A look at the stats highlights of the first day's play in the third Test between England and South Africa at Edgbaston.

- England's 231 is their second lowest score against South Africa at Edgbaston - their lowest is 203 in 1960.

- Ian Bell's 19th fifty in Test cricket is his first against South Africa.

- Bell, with 284 runs at an average of 71.00, including one century and one fifty, is the leading run-getter on either side.

- Alastair Cook's 76 is his highest score against South Africa - his third fifty of the series.

- Cook's 13th Test fifty is his third against South Africa.

- Kevin Pietersen, who had made 246 runs in his previous two Tests at Edgbaston at an average of 61.50, recorded his first single-digit score (4) at this venue.

- Michael Vaughan, in his last four Tests against South Africa, has recorded three ducks.

- Vaughan's third duck against South Africa is his ninth in Test Cricket.

- As a captain, Vaughan has recorded five ducks.

- Graeme Smith's wicket was Andrew Flintoff's 199th in Test cricket.