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JE Root of England scored 64 and 109 in this test to provide the 26^th occasion of an England batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India.

JE Root of England scored 64 and 109 in this test to provide the 12^th occasion of an England batsman scoring half century and century in a including twin centuries in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the second occasion of an England captain scoring fifties performing such a feat in a test against India.

JE Root scored 109 in England’s second innings of this test to provide his 21^st century of his test career. The following table lists the England batsmen who have scored 20 plus centuries

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C
1	AN Cook	161	291	16	12472	294	33
2	KP Pietersen	104	181	08	08181	227	23
3	IR Bell	118	205	24	07727	235	22
4	G Boycott	108	193	23	08114	246*	22
5	MC Cowdrey	114	188	15	07624	182	22
6	WR Hammond	085	140	16	07249	336*	22
7	JE Root	106	195	14	08887	254	21
8	AJ Strauss	100	178	06	07037	177	21
9	KF Barrington	082	131	15	06806	256	20
10	GA Gooch	118	215	06	08900	333	20

JE Root scored 109 in England’s second innings of this test to provide his tenth century of his test career while leading England. He became the fourth England captain to score ten or more centuries. Others are – AN Cook {12}, GA Gooch {11} and PBH May {10}

JE Root’s aggregate of runs read 8887 at the end of this test. He now stands third in the list of England batsmen who have scored most runs in tests. Others are – AN Cook {12472} and GA Gooch {8900}

JE Root’s 64 and 109 in this test gave him an aggregate of 33 fifties while leading England. He is one of the three England captains who have scored 30 plus fifties. Others are – AN Cool {36} and MA Atherton {30}

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of 5 for 64 in England’s second innings to provide the 79^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against England. It also provides the 32nd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against England

The following table lists the Indian bowlers who have captured five or more wickets against England at Nottingham. It was JJ Bumrah’s second five wicket haul against England and also against England at Nottingham after his 5 for 85 in Aug 2018

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Z Khan	5-72	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2007
2	B Kumar	5-82	2	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2014
3	HH Pandya	5-28	2	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2018
4	JJ Bumrah	5-85	4	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2018
5	JJ Bumrah	5-64	3	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

The following table lists the JJ Bumrah’s five wickets hauls of his test career. His five for 64 in this test represent his best bowling figures in an innings against England.

No	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	5-54	2	SAG	Johannesburg	Jan 2018
2	5-85	4	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2018
3	6-33	2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2018
4	5-07	4	Win	North Sound	Aug 2019
5	6-27	2	Win	Kingston	Aug 2019
6	5-64	3	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

Nine wickets haul in this test fetched JJ Bumrah an aggregate of 27 wickets against England. He became the 23^rd Indian bowler to capture 25 plus wickets against England. He also became the ninth Indian pace bowler to capture 25 plus wickets against England.

84 and 26 in this test fetched KL Rahul an aggregate of 625 runs against England as an opening batsman. He became the ninth Indian opening batsman to total 600 plus runs against England.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC
1	Gavaskar	37	66	1	2483	221	4	16
2	M Vijay	11	21	0	756	146	3	02
3	V Sehwag	15	26	1	735	117	2	03
4	G Gambhir	11	19	0	733	179	1	04
5	Merchant	07	12	0	681	154	3	02
6	Jaisimha	09	14	0	639	129	2	04
7	KL Rahul	08	14	0	625	199	2	01
8	P Roy	14	25	1	620	140	2	01
9	Kunderan	07	13	0	607	192	2	01

SCJ Broad collected the first ball duck in England’s second innings to provide the 37^th occasion of an England batsman colleting the first ball duck against India and also provides the 13^th occasion of an England batsman colleting the first ball duck against India in England. It also provides the second occasion for SCJ Broad to suffer such an ignominy against India. The first such occasion was at Southampton in Aug 2018.

AM Rahane pouched his 50^th catch on away soil when he caught OE Robinson off Mohammad Shami in England’s second innings. He became the sixth Indian fieldsman other than wicket keeper to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil. Others are – R Dravid {111}, VVS Laxman {74}, SR Tendulkar {57}, Azharuddin {57} and SM Gavaskar {53}. He also became the 38^th fieldsman other than wicket keepers to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil.

AM Rahane has pouched 97 catches in his test career at the end of this test and needs three more for his 100 catches.

