Perth, Jan 14: An Australian batsman oustcored the entire Indian side for the second time in row. But David Warner’s innings wasn’t the only highlight for Australia on Day 2 at Perth. By the end of the day, they had to their credit the wickets of both Indian openers after they had scored just 24 runs, the highest opening partership for the visitors in the series. What’s more, Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed lbw for the second time this match while VVS Laxman was sent packing for a duck. Umesh Yadav, however, gave the floundering visitors something to cheer about, bagging the first five-for of his career. Take a look at the numbers that matter from another glorious day for the hosts.

• Ed Cowan and David Warner provided the third instance of an opening pair surpassing India’s total. The details:

• Since getting their last wicket at Sydney (Ricky Ponting), India conceded 548 runs before getting their first (Ed Cowan) at Perth.

• India conceded 836 runs between two consecutive Cowan dismissals,.

• Warner’s 180 was his second-highest score in first-class cricket after the 211 he made while playing for Australia A against Zimbabwe at Harare in July 2011.

• Warner’s innings is the highest for Australia against India at Perth, obliterating Bob Simpson’s 176 in 1977-78

• Warner’s innings is the highest by an Australian opener against India at home. This beats Bob Cowper’s 165 at Sydney in 1967-68.

• Incidentally, Warner’s innings is the second highest by an Australian opener against India – home or away, after Matthew Hayden’s 203 at Chennai in 2000-01.

• An opposition batsman outscored the entire Indian team for the second consecutive time. Michael Clarke had done so at Sydney.

• Warner’s strike-rate of 113.20 is the sixth highest by any batsman against India in an innings of 100 or more.

• Warner’s strike-rate is also the sixth highest for Australia in an innings of 100 or more.

• Warner’s innings included five sixes – the second most hit by an Aussie batsman against India. Only Matthew Hayden had hit more – six – during his innings of 203 at Chennai in 2000-01.

• The 214-run partnership between Cowan and Warner just failed to beat Australia’s all-time record for the first wicket. David Boon and Geoff Marsh had added 217 at Sydney in 1985-86.

• The Cowan-Warner partnership was the eighth opening partnership of 200 runs or more against India – the fifth in an away Test against India. The last 200-plus opening partnership against India in an overseas Test had come at Manchester in 1990 when Graham Gooch and Mike Atherton put on 225 runs.

• Australia’s 200 came in 36.3 overs – the second fastest team 200 against India. The fastest was made by England at Lord’s in 1990.

• Shaun Marsh, who had a fabulous start to his Test career, is facing a slump. He scored a hundred on Test debut and had a run-aggregate of 284 after his first four innings. In his next five innings he has aggregated 14 runs with three ducks.

• For the third time in the series, the first three wickets to fall in an Australian innings were taken by Umesh Yadav. He did so twice at Melbourne and now at Perth.

• Umesh Yadav (five for 93) registered his best figures in Test cricket, beating his four for 70, also against Australia, at Melbourne in the first Test.

• Yadav’s figures are the second best for India in a Test at Perth after Bishan Singh Bedi’s five for 89 in 1977-78. Incidentally, his figures are now the best by an Indian pacer at Perth, beating Manoj Prabhakar’s five for 101 in 1991-92.

• Umesh Yadav's wicket-tally in the series makes for interesting reading: 12 top-order wickets and just three wickets of tailenders.

• Australia’s run-rate of 4.83 is the second highest for any side posting a 300-plus total against India. Only West Indies had a better run-rate (5.32) when they made 301 for three declared in 56.3 overs at Mohali in 1994-95.

• This was also Australia’s second highest run-rate in a 300-plus total against any side. They managed a run-rate of 5.01 against Zimbabwe at this very ground in 2003-04 while making 735 for six declared in 146.3 overs.

• Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag put on 24 runs – India’s highest opening partnership in this series.

• Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed lbw for the second time in the match.

• VVS Laxman recorded his 14th duck – his third against Australia. His scores in this series are: 2,1,2,66,31 & 0.