Anderson goes past Pollock, Botham

424 Wickets James Anderson now has in Tests; he went past Shaun Pollock's tally of 421 wickets when he dismissed Younis Khan. Anderson is now the fifth-highest wicket-taker among pacers and the eighth highest among all bowlers.

16.65 Anderson's bowling average in Tests against Pakistan. He has taken 43 wickets from ten Tests against them. Among bowlers with at least 40 wickets against Pakistan, no other bowler averages better. Among fast bowlers since 2000, only one other - Chaminda Vaas against West Indies (55 wickets at 16.60) - have taken 40 or more wickets at a better average.

8 Number of maidens bowled by Stuart Broad in his first ten overs. He bowled eight consecutive maidens - a streak that started with his second over and ended only in his tenth off which he conceded just a single. In Tests since 2002, this was only the eighth time that a bowler had bowled eight maidens in his first-ten overs in a Test innings. The last such instance also came in the UAE, when Rahat Ali bowled eight maidens at New Zealand batsmen in the Abu Dhabi Test last year. Broad ended the day with figures of 2 for 13 from 13 overs.

40 Wickets by Ian Botham against Pakistan in Tests, which was the previous highest for an England bowler against them. James Anderson now leads this list with 43 wickets. Botham had played 14 Tests and had averaged 31.77 runs apiece. Anderson has taken 43 wickets against them at 16.65.

3 Number of four-wicket hauls (or better) Anderson had taken from 16 Tests in Asia before his 4 for 17 in this innings. His last such haul had come against India in Nagpur in 2012-13 when he had returned figures of 4 for 81. His only five-for in Asia had come against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2011-12. Anderson's effort in this innings was his best in six Tests in the UAE and his first four-for here.

1 Number of instances when a Pakistan captain has made more fifty-plus scores than Misbha-ul-Haq's four in this series. Inzamam-ul-Haq had made five such scores - two hundreds and three fifties - also against England in 2005-06. Misbah himself has made four such scores in a three-match series against Sri Lanka in 2013-14. He has made 314 runs at an average of 62.80 including a hundred and three fifties in this series. Including his 71 in this innings, Misbah has now made 35 fifty-plus scores as captain. Only five other captains have made more such scores than Misbah.

23.80 Average runs scored per dismissal on the first day; Pakistan scored 234 of them and lost all their wickets. This is the second-worst average on day one of Tests in Sharjah. As many as 14 wickets were lost and only 250 runs made for an average of 17.85 per dismissal on the first day of the Test between Pakistan and Australia in 2002-03, which is the worst.

5 Number of scoring shots Misbah played off England's fast bowlers in his innings. He faced 68 deliveries from them and scored only nine runs at a strike rate of 13.23. Off spinners though, Misbah was far more adventurous, scoring 62 runs off the 92 deliveries he faced from them, including six fours and two sixes.

6/30 Combined figures of Anderson and Broad in this innings; they bowled 28.1 overs between them, 15 of which were maidens, and conceded runs at an economy of 1.06. The other England bowlers bowled 57 overs and conceded 198 runs at an economy of 3.47 and took four wickets.

25 Number of times including this innings Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq have begun their partnership in Tests with Pakistan three down for fewer than 100 runs. Misbah walked in to bat with Pakistan on 88 for 3 in this innings. No other pair has had more such stands. This was the first time in the last six such innings that the pair has failed add at least 50 runs: their last five stands in such situations had produced 141, 93, 66, 51 and 58. Overall, such stands between Misbah and Younis have produced 1410 runs at an average of 61.30 including six hundred and five fifty stands.