Stats: Players with centuries in their first two matches at Lord's

Gary Ballance has joined Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott to become only the third cricketer to score 2 centuries in first two Test matches at the venue. The Zimbabwean-born scored 104* against Sri Lanka earlier this year before recording his second: 110 v India in the ongoing Test match.

Trott has scores of 226 and 184 in his first two matches at the venue, against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka respectively, while former England captain Strauss registered scores of 112 and 137 against New Zealand and West Indies respectively in 2004.

Player	1st Match	2nd Match	Year
Andrew Strauss	112 v New Zealand	137 v West Indies	2004
Jonathan Trott	226 v Bangladesh	184 v Pakistan	2010
Gary Ballance	104* v Sri Lanka	110 v India	2014

Note: Stats updated till 18 July 2014.