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First-innings ties, and chases at Headingley

Stats highlights from the third day at Headingley

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
31-May-2015
BJ Watling scores his fifth Test hundred, England v New Zealand, 2nd Investec Test, Headingley, 3rd day, May 31, 2015

Out of five Test centuries for BJ Watling, three have come in the second innings  •  Getty Images

8 The number of times teams have ended up even after the first innings of a Test match - it was the third such instance for England, and the second for New Zealand. The last two such instances were in Antigua, and each produced something historic: in 2003, after both Australia and West Indies scored 240 in the first dig, West Indies chased down 418 in the fourth innings to win, the highest successful chase in Test history; in 1994, both West Indies and England scored 593, though West Indies declared at five down, with Brian Lara contributing a record 375.
3 Number of second-innings centuries for BJ Watling, out of five in his Test career so far. He averages 52.12 in the second innings, compared to 34.92 in the first.
3 Century partnerships between Watling and Brendon McCullum, in 11 stands between them in Tests. Only once in these 11 stands have they gone past 20 and not converted it into a century partnership.
22.2 Tom Latham's average in the second innings of Tests - in ten attempts he has a highest of 73. In first innings he averages 55.27.
30.92 Ian Bell's batting average in his last 17 Tests, from November 2013. In 29 innings during this period, he has scored only two hundreds.
2 The average second-wicket partnership for New Zealand in this series, their worst in any series. In four innings in this series, their partnerships have been 0, 0, 0, 8.
19 Byes conceded by Luke Ronchi in England's first innings. It's the second-highest for New Zealand in a Test innings in England; the highest was also at Headingley - 25, in 2004.
6.82 The run-rate during the Martin Guptill-Ross Taylor partnership, which is the second-fastest 99-run stand in Test history (where balls-faced data is available). The only faster one was by Alastair Cook and Joe Root against India last year, when they added 99 off 86 balls, at a rate of 6.90, at The Rose Bowl.
84 Runs Stuart Broad had scored in his ten previous innings, before hitting 46 here. His overall career average is 23.08.
1-9 Win-loss record at Headingley when teams have been set a fourth-innings target of 300 or more, since 1950. The only successful chase was by England against Australia in 2001, when Mark Butcher's unbeaten 173 helped them chase down a target of 315 for the loss of just four wickets. By then, though, Australia had already wrapped up the series by winning the first three Tests. The only other successful chase of a 300-plus target was by Australia in 1948, when they made 404 for 3, with big hundreds for Arthur Morris and Don Bradman.
6008 Brendon McCullum's Test aggregate. He is only the second New Zealander, after Stephen Fleming, to score more than 6000 Test runs.
140 Guptill's aggregate for the series. The sequence, though, is more interesting than the overall number - 70, 0, 0, 70.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats