Amla ends barren run

13 Innings without a century for Hashim Amla in Tests before this one; his last century was a double - 208 against West Indies in Centurion in December 2014. Since then, in 13 innings before this game, he averaged 23.66, with only one 50-plus score. Only once has Amla gone more innings in Tests without a century: between May 2006 and November 2007, he went 23 innings without a hundred, scoring 515 runs at an average of 23.40. He also went 13 innings without a Test hundred between November 2008 and December 2009, though he scored five fifties during this period and averaged a healthy 41.33.

5 Test centuries for Amla against England, in 26 innings at an average of 55.65. It equals the most hundreds he has against a team - he also has five against Australia and India.

7 Number of times Amla has faced 350-plus deliveries in Tests. It is the most instances by any South African batsman (among games where balls-faced data is available) - the next best is four, by Gary Kirsten. Only five times has Amla played longer innings than this one, in terms of balls faced.

183 The partnership between Amla and AB de Villiers, which is South Africa's sixth best for the third wicket against England, and the third highest against them for that wicket at home.

2014 The last time South Africa posted a century partnership in Tests, before this game. That was in the Boxing Day game in 2014, when Faf du Plessis and Dean Elgar added 179 against West Indies. South Africa posted seven century stands in 2014, but their highest in 2015 was 97, also by Amla and de Villiers, in the Cape Town Test in January.

7 Century partnerships in Tests between Amla and de Villiers, in 45 innings. They average 56.88 per partnership, and their aggregate of 2503 runs is seventh among all South African pairs.

144 Dot balls played by Amla and de Villiers in the morning session, when South Africa scored 58 runs off 29 overs, and struck only nine fours. That was a complete contrast from the morning session on the second day, when England scored 196 runs in 25 overs, hitting 21 fours and six sixes.

8038 Test aggregate for de Villiers; he became the third South African batsman, after Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith, to go past 8000 Test runs. He reached the landmark in his 172nd innings, which is joint-15th among all batsmen who have 8000-plus runs. Kallis got there in 170 innings, and Smith in 173.

152 Innings taken by Amla to reach 7000 Test runs. He is the fifth South African to reach the landmark, after Smith (148 innings), Kallis (151), de Villiers (151) and Gary Kirsten (167). The fastest to 7000 runs in Tests is Wally Hammond, who got there in 131 innings. De Villiers and Amla are also among the top four run-getters in home Tests for South Africa, with de Villiers going past 4000 and Amla crossing 3500.

11 Successive Test innings for du Plessis without a 50-plus score, before his unbeaten 51 in this Test. In those 11 innings, he scored 133 runs at an average of 12.09.

109.11 The average runs per wicket in this match so far, which is easily the highest for a Test in South Africa. The next best is 58.85, in the South Africa-West Indies Test, also in Cape Town, in 2004.