Stats highlights: Sohail takes fifer on Test comeback

After the Old Trafford debacle, Pakistan have come back strongly to dismiss England for 297 on the first day of the all-important third Test in Edgbaston. Sohail Khan, making a return to the Test side after four years, was the wrecker-in-chief - taking his maiden five wicket haul on Wednesday (August 3). England top-order struggled yet again and it was down to Gary Balance (70) and Moeen Ali (63) to resurrect the innings from a precarious 158 for 5.

Stats highlights from Day 1 of the third Test:
 
2 Instances of England scoring over 300 in their first innings in Edgbaston since 2006, the joint lowest for them at any home venue, Southampton being the other. But England have played eight Tests in Edgbaston compared to the two in Southampton.
 
14.60 Alex Hales's average in this series. It is the worst for an England opener in a series against Pakistan with a minimum of five innings. Only Moeen Ali has a lower average - 14.00 in the series in UAE last year.
72.08 Alastiar Cook's strike rate in this series - the highest for him any series. The previous best was against Bangladesh in 2010 in what was his first series as captain.

773 Runs scored by Johnny Bairstow this year in Tests. Among England wicketkeepers, only Matt Prior has scored more runs in a calendar year - 777 in 2012.

5 Catches taken by Sarfraz Ahmed in England's first innings. He became the second Pakistan wicketkeeper to effect five dismissals in Tests in England after Wasim Bari in 1971 in Leeds.

2 Fifties for Gary Ballance in his last 14 innings, with the highest of 70 today. After his first 17 innings, he had four hundreds and five fifties and averaged 68 per innings. He averages 22.64 in his last 14 innings.

1 Moeen Ali scored his first fifty against Pakistan in 10 innings against them. The previous highest for him against Pakistan was 35 in Abu Dhabi last year. Pakistan is the only team against whom he averages less than 20 (19.33).

245 Runs conceded by Sohail Khan in his previous two Tests, last of which came in 2011. In England's first innings, he claimed five wickets conceding 96 runs.The last right-handed fast bowler from Pakistan to take a five-fer in Tests outside the subcontinent was Mohammad Asif who took 5 for 77 against England in Nottingham in 2010.

2 Wickets taken by Yasir Shah in his last three innings after his match winning 10 for 142 at Lord's. In the six innings before that against England, he took 25 wickets.

50 Test matches for Mohammad Hafeez. He took 12 years and 349 days to reach the landmark, the sixth-most for a Pakistan player.

51 Test matches captained by Alastiar Cook for England. Michael Atherton (54) is the only other player to captain England in more number of Tests.