(Australian Associated Press)
AUSTRALIA’S MOUNTAIN OF TEST RUNS THIS SUMMER
*There have been a total of 19 individual centuries. Steve Smith, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Joe Burns and Adam Voges all raised the bat at least three times
*Burns, Warner, Khawaja, Voges and Peter Nevill have all posted the highest scores of their Test career
*Partnership of 289 between Burns and Smith in Christchurch was Australia’s highest ever stand in New Zealand
*Burns’ knock of 170 in Christchurch was the highest Test score by an Australian opener in New Zealand
*Voges’ knock of 239 was the third highest by an Australian in New Zealand
*Voges scored 614 runs between dismissals in Tests, bettering Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 497
*Smith’s average as captain is 87.46. Only two other Test skippers have achieved a higher number
*Partnership of 449 between Voges and Shaun Marsh in Hobart was three runs short of Australia’s highest Test partnership ever
*Warner’s two tons in Brisbane made him the third man in history to notch a century in each innings of a match in three Tests
*Run-rate of 6.27 in SCG Test was the highest by Australia in a Test innings of at least 40 overs
*Australia were 2-389 and 2-416 at the end of day one at Gabba and WACA this year – both venue records
*Voges scored 1028 runs in 2015. Not since Mark Taylor in 1989 has an Australian batsman started Test cricket with so many runs in a calender year.