JE Root’s 109 in the second innings of this test provide the 123^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India. It also provides the 73^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in England.

JE Root’s 109 in the second innings of this test provide his sixth century against India. He now holds the second place jointly with KP Pietersen who has also scored six centuries. AN Cook with seven centuries owns the record for most centuries against India.

RA Jadeja of India completed 2000 runs of his test career when he was on 15 during the course of his innings in India’s first innings in the Nottingham test against England on the third day. Having already captured 221 wickets, he joined the elite list of all round cricketers who have completed the “Double of 2000 runs plus 200 wickets. At the end of India’s innings in this test, he has score 2041 runs. He became the 21st all rounder and also fifth Indian cricketer in the annals of test cricket to perform the feat. The following table furnished the list arranged in the descending order of wickets

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	13289	292
2	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	093	8032	235
3	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1978-1994	131	5248	434
4	IT Botham	Eng	1977-1992	102	5200	383
5	DL Vettori	NZl	1997-2014	113	4531	362
6	S Al Hasan	Ban	2007-2021	058	3933	215
7	A Flintoff	Eng	1998-2009	079	3845	226
8	Imran Khan	Pak	1971-1992	088	3807	362
9	SM Pollock	SAF	1995-2008	108	3781	421
10	SCJ Broad	Eng	2007-2021	149	3370	523
11	CL Cairns	NZl	1989-2004	062	3320	218
12	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145	3154	708
13	RJ Hadlee	NZl	1973-1990	086	3124	431
14	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	1994-2009	111	3089	355
15	Wasim Akram	Pak	1985-2002	104	2898	414
16	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2021	079	2685	413
17	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132	2506	619
18	Harbhajan	Ind	1998-2015	103	2224	417
19	R Benaud	Aus	1952-1964	063	2201	248
20	MG Johnson	Aus	2007-2015	073	2065	313
21	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2041	221

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1978-1994	131	5248	434
2	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2021	079	2685	413
3	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132	2506	619
4	Harbhajan	Ind	1998-2015	103	2224	417
5	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2041	221

RA Jadeja became the seventh left arm all rounder and also the first Indian left arm all rounder to perform the feat of scoring 2000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	093	8032	235
2	DL Vettori	NZl	1997-2014	113	4531	362
3	S Al Hasan	Ban	2007-2021	058	3933	215
4	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	1994-2009	111	3089	355
5	Wasim Akram	Pak	1985-2002	104	2898	414
6	MG Johnson	Aus	2007-2015	073	2065	313
7	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2041	221

RA Jadeja became the sixth left arm spin all rounder and also the first Indian left arm spin all rounder to perform the feat of scoring 2000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets after GS Sobers of West Indies.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	093	8032	235
2	S Al Hasan	Ban	2007-2021	058	3933	215
3	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2041	221

RA Jadeja became the 41^st Indian batsman to score 2000 plus runs in his test career. He also became the fifth Indian left arm batsman to score 2000 plus runs.  Others are – SC Ganguly {7212}, G Gambhir {4154}, S Dhawan {2315}, and AL Wadekar {2113}.

KL Rahul’s 84 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 616 runs against England. He became the 35^th Indian batsman to total 600 plus runs against England.

OE Robinson captured five for 85 in India’s first innings of this test to provide the 65^th occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India. It also provides the 35^th occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India in England

OE Robinson captured five for 85 in India’s first innings of this test to provide the fourth occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India at Nottingham

No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JB Statham	5-32	3	Ind	Nottingham	Jun 1959
2	SCJ Broad	6-46	2	Ind	Nottingham	Jul 2011
3	TT Bresnan	5-48	4	Ind	Nottingham	Jul 2011
4	OE Robinson	5-85	2	Ind	Nottingham	Aug 2021

KL Rahul and RA Jadeja posted their 17^th fifty of their test career when they scored 84 and 56 respectively in India’s innings. Their fifties also represent the third and fifth fifties against England.

