ENG vs AUS: The Ashes 2023 Stats & Records at Edgbaston, Birmingham

England will host the defending champions Australia in the biggest event of Test Cricket, The Ashes in the 2023 season. Both the teams will kickstart the WTC 2023-25 cycle with the five-match series starting on June 16, 2023, at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Australia will be coming into the contest, after being crowned the champions in the World Test Championship 2021-23, as they thrashed India by a massive margin of 209 runs. They ticked all the boxes in the WTC 2021-23 and would be looking to replicate the same in this season. Travis Head and Steven Smith showed grit in the finals with a 286-run stand despite losing three early wickets. Pat Cummins & Co will come up with a plan to encounter the aggressive English Cricket. Notably, the last time Australia won a series on English soil was way back in 2001, while they managed to draw a series in 2019 and kept the Ashes as well.

On the other hand, England will head into the series on the back of a solid win against Ireland just a couple of weeks ago. England have recalled their all-rounder Moeen Ali from his retirement and he is expected to be a part of playing XI in the first game. The addition of Ali will strengthen the already aggressive-looking batting unit. The hosts will seamlessly continue their Bazball approach in their opening encounter as they have been tasting success so far.

Speaking about the top performers of the Ashes from the current squads, Steven Smith leads the batting chart with 3044 runs at an impressive average of 59.68, smashing 11 half-centuries and centuries to his name. England’s former skipper Joe Root is next in the list with 2016 runs at an average of 38.76 and he is followed by swashbuckling Australian opener David Warner with 1888 runs at an average of 38.53 runs.

In the bowling department, England pacer, Stuart Broad, has taken 131 wickets in 64 innings at an average of 29.05 which include eight five wicket-haul and one ten-wicket haul, he is followed by his fellow teammate James Anderson with 112 wickets in the same 64 innings. The next on the list is the Australian spin-wizard Nathan Lyon with 101 wickets in 51 innings. Both England and Australia will look to start their WTC 2023-25 cycle on a positive note with a win.

England vs Australia Head-to-Head Records in Ashes

In the history of Ashes, both teams have met on 340 occasions, Australia dominating the contests with 140 wins to England’s 108 wins and 92 matches have ended in draws.

 Test Records and Stats at Edgbaston, Birmingham

Pace bowlers have enjoyed bowling at this venue with 1154 wickets in 54 games at an average of 29.86 while the spinners have taken 409 wickets at an average of 32.24. Teams batting first have won 18 games while teams chasing have won 21 games and 15 games have ended in a draw. The average first innings score at this venue is 309.87. Teams winning the toss have preferred to chase, to take full advantage of overcast conditions.

 England vs Australia, the battlegrounds

There are many key battles as far as Ashes is concerned, one of the biggest battles is between David Warner and Stuart Broad. In as many as 708 balls faced, David Warner has scored 389 runs at an average of 27.78, while Broad has dismissed him 14 times. Steven Smith averages 50.25 in 966 balls he has faced against James Anderson with a score of 402, while Anderson has picked in 8 times.

Joe Root has scored 190 runs in 411 balls against Pat Cummins while getting out 8 times. James Anderson has also picked David Warner 10 times in 617 balls while giving away 307 runs. Nathan Lyon has dismissed Joe Root 7 times in 778 balls and Ben Stokes 9 times in 801 balls while giving away 388 and 393 runs, respectively. Mitchell Starc has picked Joe Root 7 times in 552 balls and has given 290 runs, while he has picked Ben Stokes 6 times in 186 balls and has given 109 runs. Lyon has also picked Moeen Ali 9 times in 361 balls bowled and has given 181 runs.

England vs Australia Highest and lowest totals

Australia’s highest total against England is 729 while their lowest total is 36

England’s highest total against Australia is 903 while their lowest total is 45

Top Players To Watch Out For

Australia

Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc

England

Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes, James Anderson

England vs Australia Full Squads

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith (vc), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.

England squad: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Moeen Ali, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.