DJ Mitchell and TA Blundell of New Zealand scored 97 not out and 90 not out at the end of the second day against England in the third innings of the ongoing test at Lord’s to provide the third occasion of two batsmen scoring nineties while batting at number five and six in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the second such occasion at Lord’s.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	CH Lloyd	95	2	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1981
2	HA Gomes	90*	2	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1981
1	JE Root	98	1	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	May 2015
2	BA Stokes	92	1	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	May 2015
1	DJ Mitchell	97*	3	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 2022
2	TA Blundell	90*	3	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 2022