England make it 2-1, England v Australia 3rd Ashes Test- Statistical Review

England make it 2-1, England v Australia 3rd Ashes Test- Statistical Review: The 3rd Ashes Test at Birmingham got completed inside 3 days with help of James Anderson and Steven Finn’s exploitation on Australia batting order. As a result, the England defeated the visiting team by 8 wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the 5 match Test series.

Let’s take a look at the England v Australia 3rd Ashes Test statistical review:

– Total number of fours hit by Eng/Aus 1^st Innings: 41/21

– Total number of fours hit by Eng/Aus IInd Innings: 19/30

– Total number of sixes hit by Eng/Aus 1^st Innings: 0/1

– Total number of sixes hit by Eng/Aus IInd Innings: 1/1

– Total number of maidens bowled by Eng/Aus: 5/7

– Total number of maidens bowled by Eng/Aus: 18/5

– Total number of wide’s bowled by Eng/Aus 1^st Innings: 0/4

– Total number of wide’s bowled by Eng/Aus IInd Innings: 0/2

– Total number of no-balls bowled by Eng/Aus 1^st Innings: 1/0

– Total number of no-balls bowled by Eng/Aus IInd Innings: 0/0

– Total runs scored in the match Ist Innings: 317-20 (Australia- 136-10; England- 281-10)

– Total runs scored in the match IInd Innings: 389-12 (Australia- 265-10; England- 124-2)

– Highest run scorer of the match: Ian Bell – 118 (1^st innings- 53, 2^nd innings- 65)

– Highest wicket taker of the match: James Anderson 7- 62.

Other statistical aspects of the England v Australia 3rd Ashes Test:

2 – Number of instances for Australia where at least 2 players batting at No.7 or below scored fifty plus scores (Peter Nevill and Mitchell Starc scored fifties in this match) in 2nd innings of a Test match against England. Last time was in 2009 in Lords’ Test.

22 – Number of fifty plus scores Ian Bell has in Ashes. The 3rd most for an England player and 6th most for any player in Ashes. Bell leads by a long margin among current players in this list.

20 – Instances when all middle order batsmen of Australia (No.3 batsman to No.6 batsman) in an innings departed for single digits. 16 of these 20 came in Ashes Tests.

1291 – Number of balls bowled in the whole match. The Test match with short duration with a result since last year’s England-India Oval Test and the shortest in Ashes Tests since Leeds, 2009.

34 – Number of years since 2 England bowlers picked up 6-wicket hauls in same Ashes Test match.

1 – Number of times England lost a Ashes series after leading it by 2-1.

5 – Number of fifty plus scores Mitchell Starc has scored coming at No.9 or below. This is most fifty plus scores for any Australian player coming at No.9 or below. Starc broke Australian record hold by Brett Lee with 4 fifties and stands 1 behind the world record hold by Daniel Vettori with 6 fifties.

2000 – Mitchell Johnson completed 2000 runs in Test Cricket with the first run he scored in first innings of the games.

700 – Number of wickets James Anderson has picked up in International Cricket. He achieved this landmark with wicket of David Warner in the Australian 2nd innings.

300 – Mitchell Johnson completed 300 Test wickets when he picked up the wicket of Jonny Bairstow during England’s 1st innings.

6/79 – Steven Finn’s bowling figures in Australia’s 2nd innings. These are his best bowling figures in a Test innings. His previous best figures were 6/125, which came on 2 occasions.