JM Bairstow-DJ Malan of England added 237 runs for the fifth wicket and SPD Smith-MR Marsh of Australia added 301 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in the ongoing test between Australia  and England at Perth to provide the third occasion of rival teams posting 200 plus runs  for the fifth wicket in the first and second innings of the test in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first such occasion in the history of Ashes series between England and Australia

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	PD Collingwood, MJ Prior	5	218	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	06 Mar 2009
	2	S Chanderpaul, BP Nash	5	234	2	Win	Eng	Trinidad	06 Mar 2009
2	1	LD Chandimal, HDRL Thirimanne	5	203*	1	Srl	Ban	Galle	08 Mar 2013
	2	Mohd Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim	5	267	2	Ban	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2013
3	1	JM Bairstow, DJ Malan	5	237	1	Eng	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2017
	2	MR Marsh, SPD Smith	5	301*	2	Aus	Eng	Perth	14 Dec 2017