Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

Younis Khan
Younis Khan
218(308) 31x4 - 4x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 43 runs
  • 9x4 - 0x6
13 28 39 15 54 20 15 34
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
109(179) 12x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 35 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
11 5 7 29 15 10 19 13

Best performances - Bowlers

Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan
O20.4
M1
R68
W5
Eco3.29
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
1W
Yasir Shah
Yasir Shah
O29
M4
R71
W5
Eco2.44
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Partnerships

  • ENG - 1st
  • PAK - 1st
  • ENG - 2nd
  • PAK - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

23
AN Cook16 (21)
AD Hales6 (17)
46
AN Cook19 (29)
JE Root22 (35)
4
JM Vince0 (1)
JE Root4 (4)
1
GS Ballance0 (7)
JM Vince1 (2)
36
GS Ballance8 (23)
JM Bairstow23 (31)
93
MM Ali55 (90)
JM Bairstow32 (62)
79
MM Ali29 (29)
CR Woakes45 (57)
0
MM Ali0 (0)
SCJ Broad0 (2)
14
MM Ali5 (6)
ST Finn8 (16)
32
JM Anderson6 (9)
MM Ali19 (27)

Pakistan - 1st - Innings

3
Azhar Ali0 (2)
Sami Aslam3 (9)
49
Azhar Ali16 (47)
Yasir Shah26 (48)
75
Azhar Ali33 (64)
Asad Shafiq40 (68)
150
Younis Khan75 (106)
Asad Shafiq69 (111)
39
Younis Khan24 (28)
Misbah-ul-Haq15 (24)
4
Younis Khan0 (0)
Iftikhar Ahmed4 (4)
77
Younis Khan29 (74)
Sarfaraz Ahmed44 (78)
37
Younis Khan32 (37)
Wahab Riaz4 (32)
97
Younis Khan58 (63)
Mohammad Amir30 (60)
11
Mohammad Amir9 (10)
Sohail Khan2 (13)

England - 2nd - Innings

14
AN Cook7 (35)
AD Hales6 (22)
35
AD Hales6 (33)
JE Root22 (21)
6
JM Vince0 (3)
JE Root6 (7)
19
GS Ballance4 (17)
JE Root11 (18)
54
GS Ballance13 (45)
JM Bairstow37 (53)
65
MM Ali32 (51)
JM Bairstow32 (40)
16
CR Woakes4 (21)
JM Bairstow12 (33)
0
SCJ Broad0 (0)
JM Bairstow0 (1)
12
SCJ Broad5 (20)
ST Finn7 (18)
32
JM Anderson17 (26)
ST Finn9 (17)

Pakistan - 2nd - Innings

42*
Azhar Ali30 (28)
Sami Aslam12 (51)

End of a winning streak

6

Consecutive home series of four or more Tests that England had won before this one - 3 Ashes series, 2 versus India, and 1 versus Pakistan

Pakistan's favourite venue

5-3

Pakistan's win-loss record in Tests at The Oval, the only venue in England where they have won more Tests than they have lost

Hales in trouble

17.56

Hales' average in 16 innings v South Africa and Pakistan (281 runs); in five innings v Sri Lanka earlier this summer he scored 292

Loving The Oval

6

Number of times Pakistan have a 200-plus lead in a Test in England; three of those have been at The Oval - in 1987, 2006 and 2016

Getting better with age

3

Test double-centuries for Younis after turning 35; only Sangakkara has as many

Consistent Sarfraz

9

Number of times, in 13 Test innings against England, that Sarfraz has scored at least 25. His highest, though, is 46*

A pair, then a hundred

1958

Last time before Asad Shafiq a Pakistan batsman hit a century against a team after getting a pair in the previous Test. Wazir Mohammad had done it v WI.

Same venue, after 10 years

2006

Last time before this Pakistan had fifty stands for their third and fourth wicket in a Test innings in England, at the same venue.

Only the second time

1

Number of times in Tests since 2003 Younis Khan has batted at No. 5 or lower in a Test innings before this. He had batted at No. 5 in Galle in 2014

Little to show after Lord's

43

Runs by Asad Shafiq in his previous four innings including a pair at Edgbaston. He had made 122 runs in the Lord's Test.

Broad's indifferent Oval form

2009

Last time Stuart Broad took a five-wicket haul in Tests at the Oval - in the 2009 Ashes. Since then he had taken 15 wickets at 44.67 in 11 inns before this Test