By the numbers: Australia's MCG miracle

11 – The number of consecutive Tests that Australia have won against Pakistan at home dating back to 1999. Australia’s last defeat against the green caps at home was nearly 22 years ago when they lost a dead rubber in Sydney in 1995. Since then, they have clean swept Pakistan thrice – in 1999-00, 2004-05 and 2009-10 – and will now travel to Sydney with a chance to make it four whitewashes in a row.

2 – The number teams that have won a Test by an innings after the opposition declared the innings. Australia became the second team to achieve the feat today, winning by an innings and 18 runs win despite Pakistan scoring 9-443 declared at the MCG. The first team was India, who won by an innings and 135 runs against Australia (9-237 declared) in Hyderabad in 2013.

624 – The number of runs scored by Australia in the second innings, the highest ever total at the Melbourne Cricket Ground toppling a nearly 80-year-old record set by the Don Bradman-led team against England in 1937. It is also Australia’s highest ever total against Pakistan in Tests, beating the 617 scored against them in Faisalabad in 1980.

5 – The number of times a team has lost by an innings after scoring more than 400 runs in the first innings of the Test. Incredibly, three of those matches have happened this month. Before Pakistan's defeat today, England managed it twice against India, by an innings and 36 runs in Mumbai and an innings and 75 runs in Chennai. Before that, the only other two instances saw England lose by an innings and 39 runs against Australia at the Oval in 1930, while Sri Lanka succumbed by an innings and 14 runs against England in Cardiff in 2011.

50 – The number of wickets taken by Mitchell Starc in 2016, the most by any fast bowler this year and only behind Rangana Herath (57) and Ravi Ashwin (72). It is first time in his career that he has taken 50 wickets in Tests in a calendar year, four of which came today to hand Australia a historic victory at the MCG. Earlier in the day he registered many batting records as well which can be read here.

60.63 – Steve Smith’s batting average after 90 innings in Tests. No batsman with at least 90 innings to his name has an average of 60-plus in Tests. The next highest is 58.67 by Ken Barrington and then Wally Hammond 58.45. In case somebody is thinking about Sir Don Bradman’s 99.94, he batted just 80 innings in Tests. However, if Sir Don had played ten more innings - even without scoring a run - he would have still ended up with an average of 87.45.

2569 – The number of balls faced by Azhar Ali in Tests in 2016, the most by any batsman this year. The only other Pakistan batsman to face more balls in a calendar year is Mohammad Yousuf (2854 deliveries in 2006). Yousuf (1788 runs) is also the only Pakistan batsman to score more runs than Azhar (1198) in a year.

5 – The number of times Pakistan have lost five Tests in a row. Their defeat against Australia at the MCG is their fifth on the trot after losing to the West Indies in Sharjah, New Zealand in Christchurch and Hamilton and Australia in Brisbane. The only other time they have lost five Tests on the bounce was in 1999-00 when they lost 0-3 in Australia and then first two Tests of the home series against Sri Lanka.

4 – The number of times Pakistan have lost a Test after scoring 400 or more runs in the first innings, two of those instances coming in the last two years – today and against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2014 when they lost after scoring 451. The other two instances are: 405 against England in Karachi in 2000 and 408 against West Indies in Georgetown in 408.

1 – The number of Pakistan batsmen who have scored a double-hundred in Tests in a losing cause. Azhar Ali (205 not out) is the first batsman to have this unwanted record. He is also the first Pakistan batsman to score 200 in Australia. Incredibly, seven of the top ten individual scores in a losing cause in Tests have come in Australia with the highest being 242 by Ricky Ponting against Adelaide in 2003.

It is also the number of bowlers who have conceded 200 or more runs in an innings twice in a calendar year. Yasir Shah achieved the unwanted record after going for 207 against Australia at the MCG and 213 against Manchester in 2016.

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