Younis goes past Miandad; Anderson passes Akram

1985 The last time before today Pakistan's record for their top run-maker in Tests changed hands. Javed Miandad had gone past Zaheer Abbas's tally of 5058 runs with a double-hundred against Sri Lanka in Faislabad. Miandad went on to finish on 8832 runs from 189 innings, scoring at an average of 52.57. Younis Khan has taken eight fewer innings to go past Miandad. Younis now has 8852 runs at an average of 53.97. Click here for Pakistan's top run-scorers in Tests.

9 Number of batsmen before Shoaib Malik to make a century in their first innings of a Test they had played after a gap of five or more years. The last such batsman was Hamilton Masakadza, who made a hundred against Bangladesh in Harare in 2011 on his first appearance after a gap of almost six years. The only other Pakistan batsman to do this is Ijaz Faqih, who had hit a century in the Ahmedabad Test in 1987 after missing Test cricket since 1981.

18.11 Malik's average against England in nine Test innings before this one. He had scored 163 runs with a highest of 39. His 124* in this innings was only his third Test hundred in 54 innings. Malik scored 1606 runs at an average of 33.45 and had scored eight fifties besides his two centuries against Sri Lanka.

415 Wickets James Anderson now has in Tests; he went past Wasim Akram to sixth place in the list of pace bowlers with most wickets. Shaun Pollock, who took 421 wickets, is the next fast bowler within striking distance of Anderson. Among all bowlers, Anderson is just three wickets away from going past Harbhajan Singh, who has 417 Test wickets.

1996 The last time Pakistan's second wicket made a century stand in Tests against England before this one. On that occasion, Ijaz Ahmed and Saeed Anwar had added 133 runs for the second wicket at The Oval. The partnership between Hafeez and Malik is the second highest for Pakistan for the second wicket against England. The highest came way back in 1971 between Mushtaq Mohammad and Zaheer Abbas, who added 261 runs in the first innings of the EdgbastonTest.

2 Number of times before this innings two or more of Pakistan's top-three batsmen had scored 90 or more in an innings against England. The previous instance had come in the infamous Test at the Oval in 2006. On that occasion both Pakistan openers - Hafeez and Imran Farhat - had got out in the nineties. The other such instance had also come at the Oval in 1974.

2 Number of times in Tests Mohammad Hafeez had got out in the nineties before this innings. His last such innings had also come in Abu Dhabi last year against New Zealand, when Hafeez got out on 96. Hafeez now joins Majid Khan as the Pakistan opener with the most scores in the nineties. Hafeez's 98 in this innings was his highest against England beating his previous best of 95 at the Oval in 2006. Hafeez has made 383 runs against England at an average of 54.71.

61.00 Hafeez's batting average at the Sheik Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. He has made 610 runs in seven Tests and has hit one hundred and four fifties, including two scores in the nineties.

7 Test hundreds by Pakistan's No. 3 against England before Malik's in this innings. The last one to do it was Azhar Ali who made 157 in the 2012 Dubai Test.

1996 The last time before Malik a Pakistan batsman got a hundred in the first innings of a series against England. Inzaman-ul-Haq had made 148 in the Lord's Test. The last and the only other No. 3 to do it was Zaheer Abbas, who got 274 at Edgbaston in 1971. Two other batsmen - Mushtaq Mohammad and Asif Iqbal - had also got centuries in that innings.

5 Pakistan's score when Malik joined Hafeez at the wicket. The enusing stand of 168 between the two batsmen is the third highest for the second wicket for Pakistan when they had lost their first wicket for less than 10.

2000 The last time before Adil Rashid - who made his debut in this Test - that an England legspinner bowled at least 15 overs in a Test. Ian Salisbury had sent down 21 overs in the Karachi Test in 2000. Rashid is only the second legspinner since 2000 to make his debut for England. Scott Borthwick had made his debut in the Ashes Test at the SCG last year. Rashid bowled 17 overs in the day without taking a wicket and conceded 76 runs.