England v India Number Cruncher: Moeen Ali spins a web of records

Southampton: Statistical highlights on the fifth day of the third cricket Test between India and England. - Jos Buttler (85 off 83 balls + 6 catches) is the third wicketkeeper to take five catches or more and post a fifty on Test debut. Sri Lanka’s Chamara Dunusinghe and Australia’s Adam Gilchrist were the first two to accomplish the all-round feat. [caption id=“attachment_1643827” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Moeen Ali celebrates after dismissing Mohammed Shami during the third Test against India at the Rose Bowl. Reuters[/caption] - Chamara Dunusinghe, Alan Knott, Brian Taber and Chris Read are the only four wicketkeepers to have taken seven catches in a Test match on debut. - Ajinkya Rahane has recorded his fourth Test fifty - his second against England. He has amassed 270 runs at an average of 54.00 in three Tests. His aggregate is the second highest by an Indian batsman in the present series, behind the 364 (ave.660.66) by Murali Vijay. - Rahane has posted a fifty in each innings of a Test match for the second time - 51 not out & 96 against South Africa at Durban in December 2013 and 54 & an unbeaten 52 against England at Southampton in July 2014. - Rahane became the fourth number five batsman from India to register two fifty-plus innings in an overseas Test. He has joined Sourav Ganguly (thrice), Polly Umrigar (twice) and Rusi Surti. - England’s 266-run magnificent win is their third highest against India - the highest two are - by 319 runs at Trent Bridge in 2011 and by 279 runs at Leeds in 1986. - England’s aforesaid win is their 28th (lost six and drawn 21) out of 55 Tests contested against India in England. In all, they have won 41, lost 21 and drawn 48 out of 110 contested against India - success % 37.27. - Cook’s aggregate of 3890 (ave.58.93) in 43 Tests is an England record in Test wins. - Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India have won three, lost seven and drawn three out of 13 contested - losing % 53.84. - The seven losses suffered by Dhoni is the highest by any captain in England-India Tests. - England have produced a win after failing to record a single Test victory in previous ten games. - Moeen Ali (6/67) has recorded his first instance of five wickets in an innings in Tests, eclipsing the 3 for 105 vs India at Nottingham in the present rubber. - Moeen has claimed eight wickets for 129 runs - his best figures in a Test match. He became the fifth England spinner to register a five-wicket haul in a Test innings against India at home. Ray llingworth is the only England bowler to register two such instances - 6/29 at Lord’s in 1967 and 5 for 70 at The Oval in 1971. - Ali’s above performance is the second best by an England spinner in a Test innings against India in England behind the 6 for 29 by Ray Illingworth at Lord’s in 1967. - Ali has captured 15 wickets in the present rubber - the seventh occasion when a spinner has taken 15 wickets or more in a series against India outside the sub-continent. - West Indian, Jack Noreiga was the last spinner to claim 15 wickets or more in a Test series against India outside the sub-continent - 17 (ave.29.00) in four Tests in 1970-71. - Bhuvneshwar Kumar, having faced 481 balls in the series, has established a record by number nine batsman in a Test series. - Mohammed Shami has posted his third duck in Tests. - James Anderson has captured Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s wicket six times in 17 tests - the most occasions a bowler has dismissed him. - Anderson has received his seventh Man of the Match award in Tests - his third against India. - Anderson has got two Man of the Match award in a Test series for the first time. PTI