Australia vs England, 1st Ashes Test, Day 1 Stats Review: Pat Cummins enters record books with five-fer on captaincy debut

Standing in his maiden Test match as captain, Pat Cummins was the star on Day 1 of the first Ashes Test on a gloomy and overcast day at the Gabba as he took five wicket-haul with England getting all out for just 147 runs. Mitchell Starc started the innings with a bang as he bowled Rory Burns on the very first bowl of the match, the latter’s sixth duck this year. England, apart from Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler’s thirties, couldn’t do much and got bundled out in 50.1 overs before the rain started to pour down.

After losing his opening partner, Haseeb Hameed did score 25 runs off 75 balls but he eventually became new skipper Pat Cummins’s first of five victims. After a top-order collapse, Jos Buttler and Ollie Pope joined hands to stitch 52 runs stand but Mitchell Starc then came in and took his second wicket of the day in form of Jos Buttler. Ollie Pope got out to all-rounder Cameron Green for 35 runs as Cummins then introduced himself to finish off the proceedings with a five-for. Cummins became the tenth captain overall and fifth Australian to take five wicket-haul in the Ashes.

With 50.1 overs done, the heavens opened up and it started to pelt down forcing the abandonment of further day’s play. Australia will surely be the happiest side on day one with captain Cummins shining with the ball and they would be looking to get to a big first-innings score to take complete control of the match. England minus Stuart Broad and James Anderson will be hoping for some early wickets and put pressure on the Australian middle-order on Day 2 to stay alive in the contest.

Meanwhile, here are the important stats and numbers from Australia vs England, first Ashes Test day one:

10 – Pat Cummins became the tenth player to take five wickets in an innings in Ashes Test as captain.

5 – Pat Cummins became the fifth Australian player to achieve five wickets in Ashes innings as captain.

6 – Sixth duck for Rory Burns in Tests in 2021. Only India’s Jasprit Bumrah with seven ducks is ahead of him.

6 – Six ducks for Rory Burns this year is the highest by any player in position one-seven.

5/38 – Pat Cummins recorded his best bowling figures against England in Tests.

57 – Pat Cummins has taken 57 wickets against England, which is his most against any opposition.

147 – England equaled their joint-fifth lowest score in The Ashes in Australia since 2000.

1 – Rory Burns has now recorded the most ducks (6) by an opener in a calendar year. India’s Pankaj Roy and England’s Michael Atherton had five ducks each in the years 1952 and 1998 respectively.

1 – Pat Cummins has taken 75 scalps in WTC now. He is on top for Australia with Nathan Lyon (56) behind him.

46 – England team recorded 46 ducks in total in Tests this year. India with 34 naughts are second.

30 – Pat Cummins has now taken 30 wickets at the Gabba, Brisbane. His most at any ground in Tests in Australia.

6 – Joe Root equaled Andrew Strauss (6) for most ducks as captain in Tests. Michael Atherton (8) is top with eight ducks.

75 – With 75 wickets Pat Cummins is on top for most wickets by pacers in World Test Championship.