A stronghold for England

2 Number of venues in England where Australia have lost more Tests than they've won (among venues where they've played more than two Tests) - Edgbaston is one of them, and The Oval is the other. At Edgbaston, Australia have a 3-5 win-loss record, though in the last five Tests there they've won two and lost two.

24-8 England's win-loss Test record at Edgbaston, which makes this their best home venue among grounds where they've played more than five Tests. In ten Tests there since 2002, England have a 6-1 win-loss record, which is their second-best at a home ground during this period, next only to their 7-0 record at Old Trafford (with a six-Test cut-off). England's only defeat at Edgbaston during this period was against South Africa in 2008.

4 Number of decisive results, out of six first-class games at Edgbaston in the County Championship this season. The last two games here have both produced results, with Warwickshire beating Somerset by seven wickets, and losing to Yorkshire by 174 runs.

43.33 Ian Bell's batting average in five Tests at Edgbaston. In seven innings he has scored 20 or more in six innings, but never gone past 80.

64 Percent of Alastair Cook's total Test runs at Edgbaston that came in one innings, against India in 2011. In that innings he scored 294, but in eight other innings he has scored only 167 runs at an average of 23.86. Thanks to that 294, his overall average at Edgbaston is a healthy 57.62.

103* Michael Clarke's score in his last Test innings at Edgbaston, in 2009. In four Test innings here he has got starts each time, with scores of 40, 30 (in 2005), 29 and 103* (in 2009).

19.57 Stuart Broad's bowling average at Edgbaston - in three Tests he has 14 wickets, including six in each of his last two Tests here. James Anderson averages 28.50, with 24 wickets in six Tests.

50.22 The bowling average for spinners in first-class games at Edgbaston this season - they've taken only 31 wickets in six matches. Seamers average 27.97, and have taken 151 wickets in these matches. In the last five Tests here, fast bowlers have averaged 27.11 (67 wickets) while spinners have averaged 44.08 (12 wickets).

5 Number of Edgbaston Tests, out of the last ten here, which have been won by the team fielding first. Teams batting first have won only two during this period, with three others being drawn. One of those two instances of the team batting first winning was in the 2005 Ashes, when England won by two runs.

32.82 The average runs per wicket in the first innings of a match in the last ten Tests here; in the second innings of a match the average goes up to 40.91, while it then drops to 30.06 in the third, and 35.25 in the fourth.