Australia v Pakistan 1st Test, Day 1 – Statistical Highlights

After losing their previous two Test series, Australia once again made a strong start in the series against Pakistan at Brisbane in the day/night Test. Australia got off to a good start with Matt Renshaw and David Warner putting on 70 for the first wicket. Pakistan made a slight comeback by picking up 3 wickets before Steven Smith struck yet another Test hundred along with Peter Handscomb to take his side to 288/3 at end of day one. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

3 – Number of spinners including Yasir Shah in this game have taken a wicket in the first session of a Test match at Gabba, Brisbane since 1995. Nathan Lyon in 2011 and Stuart MacGill in 2000 are the other two.

3 – Number of centuries Steven Smith has scored in Day/Night first-class games, the most by any player.

6 – Number of consecutive tosses Australia lost in Tests before this game. Since the Sri Lanka series, this is the first time they won a toss in Tests. Last was in January at Sydney vs West Indies.

7 – Steven Smith now has scored a century against all the 7 countries he has played against in Test cricket. He is yet to face Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in this format.

12 – Number of consecutive matches before this Test, Australia fielded with making at least one change to their XI.

16 – Number of centuries Steven Smith now has in Tests. After 48 Tests, only Don Bradman (26) and Sunil Gavaskar (19) had more tons than Smith.

42.50 – Steven Smith’s average in 1st match of series in Test cricket before this series. He had only 2 centuries in 23 innings in the first match of a Test series before this game.

88 – Innings taken by Steven Smith for his 16th Test ton, the 6th fewest innings any player has needed to score 16 centuries in Test cricket.

94.66 – Steven Smith’s average in 1st innings in Test at the end of day 1, the 2nd best for any player. Don Bradman averages 113.66 in the first innings.

288 – Runs scored by Australia on day 1, the most by any team on opening day in the four day/night Test matches so far. Pakistan scored 279/1 vs West Indies at Dubai on the first day.