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Stats Analysis

Five-for on debut for Hazlewood

Stats highlights from the second day of the second Test between India and Australia, in Brisbane

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
18-Dec-2014
Brad Haddin took six catches during the first innings, the most by an Australian wicketkeeper  •  Getty Images

Brad Haddin took six catches during the first innings, the most by an Australian wicketkeeper  •  Getty Images

5 Wickets taken by Josh Hazlewood, on debut, in this Test. The last Australian fast bowler to take a five-for on debut was James Pattinson, in 2011. Three Australians, Hazlewood, Jason Krezja and Brett Lee, have taken five-fors on debut against India.
6 Catches taken by Brad Haddin during India's first innings, the most by an Australian wicketkeeper in a Test innings. Wally Grout, Rod Marsh and Ian Healy have also taken six catches in an innings for Australia. The overall record for the most catches by a keeper in a Test innings is seven, by Wasim Bari, Bob Taylor, Ian Smith and Ridley Jacobs.
100 Test innings played by Shane Watson. He is the 29th Australian to have played 100 Test innings or more.
629 Number of keeper dismissals for MS Dhoni in international cricket, the fourth-highest ever, going past Ian Healy (628). Mark Boucher, with 998 dismissals, holds the record.
36 Number of years since an Australian made a 50-plus score on captaincy debut. Steven Smith is batting on 65 not out. Graham Yallop was the last Australia captain to do this when he scored 102 against England in 1978, also in Brisbane.
6 Number of five-fors taken by Australian debutants since 2000 - no other team has more. During this period, Bangladesh's bowlers have taken six five-fors on debut as well. At the same time, Sri Lanka's debutant bowlers have claimed no five-fors, while every other team has had at least two.
2.8 Shaun Marsh's Test batting average against India from six innings, before this Test. His string of scores read as follows: 0, 3, 0, 11, 3, 0. He scored 32 runs during Australia's first innings, thereby raising his average against India to seven.
0 Number of times that Australia have won a Test in Brisbane after conceding 400-plus runs in the first innings of the match. Including this Test, there have been four instances of overseas teams posting 400-plus in the first innings, and those teams have won one, drawn one, and tied the other.

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