JE Root’s 180 not out against India at Lord’s went in vain to provide the 13^th occasion of a captain witnessing a score of 150 plus in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first occasion of a captain’s 150 plus score in a losing cause at Lord’s.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WL Murdoch	153*	3	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep 1880
2	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1973
3	AR Border	152*	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 1985
4	SR Tendulkar	169	2	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 1997
5	SR Waugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
6	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 2003
7	Trescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov 2005
8	MJ Clarke	151	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	Nov 2011
9	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 2012
10	M Rahim	159	1	Ban	NZl	Wellington	Jan 2017
11	V Kohli	153	2	Ind	SAF	Centurion	Jan 2018
12	SC Williams	151*	3	Zim	Afg	Abu Dhabi	Mar 2021
13	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug 2021

JE Root’s 180 not out against India at Lord’s went in vain to provide the third occasion of England captain witnessing a score of 150 plus in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Trescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov 2005
2	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 2012
3	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug 2021

It also provides the second occasion of a captain’s 150 plus score in a losing cause against India. Both the occasions are tabulated  below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 2012
2	JE Root	180*	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Aug 2021