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RR Pant-RA Jadeja posted 222 runs for the sixth wicket for India in the first innings of the test and JE Root-JM Bairstow posted 269 runs unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket for England in the fourth innings of the test in the just concluded test between England and India at Birmingham to provide the 44^th occasion of rival batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	HL Collins, JM Gregory	3	209	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	12.11.21
	CN Frank, AW Nourse	4	206	3	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	12.11.21
2	LEG Ames, A Sandham	4	249	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03.04.30
	GA Headley, RK Nunes	2	227	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	03.04.30
3	A Melville, AD Nourse	3	319	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07.06.47
	DCS Compton, N Yardley	5	237	3	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	07.06.47
4	ED Weekes, FMM Worrell	4	283	2	Win	Eng	Nottingham	20.07.50
	RT Simpson, C Washbrook	1	212	3	Eng	Win	Nottingham	20.07.50
5	CL Walcott, FMM Worrell	4	213	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	28.03.53
	VL Manjrekar, P Roy	2	237	3	Ind	Win	Kingston	28.03.53
6	RG Archer, KR Miller	6	206	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	14.05.55
	DS Atkinson, CC Depeiaza	7	347	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14.05.55
7	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	201	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23.07.64
	BC Booth, RB Simpson	5	219	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23.07.64
	KF Barrington, ER Dexter	3	246	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23.07.64
8	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	382	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05.05.65
	RB Kanhai, SM Nurse	3	200	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	05.05.65
9	RC Fredericks, LG Rowe	2	269	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	16.02.72
	GM Turner, KJ Wadsworth	6	220	2	NZl	Win	Kingston	16.02.72
10	GS Chappell, IM Chappell	3	264	1	Aus	NZl	Wellington	01.03.74
	BE Congdon, BF Hastings	4	229	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	01.03.74
11	GS Chappell, GN Yallop	4	217	1	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	06.03.80
	Javed Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
12	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	1	296	2	Win	Ind	John’s	28.04.83
	PJL Dujon, CH Lloyd	6	207	2	Win	Ind	John’s	28.04.83
	M Amarnath, AD Gaekwad	2	200	3	Ind	Win	John’s	28.04.83
13	SM Patil, RJ Shastri	5	200	1	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	24.10.84
	M Nazar, Qasim Umar	2	250	2	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	24.10.84
14	M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar	2	224	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02.01.86
	DC Boon, GR Marsh	1	217	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	02.01.86
15	J Miandad, Saleem Malik	4	322	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	04.06.92
	RA Smith, AJ Stewart	3	227	2	Eng	Pak	Birmingham	04.06.92
16	S Chanderpaul, BC Lara	5	219	1	Win	Eng	John’s	16.04.94
	MA Atherton, RA Smith	3	303	2	Eng	Win	John’s	16.04.94
17	M Azharuddin, Tendulkar	4	221	1	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	02.08.97
	Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama	2	576	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02.08.97
18	JH Kallis, G Kirsten	2	238	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02.07.98
	MA Atherton, AJ Stewart	3	226	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	02.07.98
19	JL Langer, MA Taylor	2	279	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15.10.98
	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	2	211	2	Pak	Aus	Peshawar	15.10.98
20	R Dravid, Tendulkar	3	249	1	Ind	Zim	Nagpur	25.11.00
	ADR Campbell, A Flower	4	209	3	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25.11.00
21	HH Gibbs, G Kirsten	2	227	1	SAF	Eng	The Oval	04.09.03
