Ashes 2017-18

[Justlita22]

Must say this was most Boring Ashes Series in recent times no Fight from England and total Domination from Aussies luckily for England it was 4-0 not 5-0

 

[Rushil]

Must say this was most Boring Ashes Series in recent times no Fight from England and total Domination from Aussies luckily for England it was 4-0 not 5-0

India gave better fight to australia in australia then so called england

 

[Shivraj]

Statistical Information

Most runs in an Ashes series as captain
810 D Bradman in 1936/37 (9 inngs)
732 D Gower in 1985 (9)
687 S Smith in 2017/18 (7)
680 D Bramdan in 1946/47 (8)

500+ runs in back-to-back Ashes contests
D Bradman (twice) -1934 & 1936/37; 1946/47 & 1948
Arthur Morris - 1946/47 & 1948
K Barrington - 1962/63 & 1964
John Edrich - 1968 & 1970/71
Dean Jones - 1986/87 & 1989
David Boon - 1990/91 & 1993
Steve Smith - 2015 & 2017/18

- All five Tests of this series have progressed to the fifth day - first in an Ashes series since 1994/95. The last one in England in 2015 lasted just 18 days, none of the five Tests going past the fourth day.

Four bowlers taking 20+ wkts for a team in a series
C Ambrose (21), C Walsh (26), I Bishop (27) & K Benjamin (23) vs Eng, 1995
G McGrath (21), B Lee (20), S Clark (26) & S Warne (23) vs Eng, 2006/07
M Starc (22), P Cummins (23), J Hazlewood (21) & N Lyon (21) vs Eng, 2017/18

Highest totals in Ashes Tests in Australia
662/9 dec Aus vs Eng, Perth, 2017/18
659/8 dec Aus vs Eng, Sydney, 1946/47
649/7 dec Aus vs Eng, Sydney, 2017/18
- Two of the three totals came in this series

- England lost their eight successive Test at the WACA - the joint most consecutive Tests a team has lost at a single venue (Zimbabwe lost eight at Bulawayo QSC b/w 2005 & 2017).

- Alastair Cook has now been a part of 15 losses out of 20 Tests he has played in Australia - the most by any player in a visiting country. He went past 14 each by Jack Hobbs and Sachin Tendulkar in Australia.

- Alastair Cook becomes the second visiting player to score 100s in each of Australia's five major Test venues (Gabba, Adelaide, WACA, MCG & SCG) after Sunil Gavaskar. He now holds the record for highest individual score in two of those venues - 235* at the Gabba (in 2010) and 244* at the MCG (in 2017).

Best bowling analysis in an Ashes series where there were no instances of six wickets in an innings
5/49 by Bill Bowes for Eng, Oval, 1938
5/43 by James Anderson for Eng, Adelaide, 2017/18
5/28 by Harold Larwood for Eng, SCG, 1932/33

 

[Sai Jai]

Joe Root taken to hospital with gastroenteritis - Cricbuzz