New Zealand v Australia 1st Test, Day 2 – Statistical Highlights

With big hundreds from Usman Khawaja and Adam Voges Australia have managed to impose a situation for themselves in this Test match from where they cannot lose this Test match unless something dramatic transpires. Both Khawaja and Voges have created and broken many records today and throughout the day kept New Zealand bowlers silent. When Usman Khawaja was out for 140 runs against New Zealand pacer Trent Boult, the Kiwis had a chance to get back into the Test match, they also pushed the opening further by getting the wicket of Mitchell Marsh but thereafter Nevil and Siddle have played well with Voges and helped Voges who got to his 5th Test hundred.

At the end of the day, Australia were 463/6 and lead by 280 runs, here on all eyes will be on how big a lead can the Aussies manage and will Voges get to his yet another double ton in Test cricket.

Here are the Statistical Highlights of the New Zealand v Australia 1^st Test, Day 2:

100.33 – Average at which Adam Voges has scored his 1204 Test runs from 14 Test matches which is the highest among players who have scored at least 1000 runs in Tests. After Adam Voges, other four batsmen with highest Test average (Min. 1000 Test runs scored) are Don Bradman (99.94), S Barnes (63.05), 60.97 (G Pollock) and 60.83 (G Headley).

1204 – Number of runs scored by Adam Voges since his Test debut from 14 Test matches which is the third most by any other player after Voges’ Test debut. Steven Smith (1357 from 14 Tests) and David Warner (1339 from 14 Tests) have scored more runs than Voges since his Test debut. He has made his Test debut for Australia on June 3, 2015, at Winsor Park against West Indies.

551 – Number of runs scored by Adam Voges since his last dismissal in an innings of a Test match and he has gone past Sachin Tendulkar’s 497 record of most runs between two dismissals in Tests. In his last three Test innings, Adam Voges now has scored 269*, 106* and 176* runs respectively.

5 – Number of hundreds scored by Adam Voges since his Test debut which is most by any other player along with Steven Smith who has also scored 5 hundreds since Adam Voges’ Test debut. Voges has scored his 5 hundreds in 14 Test matches. Today, he completed his 5th Test century against New Zealand.

159 – Number of fours scored by Adam Voges since his Test debut which is most by any other player in Tests since his debut. He has hit 159 fours from 2028 balls. While David Warner and Steven Smith have hit 158 fours and 154 fours since Voges’ debut and they are at the second and third place respectively in that category. Today, in his innings of 176* runs against New Zealand, he hit 26 fours.

26 – Number of fours hit by Adam Voges in his innings of 176* runs against New Zealand in 1st Test match at Wellington on Basin Reserve Ground which is second most by any Australian player on this ground in an innings of a Test match and he is still unbeaten and needs 5 fours to break the record of Greg Chappell who once hit 30 fours in his innings of 247* runs on this ground in 1974.

176* – Number of runs scored by Adam Voges today while batting at no.5 for Australia which is the most by any Australian player in an innings of a Test match on any New Zealand ground while batting at no.5 for Australia and it is also second most by any other player while batting at no.5 on Basin Reserve Ground in an innings of a Test match after Brendon McCullum who made 302 runs against India on this ground while batting at no.5 for New Zealand in 2014.

140 – Number of runs scored by Usman Khawaja in 1st innings of Australia in 1st Test match against New Zealand while batting at no.3 for Australia is the second most by any other Australian player on this ground for Australia while batting at no.3 in Tests after Ian Chappell who made 145 runs for Australia while batting at no.3 in 1974 on this same ground.

461 – Number of runs scored by Adam Voges since his Test debut against New Zealand which is second most by any other player since his Test debut after David Warner who has scored 597 runs from 4 Test matches against New Zealand after Adam Voges’ Test debut. Adam Voges has scored 461 runs from 4 Test matches against New Zealand at an average of 115.25.

3^rd– Adam Voges’ score of 176* runs against New Zealand in 1^st Test now becomes third highest individual score by any Australian batsman in New Zealand in an innings of a Test match. Other two highest individual scores made by Australian batsmen are 250 (by KD Walters at Christchurch in 1977 vs NZ) and 247* (by Greg Chappell at Wellington in 1974 vs NZ) while Greg Chappell also made 176  runs against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1982.

168 – Number of partnership runs added by Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns for 4th wicket against New Zealand in 1st Test match which is second most by any other Australian pair in Tests against New Zealand for the 4th wicket after Justin Langer and D Lehmann who added 184 runs for Australia for 4th wicket against New Zealand in Adelaide on November 26, 2004.