Nottingham, July 31: Ian Bell. The name sums up the story of Day 3 at Trent Bridge. Involved in two century partnerships and scoring 150 runs in a single day himself, he was also involved in a reversal of a controversial run-out decision. As the batsman took centre-stage, India were pushed further away from the position of strength they had earned earlier in the Test. Take a look at the numbers that mattered on Bell’s day of dominance.

· Ian Bell (159) made his 15th century in his 67th Test – his first in 10 Tests against India. This was his first century while batting at No. 3.

· Bellhas now become the leading run-scorer in Test matches in 2011, aggregating 681 runs in nine innings of six Tests this year at an average of 113.50 with four centuries and two fifties. He went ahead of fellow teammate Alastair Cook who has aggregated 599 runs in nine innings at 66.55.

· Since January 2010, Bell has aggregated 1,467 runs in 23 innings of 16 Tests at an average of 81.50 with six centuries and seven fifties.

· Bellscored exactly 150 runs in the day’s play. He is the 10th England player to score 150 runs in a single day’s play against India. David Gower and Michael Vaughan did so on two occasions. Wally Hammond’s 217 on the first day of the Oval Test in 1936 are the maximum scored by an England batsman in a day against India. Incidentally, Kevin Pietersen had scored 180 runs on the second day of the Lord’s Test.· Matt Prior raced to his fifty off just 38 balls - the second fastest for England against India. The fastest fifty was brought up by Ian Botham (off 28 balls in Delhi in 1981-82)

· Matt Prior has now aggregated 239 runs in four innings in this series at an average of 119.50. Only four England keepers have aggregated more runs in a series against India – Dick Spooner (319 in 1951-52), Alec Stewart (287 in 2002), Allan Knott (268 in 1976-77) and Godfrey Evan (242 in 1952).

England scored 417 runs for the loss of five wickets on the third day. This is the second highest number of runs conceded by India in a single day. The details:

+ 588 runs were scored in the day. India made 190-0

* spread over two innings

· England's aggregate of 417 runs in the third day's play is the first instance where they have scored 400 or more runs in a day's play since the Birmingham Test in 2005 where they scored 407 runs against Australia on the first day.

The England innings has three century partnerships so far – 162 between Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen for the third wicket, 104 between Bell and Eoin Morgan for the fourth wicket and an unbroken 102 between Matt Prior and Tim Bresnan. This is the first time since the 1990 Lord’s Test that an England innings has featured three century partnerships against India.