8 Number of England batsmen who had made 250 or more in a Test innings in England before Joe Root. Roots is the ninth highest score by an England batsman in Tests at home. Alastair Cook was the previous batsman to hit 250-plus in a home Test, against India at Edgbaston in 2011. Overall Roots was the 16th instance of an England batsman making a 250-plus score in Tests.1957 Last time an England No. 3 made a higher score than Roots 254. Tom Graveney made 258 against West Indies in the first innings at Trent Bridge. Besides Graveneys, there is only one instance when an England No. 3 has made more runs than Root in an innings: Wally Hammond made an unbeaten 336 against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932-33. Roots is only the fourth instance of a 250-plus score by an England No. 3 in Tests. Click here for a list of the highest scores by Englands No. 3 batsmen.236 Roots previous highest in first-class matches, which had come against Derbyshire in 2013. His highest in Tests before this innings was 200, which he made against Sri Lanka at Lords in 2014. This was Roots fifth double hundred in first-class cricket.1964 Last and the only time an England batsman hit a double-hundred at Old Trafford. Ken Barrington stroked 256 in Englands first innings of the Ashes Test. Overall, Roots is the third-highest individual score at this venue. Bob Simpson amassed 311 in Australias first innings in the same Ashes Test in 1964.2 Number of scores by England batsmen higher than Roots in Tests against Pakistan. Denis Comptons 278 at Trent Bridge in 1954 is the highest. Cook made 263 in Abu Dhabi last year. Overall Roots was only the fourth double hundred by an England batsman in Tests against Pakistan. Ted Dexters 205 in Karachi in 1961-62 is the other double century. Roots 254 is also the fourth-highest score by a No. 3 batsman in Tests against Pakistan.258 Runs by Root in his first ten innings at No. 3 in Tests. He had made just one fifty - an 87 at the Adelaide Oval in the 2013-14 Ashes - and had averaged 28.66 at that position. He fell just four runs short of doubling that tally in this innings and now averages 51.20 at No. 3.1 Number of times England have posted a higher total in a Test against Pakistan. They had declared at 598 for 9 in their first innings in Abu Dhabi last year. This is also the fourth-highest total by any team in a Tests at Old Trafford.2 Number of times Pakistan have conceded a total higher than Englands 589 in a Test outside Asia. West Indies made 790 for 3 declared in the famous Test in Jamaica in 1957-58. More recently, South Africa had made 620 for 7 declared in their first innings of the Cape Town Test in 2002-03.8.57 Chris Woakes bowling average in this series up to the end of second days play at Old Trafford. Woakes has taken 14 wickets and has conceded runs at an economy of 2.50. In his first eight Tests, he had taken 16 wickets at an ordinary average of 41.25. Woakes has contributed with the bat as well: he has made 116 runs at an average of 58.00 in this series. The difference between Woakes batting average and bowling average in this series is currently the sixth highest for any England player who has taken at least 10 wickets and scored 100 or more runs in any Test series.3 Number of instances when a Pakistan bowler has conceded more runs in a Test innings than Yasir Shahs 213 runs in England first innings. The top two entries in this list came in the same Test when Khan Mohammad and Fazal Mahmood conceded 259 and 247 in West Indies first innings in that aforementioned Jamaica Test in 1957-58. Saqlain Mushtaq conceded 237 runs in South Africas first innings the Cape Town Test in 2002-03.189 Most runs conceded by a bowler in a Test innings at Old Trafford before Yasir Shah in Englands first innings - Bill OReilly conceded 189 runs in the 1934 Ashes Test. 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