AN Cook of England has the record of scoring most nineties among the England batsmen at Lord’s.   His  96 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia provide his third ninety at Lord’s.  Other batsmen to score nineties on two occasions are – KF Barrington, AW Greig, RA Smith and FE Woolley

 

AN Cook of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	95	2	1	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
2	96	2	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
3	96	2	2	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
KF Barrington of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	91	4	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	22 Jul 1965
2	97	2	2	v India	Lord’s	22 Jun 1967
AW Greig of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	96	6	1	v Australia	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
2	91	4	3	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jun 1977
RA Smth of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	96	6	3	v Australia	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
2	90	5	3	v West Indies	Lord’s	22 Jun 1995
FE Woolley of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	95	3	1	v Australia	Lord’s	11 Jun 1921
2	93	3	3	v Australia	Lord’s	11 Jun 1921

 

AN Cook of England has the record of scoring most nineties at Lord’s.   His  96 in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia provide his third ninety at Lord’s.  Other batsmen to score nineties on two occasions are – KF Barrington, AW Greig, RA Smith and FE Woolley {all from England}, S Chanderpaul {West Indies} and BB McCullum {New Zealand}. The nineties scored by these batsmen are listed below

 

AN Cook of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	95	2	1	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
2	96	2	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
3	96	2	2	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
KF Barrington of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	91	4	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	22 Jul 1965
2	97	2	2	v India	Lord’s	22 Jun 1967
AW Greig of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	96	6	1	v Australia	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
2	91	4	3	v Australia	Lord’s	16 Jun 1977
RA Smth of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	96	6	3	v Australia	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
2	90	5	3	v West Indies	Lord’s	22 Jun 1995
FE Woolley of England
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	95	3	1	v Australia	Lord’s	11 Jun 1921
2	93	3	3	v Australia	Lord’s	11 Jun 1921
SC Chanderpaul of West Indies
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	97*	5	4	v England	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
2	91	5	3	v England	Lord’s	17 May 2012
BB McCullum of New Zealand
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	96	3	3	v England	Lord’s	20 May 2004
2	97	5	1	v England	Lord’s	15 May 2008

 

 

 

 

SPD Smith’s 215 in the ongoing test second test at Lord’s between England and Australia provide the 24^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double hundred against England. All such occasions are listed below in the descending order of the runs scored

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	334	1	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
2	RB Simpson	311	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
3	RM Cowper	307	2	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966
4	DG Bradman	304	2	v England	Leeds	20 Jul 1934
5	DG Bradman	270	3	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
6	WH Ponsford	266	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
7	DG Bradman	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
8	JL Langer	250	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
9	DG Bradman	244	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
10	SG Barnes	234	2	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
11	DG Bradman	234	2	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
12	DG Bradman	232	2	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
13	SJ McCabe	232	2	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
14	RB Simpson	225	2	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
15	MA Taylor	219	1	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
16	SPD Smith	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
17	DG Bradman	212	3	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
18	WL Murdoch	211	1	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
19	KR Stackpole	207	1	v England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
20	WA Brown	206*	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
21	AR Morris	206	1	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
22	J Ryder	201*	1	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
23	SE Gregory	201	1	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
24	AR Border	200*	1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993

SPD Smith’s 215 in the ongoing test second test at Lord’s between England and Australia provide the third occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a double hundred against England. Others to score double  hundreds are – DG Bradman and WA Brown. All such occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note that an Australian batsman scored a double hundred against England at Lord’s after 77 years. WA Brown was the last batsman to score a double hundred at Lord’s in Jun 1938. SPD Smith’s 215 is  the second best score by an Australian batsman against England at Lord’s. The best is credited to DG Bradman who had scored 230 in Jun 1930.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	SPD Smith	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
3	WA Brown	206*	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938

 

CJL Rogers and SPD Smith added 284 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing second test between England and Australia at Lord’s to provide the sixth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings for various wickets at Lord’s. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	284	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
2	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	260	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
3	W Bardsley, C Kelleway	3	242	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	15 Jul 1912
4	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	2	231	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
5	SE Gregory, GHS Trott	4	221	3	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1896
6	AR Border, GM Ritchie	5	216	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1985

 

CJL Rogers and SPD Smith added 284 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing second test between England and Australia at Lord’s to provide the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 250 plus runs partnership in a test innings for any wicket at Lord’s. Both the occasions are listed below. CJL Rogers and SPD Smith scripted a new record for most partnership runs for any wicket at Lord’s by Australian batsmen

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	284	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
2	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	260	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993

 

 

