Root breaks Dravid's catching record; Bumrah surpasses Kapil
Jamie Smith got to the 1000-run mark in Tests in just his 21st innings, the joint-quickest - with Quinton de Kock - to the mark by a wicketkeeper
Sampath Bandarupalli
11-Jul-2025
Joe Root scored his 37th Test hundred after resuming day two on 99 • Clive Mason/AFP/Getty Images
Stats highlights from the second day of the third Test between England and India at Lord's.
13 - Five-wicket hauls for Jasprit Bumrah in away Tests, the most by any India bowler, surpassing Kapil Dev's 12.
4 - Bumrah's five-wicket hauls in England, two more than any other India bowler. With 47 Test wickets in England, Bumrah is only behind Ishant Sharma (51) for India.
11 - Test centuries for Joe Root against India, the joint-highest alongside Steven Smith. Root is also the first to score 3000 Test runs against India.
8 - Hundreds for Root in Tests at Lord's, a record. Only three batters have more centuries at a ground in Test cricket.
211 - The number of catches Root has taken in Tests, the most by a non-wicketkeeper, surpassing Rahul Dravid's tally of 210.
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3.44 - England's scoring rate in their first innings at Lord's - their second-lowest in a 300-plus total in Tests since Brendon McCullum became their head coach in June 2022. England have scored 30 of their 33 300-plus totals at more than four an over in this period.
4 - Number of batters Bumrah bowled in England's first innings. He equalled his own record - set against West Indies in 2019 - of most bowled dismissals in a Test innings. Mohammed Shami also bowled four South Africa batters in an innings in Visakhapatnam in 2019.
11 - Number of times Root has been dismissed by Bumrah in Tests. Only Pat Cummins has removed him as many times in Tests.
21 - Innings taken by Jamie Smith to complete 1000 Test runs - the joint-quickest to the milestone as a wicketkeeper, alongside Quinton de Kock.
18 - Number of instances a batter has been 99 not out overnight in a Test, including Joe Root at Lord's. He, like all the others before him, went on to reach the hundred the next day.
Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo