Tendulkar - 68, Chanderpaul - 66
Stats highlights from the fourth day of the third Test between West Indies and South Africa in Cape Town
Bishen Jeswant
05-Jan-2015
Simon Harmer became the first South African spinner to take seven or more wickets on debut in a home Test • AFP
66 Number of Test fifties scored by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, second only to Sachin Tendulkar who scored 68.
27104 Balls faced by Chanderpaul in Tests. From matches where balls-faced data is available, only three batsmen have faced more deliveries: Rahul Dravid (31258), Sachin Tendulkar* (29437) and Jacques Kallis (28903).
8 Number of years since Chanderpaul has been run-out in Tests. He was run-out against New Zealand in Napier in 2006. This is the fourth time he has been run-out in his Test career.
7 Number of wickets taken by Simon Harmer, the most by a South African spinner on debut in a home Test. Two other South African spinners have taken seven or more wickets in their first Test - Dane Piedt (8 for 152, Harare, 2014) and Ian Smith (7 for 189, Nottingham, 1947)
50 Number of overs bowled by Harmer in this Test. He is only the fourth South African spinner in 68 years to bowl 50 or more overs on Test debut. Interestingly, three South African spinners bowled 50-plus overs each on debut in the same Test in 1947, against England.
890 Runs scored by Chanderpaul in South Africa, the most by a West Indies batsman. He went past Lara (841) during his 50 in the second innings.
98 Marlon Samuels' strike rate against Harmer during his knock of 74 in the second innings. He scored 46 runs off 47 balls against Harmer. Against the other bowlers, Samuels scored 28 runs off 103 balls at a strike rate of 27.
5 Number of times that Samuels has faced 150-plus balls in an innings against South Africa, more than against any other team. He has done this three times each against England and India. Samuels played exactly 150 balls for his 74 in the second innings.
8 Number of ducks scored by Denesh Ramdin, the second-most by a West Indies wicketkeeper in Tests. The only wicketkeeper to score more ducks is Ridley Jacobs - 12 ducks.
355 Number of balls since Vernon Philander has taken a Test wicket at Newlands, Cape Town. His last wicket here was against Australia in March 2014, when he took a wicket in the first innings and returned match figures of 1 for 158.
*Ball-faced data is not available for all Tests played by Sachin Tendulkar
Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant