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A century stand at last

Stats highlights from the third day at Edgbaston, when England recovered after conceding a first-innings lead of 103

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
05-Aug-2016
Alastair Cook and Alex Hales put together England's first second-innings century partnership for the first wicket in a Test since March 2013  •  ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Alastair Cook and Alex Hales put together England's first second-innings century partnership for the first wicket in a Test since March 2013  •  ESPNcricinfo Ltd

37 Attempts without a first-wicket century stand for England in their second innings, before the unbeaten 120-run stand between Alastair Cook and Alex Hales at Edgbaston. The last century stand for the opening wicket in the second innings was in March 2013, when Cook and Nick Compton added 231 against New Zealand in Dunedin. Since then, in 37 attempts, England's average opening stand in second innings was 22.75, poorer than all teams except Zimbabwe and India in this period.
24 Innings since England last had a century stand for the first wicket, when Cook and Moeen Ali added 116 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi last year. It is also the first century stand in 18 partnerships between Cook and Hales.
136 Overs that Pakistan's first innings lasted, their second longest in their last 15 Tests in England. The last time they batted longer was at Headingley on the 2006 tour, when they scored 538 in 141.4 overs.
14 Instance of both the England openers passing 50 in a Test innings against Pakistan. The last such instance was almost exactly a decade ago, in August 2006, when Andrew Strauss and Marcus Trescothick both passed 50 in England's second innings of the Headingley Test.
9 Instances of Pakistan taking a first-innings lead of 100 or more against England in England, before today's effort: five times when batting first, and four times when batting second. In these nine Tests, Pakistan have won four and drawn four, while one was forfeited, at The Oval in 2006.
14 Fifty-plus scores for Misbah-ul-Haq after the age of 40, the third best in Test history. He is within one such score of equalling Patsy Hendren's 15, while Jack Hobbs is the all-time leader with 19 fifty-plus scores in Tests after turning 40.
3 Century opening stands in Tests in 2016, of which this unbeaten 120-run between Cook and Hales is the highest. The average opening stand in Tests this year is 28.44, the lowest in any calendar year since 1963.
5 Instances of Younis Khan scoring between 25 and 31 in his last six Test innings. His scores during this period are: 31, 25, 33, 28, 1, 31.
2/358 Yasir Shah's bowling figures since his ten-wicket haul in the first Test at Lord's.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats