Worst series for Pakistan's top order
Stats highlights from what have been two extraordinary days of Test cricket at Lord's
S Rajesh
28-Aug-2010
- To start with, the 332-run stand between Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad was the highest for the eighth wicket, and it was one of only eight 300-plus stands for one of the last five wickets in Test cricket. That itself is an astonishing statistic, but what made the partnership even more incredible was the position from which it was conjured up. When Broad joined Trott at the crease, England's total was a hopeless 102 for 7. Of the 97 century stands for the eighth wicket in Tests, only five have come from a worse position, but none of them have yielded more than 127. Of the seven 200-plus partnerships for the eighth, this has easily come from the poorest position.
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo