Stats highlights from the third day’s play of the first Test between Australia and New Zealand in Wellington, where the visitors continued to dominate
Bharath Seervi14-Feb-2016379 Australia’s lead at the end of first innings – their biggest first-innings lead in Tests in New Zealand. Their previous highest lead was of 326 runs, also in Wellington, in 2004-05. Overall, this is their second highest lead against New Zealand. They had got a lead of 383 in Hobart in 1993-94. This is their ninth highest first-innings lead outside Australia.1 Number of totals higher than 563 for Australia in New Zealand – 570 for 8 in Wellington in 2004-05. This is also their fifth-highest total against New Zealand. Three of the top four had come in the 2004-05 season (two in Australia and one in New Zealand).97.46 Adam Voges’ average after 19 innings – second-best for that many innings after Don Bradman’s 102.55. Voges was averaging 105.58 just before getting out for 239 today. In 19 innings, he has scored 1267 runs with six not outs.239 Voges’ score in this innings – the fourth-highest individual score for Australia against New Zealand. Voges’ was also the second-highest individual score against New Zealand by any batsman batting at No. 5 or lower. Voges’ was the fifth highest individual score to end with a caught and bowled dismissal. The highest such innings is Virender Sehwag’s 293 against Sri Lanka at Brabourne in 2009-10, where he was caught and bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan.763 Runs scored by Voges between dismissals to a bowler in first-class matches. In between his three Test innings of 269*, 106* and 239, he was run out for 149 in the Sheffield Shield match for Western Australia against New South Wales just before this series. He has scored a record 614 runs between Test dismissals, beating Sachin Tendulkar’s 497 such runs in 2004.1 Number of batsmen who have scored more Test double-centuries after the age of 35 than Voges’ two: Kumar Sangakkara made three. Apart from Voges, there are ten others who have made two double-hundreds after turning 35. For Australia, Bradman and Ricky Ponting also feature on the list.4 Number of caught and bowled dismissals in Australia’s innings. The batsmen to be dismissed in this fashion were: Steven Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Lyon and Voges. This is the joint-highest number of caught and bowled dismissals in a Test innings. There have been two previous instances of four such dismissals in an innings: England against Australia at Lord’s in 1890, and New Zealand against Australia at the SCG in 1985-86.1993 The last time New Zealand had a higher opening partnership against Australia than their 81 in this innings between Martin Guptill and Tom Latham. Mark Greatbatch and John Wright had added 111, also in Wellington, in 1992-93. There have been only three century opening stands for New Zealand against Australia.3 Number of seventh-wicket partnerships higher than the 99-run stand between Voges and Peter Siddle for Australia in New Zealand. The highest is 217 between Gary Gilmour and Doug Walters in Christchurch in 1976-77.7 Instances of five bowlers taking two wickets each in a Test innings. New Zealand’s Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Corey Anderson and Mark Craig took two wickets each in Australia’s innings. The last such instance was by Sri Lanka against Bangladesh in Galle in 2012-13.
