1.   He hit his second double hundred with a straight drive off leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed to the long-on boundary.

2.   Horne was annoyed that he squandered an opportunity of a double hundred in front of his family.

3.   The left handed batsman is the third Sri Lankan to score a double hundred after Brendon Kuruppu and Aravinda de Silva.

4.   Adams turned his fifth Test century into a memorable double hundred.

5.   Atapattu made five ducks in his first six Test innings but has converted five of his previous nine Test centuries into double hundreds and looks well placed for another.

6.   Former England skipper Gooch, who missed the winter tour to the West Indies, was recalled after scoring a double hundred against Kent this week.

7.   John Crawley of Lancashire, and Yorkshire skipper Martyn Moxon both hit big double hundreds.