CJL Rogers scored 173 and SPD Smith scored 215 while batting at number one and three respectively In the ongoing second test at Lord’s between  England and Australia to provide  the second  occasion of Australian batsman batting at number one and three scoring a 150 plus runs and a double hundred  in a test innings.  The first such occasion was witnessed in a test innings when WM Woodfull scored 155 batting at number  one and DG Bradman scored 254 batting  at number three against England at Lord’s in Jun 1930. Its just a coincidence that Lord’s has witnessed both the occasions. It is interesting to know the interval between the two feats is 85 years. The details are furnished below

 

No	Player	Pos	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WM Woodfull	1	155	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	DG Bradman	3	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
1	CJL Rogers	1	173	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
2	SPD Smith	3	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

 

JM Anderson of England returned with figures of none for 99 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Lord’s to provide the ninth occasion of a bowler conceding 99 runs without a wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GOB Allen	17.0×8	0	99	0	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
2	Inshan Ali	37.0	5	99	0	3	Win	Eng	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974
3	Maninder Singh	34.0	11	99	0	4	Ind	Srl	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
4	RJ Shastri	22.0	0	99	0	1	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
5	TL Best	20.0	1	99	0	1	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	01 May 2003
6	Abdul Razzaq	29.0	8	99	0	3	Pak	Srl	Karachi	28 Oct 2004
7	Abdur Razzak	30.0	5	99	0	2	Ban	Aus	Chittagong	16 Apr 2006
8	Mohammad Sami	29.0	2	99	0	1	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
9	JM Anderson	26.0	4	99	0	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

JM Anderson of England returned with figures of none for 99 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Lord’s to provide the second occasion of a bowler conceding 99 runs without a wicket  at Lord’s in a test innings after RJ Shastri of India. RJ Shastri had retuned with figure of none for 99 against England at Lord’s in Jul 1990. Both the occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RJ Shastri	22.0	0	99	0	1	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
2	JM Anderson	26.0	4	99	0	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

JM Anderson of England returned with figures of none for 99 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Lord’s to provide the fourth occasion of a bowler conceding 99 runs without a wicket against Australia in a test innings.  All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GOB Allen	17.0×8	0	99	0	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
2	TL Best	20.0	1	99	0	1	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	01 May 2003
3	Abdur Razzak	30.0	5	99	0	2	Ban	Aus	Chittagong	16 Apr 2006
4	JM Anderson	26.0	4	99	0	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

JM Anderson of England returned with figures of none for 99 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Lord’s to provide the second occasion of a England bowler conceding 99 runs without a wicket against Australia in a test innings after GOB Alllen. GOB Allen had figures of none for 99 at Melbourne in Feb 1937. Both the occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GOB Allen	17.0×8	0	99	0	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937
2	JM Anderson	26.0	4	99	0	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

 

SPD Smith scored 215 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Lord’s against England to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred  while batting at number three in a test innings at Lord’s.  All the four occasions are listed below

No	Player	Pos	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	3	254	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	RWT Key	3	221	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
3	IJL Trott	3	226	1	Eng	Ban	Lord’s	27 May 2010
4	SPD Smith	3	215	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

SPD Smith became the second Australian batsman to score a double hundred while batting at number three in a test innings against England at Lord’s after DG Bradman. DG Bradman had scored 254 while batting at number three against England at Lord’s in Jun 1930. SPD Smth emulated DG Bradman after a gap of 85 years

No	Player	Pos	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	3	254	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	SPD Smith	3	215	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

SPD Smith’s  double hundred while batting at number three at Lord’s against England provide the ninth occasion  of an Australian batsman scoring a double hundred while batting at number three in a test innings against various oppositions. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Pos	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WL Murdoch	3	211	1	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
2	DG Bradman	3	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
3	DG Bradman	3	334	1	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
4	DG Bradman	3	232	2	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
5	DG Bradman	3	244	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
6	DM Jones	3	210	1	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
7	RT Ponting	3	206	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
8	JN Gillespie	3	201*	2	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	16 Apr 2006
9	SPD Smith	3	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

