New Zealand v Pakistan, First Test, Day 2, Stats: Debutants shine for New Zealand on day two

After day one was washed out to rain at Christchurch, Pakistan began day two on a disastrous note as they got bowled out for 133. A 30-year old Harare-born fast-bowler, Colin de Grandhomme, took 6 for 41 on debut for the Kiwis. In their reply, New Zealand ended day two at 104 for the loss of 3 wickets. Another debutant Jeet Raval is batting unbeaten on 55 and has Henry Nicolls at the other end batting on 29.

Here are all the major stats from day two:

1 – The number of five-fors taken by Colin de Grandhomme in his first-class career of 83 games before today’s match.

1 – This is the first time in the history of Test cricket where a debutant has scored a half century and another debutant has taken a five-for against Pakistan. Jeet Raval is batting unbeaten on 55, while Colin de Grandhomme took 6 for 41.

3 – The number of bowlers who have taken a five-for in their Test debut against Pakistan since 2012. The bowlers are Kyle Abbot, Adil Rashid and Colin de Grandhomme. Surprisingly, no bowler had achieved this landmark on debut against Pakistan from 2000 to 2012, while three did that after 2012.

4 – Colin de Grandhomme is the fourth oldest New Zealand bowler to take a five-for in Test debut. He was 30 years and 119 days old when he achieved this landmark. The oldest player is GF Cresswell, who was 34 years and 144 days old when he took a five-for on debut.

7 – Jeet Raval is the 7^th cricketer of Indian origin to represent New Zealand. The others are Narotam Puna (1966), Deepak Patel (1987-1997), Jeetan Patel (2006-2016), Ronnie Hira (2012-2013), Tarun Nethula (2012) and I Sodhi (2013).

6/41 – The bowling figures by Colin de Grandhomme are the best bowling figures of debutant for New Zealand in Test cricket. The previous best was 6 for 155 by Alex Moir against England Christchurch in 1951.

43 – The number of runs added by Pakistan’s top four in this match. The last time Pakistan’s top four added less than 50 was in 2013, in a Test at Johannesburg.

50 – This was Misbah ul Haq’s 50^th Test as a captain. He is the first Pakistan players, and 16^th overall to achieve this landmark.

133 – This is Pakistan's third lowest total in New Zealand. The top two lowest were in the same match in Hamilton during the 2000-01, where they got bowled out for 104 and 118 respectively in their two innings.