TM Head of Australia collected a pair in the just concluded test against West Indies at Briabane. He was dismissed by the first ball in both innings in this test. He became the 24^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below

TM Head of Australia collected a pair in the just concluded test against West Indies at Brisbane..He was dismissed by the first ball in both innings in this test. He became the third Australian batsman in the annals of test cricket to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below

TM Head of Australia collected a pair in the just concluded test against West Indies at Brisbane..He was dismissed by the first ball in both innings in this test. He became the second  batsman in the annals of test cricket to suffer such an ignominy in a test against West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below

RA Jadeja was dismissed for 87 in India’s first innings. He was playing his 100^th test innings. He made it memorable by scoring the highest score in India’s first innings.

RA Jadeja became the 26^th Indian cricketer to play 100 test innings. At the end of his innings, he has played 69 tests, remained not out on 21 occasions, has an aggregate of 2891 runs, has scored three centuries and  20 half centuries. He was dismissed without scoring on seven occasions. His highest score is 175 not out against Sri Lanka at Mohali in Mar 2022.

R Ashwin captured two wickets in England’s second innings at the end of third day’s play which fetched him an aggregate of 495 wickets and 342 wickets on home soil

OJ Pope scored 148 not out in England’s second innings at the close of third day’s play to provide the 129^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India. It also provides the 51^st occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in India.

OJ Pope scored 148 not out in England’s second innings at the close of third day’s play to provide the 35th occasion of a n England batsman scoring a century against India in its second innings. It also provides the 15th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in India in its second innings.

England posted 316 for 6 in its second innings at the close of third day’s play to provide the 19^th occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in its second innings against India.

England posted 316 for 6 in its second innings at the close of third day’s play to provide the seventh occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in its second innings against India in India

R Ashwin captured two wickets in England’s second innings at the end of third day’s play which fetched him an aggregate of 93 wickets against England. He now stands in the second place amongst the bowlers who have captured most wickets against England. BS Chandrashekhar with 95 wickets to his credit occupies the first place. R Ashwin went past A Kumble who had an aggregate of 92 wickets against England to occupy the second place.

R Ashwin’s two wickets fetched him an aggregate of 164 wickets when he shared the new ball as a spinner. He was bowling in his 50^th test innings in this capacity. He became the first bowler in the annals of cricket to bowl in 50 innings as a spinner sharing the new ball.

India had a first innings lead of 175 runs over England’s total of 246 runs. India ended the second day’s play with the score of 421 for the loss of seven wickets

TM Hartley returned with figures of 2 for 131 at the end of second day’s play to provide the 275th occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs on his test debut. It also provides the 61^st occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs runs on his test debut

TM Hartley returned with figures of 2 for 131 at the end of second day’s play to provide the 41st occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs on his test debut against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs runs on his test debut against India.

TM Hartley returned with figures of 2 for 131 at the end of second day’s play to provide the 19th occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs on his test debut on away soil. It also provides the fourth occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs runs on his test debut on away soil

TM Hartley returned with figures of 2 for 131 at the end of second day’s play to provide the 113th occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs on his test debut as a spin bowler sharing the new ball. It also provides the 30th occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs on his test debut as a spin bowler sharing the new ball.

TM Hartley returned with figures of 2 for 131 at the end of second day’s play to provide the eleventh occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs on his test debut against India as a spin bowler sharing the new ball. It also provides the second occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs on his test debut against India as a spin bowler sharing the new ball. The other bowler was NV Radford who had figures of 35.0-0-131-2 at Birmingham in July 1986.

It is interesting to note that TM Hartley and NV Radford have conceded identical runs for the identical wickets – 131 runs and two wickets.

TM Hartley became the seventh England bowler to concede 100 plus runs on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

By coincidence we find the seven Indian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs on test debut against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained three half centuries – YBK Jaiswal {80}, KL Rahul {86} and RA Jadeja {81 not out} to provide the 22^nd occasion of three Indian batsman scoring half centuries in an innings against England

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained three half centuries – YBK Jaiswal {80}, KL Rahul {86} and RA Jadeja {81 not out} to provide the 13^th occasion of three Indian batsman scoring half centuries in an innings against England on home soil.

