Mohammad Shami and JJ Bumrah added unbeaten 89 runs for the ninth wicket in India’s second innings to provide the best partnership by Indian batsmen for the ninth wicket against England on away soil.

It is also the best stand for the ninth wicket by Indian batsmen against England at Lord’s. The previous best was 66 runs between N Kapil Dev and S Madanlal in Jun 1982. Thus Mohd Shami and JJ Bumrah rewrote the 39 year old partnership for the ninth wicket against England at Lord’s.

Mohd Shami scored 56 not out in India’s second innings to provide the 15^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against England while batting at number nine.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	J Yadav	104	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
2	S Abid Ali	71	2	Eng	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
3	SMH Kirmani	67	2	Eng	Delhi	23 Dec 1981
4	FM Engineer	65	1	Eng	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
5	B Kumar	63*	3	Eng	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
6	KS More	61*	1	Eng	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
7	A Kumble	58	2	Eng	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006
8	B Kumar	58	1	Eng	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
9	Mohd Shami	56*	3	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
10	J Yadav	55	2	Eng	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
11	Harbhajan Singh	54	1	Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
12	RG Nadkarni	52*	2	Eng	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964
13	J Srinath	52	1	Eng	Birmingham	06 Jun 1996
14	B Kumar	52	3	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
15	L Amar Singh	51	4	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932

It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against England while batting at number nine on away soil

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	S Abid Ali	71	2	Eng	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
2	B Kumar	63*	3	Eng	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
3	KS More	61*	1	Eng	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
4	B Kumar	58	1	Eng	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
5	Mohd Shami	56*	3	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
6	Harbhajan Singh	54	1	Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
7	J Srinath	52	1	Eng	Birmingham	06 Jun 1996
8	B Kumar	52	3	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
9	L Amar Singh	51	4	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against England while batting at number nine at Lord’s. It also represent the highest score by an Indian batsman batting at number against England at Lord’s.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohd Shami	56*	3	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
2	B Kumar	52	3	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
3	L Amar Singh	51	4	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932

Mohammad Shami’s 56 not out in this game represent his second fifty of his test career and also represent his highest individual score in a test innings.  The other occasion of his scoring a fifty was against England at Nottingham in Jul 2014. He had scored 51 not out in the first innings of this test which was his previous best test score.

JJ Bumrah’s 34 not out in this game represent his highest individual score  in a test innings. His previous best was 28 against England in the first test of this series. He had scored 28 at Nottingham

RJ Burns and DP Sibley of England scored ducks in England’s second  innings against India at Lord’s to provide the 56^th occasion of  both the openers scoring ducks in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the sixth occasion of both the England openers scoring ducks in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	0	Start Date
1	Eng	1	NZl	Ch’church	2	24 Mar 1933
2	Eng	3	Pak	Hyd-Pak	2	16 Mar 1973
3	Eng	2	Aus	Perth	2	14 Dec 1979
4	Eng	3	Win	Kingston	2	21 Feb 1986
5	Eng	4	Pak	Faisalabad	2	20 Nov 2005
6	Eng	4	Ind	Lord’s	2	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the eighth occasion of both the openers scoring ducks in an innings against India in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	0	Start Date
1	Win	3	Ind	Kanpur	2	12 Dec 1958
2	Win	2	Ind	Mumbai	2	01 Dec 1978
3	Win	2	Ind	Trinidad	2	11 Mar 1983
4	Zim	3	Ind	Delhi	2	18 Nov 2000
5	Ban	1	Ind	Dhaka	2	24 Jan 2010
6	Srl	3	Ind	Galle	2	12 Aug 2015
7	Win	3	Ind	Hyd-RGS	2	12 Oct 2018
8	Eng	4	Ind	Lord’s	2	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the fourth occasion of both the openers scoring ducks in an innings at Lord’s in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first such occasion by England openers at Lord’s.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	0	Start Date
1	SAF	2	Eng	Lord’s	2	23 Jun 1955
2	NZl	4	Eng	Lord’s	2	24 Jul 1986
3	NZl	4	Eng	Lord’s	2	21 May 2015
4	Eng	4	Ind	Lord’s	2	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the ninth occasion of both the openers scoring ducks in an innings on English soil in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first such occasion by England openers on home soil.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	0	Start Date
1	Aus	3	Eng	Manchester	2	30 Aug 1888
2	Win	3	Eng	Manchester	2	21 Jul 1928
3	Ind	3	Eng	Leeds	2	05 Jun 1952
4	SAF	2	Eng	Lord’s	2	23 Jun 1955
5	Pak	3	Eng	Leeds	2	26 Aug 1982
6	NZl	4	Eng	Lord’s	2	24 Jul 1986
7	NZl	4	Eng	Lord’s	2	21 May 2015
8	Aus	1	Eng	Nottingham	2	06 Aug 2015
9	Eng	4	Ind	Lord’s	2	12 Aug 2021

SM Curran collected a pair in this test to provide the 99^th occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket JJ Anderson also collected a pair in this test to provide the 100^th occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket.

