Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson (Ian Kington/AFP)


Who says fate doesn’t have a sense of humour? The pair that had a run-in at Trent Bridge were then the principal figures in a crucial run-out at Lord’s. Jimmy Anderson nudged the ball to the offside, called for a single, and was run out by a direct hit from Ravindra Jadeja to give India victory.

Here are some statistics that present a telling picture of the second Test at Lord’s between India and England.


Mahendra Singh Dhoni v Alastair Cook (Paul Ellis/AFP)


49.1% Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India have won 27, lost 14 and drawn 14 out of 55 played, a winning percentage of 49.1. Under Alastair Cook, England has won nine, lost eight and drawn eight out of 25 contested, a winning percentage of 36%.

28 years India’s last win at Lord’s came 28 years ago. This is India’s first win overseas in 15 Test matches.

272 Dhoni moved to fifth in the list of all-time wicketkeeping dismissals, with 272.

Hat-trick of 50s Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the first player to have three 50+ scores in a single Test series while batting anywhere between number 9 and number 11. He also got 6 for 82 in the first innings, which makes this the first time that two Indian bowlers have taken six wickets or more in a single Test match.


Ben Stokes after his dismissal for a duck (Ian Kington/AFP)


Dirty Dozen England have lost 12 wickets against short balls in 4 Tests this summer, at an average of 18.5.

100+ Root averages more than a century in Tests against India: 326 runs in five innings, at an average of 108.7.

Hat-trick of Ducks Ben Stokes has three to his name, and they’ve all come in this series. Since he scored 70 against Australia in the Perth one-day international on January 24, Ben Stokes has recorded the following scores in international cricket: 0, 5, 5, 4, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0 & 0.

344; 28 It’s been 344 days since England last won a Test and 28 years since England lost two home series in one summer.


Ishant Sharma celebrating a wicket (Ian Kington/AFP)


First Time This is Ishant Sharma’s first five-wicket haul in a winning cause. He has taken six five-wicket hauls in Test matches.

Repeat Offender Sharma’s figures of 7-135 in the Lord’s Test included a first innings return of 61 runs for 0 wickets. Three years ago, at the same venue, Ishant’s first innings tally was also 0 wickets for 59 runs. He ended up taking four wickets in the second innings, again in a hostile burst after lunch.