England thrash Pakistan at Lord's, seal Test series: Key stats
What's the story
England thrashed Pakistan by 194 runs in the second Test at Lord's, securing an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The victory marked a successful start to Joe Root's second stint as captain. On a pitch heavily favoring bowlers, England set Pakistan a daunting target of 389 runs after extending their lead by 32 runs on day four. Pakistan fell for 194 runs in the 4th innings.
Summary
How did the match pan out?
England scored 290 in the 1st innings with fifties from Jordan Cox and Jamie Smith.
Gus Atkinson scored a fine 45 as well.
For Pakistan, Mohammad Abbas claimed 4 scalps whereas Mohammad Ali picked 3.
In response, Pakistan saw Imam-ul-Haq fail to bat with an injury and collapsed for 110.
Ollie Robinson claimed 4 scalps for England whereas Jofra Archer picked 3.
England then managed 208 in the 3rd innings. Dan Lawrence was the lone half-centurion as Abbas picked up a five-wicket haul.
Pakistan then faltered in the 4th innings. Saud Shakeel scored a fighting 97 whereas Robinson picked 4 scalps.
Numbers
Contrasting records for England and Pakistan
As per Cricbuzz, Joe Root now owns the most wins as England captain versus Asian teams.
Most wins as England captain vs Asian teams
15* - Joe Root (25 matches)
14 - Andrew Strauss (22 matches)
12 - AlastairCook (30 matches)
Pakistan played the 2nd-fewest balls in a Test (for 20 wickets) at Lord's against England (529 balls).
Pakistan had earlier faced 419 balls at Lord's in 2010.