Bat-first advantage, Anderson's barren run

1991 The last time an England-Sri Lanka Test ended in a decisive result at Lord's. Since then, all four Tests that the hosts have played against Sri Lanka at this venue have ended in a draw. Overall, England have played seven Tests against Sri Lanka at Lord's, five of which have ended in a draw. Two Tests, including the one played in 1991, were won by England. Of the 15 Tests played at Lord's since 2009, the only two Tests to end in a draw were played between the hosts and Sri Lanka.

1 Number of times the team batting first at Lord's has lost since 2006. Of the 21 Tests played in that time, the team batting first has won 12 and drawn eight. The only loss for them was in 2012, when West Indies posted only 243 in the first innings batting first. Among the 16 venues that have hosted at least ten Tests since 2006, Lord's has produced the best win-loss record for teams batting first.

42.18 Average of batsmen in the first innings of Tests at Lord's since 2006, as opposed to an average of just 27.05 in second innings. While there have been 23 hundreds in 21 first innings at Lord's since 2006, batsmen have made 13 centuries fewer in the second innings of Tests at this venue during this period.

53.23 Average runs scored per dismissal at Lord's on the first day of Tests since 2006 - the highest, by far, on any day's play at the venue. The average drops by 20 runs per dismissal on the other four days. While it takes an average of 94 deliveries for every dismissal on the first day at Lord's, thereafter a wicket falls every 59 deliveries. In the previous Test at Lord's, in 2015, Australia made 337 runs for the loss of one wicket at the end of the first day's play, but were eight down by the time they declared on a score of 566 on the second day.

71.90 Joe Root's batting average in Tests at Lord's. He has made two hundreds - including his highest Test score of 200 not out against Sri Lanka in 2014 - and four fifties in six Tests at this venue. Root has hit at least one fifty in five of six Tests at Lord's. The only time he failed to do so was in the Ashes Test last year when he made 1 and 17. Root's 791 runs at Lord's is the most he has hit at any venue in Tests.

280 Number of balls James Anderson has bowled at Lord's since his last wicket at the venue. Anderson has taken only three wickets in his last five innings at Lord's, from 105 overs and conceding 333 runs. He went wicketless in his previous Test at this venue, in the Ashes, when he recorded 0 for 137 from 33 overs. Anderson's returns have been impressive in this series though: his average of 7.72 in this series is currently the second best for any pace bowler to take at least 15 wickets in a Test series. George Lohmann took 35 wickets in a series in South Africa in 1895-96 at an average of 5.80 runs apiece.

1 Number of five-wicket hauls by Sri Lanka bowlers at Lord's - Rumesh Ratnayake's 5 for 69 in the first innings of the 1991 Test is the only instance at this venue. Since then, Rangana Herath's 4 for 95 in the second innings of the 2014 Test is the best return in an innings at Lord's by a Sri Lanka bowler in almost 25 years. Herath's overall tally of ten wickets is the most by a Sri Lanka bowler at Lord's.

4 Hundreds by Sri Lanka captains at Lord's, including three of the last five made by overseas captains at this venue. Sri Lanka's captain has made a century in each of the previous three Tests played at this venue. Mahela Jayawardene made 119 in the second innings in 2006, Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 193 in the first innings in 2011 and the current captain, Angelo Mathews, made 102 in the first innings of the 2014 Test. Mathews' 120 runs at this venue is the joint highest by a Sri Lanka batsman in their current squad. Kaushal Silva has also scored 120 runs at Lord's; his two fifties in the 2014 Test being only the 12th instance of two fifty-plus scores by an overseas opener at the ground.