Joe Root etched his name into the record books at Old Trafford on Saturday, while Yasir Shah claimed an unwanted record
Amazing numbers behind Root's double
5 – The number of 150s Root has scored by the age of 26, joining an exclusive club containing Sir Donald Bradman (10), Sachin Tendulkar (6), Neil Harvey, Javed Miandad and Sir Garfield Sobers.
79 – Root's 254 is the highest number of runs scored by a batsman in his 79th Test innings, Bradman (173no, Leeds, 1948).
Image Id: ~/media/EAB28C9ACCAC4ABC94165F55FB293A6C Image Caption: Joe Root reacts to reaching 200 // Getty254 – Only two other England batsmen have scored more than Root’s 254 against Pakistan and he's only the fourth to manage more than 200 runs against the subcontinent nation.
256 – Joe Root fell just two runs shy of Ken Barrington’s 256, the highest score by an England batsman at Old Trafford. He is only the second England batsman to score a double hundred at Old Trafford.
9 – Root’s 254 was the ninth-highest Test score by an England batsman at home.
213 – Yasir Shah was the hero at Lord's last week but it's been a different story at Manchester so far. His 1-213 is the most runs conceded by a Pakistani bowler in an innings in England and the highest by any player at Old Trafford. Only three bowlers – Australian Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (1-298, The Oval), India's Bishen Bedi (6-226, Lord’s, 1974) and Ian Botham (3-217, The Oval, 1987) have conceded more runs in a Test innings in England.
8-589 –England’s declared total is their second-highest against Pakistan in a Test and the fourth-highest by any team at Old Trafford. Their highest against Pakistan is 9-598(dec), amassed in the United Arab Emirates last year.
8.57 – Chris Woakes’ bowling average for the series so far at stumps on day two. He has taken 14 wickets so far, after having taken just 16 in his first eight Tests.