Root registers third-highest score by an England No. 3 batsman

England took a strong hold of the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford at the end of Day 2, leading by 532 runs. Joe Root dominated the day, scoring a career-best 254, well supported by Chris Waokes and Johnny Bairstow, both of whom scored 58 each. In reply, Pakistan top-order collapsed yet again to Woakes who took three wickets in the final session.

Stats highlights from Day 2 of Old Trafford Test:

4 Double hundreds for England against Pakistan including Joe Root's 254. The ones to score it before him were Denis Compton (278 in Nottingham, 1954), Ted Dexter (205 in Karachi, 1962) and Alastair Cook (263 in Abu Dhabi, 2015).
 
2 Higher individual Test scores than Root's 254 at Old Trafford - Bob Simpson made 311 for Australia and Ken Barrington hit 256 for England in the same Test match in 1964.
 
254 by Root is the third-highest score by an England No. 3 after an unbeaten 336 by Wally Hammond against New Zealand in 1933 and 258 by Tom Graveney in Nottingham in 1957. The last England No. 3 to score a double hundred was Ian Bell who hit 235 against India at Kennington Oval in the 2011 series.
 
2 Double centuries for Joe Root in 44 Tests. 254 is his career-best score in Tests, surpassing the unbeaten 200 he scored against Sri Lanka at Lord's in 2014.
 
6 Double hundreds scored in Manchester - the least among six major Test venues in England. Kennington Oval has the most - 19 - followed by Lord's (17), Trent Bridge (10), Edgbaston (8) and Headingley (7).
 
1 This is the first instance of fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh wicket partnerships of fifty or more in Tests at Old Trafford. It is the second time England have done it against Pakistan, the previous instance being at Leeds in 2006.
 
213 runs conceded by Yasir Shah is the fourth-most conceded by a Pakistan bowler in Tests after Khan Mohammad (259 vs West Indies at Kingston, 1958), Fazal Mahmood (247 vs West Indies at Kingston, 1958) and Saqlain Mushtaq (237 vs South Africa in Cape Town, 2003). Overall, it is the sixth instance of a Pakistan bowler conceding more than 200 runs in an innings.
 
761 runs scored by Johnny Bairstow in 12 innings in 2016 is the second most by an England wicketkeeper in a calendar year - Matt Prior's tally of 777 in 2012 in 22 innings being the highest thus far.
7 Wickets taken by Pakistan's left-arm seamers in England's first innings. There have been only two higher instances - eight wickets each time, against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in 1995 and against Sri Lanka in Colombo (SSC) in 2014.
 
589 for 8 dec is the second highest total for England against Pakistan in a Test after 598 for 9 dec at Abu Dhabi last year. The previous highest in England was 558 for 6 dec at Trent Bridge in 1954.
 
17.09 Average opening wicket partnership for Pakistan against England in England since 2000. In 23 innings, they have a highest of 48. The last time they put fifty-plus stand outside Asia was in May 2011 against West Indies at Basseterre.
 
16.65 Mohammad Hafeez's average in Tests outside the subcontinent excluding Zimbabwe - the worst for any batman with at least 20 innings in the top-seven since 2006.
 
1 Run scored by Younis Khan in Pakistan's first innings. This is the first time he has been dismissed for a single-figure score in his last ten Test innings.
 
50 Catches taken by Joe Root in Tests - the 33rd player to take 50 or more for England in Tests.