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The numbers game - Day 2

October 10, 2008 21:39 IST

232.34 - The difference between the bowling averages of Indian pacers and spinners during Australia's [ Images ] first innings. Anil Kumble [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] and Virender Sehwag [ Images ] conceded 251 runs while picking up just one wicket, while Zaheer Khan [ Images ] and Ishant Sharma [ Images ] accounted for 9 wickets which cost them just 168 runs.

70.60 - Hussey's batting average after Friday's innings. Among the batsmen who have played at least 25 innings only Don Bradman averages more.

56 -  No. of times Kumble has conceded 100 runs in a Test innings - more than any other bowler in Test history. He was earlier at level with Sri Lanka's [ Images ] Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ] with 55 instances.

2.86 - Australia's run-rate. This is the first time since 1998-99 that Australia's run-rate was below 3 in an innings of 400 or more.

2 - No. of times Kumble has gone wicketless in an innings at home after conceding 100 runs. Overall this was the sixth such instance. India [ Images ] has never won a Test in which this has happened.

1 - Zaheer Khan's five-wicket hauls on Indian soil. All other five hauls have come on foreign soil.

Also read:
- Statistical highlights: Day 2
- India-Australia Test dossier