JOE WOZNIAK takes a numerical look at England's dominant batting performance against Pakistan on day one of the first Test in Rawalpindi
England produced a fantastic start to their three-match Test series in Pakistan, putting on 506 runs for the loss of just four wickets on day one in Rawalpindi, capitalising on a flat pitch and some poor bowling.
Here are the numbers from a run-laden day...
506 - England broke the record for most runs scored on day one of a Test match, surpassing the previous best of 494, which was set by Australia against South Africa. That record stood for 112 years.
75 – The number of overs England faced on day one to set their record-breaking total.
17 – It's been 17 years since England last played a Test in Pakistan and Ben Stokes' side blew away the hosts bowling line up on the opening day.
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook all scored centuries for England [Getty Images]
86 - The number of balls it took for Zak Crawley to reach his century: the fastest in a men's Test match by an opener in England's history. However, Crawley was still 10 balls slower than GL Jessop who brought up three figures off 76 balls against Australia in 1902 at The Oval. Harry Brook (80 balls) and Ollie Pope (90 balls) also made it into top-10 fastest Test centuries by an Englishman.
4 – The number of players to raise their bat for England: Crawley (122), Duckett (107), Brook (101 not out), and Pope (108). It's the first time in Test match history that there has been four centurions on day one.
3 – Crawley, Brook and Pope all reached their respective three-figure scores with strike rates in excess of 100.
6.53 – The run rate that Crawley and Duckett scored at as they made a partnership of 233 from just 35.4 overs. It is the highest run rate in an opening partnership of more than 200 runs in Test matches.
Zak Crawley scored the fastest century by an England opener in Test cricket [Getty Images]
108 – Ollie Pope taking the gloves in this Test now holds the highest Test score for an England wicket keeper in Pakistan.
24 – Brook scored the most runs in a Test over by an Englishman. The Yorkshireman scored six fours in a row off the bowling of Saud Shakeel, a harsh stat for the Pakistan debutant.
30.1 – The fastest double-century opening stand in the history of Test cricket, shared by Crawley and Duckett. They also rank third on the list for all-time fastest double-century partnership for any wicket in Test cricket. Only Stokes and Johnny Bairstow's 399 against South Africa in 2015/16 and Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist's 233 against Zimbabwe in 2003/04 lie ahead of them.
3 – The number of double-century partnerships in Test match cricket that have had a run rate higher than 6. Who else makes up the list? David Warner and Joe Burns with a run rate of 6.29 when batting against New Zealand in 2015 and South Africa's AB de Villers and Graeme Smith, who scored at a run rate of 6.22 in 2005 against Zimbabwe.
6.74 – England smashed the record for highest run rate by a team to score over 500. The previous record belonged to Sri Lanka, who scored at 5.36 against Bangladesh in 2001.
6.95 – Zahid Mahmood currently has the unfortunate title of the highest economy rate of a bowler to take two or more wickets in a Test innings.
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