Rabada's promising start, and 99-run stands

7/112 Kagiso Rabada's figures, his best in Tests, and his second five-for in successive Tests: he had taken 5 for 78 in the first innings in Johannesburg. These are the third-best figures in a Test in Centurion - after Kyle Abbott's 7 for 29 against Pakistan in 2013, and Mitchell Johnson's 7 for 68 in 2014 - and the best for South Africa against England since their readmission into international cricket.

2 Bowlers who have taken six or more wickets in an innings at least once in Tests and ODIs before turning 21: Rabada and Waqar Younis are the only ones in this exclusive club. Rabada, who is currently 20 years and 244 days old, had also taken 6 for 16 in an ODI against Bangladesh last year. Waqar had three hauls of six of more wickets across the two formats before turning 21. Rabada's figures are also the third best by any South African bowler under the age of 21, after Hugh Tayfield's 7 for 23 against Australia in 1950, and Marchant de Lange's 7 for 81 against Sri Lanka in 2011.

110.46 Ben Stokes' strike rate in the series, the best for any England batsman who has scored at least 200 runs in a series. In all series where complete balls-faced data is available, only three batsmen - Shahid Afridi, Brendon McCullum and David Warner - have done better with the same cut-off for runs scored.

8 Instances of Joe Root being dismissed between 70 and 89 in overseas Tests, including twice in this series. Among all England batsmen, only three - Alec Stewart, Michael Atherton and Ian Bell - have fallen in this range of scores more often in away Tests. Root has converted only two of his 12 fifty-plus scores into hundreds in away Tests, but at home his conversion rate is much better, with seven centuries in 16 fifty-plus scores.

14 Innings since Moeen Ali had last made a 50-plus score in Tests, before his 61 in England's first innings here: his 59 in the Edgbaston Test against Australia last year was his last such score. In these 14 innings, Moeen had made 232 runs at an average of 19.33, with a highest of 38. Before this lean spell with the bat, Moeen had five 50-plus scores in 22 innings.

99 The partnership between Alastair Cook and Root; it is the second time the pair has fallen one short of a century stand, making them one of only two pairs to have two 99-run partnerships in Test history. The only other pair to achieve this distinction is Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillakaratne.

1.89 Abbott's economy rate in England's first innings: he conceded only 36 runs from 19 overs. With a 15-over cut-off, there are only seven instances - four of them by South Africans - of better economy rates in a Test innings in Centurion.