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Stats Analysis

Hafeez's high, Bell's low

Stats highlights from a day when England's two fast bowlers showed, yet again, why they are among the best in the world

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
04-Nov-2015
For the ninth time in 2015, Ian Bell was dismissed for less than two in a Test innings  •  Gareth Copley/Getty Images

For the ninth time in 2015, Ian Bell was dismissed for less than two in a Test innings  •  Gareth Copley/Getty Images

2 Number of times England have scored 284 or more in the fourth innings of a Test in Asia: they made 285 for 7 in a drawn game in Kandy in 2003, and 312 in Dubai in the previous Test.
4 Number of 150-plus scores for Mohammad Hafeez in Tests, out of his nine Test hundreds. His last three centuries have all been 150-plus - 197 against New Zealand in Sharjah last year, 224 against Bangladesh in April 2015, and 151 here. It's also his highest second-innings score, comfortably beating his previous-best of 104.
2 Number of Test hundreds for Hafeez in Sharjah; it's the only venue where he has more than one Test century.
31 Wickets taken by England's fast bowlers in the series, at an average of 24.58 and economy rate of 2.29 runs per over. England's spinners took 20 wickets, at an average of 59.85 and an economy rate of 4.06.
1.87 James Anderson's economy rate in the series - he bowled 108.1 overs and conceded just 203 runs. It's the first time he has gone at under two an over in a series, while Stuart Broad's economy rate of 2.07 is also his best in a series.
10 Wickets for Shoaib Malik in this series so far, at an average of 20.60. His wickets tally twice as many as his previous-highest in a series. His match haul of six wickets so far is also his best in a Test - he had never previously taken more than four in a match.
9 Number of times Ian Bell has been dismissed for 0 or 1 in 24 Test innings in 2015. It's the joint second-highest by any player in a calendar year, next only to Mervyn Dillon's ten such dismissals in 2002. In Dillon's case, all ten such dismissals were for ducks, while Bell has six ones and three ducks. In 181 previous innings before 2015, Bell only had 17 such dismissals.
325 Runs added by Pakistan's first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth wickets in their second innings; the even-numbered wickets contributed exactly 30 runs.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats