JE Root of England scored 160 against Australia in the ongoing test at Sydney. His knock did not contain a boundary six to provide the 156th occasion of an England batsman scoring 150 plus runs without a boundary six in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	6s	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	152	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	6 Sep 1880
2	A Shrewsbury snr	164	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	19 Jul 1886
3	WG Grace	170	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886
4	KS Ranjitsinhji	154*	0	3	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
5	KS Ranjitsinhji	175	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
6	RE Foster	287	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
7	JB Hobbs	187	0	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
8	JB Hobbs	187	0	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
9	JB Hobbs	178	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912
10	W Rhodes	179	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912
11	W Rhodes	152	0	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913
12	CP Mead	182*	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	13 Aug 1921
13	CP Mead	181	0	1	v South Africa	Durban	18 Jan 1923
14	JB Hobbs	211	0	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
15	JB Hobbs	154	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
16	H Sutcliffe	176	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
17	H Sutcliffe	161	0	3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
18	JB Hobbs	159	0	2	v West Indies	The Oval	11 Aug 1928
19	EH Hendren	169	0	1	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
20	WR Hammond	251	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
21	WR Hammond	200	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928
22	WR Hammond	177	0	3	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
23	FE Woolley	154	0	1	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929
24	A Sandham	152	0	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	11 Jan 1930
25	EH Hendren	205*	0	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
26	GB Legge	196	0	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	21 Feb 1930
27	A Sandham	325	0	1	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
28	KS Duleepsinhji	173	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
29	H Sutcliffe	161	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
30	H Sutcliffe	194	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
31	WR Hammond	227	0	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Mar 1933
32	M Leyland	153	0	1	v Australia	Manchester	6 Jul 1934
33	WR Hammond	167	0	2	v India	Manchester	25 Jul 1936
34	WR Hammond	217	0	1	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936
35	WR Hammond	231*	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1936
36	WR Hammond	240	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
37	L Hutton	364	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
38	M Leyland	187	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
39	J Hardstaff jnr	169*	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
40	WR Hammond	181	0	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938
41	E Paynter	243	0	1	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939
42	WJ Edrich	219	0	4	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939
43	L Hutton	196	0	2	v West Indies	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
44	L Hutton	165*	0	3	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 1939
45	J Hardstaff jnr	205*	0	2	v India	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
46	DCS Compton	163	0	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
47	DCS Compton	208	0	1	v South Africa	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
48	DCS Compton	184	0	3	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948
49	L Hutton	158	0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948
50	C Washbrook	195	0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948
51	L Hutton	206	0	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
52	L Hutton	202*	0	2	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
53	L Hutton	156*	0	2	v Australia	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
54	RT Simpson	156*	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
55	TW Graveney	175	0	2	v India	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951
56	L Hutton	150	0	2	v India	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
57	DCS Compton	158	0	1	v South Africa	Manchester	07 Jul 1955
58	MC Cowdrey	154	0	3	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957
59	MC Cowdrey	152	0	2	v West Indies	Lord’s	20 Jun 1957
60	TW Graveney	258	0	1	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
61	TW Graveney	164	0	1	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957
62	MC Cowdrey	155	0	3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
63	ER Dexter	180	0	3	v Australia	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961
64	KF Barrington	151*	0	1	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961
65	KF Barrington	172	0	3	v India	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961
66	G Pullar	165	0	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
67	ER Dexter	205	0	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Feb 1962
68	MC Cowdrey	159	0	1	v Pakistan	Birmingham	31 May 1962
69	ER Dexter	174	0	2	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
70	KF Barrington	256	0	2	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
71	ER Dexter	172	0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1964
72	KF Barrington	163	0	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
73	RW Barber	185	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966
74	TW Graveney	165	0	2	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966
75	JH Edrich	164	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968
76	BL D’Oliveira	158	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968
77	JH Edrich	155	0	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Aug 1969
78	DL Amiss	158	0	1	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973
79	DL Amiss	174	0	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974
80	DL Amiss	188	0	1	v India	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
81	D Lloyd	214*	0	2	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
82	DL Amiss	183	0	2	v Pakistan	The Oval	22 Aug 1974
83	MH Denness	188	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
84	MH Denness	181	0	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975
85	KWR Fletcher	216	0	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975
86	DL Amiss	164*	0	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1975
87	JH Edrich	175	0	3	v Australia	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
88	DL Amiss	203	0	2	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
89	DW Randall	174	0	4	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977
90	G Boycott	191	0	1	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977
91	CT Radley	158	0	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978
92	DW Randall	150	0	3	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1979
93	G Boycott	155	0	1	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979
94	DI Gower	200*	0	1	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979
95	DI Gower	152	0	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	12 Mar 1984
96	DI Gower	173*	0	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
97	RT Robinson	160	0	2	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984
98	RT Robinson	175	0	2	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985
99	DI Gower	166	0	1	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985
100	MW Gatting	160	0	2	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985
101	GA Gooch	196	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985
102	DI Gower	157	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985
103	GA Gooch	183	0	3	v New Zealand	Lord’s	24 Jul 1986
104	BC Broad	162	0	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986
105	RT Robinson	166	0	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	04 Jun 1987