JJ Bumrah scored 28 in India’s innings to provide the fifth occasion of Indian batsman scoring 28 plus runs while batting at number ten against England in England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SK Sharma	38	4	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1990
2	KS More	36*	1	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1986
3	Venkataraghavan	28	2	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1979
4	PL Mhambrey	28	1	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1996
5	JJ Bumrah	28	2	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

JJ Bumrah scored a boundary six in his knock of 28 in India’s innings to provide the second occasion of Indian batsman scoring a boundary six while batting at number ten against England in England. Prior to this S Venkataraghavan had scored two boundary sixes in his knock of 28 while battinng at number ten at Birmingham in Jul 1979 All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	6s	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Venkataraghavan	28	2	2	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1979
2	JJ Bumrah	28	1	2	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

V Kohli’s duck in India’s first innings provides his ninth duck as India’s captain. He now holds the record for most ducks by an Indian captain. He went past MS Dhoni who was dismissed for eight ducks. The following table lists the ducks scored by these two captains.

No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	V Kohli	0	2	Aus	Pune	Feb 2017
2	V Kohli	0	1	Srl	Kolkata	Nov 2017
3	V Kohli	0	4	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
4	V Kohli	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2018
5	V Kohli	0	3	Win	Kingston	Aug 2019
6	V Kohli	0	2	Ban	Indore	Nov 2019
7	V Kohli	0	1	Eng	Chennai	Feb 2021
8	V Kohli	0	2	Eng	Ahmedabad	Mar 2021
9	V Kohli	0	2	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021
No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MS Dhoni	0	3	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
2	MS Dhoni	0	2	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2011
3	MS Dhoni	0	1	Win	Kingston	Jun 2011
4	MS Dhoni	0	4	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2011
5	MS Dhoni	0	2	Win	Delhi	Nov 2011
6	MS Dhoni	0	3	Eng	Kolkata	Dec 2012
7	MS Dhoni	0	3	Eng	The Oval	Aug 2014
8	MS Dhoni	0	3	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 2014

RA Jadeja of India completed 2000 runs of his test career when he was on 15 during the course of his innings in India’s first innings in the Nottingham test against England on the third day. Having already captured 221 wickets, he joined the elite list of all round cricketers who have completed the “Double of 2000 runs plus 200 wickets. He became the 21st all rounder and also fifth Indian cricketers in the annals of test cricket to perform the feat. The following table furnished the list arranged in the descending order of wickets

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	13289	292
2	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	093	8032	235
3	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1978-1994	131	5248	434
4	IT Botham	Eng	1977-1992	102	5200	383
5	DL Vettori	NZl	1997-2014	113	4531	362
6	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	2007-2021	058	3933	215
7	A Flintoff	Eng	1998-2009	079	3845	226
8	Imran Khan	Pak	1971-1992	088	3807	362
9	SM Pollock	SAF	1995-2008	108	3781	421
10	SCJ Broad	Eng	2007-2021	149	3370	523
11	CL Cairns	NZl	1989-2004	062	3320	218
12	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145	3154	708
13	RJ Hadlee	NZl	1973-1990	086	3124	431
14	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	1994-2009	111	3089	355
15	Wasim Akram	Pak	1985-2002	104	2898	414
16	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2021	079	2685	413
17	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132	2506	619
18	Harbhajan	Ind	1998-2015	103	2224	417
19	R Benaud	Aus	1952-1964	063	2201	248
20	MG Johnson	Aus	2007-2015	073	2065	313
21	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2041	221

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1978-1994	131	5248	434
2	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2021	079	2685	413
3	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132	2506	619
4	Harbhajan	Ind	1998-2015	103	2224	417
5	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2000	221

RA Jadeja became the seventh left arm all rounder and also the first Indian left arm all rounder to perform the feat of scoring 2000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	093	8032	235
2	DL Vettori	NZl	1997-2014	113	4531	362
3	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	2007-2021	058	3933	215
4	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	1994-2009	111	3089	355
5	Wasim Akram	Pak	1985-2002	104	2898	414
6	MG Johnson	Aus	2007-2015	073	2065	313
7	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2041	221

RA Jadeja became the third left arm spin all rounder and also the first Indian left arm spin all rounder to perform the feat of scoring 2000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets after GS Sobers of West Indies and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	093	8032	235
2	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	2007-2021	058	3933	215
3	RA Jadeja	Ind	2012-2021	053	2041	221

V Kohli was dismissed for a duck by the first ball in India’s first innings in this test to provide the 125^th occasion of a captain dismissed by the first ball in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 26^th occasion of a captain collecting a first ball duck in an innings against England.

