Stats Analysis

Younis enters 8000 club

Stats highlights from the second day of the second Test between Australia and Pakistan at Abu Dhabi

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
31-Oct-2014
Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan have 11 century partnerships together, the most by a Pakistan pair  •  AFP

Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan have 11 century partnerships together, the most by a Pakistan pair  •  AFP

3 Number of Pakistan batsmen who have scored 8000-plus Test runs. Younis became the third, after Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq. In all, 28 batsmen have reached this milestone.
2447 Number of Test runs that Misbah has scored as Pakistan captain, a record. He went past Imran Khan (2408) during his innings of 101.
11 Number of hundred partnerships that Younis and Misbah have been involved in together. This is the most for any Pakistan pair. The previous record was ten, jointly held by two pairs - Inzamam/Yousuf and Miandad/Mudassar Nazar.
5 Number of 200-plus scores for Younis, the second most by a Pakistan batsman. Miandad has six double hundreds. Younis however does hold the joint record, with Miandad, for the most 150-plus scored by a Pakistan batsman - both have ten each. Younis is one of only 13 batsmen, across countries, to make five or more double hundreds.
1 Number of times that Nos. 3, 4 and 5 have made centuries in the same Test innings for Pakistan. Azhar Ali, Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq posted hundreds, making this Pakistan's first such instance.
236 Number of runs posted by Younis and Azhar Ali for the third wicket. This is the highest third-wicket partnership for Pakistan in Tests against Australia. This is the fifth highest third-wicket partnership for Pakistan, in Tests played outside Pakistan.
2 Number of batsmen who have made a Test hundred after the age of 40 in the last 20 years - Shivnarine Chanderpaul and now Misbah. He is also one of only two sub-continental batsmen, after India's Vijay Merchant, in 1951, who have made a Test century after the age of 40. Overall, 19 batsmen have done this 38 times.
28 Number of threes run by Pakistan's batsmen. This is the most threes in a Test innings since 2001. The second most is 26, by Australia versus England, at Adelaide, in 2006.
570 Runs scored by Pakistan. This is their fourth highest score against Australia. This is also the second highest score by any team in UAE and the highest there by Pakistan.

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