Drawing every match of a series and the sixes blitz

* If Karachi Test is also drawn then it would be the first occasion in the last four years and the third in the last 10 years when every match of a three-Test rubber is drawn. It would also be the fifth such instance involving India-Pakistan and overall the sixth on Pakistan soil. So far in the history of Test cricket there have been 20 instances when all the matches of a three or more Test rubber were drawn.

* 40 sixes have been smashed so far in the two India-Pakistan Tests. This has now equalled the world record of most sixes in a three-match series (by both sides). Curiously enough, it is now just 18 short of the world record of most sixes in any Test series (by both sides). Of these 40, Shahid Afridi has alone hit 13, just one less than Wasim Raja, Mathew Hayden, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Peterson's tally of 14 sixes, the most by any batsman in a Test series.

* Of the 37 Tests at Karachi’s National Stadium 17 have been draws. Pakistan only loss here, apart from 19 wins, was against England in 2000-01. While India’s last Test here was 16 years ago, a match in which Waqar Younis and Sachin Tendulkar made their Test debuts. Overall, Indians are yet to win here. They have lost twice and drew thrice in the five games at the venue.

* Teams winning the toss and electing to bat first have met a poor fate – winning only three times, whereas teams batting second have won 17 times. Teams bowling first have won five matches and lost once.

* The highest individual innings still remains of 211 by Javed Miandad against Australia in 1988-89. While Imran Khan has the best bowling analysis in an innings - 8/60 against India in 1982-83. Fazal Mahmood’s tally of 14 wickets for 114 runs in 1956-57 against Australia are the best match bowling analysis.

* The highest team total is 565-9 dec by Pakistan against New Zealand> The lowest is 80 by Australia in 1956-57. The highest run chased achieved in the fourth innings is 315 for 9 by Pakistan against the Aussies in 1994, a match where Inzamam and Mushtaq Ahmed shared a breathtaking partnership of 57 runs for the last wicket to take Pakistan home. Click to see the tables