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Stats Analysis

Tons and runs galore for Australia's top three

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

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
26-Dec-2015
Usman Khawaja's second coming in Tests, Australia v West Indies, 2nd Test, Melbourne, 1st day, December 26, 2015

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258 The second-wicket partnership between Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja, which is the third-highest for the second wicket at the MCG. The highest is 298, between Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry, also against West Indies, in 1968. The top five second-wicket stands here are all by Australia.
14 Test hundreds for Australia's top three batsmen (Nos. 1 to 3) in 2015, which equals their highest in any calendar year; they also got 14 centuries in 2003. Their aggregate of 4020 runs is the highest for Australia's top three in any calendar year.
5 Double-century partnerships against West Indies in the last two years, the most against any team during this period. The next-highest is four each against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
448 Runs scored by Usman Khawaja in four Test innings in 2015, at an average of 149.33. In 17 previous innings in Tests, he had only managed 377 runs at an average of 25.13.
132.57 The average runs per wicket for Australia in this series so far, the highest for any team in any series with a minimum of 200 overs faced. In their last three home series against West Indies, Australia have averaged 54.71 runs per wicket, which is their second-highest against any opposition.
25.12 David Warner's Test average in eight innings at the MCG, with only one half-century - 62 against Sri Lanka in 2012. It's his poorest average among all home venues. He averages more than 60 in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart, while his average is 32.85 in Sydney. Melbourne is the only home venue where he hasn't scored a Test hundred.
1000 International centuries for Australia, making them the first team to reach the landmark. England are next with 964 hundreds, followed by India with 688.
73.11 Kemar Roach's bowling average in Tests in 2015: in seven matches (including this one) he has taken nine wickets. In the three years before 2015 (from January 2012 to December 2014), he had taken 70 wickets in 15 Tests at 21.90.
1.94 The economy rate for Jason Holder: in 17 overs he conceded only 33; on the other hand, Jerome Taylor and Roach conceded 136 runs in 28 overs, an economy rate of 4.86.

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