	GP Thorpe, Trescothick	3	268	2	Eng	SAF	The Oval	04.09.03
22	AB de Villiers, GC Smith	1	245	1	SAF	Win	John’s	29.04.05
	JH Kallis, AG Prince	5	267	1	SAF	Win	John’s	29.04.05
	CH Gayle, RR Sarwan	2	331	2	Win	SAF	John’s	29.04.05
23	Mohd Yousuf, Younis Khan	3	319	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	13.01.06
	R Dravid, V Sehwag	1	410	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13.01.06
24	MS Dhoni, IK Pathan	6	210	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	21.01.06
	Mohd Yousuf, Younis Khan	3	242	3	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	21.01.06
25	IR Bell, KP Pietersen	4	286	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	10.07.08
	ND McKenzie, GC Smith	1	204	3	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	10.07.08
26	AN Cook, AJ Strauss	1	229	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	26.02.09
	D Ramdin, RR Sarwan	6	261	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	26.02.09
27	PD Collingwood, MJ Prior	5	218	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	06.03.09
	S Chanderpaul, BP Nash	5	234	2	Win	Eng	Trinidad	06.03.09
28	MS Dhoni, R Dravid	6	224	1	Ind	Srl	Ahm’bad	16.11.09
	M Jaya’dene, H Jaya’dene	6	351	2	Srl	Ind	Ahm’bad	16.11.09
29	R Dravid, Tendulkar	3	222*	2	Ind	Ban	Mirpur	24.01.10
	J Siddique, Tamim Iqbal	2	200	3	Ban	Ind	Mirpur	24.01.10
30	HM Amla, AN Petersen	2	209	1	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14.02.10
	V Sehwag, Tendulkar	3	249	2	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14.02.10
	MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman	7	259*	2	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14.02.10
31	BJ Haddin, MEK Hussey	6	307	2	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	25.11.10
	AN Cook, IJL Trott	2	329*	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25.11.10
32	Azhar Ali, Mohd Hafeez	2	287	1	Pak	Srl	Col-SSC	30.06.12
	TM Dilshan, Sangakkara	2	225	2	Srl	Pak	Col-SSC	30.06.12
33	Chandimal, H Thirimanne	5	203*	1	Srl	Ban	Galle	08.03.13
	Mohd Ashraful, M Rahim	5	267	2	Ban	Srl	Galle	08.03.13
	TM Dilshan, Sangakkara	2	213	3	Srl	Ban	Galle	08.03.13
34	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	222	3	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	18.12.13
	de Villiers, F du Plessis	5	205	4	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	18.12.13
35	Azhar Ali, Mohd Hafeez	2	227	2	Pak	Ban	Khulna	28.04.15
	Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal	1	312	3	Ban	Pak	Khulna	28.04.15
36	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	2	302	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13.11.15
	LRPL Taylor, Williamson	3	265	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	13.11.15
	SPD Smith, AC Voges	3	224	3	Aus	NZl	Perth	13.11.15
37	LD Chandimal, DM de Silva	6	211	1	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	13.08.16
	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	2	246	2	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13.08.16
38	JM Bairstow, DJ Malan	5	237	1	Eng	Aus	Perth	14.12.17
	MR Marsh, SPD Smith	5	301	2	Aus	Eng	Perth	14.12.17
39	M Haque, M Rahim	3	236	1	Ban	Srl	Chattogram	31.01.18
	DM de Silva, BKG Mendis	2	308	2	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	31.01.18
40	AN Cook, JE Root	3	259	3	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07.09.18
	RR Pant, KL Rahul	6	204	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	07.09.18
41	Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali	4	201	2	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	03.12.18
	HM Nicholls, Williamson	5	212	3	NZl	Pak	Abu Dhabi	03.12.18
42	TWM Latham, JA Raval	1	254	2	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	28.02.20
	Mahmudullah, S Sarkar	5	235	3	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	28.02.20
43	M Haque, NH Shanto	3	242	1	Ban	Srl	Pallekele	21.04.21
	DM de Silva, F Karunaratne	4	345	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	21.04.21
44	RA Jadeja, RR Pant	6	222	1	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01.07.22
	JM Bairstow, JE Root	4	269*	4	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	01.07.22