V Kohli collected the first ball duck against England on two occasions. The other occasion was at The Oval in Sep 2018. He became the second captain to collect the first ball duck on two occasions against England after GS Sobers of West Indies.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	V Kohli	0	1	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
2	V Kohli	0	1	2	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021
1	GS Sobers	0	1	3	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1966
2	GS Sobers	0	1	2	Win	Eng	Kingston	Feb 1968

It also provides the 14^th occasion of an Indian captain collecting the first ball duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	L Amarnath	0	1	2	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1948
2	L Amarnath	0	1	3	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1948
3	AL Wadekar	0	1	2	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 1971
4	SM Gavaskar	0	1	2	Win	Bengaluru	Dec 1978
5	Venkataraghavan	0	1	1	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1979
6	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 1983
7	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1986
8	SC Ganguly	0	1	4	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2002
9	SC Ganguly	0	1	2	Win	Chennai	Oct 2002
10	V Sehwag	0	1	3	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec 2005
11	MS Dhoni	0	1	4	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2011
12	V Kohli	0	1	4	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
13	V Kohli	0	1	3	Win	Kingston	Aug 2019
14	V Kohli	0	1	2	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

V Kohli’s first ball duck in this test provides the third occasion of his collecting the first ball duck. He now owns the record for most first ball ducks in an innings by an Indian captain. Other captains to collect two first ball ducks in an innings are – L Amarnath, N Kapil Dev and SC Ganguly.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	L Amarnath	0	1	2	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1948
	L Amarnath	0	1	3	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1948
2	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 1983
	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1986
3	SC Ganguly	0	1	4	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2002
	SC Ganguly	0	1	2	Win	Chennai	Oct 2002
4	V Kohli	0	1	4	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
	V Kohli	0	1	3	Win	Kingston	Aug 2019
	V Kohli	0	1	2	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

V Kohli’s first ball duck in this test provides the third occasion of his collecting the first ball duck. He became the ninth captain in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed for a duck by the first ball of an innings. The following table furnishes the performance of all these nine captains.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GS Chappell	0	1	2	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1980
	GS Chappell	0	1	4	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	Feb 1981
	GS Chappell	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec 1981
	GS Chappell	0	1	4	Aus	Win	Sydney	Jan 1982
	GS Chappell	0	1	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1982
2	Jayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Sep 1999
	Jayasuriya	0	1	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Sep 1999
	Jayasuriya	0	1	4	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul 2000
	Jayasuriya	0	1	3	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar 2001
3	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	SAF	Perth	Dec 2008
	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2009
	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2010
	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2010
4	F du Plessis	0	1	4	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Jul 2017
	F du Plessis	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Mar 2018
	F du Plessis	0	1	2	SAF	Pak	Centurion	Dec 2018
5	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 1997
	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2001
	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar 2005
6	JO Holder	0	1	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2015
	JO Holder	0	1	3	Win	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 2017
	JO Holder	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2017
7	R Illingworth	0	1	3	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	Jul 1969
	R Illingworth	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1972
	R Illingworth	0	1	2	Eng	Win	Lord’s	Aug 1973
8	V Kohli	0	1	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
	V Kohli	0	1	3	Ind	Win	Kingston	Aug 2019
	V Kohli	0	1	2	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021
9	GS Sobers	0	1	3	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1966
	GS Sobers	0	1	2	Win	Eng	Kingston	Feb 1968
	GS Sobers	0	1	4	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Apr 1971

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 5 in India’s first innings to provide the  70^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against England. It also provides the 31^st occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against England in England

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 5 in India’s first innings to provide the  25^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against England for a single digit score {Zero to nine}. It also provides the 13^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against England in England for a single digit score {Zero to nine}

KL Rahul scored 57 not out in this test at the end of the second day’s play to provide the 102^nd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings against England. It also provides the 47^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings against England in England.

RG Sharma-KL Rahul posted 97 runs for the first wicket in this test to provide the second occasion of Indian opening batsmen posting a partnership between 90 to 99 runs for the first wicket against England. The other occasion was at The Oval in Aug 1946 when V Merchant and S Mushtaq Ali partnered 94 runs for the first wicket.

RG Sharma-KL Rahul posted 97 runs for the first wicket in this test to provide the 35^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership between 90 to 99 runs for the various wickets against England. It also provides the 20^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership between 90 to 99 runs for the various wickets against England in England.

RG Sharma opened the India’s innings for the first time against England in England to become the 42^nd India’s opening batsman to open India’s innings against England in England.

