England vs Australia, Ashes 2023: The beginning of the Ashes 2023 series between England and Australia has been seen in a very exciting way. The first Test match of the series played at Edgbaston was won by the Australian team by 2 wickets at the end of the 5th day of the game. Australia got the target of 281 runs. At one time the team had lost its 8 wickets on the score of 227. From here, Kangaroo captain Pat Cummins along with Nathan Lyon gave the team a thrilling victory. A match-winning partnership of 55 runs was seen between the two for the 9th wicket.
Pat Cummins scored 44 while Lyon played an unbeaten inning of 16 runs. Many big records were also seen breaking in this match. Australian captain Pat Cummins has also become a part of an exclusive club after performing well with the ball and bat.
1 – 5th highest chase for a visiting team
Australia team has chased the 5th highest target in Test format against England at their home. Kangaroo team is also in the first place in this matter. Who chased 404 runs in the Headingley Test in the year 1948. In the year 2008, the South African team successfully chased the target of 281 runs against England at Edgbaston.
2 – 80 runs and 4 wickets in one Test as Australian captain
As Australian captain, Pat Cummins got a great performance with both ball and bat in this Test match. Apart from scoring 80 runs in this match, Cummins also took a total of 4 wickets. Cummins has become the sixth captain of Australia to do so. Prior to this, Bob Simpson has done 4 times, George Giffen 2 times, Warwick Armstrong, Richie Benaud and Allan Border.
3 – Fourth highest partnership for the 9th wicket in a successful run chase
The partnership of 55 runs for the 9th wicket in this Test match between Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon has also made its place in a special record. This partnership of Cummins and Lyon is the fourth highest partnership in a successful run chase for the 9th wicket in Test cricket. The first number in this list is the partnership of 81 runs between VVS Laxman and Ishant Sharma in the year 2010. This was seen in the Mohali Test match against Australia.
4 – Most sixes in a Test as Australian captain
A total of 5 sixes were seen from the bat of Pat Cummins in the Edgbaston Test match. With this, he is now second only to Ricky Ponting in terms of hitting most sixes as a Kangaroo captain in a Test. Ponting hit 6 sixes against New Zealand in the year 2005.
5 – Australia’s fourth highest successful run chase in the Ashes
In the history of Ashes, the Australian team managed to chase their fourth biggest successful run. The first number in this list is the Headingley Test of the year 1948, in which the Kangaroo team chased 404 runs. At the same time, in the year 1901-02, Australia chased the target of 315 runs in the Adelaide Test, while in the year 1928-29, the target of 286 runs was chased in the Melbourne Test.
6 – A close Ashes win from a wicket perspective
The Australian team won the Edgbaston Test match by 2 wickets. In this way, it is the second closest win in terms of winning by wickets in the Ashes. Earlier, England had won by 1 wicket in the years 1901, 1907-08 and 2019. At the same time, in the year 1890, England won the match by 2 wickets in the Oval Test match.
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