England won the third test against Australia by three wickets to provide the 111^th occasion of England carving a test win against Australia. It also provides the 54th occasion of England winning a test against Australia on home soil. It also provides the ninth occasion of England winning a test against Australia in the tests played at Leeds.

England won the third test against Australia by three wickets to provide the seventh occasion of England carving a test win against Australia after inserting the opposition. It also provides the fourth occasion of England winning a test against Australia on home soil after inserting the opposition. It also provides the second occasion of England winning a test against Australia in the tests played at Leeds after inserting the opposition. The first such occasion was in Aug 2019 when England won the test by one wicket after inserting the opposition at Leeds.

It is interesting to note that England has won on five occasions by an innings margin and on two occasions by runs margin against Australia after inserting the opposition.

England’s victory by runs margin on two occasions against Australia after inserting the opposition were at Leeds.

MA Starc captured five for 78 in England’s second innings to provide the 300^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England. It also provides the 138^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England in England. It also provides the 26^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England in tests played at Leeds.

MA Starc captured five for 78 in England’s second innings to provide the 21st occasion of an Australian left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England in England. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England in tests played at Leeds.

MA Starc’s five for 78 provides the fourth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Australia. He became the third left arm pace bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings against Australia on four plus occasions. Others are – AK Davidson {05} and MG Johnson {05}. The following table lists the performance of these three bowlers

No	Player	Overs	BPO	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AK Davidson	25.5	8	7	64	6	1	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958
2	AK Davidson	24.3	6	6	42	5	1	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1961
3	AK Davidson	47.0	6	23	63	5	2	v England	Leeds	06 Jul 1961
4	AK Davidson	23.1	8	4	75	6	2	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
5	AK Davidson	10.6	8	2	25	5	3	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963
2	MA Starc	24.1	6	4	114	5	1	v England	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015
2	MA Starc	27.0	6	2	111	6	2	v England	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015
3	MA Starc	19.2	6	3	88	5	4	v England	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
4	MA Starc	16.0	6	0	78	5	4	v England	Leeds	06 Jul 2023
1	MG Johnson	19.3	6	3	69	5	3	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009
2	MG Johnson	17.3	6	5	38	6	2	v England	Perth	16 Dec 2010
3	MG Johnson	21.1	6	7	42	5	4	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
4	MG Johnson	17.2	6	8	40	7	2	v England	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
5	MG Johnson	24.0	6	4	63	5	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013

MA Starc’s aggregate of wickets against England read 87 at the end of this test. He now holds the record for most wickets by a left arm pace bowler against Englanf jointly with MG Johnson. MG Johnson has also taken 87 wickets as left arm pace bowler against England. MA Starc went past AK Davidson’s tally of 84 wickets to hold the record jointly with MG Johnson.

MA Starc’s five for 78 in this test represents his 14^th five wicket haul. He now holds the record for most five wickets hauls by an Australian left arm pace bowler with AK Davidson. AK Davidson also has 14 five wicket hauls to his credit.

Wasim Akram is the only left arm pace bowler to have more five wicket hauls than AK Davidson and MA Starc in the annals of test cricket. Wasim Akram has 25 five wicket hauls to his credit.

PJ Cummins’ {6-91} and MA Starc’s {5-78} were in losing cause to provide the  68^th and 69^th occasion of Australian bowler’s five wicket hauls going in vain against England. It also provides the 35^th and 36^th occasion of Australian bowler’s five wicket hauls going in vain against England. It also provides the sixth and seventh occasion of Australian bowler’s five wicket hauls going in vain against England in tests played at Leeds.

PJ Cummins’ {6-91} was in losing cause to provide the third occasion of Australian captain’s six wicket haul going in vain against England. It also provides the first occasion of Australian captain’s six wicket haul going in vain against England. It also provides the first occasion of Australian captain’s six wicket haul going in vain against England in tests played at Leeds.

G Giffen {6-155} at Melbourne in Dec 1894, MA Noble {7-100} at Sydney in Feb 1904 and PJ Cummins {6-91} at Leeds in Jul 2023 are the three Australian captains to witness their six plus wicket hauls going in vain against England. The interval between MA Noble’s feat and PJ Cummins’ feat is 109 years.

PJ Cummins became the first Australian captain to witness his six wicket haul in a losing cause against England in England.