England's Test series in the UAE by numbers

07 October 2015 05:01

571 - Total number of caps in the England squad. Alastair Cook (119), Ian Bell (115) and James Anderson (107) have the most with Alex Hales and Adil Rashid (both none) the least.

27.5 - Average age of the England squad. Anderson and Bell (both 33) are the oldest members of the 16-man party with Joe Root and Ben Stokes (both 24) the youngest.

9 - Number of different players Cook has opened the batting with in Test cricket. Since being elevated to the top spot, Cook has partnered Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan, Nick Compton, Adam Lyth, Jonathan Trott, Michael Carberry, Joe Root, Sam Robson and Kevin Pietersen. He is likely to have a new partner in this series.

413 - Anderson's Test wicket tally, the highest in England's history. He needs one more to equal Pakistan great - and one of his Lancashire heroes - Wasim Akram and move up to joint-10th on the overall Test list. Shaun Pollock (421) and Harbhajan Singh (417) could also be within his reach in this series.

72 - Total England were bowled out for in the second innings of second Test in Abu Dhabi during their 3-0 series loss to Pakistan in the UAE in 2012.

48 - Number of wickets England lost to spin during the 2012 series loss to Pakistan in the UAE.

Source: PA