England has played 142 tests prior to this test against all oppositions. This test is the 143^rd test being hosted by Lord’s. England has played 37 tests prior to this test against Australia. This test is the 143^rd test being hosted by Lord’s against Australia

England won the toss and inserted the opposition in this test to provide the 54^th occasion of England doing so against Australia in tests. It also provides the 21^st occasion of England doing so against Australia at home and also provided the second occasion of England doing so against Australia at Lord’s. The first such occasion was in Jun 1964. Thus England inserted Australia at Lord’s after 59 years. England has hosted Australia at Lord’s on 24 occasions including the ongoing test.

Ted Dexter was the England captain and RB Simpson was the Australian captain when England inserted Australia in Jun 1964.

M Labuschane-SPD Smith posted 102 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 348^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England.

SPD Smith-TM Head posted 118 runs for the fourth wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 349^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England.

M Labuschane-SPD Smith posted 102 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 55^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England for the third wicket

SPD Smith-TM Head posted 118 runs for the fourth wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 65^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England for the fourth wicket.

M Labuschane-SPD Smith posted 102 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 157^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England in England

SPD Smith-TM Head posted 118 runs for the fourth wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 158^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England in England

M Labuschane-SPD Smith posted 102 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 26^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England in England for the third wicket

SPD Smith-TM Head posted 118 runs for the fourth wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 29^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England in England for the fourth wicket.

M Labuschane-SPD Smith posted 102 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 34^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England at Lord’s

SPD Smith-TM Head posted 118 runs for the fourth wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the 35th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England at Lord’s

M Labuschane-SPD Smith posted 102 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the fifth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England at Lord’s for the third wicket

SPD Smith-TM Head posted 118 runs for the fourth wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the ninth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England at Lord’s for the fourth wicket.

NM Lyon of Australia became the sixth cricketer in the annals of test cricket to appear in 100 consecutive tests. He was playing his 100^th consecutive test at Lord’s against England. The following table lists all these cricketers

No	Player	Team	Mat	From	Until
1	AN Cook	England	159	11 May 2006	07 Sep 2018
2	AR Border	Australia	153	10 Mar 1979	25 Mar 1994
3	ME Waugh	Australia	107	03 Jun 1993	19 Oct 2002
4	SM Gavaskar	India	106	23 Jan 1975	03 Feb 1987
5	BB McCullum	New Zealand	101	10 Mar 2004	20 Feb 2016
6	NM Lyon	Australia	100	01 Aug 2013	16 Jun 2023

NM Lyon became the third Australian cricketer in the annals of test cricket to appear in 100 consecutive tests. He was playing his 100^th consecutive test at Lord’s against England. The following table lists all these cricketers

No	Player	Team	Mat	From	Until
1	AR Border	Australia	153	10 Mar 1979	25 Mar 1994
2	ME Waugh	Australia	107	03 Jun 1993	19 Oct 2002
3	NM Lyon	Australia	100	01 Aug 2013	16 Jun 2023

SPD Smith completed 9000 runs in his test career when he was on 31 during his knock of 85 not out in Australia’s first innings at the close of play on the first day. He became the

fourth Australian batsman to complete 9000 plus runs in tests

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	RT Ponting	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
2	AR Border	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
3	SR Waugh	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
4	SPD Smith	2010-2023	099	174	23	09054	239	59.96	31	38	09

SPD Smith completed 9000 runs in his test career when he was on 31 during his knock of 85 not out in Australia’s first innings at the close of play on the first day. He became the 17th batsman to complete 9000 plus runs in the annals of test cricket

SPD Smith’s aggregate runs against England at the end of first day’s play read 3151. He is the fourth Australian batsman to compile 3000 plus runs against England. The following table lists all these four batsmen

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	DG Bradman	Aus	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	19	12	6
2	AR Border	Aus	1978-1993	47	82	19	3548	200*	56.31	8	21	3
3	SR Waugh	Aus	1986-2003	46	73	18	3200	177*	58.18	10	14	6
4	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	34	59	6	3151	239	59.45	11	12	2

SPD Smith’s aggregate runs against England at the end of first day’s play read 3151. He became the fifth batsman to achieve the feat of scoring 3000 plus runs against England. The following table lists all these five batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	DG Bradman	Aus	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	19	12	6
2	AR Border	Aus	1978-1993	47	82	19	3548	200*	56.31	8	21	3
3	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	36	61	8	3214	226	60.64	10	13	6
4	SR Waugh	Aus	1986-2003	46	73	18	3200	177*	58.18	10	14	6
5	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	34	59	6	3151	239	59.45	11	12	2