3 Pakistan openers who scored a fifty in their maiden Test innings in England. Before Sami Aslam made 82 in his first innings, Saeed Anwar had made 74 at Lord's in 1996 and Mohammad Hafeez scored 95 at The Oval in 2006. Aslam's 82 is the fourth-highest by a Pakistan batsman in his maiden Test innings in England.
3 Centuries by Pakistan's No. 3 in Tests outside Asia since 2000. The last two centuries, before Azhar Ali's in this match, were both by Younis Khan a decade ago. He made 106 at Sabina Park in 2005 and 173 at at Headingley in 2006.
15 Prior to this Test, the average score by Pakistan's top three against England in England since 2010. In 36 innings across six Tests in this period, there was not a single fifty-plus score; the highest was 48. Also, none of the top three had aggregated more than 100 runs in any of the 12 innings. However, in this innings, two of their top-three made fifty-plus scores and aggregated 211 runs.
1982 Last time an opener younger than Sami Aslam, who is currently 20 years and 235 days, made a half-century in Test in England. Ravi Shastri scored 66 at The Oval on that tour, at the age of 20 years, 42 days. Sami Aslam is the fifth-youngest opener to score a half-century in England.
181 Runs added by Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali for the second wicket, the second-highest for Pakistan against England. Only the 291-run stand between Mushtaq Mohammad and Zaheer Abbas, also at Edgbaston in 1971, is higher than this.
1983 Last time Pakistan's second wicket added more than 150 runs in a Test outside of Asia (excluding Zimbabwe). Mohsin Khan and Qasim Umar added 233 at the Adelaide Oval back in December 1983. This was only the fourth 150-plus partnership for Pakistan's second wicket in Tests outside Asia (excluding Zimbabwe).
78Runs scored by Azhar Ali in his last seven Test innings, before this century. He made five single-digit scores in those innings with a highest of 34. In his last seven innings against England, including the tour of UAE in October and November, he had made 73 runs, and 66 in his last seven innings in England, dating back to the 2010 tour.
7Teams against which James Anderson has taken 50 or more Test wickets. Hafeez's dismissal was his 50th wicket against Pakistan. He now has 50 or more wickets against all teams except Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, way ahead of Ian Botham, who managed the feat against four opponents. Only Muttiah Muralitharan - against all nine teams - has taken 50-plus wickets against more teams than Anderson, while Anil Kumble also took that many against seven teams.
144 The previous highest second-wicket partnership for Pakistan after losing the first wicket for no runs, by Taufeeq Umar and Younis Khan against West Indies in Sharjah in 2001-02. Aslam and Ali's stand is the fourth century stand for Pakistan after losing the first wicket without a run on the board.
20.67 Hafeez's average in Tests outside Asia - the lowest by a Pakistan batsman playing 25 or more innings in a top-six position. He has made just two fifty-plus scores in 32 innings outside Asia, the last of which came in 2011 against Zimbabwe. He does, however, average 50.16 in 63 innings in Asia with eight centuries and 11 fifties.