106	MW Gatting	150*	0	3	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
107	MA Atherton	151	0	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1990
108	DI Gower	157*	0	3	v India	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
109	GA Gooch	154*	0	3	v West Indies	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
110	GA Gooch	174	0	3	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	22 Aug 1991
111	AJ Stewart	190	0	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 1992
112	GA Gooch	210	0	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994
113	MA Atherton	185*	0	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995
114	MA Atherton	160	0	2	v India	Nottingham	04 Jul 1996
115	AJ Stewart	170	0	2	v Pakistan	Leeds	8 Aug 1996
116	N Hussain	207	0	2	v Australia	Birmingham	05 Jun 1997
117	MR Ramprakash	154	0	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Mar 1998
118	AJ Stewart	164	0	3	v South Africa	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
119	N Hussain	155	0	1	v India	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
120	MP Vaughan	197	0	2	v India	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
121	MP Vaughan	195	0	1	v India	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
122	RWT Key	221	0	1	v West Indies	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
123	ME Trescothick	194	0	2	v Bangladesh	Lord’s	26 May 2005
124	PD Collingwood	186	0	1	v Pakistan	Lord’s	13 Jul 2006
125	PD Collingwood	206	0	1	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006
126	AJ Strauss	177	0	3	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008
127	PD Collingwood	161	0	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009
128	AN Cook	160	0	1	v West Indies	Ch-le-St	14 May 2009
129	AJ Strauss	161	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
130	IJL Trott	226	0	1	v Bangladesh	Lord’s	27 May 2010
131	IJL Trott	184	0	1	v Pakistan	Lord’s	26 Aug 2010
132	AN Cook	235*	0	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
133	IJL Trott	168*	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010
134	AN Cook	189	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
135	IJL Trott	203	0	2	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011
136	IR Bell	159	0	3	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011
137	AN Cook	294	0	2	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
138	KP Pietersen	175	0	1	v India	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
139	AN Cook	176	0	3	v India	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
140	JE Root	200*	0	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
141	JE Root	154*	0	2	v India	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
142	GS Ballance	156	0	1	v India	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
143	AN Cook	162	0	3	v New Zealand	Lord’s	21 May 2015
144	AN Cook	263	0	2	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
145	JM Bairstow	167*	0	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	09 Jun 2016
146	JE Root	254	0	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
147	AN Cook	243	0	1	v West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
148	AN Cook	244*	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
149	JE Root	186	0	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021
150	JE Root	180*	0	2	v India	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
151	JE Root	153	0	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	16 Mar 2022
152	JM Bairstow	162	0	2	v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022
153	OJ Pope	196	0	3	v India	Hyderabad	25 Jan 2024
154	JE Root	262	0	2	v Pakistan	Multan	07 Oct 2024
155	JE Root	150	0	2	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 2025
156	JE Root	160	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 2026

JE Root of England scored 160 against Australia in the ongoing test at Sydney. His knock did not contain a boundary six to provide the 54th occasion of an England batsman scoring 150 plus runs without a boundary six in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	6s	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	152	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	6 Sep 1880
2	A Shrewsbury snr	164	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	19 Jul 1886
3	WG Grace	170	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886
4	KS Ranjitsinhji	154*	0	3	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
5	KS Ranjitsinhji	175	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
6	RE Foster	287	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
7	JB Hobbs	187	0	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
8	JB Hobbs	178	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912
9	W Rhodes	179	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912
10	CP Mead	182*	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	13 Aug 1921
11	JB Hobbs	154	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
12	H Sutcliffe	176	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
13	H Sutcliffe	161	0	3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
14	EH Hendren	169	0	1	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
15	WR Hammond	251	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
16	WR Hammond	200	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928
17	WR Hammond	177	0	3	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
18	KS Duleepsinhji	173	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
19	H Sutcliffe	161	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
20	H Sutcliffe	194	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
21	M Leyland	153	0	1	v Australia	Manchester	6 Jul 1934
22	WR Hammond	231*	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1936
23	WR Hammond	240	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
24	L Hutton	364	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
25	M Leyland	187	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
26	J Hardstaff jnr	169*	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
27	DCS Compton	184	0	3	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948
28	L Hutton	156*	0	2	v Australia	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
29	RT Simpson	156*	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
30	ER Dexter	180	0	3	v Australia	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961
31	ER Dexter	174	0	2	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
32	KF Barrington	256	0	2	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
33	RW Barber	185	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966
34	JH Edrich	164	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968
35	BL D’Oliveira	158	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968
36	MH Denness	188	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
37	JH Edrich	175	0	3	v Australia	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
38	DW Randall	174	0	4	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977
39	G Boycott	191	0	1	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977
40	DW Randall	150	0	3	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1979
41	RT Robinson	175	0	2	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985
42	DI Gower	166	0	1	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985
43	MW Gatting	160	0	2	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985
44	GA Gooch	196	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985
45	DI Gower	157	0	1	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985
46	BC Broad	162	0	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986
47	N Hussain	207	0	2	v Australia	Birmingham	05 Jun 1997
48	PD Collingwood	206	0	1	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006
49	AJ Strauss	161	0	1	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
50	AN Cook	235*	0	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
51	IJL Trott	168*	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010
52	AN Cook	189	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
54	AN Cook	244*	0	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
54	JE Root	160	0	1	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 2026