England team have posted a mammoth total of 506/4 on day 1 of 1st Test match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi with the help of four sensational hundreds from Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, and Harry Brook. Pakistan bowlers were hammered through all corners of the ground by English batters. Harry Brook was breathing fire in 3rd session of the game as he smashed six consecutive boundaries off the over bowled by Saud Shakeel. Here in this article, we will have a look at some of the stats and records created by the England team on day 1 of this Test match.
2 - Both Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett smashed a century as opening batters and stitched a 233-run partnership between them.
Both visiting openers to smash a century in Test innings on Pakistan soil:
Virender Sehwag-Rahul Dravid in Lahore, 2006
Zak Crawley-Ben Duckett in Rawalpindi, 2022
4 - Four different batsmen have smashed centuries for England in today's Test match.
Instances of four batsmen smashing century for England in Test Cricket:
vs Australia in Nottingham, 1938
vs West Indies in Lord's, 2007
vs Pakistan in Rawalpindi, 2022
England became the first team to have four centurions on day 1 of Test cricket.
16 - Ollie Pope became the 16th English wicket-keeper batsman to smash a century in Test cricket.
24 - Harry Brook smashed 24 runs off an over bowled by Saud Shakeel.
Most runs smashed by an England batsman in an over in Test cricket:
Ian Botham - 24 vs New Zealand in Kennington Oval, 1986
Harry Brook - 24 vs Pakistan in Rawalpindi, 2022
80 - Harry Brook smashed his Test century from just 80 balls.
Fastest Century for England in Test Cricket (by balls faced):
Gilbert Jessop - 76 vs Australia in The Oval, 1902
Jonny Bairstow - 77 vs New Zealand in Nottingham, 2022
Harry Brook - 80 vs Pakistan in Rawalpindi, 2022
442 - Zak Crawley has smashed 442 runs vs Pakistan in Test cricket from just 3 innings at an average of 147.33 with 2 centuries and 1 fifty.
Zak Crawley vs Pak in Tests:
Inns-3; Runs - 442; Avg - 147.33; 50s - 1; 100s - 2
Zak Crawley vs Other teams in Tests:
Inns - 49; Runs - 1043; Avg - 21.72; 50s - 5; 100s - 1
506/4 - England became the first team to smash more than 500 runs on day 1 of a Test match.
Highest score on Day 1 of Test match:
ENG - 506/4 vs PAK in Rawalpindi, 2022
AUS - 494/6 vs SA in Sydney, 1910
AUS - 482/5 vs SA in Adelaide, 2012
Highest score by a team on a single day of Test match:
SL - 509/9 vs BAN in Colombo (PSS), 2002
ENG - 506/4 vs PAK in Rawalpindi, 2022
ENG - 503/2 vs SA in Lord's, 1924
