Stats Analysis

Australia 102.5, New Zealand 30.6

Stats highlights from the fifth day at the Gabba, where Australia wrapped their 20th Test win since their last defeat

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
09-Nov-2015
Mark Craig also chipped in with a fifty, Cricket Australia XI v New Zealand, Canberra, 2nd day, October 25, 2015

Mark Craig averages 42.8 with both bat and ball in Tests  •  Associated Press

20 Test wins for Australia at the Gabba since the beginning of 1989, in 27 Tests. Eighteen of those 20 wins have been by margins of nine or more wickets, 149 or more runs, or by an innings. They've drawn the other seven. Australia last lost a Test here in 1988, against West Indies.
208 The margin of victory, Australia's third-largest, in terms of runs, in a Test against New Zealand. They've also won nine by an innings against New Zealand.
71.9 The difference between the batting averages for the two teams in this Test: Australia scored 820 runs for the loss of eight wickets (average 102.50), while New Zealand lost 20 wickets in scoring 612 (average 30.60). The difference is the fourth-largest in Tests between Australia and New Zealand; the highest is 84.8, in Wellington in 2010, when Australia had a match total of 565 for 5, and New Zealand lost 20 wickets for 564. In terms of ratio of batting averages between the two teams, this is fifth-highest: the highest was in Hobart in 1993, when Australia made 544 for 6 (average 90.66), and New Zealand were bowled out twice for 322 (average 16.10).
46 The partnership between Trent Boult and Mark Craig, New Zealand's third-highest for the tenth wicket in Tests against Australia. Their best is 124, between John Bracewell and Stephen Boock in Sydney in 1985.
4 Man-of-the-Match awards for David Warner in Tests. Since 2011, only two Australians - Steven Smith and Mitchel Johnson - have won more such awards in Tests.
2 Fifty-plus scores for Brendon McCullum in 14 Test innings in Australia, with a highest of 84 not out. His average in Australia in 26, and his average in 23 innings against Australia is 27.40.
42.8 Craig's batting average in Tests. In 18 innings, he has been dismissed below 15 only five times, while he has gone past 20 on ten occasions. In his last four innings, he has scored 149 runs and been dismissed just once. Craig's bowling average is also 42.8.
17.29 Martin Guptill's strike rate in his innings of 23 (off 133 balls). Only six New Zealand players have faced 120 or more balls in a Test innings and scored at a lower strike rate. The lowest among them is Danny Morrison's unbeaten 14 off 133, against England in 1997.
79.72 Kane Williamson's strike rate, his best among his 27 fifty-plus scores in Tests. His first-innings effort of 140 from 178 (SR 78.65) is third in this list.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats