Stats Analysis

The most prolific opening day at the Gabba

Stats highlights from a day completely dominated by Australia's batsmen

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
05-Nov-2015
David Warner pierces the off side, Australia v New Zealand, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st day, November 5, 2015

David Warner made his 13th Test hundred, which puts him in fifth place among Australian openers with most centuries  •  Getty Images

389 Runs scored by Australia, the most ever on the first day of a Gabba Test. The previous-best was 364, also by Australia against England in 2002. It's the third-highest on any day of a Gabba Test: the highest is 459, on the fifth day of the 2001 Test against New Zealand, while the second-best is 404, on the last day against India in 2003.
161 The opening partnership between Warner and Joe Burns, which is Australia's fourth-highest for the first wicket in a Test innings against New Zealand. The highest is 224, also at the Gabba, between Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer in 2001. That was also the last instance of an Australian opening pair putting together a century stand at the Gabba. The partnership of 161 is also the highest by a new Australian opening pair since Ian Redpath and Bill Lawry added 219 against South Africa in Melbourne in 1964.
2 Instances of partnerships of 150 or more for the first two wickets for Australia in a Test innings. The only previous instance was at Lord's in 1930, when Bill Woodfull (155) and Don Bradman (254) made merry against England. This is the 12th instance of century stands for the first two wickets in an innings in Australia's Test history. The last time it happened was also against New Zealand, in Adelaide in 2004. Three of the last four such instances have been against New Zealand.
3 Number of successive century stands for Australia in Tests: in the 2015 Ashes, Warner and Rogers added 113 in the second innings of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge, and 110 in the first innings of the fifth, at The Oval. It's the first such instance for Australia in Tests.
13 Test hundreds for Warner, which puts him in joint fifth place among Australian openers, along with Bill Lawry. Hayden leads with 30, which is well clear of Mark Taylor, who is next on 19 hundreds.
2 Fifty-plus scores for Warner in eight Test innings at the Gabba - on both occasions he has gone on to convert them into hundreds. In 2013 against England he scored 124 in the second innings, after being dismissed for 49 in the first.
57.78 Warner's Test average when he opens the batting but doesn't take the first ball - 12 of his 13 centuries have come in the 60 innings when he has started at the non-striker's end. In the 20 innings when he has faced the first ball, he has averaged only 24.50.
102* Usman Khawaja's score, his first Test century, in his 18th Test innings. In 17 previous innings he had gone past 20 ten times, but his highest was only 65.
4 Instances of two of Australia's top three batsmen getting hundreds in a Test innings against New Zealand. It happened twice in the 2001 home series, and once in the 1993-94 series. Each of those Tests have been played in November.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats