Anderson and Broad pass 700, Philander gets Cook again

703 Wickets between James Anderson and Stuart Broad in the 92 Tests they played together. They became the second fast bowling pair, and fourth pair overall, to take 700 or more wickets between them. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath lead with 1001 wickets in 104 Tests whereas Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh are the most prolific fast bowling pair with 762 scalps in 95 games together.

4/4 Anderson's figures at the start of second day. He claimed all the remaining wickets of South Africa's first innings. He delivered 20 balls and there was only one scoring shot (a four). He had picked only 1 for 68 from his 20 overs on first day. He also removed Heino Kuhn early in the second innings in the final session.

9 England have lost all the last nine Tests in which they faced deficit of over 100 runs after batting second.

19.79 Gary Ballance's average in his last 13 Tests. He has scored only 475 runs from 24 innings with just two fifties. In his first 10 Tests, he had amassed 1010 runs at average of 67.93 with four centuries and five fifties. He has made starts in this series, scoring 20, 34 and 27, but hasn't capitalised.

5 Number of times Vernon Philander has dismissed Alastair Cook, the most has he got any batsman in Tests. Cook has averaged just 10.40 per dismissal against Philander. Among all bowlers who dismissed Cook three or more times only Stuart Clark has a better average: 7.00 dismissing him five times.

2013 Last time England lost their last four wickets for less than ten runs in an innings at home. They slid from 199 for 6 to 205 all out in their first innings. The last such instance at home was also at Trent Bridge in the 2013 Ashes, losing four wickets for two runs.

7 Number of five-wicket hauls for Anderson at Trent Bridge. He doesn't have more than four such hauls at any other venue and no other bowler has taken more than four five-fors at Trent Bridge. In nine Tests at the venue, he has picked 58 wickets at average of 18.82.

2003 Last time Anderson picked a five-for against South Africa at home. That was also at Trent Bridge. Since then in 10 home Tests against them, he had not taken more than three wickets in any of the innings.