The remarkable numbers of England’s record-breaking day in Multan

Having resumed on 492/3 after a dominant third day, England added a further 331 runs in 49 overs, declaring with half an hour left of the second session having scored at a run rate of 6.75 on the day.

And Pakistan closed on 152/6, still trailing by 115, facing the prospect of becoming the first team to score in excess of 500 in their first dig and going on to lose by more than an innings.

We take a look at some of the most eye-catching numbers from a stats-heavy day:

England’s total of 823/7 is the fourth highest in the history of the game, the highest managed in Pakistan, and the biggest total scored anywhere in the world in Test cricket in 27 years.

Only two games in history have seen more runs scored across the two first innings’ combined than in this Test.

And Pakistan’s bowling attack were put to work, with 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).

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.

Harry Brook was the top scorer for England, reaching 317 before finally being dismissed as he looked to accelerate towards a declaration.

Brook is the first England player since Graham Gooch against India in 1990 to score a triple century, and is only the sixth Englishman in history to do so.

His extraordinary knock came from just 322 balls, and he reached his triple century off just 310 of those, making it the second fastest on record, bettered only by Virender Sehwag’s 278-ball effort against South Africa in 2008.

Brook has now scored a century in each of his four Tests in Pakistan, the only batter to have ever done so. Only four other batters have scored four centuries in consecutive Tests in any conditions against Pakistan, with Brook joining an elite list that also includes Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, David Warner and Kane Williamson.

Brook put on 454 for the fourth wicket with Root – the highest stand ever for England in Test cricket and the biggest by any pair against Pakistan.

There have only been three larger partnerships in the history of the Test game, and none have been for a wicket of fourth or lower.

Only once before have two England batters scored at least double hundreds in the same Test innings, and this was their second partnership in excess of 300 in their short time batting together in Test cricket. No previous England pairing have ever put on more than one 300+ partnership together in Tests.

Root’s 262 is the highest score of his illustrious Test career, and during the course of his innings he surpassed Alastair Cook to become England’s all-time leading run scorer.

This was Root’s 35th Test century and his sixth double-hundred. His tally of 35 means he has pulled clear into sixth on the all-time list of centurions in Test history, moving above Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, Younis Khan and Sunil Gavaskar.

Root is the only non-Asian player to have scored three double-centuries on the continent.

And only four players are now above Root in the all-time run-scorers list in Test history – Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar.