*Stats highlights from the drawn second Test in Dubai as Pakistan held on to their 1-0 series lead
6 The number of consecutive Tests in Dubai, before this one, that produced a decisive result. Pakistan won four of those and lost two, to South Africa and Sri Lanka. The only other Test to be drawn here was the very first one, between South Africa and Pakistan in 2010.
5 Wickets taken by New Zealand’s specialist spinners, Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi, in this Test. They bowled 105 overs, and went for 338, an average of 67.60 runs per wicket. Pakistan’s two specialist spinners, Yasir Shah and Zulfiqur Babur, took 15 wickets at an average of 26.93 runs per wicket.
9 The number of sixes that were hit off Craig’s bowling in the Test. It’s the most sixes off a New Zealand bowler in a Test since 2001. Craig had also gone for eight sixes against West Indies in Kingston earlier this year.
118 The number of runs Ross Taylor had scored in his six previous innings before getting 104 today. In three previous innings in this series he had scores of 0, 8 and 23.
97 Taylor’s previous highest Test score against Pakistan. In 12 previous innings he had passed 50 five times – including scores of 97 and 94 – but had never gone on to a century. In seven Tests against Pakistan, Taylor now averages 44.61. He has Test hundreds against seven of the nine Test-playing sides, with the exceptions being Bangladesh (highest of 54 not out in eight innings) and South Africa (highest of 48 not out in nine innings). (Click here for Taylor’s career summary in Tests.)
12 Number of Test hundreds for Taylor, which puts him level with John Wright; while Wright got 12 in 148 innings, Taylor has his in 108. Among New Zealand batsmen, only Martin Crowe, with 17 hundreds in 131 innings, has more centuries.
50 Number of sixes in Test cricket for Tim Southee – all of them have been when he has batted at No. 8 or lower in the batting order, which equals the highest by any batsman batting in the last four positions. Wasim Akram has 50 sixes from 110 innings when he has batted at No. 8 or lower, while Southee has 50 sixes from 60 innings. For New Zealand, only three batsmen – Chris Cairns, Brendon McCullum and Craig McMillan – have struck more sixes.
14.69 Taufeeq Umar’s fourth-innings average in Tests since the beginning of 2004. In 16 innings he has a highest of 39. In the first, second and third innings of Tests during this period, he averages 39.18.
1 The number of ducks for Misbah-ul-Haq in 32 Test innings in the UAE. He has scored 1610 runs here at an average of 64.40. Younis Khan leads the run tally in the UAE with 1970, though at a slightly lower average (57.94).
