• Andy Flower became the sixth player to make 199 in a Test innings – and the first to be left not-out on that tantalising score. The other 199ers were Mudassar Nazar, Pakistan v India, Faisalabad, 1984-85; Mohammad Azharuddin, India v Sri Lanka, Kanpur, 1986-87; Matthew Elliott, Australia v England, Headingley, 1997; Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka v India, Colombo - SSC, 1997-98; and Steve Waugh, Australia v West Indies, Bridgetown, 1998-99. • Flower failed by the narrowest possible margin to become the sixth batsman to make a century and a double-century in the same game. The five who did manage that extra run were Doug Walters, 242 and 103 for Australia v West Indies at Sydney, 1968-69; Sunil Gavaskar, 124 and 220 for India v West Indies at Port-of-Spain, 1970-71; Lawrence Rowe, 214 and 100 not out for West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, 1971-72 (on debut); Greg Chappell, 247 not out and 133 for Australia v New Zealand at Wellington, 1973-74; and Graham Gooch, 333 and 123 for England v India at Lord's, 1990.

• Andy Flower scored 341 of Zimbabwe's 677 runs in the match – that's 50.37%. Looking only at matches where a team was bowled out in both innings, the only higher percentage of a team's total runs was in 1898-99, when Jimmy Sinclair scored 106 (out of 177 – South Africa's first Test century) and 4 (out of 35) against England at Johannesburg – 110 of SA's 212 runs in the match, or 51.89%.

• Andy Flower is the second player to score two centuries in the same Test for Zimbabwe. He follows his brother, Grant, who hit 104 and 151 against New Zealand at Harare in 1997-98. Flower is the first to do it against South Africa since Jack Moroney, the Australian opener, in 1949-50 – he made 118 and 101 not out at Johannesburg.

Flower's feat was the 50th instance – but the first by a wicketkeeper – of twin tons in a Test, and the 12th since 1990, when Graham Gooch tucked in against India at Lord's. Here is the list since then:
Graham Gooch 333 and 123, England v India, Lord's, 1990
Andrew Jones 122 and 100*, New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Hamilton, 1990-91
Asanka Gurusinha 119 and 102, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Hamilton, 1990-91
Alec Stewart 118 and 143, England v West Indies, Bridgetown, 1993-94
Gary Kirsten 102 and 133, South Africa v India, Calcutta, 1996-97
Aravinda de Silva 138* and 103*, Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Colombo (SSC), 1996-97
Steve Waugh 108 and 116, Australia v England, Old Trafford, 1997
Aravinda de Silva 146 and 120, Sri Lanka v India, Colombo (SSC), 1997-98
Grant Flower 104 and 151, Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Harare, 1997-98
Rahul Dravid 190 and 103*, India v New Zealand, Hamilton, 1998-99
Wajahatullah Wasti 133 and 121, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Lahore, 1998-99

• Hamilton Masakadza just failed to follow his debut century against West Indies at Harare in July with another in his second Test. Six players have managed this feat, including Mohammad Azharuddin who went on to make it three centuries in his first three Tests.

The full list is: Bill Ponsford 110 at Sydney and 128 at Melbourne for Australia v England in 1924-25; Doug Walters 155 at Brisbane and 115 at Melbourne for Australia v England in 1965-66; Alvin Kallicharran 100 not out at Georgetown and 101 at Port-of-Spain for West Indies v New Zealand in 1971-72; Mohammad Azharuddin 110 at Calcutta, 105 at Madras and 122 at Kanpur for India v England in 1984-85; Greg Blewett 102 not out at Adelaide and 115 at Perth for Australia v England in 1994-95; and Sourav Ganguly 131 at Lord's and 136 at Trent Bridge for India v England in 1996.

The only players to score centuries in their first two Test innings are Kallicharran (see above) and Lawrence Rowe (214 and 100 not out for West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, 1971-72).

• The fourth-wicket stand of 186 between Hamilton Masakadza and Andy Flower was Zimbabwe's first hundred partnership against South Africa. The previous-best was 97, for the fifth wicket, by Flower and Guy Whittall at Harare in 1995-96.

• Both Zimbabwe's totals were higher than their previous-best against South Africa – 283 at Harare in 1995-96.

• When he reached 92 in the first innings Andy Flower became the first Zimbabwean to score 4000 Test runs. No-one else has made even 3000 for Zimbabwe – Andy's brother Grant lies next with 2835. Flower's century was his tenth (another national record), in 53 Tests. • South Africa reached 600 in a Test innings for only the fourth time in their history. Their record score remains 622 for 9 dec against Australia at Durban in 1969-70. They also scored 621 for 5 dec against New Zealand at Auckland in 1998-99, and 620 v Australia at Johannesburg in 1966-67. • When he reached 194 Gary Kirsten became the first South African to score 5000 runs in Tests. This was his 13th century, and his third 200: it is his 74th Test. Kirsten also became only the third batsman to score Test centuries against eight different teams, after Steve Waugh and Sachin Tendulkar.

• Jacques Kallis reached 3000 runs in Test cricket when he had made 48. Kallis, who is playing in his 51st Test, has also taken 94 wickets.

• The 256-run stand between Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs was South Africa's best for the first wicket since their readmission to Test cricket in 1991-92 (beating 236 by Kirsten and Andrew Hudson, against India at Calcutta in 1996-97). They failed by only four runs to equal SA's overall first-wicket record – 260 by Bruce Mitchell and Ian Siedle against England at Cape Town in 1930-31. This was South Africa's 11th century opening stand in all Tests – but their first against Zimbabwe.

• First Gibbs then Kirsten surpassed South Africa's record individual score against Zimbabwe, previously Andrew Hudson's 135 at Harare in 1995-96.

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