1.   Both batsmen benefited from chances off the part-time bowlers in successive overs late in the day.

2.   Both batsmen survived difficult chances in successive overs early in their innings.

3.   Both batsmen were dropped in successive overs as Pakistan let the home side off the hook.

4.   Earlier on, leg spinner Shane Warne triggered the collapse, removing Cullinan and Bacher in successive overs.

5.   Earlier during the stand, Hair turned down two animated and confident appeals for catches by Ricky Ponting at silly point off Warne against both batsmen in successive overs.

6.   Gayle curbed his typically flashy strokeplay before lunch but emerged after the interval to launch Nagamootoo for a four and a six in successive overs.

7.   Giles had earlier claimed the wickets of Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath in three successive overs.

8.   Hoggard earlier struck twice in successive overs to dismiss overnight batsman Rahul Dravid for three and skipper Sourav Ganguly for a duck.

9.   It was rookie David Terbrugge who struck two vital blows just before lunch, bowling opener Stuart Williams and Carl Hooper in successive overs.

10.   It was Terbrugge who struck two vital blows just before lunch, bowling opener Stuart Williams and Carl Hooper in successive overs.