PAKISTAN TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2016

Anderson becomes first seamer to take 50-plus wickets against seven teams

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Pakistan ended the second day's play at Edgbaston in the driver's seat at 257 for three, trailing England by just 40 runs with seven wickets in hand. Azhar Ali was the star of the day scoring his maiden Test century in England. He received excellent support from young Sami Aslam who made a composed 82 before getting run out. The English bowlers toiled hard throughout the day with James Anderson and Chris Woakes picking up a wicket each.

Stats highlights from Day 2 of the third Test from Edgbaston:

50 Wickets taken by James Anderson against Pakistan in Tests. He becomes the first fast bowler to take 50-plus wickets against seven opposition teams. The only teams against whom he missed out are Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

1 This was the first time Anderson dismissed Mohammad Hafeez in 15 innings in Tests. He has scored 143 runs off the 327 deliveries he faced from Anderson.

4 Pakistan players getting dismissed for a duck in their 50th Test including Mohammad Hafeez who got a four-ball duck in this match. The others are Wasim Bari (who got a pair), Waqar Younis and Danish Kaneria.

3 Pakistan players scoring fifty in their maiden innings as an opener in England. Before Sami Aslam today, the ones to do it are Saeed Anwar (74 at Lord's in 1996) and Mohammad Hafeez (95 at the Oval in 2006).

3Pakistan batsmen with more runs in their first innings against England in England than Sami Aslam's 82 today. Zaheer Abbas scored 274 at the same venue in 1971, Hafeez scored 95 at the Oval in 2006 and Misbah ul Haq scored 114 at Lord's in the first Test of this series.

20 years & 235 days Sami Aslam became the third youngest opener to score a fifty in England in the last 65 years after Ravi Shastri (20y 42d) and Hanif Mohammad (19y 192d).

181 by Aslam and Azhar Ali is the second highest second wicket stand for Pakistan against England in all Tests. The only higher stand is 291 by Zaheer Abbas and Mushtaq Mohammad at the same ground way back in 1971.

Hundreds for Azhar Ali outside the subcontinent before his 139 today. His previous highest was 92* against England at the Oval in 2010.

9 years 365 days since a Pakistan number three scored a century in Tests played outside the subcontinent - Younis Khan's 173 against England at Leeds.

6 Pakistan number three scoring a century in England. The ones to do it before Azhar Ali today are Mushtaq Mohammad (100*), Zaheer Abbas (274 & 240), Ijaz Ahmed (141) and Younis Khan (173).

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