Mohammad Shami’s wicket in India’s first innings fetched SJC Broad an aggregate of 550 wickets in tests. He became the sixth bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 550 plus wickets. The following table lists all the six bowlers {Stats as at the end of the third day of the Birmingham test between England and India on 03.07.22}

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	Muralidaran	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	JM Anderson	Eng	172	320	37047	17305	657
4	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
5	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
6	SCJ Broad	Eng	156	288	31547	15482	551

SJC Broad became the third pace bowler in the history of test cricket to capture 550 plus wickets after JM Anderson {657} and GD McGrath {563}

Birmingham test witnessed the unique incident of two pace bowlers with 550 plus wickets to their credit sharing the new ball.  JM Anderson {656} and SJC Broad {550} shared the new ball in India’s second innings.

JM Bairstow of England scored his fifth test century – 106 – in the calendar year 2022 when he scored 106 against India in the ongoing test at Birmingham. His five centuries in the calendar year 2022 are listed below.

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	113	2	Aus	Sydney	05 Jan 2022
2	140	1	Win	North Sound	8 Mar 2022
3	136	4	NZl	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022
4	162	2	NZl	Leeds	23 Jun 2022
5	106	2	Ind	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022

JM Bairstow’s feat of scoring five centuries in calendar year 2022 provides the 55^th occasion of a batsman scoring five or more centuries in a calendar year in the history of test cricket.

It also provides the eighth occasion of an England batsman scoring five or more centuries in a calendar year in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	Year
1	DCS Compton	Eng	5	6	1	849	208	6	1947
2	DL Amiss	Eng	5	5	1	925	262*	5	1974
3	MP Vaughan	Eng	6	6	0	929	197	6	2002
4	KP Pietersen	Eng	5	5	0	640	152	5	2008
5	AN Cook	Eng	5	5	2	775	235*	5	2010
6	IR Bell	Eng	5	5	2	731	235	5	2011
7	JE Root	Eng	6	6	1	1042	228	6	2021
8	JM Bairstow	Eng	5	5	0	657	162	5	2022

JM Bairstow’s 106 in this game provide the 896^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 126^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in a test innings.

It also provides the 47^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in a test innings at Birmingham. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in a test innings at Birmingham.

It also provides the 486th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil. It also provides the 76th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in a test innings on home soil.

JM Bairstow became the tenth England batsman to appear in ten or more tests against India on home soil. He has an aggregate of 520 runs against India on home soil. He became the 18^th England batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs against India on home soil.

By remaining not out on 6 in England’s first innings, JM Anderson has remained not out on 105 occasions. He owns the record for most not outs by a batsman in the annals of test cricket and remains the only batsman to remain not out on 100 plus occasions in the annals of test cricket.

CA Pujara scored 50 not out at the end of the third day’s play in this test to provide his 51^st fifty of his test career. It also represents his 33^rd half century of his test career.

It also represents his 22^nd fifty of his test career on away soil. It also represents his 14th half century of his test career on away soil.

CA Pujara scored 50 not out at the end of the third day’s play in this test to provide his twelfth fifty against England his test career. It also represents his seventh half century of his test career against England.

It also represents his sixth fifty of his test career against England on away soil. It also represents his fifth half century of his test career against England on away soil.

V Kohli’s run aggregate against England at the end of India’s second innings read 1991. He stands third in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most runs against England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2535} and SM Gavaskar {2483}

V Kohli’s run aggregate against England at the end of India’s second innings on away soil read 976. He stands fourth in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most runs against England in England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1575}, R Dravid {1376} and SM Gavaskar {1152}

V Kohli’s second innings in this test represent his 100^th innings on away soil. He became the seventh Indian batsmen to play 100 plus innings on away soil. The following table lists all the seven batsmen. He also became the 33^rd batsman to play 100 innings on away soil in the annals of test cricket.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
1	Tendulkar	106	176	17	8705	248*	54.74
2	R Dravid	093	164	21	7667	270	53.61
3	VVS Laxman	077	134	16	5014	178	42.49
4	Gavaskar	060	106	09	5055	221	52.11
5	Vengsarkar	062	105	09	3143	157	32.73
6	SC Ganguly	063	104	07	4032	147	41.56
7	V Kohli	055	100	02	4170	200	42.55

RR Pant’s run aggregate as at the end of the third day’s play of this test read 2096 as a wicket keeper batsman. He became the fourth Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs. Others are – MS Dhoni {4876}, SMH Kirmani {2759} and FM Engineer {2611}

RR Pant’s run aggregate as at the end of the third day’s play of this test read 1412 as a wicket keeper batsman on away soil. He now occupies the second place in the list of Indian wicket keeper batsmen who have scored most runs on away soil. The first place is occupied by MS Dhoni who has an aggregate of 2496 runs.

RR Pant has an aggregate of 484 runs as a wicket keeper batsman against England in England. He needs 16 more runs for his 500 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian wicket keeper batsman to score 500 plus runs against England in England. Others are – MS Dhoni {778} and FM Engineer {563}.