Stats highlights from fourth day’s play at Old Trafford where England sealed a huge win against Pakistan to draw level in the series.
Shiva Jayaraman25-Jul-2016330 Runs by which England won this Test – their second-biggest win by margin of runs against Pakistan. Their record margin against the visitors came at Trent Bridge, in 2010, when they won by 354 runs. This is also the second-biggest win for a team, by runs, at Old Trafford. The hosts had lost to West Indies in 1976 by 425 runs, which is the biggest at this venue.289 Wickets taken by Glenn McGrath in Tests in Australia, which were the previous most taken by a fast bowler at home. James Anderson passed this tally with the dismissal of Azhar Ali in Pakistan’s second innings. Anderson has now taken 291 wickets at an average of 25.51 in Tests in England. Click here for a list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in Tests at home.325 Runs scored by Joe Root in this Test – the fifth-highest by an England batsman in a Test and the second-highest ever by an England batsman in the last 50 years. Graham Gooch’s 456 runs against India in the 1990 Lord’s Test remains the record.6 Number of Man-of-the-match awards won by Joe Root. Among England players, only Ian Botham had won more such awards by the age of 26. Botham won nine such awards before he turned 27. Stuart Broad is third on this list with five such awards before turning 27. Click here for a list of most Man-of-the-match awards won by England players.24.50 Chris Woakes’ bowling strike-rate in this series – the best for any England bowler to take at least 15 wickets in a series in Tests since 1950. Overall, in this period, there have been only seven other instances in which a bowler from any team with at least 15 wickets in a series has struck more frequently. Woakes’ 18 wickets are also the joint-most wickets taken by an England bowler in the first two Tests of a series in the last fifty years. Ashley Giles took 18 wickets in the first two Tests of the series against West Indies in 2004. James Anderson also took 18 wickets in the first two Tests of England’s previous series, against Sri Lanka.Only once have England beaten Pakistan by a bigger margin in Tests•ESPNcricinfo Ltd540 Runs scored by England’s top three batsmen in this Test – the fourth-highest they have made in a Test. While Alastair Cook added 181 to Root’s 325 runs, Alex Hales contributed 34. The highest England’s top three have made in a match came at Lord’s in 1990 against India, when Gooch alone contributed 456 runs to the tally of 608 by the top three.13 Number of times Cook has made two fifty-plus scores in a Test. Cook followed up his first-innings century with an unbeaten 76 in England’s second innings. Only Ricky Ponting (15) and Jacques Kallis (14) have made two fifty-plus scores on more occasions. Kumar Sangakkara is next in this list with 12 such instances.1 Number of higher fourth-innings targets that Pakistan have been set in Tests than the one set by England in this match. West Indies had set a target of 573 runs for them in the Bridgetown Test in 2005, which remains the highest. The 565-run target is also the fifth highest ever set by England.266 Runs conceded by Yasir Shah in this match – the third highest by a bowler with one or no wickets in a Test. Australia’s Chuck Fleetwood-Smith conceded 298 runs for one wicket at The Oval in the Ashes Test in 1938. Relatively recently, India’s Rajesh Chauhan conceded 276 runs in exchange for one wicket, against Sri Lanka in 1997.21 Tests won by Cook as captain – the third-highest by an England captain. He passed Peter May’s 20 Test wins with this latest win against Pakistan. Only Michael Vaughan (26) and Andrew Strauss (24) have won more Tests as captain of England.2001 The last time England were beaten in a Test at Old Trafford, which was against the current visitors Pakistan. Since then, however, they have remained unbeaten in ten Tests at this venue and won eight of them. In Tests since 2002, only Australia’s 11-0 record at the Gabba is better than England’s at Old Trafford. This win for England’s is their first in eight Tests against Pakistan. They had previously won at Lord’s in 2010 by an innings and 225 runs.
