JE Root’s 153 against West Indies in the ongoing test at Bridgetown represent his 25^th century in a test innings. All his 25 centuries are tabulated below.

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	104	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013
2	180	3	v Australia	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
3	200*	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
4	154*	2	v India	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
5	149*	2	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
6	182*	2	v West Indies	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
7	134	1	v Australia	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015
8	130	2	v Australia	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015
9	110	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016
10	254	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
11	124	1	v India	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
12	190	1	v South Africa	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
13	136	1	v West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
14	125	3	v India	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
15	124	3	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018
16	122	3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019
17	226	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
18	228	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021
19	186	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021
20	218	1	v India	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
21	109	3	v India	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021
22	180*	2	v India	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
23	121	2	v India	Leeds	25 Aug 2021
24	109	3	v West Indies	North Sound	08 Mar 2022
25	153	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	16 Mar 2022

It is interesting to note that his tenth, twentieth and twenty-fifth centuries are scores of 150 plus runs. They are listed below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
10	254	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
20	218	1	v India	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
25	153	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	16 Mar 2022

JE Root became the 23^rd batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 25 plus centuries. The following are the batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	200	329	33	15921	248*	51
2	JH Kallis	SAF	166	280	40	13289	224	45
3	RT Ponting	Aus	168	287	29	13378	257	41
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	134	233	17	12400	319	38
5	R Dravid	Ind	164	286	32	13288	270	36
6	BC Lara	Win	131	232	6	11953	400*	34
7	M Jayawardene	Srl	149	252	15	11814	374	34
8	SM Gavaskar	Ind	125	214	16	10122	236*	34
9	Younis Khan	Pak	118	213	19	10099	313	34
10	AN Cook	Eng	161	291	16	12472	294	33
11	SR Waugh	Aus	168	260	46	10927	200	32
12	S Chanderpaul	Win	164	280	49	11867	203*	30
13	ML Hayden	Aus	103	184	14	8625	380	30
14	DG Bradman	Aus	52	80	10	6996	334	29
15	HM Amla	SAF	124	215	16	9282	311*	28
16	MJ Clarke	Aus	115	198	22	8643	329*	28
17	AR Border	Aus	156	265	44	11174	205	27
18	GC Smith	SAF	117	205	13	9265	277	27
19	V Kohli	Ind	101	171	10	8043	254*	27
20	SPD Smith	Aus	84	149	17	7934	239	27
21	GS Sobers	Win	93	160	21	8032	365*	26
22	JE Root	Eng	116	213	15	9875	254	25
23	Inzamam	Pak	120	200	22	8830	329	25

JE Root became the second England batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 25 plus centuries after AN Cook. AN Cook has scored 33 centuries.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C
1	AN Cook	Eng	161	291	16	12472	294	33
2	JE Root	Eng	116	213	15	9875	254	25

JE Root’s 153 against West Indies in the ongoing test at Bridgetown represent his 40^th fifty in a test innings while captaining England. He became the first England captain to score 40 fifties and the sixth overall. The following table list all the six captains who have accomplished the feat.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	GC Smith	SAF	109	193	8659	25	36	61
2	RT Ponting	Aus	77	140	6542	19	35	54
3	AR Border	Aus	93	154	6623	15	36	51
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pak	56	99	4214	8	35	43
5	CH Lloyd	Win	74	111	5233	14	27	41
6	JE Root	Eng	63	115	5281	14	26	40