Benedict Bermange
Cricket Statistician
Australia are 2-0 up in the five-match Ashes series after a thumping win over England in Adelaide; Sky Cricket stats man Benedict Bermange has all the key numbers with history suggesting it is game over for the tourists in terms of regaining the urn
Last Updated: 20/12/21 11:20am
Australia have clinched victory in the second Ashes Test and Sky Cricket statistician Benedict Bermange has all the key stats from day five in Adelaide, featuring Joe Root, Jos Buttler and… Colin Firth?!
Monday marks 4,000 days since England last won a Test in Australia. Back then, Warner, Cummins and Root were yet to play Test cricket, Steve Smith was a leg-spinner, and ‘The King’s Speech’ was the top-grossing film in the UK.
Only one side has ever come back from 2-0 down to win a Test series. That was Don Bradman’s 1936/37 Australia side, who lost at Brisbane and Sydney, before winning at Melbourne, Adelaide and Melbourne again.
Jos Buttler’s innings had the sixth-lowest strike rate for anyone scoring at least 20 runs in a Test innings in history – where balls faced data is known:
Score
Player
Team
Against
Venue
Season
8.96
20
Hanif Mohammad
Pakistan
England
Lord’s
1954
10.24
25
HM Amla
South Africa
India
Delhi
2015/16
11.79
40
HL Collins
Australia
England
Manchester
1921
12.18
24
HL Collins
Australia
England
Lord’s
1926
12.34
29no
RC Russell
England
South Africa
Johannesburg
1995/96
12.56
26
JC Buttler
England
Australia
Adelaide
2021/22
The last player before Buttler to be dismissed hit wicket in the fourth innings of a Test was Shane Warne – for 42 in the memorable 2005 Edgbaston Test.
This was Joe Root’s 23rd defeat as England captain, setting a new record:
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
JE Root
58
27
23
8
AN Cook
59
24
22
13
MA Atherton
54
13
21
20
DI Gower
32
5
18
9