Pakistan v Australia, 2018: 1st Test, Day 2 – Statistical Highlights

Pakistan continued their dead batting on the second day as well before they were bowled out in the final session of the day for 482. Haris Sohail scored his maiden Test century while Asad Shafiq became the first Test wicket of Marcus Labuschagne after scoring 80. The pair put on a 150-run partnership for the 5th wicket before Pakistan lost their remaining five wickets in the last session in search of quick runs. Australia ended the day scoring 30 runs in the 13 overs of the play before the stumps without losing a wicket.

All the major stats and numbers that were recorded during the second day of the Dubai Test:

2 – Number of times since 2011 that Australia has conceded two 150+ partnerships in the same innings. Both of those instances came against Pakistan in the UAE. The other one was in the 2014 Abu Dhabi Test match.

76 – Haris Sohail became the 76th player to score a century in Test cricket for Pakistan. He is the only 17th left-handed batsman to score a Test ton for his country.

164.2 – Number of overs Pakistan batted in their first innings at a run-rate of 2.93. These are the most number of overs Pakistan ever batted in the first innings of a Test match in the last 30 years at a run-rate less than three. They scored 456 in 162.5 overs at a rate of 2.8 in the first innings of the 1997 Rawalpindi Test against South Africa.

164.2 – The 164.2 overs Australia bowled in the Pakistan first innings are the most they bowled in the first innings of a Test match in more than 11 years. They bowled 168 overs in the 2006 Adelaide Test against England.

These are the second most number of overs the Aussies bowled in the first innings of a Test match in Asia. Pakistan batted 169.5 overs in the first innings of the 1988 Karachi Test.

2000 – The last instance of a left-handed batsman before Haris Sohail scoring a Test century for Pakistan while not opening the innings was back in 2000. Wasim Akram scored 100 against Sri Lanka in the 2000 Galle Test match.

In these 18 years, six different left-handed batsmen scored 17 centuries between them for Pakistan while opening in Test cricket.

2003 – The last instance of two left-handed batsmen scoring 75 and more in the same innings for Pakistan in Test cricket was back in 2003. Taufeeq Umar scored 111 while Asim Kamal got out on 99 in the 2003 Lahore Test against South Africa.

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