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South Africa's second-best stand against New Zealand

Stats highlights from the second day of the second Test between New Zealand and South Africa at the Basin Reserve

Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma shared a 160-run stand, New Zealand v South Africa, 2nd Test, Wellington, 2nd day, March 17, 2016

Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma's 160-run partnership was South Africa's fourth-highest seventh-wicket stand  •  Getty Images

160 Runs added by Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma for the seventh wicket - the fourth highest for South Africa in Tests, and second highest for South Africa against New Zealand in Tests. The 160 runs added by de Kock and Bavuma is also the highest for the seventh wicket for South Africa when they lost their sixth wicket for less than 100. The previous instance of a team adding more than 100 runs after losing six wickets for below 100 was India against West Indies in 2011.
11 Instances of a team scoring in excess of 300 after losing their first six wickets for less than 100. Incidentally, the previous instance was when New Zealand scored 327 from 89 for 6 at Centurion in 2006. The last time South Africa achieved this was in 1967 againstAustralia.
Teams scoring in excess of 300 after losing six wickets for less than 100
Team Opp Lost Six Wkts At Total Year Result
 RSA  NZ  94  349  2017  -
  NZ   RSA  89  327  2006  Lost
  WI   AUS  98  329  1999  Won
  NZ   IND  85  391  1990  Draw
  NZ   WI  99  348  1972  Draw
  IND   WI  70  347  1971  Draw
  PAK   ENG  99  354  1967  Draw
  RSA   AUS  94  300  1967  Won
  IND   ENG  99  300  1964  Draw
  AUS   ENG  98  353  1902  Won
  AUS   ENG  58  323  1898  Won
114 Runs added by Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma in the second session of the day from 28 overs. They helped South Africa recover from 104 for 6 at lunch to 218 for 6, scoring at 4.07 runs per over. De Kock also hit three sixes in his innings - the most he has struck in an innings in his Test career so far.
37 Runs scored by de Kock off Jeetan Patel's bowling. He made 37 runs from 43 balls, including four fours and one six. Before this game, de Kock was dismissed by Jeetan Patel on four consecutive occasions across all formats.
47 Unbeaten partnership by Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander for the tenth wicket - the joint-highest tenth-wicket stand for South Africa against New Zealand in Tests. The pair helped South Africa increase their lead to 81 at the end of day two.

Gaurav Sundararaman is a senior stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo