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October 31, 2008 20:06 IST

Some interesting statistics of the third day's play on Friday, in the third Test between India [ Images ] and Australia [ Images ], at the Kotla.

50 Century partnerships involving Matthew Hayden [ Images ]. He became fourth Australian and ninth batsman overall to feature in 50 century partnerships.

21 Opening century partnerships involving Matthew Hayden. Only Jack Hobbs (24), Mike Atherton (23), Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ] and Gordon Greenidge (22 each) are ahead of him, while Herbert Sutcliffe was also involved in 21 century partnerships for the first wicket.

16 Byes conceded so far by Dhoni [ Images ]. This equals his worst performance behind the stumps.

4 First four Australian batsmen scored fifties -- the first such instance for Australia on Indian soil.

3 Wickets taken by Virender Sehwag [ Images ] in the Australian innings -- the third time he has taken three wickets in an innings. Also, his best performance against Australia.

1 Ricky Ponting [ Images ] became the first Australian captain to score a fifty at the Ferozshah Kotla.

0 Kumble has not taken a single wicket in the last four innings (including the second innings of the Colombo PSS Test vs Sri Lanka [ Images ]). He had never gone wicketless previously in more than two successive innings.