Highest batting strike-rates in WTC 2021-23 (min. 500 runs)
81.91 - Travis Head
80.81 - Rishabh Pant
68.90 - Jonny Bairstow
66.04 - Ollie Pope
Travis Head in Tests since November 2022
Inns: 14
Runs: 906
Avg: 82.36
SR: 86.28
50/100: 5/2
HS: 175
Steve Smith and Travis Head partnership summary in WTC 2021-23
Inns: 8
Runs: 695
Avg: 99.28
50/100: 1/3
HS: 251*
Steve Smith’s Test scores at The Oval
138*
7
143
80
23
95*
Total: 6 inns, 486 runs at 121.50
Highest partnerships for Australia vs India (any wicket)
386 - Ricky Ponting & Micheal Clarke, Adelaide, 2012
334* - Michael Clarke & Michael Hussey, Sydney, 2012
288 - Ricky Ponting & Micheal Clarke, Sydney, 2012
251* - Steve Smith & Travis Head, The Oval, 2023
239 - Ricky Ponting & Steve Waugh, Adelaide 1999
Highest fourth-wicket partnerships for Australia in England
388 - Don Bradman & Bill Ponsford vs ENG, Headingley, 1934
251* - Steve Smith & Travis Head vs IND, The Oval, 2023
243 - Don Bradman & Archie Jackson vs ENG, The Oval, 1930
221 - Sydney Gregory & Harry Trott vs ENG, Lord’s, 1896
214 - Michael Clarke & Steve Smith vs ENG, Old Trafford, 2013
Visiting batsmen with most Test runs in England
2674 - Don Bradman
2082 - Allan Border
2057 - Viv Richards
1822* - Steve Smith
1820 - Garfield Sobers
India’s record in Tests they’ve opted to bowl first (before today)
Matches: 57
Won: 9
Lost: 20
Draw: 28
The last of these wins came against West Indies in Mumbai in 2013. Two of them have come in England - Lord’s 1986 and Trent Bridge 2007 - from seven such attempts (three defeats and two draws).