 109 in the second innings of this test provide the 123rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India. It also provides the 73rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in England.

JE Root’s 109 in the second innings of this test provide his sixth century against India. He now holds the second place jointly with KP Pietersen who has also scored six centuries. AN Cook with seven centuries owns the record for most centuries against India.

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