It also provides the second such occasion in England-India test series. Both such occasions are listed below. Interestingly enough, RR Pant for India and JE Root for England are one of the partners in both the occasions

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AN Cook, JE Root	3	259	3	Eng	Ind	The Oval	07.09.18
	RR Pant, KL Rahul	6	204	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	07.09.18
2	RA Jadeja, RR Pant	6	222	1	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01.07.22
	JM Bairstow, JE Root	4	269*	4	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	01.07.22

SPD Smith of Australia registered the 28^th century of his test career when he scored 109 not out at the close of the first day of the Galle test against Sri Lanka. All his centuries are listed below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Dateg
1	138*	1	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 2013
2	111	1	v England	Perth	13 Dec 2013
3	115	1	v England	Sydney	03 Jan 2014
4	100	1	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
5	162*	1	v India	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
6	133	2	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
7	192	1	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
8	117	1	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
9	199	1	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
10	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
11	143	1	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2015
12	138	3	v New Zealand	Perth	13 Nov 2015
13	134*	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
14	138	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
15	119	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
16	130	1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
17	165*	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
18	109	3	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017
19	178*	1	v India	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
20	111	1	v India	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
21	141*	2	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
22	239	2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2017
23	102*	3	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
24	144	1	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
25	142	3	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
26	211	1	v England	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
27	131	1	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
28	109*	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Jul 2022

He is on par with MJ Clarke who has also scored 28 centuries among the Australian batsmen. Other Aussie batsmen to score more centuries than MJ Clarke and SPD Smith are – RT Ponting {41}, SR Waugh {32}, ML Hayden {30} and DG Bradman {29}

SPD Smith’s 109 not out at the close of the first day of the Galle test against Sri Lanka represent his 14^th century on away soil – exact half of his 28 centuries of his test career. All his centuries are listed below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	138*	1	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 2013
2	100	1	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
3	199	1	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
4	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
5	143	1	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2015
6	138	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
7	119	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
8	109	3	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017
9	178*	1	v India	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
10	111	1	v India	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
11	144	1	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
12	142	3	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
13	211	1	v England	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
14	109*	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Jul 2022

RR Pant’s run aggregate against England in England read 511. He became the third Indn wicket keeper batsman to score 500 plus runs against England in England. Others are – MS Dhoni {778} and FM Engineer {568}

AZ Lees of England was dismissed run out for 56 in England’s second innings to provide the 25^th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings on home soil

It also provides the third occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings against India

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 1067^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 570^th occasion of  England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil.

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 161^st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India. It also provides the 94^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil against India.

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 191^st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 94^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the first wicket on home soil.

AJ Lees-Z Crawley posted 107 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 30th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against India. It also provides the 15th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against India on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 1068^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 571^st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 162nd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India. It also provides the 95^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil against India.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 181st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 99^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the third wicket on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 37th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India in a test innings. It also provides the 22nd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India for the third wicket on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 106^th occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 64th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 19^th occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 12th occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 19th occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership against India in a test innings. It also provides the 12th occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings against India on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership against India for the fourth in a test innings. It also provides the fourth occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the fourth wicket against India on home soil.

JE Root-JM Bairstow added 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings which represent the record partnership by England batsmen against India for the fourth wicket on home soil.  The previous best was 266 runs posted by WR Hammond-TS Worthington for the fourth wicket at The Oval in Aug 1936.

RR Pant-RA Jadeja posted 222 runs for the sixth wicket in India’s first  innings and JE Root-JM Bairstow posted 269 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 45^th occasion of rival batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in a test.

England chased a target of 377 in the fourth innings of this test and won by seven wickets posting a total of 378 for the loss of three wickets. It provides the 57^th occasion of a team chasing 275 plus runs in the fourth innings to win a test match – England winnings its last four consecutive – a feat achieved for the first time.

England chased a target of 377 in the fourth innings of this test and won by seven wickets posting a total of 378 for the loss of three wickets. It provides the ninth occasion of a team chasing 375 plus runs in the fourth innings to win a test match – England winning its last four consecutive – a feat achieved for the first time.

