Younis’ record run and consecutive 600 totals

* Pakistan’s total of 379 for four at stumps is now its second highest on the opening day of a Test match after their 388 for 3 against England at Manchester way back in 1992. It is also the highest for Pakistan and the fourth highest by any side on the first day against India. See Table 1, 2 & 3.

* The total of 370/4 also surpassed the highest first day score on Pakistan soil by India [356/2] at Multan in 2004.

* Younis Khan has now scored 633 runs in his last four Test innings against India. In his last match in India in March 2005 against the arch-rivals, the Pakistan vice-captain smashed 267, 84*, 199 at Lahore and 83 today on the first day of Faisalabad Test. His tally of 633 runs are the third most by any batsman against India and second most by a Pakistani batsman in four or more successive (fifty plus) innings. See Table 4 & 5.

* Younis Khan has now added 863 runs for the third wicket in his last four innings against India. This includes two triple century (324 with Inzamam-ul-Haq at Bangalore – 2004-05, 319 with Muhammad Yousuf at Lahore 2005-06), one century (142 with Muhammad Yousuf at Faisalabad 2005-06) and one fifty-plus (with Inzamam-ul-Haq at Bangalore – 2004-05) stand.

* Pakistan have now accumulated 1694 runs for the loss of 19 wickets in its last three Test innings. If Pakistan go on to reach 600 tomorrow, it would become the first side in the annals of Test cricket to score three consecutive 600 plus scores in as many as innings. Just for record, there have been three occasions when a side totaled 600 or more runs in two successive innings while there are two other occasions when 600 runs in an innings were achieved in two successive Test matches by the same side. Scores: (636/8 v England 3rd Test at Lahore 2005, 679/7 v India 1st Test at Lahore 2006 and 379/4 overnight v India 2006 2nd test at Faisalabad.

* With three more sixes Shahid Afridi has now smashed 44 sixes in his 22-match Test career. Since January 01, 2005 he has hit 66 sixes, the most by any batsman during the same period in international cricket (ODIs sixes: 37, Tests sixes: 29). The next batsman on the list is Adam Gilchrist 43 sixes (ODIs 19, Tests 24) followed by Kevin Peterson 42 sixes (ODIs 22, Tests 19, Twenty-20 1).

* The fifth-wicket unbroken partnership of 163 runs between Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi is now the second highest for the fifth wicket for Pakistan against India. The best still remains of 213 between Zaheer Abbas and Mudassar Nazar at Karachi in 1982-83.Click to see the tables