Australia tour of United Arab Emirates 2014-15 News

Pat Howard's rugby state of mind
The Australian team performance head's swift review of the UAE debacle is an example of cricket borrowing ideas from rugby
In praise of those who don't set the pulse racing
Pakistan cricket has largely been about celebrating the winners, the mercurial, the flamboyant, but its current success has been built on players who are largely the opposite
We adapted too slowly - O'Keefe
Australia spinner Steve O'Keefe has admitted that "there's a few things" he'd like to change with his bowling, after being hit for 219 runs on his difficult debut in the Dubai Test
Ronchi v South Africa
The brigade talk great wicket-taking deliveries, Australia's misery, and more Luke Ronchi
Asia brings Australia down to earth
Russell Jackson and Barney Ronay of the Guardian both dissect Pakistan's 2-0 sweep of Australia in UAE

A rare feat

Number times that Pakistan have beaten Australia in a Test over the last 20 years

Number of wickets taken by Yasir Shah (at Tea) - the most by a Pakistan leg-spinner on debut

Number of 4th innings fifties for Mitchell Johnson when batting at No. 9 or lower. No other player has more than one

Steve Smith's batting avg in fourth innings' before this Test. He had scored 20 runs from 4 inns. With this inns of 55, his avg. is now 15

35 Zulfiqar Babar’s age (35 years and 316 days). He is the oldest left-arm bowler from Pakistan to pick up a four-wicket haul in Tests

273

Number of balls between the 4th and 5th boundaries of the Australian innings - they had to wait from overs 9.1 to 54.3

Number of fours hit by Australia in this innings (as of lunch) - their fewest in 80 years for an innings of 50+ overs

200+

Number of balls since Australia's last boundary - by David Warner off the last ball of the 9th over

Highest 6th wicket stand for Australia in the 4th innings after losing 5 wickets for less than 100 - b/w Clarke and Haddin at Mohali, 2008

No. of wickets taken in 122.2 overs when teams have batted fourth on the final day of a Dubai Test

57.5

Rogers' fourth-innings average from six innings - he got hundreds the last two times he batted in the fourth innings

Number of years since Australia have successfully chased a 400+ target. This has only happen 4 times in Tests (Highest score: 418).

Number of times, since 2001, that batsmen have taken two 3s off the first two balls of an innings - both times in Aus v Pak Tests

Number of years since a batsman made two hundreds in the same Test against Australia - Glenn Turner in 1974.