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Stats Analysis

Huge leads, and no follow-on

Stats highlights from a rain-interrupted third day at Old Trafford

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
24-Jul-2016
England's biggest leads when not enforcing follow-on, July 24, 2016

England's first-innings of 391 is the third largest in which they haven't enforced the follow-on  •  ESPNcricinfo Ltd

2 Instances of England not enforcing the follow-on after a first-innings lead of more than 391, which is their lead in this Test. Against West Indies in Kingston in 1930, they batted again in a Timeless Test despite a lead of 563 - George Headley scored a double-hundred in the second innings to save that game for West Indies - while in 1928, in Don Bradman's debut Test, England batted again after taking a lead of 399 in Brisbane, and won by a record margin of 675 runs. There are only two other instances of any team not enforcing a follow-on after a lead of more than 391, both by Australia against England: in 2006 in Brisbane (lead 445), and in 2013 in Adelaide (lead 398).
1 Instance of England taking a bigger first-innings lead in Tests against Pakistan: at Trent Bridge in 1954, they took a lead of 401 and went on to win by an innings and 129 runs. Only five times have Pakistan conceded a lead bigger than 391 in Tests, twice when batting second, and three times when batting first.
7 Fifty-plus scores for Misbah-ul-Haq in his last ten Test innings. In these ten innings, which started in July last year, Misbah has scored 577 runs at an average of 64.11, with two hundreds and five fifties.
60 The partnership between Misbah and Wahab Riaz, Pakistan's third best for the ninth wicket in Tests in England.
16 Instances when Pakistan have been eight down for less than 120 in Tests in England, out of the 77 occasions when they have batted long enough for No. 10 to have a bat. There were five such instances in the 2010 series alone.
39 Wahab Riaz's score, the fourth best by a Pakistan No. 10 batsman in Tests against England. The three higher scores were all made before 1985, with the highest being 90, by Sarfraz Nawaz in Lahore in 1984.
92.45 Alastair Cook's strike rate so far in the second innings (49 not out off 53), his best in a Test innings in which he has faced at least 25 deliveries. His previous best was 92.30 (36 off 39) against India at Lord's in 2007.
402 The highest fourth-innings total at Old Trafford, by Australia in 1981. The next best is 394, by West Indies in 2007. In terms of overs batted, the highest in the fourth innings here is 145.1, by India in 1959.

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