Stats Analysis

New Zealand's highest Test total

Stats highlights from the fourth day of the third Test between Pakistan and New Zealand at Sharjah

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
30-Nov-2014
Asad Shafiq hit the 20th hundred by a Pakistan batsman in 2014, their joint-most for any year  •  AFP

Asad Shafiq hit the 20th hundred by a Pakistan batsman in 2014, their joint-most for any year  •  AFP

690 Runs scored by New Zealand in the first innings, their highest in a Test match. This is also the second-highest score against Pakistan by any team.
3 Number of New Zealand spinners who have taken ten wickets in a match - Mark Craig, John Bracewell and Daniel Vettori (thrice).
35 Number of sixes that were hit in this match, the most sixes in a Test. The previous record was 27 sixes.
2 Number of times that New Zealand have drawn an away/neutral Test series against Pakistan; the previous instance was in 1996. New Zealand have lost six series and won one.
20 Hundreds scored by Pakistan batsmen in Tests starting in 2014, the joint-most by them in a calendar year. Pakistan's batsmen scored as many hundreds in 2006.
7 Number of batsmen who hit at least one six each during New Zealand's first innings. There has been only one previous instance of seven batsmen hitting sixes in a Test innings, by South Africa versus West Indies in 2010.
16 Ducks scored by Younis Khan, the most by a top-seven Pakistan batsman. Inzamam-ul-Haq, next on the list, has scored 14 ducks when playing for Pakistan.
88 Boundaries hit by New Zealand in their first innings, including 66 fours and 22 sixes. This is the most boundaries hit by New Zealand in a Test innings. The previous record was 87, against South Africa in 2004.
4 Number of Pakistan bowlers who delivered at least 20 overs each and conceded four or more runs per over. This is the sixth instance of such carnage in Tests, and the second time that Pakistan have been at the receiving end.
6 Number of New Zealand batsmen who made 50-plus runs each in the first innings, a first for New Zealand. Across countries, this has happened 34 times in Tests.

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant