Second day stats

From Andrew Strauss' overnight record to Ricky Ponting's landmark, Benedict has day two's stats.

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Second Test, Day Two - Lord's

The last time England beat Australia in a Test match at Lord's was 1934. In 1934:
- The world's population was 2.2 billion (it is now 6.7 billion)
- The land speed record was 272 mph (now it is 763 mph)
- The average house price in the uk was £515 (now it is £189,000) Andrew Strauss has always struggled when he has ended a day unbeaten on a century.

Overnight	Day	Against	Final score	Venue	Season
120*	2	South Africa	126	Port Elizabeth	2004/05
132*	3	South Africa	136	Durban	2004/05
173*	3	New Zealand	177	Napier	2007/08
139*	1	West Indies	142	Port-of-Spain	2008/09

He is the fifth England batsman to score at least 150 against Australia at Lord's. The record goes all the way back to 1938:

Score	Name	Season
240	WR Hammond	1938
175	JH Edrich	1975
173	KS Duleepsinhji	1930
164	A Shrewsbury	1886

Only two England captains have made double-centuries against Australia - Hammond (above) and David Gower (215 at Edgbaston in 1985).

Breaking his duck duck

Even if James Anderson is dismissed without scoring, only five batsmen in Test history would have batted more innings before their first duck:

Player	Team	Inns	From	Until
AB de Villiers	SA	78	17/12/2004	26/11/2008
PA de Silva	SL	75	20/10/1994	23/08/2004
CH Lloyd	WI	58	13/12/1966	02/02/1974
AK Davidson	Aus	51	11/06/1953	27/07/1961
GO Jones	Eng	51	10/04/2004	14/12/2006

Only five times have England scored 400 against Australia in their 33 meetings at Lord's, and they have never reached 500:

Score	Overs	Season	Result
494	137.3	1938	Drawn
475-3d	168	1926	Drawn
440	198.3	1934	Won
436-7d	147.4	1975	Drawn
425	128.4	1930	Lost

Ricky Ponting not only needs 65 runs to become Australia's top Test run-scorer but he needs 43 runs to reach 20,000 in first-class cricket. On only four occasions has Andrew Flintoff either scored a century or taken a five-wicket haul in a Test won by England. Ian Botham managed it on 23 occasions.

Performance	Against	Venue	Season
137	New Zealand	Christchurch	2001/02
167	West Indies	Birmingham	2004
102	Australia	Nottingham	2005
5-58	West Indies	Bridgetown	2003/04