England v West Indies 2017: 1st Test, Day 1 – Statistical Highlights

The first ever day/night Test match involving England and the first in England started off with the home side showing a clear dominance over the touring West Indian team. Alastair Cook and Joe Root struck hundred on the opening day to set things up for a big total as they ended the day at 348/3 with Cook unbeaten on 153.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the day’s play.

3 – Alastair Cook became only the third player to have scored a century in their maiden ‘day’ and ‘day/night’ Test match. Faf du Plessis and Stephen Cook are the other two who achieved the feat.

5 – Joe Root now has scored at least one fifty-plus score in all the five Test matches he has acted in as captain. He is only the 5th player and 3rd from England to score at least one 50+ in each of their first 5 Tests as captain.

10 – Number of 150+ scores for Alastair Cook in Test cricket; the joint-most for any England player in the format. Wally Hammond and Kevin Pietersen also have ten scores of 150 and more in Test cricket.

10 – England scored 10 runs in the first over of this Test which is the most by them in the opening over of a Test since 2001. England scored 9 runs against Pakistan in the first over of the 2006 Lord’s Test.

11 – Number of consecutive Tests in which Joe Root has scored at least one fifty-plus score; it is the most by any England player as he went past John Edrich who had a 10-match streak. Overall, he is one of the six players to have scored fifties in 11 or more consecutive Test matches.

15 – Mark Stoneman is Alastair Cook’s 15th opening partner in Test cricket. Only five players have had more opening partners than Cook in this format.

50 – This match is the 50th Test played at the Edgbaston in Birmingham. It is the 6th venue in England and 15th overall to host over 50 Tests.

153* – Cook’s 153 are the 2nd most runs he has scored on the opening day of a Test match. He scored an unbeaten 158 against Bangladesh on the first day of Chittagong Test in 2010.

248 – Cook and Joe Root pair’s 248-run stand for the 3rd wicket is the highest partnership for any wicket in the five day/night Test matches played so far. Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam’s 215-run stand against West Indies last year is the only other double century stand in D/N Tests.

5973 – Runs Alastair Cook has aggregated in Test cricket in England; the most for any player in England in this format. He surpassed Graham Gooch, who scored 5917 runs in Tests in England.