Gear share of the first segment in each innings for the Fab Four and the top-seven men's Test baseline. Williamson is the most conservative starter, beginning 39.0% of his innings in gear 0; Root starts in gear 3 or higher 35.3% of the time. Smith is the outlier at both ends: he starts in gear 0 least often (23.1%) and begins in gears 5 or 6 more often than the other three (14.4%). Hover over a segment for the innings count.