Brathwaite, Samuels in record stand
Stats highlights from the fourth day of the second Test between South Africa and West Indies in Port Elizabeth
Bishen Jeswant
29-Dec-2014
Kraigg Brathwaite became only the second West Indian opener, after Chris Gayle, to make a century in South Africa • AFP
176 The partnership between Marlon Samuels and Kraigg Brathwaite, the highest third wicket partnership for West Indies against South Africa.
64 Years since an overseas pair put together a higher partnership than the 176 runs posted by Samuels and Brathwaite at this venue. Australia's Arthur Morris and Neil Harvey shared a 187-run stand in 1950, which is the highest partnership by an overseas pair for any wicket at this venue.
3 Number of times that a team has been bowled out for less than 300 after two batsmen have posted centuries - Australia (against West Indies, 1968), South Africa (against India, in 2010) and New Zealand (against India, in 2009). West Indies are currently on 275 for 9, with New Zealand's 279 all out against India being the lowest score for which a team has been bowled out after two batsmen have made centuries.
4 Instances of two West Indians making hundreds in the same innings in South Africa. The venues at which West Indies have achieved this feat are Durban, Cape Town, Centurion and now Port Elizabeth.
3 Number of hundreds scored by Brathwaite in 2014. He is only the seventh West Indian opener to make three hundreds in a calendar year, with the others being Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Chris Gayle, Conrad Hunte, Lawrence Rowe and Kieran Powell.
2 Number of West Indian openers who have made centuries in South Africa. Prior to Brathwaite's hundred during West Indies' first innings, Chris Gayle had scored two hundreds during West Indies' 2003-04 tour to South Africa.
Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant