Ducks and two giraffes get in a line: England record six zeroes and two scores of 150+ | Cricket News

184* – Smith recorded the highest score by an England wicket-keeper in Tests, surpassing Alex Stewart’s 173 (v NZ, 1997).

12 – India conceded a 300-plus Test partnership for only the 12th time in history, with the Harry Brook-Jamie Smith 303-run stand marking the first such instance in 11 years since Brendon McCullum and BJ Watling’s 352-run partnership in Wellington in 2014.

3 – Brook and Smith became the third pair in Test history to record a 300-plus stand after the team lost five wickets for fewer than 100 runs. Don Bradman-Jack Fingleton (346 v ENG from 97/5) and McCullum-Watling (352 v IND from 94/5) are the only other pairs to achieve the feat.

9 – Brook became the fastest England batter in 96 years since Herbert Sutcliffe (43) to reach nine Test centuries, in only 44 innings.

4.99 – No pair has recorded a bigger Test partnership at a higher scoring rate than Brook and Smith’s 303 at a 4.99 run rate against India.

50.7 – Having claimed his first five-wicket haul in England, Mohammed Siraj now has the best strike rate among all Indian bowlers who have picked up at least 30 wickets in the country.

5.13 – Prasidh Krishna is the only player in Test history to bear a career economy greater than 5 among all bowlers who have bowled at least 500 deliveries.

6 – England became the first team to record a 400-plus total (407) with six ducks in the innings. The total is also the lowest to comprise two 150-plus scores.

10000 – Brydon Carse’s duck was the 10,000th in all Test history. England have contributed 1926 of those, the most of all teams.

202 – Ben Stokes recorded his first golden duck in 202 innings in his career.

40 – Yashasvi Jaiswal became the joint-fastest Indian to reach 2000 Test runs, equalling Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in 40 innings.