England were 174 on the board at lunch on the first day in Rawalpindi and 332 at tea. These two records were? asked Jamie Kelly from England
For these kinds of questions I needed to consult Melbourne assistant statistician Charles Davis, who has made a study of hundreds of old scorebooks. He says of England’s midday score on the first day in Rawalpindi, “174 is second only to South Africa’s 179 for 1 against Australia at Johannesburg in 1902-03. This involved about 41 overs, while England only he faced 27. Earlier that year. in the Ashes, Australia were 173 for 1 from 33 overs at Old Trafford, an innings that included Victor Trumper making a century before lunch.”