Australia vs Pakistan 1st Test Day 1 Stats: Steve Smith registers his third ton in a pink ball game

Day One of the opening Australia-Pakistan Test played under lights for the first at the Gabba in Brisbane belonged to the hosts as led by a hundred from skipper Steve Smith, they notched up 288 for 3 in 90 overs.

The 27-year-old right-hander remained unbeaten on 110 and was well-supported by Peter Handscomb, who was not out on 64 at the end of the opening day. All the Pakistani bowlers had a tough day on the field and Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah and Wahab Riaz, each picked up one wicket apiece, but it was Australi who took the honours on Day One.

Here are a few numbers from Day One:

1-Today was the first time in six Tests that Australia won a toss. They have been on the wrong side of the coin for the past six occasions.

3-Steve Smith’s hundred on the opening day of the Day/Night Test against Pakistan was his third. No one has scored more hundreds than him in pink ball first-class matches.

8-On Thursday, Steve Smith became the eighth Australian batsman to record a Test hundred against the Top 7 ranked oppositions in the world.

1-Today was the first time since the Guyana Test of 2011 that Pakistan bowled 30 overs in a single session of a Test match.

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1-This is the first time that a ground other than the Adelaide Oval has played host to a pink ball Test in Australia. The ground played host to one match last month against South Africa and also hosted the maiden Day/Night Test against New Zealand last year.

8-Steve Smith’s hundred on Thursday was his eighth as the captain of the Australian Test team. It was also 16th Test century overall.