This test provides the 127^th test between the two teams and also provides the 63^rd test between the two teams in England.

India lost the toss in this test to provide the 65^th occasion of India losing the toss against England and also provides the 36^th occasion of India losing the toss against England in England.

India has lost the toss for the 35^th occasion under V Kohli. V Kohli now owns the record for losing the most tosses by an Indian Captain The previous record was held by MS Dhoni, who has lost 34 tosses.

India is playing a test for 15th occasion against England under V Kohli. V Kohli now shares the record for playing most tests against England with MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has also led India against England on 15 occasions.

V Kohli is leading India in an away test for the 31^st occasion when he led India in this test He now owns the record for leading India on most occasions in away tests. The previous record was held by MS Dhoni who has led India on 30 occasions in away tests.

RJ Burns was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of this test to provide the 258^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings. It also provides the 109^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings on home soil.

RJ Burns was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of this test to provide the 20^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings against India. It also provides the eighth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings on home soil against India.

RJ Burns was dismissed for a duck against India on the third occasions as an opening batsman. He now owns the record for scoring most ducks against India as an opening batsman. KK Jennings and AJ Stewart had scored two ducks against India as opening batsmen.

JE Root scored 64 in England’s first innings in this test to provide his 50^th half century in his test career. He became the second England batsman to score 50 plus half centuries after AN Cook. AN Cook has scored 57 half centuries.

JE Root became the 12^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 50 plus half centuries. The complete list is furnished below.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	HC
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	200	329	33	15921	248*	68
2	S Chanderpaul	Win	164	280	49	11867	203*	66
3	R Dravid	Ind	164	286	32	13288	270	63
4	AR Border	Aus	156	265	44	11174	205	63
5	RT Ponting	Aus	168	287	29	13378	257	62
6	JH Kallis	SAF	166	280	40	13289	224	58
7	AN Cook	Eng	161	291	16	12472	294	57
8	VVS Laxman	Ind	134	225	34	8781	281	56
9	KC Sangakkara	Srl	134	233	17	12400	319	52
10	M Jayawardene	Srl	149	252	15	11814	374	50
11	SR Waugh	Aus	168	260	46	10927	200	50
12	JE Root	Eng	106	194	15	8771	254	50

JC Buttler was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 164^th occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman dismissed for duck in an innings. It also provides the 78^th occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman dismissed for duck in an innings on home soil

JC Buttler was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman dismissed for duck in an innings against India. It also provides the ninth occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman dismissed for duck in an innings on home soil against India.

England’s innings contained four ducks – RJ Burns, DW Lawrence, JC Buttler and OE Robinson – to provide a total of 175 England batsmen dismissed for ducks in an innings against India. It also provides a total of 78 England batsmen dismissed for ducks against India on home soil.

England’s innings contained four ducks – RJ Burns, DW Lawrence, JC Buttler and OE Robinson – to provide 43rd occasion of four or more England batsmen dismissed for ducks in an innings. It also provides the 16^th occasion of four or more England batsmen dismissed for ducks in an innings on home soil.

England’s innings contained four ducks – RJ Burns, DW Lawrence, JC Buttler and OE Robinson – to provide the second occasion of four or more England batsmen dismissed for ducks in an innings against India. The first such occasion was at Ahmedabad in Feb 2021. It also provides the first occasion of four or more England batsmen dismissed for ducks in an innings on home soil against India.

England was dismissed for 183 in its first innings to provide the 32^nd occasion of England dismissed all out in an innings for a total of less than 200 runs against India. It also provides the tenth occasion of England dismissed all out in an innings for a total of less than 200 runs against India on home soil.

England was dismissed for 183 in its first innings to provide the 32^nd occasion of England dismissed all out in an innings for a total of less than 200 runs against India at Nottingham. The other two occasions are – 198 in Jul 2007 and 161 in Aug 2018.

England lost its first wicket without a run on the board in the first innings of this test to provide the 120^th occasion of England losing its first wicket without a run on the board. It also provides the 50th occasion of England losing its first wicket without a run on the board on home soil

England lost its first wicket without a run on the board in the first innings of this test to provide the 12^th occasion of England losing its first wicket without a run on the board against India. It also provides the fifth occasion of England losing its first wicket without a run on the board on home soil against India and also provides the first such occasion at Nottingham.

