England v Pakistan 4th Test – Statistical Highlights

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Asad Shafiq of Pakistan sweeps. (Photo by Sarah Ansell/Getty Images)

Pakistan squared the series with thumping 10-wicket win against the hosts at The Oval. Pakistan took 48.2 overs on the 4th day to take the remaining 6 wickets in England’s 2nd innings. They had to bat again as England took a marginal lead of 39 runs. Pakistan needed 6 more overs after Tea to finish off the formalities. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the day’s play.

2 – Misbah-ul-Haq became the 2nd Pakistani captain to win a Man of the series award in Tests on opposition’s soil. Imran Khan has 4 such awards.

3 – Number of bowlers used for bowling first over in an innings in this series. Last time England used 3 or more in a series was in 2011 vs Sri Lanka at home.

5 – Number of fifty plus stands Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali have shared for the 6th wicket in Tests in 2016, joint most by any pair.

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6 – Number of Test wins Misbah-ul-Haq has outside Asia as captain, joint most for an Asian player. Sourav Ganguly also has 6.

10 – Number of Man of the match awards Younis Khan has in Test cricket, 3rd most for a Pakistani player.

11 – Number of Test wins Misbah-ul-Haq has away from home as captain, joint most for an Asian player. Sourav Ganguly also has 11.

19 – Number of wickets Yasir Shah has taken in this series, 2nd most by an Asian in a Test series in England. Muralitharan picked up 24 wickets in 2006.

22 – Number of Test wins Misbah-ul-Haq has as captain, the 2nd most for an Asian skipper. MS Dhoni has 27 Test wins.

95 – Number of wickets Yasir Shah has taken so far. After 16 Tests, only George Lohmann (101) picked more wickets.

960 – Runs scored by Jonny Bairstow in 2016 in Tests while batting at No.6 or lower. Only VVS Laxman (984) scored more runs in Tests in a calendar year while batting at No.6 or lower.

992 – Runs scored by Jonny Bairstow in 2016 in Tests as wicketkeeper batsman. Only Andy Flower (1045) scored more runs in Tests in a calendar year as wicketkeeper batsman.

2002 – Last time an England opener before Alastair Cook had a strike rate of over 65 while opening in a Test series was by Michael Vaughan in 2002 vs India at home. (Min: 5 inns) Cook recorded a strike rate of 67.68 in the series. Vaughan had a strike rate of 68.25 during the 2002 series vs India.

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2008 – Last time England failed to win a 4 or more match Test series at home before this was in 2008 vs South Africa. Since then they won all the 6 Test series with more than 4 games before the current series.

2008 – Last time before Yasir Shah a visiting team spinner picked two 5-wicket hauls in a Test series in England was Daniel Vettori in 2008.

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