How Warner is second only to Don Bradman

12 – Number of centuries David Warner has scored in Tests, joint-fourth most by any batsman without getting out in the nervous nineties. Don Bradman (29) has most hundreds without ever being dismissed in 90s, next is Michael Vaughan (18) and then Ian Botham (14). Warner didn’t show any nerves at Sydney and moved from 90 to his century in the space of four balls.

5.58 –David Warner scores a century every 5.58 innings in Test matches, the second lowest ratio for an Australian batsman – behind the inimitable Sir Donald Bradman - and the best among active cricketers. Warner scored 12^th ton of his 67-inning Test career at Sydney, taking his innings/century ratio to less than six.

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2 – The number of wickets that fell on day one at SCG. The last time Australia lost two or less wickets on the opening day of a Test was 10 years ago, when they scored 2-370 against Sri Lanka at Cairns in 2004. In the 2009 Edgbaston Test against England, Australia also lost only 2 wickets but the day was marred by rain and only 30 overs were bowled.

172 – The number of Tests India’s playing XI have between them, which is their least experienced side since the Auckland Test against New Zealand in 1976, when the combined experience of their playing XI was 154 Tests.

It is a remarkable turnaround considering the fact that couple of years ago Sachin Tendulkar, a regular in India’s XI, alone had played more than 172 Tests. In the ongoing Test at Sydney, Virat Kohli (33 Tests) is India’s most capped player. Last time India played a Test without someone having 50 caps was against Sri Lanka in 2001.

348 – Number of runs scored by Australia on the first day in Sydney, the third highest total on an opening day at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which now has hosted 103 Test matches. Australia scored 100 runs in each session of day one – 123 in first, 119 in second and 106 in third.

10 – Number of times there has been 300 or more runs in a day’s play in this series, from 15 days of cricket so far, including a couple of days when the play was curtailed by rain. The aggregate runs scored on each day of this series so far: 354, 163, 369, 365, 315 (Adelaide), 311, 318, 355, 283 (Brisbane), 259, 379, 354, 264, 231 (Melbourne) and 348 yesterday in Sydney.

The average of runs scored in a day’s play in this series is 311. Overall 4,668 runs have been scored in 15 days.

5 – Number of 50-lus scores Chris Rogers has posted in consecutive innings. He was bowled after scoring 95 in Sydney on day one but became the fourth Australian opener to have five or more scores of 50 or more in consecutive Test innings.

The other three Aussies to have this feat are: Mark Taylor (1990), Phil Jacques (2007) and David Warner (2014) – all of them scored 50plus in six consecutive innings.

Five is also the number of years since all four of Australia’s top order scored 50 or more in the same innings. Rogers, Warner, Watson, Smith all passed fifty. The last time it happened was in Boxing Day Test of 2009, when Watson, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting, and Michael Hussey all went past 50.

1 – Number of times David Warner and Chris Rogers have shared a 200-run stand for opening wicket. The 200-run stand in Sydney was the highest of their 67-innings partnership.

The last time an opening pair from Australia posted a 200-run stand was also against India, when Ed Cowan and David Warner stitched together 214 at Perth in 2012.

Rogers-Warner’s effort surprisingly is also first opening partnership in three figures this series by either team. The previous best was only 57, between the same pair, at Melbourne.