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All the numbers from Australia's dominant day one

All the statistics that matter after David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne put Pakistan to the sword in Adelaide

23 – The number of centuries David Warner has scored in Tests, the most by any opening batsman since he made his debut against New Zealand in December 2011. Warner scored his 23rd century on the opening day of the second Domain Test against Pakistan.

The only two batsmen who have more centuries since his debut are Steve Smith (26) and Virat Kohli (27).

Warner goes back-to-back with brilliant hundred

166 – The number of runs scored by Warner on the first day of the second Test, the highest tally for any batsman in a day’s play in pink-ball Tests. The previous highest was 156 by Azhar Ali on the second day of the day-night Test against West Indies in Dubai in 2016. 

It was also Warner’s first century in a day-night Test. Coming into the match, he had scored only 199 runs at an average of 24.87 and with a best of 47 in four pink-ball Tests. 

Trademark Warner leaps for Test ton No.23

5 – The number of centuries Warner has scored against Pakistan in Tests, his most against any opposition. He has four centuries in the last five innings against Pakistan – 166 in the ongoing Test in Adelaide, 154 in the previous Test in Brisbane, 113 in Sydney in 2017 and 144 in Melbourne in 2016. His other hundred (133) came in his first ever innings against Pakistan in Dubai in 2014. 

303.50 – Warner’s batting average in the home summer. So far he has scored 607 runs in international matches on home soil and been dismissed just twice. He started the T20I series against Sri Lanka with scores of 100, 60 and 57 (all unbeaten), followed by 2 not out, 20 and 48 not out in T20Is against Pakistan and has scored 154 and 166 not out in two Test innings against Pakistan. 

793 – The number of Test runs Marnus Labuschagne has scored in 2019, the most by any batsman in the world. He went past Steve Smith’s tally of 778 in the second Test against Pakistan. He is currently on 126 not out, which is his second century in Tests. 

Consecutive centuries for marvellous Marnus

3 – The number of century partnerships in four innings between Warner and Labuschagne, who have shared an unbeaten stand of 294 at Adelaide Oval. In the previous Test in Brisbane, they added 129 together. Prior to that, they combined for 11 and 111 against England in the Ashes. 

294 – The unbroken partnership between Warner and Labuschagne. It is the highest stand for any wicket in day-night Tests, breaking the 248-run stand between Alastair Cook and Joe Root against West Indies in Birmingham in 2017. It is also the highest ever second-wicket partnership in Tests in Adelaide, surpassing the 275 between Australia’s Lindsay Hassett and Colin McDonald against South Africa in 1953. 

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14 – The number of Test caps Pakistan have handed in the last three years, with nineteen-year-old paceman Mohammad Musa Khan becoming their latest debutant in Adelaide. Pakistan had also handed a debut to 16-year-old fast bowler Naseem Shah in Brisbane. They have handed 14 caps in 21 Tests in last three years. Only Zimbabwe (seven caps in six Tests) have a higher ratio of debutants per Test in that period. Australia have handed out nine caps caps in 33 Tests during this period. 

13 – This is the 13th day-night fixture in Tests and sixth hosted by Australia – after they faced New Zealand in 2015, South Africa in 2016, Pakistan in 2016, England in 2017 and Sri Lanka and Pakistan in 2019. Australia (six) have played the most day-night Tests followed by Pakistan, who are contesting their fourth. 

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54.00 – Mohammad Abbas’ bowling average in the last five Tests, during which he has taken just seven wickets. In 10 Tests before this stretch, he had taken 59 wickets at an average of 15.94. Abbas was player-of-the-series after collecting 17 wickets against Australia in the UAE last year. 

11.00 – Joe Burns’ batting average in four innings in day-night Tests. Burns, the only wicket to fall on the opening day, was caught behind off Shaheen Shah Afridi’s bowling after scoring only four. His previous three scores in pink ball fixtures were 15 against Sri Lanka in Brisbane this year and 11 and 14 against New Zealand in Adelaide in 2015. 

4.13 – Australia’s run-rate in this innings, the third highest in 44 innings in day-night Tests. The highest (5.17) also belongs to Australia when they scored 5-202 (dec) in 39 overs against Pakistan in Brisbane in 2016. The second highest is 4.73 by Bangladesh, but they were bundled out for 195 in 41.1 overs against India in Kolkata last week. 

51.93 – Australia’s overall batting average in home Tests against Pakistan in the last 10 years. It is their second highest against any team after West Indies (61.13). Since the start of the series in 2009, Australia batsmen have scored 16 centuries in eight home Tests against Pakistan. 

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: Australia won by an innings and five runs.

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