England vs India, 5th Test Day 2 Stats Review: Stuart Broad delivers the most expensive over, James Anderson’s feat and other stats

Jasprit Bumrah stole all the limelight as India’s speedster surprised each and everyone with his batting skills on Day two of the fifth and final Test. Skipper Bumrah smacked 29 runs off his bat against Stuart Broad, with the England pacer leaking a total of 35 runs in an over including six extras. With this, Broad registered an unwanted record for himself of conceding the most runs in an over in the history of Test cricket. Indian captain smashed four fours, two maximums, and took a single in six deliveries which also included five wides and a no-ball. Ravindra Jadeja, continuing from his overnight score of 83*, brought up his third century in Test cricket.

Speaking of how the second day unfolded, Jadeja reached his hundred before getting out to James Anderson for 104. Shardul Thakur made just one run while Mohammed Shami amassed 16 runs with Broad dismissing him to reach the landmark of 550 wickets in Tests. He became only the third pacer after Anderson (656) and Glenn McGrath (563) to grab the feat. Bumrah then went ‘Boom Boom’ to spoil Broad’s achievement. England seamer became the first bowler to leak most runs in an over both in Tests and T20Is. The visitors got bundled out for 416 with veteran Anderson picking up a five-wicket haul.

Bumrah was not done yet as he then got rid of England’s top three batters. Alex Lees made six while his opening partner Zak Crawley’s struggle in the whites continued as he managed to score only nine runs. batter Ollie Pope became the third victim for India’s skipper as the hosts found themselves in trouble at 44/3. England’s Mr.consistent Joe Root came out to bat at no. four and amassed 31 before Mohammed Siraj got the big fish in the last half an hour of play.

England sent Jack Leach as the nightwatchman but he couldn’t survive and bagged a five-ball duck to get dismissed to Shami. In-form batter Jonny Bairstow and skipper Ben Stokes remained unbeaten on 12 and zero respectively. With England five down at the score of 84 and no. one batter in the ICC Test rankings, Root back in the pavilion, the tourists dominated yet another day of the decider Test.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from the 5th Test, Day 2 between England and India:

 35 – Stuart Broad delivered the most expensive most in the history of Test cricket. He conceded 35 runs against Jasprit Bumrah and topped this unwanted list. Robin Peterson, James Anderson, and Joe Root all leaked 28 runs each against Brian Lara, George Bailey, and Keshav Maharaj in 2003, 2013, and 2020 respectively.

550 – Broad reached the landmark of 550 wickets in Tests. He became the third pacer after James Anderson (656) and Glenn McGrath (563) to achieve the feat.

24 – Anderson is now tied with R Ashwin at the fourth spot for picking up the most Test five-fors (24) at home. Muttiah Muralitharan (45), Rangana Herath (26), and Anil Kumble (25) are in the top three positions.

6 – Anderson has joint second-most five-fors (6) against India in Tests. Ian Botham, Malcolm Marshall, and Imran Khan have as many while Muttiah Muralitharan and Nathan Lyon both have seven five-wiclet hauls apiece.

13.72 – Zak Crawley has now scored 151 runs in his last 11 innings at a poor average of just 13.72 with eight single-digit scores.

300 – Ollie Pope has scored 300 runs in 14 innings at an average of 21.42 with just one half-century against India.

2 – Ravindra Jadeja is now joint-second with Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul for smashing the most centuries (2) for India since 2021. Rishabh Pant is on top for hitting three tons.

3 – Anderson also equalled Fred Trueman at the top for picking up the most five-wicket hauls (3) in Tests at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

47.28 – Jadeja has the second-best average of 47.28 for India since 2018 (min 1000 runs). Rohit tops the chart who has an average of 49.60.

55 – Alex Lees and Crawley have managed to score just 55 runs in total in their opening partnership in the last five innings.