Ashes 2015: Australia bowled out for 60 - Statistical Highlights

Ashes 2015: Australia bowled out for 60 – Statistical Highlights: Australia got annihilated by the England with the ball at Nottingham after they asked the visiting team to bat first. With an unbelievable 8-wicket haul, Stuart Broad ran though the Australian batting. As a result, England had to come out to bat in the first session itself after they bowled out Australian for just 60 runs inside 20 overs. This made an era for recording of numerous stats. Here we look at all the possible stats and records formed during the eventful Australian innings.

Statistical highlights – Ashes 2015, 4th Test Australia 1st innings:

2 – Number of wickets fell in first over of the match. Only the 3rd time in Test Cricket history, 2 or more wickets fell in first over of the match. Other 2 instances were, England vs New Zealand (Chris Carins got 2 wickets) in 2002 at Christchurch and India vs Pakistan in 2006 at Karachi, where 3 wickets fell in first over, credits goes to hat-trick from Irfan Pathan.

7 – Number of times Australian openers got out for duck in same innings including today. Last instance was in 1999 against Sri Lanka at Kandy.

300 – Stuart Broad became the 29th bowler and 5th from England to pick 300 wickets in Test Cricket when got wicket of Chris Rogers, the first of his 8 wickets in the innings.

45 – Innings played by Chris Rogers before recording a duck, the 3rd most for an Australian. 51 by A Davidson is Australian record whereas 78 innings by AB de Villiers stand as world record.

102 – Years since an England bowler picked up 8 wickets in before Lunch on day 1. Sydney Barnes picked up 8 for 56 during Test match against South Africa in 1913 at Johannesburg.

8/15 – Stuart Broad recorded his best bowling figures in Test Cricket by picking up his first 8-wicket haul. This was also his best figures in first class cricket which overhauled his figures of 8 for 52 for Nottinghamshire in 2010.

1.87 – The average at which Stuart Broad picked up 8 wickets in 9.3 overs, the cheapest 5-wicket haul against Australia. In overall, this is the 3rd cheapest 8-wicket haul in history of Test cricket and those 2 cheapest 8-wicket hauls were by England bowlers and both against South Africa.

5 – Number of times 3 of the top 4 Australian batsman got out for duck in same innings including today. Last instance was in 1950 against England at Brisbane.

7 – Number of wickets fell in first hour of the match. This is a record for the most wickets fell in 1st hour of a test.

11 – Number of times Stuart Broad dismissed Michael Clarke in Test Cricket. This is the most times Broad dismissed a single batsman and the most times Clarke got out to a single bowler in Tests.

14 – Number of extras in Australia innings, which was the innings’ highest contributor. This is the 16th time in Test Cricket when extras top scored in a completed innings. Last instance was during West Indies’ 2nd innings against England in 2009 at Port of Spain.

1 – Number of times extras top scored in a completed innings in Ashes Test. Australia seen 2 such occasions before but none of those came in Ashes.

19 – Balls taken by Stuart Broad to pick 5-wicket haul, jointly the fastest 5-wicket haul in Test Cricket. Australia’s Ernie Toshack against India at Brisbane in 1947.

4 – Number of occasions where a team got bowled out on day 1 before lunch. Earlier 3 were Australia vs England in 1896 at Lords, India vs South Africa at Ahmedabad in 2008 and New Zealand vs South Africa at Cape Town in 2013.

60 – The score Australia managed to post in their innings. This is Australia’s joint 7th lowest total in Test Cricket and jointly the 6th lowest in Ashes.

111 – Number of balls taken by Australia to get out. This is the 7th fewest in overall and 3rd fewest for Australia. However, this innings is the shortest 1st innings of a Test match, breaking the record of 113 which was held by Australia itself against England at Lords, way back in 1896.

Australia recorded fewest balls to lose 5th, 6th, 7th wickets in team innings and 2nd fewest balls to 3rd, 4th, 8th and 9th wickets.

Fewest balls played before a team lost 3 wickets in an innings.

Fewest balls played before a team lost 4 wickets in an innings.

Fewest balls played before a team lost 5 wickets in an innings.

Fewest balls played before a team lost 6 wickets in an innings.

Fewest balls played before a team lost 7 wickets in an innings.

Fewest balls played before a team lost 8 wickets in an innings.

Fewest balls played before a team lost 9 wickets in an innings.

1 – Joe Root became the first player to score a century in 2nd batting innings of a Ashes Test match on opening day.

214 – The margin of lead England have achieved at end of opening day. This is the 3rd highest lead achieved by a team at end of opening day of Test match. South Africa’s 286 vs Zimbabwe in 2005 at Cape Town, England’ 233 against Australia in 1896 at Lord’s are ahead.

124* – Joe Root’s scored of 124 is the 2nd highest individual score recorded at end of opening day in second batting innings. Highest is by Marcus Trescothick with 151 against Bangladesh in 2005.

12 – Number of times Ian bell got out on score of 1. Only 4 other players got out on “1” on 12 or more occasions. However, Ian Bell is the only recognized batsman with 12 scores of “1” in Test Cricket.

(Stats Updated till 6th August, 2015)