In the runs How hosts set records in first innings

Alastair Cook led the hosts from the front yesterday, breaking one record and moving up the order for plenty of others.

Most Test runs at Edgbaston

1. Alastair Cook 856

2. David Gower 767

3. Colin Cowdrey 737

4. Marcus Trescothick 670

5. Michael Atherton 664

Most Test double centuries by an Englishman

1. Wally Hammond 7 2= Len Hutton 4 2= Alastair Cook 4 3 Kevin Pietersen 3

Most consecutive Test appearances

1. Alan Border (Aus) 153

2. Alastair Cook (Eng) 143* Cook is on track to beat Border’s record in England’s second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch next April.

Most Test runs

1. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 15,921

2. Ricky Ponting (Aus) 13,378

3. Jacques Kallis (SA) 13,289

4. Rahul Dravid (Ind) 13,288

5. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 12,400

6. Brian Lara (WI) 11,953

7. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) 11,867

8. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) 11,814

9. Alastair Cook (Eng) 11,325

10. Allan Border (Aus) 11,174

Cook passed Border’s record during this Test and will hope to move into the top six if he is successful in the remainder of this tour and the upcoming Ashes series in Australia.