The first ever day night test match on New Zealand soil started today in Auckland. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first on a green pitch.
The opening duo of Trent Boult (6/32) and Tim Southee (4/25) bundled England out for just 58 runs in 20.4 overs. In reply, New Zealand ended the day on 175 for 3 with a lead of 117 runs.
Kane Williamson ended the day on 91*, 9 runs away from a record 18th Test hundred for New Zealand.
In a day filled with statistical wonders, here are all the key stats from Day 1:
58 - This was England's sixth lowest Test total of all time and lowest total against New Zealand.The previous lowest total against New Zealand was 64 in Wellington test in 1978.
Lowest Test total for England
Total | Against | Venue | Year |
45 | AUS | Sydney | 1887 |
46 | WI | Port of Spain | 1994 |
51 | WI | Kingston | 2009 |
52 | AUS | Oval | 1948 |
53 | AUS | Lords | 1888 |
58 | NZ | Auckland | 2018 |
5 - 5th instance of a team getting bowled out in the first session of a test match.
Team getting bowled out in the first session of a test match:
1. Australia for 53 runs vs England at Lords (1896)
2. India for 76 runs vs South Africa at Ahmedabad (2008)
3. New Zealand for 45 runs vs South Africa at Cape Town (2013)
4. Australia for 60 runs vs England at Trent Bridge (2015)
5. England for 58 runs vs New Zealand at Auckland (2018)
6/32 - Trent Boult's best bowling figures in an innings in Test cricket.His previous best was 6/40 against West Indies in Wellington in 2013.
4 - 4 five wickets hauls for Trent Boult against England in Tests. Two of them came at the Eden Park ground in Auckland.
400 - Stuart Broad became the second bowler from England and fifteenth in the world to take 400 or more wickets in Test cricket.
115 - Tests taken by Stuart Broad to reach the 400 wickets milestone. He is joint slowest to reach 400 test wickets equaling Kapil Dev's record.
Slowest to 400 Test Wickets
Player | Tests |
Kapil Dev | 115 |
Stuart Broad | 115 |
Courtney Walsh | 107 |
James Anderson | 104 |
Shaun Pollock | 103 |
450 - wickets taken by Tim Southee in international cricket.He is the third bowler from New Zealand after Daniel Vettori (696) and Sir Richard Hadlee (589) to take 450 or more wickets across three formats of game.