The first day and the fourth day of the ongoing World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand at Southampton were washed out due to rain providing the 66th occasion of no play on two or more days of a test due to rain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	D	D	D	D	Soil
1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1887-88	2	3			Aus
2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	2	3			Eng
3	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1911-12	3	6			Aus
4	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	2	3			Eng
5	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	2	3			Eng
6	NZl	Eng	Auckland	1929-30	1	2			NZl
7	Win	Eng	Kingston	1929-30	8	9			Win
8	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	2			Eng
9	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	1931-32	3	4			Aus
10	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	1946-47	3	4			NZl
11	Aus	Ind	Sydney	1947-48	3	4	6		Aus
12	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	3	5			Eng
13	Ind	Pak	Chepauk	1952-53	3	4			Ind
14	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	2	3		Eng
15	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	2	4	5		Eng
16	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1954-55	1	2	3		Aus
17	NZl	Eng	Dunedin	1954-55	3	4			NZl
18	Pak	NZl	Dacca	1955-56	1	2	5		Pak
19	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	3	4			Eng
20	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	2			Eng
21	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1961-62	4	5			Ind
22	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	1964-65	4	5			Ind
23	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1973-74	3	5			Aus
24	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	1974-75	1	2	5		NZl
25	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	1980-81	3	4			NZl
26	NZl	Aus	Wellington	1981-82	1	4			NZl
27	Pak	Ind	Lahore	1982-83	4	5			Pak
28	Win	Ind	Georgetown	1982-83	2	4			Win
29	Ind	Aus	Delhi	1986-87	1	2	3		Ind
30	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	2	3	5		Eng
31	NZl	Eng	Wellington	1987-88	4	5			NZl
32	Win	Ind	Georgetown	1988-89	3	4	5		Win
33	Aus	Pak	Sydney	1989-90	1	2			Aus
34	NZl	Ind	Napier	1989-90	1	5			NZl
35	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	1991-92	2	3	4	5	Pak
36	Srl	Ind	Kandy	1993-94	1	3	4	5	Srl
37	Srl	Win	Moratuwa	1993-94	1	4	5		Srl
38	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1995-96	2	3	5		Ind
39	Ind	NZl	Cuttack	1995-96	2	3			Ind
40	SAF	Eng	Centurion	1995-96	3	4	5		SAF
41	SAF	Eng	Durban	1995-96	4	5			SAF
42	Win	Ind	St John’s	1996-97	1	2	3		Win
43	SAF	Pak	Shiekupura	1997-98	1	4	5		Pak
44	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	1997-98	4	5			Ind
45	SAF	Eng	Centurion	1999-00	2	3	4		SAF
46	Win	Pak	Georgetown	1999-00	4	5			Win
47	Srl	Pak	Kandy	2000-01	4	5			Srl
48	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg-NW	2000-01	1	3	4		SAF
49	Ban	Zim	Mirpur	2001-02	4	5			Ban
50	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	2001-02	1	2			NZl
51	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	2003-04	1	2	4		Zim
52	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	2003-04	2	4			Zim
53	Ind	Srl	Chepauk	2005-06	1	2	3		Ind
54	NZl	Win	Napier	2005-06	3	4	5		NZl
55	Ban	NZl	Mirpur	2008-09	1	2	3		Ban
56	NZl	Win	Dunedin	2008-09	2	5			NZl
57	Srl	Win	Pallekele	2010-11	3	5			Srl
58	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	2	5		Eng
59	Ban	SAF	Mirpur	2015	2	3	4		Ban
60	Ind	SAF	Bengaluru	2015-16	2	3	4		Ind
61	Aus	Win	Sydney	2015-16	3	4			Aus
62	Win	Ind	Trinidad	2016	3	4	5		Win
63	SAF	NZl	Durban	2016	3	4	5		SAF
64	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	2016-17	1	3			NZl
65	NZl	Ban	Wellington	2018-19	1	2			NZl
66	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	4			Eng