No	Team	Score	I	Re	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Win	418/7	4	won	Aus	St John’s	09 May 2003
2	SAF	414/4	4	won	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
3	Ind	406/4	4	won	Win	Trinidad	07 Apr 1976
4	Aus	404/3	4	won	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
5	Win	395/7	4	won	Ban	Chattogram	03 Feb 2021
6	Srl	391/6	4	won	Zim	Col-RPS	14 Jul 2017
7	Ind	387/4	4	won	Eng	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
8	Pak	382/3	4	won	Srl	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
9	Eng	378/3	4	won	Ind	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022

England’s chase of 377 runs in the fourth innings of this test represents its record chase in tests to win a test. Its previous highest chase was 358 runs against Australia at Leeds in Aug 2019. England posted 362 for 9 in its fourth innings to win the test by one wicket.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 897^th and 898^th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings. It also provides the 487^th  and  488^th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 127^th and 128^th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries against India in a test innings. It also provides the 77^th and 78^th occasion of England batsman scoring centuries against India in a test innings on home soil.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 51st and 52^nd occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the 22nd and 23rd occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test on home soil.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the third and fourth occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test against India. It also provides the the third and fourth occasion of England batsman scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test on home soil against India.

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 175th occasion of two or more England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings. It also provides the 103rd occasion of two or more England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the fifth occasion of two England batsman scoring unbeaten centuries in a test innings. It also provides the 89th occasion of two England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 21st occasion of two England batsman scoring unbeaten centuries in a test innings against India. It also provides the 14th occasion of two England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings on home soil against India

JE Root {142*} and JM Bairstow {114*} scored centuries in fourth innings of this test to provide the 149^th occasion of two England batsman scoring centuries in a test innings. It also provides the fourth occasion of two England batsman scoring unbeaten centuries in a test innings on home soil

JM Bairstow’s 106 and 114 not out represent his fifth and sixth century in the calendar year 2022. His feat of scoring six centuries in a calendar year provides the 20^th occasion of a batsman scoring six or more centuries in a calendar year. He became the fourth England batsman to score six centuries in a calendar year. Others are –  DCS Compton in 1947 {06 centuries}, MP Vaughan in 2002 {06 centuries} and JE Root in 2021 {06 centuries}

JE Root scored 142 not out in the fourth innings of this test which represents his 28^th test century. Only AN Cook has scored more centuries – 33 – among the England batsmen. It also represents his 17^th century on home soil – most by an England batsman on home soil. IR Bell and AN Cook have scored 15 centuries on home soil.

JE Root scored 142 not out in the fourth innings of this test which represents his ninth test century against India. It also represents his seventh test century against India home soil

JE Root with nine centuries to his credit now owns the record for most centuries by a batsman against India. The previous record was held by RT Ponting who had scored nine centuries against India.

JE Root and RT Ponting share the record for most centuries against India on home soil. Both the batsmen have scored seven centuries. JE Root’s 142 not out in this test was his seventh test century against India on home soil

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 2526 at the end of this test. He became the second batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 2500 plus runs against India after RT Ponting. RT Ponting has scored 2553 runs against India.

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 2526 at the end of this test. He became the first England batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 2500 plus runs against India. He went past AN Cook who had an aggregate of 2431 runs against India.

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 1574 on home soil at the end of this test. He became the first England batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 1500 plus runs against India on home soil

JE Root’s run aggregate against India read 1574 on home soil at the end of this test. He became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 1500 plus runs against India on home soil. Others are – RT Ponting {1893} and SC Chanderpaul {1547}

JE Root with 1574 runs to his credit occupies the second place amongst batmen who have scored most runs against India on home soil. RT Ponting with 1893 runs occupies the first place. JE Root went past SC Chanderpaul {1547} to occupy the second place.

