England claim remarkable and record-setting victory in Multan

In arguably the greatest turnaround in Test history, England have stormed to an innings victory over Pakistan in Multan.

Reflected by a barely-believable scorecard, England recovered from conceding 556 in the first innings, compiling 823/7 declared, before bowling Pakistan out for 222 on day five, leaving Pakistan 47 runs short of forcing the tourists to bat a second time.

Pakistan v England Scorecard

England strode out on the final day knowing just three wickets would be required with Pakistan tailender Abrar Ahmed absent due to illness. Aamer Jamal compiled a gritty half-century, though he lost overnight partner Salman Ali Agha (63), putting a further dent in Pakistan's outside chance of salvaging a draw.

Jamal had a reprieve when stand-in England skipper Ollie Pope dropped a chance off the bowling of debutant Brydon Carse, with Shaheen Afridi opting to counter-attack in a bid to force a second England innings.

The late flurry proved futile however, with Shaheen (10) and Naseem Shah (6) falling in successive overs to consign Pakistan to a sixth straight defeat in the format.

Whilst there is plenty of work to do still for England, the team's World Test Championship aspirations received a boost with victory, with their best possible points percentage of 57.95% keeping them at least mathematically alive for the Final at Lord's next year.

Lastest World Test Championship Standings

Statisticians and record-keepers of the game were kept on the toes in the Test match, with historic feats and lists topped and challenged across the five days.

All the records and numbers from Multan

England became the first team to ever take a first innings lead of over 200 runs after conceding over 550 in the first innings. By contrast, Pakistan became the first team to lose a Test match by an innings after scoring over 500 runs in the first innings.

England's 823/7d is the fourth-highest Test innings total of all time, the highest in the 21st century and highest total by any team in Pakistan, with the previous highest being 765/6 by Pakistan against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2009.

Harry Brook's 317 is the highest score by a batter away from home at No.5 or below in Test cricket. In terms of the No.5 batting position or lower at home and away, only Michael Clarke's 329* against India in the same position at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2012 betters Brook's knock.

Brook made the second-fastest triple-century in Test cricket where records are known (after Virender Sehwag’s 278-ball effort against South Africa in 2008), though he became the only batter to score centuries in all of his first four Test matches in Pakistan. Brook joined Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, David Warner and Kane Williamson to make four centuries in consecutive Test matches against Pakistan.

Joe Root (12664) meanwhile became the most prolific run scorer for England in Test cricket, passing Alastair Cook's 12472, and also moving to outright sixth in the men's Test century list (35), passing Younis Khan, Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara and Mahela Jayawardena (all 34). Rahul Dravid is next in Root's sights in both categories, having made 13288 runs and compiling 36 Test hundreds.

Root and Brook's partnership of 454 is the highest for England in Test cricket, beating the 411-run stand between Peter May and Colin Cowdrey against West Indies in 1957. It was also the highest partnership in Tests against Pakistan, bettering Conrad Hunte and Gary Sobers for the second wicket in 1958 in Kingston. It was also the highest partnership by a visiting pair, passing the 451-run stand from Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford against England for the second wicket at The Oval in 1934. It was also the highest stand for a fourth-wicket partnership or lower in Test cricket.

Only one maiden was bowled in the entire 150-over innings, making it the longest innings on record to have as few as one maidens bowled. Six bowlers conceding at least 100 runs during the course of the innings, something that has happened only once before in Test history (Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in 2004).