England's Jordan Cox hammers his 3rd fifty in Tests: Stats
What's the story
England humbled Pakistan in the third and final Test match at Edgbaston on Saturday to seal the three-match series by a 3-0 margin. Chasing a fourth innings target of 130 on Day 4, England were 0/2 at one stage. Jordan Cox and Joe Root steadied the ship and an unbeaten 130-run stand for the 3rd wicket helped England win by eight wickets.
Knock
Cox and Root help England in 130-run chase
England lost openers Ben Duckett and Emilio Gay in the 1st over to be 0/2.
Mohammad Abbas accounted for both dismissals.
However, Cox and Root then took over and played a solid brand of cricket to take the steam out of Pakistan bowlers.
England scored at over 5 runs an over with Root leading the show (62*).
Cox scored 59* runs off 76 balls.
Runs
Cox hits his 3rd fifty of the series
After scoring 4 runs in England's 1st innings, Cox returned with 59* in the 2nd.
He has amassed 254 runs from 4 matches at 42.33.
Notably, all three of his fifties came in this series.
Across three matches against Pakistan, he scored 202 runs from 5 innings at 50.5, as per Cricinfo.
From 67 First-Class matches (107 innings), Cox has scored 4,347 runs at 43-plus. He smashed his 17th fifty (100s: 12).