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The numbers game - Day 2 October 10, 2008 21:39 IST 232.34 - The difference between the bowling averages of Indian pacers and spinners during Australia's [Images] first innings. Anil Kumble [Images], Harbhajan Singh [Images] and Virender Sehwag [Images] conceded 251 runs while picking up just one wicket, while Zaheer Khan [Images] and Ishant Sharma accounted for 9 wickets which cost them just 168 runs. 70.60 - Hussey's batting average after Friday's innings. Among the batsmen who have played at least 25 innings only Don Bradman averages more. 56 - No. of times Kumble has conceded 100 runs in a Test innings - more than any other bowler in Test history. He was earlier at level with Sri Lanka's [Images] Muttiah Muralitharan [Images] with 55 instances. 2.86 - Australia's run-rate. This is the first time since 1998-99 that Australia's run-rate was below 3 in an innings of 400 or more. 2 - No. of times Kumble has gone wicketless in an innings at home after conceding 100 runs. Overall this was the sixth such instance. India has never won a Test in which this has happened. 1 - Zaheer Khan's five-wicket hauls on Indian soil. All other five hauls have come on foreign soil. Also read: Complete coverage: Australia in India 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||