Numbers game

PATIENT AUSTRALIANS

52 from 126 balls for first man in Justin Langer
35 from 34 balls for last man in Adam Gilchrist

Get, set, go

First session: 70 runs
Second session: 107 runs
Third session: 139 runs
The run rate jumped from 2.8 to 5 after tea

Kumble8217;s 400 breakup:

Home: 238 wkts 43 Test;
Away: 162 wkts in 43 Test

Time taken to reach 400

Shortest: Muralitharan 72 Test this
Longest: Kapil Dev 115 Tests
Kumble: 86 Test

The 400 Club

Murali 532, 91 Tests
Warne 527, 113 Tests
Walsh 519, 132 Tests
McGrath 440, 98 Tests
Kapil 434, 131 Tests
Hadlee 431, 86 Tests
Akram 414, 104 Tests
Ambrose 405, 98 Tests