Of the 66 occasions, there are 39 occasions of two days washed out due to rain, 25 occasions of three days washed out due to rain and two occasions of four days washed out. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	D	D	D	D	Soil	Ds
1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1887-88	2	3			Aus	2
2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	2	3			Eng	2
3	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1911-12	3	6			Aus	2
4	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	2	3			Eng	2
5	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	2	3			Eng	2
6	NZl	Eng	Auckland	1929-30	1	2			NZl	2
7	Win	Eng	Kingston	1929-30	8	9			Win	2
8	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	2			Eng	2
9	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	1931-32	3	4			Aus	2
10	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	1946-47	3	4			NZl	2
11	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	3	5			Eng	2
12	Ind	Pak	Chepauk	1952-53	3	4			Ind	2
13	NZl	Eng	Dunedin	1954-55	3	4			NZl	2
14	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	3	4			Eng	2
15	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	2			Eng	2
16	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1961-62	4	5			Ind	2
17	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	1964-65	4	5			Ind	2
18	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1973-74	3	5			Aus	2
19	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	1980-81	3	4			NZl	2
20	NZl	Aus	Wellington	1981-82	1	4			NZl	2
21	Pak	Ind	Lahore	1982-83	4	5			Pak	2
22	Win	Ind	Georgetown	1982-83	2	4			Win	2
23	NZl	Eng	Wellington	1987-88	4	5			NZl	2
24	Aus	Pak	Sydney	1989-90	1	2			Aus	2
25	NZl	Ind	Napier	1989-90	1	5			NZl	2
26	Ind	NZl	Cuttack	1995-96	2	3			Ind	2
27	SAF	Eng	Durban	1995-96	4	5			SAF	2
28	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	1997-98	4	5			Ind	2
29	Win	Pak	Georgetown	1999-00	4	5			Win	2
30	Srl	Pak	Kandy	2000-01	4	5			Srl	2
31	Ban	Zim	Mirpur	2001-02	4	5			Ban	2
32	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	2001-02	1	2			NZl	2
33	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	2003-04	2	4			Zim	2
34	NZl	Win	Dunedin	2008-09	2	5			NZl	2
35	Srl	Win	Pallekele	2010-11	3	5			Srl	2
36	Aus	Win	Sydney	2015-16	3	4			Aus	2
37	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	2016-17	1	3			NZl	2
38	NZl	Ban	Wellington	2018-19	1	2			NZl	2
39	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	4			Eng	2
1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	1947-48	3	4	6		Aus	3
2	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	2	3		Eng	3
3	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	2	4	5		Eng	3
4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1954-55	1	2	3		Aus	3
5	Pak	NZl	Dacca	1955-56	1	2	5		Pak	3
6	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	1974-75	1	2	5		NZl	3
7	Ind	Aus	Delhi	1986-87	1	2	3		Ind	3
8	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	2	3	5		Eng	3
9	Win	Ind	Georgetown	1988-89	3	4	5		Win	3
10	Srl	Win	Moratuwa	1993-94	1	4	5		Srl	3
11	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1995-96	2	3	5		Ind	3
12	SAF	Eng	Centurion	1995-96	3	4	5		SAF	3
13	Win	Ind	St John’s	1996-97	1	2	3		Win	3
14	SAF	Pak	Shiekupura	1997-98	1	4	5		Pak	3
15	SAF	Eng	Centurion	1999-00	2	3	4		SAF	3
16	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg-NW	2000-01	1	3	4		SAF	3
17	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	2003-04	1	2	4		Zim	3
18	Ind	Srl	Chepauk	2005-06	1	2	3		Ind	3
19	NZl	Win	Napier	2005-06	3	4	5		NZl	3
20	Ban	NZl	Mirpur	2008-09	1	2	3		Ban	3
21	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	2	5		Eng	3
22	Ban	SAF	Mirpur	2015	2	3	4		Ban	3
23	Ind	SAF	Bengaluru	2015-16	2	3	4		Ind	3
24	Win	Ind	Trinidad	2016	3	4	5		Win	3
25	SAF	NZl	Durban	2016	3	4	5		SAF	3
1	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	1991-92	2	3	4	5	Pak	4
2	Srl	Ind	Kandy	1993-94	1	3	4	5	Srl	4

The first day and the fourth day of the ongoing World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand at Southampton were washed out due to rain providing the 14^th and 15th occasion of no play on a day of the test due to rain in the annals of test cricket in India-New Zealand test series. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	1969-70	2	Ind
2	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1976-77	1	Ind
3	NZl	Pak	Napier	1978-79	3	NZl
4	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	1980-81	3	NZl
5	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	1980-81	4	NZl
6	NZl	Ind	Napier	1989-90	1	NZl
7	NZl	Ind	Napier	1989-90	5	NZl
8	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1995-96	2	Ind
9	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1995-96	3	Ind
10	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1995-96	5	Ind
11	Ind	NZl	Cuttack	1995-96	2	Ind
12	Ind	NZl	Cuttack	1995-96	3	Ind
13	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	2002-03	1	NZl
14	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	Eng
15	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	4	Eng

