England captains scoring zero in a test innings
BA Stokes of England scored zero in the first innings of the just concluded test against Australia at Sydney to provide the 117th occasion of an England captain scoring zero in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Hon.IFW Bligh | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 |
| 2 | Hon.IFW Bligh | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 |
| 3 | AN Hornby | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Manchester | 10 Jul 1884 |
| 4 | A Shrewsbury snr | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1884 |
| 5 | WG Grace | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Lord’s | 21 Jul 1890 |
| 6 | WG Grace | 0 | 2 | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1890 |
| 7 | AE Stoddart | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 01 Feb 1895 |
| 8 | AC MacLaren | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Feb 1898 |
| 9 | Lord Hawke | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 |
| 10 | PF Warner | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 |
| 11 | PF Warner | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Feb 1904 |
| 12 | Hon.FS Jackson | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 |
| 13 | Hon.FS Jackson | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Lord’s | 15 Jun 1905 |
| 14 | PF Warner | 0 | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 06 Mar 1906 |
| 15 | PF Warner | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 30 Mar 1906 |
| 16 | RE Foster | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 17 | FL Fane | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 10 Jan 1908 |
| 18 | AO Jones | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 21 Feb 1908 |
| 19 | JWHT Douglas | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 15 Dec 1911 |
| 20 | JWHT Douglas | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 09 Feb 1912 |
| 21 | JWHT Douglas | 0 | 2 | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 |
| 22 | AER Gilligan | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1925 |
| 23 | AER Gilligan | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1925 |
| 24 | RT Stanyforth | 0 | 2 | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 |
| 25 | APF Chapman | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 |
| 26 | Hon.FSG Calthorpe | 0 | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 01 Feb 1930 |
| 27 | APF Chapman | 0 | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1931 |
| 28 | DR Jardine | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1932 |
| 29 | RES Wyatt | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Manchester | 06 Jul 1934 |
| 30 | RES Wyatt | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1935 |
| 31 | GOB Allen | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Feb 1937 |
| 32 | WR Hammond | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Leeds | 22 Jul 1938 |
| 33 | NWD Yardley | 0 | 1 | v West Indies | Manchester | 08 Jun 1950 |
| 34 | FR Brown | 0 | 2 | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 |
| 35 | L Hutton | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 |
| 36 | L Hutton | 0 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lord’s | 10 Jun 1954 |
| 37 | PBH May | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1955 |
| 38 | PBH May | 0 | 4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 |
| 39 | PBH May | 0 | 2 | v West Indies | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1957 |
| 40 | PBH May | 0 | 1 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 28 Jan 1960 |
| 41 | MC Cowdrey | 0 | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 25 Mar 1960 |
| 42 | MC Cowdrey | 0 | 3 | v South Africa | Birmingham | 09 Jun 1960 |
| 43 | PBH May | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Manchester | 27 Jul 1961 |
| 44 | MJK Smith | 0 | 1 | v New Zealand | Birmingham | 27 May 1965 |
| 45 | MJK Smith | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1966 |
| 46 | MC Cowdrey | 0 | 4 | v West Indies | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 47 | R Illingworth | 0 | 3 | v New Zealand | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1969 |
| 48 | R Illingworth | 0 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 05 Mar 1971 |
| 49 | R Illingworth | 0 | 1 | v Australia | The Oval | 10 Aug 1972 |
| 50 | AR Lewis | 0 | 2 | v India | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 |
| 51 | AR Lewis | 0 | 2 | v India | Brabourne | 06 Feb 1973 |
| 52 | R Illingworth | 0 | 2 | v West Indies | Lord’s | 23 Aug 1973 |
| 53 | MH Denness | 0 | 3 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 06 Mar 1974 |
| 54 | AW Greig | 0 | 2 | v West Indies | Nottingham | 03 Jun 1976 |
| 55 | JM Brearley | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Leeds | 11 Aug 1977 |
