New Zealand v Australia 1st Test – Statistical Highlights

The first Test of the Trans-Tasman Cup between New Zealand and Australia lasted just over 3 days and as it turns out the Aussies thumped the home team down to register a huge victory by an innings and 52 runs. The tone of the Test match was set on the very first day as Steve Smith won the toss, invited them to bat first and managed to bowl them out for 183.

Usman Khawaja continued his stupendous batting form and Adam Voges was once again at his very best. The duo ensured Australia didn’t require to bat again and had enough runs to run over New Zealand lineup. There was not much to talk about New Zealand’s batting apart from Brendon McCullum, who recorded a duck in the first innings of his 100th Test.

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

1997 – It was in 1997 the last time that New Zealand lost a home Test by an innings, they had lost that game to England by innings and 68 runs, also in Wellington.

81 – The 81-run opening stand for New Zealand in this Test is the second best after 111 by Greatbatch & Wright, who had also recorded it in Wellington in 1992-93.

16 – Martin Guptill’s average against Australia in Tests, before this match. He had scored 224 runs in 14 innings with the best of 58 against them.

379 – First-innings lead for Australia, this is their highest lead in a Test in New Zealand beating the 326-run lead they registered in 2004-05 also in Wellington. It is their 9th highest first-innings lead outside home.

4 – Number of caught & bowled dismissals in Australia’s innings, it is the joint-most in a Test innings. It is the third such instance after England v Australia, Lord’s Test 1890 and New Zealand v Australia, SCG Test 1985-86.

239– Adam Voges scored the 3rd highest score by an Australian batsman in New Zealand.

1- Number of batsmen who have scored more 200s than Adam Voges’ after the age of 35 or more in Tests. Only Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara 3 has more. 10 others apart from these two have scored two 200s after the age of 35.

97.46 – Adam Voges’ average after 19 Test innings which makes him the second best after Don Bradman among batsmen with highest Test averages (minimum 1000 runs).

614 – Number of runs scored by Voges since his last dismissal. He has scored 614 runs between two dismissals. With that he went past Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs between two dismissals in Tests (497).

168 – The 4th wicket stand between Usman Khawaja and Adam Voges for Australia v New Zealand is the second best after 184 between Justin Langer and Darren Lehmann who had done it in Adelaide, 2004-05.

128.8 – Usman Khawaja’s average since his comeback in Tests. He has scored 644 runs in 6 innings with four 100s. His scores- 174, 9*, 121, 144, 56 and 140.

86 – Number of runs added by the last three New Zealand batsmen in this innings. This after the first seven wickets could only add 97 runs.

0 – Number of players who have played 100 or more consecutive Tests from debut before Kiwi skipper Brendon McCullum. He became the first player to do so. South African captain AB de Villiers comes next to him with 98 consecutive Tests.