The first day wash out provides the fourth occasion of no play on the first day in tests between India and New Zealand, while no play on the fourth day provides the second occasion of no play on the fourth day in tests between India and New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1976-77	1	Ind
2	NZl	Ind	Napier	1989-90	1	NZl
3	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	2002-03	1	NZl
4	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	Eng
1	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	1980-81	4	NZl
2	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	4	Eng

The first day and the fourth day of the ongoing World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand at Southampton were washed out due to rain providing the 74th and 75th occasion of no play on a day of the test due to rain in the annals of test cricket on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1899	3	Eng
2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	2	Eng
3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	3	Eng
4	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1905	3	Eng
5	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	1907	3	Eng
6	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1912	3	Eng
7	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1912	3	Eng
8	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1921	1	Eng
9	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	2	Eng
10	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	3	Eng
11	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	2	Eng
12	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	3	Eng
13	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1930	4	Eng
14	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1930	5	Eng
15	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	Eng
16	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	2	Eng
17	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	1935	3	Eng
18	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1946	3	Eng
19	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1851	2	Eng
20	Eng	SAF	Leeds	1951	5	Eng
21	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	3	Eng
22	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	5	Eng
23	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1953	4	Eng
24	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	Eng
25	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	2	Eng
26	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	3	Eng
27	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	2	Eng
28	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	4	Eng
29	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	5	Eng
30	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1956	3	Eng
31	Eng	Aus	The Ovql	1956	4	Eng
32	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	3	Eng
33	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	4	Eng
34	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	Eng
35	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	2	Eng
36	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1962	1	Eng
37	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1964	1	Eng
38	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1964	5	Eng
39	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1967	4	Eng
40	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1971	5	Eng
41	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	1974	1	Eng
42	Eng	Pak	Leeds	1974	5	Eng
43	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1974	5	Eng
44	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1975	5	Eng
45	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1977	1	Eng
46	Eng	Pak	Leeds	1978	3	Eng
47	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1978	4	Eng
48	Eng	Ind	Leeds	1979	2	Eng
49	Eng	Win	Manchester	1980	3	Eng
50	Eng	Win	The Oval	1980	3	Eng
51	Eng	Win	Leeds	1980	3	Eng
52	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1982	5	Eng
53	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1987	5	Eng
54	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	2	Eng
55	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	3	Eng
56	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	5	Eng
57	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	1998	5	Eng
58	Eng	Zim	Nottingham	2000	2	Eng
59	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	2001	1	Eng
60	Eng	Ind	The Oval	2002	5	Eng
61	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	2003	2	Eng
62	Eng	WI	Manchester	2004	2	Eng
63	Eng	Win	Leeds	2007	3	Eng
64	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2007	1	Eng
65	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2009	2	Eng
66	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	2009	3	Eng
67	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	Eng
68	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	2	Eng
69	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	5	Eng
70	Eng	Aus	The Oval	2013	4	Eng
71	Eng	Win	Manchester	2021	4	Eng
72	Eng	Pak	Southampton	2021	3	Eng
73	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	2021	3	Eng
74	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	Eng
75	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	4	Eng

The first day wash out provides the 12th occasion of no play on the first day on English soil, while no play on the fourth day provides the 10th occasion of no play on the fourth day on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1921	1	Eng
2	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	Eng
3	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	Eng
4	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	Eng
5	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1962	1	Eng
6	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1964	1	Eng
7	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	1974	1	Eng
8	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1977	1	Eng
9	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	2001	1	Eng
10	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2007	1	Eng
11	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	Eng
12	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	1	Eng
1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1930	4	Eng
2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1953	4	Eng
3	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	4	Eng
4	Eng	Aus	The Ovql	1956	4	Eng
5	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	4	Eng
6	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1967	4	Eng
7	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1978	4	Eng
8	Eng	Aus	The Oval	2013	4	Eng
9	Eng	Win	Manchester	2021	4	Eng
10	Ind	NZl	Southampton	2021	4	Eng