PJ Cummins of Australia returned with figures of 6 for 91 in England’s first innings to provide the 127^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England. It also provides the 57th   occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in England. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in the tests played at Leeds.

PJ Cummins of Australia returned with figures of 6 for 91 in England’s first innings to provide the 77^th occasion of an Australian pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England. It also provides the 34th   occasion of an Australian pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in England. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Australian pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in the tests played at Leeds.

PJ Cummins of Australia returned with figures of 6 for 91 in England’s first innings to provide the fifth occasion of an Australian captain capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England.

No	Player	Overs	BPO	M	Runs	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	G Giffen	78.2	6	21	155	6	3	Eng	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894
2	MA Noble	41.1	6	10	100	7	1	Eng	Sydney	26 Feb 1904
3	R Benaud	32.0	6	11	070	6	4	Eng	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
4	R Benaud	42.0	8	12	115	6	2	Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
5	PJ Cummins	18.0	6	01	091	6	2	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 2023

It also provides the second occasion of an Australian captain capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in England. R Benaud was the other Australian captain to capture six wickets in an innings against England in England. He had returned with figures of 6-70 at Manchester in Jul 1961. Thus PJ Cummins emulated R Benaud after a lapse of 42 years taking months and year to account.

No	Player	Overs	BPO	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	R Benaud	32.0	6	11	070	6	4	Eng	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
2	PJ Cummins	18.0	6	01	091	6	2	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 2023

It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in the tests played at Leeds.

No	Player	Overs	BPO	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	PJ Cummins	18.0	6	01	091	6	2	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 2023

It is interesting to note that no Australian captain has ever taken a five wicket haul against England at Leeds prior to PJ Cummins’ feat of six for 91 in this test. The previous best bowling figures by an Australian captain against England at Leeds is credited to WM Armstrong who had returned with figures of two for six in the fourth innings of the test in July 1921 – 102 years back

PJ Cummins of Australia returned with figures of 6 for 91 in England’s first innings to provide the second occasion of an Australian captain pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in England. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in the tests played at Leeds.

In Australia’s second innings, Australian opener DA Warner was dismissed by SCJ Broad. This dismissal was the seventeenth occasion of DA Warner dismissed by SCJ Broad. The following table lists the ten occasions of a bowler dismissing the batsmen on 15 plus occasions.

No	Bowler	Team	Batter	Team	Span	Mat	Dis
1	G McGrath	Aus	MA Atherton	Eng	1994-2001	17	19
2	AV Bedser	Eng	AR Morris	Aus	1946-1954	21	18
3	CEL Ambrose	Win	MA Atherton	Eng	1991-2000	26	17
4	CA Walsh	Win	MA Atherton	Eng	1991-2000	27	17
5	SCJ Broad	Eng	DA Warner	Aus	2013-2023	29	17
6	MD Marshall	Win	GA Gooch	Eng	1980-1991	21	16
7	H Trumble	Aus	TW Hayward	Eng	1896-1904	22	15
8	CEL Ambrose	Win	ME Waugh	Aus	1991-1999	22	15
9	GD McGrath	Aus	BC Lara	Win	1995-2005	24	15
10	CA Walsh	Win	IA Healy	Aus	1988-1999	28	15

SPD Smith was making his 100^th appearance in this test. He became the 15^th Australian cricketer to make 100 plus test appearances and 75^th cricketer overall to make 100 plus test appearances in the annals of test cricket

SPD Smith pouched five catches in England’s first innings. He became the first Australian fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to pouch five catches in an innings against England.

His feat makes him the third fieldsman to take five catches in an innings against England.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Yajurvindra Singh	5	5	2	Ind	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
2	HDRL Thirimanne	5	5	2	Srl	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
3	SPD Smith	5	5	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 2023

Yajurvindra Singh of India and HDRL Thirimanne of Sri Lanka pouched five catches against England on home soil, SPD Smith performed the feat on away soil

SPD Smith pouched five catches in England’s first innings. His feat provides the 15^th occasion of a fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to pouch five catches in an innings against in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	VY Richardson	5	5	3	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
2	Yajurvindra Singh	5	5	2	Ind	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
3	M Azharuddin	5	5	1	Ind	Pak	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
4	K Srikkanth	5	5	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	01 Feb 1992
5	SP Fleming	5	5	1	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
6	GC Smith	5	5	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
7	DJG Sammy	5	5	2	Win	Ind	Wankhede	14 Nov 2013
8	DM Bravo	5	5	2	Win	Ban	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
9	AM Rahane	5	5	3	Ind	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
10	J Blackwood	5	5	3	Win	Srl	Col-PSS	22 Oct 2015
11	Imrul Kayes	5	5	2	Ban	NZl	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
12	SPD Smith	5	5	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
13	BA Stokes	5	5	2	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020
14	HDRL Thirimanne	5	5	2	Srl	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
15	SPD Smith	5	5	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 2023

SPD Smith is the only fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch five catches in an innings on two occasions. Prior to his feat in the ongoing test against England at Leeds, he had taken five catches in an innings against South Africa at Cape Town in Mar 2018. Interestingly enough, both his feats on away soil

No	Player	Dis	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	5	5	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
2	SPD Smith	5	5	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 2023

The following table lists the fieldsmen other than the wicket keepers who have pouched five catches in an innings in tests played on away soil.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	VY Richardson	5	5	3	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
2	M Azharuddin	5	5	1	Ind	Pak	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
3	K Srikkanth	5	5	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	01 Feb 1992
4	SP Fleming	5	5	1	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
5	GC Smith	5	5	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
6	DJG Sammy	5	5	2	Win	Ind	Wankhede	14 Nov 2013
7	AM Rahane	5	5	3	Ind	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
8	J Blackwood	5	5	3	Win	Srl	Col-PSS	22 Oct 2015
9	Imrul Kayes	5	5	2	Ban	NZl	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
10	SPD Smith	5	5	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
11	BA Stokes	5	5	2	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020
12	SPD Smith	5	5	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 2023