*Stats highlights from the fourth day of the first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand, in Abu Dhabi
15 Number of years since a Pakistan opener made 90-plus scores in both innings of a Test. Pakistan have had five such instances in all. Mohammad Hafeez scored 96 in the first innings and 101 in the second. The last man to do it before this was Wajahatullah Wasti, who had scored twin hundreds against Sri Lanka in Lahore in 1999.
5 Number of back-to-back Test innings where Pakistan have declared, their longest such streak. The longest sequence is six consecutive declarations, by England in 2009. Pakistan declared both innings of this Test, and the last three innings of the preceding Test series against Australia.
69 The opening standing between Hafeez and Azhar Ali, Pakistan’s fifth 50-plus opening stand in 2014. The only team with more such stands is West Indies, with six.
188 The most overs that New Zealand have batted in the fourth innings of a Test match. They need to play out 144 overs to save this Test, unless, of course, they pull off a win before that.
15 Number of innings between New Zealand’s last 50-plus opening stand and the 57-run opening partnership during New Zealand’s second innings. This was new Zealand’s first 50-plus opening stand in 2014.
175 The score at which Pakistan declared their second innings. This is the sixth lowest score at which Pakistan have declared a Test innings, and their lowest against New Zealand.
43.3 BJ Watling’s batting average in Tests. This the fifth highest for a wicketkeeper who has played at least ten or more Test matches, with those higher than him on the list being Andy Flower, Adam Gilchrist, Les Ames and AB de Villiers. Watling scored 42 in New Zealand’s first innings, but a duck in the second.
1 Number of previous instances in the last 22 years of New Zealand’s Nos. 6 & 7 making ducks. Watling and James Neesham made ducks during New Zealand’s second innings.