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained three half centuries – YBK Jaiswal {80}, KL Rahul {86} and RA Jadeja {81 not out} to provide the third occasion of three Indian batsman scoring runs between 75 and 99 in an innings against England. The other two occasions were at Nottingham in a Jul 2007 and at The Oval in Aug 2007.

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained three half centuries – YBK Jaiswal {80}, KL Rahul {86} and RA Jadeja {81 not out} to provide the first occasion of three Indian batsman scoring runs between 75 and 99 in an innings against England on home soil.

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained the first six batsmen scoring double figures to provide the 31st occasion of first Indian batsman scoring double figures in an innings against England.

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained the first six batsmen scoring double figures to provide the 16th occasion of first Indian batsman scoring double figures in an innings against England on home soil.

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained the seven batsmen scoring double figures to provide the 40^th occasion of seven Indian batsman scoring double figures in an innings against England.

Indian innings of 421 for 7 at the close of the second day’s play contained the seven batsmen scoring double figures to provide the 23rd occasion of seven Indian batsman scoring double figures in an innings against England on home soil.

YBK Jaiswal scored 80 in this game to provide the 22^nd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring runs between 75 and 99 in an innings against England.

YBK Jaiswal scored 80 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring runs between 75 and 99 in an innings against England on home soil.

England won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 29th occasion of England doing so against India in India

England won the toss and elected to bat first in this test and was dismissed all out for 246 to provide the 26th occasion of England dismissed all our in first innings when it had won the toss and batted first against India in India

England capped TM Hartley for this game. He became the 44^th England cricketer to make his test debut against India in India. He also became the 85^th cricketer to make his test against India.

England capped TM Hartley for this game. He became the 706^th cricketer to represent England in tests. He also became the 318^th cricketer to represent England in away tests.

R Ashwin’s three wickets in this game fetched him 497 wickets in tests. It also fetched him 340 wickets on home soil.

R Ashwin’s three wickets in this game fetched him 91 wickets in tests against England. It also fetched him 77 wickets on home soil against England

BA Stokes scored 70 in England’s first innings to provide the 33^rd occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against India in India. It also provides the 66^th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against India.

RA Jadeja’s three wickets in the first innings of this test fetched him 278 wickets in tests. It also fetched him 197 wickets on home soil

RA Jadeja’s three wickets in the first innings of this test fetched him 54 wickets in tests against England. It also fetched him 32 wickets on home soil against England

BA Stokes was dismissed bowled for 70 in this game to provide the 33^rd occasion of his dismissed bowled in a test innings. It also provides the 18^th occasion of his dismissed bowled in a test innings on away soil.

BA Stokes was dismissed bowled for 70 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of his dismissed bowled in a test innings after scoring a fifty. It also provides the second occasion of his dismissed bowled in a test innings on away soil after scoring a fifty.

BA Stokes was dismissed bowled for 70 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of his dismissed bowled in a test innings after scoring a half century. He became the third England batsmen to be dismissed bowled after scoring a half century. Others are – L Hutton {11} and BH Hendren {10}

JM Bairstow was dismissed bowled by AR Patel for 37 in England’s first innings to provide the eighth occasion of his dismissed bowled in a test innings against India. He now shares the record for England batsmen dismissed bowled on most occasions against India with AN Cook.

TM Hartley shared the new ball in India’s innings to provide the 40^th occasion of a spin bowler sharing the new ball on his test debut. He also became the fourth bowler to perform such a feat against India.

TM Hartley shared the new ball in India’s innings to provide the 13^th occasion of a spin bowler sharing the new ball on his test debut on away soil. He also became the fourth bowler to perform such a feat against India in India

TM Hartley shared the new ball in India’s innings to provide the twelfth occasion of an England spin bowler sharing the new ball on his test debut. He also became the England’s first bowler to perform such a feat against India.

The previous occasion of an England bowler sharing the new ball on his test debut was JC White in 1921 – 103 years back. He had shared the new ball in both innings on his test debut against Australia at Melbourne in July 1921.

TM Hartley shared the new ball in India’s innings to provide the sixth occasion of an England spin bowler sharing the new ball on his test debut on away soil. He also became the England’s first bowler to perform such a feat against India in India

The previous occasion of an England bowler sharing the new ball on his test debut on away soil was LC Braund in 1901 – 123 years back. He had shared the new ball in both innings on his test debut against Australia at Sydney in December 1901