England v South Africa 2017: 2nd Test, Day 4 – Statistical Highlights

South Africa equalled the series with a huge 340-run win at Trent Bridge after they bowled out the home team England in less than one and a half sessions on the 4th day. England, who resumed on 1/0 in their chase of 474, were bowled out for 133 with four South African bowlers sharing the wickets among themselves.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the day’s play.

5 – Number of times Vernon Philander has scored a fifty and taken 3-wickets in an innings of a Test match; the 3rd most times by any player since 2012. Ravichandran Ashwin has done the double eight times while Shakib Al Hasan has done so seven times.

6 – Number of Man of the Match awards for Vernon Philander in Test cricket so far; the most by any South African since his debut. Only Rangana Herath (9) and Steven Smith (7) have received more Man of the Match awards in Test cricket since his debut in November 2011.

42 – Runs Alastair Cook has scored in this innings; only the 5th time in 17 Test innings at Trent Bridge, Cook has managed to go past 40. He averages 21.93 at the venue in Tests with just 1 fifty.

79 – Runs aggregated by England’s top 3 in this Test match; the fewest by them in a home Test since 1997 where they played both the innings. They collectively scored 73 runs at The Oval in 1997 against Australia.

338 – Runs aggregated by England in this Test match; the lowest by them in a home Test since 335 runs at Lord’s in 2005 Ashes.

340 – Margin of runs by which England lost this Test; the 2nd biggest margin of defeat in terms of runs for England at home in the last 20 years. They lost to Australia by 405 runs at Lord’s in 2015.

266 – England’s 2nd innings in this game lasted 266 balls; the 3rd shortest innings for them at home since 2002. They were bowled out in 203 balls at Leeds in 2009 and 222 balls in 2015 by Australia.

577 – Balls England played in this Test match; the lowest by them in a home Test since 2009 Ashes where they played 561 balls for losing their 20 wickets at Cardiff.

1973 – Last time a visiting left-arm spinner before Keshav Maharaj who picked up 3+ wickets in both the innings of a Test match in England was New Zealand’s Hedley Howarth in 1973.