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Cric Viz Q&A: Root Partnerships, Hat-Trick Odds & DRS Stats

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During England's first Test against Pakistan, BBC Sport readers submitted statistical questions for Cric Viz analysts. The feature reveals the first selection of answers regarding successful reviews, hat-tricks, Joe Root and more. In Tests where data is available, there have been 1,355 occasions where a bowler has taken wickets in two consecutive balls, with only 43 (3.2%) converted to a hat-trick. Josh Tongue has had two wickets in two balls on four occasions yet no hat-tricks, while Australia's Mitchell Starc has taken wickets in two consecutive balls on 17 occasions without registering a hat-trick. Regarding Joe Root, he has registered 50-plus run partnerships with 45 distinct partners in Test cricket, the joint-most tied with Shivnarine Chanderpaul. His partnership of 150 with Jordan Cox at Headingley was the 88th time Root has been involved in a 100-plus partnership, joint-most in history with Rahul Dravid. In the ball-tracking era, former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has the highest percentage of balls projected to hit the stumps at 41%. Considering only pace bowlers, Paul Collingwood leads with just under 19% of his deliveries hitting the stumps. Of batters with 15 or more reviews since 2016, Bangladesh's Liton Das has the highest success rate at 68.8%, followed by India's Cheteshwar Pujara with 60% and West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite with 55.6%.

If you look at this from a bowler's perspective, of the 58 bowlers to have taken 15 or more reviews since 2016, West Indies' Kemar Roach has the highest success rate with 35%, followed by England's Chris Woakes with 29.4% and Stuart Broad with 29.1%.