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Numbers to Note: NZ-India, 2nd Test, Day 3 Rajneesh Gupta | March 28, 2009 Statistical highlights on Day 3 of the second Test between New Zealand [Images] and India at Napier. 314 - The first innings lead gained by New Zealand, the highest ever they have gained against India. The previous record was a 295-run lead at Christchurch in 1989-90. 150 - The wicket of Yuvraj Singh [Images] was Chris Martin's 150th. He became fifth New Zealand bowler after Richard Hadlee (431), Daniel Vettori [Images] (290), Chris Cairns [Images] (218) and Danny Morrison (160) to reach the landmark. 12.85 - Yuvraj's average outside the subcontinent in 15 Test innings. He has now been dismissed on a duck on four occasions. 4 - Number of times Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman scored more than 40 in the same innings, but none went on to score a hundred. The other three instances were -- v Australia [Images] at Calcutta in 1997-98, v Pakistan at Mohali in 2004-05 and v England [Images] at The Oval in 2007. 3 - Number of times New Zealand have enforced the follow-on over India in a home Test. They won on both previous occasions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||