Records and stats from an absorbing first day #PakvsAus Statistical highlights from day one of the first Test between Australia and Pakistan at Dubai 5 – Number of Australian Test cricketers who were born in non-Test playing countries. The left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe, born in Malaysia in 1984, became the latest inductee in this unique group when he was handed baggy green in Dubai. The previous four Australians were Moises Henriques (Portugal), Archie Jackson (Scotland), Tom Horan and Thomas Kelly (Ireland). O’Keefe also became only the second Malaysia-born Test cricketer after Lall Singh, who played one Test for India in 1932. 12 – Number of batsmen who have scored centuries in Tests against nine other countries. Younis Khan (106 off 223 balls against Australia) is the latest to achieve this record and first from Pakistan. The other who share this record are: Marvan Atapattu, Rahul Dravid, Adam Gilchrist, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh. Mathew Hayden also has hundreds against nine different Test sides but one of them is ICC World XI. Hayden didn’t register a ton in four Tests against Bangladesh. 92.50 – The dot ball percentage of Mitchell Johnson on day one. He bowled 120 balls and a whopping 111 of them were dots. In other words, he offered only nine scoring shots in his 20 overs. The left-armer troubled batsmen with challenging line and length. Even the centurion Younis Khan could make only 13 runs in the 49 deliveries bowled at him by Johnson. 542 – The difference between total wickets of Australia’s and Pakistan’s front-line bowling attacks. At start of the match, the four Aussies Mitchell Johnson (264), Peter Siddle (188), Nathan Lyon (112) and Steve O’Keefe (zero) had 564 wickets between them, which were 542 more than the Pakistan quartet’s tally of 22 wickets – Rahat Ali (16), Zulfiqar Babar (6), Yasir Shah (0) and Imran Khan (0). 13 – Number of maidens bowled by Mitchell Johnson, the most he has ever bowled in a Test innings, and it is still to be completed. Interestingly, in the second innings of the last Test he played against South Africa in Cape Town, he bowled 11 maidens out of 34, meaning 24 of Johnson’s last 54 overs have been maidens. 52 – Number of times Younis Khan has been involved in hundred-run partnerships in Tests, the most by any Pakistan batsman (next is Javed Miandad, with 50 times). Younis’ 108-run stand with Azhar Ali was 52nd instance. The world record is held by India’s Rahul Dravid, who had 88 century stands, while the Australian record belongs to Ricky Ponting (85). 8 – Number of bowling changes Michael Clarke made in first session of the day, during which 29 overs were bowled for 50 runs. Clarke used his bowling arsenal, particularly the fast bowlers, pretty wisely in short spells in a bid to overcome the UAE heat. 3 – Number of Test cricketing fathers who had two sons who also played Test Cricket. With Mitchell Marsh’s debut, Geoff Marsh became only third Test cricketer to achieve this feat. The other two are Lala Amarnath and Walter Hadlee. The sons of Lala who earned Test caps were Mohinder and Surinder whereas in Walter’s case they were Dayle and Richard. Another Hadlee brother (Barry) featured in two ODIs while Richard’s wife Karen Hadlee played an ODI for New Zealand Women. Three is also number of century partnerships between Younis Khan and Azhar Ali. Interestingly, all three of them have come in Dubai, with the previous two coming against England (216) and Sri Lanka (117) in 2012 and 2011 respectively. 19 – Years since Pakistan batted first and lost less than five wickets on day one against Australia. That was way back in 1995 when a Wasim Akram-led side ended the day at 4-231 in Sydney. Pakistan went on to win the match, though Australia had already sealed the series with wins in Hobart and Brisbane. 1983 – Misbah-ul-Haq (40 years and 147 days) is now the oldest Test captain in last 30 years. The last captain to be older than him was Somachandra De Silva (40 years and 277 days) when he led Sri Lanka in 1983.
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