Inspiring Aggression led New Zealand to Square the test Series, England v New Zealand 2nd Test - Statistical Review

Inspiring Aggression led New Zealand to Square the test Series, England v New Zealand 2nd Test – Statistical Review: The Kiwis showed their intense domination in the second and final test of the Investec series to square the series after being down for 1-0 at the end of the first test match at the Lord’s. Things were evenly poised after the 2 innings as both teams ended up being bundled at the same score after their respective first innings. There were some shades of intent aggression in the second innings of the test which succeeded in putting New Zealand onto the driver’s seat in the latter part of the game. England, in their chase in the fourth innings got casted under the burden of a massive target of 454 and eventually ended up losing the game by a margin of 199 runs. Let us now take a statistical tour to the match and thus, here comes several statistical facts.

The Match In Numbers:

• Runs Scored, Wickets fell and Number of Overs bowled in the First Day: 297/8 in 65 overs
• Runs Scored, Wickets fell and Number of Overs bowled in the Second Day: 306/7 in 95.1 overs
• Runs Scored, Wickets fell and Number of Overs bowled in the Third Day: 435/11 in 95.2 overs
• Runs Scored, Wickets fell and Number of Overs bowled in the Fourth Day: 160/4 in 29 overs
• Runs Scored, Wickets fell and Number of Overs bowled in the Fifth Day: 211/10 in 78.5 overs
• Highest Run Scorer in an innings in the Test: BJ Watling (120 off 163 with 15 fours and a six) in Second innings
• Highest Wicket taker in an Innings in the Test: Stuart Broad (17.1-0-109-5) in first innings
• Total Number of fours hit by New Zealand/England in the First Innings: 51/45
• Total Number of fours hit by New Zealand/England in the Second Innings: 49/36
• Average Run Rate of New Zealand in the Test: 92
• Average Run Rate of England in the test: 03

The other Statistical Facts of the match:

• New Zealand has maintained an average run rate of 4.89 in the test which was simply ecstatic.
• New Zealand now stands with 2 test wins at Headingley. This is the only venue in England where they have won more than a single test.
• This victory by 199 runs marked New Zealand’s second largest victory in tests by virtue of runs.
• 6 Wickets have been taken by the spinners in the final innings of the match with Craig taking 3 and Williamson taking 3 as well. This is the highest number of wickets taken by spinners in an innings against England by New Zealand.
• The sum of the runs scored by the number 3-5 batsmen in the England innings is 7 in the second innings which happens to be the lowest in a test innings featuring these two teams.
• Cook has faced 739 deliveries in the entire series. This is the maximum number of deliveries faced by an English batsman in a 2-match test series.
•  Alastair Cook became the 13^th batsman to get to 9000+ test runs.
• As many as 10 times, Cook has faced over 100 deliveries in the fourth innings of tests. This is the second highest by an English opener, with Atherton leading the chart with a count of 13.
• Ian Bell averages 6.87 in his last 8 test innings with a highest score of 29.
• After New Zealand’s victory today, the win loss ratio became 1-10 when it came to chasing down 300+ scores in the fourth innings.
• Broad took 7 wickets in the test but bowled at an economy rate of 6.12. This is the third worst by an English bowler in tests.
• BJ Watling has scored 3 out of his five test centuries in the second innings of the team.