England will become the first test team to play 1000 men’s Test matches

TeamPlayedWonLostTiedDrawnPercWonW/L Ratio
England999357297034535.731.20
Australia812383219220847.161.74
West Indies535171188117531.960.90
India522145160121627.770.90
New Zealand42692170016421.590.54
South Africa426161141012437.791.14
Pakistan415134123015832.281.08
Sri Lanka2738710108531.860.86
Bangladesh10810820169.250.12
Zimbabwe105116702710.470.16
Afghanistan101000.000.00
Ireland101000.000.00
World XI101000.000.00

Since 2000, England have won nine of their last 15 Tests played at Birmingham, including five of the last six played.

StartDateTeam1Totals1Team2Totals2Result
17/08/2017England514-8*West Indies168 & 137England won by an innings and 209 runs
03/08/2016England297 & 445-6*Pakistan400 & 201England won by 141 runs
29/07/2015Australia136 & 265England281 & 124-2England won by 8 wickets
07/06/2012West Indies426England221-5Drawn
10/08/2011India224 & 244England710-7*England won by an innings and 242 runs
06/08/2010Pakistan72 & 296England251 & 118-1England won by 9 wickets
30/07/2009Australia263 & 375-5England376Drawn
30/07/2008England231 & 363South Africa314 & 283-5South Africa won by 5 wickets
25/05/2006Sri Lanka141 & 231England295 & 81-4England won by 6 wickets
04/08/2005England407 & 182Australia308 & 279England won by 2 runs
29/07/2004England566-9* & 248West Indies336 & 222England won by 256 runs
24/07/2003South Africa594-5* & 134-4*England408 & 110-1Drawn
30/05/2002Sri Lanka162 & 272England545England won by an innings and 111 runs
05/07/2001England294 & 164Australia576Australia won by an innings and 118 runs
15/06/2000England179 & 125West Indies397West Indies won by an innings and 93 runs

Moeen Ali requires five to reach 2500 runs in Tests to go alongside his 100 wickets. He will become the joint sixth quickest to do so in Tests and the third joint quickest to do so for England.

NameMInnsNORunsHSBatAvg10050BallsRunsOffWktsBowlAvgRPOBB5I
Shakib Al Hasan37705251214438.643179005436814031.202.917-3614
TL Goddard40765250811235.3211811329312811826.501.656-535
AW Greig40623255614843.326147452337511130.402.718-866
KR Miller48736260414738.866128664315013822.822.187-604
GS Sobers488194155365*57.7014129132352510035.252.315-603
CL Cairns49823255312632.314199183491516929.083.217-2710
IT Botham507532625149*36.45101011724524422922.892.688-3419
A Flintoff51793253516733.355168914446013632.793.005-581
JH Kallis5386133429189*46.979176909281410028.142.446-672
RJ Shastri578411252514234.587912883484412439.062.255-752
Kapil Dev639492519126*29.6331313521694824828.013.089-8318
Imran Khan6494162534135*32.4831115318642229022.142.518-5819
RJ Hadlee70111162622151*27.6021318091797535522.462.649-5229
SM Pollock719824250711133.8721115514588628720.502.277-8714
DL Vettori78112182542137*27.0421518572823324034.302.657-8713
SCJ Broad8712517251416923.2711018050917431529.123.048-1514
CL Hooper90153144857178*34.94102412253501510149.652.455-264
Wasim Akram92132162503257*21.572620350885738323.122.617-11922
WPUJC Vaas9413626250374*22.7501120374906230729.512.667-7111
SK Warne1221681525179916.45010341411472457625.562.588-7129
A Kumble132173322506110*17.7715408261834161929.632.6910-7435

Stuart Broad requires 24 runs to reach 3000 in Tests. Broad will become the fifth player after Shane Warne, Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee & Shaun Pollock to score 3000 runs and take 400 wickets in Tests.Jos Buttler requires 55 runs to reach 1000 in Tests.

NameYearsMInnsNORunsHSAvgSR10050
JC Buttler2014-2018152436308530.0057.6305

Ben Stokes requires two wickets to reach 100 in Tests. He will become the fifth England player to score 2500 runs and take 100 wickets and become the second quickest for England to achieve the milestone.

NameMInnsNORunsHSBatAvg10050BallsRunsOffWktsBowlAvgRPOBB5I
AW Greig40623255614843.326147452337511130.402.718-866
IT Botham507532625149*36.45101011724524422922.892.688-3419
A Flintoff51793253516733.355168914446013632.793.005-581
SCJ Broad8712517251416923.2711018050917431529.123.048-1514

Murali Vijay requires 93 runs to reach 4000 in Tests. He will become the 16th Indian player to reach the mark.Vijay will become the seventh quickest Indian player to reach the mark if he does so in the first Test.

NameMInnsNORunsHSAvg10050
SM Gavaskar43816405822054.101717
V Sehwag49813402030951.531211
RS Dravid488494033200*53.77921
CA Pujara508474099206*53.231315
SR Tendulkar58868409317952.471418
M Azharuddin62883402019947.291413
V Kohli52896419423550.531514
GR Viswanath53967402917945.26826
G Gambhir54965402120644.18921
M Amarnath60999407013845.221123

Virat Kohli requires 23 runs to reach 1000 v England in Tests. He will become the 13th Indian player to reach 1000 runs v England.He will become the fifth quickest for India to reach 1000 runs v England in respect of innings.

NameMInnsNORunsHSAvg10050
RS Dravid10151102221773.0035
SR Tendulkar10152106317781.7645
M Azharuddin9162102217973.0053
VL Manjrekar142311064189*48.3635
CA Pujara132421045206*47.5042
FM Engineer17302101612136.2817

Ravi Ashwin requires five wickets to reach 50 v England in Tests. He will be the sixth Indian bowler to do so versus England.If Ashwin reaches the milestone at Edgbaston, he will become the joint third quickest for India against England.

NameMInnsBallsRunsWktsAvgRPOBB5I
MH Mankad916350210595021.181.818-553
A Kumble1120357914885129.172.497-1153
BS Chandrasekhar1221341813675325.792.398-794
BS Bedi1324449415645230.072.086-2262
Kapil Dev1423341218015036.023.166-914