Nottingham, July 30: Rahul Dravid’s century, described by Nasser Hussain as ‘monumental’, just brought him closer to the all-time greats, amongst whom his name undoubtedly lies. With 34 centuries to his name, 20 in away Tests, the legend continues to serve Indian cricket meticulously and tirelessly. But if India revel in another Dravid special, England would be buoyed by a fantastic bowling performance by the man-of-the-moment, Stuart Broad. With a hat-trick in front of his home crowd, Broad has made an even deeper impact on a Test that he’s already made memorable thanks to a superb first innings batting performance. Take a look at the stars of the day and their story in numbers.

• Rahul Dravid’s 117 was –

• his second century at Nottingham (he had scored 115 in 2002)

• his third century as an opener (the other two had come in one series - in Pakistan in 2005-06: an unbeaten 128 at Lahore and 103 at Faisalabad)

• his third century in 2011

• his fifth century in England

• the fifth century by an Indian batsman at Nottingham (Dravid is the only one to score two)

• his sixth century against England

• his 20th century in away Tests (only Sachin Tendulkar has scored more)

• his 34th century in Test cricket (put him at level with Sunil Gavaskar & Brian Lara)

• his 66th century in first-class cricket

Dravid is now the joint fourth highest century-maker in Test cricket with 34 centuries, joining the ranks with Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara. He has the highest percentage of away centuries among the leading century-makers.

• Dravid now holds the Indian record of scoring most centuries on England soil. His five centuries take him ahead of Sachin Tendulkar and Dilip Vengsarkar, who have scored four centuries each in England.

• Dravid provided the fifth instance of an Indian batsman scoring centuries in back to back Tests in England. Interestingly, Dravid had accomplished a similar feat in 2002 when he scored centuries in three consecutive Tests. Dilip Vengsarkar (1986), Mohammad Azharuddin (1990) and Sourav Ganguly (1996) are the others to score centuries in two consecutive Tests in England.

• Dravid has now aggregated 1,171 runs in 11 Tests in England at an average of 73.18. Among all overseas batsmen who have scored 1,000 runs in England, Dravid has the third best batting average after Don Bradman and Steve Waugh. The details:

• Yuvraj Singh, playing his first Test since July 2010, made his highest score outside the subcontinent. His previous highest was an unbeaten 54 against New Zealand at Napier in 2008-09.

• Stuart Broad became the 12th England player, and 36th bowler in Test cricket, to take a hat-trick. A total of 39 hat-tricks have now been recorded in Test cricket.

• Stuart Broad became the first bowler to take a Test match hat-trick against India. This means that all Test-playing countries have now seen at least one hat-trick taken against them. The break-up of hat-tricks against each country: 8 v Australia,6 v West Indies,5 each v South Africa, West Indies and Pakistan, 4 v Sri Lanka,2 each v New Zealand and Bangladesh and one each v Zimbabwe and India.

• Incidentally, all Test-playing countries have seen at least one hat-trick taken for each of them. The break-up: 12 for England, 11 for Australia,4 each for West Indies and Pakistan,2 each for New Zealand and India, and one each for South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

• Broad’s hat-trick followed his first innings 64. He thus became only the third player to score a fifty and take a hat-trick in the same Test after Billy Bates and Dominic Cork.

• In his last 16 balls, Broad took five wickets without conceding a run. There have been very few instances in Test cricket when a bowler has taken five wickets in a spell without conceding a run. The record is held by West Indies’ Jermaine Lawson. Against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2001-02, Lawson returned the unbelievable figures of six for 3 and all six of his wickets came in a spell of 18 balls without a run being scored off Lawson. The only known instance of a bowler taking five wickets without conceding a run against India is of West Indies’ Lance Gibbs. At Bridgetown in 1961-62, Gibbs returned the figures of eight for 38. At one stage, he had taken five wickets in 36 balls without giving away a single run.

• Broad became only the fifth England player – after Peter Lever, Tony Greig, John Lever and Ian Botham - to score a fifty and take a five-wicket innings haul in the same match against India. Botham has accomplished this feat on two occasions.

• Broad's figures of six for 46 are his best in Test cricket, beating six for 91 against Australia at Leeds in 2009. This was his fourth five-wicket haul in 39 Tests.

• From a position of 267 for four, India were bowled out for 288 – a mere addition of 21 runs while losing their last six wickets. This is one of India’s worst six-wicket collapses after having scored 250+ for the loss of four wickets. The details:

• Graeme Swann conceded 76 runs in his 12 overs - an economy of 6.33. This was his worst ever performance in Test cricket.