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 2500 plus runs against a specific team.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Opp
1	DG Bradman	Aus	37	63	7	5028	334	Eng
2	JB Hobbs	Eng	41	71	4	3636	187	Aus
3	Tendulkar	Ind	39	74	8	3630	241*	Aus
4	AR Border	Aus	47	82	19	3548	200*	Eng
5	DI Gower	Eng	42	77	4	3269	215	Aus
6	GS Sobers	Win	36	61	8	3214	226	Eng
7	SR Waugh	Aus	46	73	18	3200	177*	Eng
8	SPD Smith	Aus	32	56	5	3044	239	Eng
9	BC Lara	Win	30	51	3	2983	400*	Eng
10	G Boycott	Eng	38	71	9	2945	191	Aus
11	Sangakkara	Srl	23	45	6	2911	230	Pak
12	IVA Richards	Win	36	50	4	2869	291	Eng
13	BC Lara	Win	31	58	2	2856	277	Aus
14	WR Hammond	Eng	33	58	3	2852	251	Aus
15	SM Gavaskar	Ind	27	48	6	2749	236*	Win
16	H Sutcliffe	Eng	27	46	5	2741	194	Aus
17	B Mitchell	SAF	30	57	7	2732	189*	Eng
18	C Hill	Aus	41	76	1	2660	188	Eng
19	JH Edrich	Eng	32	57	3	2644	175	Aus
20	GA Gooch	Eng	42	79	0	2632	196	Aus
21	GS Chappell	Aus	35	65	8	2619	144	Eng
22	RT Ponting	Aus	29	51	4	2555	257	Ind
23	Tendulkar	Ind	32	53	4	2535	193	Eng
24	JE Root	Eng	25	45	5	2526	218	Ind

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 2500 plus runs against a specific team.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Opp
1	JB Hobbs	Eng	41	71	4	3636	187	Aus
2	DI Gower	Eng	42	77	4	3269	215	Aus
3	G Boycott	Eng	38	71	9	2945	191	Aus
4	WR Hammond	Eng	33	58	3	2852	251	Aus
5	H Sutcliffe	Eng	27	46	5	2741	194	Aus
6	JH Edrich	Eng	32	57	3	2644	175	Aus
7	GA Gooch	Eng	42	79	0	2632	196	Aus
8	JE Root	Eng	25	45	5	2526	218	Ind

India posted a team total of 416 in its first innings against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham and lost the test to provide the 50^th occasion of a team losing a test after posting a total of 400 plus runs in the first innings of a test.  It also provides the fifth occasion of India losing a test after posting a total of 400 plus runs in the first innings of a test. It also provides the 13th occasion of a team losing a test after posting a total of 400 plus runs in the first innings of a test against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Res	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	586	01	lost	Eng	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
2	Aus	414	01	lost	Eng	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895
3	Eng	519	01	lost	Aus	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
4	Eng	425	01	lost	Aus	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
5	Eng	405	01	lost	Aus	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
6	Aus	435	01	lost	Eng	Sydney	23 Feb 1933
7	Eng	496	01	lost	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
8	Aus	520	01	lost	SAF	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953
9	Pak	408	01	lost	Win	Guyana	13 Mar 1958
10	Win	526/7d	01	lost	Eng	Trinidad	14 Mar 1968
11	Ind	402	01	lost	Aus	Perth	16 Dec 1977
12	Aus	401/9d	01	lost	Eng	Leeds	16 Jul 1981
13	Aus	429	01	lost	Win	Barbados	30 Mar 1984
14	Ind	424	01	lost	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
15	Eng	445	01	lost	Srl	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
16	Aus	490	01	lost	Win	Barbados	26 Mar 1999
17	Ban	400	01	lost	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
18	Zim	422/9d	01	lost	Ind	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
19	Pak	405	01	lost	Eng	Karachi	07 Dec 2000
20	Aus	445	01	lost	Ind	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
21	Aus	447	01	lost	Eng	Leeds	16 Aug 2001
22	Win	448	01	lost	Srl	Galle	13 Nov 2001
23	SAF	484	01	lost	Eng	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
24	Aus	556	01	lost	Ind	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
25	NZl	409	01	lost	Eng	Leeds	03 Jun 2004
26	NZl	433	01	lost	Aus	Ch’church	10 Mar 2005
27	Win	405	01	lost	Aus	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005
28	SAF	451/9d	01	lost	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
29	Ban	427	01	lost	Aus	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006
30	Eng	551/6d	01	lost	Aus	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006
31	Ind	414	01	lost	SAF	C Town	02 Jan 2007
32	Ban	419	01	lost	Eng	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010
33	Srl	425	01	lost	Ind	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
34	Aus	428	01	lost	Ind	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
35	Aus	478	01	lost	Ind	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
36	Srl	400	01	lost	Eng	Cardiff	26 May 2011
37	Zim	412	01	lost	Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
38	Win	449/9d	01	lost	Aus	Barbados	07 Apr 2012
39	Aus	408	01	lost	Ind	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
40	Srl	428/9d	01	lost	Pak	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
41	Pak	451	01	lost	Srl	Galle	06 Aug 2014
42	Ind	408	01	lost	Aus	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
43	Eng	400	01	lost	Ind	Wankhede	08 Dec 2016
44	Eng	477	01	lost	Ind	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
45	Pak	443/9d	01	lost	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
46	Ban	595/8d	01	lost	NZl	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
47	Eng	403	01	lost	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2017
48	Ban	430	01	lost	Win	Chattogram	03 Feb 2021
49	NZl	553	01	lost	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022
50	Ind	416	01	lost	Eng	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022