Australia posted 566 for 8 and declared its innings closed against England in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the 25^th occasion of a team posting 500 plus runs in a test innings at Lord’s in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	531/2d	118.0	v South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
2	Australia	729/6d	232.0	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
3	England	554/8d	215.0	v South Africa	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
4	England	537	206.4	v India	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
5	New Zealand	551/9d	204.5	v England	Lord’s	21 Jun 1973
5	West Indies	652/8d	168.4	v England	Lord’s	23 Aug 1973
7	England	629	182.5	v India	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
8	West Indies	518	147.2	v England	Lord’s	19 Jun 1980
9	Australia	528	158.0	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
10	England	653/4d	162.0	v India	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
11	Australia	632/4d	196.0	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
12	Sri Lanka	555/8d	169.0	v England	Lord’s	16 May 2002
13	England	529/5d	191.0	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	16 May 2002
14	South Africa	682/6d	177.0	v England	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
15	England	568	121.4	v West Indies	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
16	England	528/3d	112.0	v Bangladesh	Lord’s	26 May 2005
17	England	551/6d	143.0	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	11 May 2006
18	Sri Lanka	537/9	199.0	v England	Lord’s	11 May 2006
19	England	528/9d	158.3	v Pakistan	Lord’s	13 Jul 2006
20	England	553/5d	142.0	v West Indies	Lord’s	17 May 2007
21	England	593/8d	156.2	v South Africa	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
22	England	505	125.0	v Bangladesh	Lord’s	27 May 2010
23	England	575/9d	130.3	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
24	New Zealand	523	131.2	v England	Lord’s	21 May 2015
25	Australia	566/8d	149.0	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

Australia posted 566 for 8 and declared its innings closed against England in the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the fourth occasion of Australia posting 500 plus runs in a test innings against England at Lord’s in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	729/6d	232.0	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	Australia	528	158.0	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
3	Australia	632/4d	196.0	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
4	Australia	566/8d	149.0	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

 

CJL Rogers became the second Australian batsman to score 150 plus runs while  batting at number one when he scored 158 not out on the first day in the going second test at Lord’s between England and Australia after WM Woodful. WM Woodful has scored 155 at Lord’s in June 1930. With his 158 not out in this innings, CJL Rogers now holds record for  most runs by an Australian batsman while batting at number one at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket.  It took CJL Rogers 85 years and 19 days to rewrite the record set by WM Woodfull !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

No	Player	Pos	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CJL Rogers	1	158*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
2	WM Woodfull	1	155	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930

 

CJL Rogers and SPD Smith added 259 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket on the first day of the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the second  occasion of Australian batsmen posting 200 runs partnership for second wickets at Lord’s. Both the partnerships are listed below. CJL Rogers and SPD Smith scripted a new record partnership for the second wicket by Australian batsmen at Lord’s. It took 85 years and 19 days for CJL Rogers and SPD Smith to rewrite the record of DG Bradman and WM Woodfull who had partnered a 231 run stand for the second wicket at Lord’s which had a start date of 27 Jun 1930

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	2	231	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	259*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

CJL Rogers and SPD Smith added 259 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket on the first day of the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the second  occasion of Australian batsmen posting 250 runs partnership for any wicket at Lord’s. Both the partnerships are listed below. CJL Rogers and SPD Smith are on the threshold of scripting a new record partnership for any wicket by Australian batsmen at Lord’s. The best partnership for any wicket at Lord’s by Australian batsmen stands in the name of MJ Slate and MA Taylor who had added 260 runs for the first wicket in Jun 1993.  CJL Rogers and SPD Smith are on the verge of breaking this record and they are shy of just two runs

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	260	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
2	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	259*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

CJL Rogers and SPD Smith added 259 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket on the first day of the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the sixth occasion of Australian batsmen posting 200 runs partnership for various wickets at Lord’s. All such partnerships are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SE Gregory, GHS Trott	4	221	3	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1896
2	W Bardsley, C Kelleway	3	242	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	15 Jul 1912
3	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	2	231	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
4	AR Border, GM Ritchie	5	216	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1985
5	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	260	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
6	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	259*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

CJL Rogers and SPD Smith added 259 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket on the first day of the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the second  occasion of Australian batsmen posting 200 runs partnership for second wickets at Lord’s. Both the partnerships are listed below. CJL Rogers and SPD Smith scripted a new record partnership for the second wicket by Australian batsmen at Lord’s. It took 85 years and 19 days for CJL Rogers and SPD Smith to rewrite the record of DG Bradman and WM Woodfull who had partnered a 231 run stand for the second wicket at Lord’s which had a start date of 27 Jun 1930

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	2	231	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	259*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015

 

CJL Rogers and SPD Smith added 259 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket on the first day of the ongoing second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the second  occasion of Australian batsmen posting 250 runs partnership for any wicket at Lord’s. Both the partnerships are listed below. CJL Rogers and SPD Smith are on the threshold of scripting a new record partnership for any wicket by Australian batsmen at Lord’s. The best partnership for any wicket at Lord’s by Australian batsmen stands in the name of MJ Slate and MA Taylor who had added 260 runs for the first wicket in Jun 1993. CJL Rogers and SPD Smith are on the verge of breaking this record and they are shy of just two runs

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	260	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
2	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	259*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015