T P SPIN ON THE TEST

ENGLAND’S second-innings 81 was their lowest total in 125 Tests against India, undercutting 101 at the Oval in 1971.

THE last time England were bowled out for fewer than 200 in five successive Test innings was in the 19th century, when — across three series against Australia between January 1887 and July 1888 — they were dismissed for 45, 184, 151, 154, 113, 137, 53 and 62.

THIS was the first two-day Test England have played in since beating West Indies at Headingley in 2000 — and the first to involve all four innings since they lost to Australia by 10 wickets at Trent Bridge in 1921.

In terms of deliveries (830), it was the shortest completed Test since England beat West Indies in 672 balls at Bridgetown in 1935.

JOE Root’s career-best five for eight were the best Test figures by an England captain since 1982, when Bob Willis took six for 101 against New Zealand at Lord’s. Only Gubby Allen and Arthur Gilligan have done better.

EIGHT runs are also the fewest any Test spinner has conceded while taking a five-for, beating Australian Tim May’s five for 9 against West Indies at Adelaide in 1992-93.

WHEN Ravi Ashwin trapped Jofra Archer for a duck, he became the second-quickest bowler to take 400 Test wickets, in just his 77th game. Only Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, who needed only 72 Tests, got there quicker.

WHEN Ishant Sharma, playing his 100th Test, launched Jack Leach over long-off it was his first six in nearly 14 years as an international cricketer. Only Glenn McGrath, whose first six came in his 102nd Test, has taken longer to clear the ropes.

LATER, Leach hit his first six too, launching Axar Patel down the ground — this is only his 15th Test.

THIS was the first time in James Anderson’s 159-Test career that he hasn’t taken a wicket or scored a run in a match (excluding 2009’s abandoned Test against West Indies in Antigua).