Bird's best, and Williamson stuck in the nineties

2 Batsmen who have completed 4000 Test runs at a younger age than Kane Williamson's 25 years and 199 days. Sachin Tendulkar was 24 years, 224 days when he got to that mark in December 1997 and Alastair Cook was 25 years, 79 days in March 2010. The previous youngest batsman for New Zealand was Stephen Fleming at 29 years, 32 days in May 2002.

89 Innings required by Williamson to complete 4000 runs in Tests - the least by any New Zealand batsman. Martin Crowe had done it in 93 innings and Ross Taylor in 94. Williamson is the eighth New Zealand player to aggregate 4000 or more Test runs and his average of 49.23 is the best among them.

1 Number of times Australia have lost a Test, out of 17 previous instances, when they have chased a fourth-innings target against New Zealand. They have won 13 times and drawn three times. The only defeat was in Hobart in 2011, when they were bowled out for 233 chasing 241. The target of 201 in this Test is the second-highest for Australia in New Zealand. The highest was 210 in Hamilton in 2000 which Australia chased down quite easily scoring at 5.10 runs per over for the loss of four wickets.

97 Williamson's score in this innings - his eighth score in the nineties in international cricket. He has been out six times in 90s in ODIs and twice in Tests. For New Zealand, only Nathan Astle and Fleming have more such dismissals - nine each. This is the fourth time Williamson was dismissed for 97 in international matches. Before this match he was also the last New Zealand batsman to be dismissed in the nineties in Tests - 91 against England in Auckland in 2012-13. This is his sixth such score in international matches since 2015; no other batsman has been dismissed in the nineties more than twice in these 14 months.

5/59 Jackson Bird's figures in New Zealand's second innings - his best in Tests. Only once had he taken four wickets in an innings in the past - 4 for 41 against Sri Lanka at the SCG in 2013. He picked up only five wickets in his first five innings outside Australia before this five-for. Bird is the 12th Australian bowler to take a five-for in New Zealand.

1 Previous instance of New Zealand batsmen sharing a century partnership for the fifth wicket in both innings of a Test. In the 1991 Test against Sri Lanka in Hamilton, Andrew Jones and Shane Thomson had shared partnerships of 113 and 105 for the fifth wicket in the two innings. In this Test, Brendon McCullum and Corey Anderson added 179 runs in the first innings, and Anderson and Williamson had a 102-run stand in the second. The only other such instance against Australia was by England at Lord's in the 2013 Ashes.

66 Matt Henry's score in the second innings - the second-highest by a New Zealand No. 9 against Australia. Only Adam Parore's 110 at the WACA in 2001 is higher. Henry shared a 118-run partnership with BJ Watling, which is only the second century stand for the eighth wicket for New Zealand against Australia.

22 Catches by fielders in the first three innings of this match - the most in the first three innings of any Test. Out of 30 batsmen dismissed in the first three innings, 26 were caught, but only four by wicketkeepers. The 17 catches by fielders in the first two innings is also a record. The overall record for most catches by fielders in a Test is 27.

6 Consecutive innings in which Nathan Lyon picked up at least three wickets before going wicket-less in New Zealand's second innings. The six innings were over the last three Tests: two against West Indies and one against New Zealand.