JE Root and JM Bairstow added 121 runs for the fourth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 157th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. It also provides the 90th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India on home soil.

JE Root and JM Bairstow added 121 runs for the fourth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 36th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India. It also provides the 21st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India on home soil.

JE Root and JM Bairstow added 121 runs for the fourth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 28th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth against India at Lord’s.  It also provides the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India on at Lord’s

JE Root scored 180 not out in this game to provide his 22^nd century of his test career. It also represents his eleventh century on home soil.

It also represents the 23^rd occasion by an England batsman scoring a century against India at Lord’s and 133^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against various oppositions at Lord’s

JE Root’s 180 not out represent his fourth century at Lord’s. All his four centuries are listed below.

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	180	3	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
2	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
4	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root became the eighth England batsman to score four or more centuries at Lord’s. The following table lists all these eight batsmen.

No	Player	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C
1	GA Gooch	21	39	1	2015	333	6
2	MP Vaughan	12	19	1	0974	120	6
3	Pietersen	15	25	3	1235	202*	5
4	AJ Strauss	18	31	1	1562	161	5
5	IR Bell	18	32	5	1264	199	4
6	AN Cook	26	47	2	1937	162	4
7	AJ Lamb	13	24	2	0959	139	4
8	JE Root	16	29	2	1451	200*	4

JE Root became the first England batsman to score 150 plus runs in an innings on four occasions. He went past GA Gooch and KP Pietersen who had scored 150 plus runs in an innings on three occasions,

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Gooch	183	3	NZl	Lord’s	24 Jul 1986
2	GA Gooch	333	1	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
3	GA Gooch	174	3	Srl	Lord’s	22 Aug 1991
1	Pietersen	158	1	Srl	Lord’s	11 May 2006
2	Pietersen	152	1	SAF	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
3	Pietersen	202*	1	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
1	JE Root	180	3	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
2	JE Root	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
4	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root’s 180 not out in this test represent his eleventh score of 150 plus score in a test innings. He now shares the record of most 150 plus scores by an England batsman with AN Cook.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	160	1	Win	Ch-le-St	14 May 2009
2	AN Cook	173	1	Ban	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
3	AN Cook	235*	3	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
4	AN Cook	189	2	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
5	AN Cook	294	2	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
6	AN Cook	176	3	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
7	AN Cook	190	2	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
8	AN Cook	162	3	NZl	Lord’s	21 May 2015
9	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
10	AN Cook	243	1	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
11	AN Cook	244*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
1	JE Root	180	3	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
2	JE Root	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	JE Root	154*	2	Ind	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
4	JE Root	182*	2	Win	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
5	JE Root	254	1	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
6	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
7	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
8	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	14 Jan 2021
9	JE Root	186	2	Srl	Galle	22 Jan 2021
10	JE Root	218	1	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
11	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root’s 180 not out in this game represent his sixth score of 150 plus runs while captaining England. He now holds the record for most 150 plus scores by an England captain. He went past AN Cook and DI Gower who had scored five scores of 150 plus runs while leading England.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	173	1	Ban	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
2	AN Cook	176	3	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
3	AN Cook	190	2	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
4	AN Cook	162	3	NZl	Lord’s	21 May 2015
5	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
1	DI Gower	152	2	Pak	Faisalabad	12 Mar 1984
2	DI Gower	173*	3	Pak	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
3	DI Gower	166	1	Aus	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985
4	DI Gower	215	2	Aus	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985
5	DI Gower	157	1	Aus	The Oval	29 Aug 1985
1	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
2	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
3	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	14 Jan 2021
4	JE Root	186	2	Srl	Galle	22 Jan 2021
5	JE Root	218	1	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
6	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root completed 9000 runs of his test career when he was on 113 during his knock of 180 not out in this game. At the end of England’s first innings, his run aggregate read 9067. He became the second England batsman to total 9000 plus runs in tests after AN Cook. AN Cook has an aggregate of 12472

JE Root completed 2000 runs of his test career against India when he was on 38 during his knock of 180 not out in this game. At the end of England’s first innings, his run aggregate read 2142. He became the second England batsman to total 2000 plus runs against India in tests after AN Cook. AN Cook has an aggregate of 2431

JE Root became the seventh batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 2000 plus runs against India.

No	Player	Team	Mat	I	NO	Runs	HS
1	RT Ponting	Aus	29	51	04	2555	257
2	AN Cook	Eng	30	54	03	2431	294
3	CH Lloyd	Win	28	44	04	2344	242*
4	J Miandad	Pak	28	39	06	2228	280*
5	Chanderpaul	Win	25	44	10	2171	140
6	JE Root	Eng	22	39	04	2142	218
7	MJ Clarke	Aus	22	40	02	2049	329*

JE Root’s aggregate runs against India read 1040 while leading England at the end of England’s innings on home soil. He became the second England captain and sixth overall to total 1000 plus runs against India on home soil. The following table lists all the six captains.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS
1	CH Lloyd	Win	20	29	3	1822	242*
2	AN Cook	Eng	14	25	2	1229	190
3	RB Simpson	Aus	10	19	0	1098	176
4	SPD Smith	Aus	07	14	1	1054	192
5	MJ Clarke	Aus	08	14	1	1047	329*
6	JE Root	Eng	11	20	1	1040	218

JE Root was leading England in 54^th test. He now jointly owns the record for most capped England captain with ME Atherton. AN Cook is the most capped England captain with 59 tests.

At the end of the England’s innings, JE Root has an aggregate of 4473 runs while leading England. AN Cook has more runs by an England captain – 4844 runs

JE Root was leading England in 29^th test on home soil, He now jointly owns the record for most capped England captain on home soil with MP Vaughan. AN Cook is the most capped England captain on home soil with 31 tests.

JE Root’s 180 not out in this test represent his 18^th fifty on home soil while leading England. GA Gooch {20} and PBH May {19} have scored more fifties than JE Root while leading England at home.

SM Curran of England collected the first ball duck in England’s innings to provide the 39^th occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India. It also provides the 15th occasion an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India in England.

SM Curran of England collected the first ball duck in England’s innings to provide the fifth occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India at Lord’s.

No	Player	R	B	I	Mon/Year
1	DCS Compton	0	1	2	Jun 1946
2	CT Tremlett	0	1	3	Jul 2007
3	SCJ Broad	0	1	1	Jul 2011
4	H Hameed	0	1	2	Aug 2021
5	SM Curran	0	1	2	Aug 2021

H Hameed and SM Curran of England collected first ball ducks in England’s first innings at Lord’s in the ongoing test against India to provide the 30^th occasion of two or more England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings. It also provides the second occasion of two England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings against India. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Bairstow	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018
	SCJ Broad	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018
2	H Hameed	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the second occasion of two England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings against India at Lord’s. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KP Pietersen	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009
	G Onions	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009
2	H Hameed	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021