No	Team	Score	I	Res	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	402	01	lost	Aus	Perth	16 Dec 1977
2	Ind	424	01	lost	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
3	Ind	414	01	lost	SAF	C Town	02 Jan 2007
4	Ind	408	01	lost	Aus	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
5	Ind	416	01	lost	Eng	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022

No	Team	Score	I	Res	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	586	01	lost	Eng	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
2	Aus	414	01	lost	Eng	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895
3	Aus	435	01	lost	Eng	Sydney	23 Feb 1933
4	Win	526/7d	01	lost	Eng	Trinidad	14 Mar 1968
5	Aus	401/9d	01	lost	Eng	Leeds	16 Jul 1981
6	Pak	405	01	lost	Eng	Karachi	07 Dec 2000
7	Aus	447	01	lost	Eng	Leeds	16 Aug 2001
8	SAF	484	01	lost	Eng	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
9	NZl	409	01	lost	Eng	Leeds	03 Jun 2004
10	Ban	419	01	lost	Eng	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010
11	Srl	400	01	lost	Eng	Cardiff	26 May 2011
12	NZl	553	01	lost	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022
13	Ind	416	01	lost	Eng	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022

JM Bairstow of England scored 106 and 114 not out in the just concluded test against India at Birmingham to provide the 89^th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the twelfth occasion of England batsmen performing such a feat in test and also provides the eleventh occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against India in a test. It also provides the third occasion of England batsmen performing such a feat against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CAG Russell	140	111	Eng	SAF	Durban	16 Feb 1923
2	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
3	WR Hammond	119*	177	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
4	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
5	E Paynter	117	100	Eng	SAF	Jo,burg	24 Dec 1938
6	DCS Compton	147	103*	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
7	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
8	AJ Stewart	118	143	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	08 Apr 1994
9	MP Vaughan	103	101*	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
10	ME Trescothick	105	107	Eng	Win	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004
11	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
12	JM Bairstow	106	114*	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022
No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	132	127*	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
2	ED Weekes	162	101	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
3	LRD Mendis	105	105	Srl	Ind	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
4	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
5	G Kirsten	102	133	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
6	PA de Silva	146	120	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
7	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
8	HM Amla	114	123*	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
9	JH Kallis	161	109*	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
10	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
11	JM Bairstow	106	114*	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022
No	Player	FI	SI	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Gooch	333	123	456	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
2	AJ Strauss	123	108	231	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
3	JM Bairstow	106	114*	220	Ind	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022

The just concluded Birmingham test between England and India has witnessed the following coincidences

JM Bairstow of England scored 106 and 72 not out as at the end of the fourth day’s play in the ongoing test at Birmingham against India to provide the 110^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century and a fifty in a test.

Exact half of this, that is on 55 occasions, such a feat has been performed by England batsmen on home soil

RR Pant of India scored 146 and 57, while JM Bairstow of England scored 106 and 72 not out at the end of fourth day’s play in the ongoing test between England and India at Birmingham to provide the 36th occasion of rival batsmen scoring a century and a fifty in a test match.

Exact half of this that is on 18 occasions, such a feat has been performed by batsmen involving England.

Exact half of this, that is on nine occasions, such a feat has been performed by by batsmen involving India

India posted a team total of 416 in its first innings against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham and lost the test to provide the 50^th occasion of a team losing a test after posting a total of 400 plus runs in the first innings of a test.