5 consecutive team totals of under 250 for India against New Zealand. Their last five innings read 165 and 191 in Wellington, 242 and 124 in Christchurch, and now 217 in Southampton.
9 years since both teams recorded opening partnerships in excess of 60 in their respective first innings in a Test match on English soil. Alviro Petersen and Graeme Smith had added 120, and Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook 65, at Headingley in 2012. Here, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put on 65, and Devon Conway and Tom Latham 70.
15 innings needed by Kyle Jamieson to reach 5 five-wicket hauls. Along with R Ashwin, he has reached there fastest among all 21st-century bowlers.
44 wickets for Ishant Sharma on English soil. Ishant just went past Kapil Dev’s Indian record of 43.
68 wickets for R Ashwin in the ICC World Test Championship now, the most by an Indian and the third-most overall. Ashwin needs 2 wickets to go past Stuart Broad (69) and 3 to beat Pat Cummins (70) and secure top spot.
72 Devon Conway’s batting average in Test cricket. While it has come down from stratospheric heights, it is still the second-highest among New Zealanders (after Rodney Redmond’s 81) and 10th-highest overall. Of those who have more runs than Conway’s 360, only Don Bradman (6,996 runs at 99.94) and Barry Richards (508 at 72.57) have better average.