SM Curran and JJ Anderson collected a pair in this test to provide the 46^th and 47th occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket on home soil.

SM Curran and JJ Anderson collected a pair in this test to provide the ninth and tenth occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket against India. It also provides the fourth and fifth occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair in the annals of test cricket on home soil.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flintoff	0	0	Ind	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
2	CT Tremlett	0	0	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
3	BA Stokes	0	0	Ind	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
4	JM Anderson	0	0	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
5	SM Curran	0	0	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

SM Curran and JM Anderson collected a pair in the just concluded Lord’s test against England to provide the 52^nd occasion of two or more batsmen collecting a pair in a test in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the fifth occasion of two or more England batsmen collecting a pair in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Amiss	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
	GG Arnold	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
	DL Underwood	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
2	JP Crawley	Eng	Aus	Perth	03 Feb 1995
	PAJ DeFreitas	Eng	Aus	Perth	03 Feb 1995
3	MA Atherton	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	25 Nov 1999
	GM Hamilton	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	25 Nov 1999
4	ESH Giddins	Eng	Win	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000
	GA Hick	Eng	Win	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000
5	JM Anderson	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the third occasion of two or more batsmen collecting a pair in a test against India in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
	GF Labrooy	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
	RJ Ratnayake	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
2	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
	SK Warne	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
3	JM Anderson	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the second occasion of two or more batsmen collecting a pair in a test at Lord’s in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Kuldeep Yadav	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	09 Aug 2018
	M Vijay	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	09 Aug 2018
2	JM Anderson	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the second occasion of two or more England batsmen collecting a pair in a test on English soil in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ESH Giddins	Eng	Win	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000
	GA Hick	Eng	Win	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000
2	JM Anderson	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JM Anderson collected a pair in the just concluded test against India at Lord’s. This pair represents his third pair in tests. He became the 23^rd batsman to collect the pair on three or more occasions in the annals of test cricket.

JM Anderson became the fifth England batsman to collect the pair on three or more occasions in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flintoff	Eng	SAF	Leeds	06 Aug 1998
	A Flintoff	Eng	Ind	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
	A Flintoff	Eng	Win	St John’s	15 Feb 2009
2	DE Malcolm	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	05 Jul 1990
	DE Malcolm	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
	DE Malcolm	Eng	Aus	The Oval	21 Aug 1997
3	DL Underwood	Eng	Win	Leeds	04 Aug 1966
	DL Underwood	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
	DL Underwood	Eng	Win	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
4	JM Anderson	Eng	Srl	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
	JM Anderson	Eng	Ind	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
	JM Anderson	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
5	R Peel	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
	R Peel	Eng	Aus	Sydney	01 Feb 1895
	R Peel	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1896

India won this test by 151 runs to provide its 35^th win by 150 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	337 runs	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
2	India	won	321 runs	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
3	India	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
4	India	won	318 runs	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
5	India	won	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
6	India	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
7	India	won	280 runs	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
8	India	won	279 runs	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
9	India	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
10	India	won	272 runs	NZl	Auckland	07 Mar 1968
11	India	Won	259 runs	Srl	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
12	India	won	257 runs	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
13	India	won	255 runs	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
14	India	won	246 runs	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
15	India	won	237 runs	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
16	India	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
17	India	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
18	India	won	216 runs	NZl	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
19	India	won	212 runs	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
20	India	won	208 runs	Ban	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
21	India	won	203 runs	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
22	India	won	203 runs	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
23	India	won	197 runs	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
24	India	won	195 runs	Pak	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
25	India	won	188 runs	Srk	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
26	India	won	187 runs	Eng	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
27	India	won	179 runs	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
28	India	won	178 runs	NZl	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
29	India	won	172 runs	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
30	India	won	172 runs	NZl	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988
31	India	won	171 runs	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
32	India	won	170 runs	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
33	India	won	162 runs	NZl	Mumbai	10 Nov 1976
34	India	won	153 runs	Aus	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
35	India	won	151 runs	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

India won this test by 151 runs to provide its sixth win by 150 plus runs margin against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
2	India	won	279 runs	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
3	India	won	246 runs	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
4	India	won	203 runs	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
5	India	won	187 runs	Eng	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
6	India	won	151 runs	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

India won this test by 151 runs to provide its third win against England at Lord’s. All such wins are tabulated below.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	005 wkts	Eng	Lord’s	05 Jun 1986
2	India	won	095 runs	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
3	India	won	151 runs	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

India carved its 30^th win against England when it won the Lord’s test by 151 runs. It also provides eighth win against England in England

India posted its 163^rd win when it won the Lord’s test by 151 runs. This win also represents its 54^th win on away soil