DJ Malan-JE Root added 162 runs for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the third wicket against Australia at Brisbane. Both the occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Hick, GP Thorpe	3	160	4	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
2	DJ Malan, JE Root	3	162	3	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

Thus the 162 runs partnership between DJ Malan-JE Root represents the highest partnership for the third wicket by England batsmen for the third wicket at Brisbane against Australia.

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the 17^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists all the 17 bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	JM Anderson	Eng	166	309	35772	16827	632
4	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
5	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
6	SCJ Broad	Eng	149	274	29863	14590	524
7	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519
8	DW Steyn	SAF	93	171	18608	10077	439
9	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434
10	HMRKB Herath	Srl	93	170	25993	12157	433
11	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431
12	R Ashwin	Ind	81	152	22288	10303	427
13	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421
14	Harbhajan	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
15	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414
16	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	179	22103	8501	405
17	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the seventh spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists all the seven bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
4	HMRKB Herath	Srl	93	170	25993	12157	433
5	R Ashwin	Ind	81	152	22288	10303	427
6	Harbhajan	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
7	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the third Australian bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists all the three bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
2	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
3	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the second Australian spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists both these two bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
2	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

Australia won this test by nine wickets margin to provide the eighth occasion of Australia winning a test by exact nine wickets margin. All such wins are listed below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882
2	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jun 1909
3	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Sydney	25 Feb 1921
4	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959
5	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	13 Dec 1974
6	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Manchester	27 Jul 1989
7	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	01 Feb 1991
8	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

Australia won this test by nine wickets margin to provide the sixth occasion of Australia winning a test by exact nine wickets margin on home soil. All such wins are listed below. It also represents Australia’s first nine wickets win against England at Brisbane.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882
2	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Sydney	25 Feb 1921
3	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959
4	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	13 Dec 1974
5	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	01 Feb 1991
6	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

Australia’s nine wickets win in this test provides the 13^th occasion of Australia winning a test against England at Brisbane. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	won	I + 332 runs	Eng	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
2	Aus	won	I + 154 runs	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954
3	Aus	won	384 runs	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
4	Aus	won	381 runs	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
5	Aus	won	277 runs	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
6	Aus	won	184 runs	Eng	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
7	Aus	won	166 runs	Eng	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974
8	Aus	won	070 runs	Eng	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
9	Aus	won	010 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 1990
10	Aus	won	010 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
11	Aus	won	009 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021
12	Aus	won	008 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958
13	Aus	won	007 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982