Australia's top six make 50 plus
Stats highlights from the second day of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Sydney
Bishen Jeswant
07-Jan-2015
Steven Smith became the second batsman after Jacques Kallis to make a hundred in every Test of a series of four matches or more • Getty Images
5 Australia batsmen with hundreds in four, or more, consecutive Tests. Steven Smith has hundreds in all four Tests this series. The other Australians to do this are Don Bradman (six), Jack Fingleton (four), Neil Harvey (four) and Matthew Hayden (four).
2 Number of batsmen with centuries in every Test of a series comprising four or more matches. Prior to Smith in this series, Jacques Kallis scored four hundreds in a home series against West Indies in 2002-03.
1 Number of times every batsman in Australia's top six has made a 50-plus score. The batsmen who made 50-plus are Chris Rogers (95), David Warner (101), Shane Watson (81), Smith (117), Shaun Marsh (73) and Joe Burns (58). Overall, it has happened six times in Tests, four of those against India.
24 Number of instances where four Indian bowlers conceded 100-plus runs in an innings. Apart from England (32), no other team has had four bowlers conceding 100-plus runs in the same innings more than 12 times.
1 Number of previous instances in the last 84 years where two of Australia's first three wickets have produced partnerships of 175-plus runs each. Australia's first and third wickets produced 200 and 196 respectively during the first innings.
2 Number of times a team has made 500 plus in every Test of a series comprising four or more Tests. Australia's scores in this series are 7 for 517 (Adelaide), 505 (Brisbane), 530 (Melbourne) and 7 for 572 (Sydney). The only other team to do this was South Africa, against West Indies in 2003-04.
7 Hundreds scored by No. 4 batsmen in this series, three by Smith, three by Virat Kohli and one by Michael Clarke - the most scored by No. 4 batsmen in any Test series.
1 Number of Indian bowlers with five-wicket hauls this series. Mohammed Shami returned figures of 5 for 112 in the first innings. Even during India's previous two tours to Australia only one bowler took a five-for, Umesh Yadav in 2011-12 and Anil Kumble in 2007-08. During the 2003-04 tour, Indian bowlers took five five-wicket hauls.
Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant