All the numbers from Australia’s batting blitz

22 – The number of centuries scored by David Warner, the second most for an Australian opener in Tests. Only Matthew Hayden (30) has scored more hundreds. It was Warner’s first century in nearly two years, the last being his 103 against England in the Boxing Day Test in 2017.

180 – The number of balls taken by Warner to reach 100, making it the second-slowest century of his Test career. The slowest came off 209 balls in Australia’s win against Bangladesh in Chittagong in 2017.

151 – Warner finished the day on 151 not out, which is already 56 more runs than what he accumulated in ten innings in the Ashes this year. Before today, his past five scores in Tests were (most recent first): 11, 5, 0, 0, 0 against England.

206.6 – The average partnership between Joe Burns and Warner in three innings at the Gabba. The pair added 222 today before Burns was bowled looking to sweep the leg-spinner Yasir Shah. In their two partnerships in Brisbane before today, Burns and Warner added 237 and 161 in the same match against New Zealand in 2015.

15 – The number of opening partnerships Australia have had since they last posted 50 or more for the first wicket. Burns and Warner added 222 today.

7 – The number of boundaries hit by Warner at the time of reaching his century. Only on one occasion has he hit less than seven boundaries to complete a century, the five fours he scored during his 209-ball hundred against Bangladesh in Chittagong. There is one other occasion where he hit seven boundaries (six fours and one six) in reaching a hundred, against New Zealand in Brisbane in 2015.

265 – The number of balls Warner has batted so far in the innings. It is already the second-longest innings of his Test career and only behind his 286-ball stay at the crease against New Zealand in Perth in 2015, when he scored 253. The opening batsman batted throughout the day for 390 minutes, which is his second longest vigil in Tests and once again only behind his effort against New Zealand at the WACA, which lasted 409 minutes.

82.88 – Warner’s batting average against Pakistan in Tests, his best against any opponent. Today’s 151 not out is his third century in his past four innings against the green caps. In his previous Test against them, which was in Sydney in 2017, he scored a century before lunch in the first innings and 50 off 23 balls in the second. In the innings before that, he scored 144 in Melbourne. He has one more century against Pakistan, which was in Dubai in 2014.

97 – Burns fell three runs short of what would have been his fifth century in Tests. It was first time he has been dismissed in the nervous nineties. Burns was making a comeback to the side after missing the Ashes. In his previous Test match, he scored 180 against Sri Lanka in Canberra this year.

99.7 – Pakistan’s current bowling strike rate on their last two Test tours to Australia. Their bowlers took only 33 wickets in three Tests in Australia in 2016-17 and have taken just one so far in this Test. On average, they have required nearly 100 balls to claim a wicket in these two series.

85.88 – Yasir Shah’s bowling average in Tests in Australia, although he accounted for the solitary wicket of the day, but that came at a cost of 101 runs from 28 overs. He has taken only nine wickets in four Tests down under.

3 – The number of overs Pakistan were short of bowling the mandatory 90 today, despite taking 30 extra minutes in the day’s play. If they are found to be behind the over rate by the end of the match, they will be docked two points for each over under the new World Test Championship rules. If that happens and they lose the game, their points could be on negative points as this is their first match in the WTC.

95 – The number of runs Warner has added since being dismissed off a no-ball by the debutant fast bowler Naseem Shah. Warner was caught behind on 56 only for the television umpire to confirm Naseem had overstepped. Interestingly, he was also bowled off a no-ball when he scored 144 against Pakistan in Melbourne in 2016. On that occasion, he was on 81 and the bowler who made the mistake was Wahab Riaz.

33 – The number of no-balls bowled by Pakistan in Tests in the last two years and called by the officials. Those no-balls have come in just 13 Tests, which means their bowlers on average bowl 2.53 no balls per Test. Only two teams have a worse no-ball ratio in this period; Sri Lanka (3.95) and West Indies (6.67). Australia have bowled 43 no balls in 23 Tests during this period.

145.98 – The average pace of Naseem Shah’s first over in Test cricket. The 16-year-old fast bowler’s first six deliveries clocked: 145.3 kph, 147.6, 143.9, 144.4, 147.0 and 147.7. The average pace of 145.98 kph equates to 90.71 miles per hour. 

Domain Test Series v Pakistan

Australia squad: Tim Paine (c), Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner

Pakistan squad: Azhar Ali (c), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan Snr, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Musa Khan, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir Shah.

First Test: November 21-25, Gabba (Seven, Fox & Kayo)

Second Test: November 29 – December 3, Adelaide (d/n) (Seven, Fox & Kayo)