| 56 | JM Brearley | 0 | 2 | v Pakistan | Leeds | 29 Jun 1978 |
| 57 | JM Brearley | 0 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 15 Dec 1978 |
| 58 | JM Brearley | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1978 |
| 59 | IT Botham | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Lord’s | 28 Aug 1980 |
| 60 | IT Botham | 0 | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 13 Feb 1981 |
| 61 | IT Botham | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Lord’s | 02 Jul 1981 |
| 62 | IT Botham | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Lord’s | 02 Jul 1981 |
| 63 | JM Brearley | 0 | 2 | v Australia | The Oval | 27 Aug 1981 |
| 64 | DI Gower | 0 | 3 | v Pakistan | Lord’s | 12 Aug 1982 |
| 65 | RGD Willis | 0 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 12 Nov 1982 |
| 66 | RGD Willis | 0 | 3 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 03 Feb 1984 |
| 67 | MW Gatting | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 |
| 68 | MW Gatting | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 |
| 69 | MW Gatting | 0 | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 |
| 70 | MW Gatting | 0 | 3 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 16 Dec 1987 |
| 71 | CS Cowdrey | 0 | 1 | v West Indies | Leeds | 21 Jul 1988 |
| 72 | GA Gooch | 0 | 2 | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1990 |
| 73 | AJ Stewart | 0 | 3 | v India | Chennai | 11 Feb 1993 |
| 74 | MA Atherton | 0 | 3 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 17 Mar 1994 |
| 75 | MA Atherton | 0 | 4 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 25 Mar 1994 |
| 76 | MA Atherton | 0 | 2 | v South Africa | The Oval | 18 Aug 1994 |
| 77 | MA Atherton | 0 | 1 | v West Indies | Birmingham | 06 Jul 1995 |
| 78 | MA Atherton | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1996 |
| 79 | MA Atherton | 0 | 1 | v India | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1996 |
| 80 | MA Atherton | 0 | 2 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 27 Feb 1998 |
| 81 | AJ Stewart | 0 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 28 Nov 1998 |
| 82 | AJ Stewart | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 11 Dec 1998 |
| 83 | N Hussain | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 |
| 84 | N Hussain | 0 | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Nottingham | 01 Jun 2000 |
| 85 | N Hussain | 0 | 1 | v West Indies | The Oval | 31 Aug 2000 |
| 86 | N Hussain | 0 | 3 | v West Indies | The Oval | 31 Aug 2000 |
| 87 | N Hussain | 0 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 15 Mar 2001 |
| 88 | MA Atherton | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Nottingham | 02 Aug 2001 |
| 89 | MP Vaughan | 0 | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 19 Mar 2004 |
| 90 | MP Vaughan | 0 | 2 | v South Africa | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 |
| 91 | MP Vaughan | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Nottingham | 25 Aug 2005 |
| 92 | A Flintoff | 0 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Nottingham | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 93 | A Flintoff | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 |
| 94 | MP Vaughan | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Leeds | 18 Jul 2008 |
| 95 | MP Vaughan | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Birmingham | 30 Jul 2008 |
| 96 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 |
| 97 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 3 | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2010 |
| 98 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 99 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Lord’s | 03 Jun 2011 |
| 100 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Apr 2012 |
| 101 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 |
| 102 | AN Cook | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Manchester | 01 Aug 2013 |
| 103 | AN Cook | 0 | 4 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Dec 2013 |
| 104 | AN Cook | 0 | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2015 |
| 105 | JE Root | 0 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 22 Mar 2018 |
| 106 | JE Root | 0 | 1 | v India | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |
| 107 | JE Root | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Lord’s | 14 Aug 2019 |
| 108 | JE Root | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Leeds | 22 Aug 2019 |
| 109 | JE Root | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Manchester | 04 Sep 2019 |
| 110 | JE Root | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 08 Dec 2021 |
| 111 | JE Root | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 05 Jan 2022 |
| 112 | JE Root | 0 | 1 | v West Indies | St George’s | 24 Mar 2022 |
| 113 | BA Stokes | 0 | 3 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 01 Dec 2022 |
| 114 | BA Stokes | 0 | 1 | v India | Dharamsala | 7 Mar 2024 |
| 115 | OJ Pope | 0 | 2 | v Pakistan | Multan | 07 Oct 2024 |
| 116 | BA Stokes | 0 | 2 | v India | Birmingham | 02 Jul 2025 |
| 117 | BA Stokes | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 04 Jan 2026 |
BA Stokes of England scored zero in the first innings of the just concluded test against Australia at Sydney to provide the 51st occasion of an England captain scoring zero in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below. a
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Hon.IFW Bligh | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 |
| 2 | Hon.IFW Bligh | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 |
| 3 | AN Hornby | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Manchester | 10 Jul 1884 |
| 4 | A Shrewsbury snr | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1884 |
| 5 | WG Grace | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Lord’s | 21 Jul 1890 |
| 6 | WG Grace | 0 | 2 | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1890 |
| 7 | AE Stoddart | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 01 Feb 1895 |
| 8 | AC MacLaren | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Feb 1898 |
| 9 | PF Warner | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 |
| 10 | PF Warner | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Feb 1904 |
| 11 | Hon.FS Jackson | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 |
| 12 | Hon.FS Jackson | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Lord’s | 15 Jun 1905 |
| 13 | FL Fane | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 10 Jan 1908 |
| 14 | AO Jones | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 21 Feb 1908 |
| 15 | JWHT Douglas | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 15 Dec 1911 |
| 16 | JWHT Douglas | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 09 Feb 1912 |
| 17 | AER Gilligan | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1925 |
| 18 | AER Gilligan | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1925 |
| 19 | APF Chapman | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 |
| 20 | DR Jardine | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1932 |
| 21 | RES Wyatt | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Manchester | 06 Jul 1934 |
| 22 | GOB Allen | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Feb 1937 |
| 23 | WR Hammond | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Leeds | 22 Jul 1938 |
| 24 | L Hutton | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 |
| 25 | PBH May | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Manchester | 27 Jul 1961 |
| 26 | MJK Smith | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1966 |
| 27 | R Illingworth | 0 | 1 | v Australia | The Oval | 10 Aug 1972 |
| 28 | JM Brearley | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Leeds | 11 Aug 1977 |
| 29 | JM Brearley | 0 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 15 Dec 1978 |
| 30 | JM Brearley | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1978 |
| 31 | IT Botham | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Lord’s | 28 Aug 1980 |
| 32 | IT Botham | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Lord’s | 02 Jul 1981 |
| 33 | IT Botham | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Lord’s | 02 Jul 1981 |
| 34 | JM Brearley | 0 | 2 | v Australia | The Oval | 27 Aug 1981 |
| 35 | RGD Willis | 0 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 12 Nov 1982 |
| 36 | MW Gatting | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 |
| 37 | MW Gatting | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 |
| 38 | AJ Stewart | 0 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 28 Nov 1998 |
| 39 | AJ Stewart | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 11 Dec 1998 |
| 40 | MA Atherton | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Nottingham | 02 Aug 2001 |
| 41 | MP Vaughan | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Nottingham | 25 Aug 2005 |
| 42 | A Flintoff | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 |
| 43 | AJ Strauss | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 44 | AN Cook | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Manchester | 01 Aug 2013 |
| 45 | AN Cook | 0 | 4 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 13 Dec 2013 |
| 46 | JE Root | 0 | 3 | v Australia | Lord’s | 14 Aug 2019 |
| 47 | JE Root | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Leeds | 22 Aug 2019 |
| 48 | JE Root | 0 | 4 | v Australia | Manchester | 04 Sep 2019 |
| 49 | JE Root | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 08 Dec 2021 |
| 50 | JE Root | 0 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 05 Jan 2022 |
| 51 | BA Stokes | 0 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 04 Jan 2026 |