England vs Australia 5th Test: Statistical Review

England vs Australia 5th Test: Statistical Review: Australia ended the Ashes series on a high with an innings victory in the final test, only to reduce the series losing margin to 2-3. As a result, Australian captain Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers end their careers on a good note. Here we look at all the stats recorded during the game.

England vs Australia 5th Test: Statistical Review:

1 – This is the 1st time Michael Clarke enforced follow-on in 47 tests as captain. He had 4 opportunities to enforce the follow-on in past but he opted out. However, Australia won all those 4 matches.

3 – For the first time, England lost an Ashes Test by innings margin after winning the series. However, Australia lost by innings margin after winning the Ashes series on 4 occasions.

8 – Number of man of the match awards Steven Smith received in Test Cricket in spare of last 8 months.

2006 – Number of runs scored by Chris Rogers has scored in his Test career as an opener. These are the most runs by any player as opener in Tests who debuted after an age of 30.

2015 – Number of runs Chris Rogers has scored in his Test career. His is only the 2nd player to play his last match in Tests in the year same as his total career test runs. India’s Anshuman Gaaekwad retired in 1985 with a career total runs of 1985.

94.42 – Australia’s average opening partnership in Test Cricket at The Oval since 2000, their best on any ground with minimum of 5 innings in this period.

63 – Number of innings taken by Steven Smith to complete 3000 runs in Test Cricket. The fastest to the milestone among the players who debuted after 2006.

126.33 – Alastair Cook’s average while batting in follow-on. He batted in 3 innings during follow-ons and his scores read: 85, 176 and 118.

481 – Australia’s 1st innings total is the highest score by a team at The Oval after been put into bat.

6 – Number of times Peter Siddle has dismissed Ian Bell in Tests. Only other 3 bowlers managed to get Ian Bell out more than Siddle in Test format.