Ashes Series 2021 22 Adelaide Test Fifth day

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 148^th win against England. The head to head summary between the two teams read thus

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	T	D
Australia	1877-2021	353	148	110	0	95
England	1877-2021	353	110	148	0	95

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 97^th win against England on home soil. The head to head summary between the two teams on Australia’s home soil read thus

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	T	D
Australia	1877-2021	182	97	57	0	28
England	1877-2021	182	57	97	0	28

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 396^th win against all oppositions.

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	T	D
Australia	1877-2021	836	396	226	2	212

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 249th win against all oppositions on home soil

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	T	D
Australia	1877-2021	432	249	101	1	81

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 631^st occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. It also provides the 340th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil.

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 297th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against England. It also provides the 161^st occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil against England.

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 95th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test.  It also provides the 62nd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil in the fourth innings of a test.

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 46th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test against England. It also provides the 32nd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil against England in the fourth innings of a test

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 25th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test.

It also provides the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test against England. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test against England.

lso provides the 68th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings at Adelaide. It also provides the 25th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England at Adelaide.

NM Lyon’s aggregate of wickets against England on home soil read 49. He required one more wicket for his 50 wickets. If he gets it, he would then become the 19^th Australian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against England on home soil. He also would earn the distinction of becoming the seventh Australian spin bowler to perform such a feat.

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of an England batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an England batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings against Australia

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 in this game to provide the third occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings. The three occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Strudwick	1	2	SAF	Durban	21 Jan 1910
2	RT Spooner	11	1	Ind	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
3	JC Buttler	26	4	Aus	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021

Prior to JC Buttler’s hit wicket dismissal, RT Spooner was the England wicket keeper batsman who was dismissed hit wicket in a test innings. He was dismissed hit wicket for 11 against India at Delhi in Nov 1951. Thus JC Buttler’s hit wicket dismissal in this test has occurred 50 years after RT Spooner’s dismissal

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 to provide the first occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings against Australia

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 to provide the 18th occasion of an  wicket keeper batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	H Strudwick	1	2	Eng	SAF	Durban	Jan 1910
2	EAC Hunte	14	3	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Feb 1930
3	RT Spooner	11	1	Eng	Ind	Delhi	Nov 1951
4	NS Tamhane	5	3	Ind	Win	Delhi	Feb 1959
5	BK Kunderan	2	3	Ind	Aus	Mum-BS	Jan 1960
6	Imtiaz Ahmed	0	3	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	Jan 1962
7	Abdul Kadir	26	3	Psk	Aus	Karachi	Oct 1964
8	RW Marsh	97	1	Aus	Win	Kingston	Feb 1973
9	DL Murray	15	3	Win	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 1973
10	DA Murray	0	1	Win	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1979
11	DL Murray	0	2	Win	Eng	The Oval	Jul 1980
12	KS More	6	1	Ind	Win	Kingston	Apr 1989
13	NR Mongia	34	2	Ind	Win	Mohali	Dec 1994
14	Kaluwitharana	23	1	Srl	Win	St John’s	Jun 1997
15	Kaluwitharana	2	4	Srl	Win	Kingstown	Jun 1997
16	KC Sangakkara	42	2	Srl	Zim	Kandy	Jan 2002
17	CS Baugh	19	2	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Apr 2003
18	JC Buttler	26	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2021

JC Buttler was at the crease for 258 minutes and faced 207 deliveries before he was dismissed hit wicket. His stay at the crease and the number of deliveries faced is a record in each of its categories when a wicket keeper batman was dismissed hit wicket {with the data available}

The previous record for stay at the crease belonged to RW Marsh of Australia who stayed at the crease for 167 minutes before he was dismissed hit wicket against West Indies at Kingston in Feb 1973.

The previous record for number of deliveries faced belonged to DL Murray of West Indies who faced 79 deliveries before he was dismissed hit wicket against England at Birmingham in Aug 1973.

SPD Smith took six catches in this test to provide the tenth occasion of a captain taking six or more wickets in a test. It also provides the third occasion of his taking six catches in a test. He now shares the record for taking six plus catches on most occasions with SP Fleming of New Zealand. Both have taken six plus catches on three occasions.

No	Player	CF	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	7	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
2	SP Fleming	6	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
3	SP Fleming	6	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
1	SPD Smith	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
2	SPD Smith	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
3	SPD Smith	6	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021

SPD Smith took six catches in this test to provide the 46^th occasion of a a fieldsman other than wicket keeper taking six or more wickets in a test. It also provides the fourth occasion of his taking six catches in a test. He now holds the record for taking six plus catches on most occasions. The previous record was credited to SP Fleming of New Zealand who had taken six plus catches on three occasions.

No	Player	CF	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	7	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
2	SP Fleming	6	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
3	SP Fleming	6	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
1	SPD Smith	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
2	SPD Smith	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
3	SPD Smith	6	Aus	Eng	The Oval	12 Sep 2019
4	SPD Smith	6	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021

DA Warner’s run aggregate in Australia’s winning matches read 4574 at the end of this test. SPD Smith has an aggregate of 4568 runs in Australia’s winning matches. They became the eighth and ninth Australian batsmen to score 4500 plus runs in Australia’s winning tests. The following table lists all these batsmen

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	0
1	RT Ponting	108	178	24	9157	257	30	42	8
2	SR Waugh	86	120	27	6460	200	25	25	6
3	ML Hayden	71	123	12	6154	380	23	19	5
4	JL Langer	70	118	10	5229	250	15	19	5
5	MJ Clarke	64	104	15	4955	329*	17	15	4
6	DG Bradman	30	043	06	4813	299*	23	4	3
7	ME Waugh	72	110	12	4794	153*	15	28	7
8	DA Warner	49	086	05	4574	335*	16	17	4
9	SPD Smith	42	071	12	4568	239	18	18	1

JM Anderson was dismissed for 2 in England’s second innings in this test providing the 100^th occasion of his being dismissed for single digit score. He became the first batsman to be dismissed for single digit score on 100 occasions in the annals of test cricket. He went past CA Walsh who held this record with 99 single digit scores.

SPD Smith’s run aggregate in Australia’s winning matches as captain read 2205  at the end of this test. He occupies the fifth place in the list of Australian captains who have scored most runs in Australia’s winning tests

Player	M	I	NO	Run	HS	C	HC	0
RT Ponting	48	87	12	4434	209	14	23	3
SR Waugh	41	56	10	2546	157*	11	07	4
DG Bradman	15	23	03	2478	270	12	03	2
AR Border	32	48	09	2311	200*	04	17	2
SPD Smith	19	32	05	2205	239	08	11	0