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Statistical Highlights 2nd match: New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 26-29 December, 1999

Mohandas Menon

• This match was the 1478th in Test history.

• This match was New Zealand's 276th and West Indies' 354th in Tests.

• This match was the 30th meeting between the two sides.

• This match was the 35th to be played at this venue. It was West Indies' fifth match at this venue.

• Englishman David Shepherd was officiating in his 49th Test match. This takes him past the tally of former English umpire Frank Chester. Now only former colleague Harold Bird (66) has umpired in more matches in Test history.

• Australian born Matthew Sinclair, became the 208th New Zealander to appear in Tests.

• During his innings of 214 runs, he achieved the following milestones:
• at 29*, he bettered the previous highest score by a Kiwi Test debutant against the West Indies which was the 28 by Don Beard at Christchurch in 1951-52.
• at 67*, he surpassed the previous highest score by a Kiwi number three on debut, which was 66 by Ross Morgan against Pakistan at Auckland in 1964-65.
• at 94*, he surpassed the previous highest score by a Kiwi right hander on debut, which was 93 by Noel Harford against Pakistan at Lahore in 1955-56.
• at 100*, he became the 44th batsman in Test history to score a hundred on debut in the first innings. He becomes the fourth New Zealander after John Mills 117; Rodney Redmond 107 and Bruce Taylor 105, to do so in the first innings. [Mark Greatbatch 107* had also scored a hundred on his debut but it came in the second innings].
• He also becomes the first right-hander from New Zealand to do so.
• at 110*, he became the highest individual scorer against the West Indies by any Test debutant away from the Caribbean soil bettering the previous hihest of 109 by Australian Gary Cosier at Melbourne in 1975-76.
• at 118*, he records the highest individual score by a Kiwi debutant surpassing the 117 by John Mills against England at this same venue in 1929-30.
• at 139*, he surpasses the highest score by a Kiwi batsman at this venue against the West Indies. The previous best was the 138 by John Wright in 1986-87.
• at 148*, he surpasses the highest score by a Kiwi batsman at home against the West Indies. The previous best was the 147 by Geoff Howarth at Christchurch in 1979-80.
• at 160*, he bettered the previous highest score by an Australian born batsman on Test debut. The previous highest was the 159 by Australian Wayne Phillips against Pakistan at Perth in 1983-84.
• at 164*, he recorded the highest score by a Test debutant against the West Indies bettering the previous highest of 163 by South African Andrew Hudson at Bridgetown in 1991-92.
• at 167*, he recorded the highest score by a Kiwi batsman batting at number three against the West Indies surpassing the previous highest of 166 not out by Bevan Congdon at Port of Spain, 1971-72.
• at 174*, he recorded the highest score by a left handed batsman batting at number three against West Indies surpassing the previous highest of 173 by Australian Kepler Wessels at Sydney in 1984-85.
• at 187*, he becomes the highest individual scorer for New Zealand batting at number three. The previous highest was the 186 by Andrew Jones against Sri Lanka at this venue in 1990-91.
• at 200*, he became the fourth batsman in Test history to score a double-hundred on debut. The others to do so are England's Reg Foster's 287 against Australia at Sydney in 1903-04; West Indian Lawrence Rowe's 214 against New Zealand at Kingston in 1971-72 and Sri Lanka's Brendon Kuruppu's unbeaten 201 against New Zealand at Colombo (CCC) in 1986-87.

• It was the eighth double-hundred by the seventh New Zealander in Tests.

• It was the third double-hundred by a New Zealander against the West Indies, with Glenn Turner (259 and 223* in 1971-71) has scored two against the West Indies.

• His 214 was the third highest by any batsman batting at number three against the West Indies after England's Tom Graveney's 258 (at Nottingham, 1957) and Australian Don Bradman's 223 (at Brisbane, 1930-31). He also equals the highest score by a Test debutant batting at number three. West Indian Lawrence Rowe had recorded a similar score against New Zealand at Kingston in 1971-72. Now only England's Reg Foster's 287 against Australia at Sydney in 1903-04 exceeds Rowe's and Sinclair's effort on debut.

• Nathan Astle during his innings of 93 (when on 73) reached his 2000th run in his 34th match and 60th innings of his career. He becomes the 19th New Zealander and the 198th batsman to do so in Test history.

• The 189 run partnership between Sinclair and Astle was New Zealand's best for the 4th wicket against the West Indies bettering the previous best of 175 between Bevan Congdon and Brain Hastings at Bridgetown in 1971-72. It also betters New Zealand's previous best at home against the West Indies which was the 122 between Geoff Howarth and John Parker at Christchurch in 1979-80.

• The total of 518-9 decl by New Zealand was its second highest against West Indies after the 543-3 decl at Georgetown in 1971-72.

• The follow-on enforced by New Zealand was its eighth in Tests and its first against West Indies.

• It was the 18th occasion that West Indies were made to follow-on. The last occasion was against England at the Oval in 1991.

• The six dismissals (all catches) taken by Adam Parore was the maximum by a New Zealand keeper against the West Indies. It equals previous record of 6 dismissals (all catches) held by Parore himself in the previous Test match at Hamilton.

• Parore has now also taken 12 dismissals in this two match Test series which equals the tally of late Ken Wadsworth in the West Indies in 1971-72. However Wadsworth did so in a 5-match Test series.

• The last wicket of Rose was Cairns' 150th wicket of his career in 44 matches. He becomes the third New Zealander after Richard Hadlee (431 wickets in 86 Tests) and Danny Morrison (160 in 48) and the 62nd bowler to do so in Test history.

• Cairns also becomes the second New Zealander after Hadlee (3124 runs + 431 wickets) and the 11th all-rounder to do the unique "double" of 2000 runs and 150-plus wickets in Tests.

• This was Stephen Fleming's 10th win as captain in 24 matches. Now among other Kiwi captains only Geoff Howarth has won more - 11 - in 30 matches. Fleming now has the best record in terms of percentage wins.

• This was Lara's 10th loss as captain in 18 matches. He now equals the tally of Gary Sobers in 39 matches - the second most losses by a West Indian captain. Now among West Indians only Clive Lloyd has lost more - 12 matches. However he has captained in 74 matches.

• The win by an innings and 105 runs was New Zealand's second best in Tests against any team after its innings and 132 run victory against England at Christchurch in 1983-84.

• It was New Zealand's largest win against the West Indies. In the previous match at Hamilton it had won by 9 wickets.

• This was West Indies' tenth successive loss in Tests away from home since its innings and 19 run defeat against Pakistan at Peshawar in November, 1997. West Indies had then lost to Pakistan three-nil in 1997-98 series, then to South Africa five-nil in 1998-99 and now two-nil in this series. Just for the record, in the last 15 matches since November 1996 the West Indies have lost 13 Test matches away from home.