TimesofIndia.com right here takes a take a look at one of the crucial maximum attention-grabbing statistics from the third Test, which England gained by way of 3 wickets:
# England registered run-rate of five.08 whilst chasing within the fourth innings – their 5th absolute best run-rate whilst effectively chasing 250-plus – their all-time splendid being 5.98 whilst scoring 299 for 5 off 50 overs vs New Zealand at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in 2022.
# England have change into the primary staff to report run-rate of over 4 in ten successive Tests between September 8, 2022 and July 9, 2023.
, Ben Stokes has created cricket historical past by way of changing into the primary captain to effectively chase 5 totals of 250-plus within the fourth innings in Tests as underneath:
Margin | ranking | overs | R.P.O. | Opponent | Location | Series |
7 wickets | 378/3 | 76.4 | 4.93 | India | Birmingham | 2022 |
5 wickets | 299/5 | 50.0 | 5.98 | New Zealand | Nottingham | 2022 |
7 wickets | 296/3 | 54.2 | 5.44 | New Zealand | Leeds | 2022 |
5 wickets | 279/5 | 78.5 | 3.53 | New Zealand | Lord’s | 2022 |
2 wickets | 254/7 | 50.0 | 5.08 | Australia | Leeds | 2023 |
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni had completed the feat 4 instances as captain whilst Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting thrice every.
# Ben Stokes enjoys a good fortune % of 70.58 as captain, profitable twelve and shedding 5 out of 17 Tests.
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# In 5 successive Tests, Travis Head has registered no less than a 50-plus ranking – 32 & 90 at Ahmedabad vs India; 163 & 18 at The Oval – each vs India; 50 & 16 at Birmingham; 77 & 7 at Lord’s and 39 & 77 at Leeds – the final 3 vs England – all in 2023.
# Mitchell Starc has recorded 4 five-wicket hauls within the fourth innings in Tests – two every vs Sri Lanka and England.
# Starc, with 14 cases of five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket hauls in a event, in 80 Tests, has emulated Alan Davidson’s tally. Both proportion a report for many such cases by way of a left-arm bowler for Australia in Tests.
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# However, Starc’s tally of 323 wickets at 27.47 in 80 Tests is probably the most by way of an Australian left-arm bowler.
# Mitchell Marsh’s 118 is his first century in a shedding motive in Tests. In 8 Ashes Tests, he’s averaging 50.45 – his tally being 555 in 13 innings, together with 3 centuries. All his Test masses had been registered in Ashes Tests.
# Marsh’s first hundred clear of house is his 3rd in Tests – all vs England – the primary two being 181 at Perth in December 2017 and 101 at Sydney in January 2018.
# Steve Smith has change into the fifteenth Australian participant to seem in 100 Tests – the seventy fifth general.
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# Smith’s Test moderate of 58.94 (9137 runs at 58.94, together with 32 masses and 27 fifties) is the absolute best a number of the Australian gamers with 100-plus Tests – the following absolute best is Ricky Ponting (51.85).
# With Warner’s wicket within the first innings, Stuart Broad was the primary bowler to take 50 wickets in Tests at Headingley, Leeds. His provide tally is 54 wickets at 26.62 runs apiece, together with 3 five-wicket hauls, in twelve Tests. Fred Trueman had taken 44 wickets at 18.06 in 9 Tests.
# Mark Wood has set a global report with the absolute best strike price in a Test event (minimal 15 balls). He has controlled a SR of 250.00 whilst scoring and general 40 off 16 balls – 24 off 8 balls & 16 now not out off 8 balls.
# In the primary 3 Tests, Ben Stokes hit fourteen sixes, environment a report for many sixes by way of a captain in a Test sequence, overtaking 13 in 3 Tests by way of New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum vs Pakistan in 2014-15 in UAE.
# Moeen Ali has change into the sixteenth England bowler to reach the glory of finishing 200 wickets. He is simply the 3rd England spinner to race to 200 wickets – the primary two being Derek Underwood – 297 in 86 and Graeme Swann – 255 in 60.
# Ben Stokes has change into the sixteenth England participant to acquire 6000-plus runs in Tests. His provide run-aggregate is 6021 at a mean of 36.49, together with 13 masses and 29 fifties, in 95 Tests.
, Pat Cummins (6/91) has produced his splendid bowling efficiency as captain in addition to within the Ashes – his fourth six-wicket haul. He has one every towards South Africa, India, Sri Lanka and England. His career-best stays 6/23 vs Sri Lanka at Brisbane in January 2019.
# Cummins has change into the second one Australian captain to sign in a six-wicket haul vs England in England in Tests – the primary being Richie Benaud – 6 for 70 at Manchester in 1961.
# Of Cummins’ 9 five-wicket hauls in Tests, 3 ended in Australian defeats – 6 for 27 vs Australia at Melbourne in December 2018; 6 for 91 vs England at Leeds in July 2023 and 5 for 83 vs South Africa at Johannesburg in March/April 2018.
# For the fourth time, Stuart Broad has captured Warner’s wicket in every innings of a Test event – the former 3 cases being Brisbane in 2013; Birmingham and Manchester 2019.
# David Warner has recorded a mean of 18.41 whilst aggregating 221 in twelve innings (seven Tests), together with a fifty this yr – his worst efficiency in any calendar yr.
# Warner has been pushed aside by way of Stuart Broad 17 instances in 29 Tests – probably the most instances a bowler has bagged his wicket. Warner stays the one batter pushed aside by way of Broad greater than 11 instances.
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# Steven Smith has change into the primary fielder to take 5 catches in a Test innings two times – vs South Africa at Cape Town in 2018 & vs England at Leeds in 2023.
# Mark Wood has won his 3rd Man of the Match award for generating an all-round efficiency – 40 (24 & 16 now not out) & 7 for 100 (5/34 + 2/66). His first two awards had been vs West Indies at Gros Islet in 2019 and vs South Africa at Johannesburg in 2020.
, Harry Brook has recorded his absolute best ranking within the Ashes, outstripping the 50 at Lord’s in the second one Test. Brook’s match-winning knock was once his first fifty within the fourth innings.
# Brook is averaging 71.00 whilst amassing 710 runs in wins in 11 innings, together with 3 masses and 4 fifties.
# Joe Root has been pushed aside by way of Pat Cummins 11 instances in seventeen Tests – maximum instances a bowler has captured his wicket. The tally comprises 3 successive dismissals – in the second one innings of the Lord’s Test and in every innings of the Leeds Test. For the primary time, Root were given out to him in each innings of a Test.
# Two different bowlers, except Cummins, have pushed aside Root in 3 successive innings – West Indian Alzarri Joseph in 2018-19 and Australia’s Scott Boland in 2021-22.
# Harry Brook took 1058 balls to race to 1000 runs – the quickest by way of any batsman in Tests, obliterating the 1140 taken by way of Colin de Grandhomme.
(Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar)