Statistical highlights from the second day's play in the third Test between India [ Images ] and England [ Images ] played at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

# Alastair Cook [ Images ] (182 not out off 339 balls) posted his best knock against India, surpassing the 104 not out at Nagpur in 2005-06.

# Cook's unbeaten knock is the fourth highest for England against India at Edgbaston -- the top three innings being 214 not out by David Lloyd in 1974, 200 not out by David Gower in 1979 and 183 not out by Mike Gatting in 1986.

# Cook's innings is his third highest in Tests -- his top two innings being 235 not out against Australia [ Images ] at Brisbane [ Images ] in 2010-11 and 189 against Australia at Sydney [ Images ] in 2010-11.

# Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss [ Images ] have registered 13 century partnerships -- eleven for the first wicket and two for the second wicket. The pair posted their second century stand against India --their first is 118 for the first wicket at Chennai in December 2008.

# The Strauss-Cook pair is the first English opening pair and the fourth in Tests to aggregate 4,000 runs or more -- 4072 at an average of 43.31 in 96 innings. The pair joined three other pairs -- West Indies' [ Images ] Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes (6482 at 47.31 in 148 innings), Australia's Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden [ Images ] (5655 at 51.88 in 113) and Sri Lanka's [ Images ] Marvan Atapattu [ Images ] and Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] (4469 at 40.26 in 118).

# The 11 opening century stands by Cook-Strauss have been exceeded only by Greenidge-Haynes (16), Hobbs-Sutcliffe (15) and Hayden-Langer (14).

# Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] (63 off 78 balls) recorded his fourth fifty against India -- his 25th in Tests.

# Pietersen has averaged 56.21 in Tests against India -- 1068 in 20 innings, including four centuries and four fifties.

# The 186-run opening partnership is England's highest against India at Edgbaston, obliterating the 157 between David Lloyd and Dennis Amiss in 1974.

# The said stand is the third highest for England against India for the first wicket -- the top two being 225 between Atherton and Gooch at Manchester and 204 by the same pair at Lord's -- both in 1990.

# Strauss's knock of 87 is the third highest by an English skipper against India at Edgbaston -- the top two being Mike Gatting's 183 not out in 1986 and Mike Denness' 100 in 1974.

# Strauss's knock is his highest in seven Tests in 2011, surpassing the 60 against Australia at Sydney in January 2011.

# England have recorded 372 in a day's play -- their best performance against India at Edgbaston -- their fifth highest in a day's play at this venue.